-31 Often people are just not good that is why they can't get hired. amirite?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Absolutely disagree. In Canada here, employers are flooded with applications for some jobs. Then, they get something called "selection fatigue" - which is being unable to make a choice because there are too many options available. "We had 1,000 resumes to go through but not a single candidate was qualified..." LOL NO. By getting this many resumes they KNOW it's an employers market in that segment so they can afford to be very choosey, YET they become SO choosey that they claim that 1,000 people came to the door and NOT ONE of them are qualified. This reads as: We want someone to do the work of two people for half the money and got no takers. Exploitation is a thing.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Selection fatigue. I still like analysis paralysis. Then it became insidiously intentional. On a more human level, I know people that struggle to spend money out of fear of missing out on a better deal. The question is: what is good enough?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Seriously. I literally see many (not all) entry level jobs asking for MASTERS level education and offering minimum wage or just above in my field. It is soul crushing.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

D&D tried to warn you

by Marielabogisich 2 weeks ago

How is that bad tho? Social skills are important everywhere

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I'm not getting the impression they meant it is a bad thing, but rather, some people are charismatic and some people are not, and it's interesting how that can influence our opportunities(or lack thereof) in life.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

its two edged sword. people skills give graduates with less experience a chance. But people who were passionate about studies, but have lesser people skills, lose their chance.

by Sawaynada 2 weeks ago

You think being likable is strange?

by Domenick20 2 weeks ago

Your insight as someone who actually does the hiring was very interesting. I didn't realize so many people lied on their resumes or were stupid enough to send resumes tailored with different lies to different departments within the same company.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I've read through a dozen resumes in a row where whole sections of them are literally copied verbatim from the same original. People make no effort at all, and are absolutely willing to misrepresent themselves.

by Odd-Reporter 2 weeks ago

I oversee entry level skill-less work... I see misspellings in peoples own addresses on resumes... People put in absolutely no effort and wonder why life is always bringin' them down.

by darengrant 2 weeks ago

As a recruiter - these tactics are used on the resume because candidates have been taught that they need to be nearly perfect to even get the conversation. I personally feel it's a waste of everyone's time, so I advocate for truthful resumes and focused applications BUT that's not the general trend as far as I'm aware. It's a numbers game really.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

And, like, even different cities

by Any_Cricket_9119 2 weeks ago

You make a strong point was gonna make a disclaimer that this applies to the US job market because I am unfamiliar with any other as much. But the complaints I was referring to are ones in the US job market

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Experience can generally trump how "good" a person is as well.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Lmaoo this does not apply in the us. Let me guess fresh graduate hired because daddy put in the word for you?😂🤣 This doesn't mean you were good enough bud. It means those who truly were good enough were up rightfully passed over due to biased selection. It's called nepotism and has nothing to do with skill.

by Cadenmclaughlin 2 weeks ago

OP literally said their parents don't have connections.the lack of attention to detail like this is why a lot of people don't get hired. I'm the same as OP. I've never struggled finding a job either.

by xwalter 2 weeks ago

And you believe this? 😂😂 Yes bud unqualified prospect hired yet gives no explanation how? There is an explanation behind this which mirrors my example. Gotta use critic thinking bud

by Cadenmclaughlin 2 weeks ago

I bet it's obvious during interviews that they don't read past the first sentence or two of the job description.

by gchristiansen 2 weeks ago

100% this. I keep seeing people go "how to respond to X interview question". They're asking the question because a qualified person can easily answer it. Literally take 10 minutes before an interview read over the job description and look at the company website. It helps answer so many questions.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Buddy you do know you aren't the only person being interviewed. There will be at least 5-10 and only one is getting it. But no.. just read the first sentence bro

by Cadenmclaughlin 2 weeks ago

My family and most people I know are immigrants with no connections who have done well in the US and there are many millions of us

by Ok_Information_8376 2 weeks ago

So I less you know a trade, have an actual usable degrees, so something that in demand right now, or you want to work in fast food, getting job any were else is hard.

by Skilesjamal 2 weeks ago

So wait…hold up… You are expecting someone that does not have a trade/skill, does not have a usable degree, and /or does not work in a field that has demand to be able to find a job? If you can't check at least one of those boxes then yes you will be doing menial work because you have no value in the workplace. Employment is not a charity. You are being paid to provide a needed service. There must be a demand for the service or you have no value in the market.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Yeah that caught me off guard too lol

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

You hit the nail on the head. Problem is, no poor person (me included) is gonna want to agree or not want to fight you on this because it basically means they're stuck in that position and that's a tough pill to swallow When over 50% of your free time is consumed by a menial job, it's hard to develop a skill/trade or get a degree. I'm not saying it's impossible though, just much tougher. Especially when you'll be competing with people who can give 80-90% of their free time on the same thing. The expectation that they should just be able to get a job definitely comes from a place of jealousy, but then again, who doesn't want their life to be better.

by ryannfunk 2 weeks ago

"unless you can do something useful, no one will hire you to do something useful"

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I don't know about that. I have a degree in psychology and have a business analyst job that pays 85k. Alot of it just comes down to social skills in obtaining a job

by Evelynmcdermott 2 weeks ago

Not true at all, you can put in effort on the job to learn skills to not only advance in the field you're in, but transferable skills that make you desirable across multiple fields. Problem is that instead of seeing putting in effort as self improvement, too many people see it as "kissing ass" or "boot licking" and refuse to put in extra effort they don't think they're being compensated for.

by Temporary_Trust_1631 2 weeks ago

So let's imagine you're a cashier (that's the kind of jobs they meant, right?). What skills can you possibly learn? And when?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

? What industry do you have in mind in particular that it's hard to break into genuine question

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Most people talking about job market online are teenagers never worked in their liberals just repeat whatever they read most often.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Thats exactly how it was for me. Literally just about up until 2 years ago i never struggled to get a job, but last year and this year I've probably applied to 400 in total maybe more or less, and rarely if ever get any calls back or anything. Never remember having these issues with finding a job

by fermin70 2 weeks ago

If people aren't even getting interviews, then social skills are not the problem. Right now there are far more candidates than there are job openings with too many companies expecting years of work experience for entry level jobs. The job market as it exists right now forces candidates to rely on luck and networking to land a decent job.

by Independent-Court574 2 weeks ago

This really depends on where you are. There are a lot of areas in the US with a 2-3% unemployment rate. OP is absolutely right in those areas.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Depends on industry as well.

by Special-Issue 2 weeks ago

I kinda struggle to feel sympathy on this one. Tech industry is getting tough, so instead of finding another industry or a job that pays less, they spend 4 years unemployed and complaining until savings dry up and they have no choices. When a degree or specific experience isn't worth as much as it used to be, people just get prideful and stubborn and refuse to adapt. It's not that they can't get a job, the problem is they can't get the exact job they want that pays as much as they think they deserve.

by Ok-Divide 2 weeks ago

But that resume could be ass…

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

It could also be amazing, but they didn't pick the right key word for the AI the company is using, so the application gets discarded.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Yeah, you gotta manipulate ATS whenever possible.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Thats 1 application every 3 days. That's not very many apps, really, over a year. I'd shoot out 5 a day, so 25 a week and it took me a few months to get a job

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I applied to what was available. On days where I found 5 jobs, I applied for 5 jobs. And if it still took you several months after 25 a week, then the problem is even worse. Even if I lowball "several" to mean three months and round down to four weeks to make it easy, that's 12 weeks, 25 per week, 300 applications to find a job. That sound reasonable to you?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

This feels dismissive of quite a few struggles that I think would keep people from getting jobs. Personality plays a huge role in getting jobs, but that's not something easily changed and is typically a nurtured value. So, depending on your parents and surrounding upbringing, you may be at a disadvantage. Not all poor people are the same. Neglect has a huge impact on one's self-confidence, self-worth, and charisma. So, it's not so much that the person sucks, it's possible to suck because of other reasons, and many people don't have the resources or understanding to overcome those. Same with many discriminatory practices as well. But, I can agree for those that have sunk in 1000 applications, it could be user issue. If you've done the same thing 1000 times and failed, it's time to change the approach. I've never successfully gotten a job from a job board. I go to career pages, find the hiring Mgr or recruiter, and contact them directly. Sometimes they have you do the work in the job board still for paperwork, but the last 2 positions, I got a scheduled interview setup within the same day.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

"I never had issues, everyone else just sucks".

by Anonymous 1 week ago

"I'm sorry, I couldn't find any peer reviewed papers showing this to be the case."

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yes. OP just wants to oversimplify the world because this conveniently means their ego can be stroked really much. Comes down to "wow, this explanation feels best to me emotionally - must thus be true!"

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Omgosh! And the old people saying "all I had to do was show up in a suit and hand them my resume! They did an interview right then and there!" My son is being barraged with "advice.

by Choice_Response_7941 1 week ago

The last job I applied to had 30,000 applications. Definitely was my fault that the resume i sent got no response.

by Internal-Cress-3970 1 week ago

I do think thats why I have decent success with interviews. I dont try to be overly professional and fake. Just keep it casual and ask good questions about the job or industry. Obviously you still have to properly express why you're qualified but these hiring managers are also looking for people that could fit in and get along with the team. I had my manager and at an internship tell me that she hired me because she saw herself being able to get along with me. She straight up told me that I was the least qualified and there were other applicants from prestigious schools but they gave cookie cutter responses and just spent the whole interview talking about their own accomplishments while I was asking questions and just making it a conversation rather than a formal interview. Obviously I still answered the question and talked about my own experiences but it was casually thrown into the conversation rather than being a q&a

by Anonymous 1 week ago

People aren't going to want to hear this, but it's mostly true. It's ridiculous how much easier navigating the workforce is when you can interview well and make people like you.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I noticed this with one of my children. I know for a fact that he doesn't interview well because he has mild autism and ADHD. We have practiced and practiced and it paid off and he's got a great job. However, prior to or practice it was bad. He told me that in one interview they asked him did he have any questions and he told me he asked them "what's the manager style like here? Do they micromanage because I can't deal with that!" That might he fought with me when I tried to tell him that was like the worst question you could EVER ask and that he'd never get hired anywhere if me kept doing that. That's just one example. I have half dozen others. You can be the most qualified person on the planet but, if you don't interview well, you'll never get a job.

by Hungry-Pay9997 1 week ago

Good for him. I honestly feel with a bit of work or help anyone can overcome an interview barrier. The problem is that a lot of people fail to recognize that problem as one of a the primary issues and put their hand up in the air and accept defeat.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Dude you absolutely CANNOT say that in an interview. Managers who micromanage don't view themselves that way, and saying that to a manager that doesn't micromanage sounds like "I'm going to be incredibly high maintenance and also not respect your authority." You're not supposed to be honest all the time, some cards you should hold close.

by Wise-Flower 1 week ago

This requires you to be interviewed at all. Yeah, you can network and get referrals and whatever but the company still has to say "yeah let's interview this person and give them a chance".

by Anonymous 1 week ago

when you can interview well and make people like you. And that then means you have qualifications for the job? Not really. That point was already made by OP and it already was illogical when OP made it. What it actually means is you could sell yourself well. Which is not the same as having qualifications for a job. But considering OP is working in sales, I see why the world view is so narrow when it comes to this.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah they don't like to hear it but if you have basic social skills and a decent technical understanding of a role, the only thing that should be making it hard to get hired is not getting to the interview stage. What matters in the interviews is mostly personality, not technical skills. Especially after your first job.

by Kathlyn22 1 week ago

Define basic social skills bud. We all want to know

by Cadenmclaughlin 1 week ago

If you don't know you probably lack them.

by Isai12 1 week ago

You give no examples bud. Everyone loves you and will let you do any job even if you aren't qualified right? Why is this? What have you done that everyone else has done wrong? Please we all love for you to explain

by Cadenmclaughlin 1 week ago

The social skills thing is unfortunately spot on. I have Aspergers and was hoping that my going above and beyond in education would help me get a job. Over 1000 applications and countless failed interviews later I ended up in a terrible customer service job and couldn't afford to move out of my parents house. I started working with a job coach specifically for people on the spectrum and it was like having neurotypical cheat codes. I went from that to having a good paying job in my field. If I could wave a magic wand and change everything I'd make a perfect meritocracy where skills are the only thing that matters. Unfortunately that's not the case.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You work in sales. The reason other can't get a job is because they refuse to work in sales.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah, sales is something anyone can get a job doing, but if they don't have that dog in them, they won't be able to keep it. Most people can't handle the lack of security that comes with a job where every single day you have to persuade someone else to buy something, and if you don't, you're fired.

by Previous-Iron-4058 1 week ago

Had to scroll way to far to see it finally said. Sales folks always think it easy because their skill set alines with good interviewing and resume writing. Other fields, not so much.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah I'm in HR. It's basically cheating. I punch above my weight in interviews.

by Key-Egg-5056 1 week ago

I've been interviewing and managing people for many years mostly people who work remotely and after reviewing a resume, the first half of an interview is usually enough to tell if they would be successful in the role How much research they've done on how their experience fits the job and company - and how they communicate it with examples that are clear and concise But even if they tank the interview they can save it with good questions at the end ‘what do the people who are successful at your company do differently than those who aren't?' ‘What would you want to know when you first started here that you know now?' - questions that show you can be a quick learner and have intelligent conversations

by Ok_Information_8376 1 week ago

you aren't getting hired because your people skills suck. Anyone with decent people skills and talent can get a decent job. People skills, charisma, and networking are obviously extremely powerful to anyone who has been paying attention. But these are of relatively little important in a lot of jobs. And, at least when there's not a labor shortage, it's still quite difficult to get even the most menial jobs or most unsocial jobs without good interview skills and connections. Interview skills are going to highly corelate to job skills in sales (lots of relatively high pressure one on one time with strangers) but not so much in more technical or more manual jobs (very little high pressure one on one time and never with strangers).

by Anonymous 1 week ago

All jobs, even technical and menials ones, with a manager, downstream internal or external customer, require trust. You have to pass the same social tests in almost all jobs, "can I trust this person to do their work?", "will they keep me in the loop if something is wrong?", "do they have enough character to make the right decisions or follow instructions without me over their shoulder?" The minute you fail to showcase that the person hiring you can trust you is the moment you lose the job, no matter what technical skill you have. It's the first step, before employers review technical skill. Relaying to someone that trust can be maintained is pretty much the sole purpose of having charisma for all aspects of life.

by CharacterEssay 1 week ago

Since it's not happening to me then the problem must not exist. 2 out of x amount of people can't be wrong.

by nmertz 1 week ago

Just apply to anywhere and get hired bro. Easy basic people skills bro. 😂🤣🤣

by Cadenmclaughlin 1 week ago

I used to think I was bad at interviews, until I was in a position where I had to interview others frequently. Most people are absolutely terrible at interviews.

by Ryanhelena 1 week ago

Agreed. And I know this will make me sound old, but if the only thing on your resume is your education you're going to have a difficult time finding a job.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Good vs bad candidate is an incorrect way of looking at it. If there are 1000 people looking for jobs in a good economy then 800 people will find jobs. In a bad economy 200 people will find jobs. Those 600 unemployed people didn't become bad. They just weren't the best. During the good economy they didn't become good. They just became employed. So it's not about being bad vs good it's about being the best you can be to maximize your opportunities.

by Loud-Wafer 1 week ago

Hell, the people that do get hired still aren't that good.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

"I know at least TWO people who got jobs easy, everyone else must be either stupid or unsocialable" The absolute arrogance lmao

by KeyEntertainment 1 week ago

Yeah but have you ever been a part of the hiring process? Once you've hired enough people, looked at all the resumes, seen and heard of so many backgrounds… you start to see how absurd it is that you're choosing between 5 of the same people and how insane it is to say the other 4 that weren't chosen weren't "ready" when in fact it could have been any of them. This scenario happens on all levels of employment.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

People skills aren't directly taught, school assumes you somehow get them on your own by interacting with others (which is like to say "just throw someone into a pool, they will learn how to swim on their own!") How do people learn people skills on their own when other people don't even tell them what "wrong" they are doing? People 99.9% never know why they are being rejected. People in general keep others from knowing the truth. So then it boils down to merely luck, you have had to be lucky enough to have a strong social brain as well as looks, be neurotypical, and have other traits and circumstances that make you favorable in terms of social selectivity.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

the problem is nowadays its all about screens, WFH and all that.. I know people turning down jobs or being turned down because they dont want a hybrid schedule, they want WFH exclusively.. Sure certain jobs that makes sense or can work, but a lot of younger folks want to isolate more than integrate and that was never the case 15 years ago

by mckenziecorwin 1 week ago

Socialization is hugely important to learn on your own. You can't expect another human to engage in social interactions on your behalf your entire childhood/adult life. You learn "right" and "wrong" from the people you interact with. Sometimes that conflicts with your personal beliefs but that doesn't necessarily make it wrong or right. Thats a huge learning experience on its own. I had many different friends and friend groups because as my social experiences increased I realized that some groups and I just don't mesh well. Found others that had the same views as me and meshed better. Repeat that from grade school all the way through college and you find your core group. Even now I'm seeing that I don't mesh well with some of the people I met in college. It's not good or bad buts it's great social growth as a human being

by hassiehowe 1 week ago

young adults and teens are hardly socializing anymore.. that is the biggest culprit.. I still know 5 of my best friends' phone numbers from high school, home and when we first got cell phones haha.. we called even when we could text.. now its always texts and maybe some random calls here and there.. we are also full-blown middle age and most people who are young dont understand how life changes as you hit 30s and 40s lol

by mckenziecorwin 1 week ago

And that's a personal problem they need to address and understand. I have a hard time believing kids/young adults in grade school/high school/college don't socialize when they spend 8+ hours a day surrounded by other people their age.

by hassiehowe 1 week ago

It happens, some grade schoolers end up sitting alone by the fence because the other kids just don't want them around. Actually seen one kid strike another unpopular kid (Back when I was a kid myself) the head with a toy, and the teacher just ignored it until the parents found out, and started making excuses..

by Anonymous 1 week ago

What hope do you have if your too quirky, like neurodivergent? People like others who are like them.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You can read a book. There are plenty of ways to teach yourself how to socialize. Different people have different skill sets, go figure. Everything can be taught, you just gotta do it instead of complaining about the situation.

by DisastrousDeer567 1 week ago

Hollywood casting is telling. Everyone roots for Forrest Gump because he looks like Tom Hanks, but what if he looked like The Elephant Man? That can lead to social isolation, which means that Fugly Gump will never even learn the rules, let alone be able to network. The meme of "anyone can be anything they want to be" is a lie we all tell ourselves, even as we hold our nose when we're forced to share air with people we feel superior to.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

We tell ourselves that because we don't want to admit the world is the way it is.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

When your resume is good enough, you really dont even have to look for jobs, recruiters contact you. Atleast that's how it is for me, I get about two voicemails a week from recruiters and I havent been looking for a job in 4 years.

by Xdamore 1 week ago

Same here. I get recruiters every few days and someone throws an offer my way every couple weeks it seems. But at the moment I'm very happy owning my own small business. We have more work than we can keep up with at the moment. I've never been without a job for more than a few days unless by choice and I took a few months off to sit on a beach and relax for awhile.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This was the case until this year I believe.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

"F- the system I need x amount of experience to get entry level job." Apply anyway. Most times this is put by an HR person who just does it because that's what they would LIKE. I got my first programming job without a degree by applying for a job that said I needed one. Now I work for a University and I still don't have a degree and I tell others that do what to do and how to fix things.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'll also add that you might have to work for it. You might have to rent a room after college or live at home and work for less money until you gain some experience and build up your resume.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Exactly, most people just suck at interviews. I've never went more than 5 days without working in the last decade. Anytime I had gotten fire, had a job within 3 days. I've gotten jobs I had none of the listed qualifications for, simply because I'm good at interviewing. Outside of that I'm an introvert who plays way too many videogames. A lot of people also refuse to lower their standards for work. I have worked military contracts, DoD, then back to TacoBell, then back to DoE, and now I sell office chairs.

by jaylonreichert 1 week ago

It depends on your industry. I went to college for game dev, and finding work has been rough. You need to stand out amongst so many candidates. I was offered three interviews. Of all the companies I've applied for, I heard back from two and then got ghosted almost immediately. No one in my graduating class that I've stayed in contact with has had a job in the industry, so I don't think it's just me, but who knows, maybe OP is right. Maybe I'm just bad.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

do you have a portfolio or anything to demo that you've done on your own time? do your classmates?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Most younger people all seem to going to school for the same things. I think it's over saturation and people not spending anytime learning skills outside of school to make them a better candidate to get into their industry of choice.

by Prudent_Drop_8518 1 week ago

Okay. What have you historically done for work, and where do you live?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

How "good" of a candidate do you have to be in order to deserve to eat?

by Tiny_Acanthisitta 1 week ago

Everyone else is crazy with bad people skills and this guy is right. Yeah that's the most likely scenario.

by howemarquise 1 week ago

You are not wrong.. But if I had to guess, you are selling life insurance, insurance, aflac, or something in that ball park lol.. Sales is a job that is relatively easy to get.. Not so much inside sales for various companies.. Either way, being taught and having natural abilities to communicate and deal with people will go a longer way than being able to look at a math equation and know the answer lol

by mckenziecorwin 1 week ago

Oh well if the sample group of you, your brother, and maybe your sister is doing okay, that's probably good enough to generalize.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Most people don't focus on what is called "soft skills" which is dealing with people. You can know something inside and out but if you don't interview well, your resume and cover letter don't stand out your not getting the job. I don't interview well, I know that, so I worked and work and work on that skill.

by Jolly-Worker 1 week ago

From the ages of 16-30, I've never had to put in more than a few applications to find a job, and this was multiple "career" changes, fields I've never worked in before, etc. If you can present yourself as less regarded than most with a willingness to show up and work, you'll get hired almost anywhere.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Landed my first job ever (fast food) with this mentality. We sat down, she asked about me, I said that I was excited to get into the workforce and willing to work as much as they'd allow. I was hired in 10 minutes and started next day. Now, I quit that job because they totally abused that and lied a bit too, but if someone needs work, it's pretty easy when you're open to doing whatever is needed, you just gotta figure out how to not let them take advantage of that. 16 yr old me had no boundaries. 30 something me has them, and they would likely keep me from getting certain jobs.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Well damn i didn't choose to be not good

by Anonymous 1 week ago

By not getting better you have

by Earldickinson 1 week ago

Well your username checks out at least

by Dbecker 1 week ago

It's crazy how many people think pointing out the username that I chose will somehow offend me. Back that thang up boy let me do my work

by Earldickinson 1 week ago

Meh depends on the field. Don't think you can make economy wide claims like this. Some industries are collapsing so of course jobs are harder to come by. Other industries are growing and need more people. This is where government policies could come in to try to bridge the gaps. Expecting a free market to perfectly align worker skill sets with jobs in demand on the macro level was always a fantasy. It takes coordination from a higher authority to manage an economy.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah, "social skills"... That's a thing... Totally... It exists, and all... Right...

by Anonymous 1 week ago

If you want to maintain a job, the only thing you need to know and do, is be a YES PERSON. Also NEVER do anything more than you are told. That is all that is needed.

by Opfeffer 1 week ago

It's mostly about whether you have experience in the field or not. When I had that I got to a point where I filed one application and then had an interview and got the job. Now I've recently completed a profesional program so I'm at square one for that field. And unfortunately most of the jobs aren't part time so I've only applied to a few so far that were. There's a lot of good reasons why someone can go a while without getting hired that completely avoid the points you made.

by Far_Platypus 1 week ago

Nah I interview well, my personality can't overcome greed of the employer.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I can't get hired for random jobs because my hours are stupid lol

by Anonymous 1 week ago

a bulk of these people are just poor candidates particularly they might be awkward or have extremely poor social and people skills. And that logically implies they're going to be bad at the job they're applying for? Er, no, it logically doesn't. Your point is thus illogical or simply not well-argued. It also ignores the complexity of the job market. Following your argument, any company that has difficulty hiring people is a bad company. Well, dude...way to oversimplify social structures because they're usually complicated, layered, nuanced and that feels stressful because it means there are a lot of variables. Start to nuance your thinking and to differentiate. Mono-causal arguments are rarely meaningful when it comes to sociology.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think a major issue is that people apply through 3rd party sites and it's often a fake application. Don't apply through indeed, handshake, LinkedIn etc. apply through the company's website on their careers page unless otherwise specified. It can also be a bit random/luck based I applied to 3 different places and got hired by the most prestigious/difficult one to get into. (Reports show a hiring rate of 3%) meanwhile the other two completely passed me over.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

People skills are crazy. I'm pretty lucky to have had my dad to show me how to talk to people from a young age. I've gotten jobs I'm nowhere near qualified for because I was personable. Seriously half the interview is just making them think "yeah I could work with this person they seem great."

by According_Trick_4246 1 week ago

Come to Canada, then talk to me

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Relax Blake.

by AccomplishedWar 1 week ago

A lot of people only apply for their dream job and expect their diploma to land it for them. Sometimes you have to settle for a decent job go a year or two, and work your way up towards your goal.

by Odd_Carry_8835 1 week ago

College won't get you a job, it will get you more looks.

by deshaun47 1 week ago

I was and still am the kinda person that parents wish their kids acted. I have amazing social skills when it comes to interviewing and always know what to say. Im extremely personable in real life Yet I still don't get a call back.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

This happens when everyone is taught that they are smart, type A personality, attractive, and got those participation trophies.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Not good at punctuation?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's about expectations, take any job you can find and continue to look as you gain experience. So many people feel they deserve a $100k and the reality is, they don't.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I would agree and argue that the problem isn't that people are overqualified for jobs; a lot of people are underqualified for their credentials.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

People also blame discrimination against whatever genetic traits they can, when in reality they just aren't as qualified as the other candidates who applied for the job. The truth is very painful for people especially when it's something that affects their quality of life so blaming something they have no control over makes it much more manageable. Realizing the truth about yourself is the most effective path to improvement

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I haven't been unemployed in my field for 21 years. As long as you're competent, and not a strange-o, it's pretty easy to find good work. Even starting out in an esoteric field, I was average skills-wise, and I found work almost immediately at the tail end of the Bush II recession. Granted that's not everyone's experience, and I always have to go back to the first paragraph of The Great Gatsby (which I find absolutely true) to remind myself everyone won't have the same experience I had.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

"TLDR : you aren't getting hired because your people skills suck." Your writing skills suck. You use a lot of run-on sentences, sentence fragments and poor punctuation.

by Historical_Writer 1 week ago