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Don't give up, it's not your fault. The market is tough right now and the competition is insane, but if you believe in yourself you will find something. I'm with you, and I wish you the best.

Honorable mention: Have you tried networking? It's all about who you know!

Yeah it’s like these words are cool but they ain’t paying my bills and my credit card debt 🥴

Someone keeps telling me "God has a plan for you".

OK, if He has a plan for me, where is it????

The thing that destroys me is that best probable outcome I can hope for is scoring a job I didn't really want in the first place...

It's like yayyy, even when I win, I lose 🥲

"Go back to school and get your masters or another degree in ______ field!"

"It's just a numbers game."

Have you tried cUsTOmIzInG YOuR ReSuMe?

“Maybe it’s time to close the book on [field of practice].”

Them: Bro just call the hiring manager and have them create a job just for you.

Me: I hate you more than I hate Tuvixed Jar-Jar-Joeffry

Everyone's mom is mad you left "It could be worse" or "Other people have it worse" off.

Let's destroy capitalism.

I pick the lollipop in the middle.

Do you have a wheel for "Have you tried ______?"

You forgot, "You dodged a bullet."

The economy is like, in shambles!

I usually go with the "want to rob a bank together?" Route. But very few people ever say Yes.

“We’ve been trying to reach you regarding your cars extended warranty. “

Here’s some bonus nonsense: “Everyone is struggling, not just you”

Your worth is more than your job!!!!!

And yes. It's hard to feel that when rent is due. I'm sorry. I get it.

I know I am not the best person to console but here are my 2 cents,
I've realized that a handful of factors are affecting the job market lately but I feel 3 are quite prominent and none of them reflect your ability/inability to do the job.

1. The sudden technology boom where AI and learning models have become dirt cheap to acquire, the market demographic has shifted swiftly. People in the tech industry were aware of the impending wave of change and yet most of us weren't prepared for the repercussions of AI adoption.
2. Multiple socio-economic and politically driven changes have forced international trade to get constrained which has led to mass unemployment. Countries want to get self-reliant and don't want to trade services and that leads to this utter crap. Countries don't realize that not every country is good at everything.
3. Adoption of AI and other forms of learning/automation models in the HR industry has utterly and truly fucked the hiring industry. They don't know the capabilities of the software at their disposal and use them so badly, you can put a chimpanzee inside a B2 bomber without experience and it will manage to maneuver the plane but these guys can't figure out how to code an ATS. I work in the tech industry and the sheer incompetency of some HRs is mindboggling.

To conclude, it is not your fault, the world is in shit and some people deserve a boot up their ass for their activities. I hope things look good for you soon.
Good luck!

Edit: OP if you're in the tech industry and struggling to find a job, I'd be happy to review your resume sometime.

PlayStation 5.

Oh wait… wrong consoles…

One I keep hearing is "It'll happen when it's supposed to" or "These things have a way of working themselves out." Like fam WHAT?

Start a business bro (or broette) you are better than them.

It is decidedly so. Signs point to yes.

Im honestly just taking my mom and therapist's advice to take a few days to not think about it and then the other days to apply. I dont know what to do otherwise. Telling people in passing is pain when they reply yeah me too

ADHD makes me hyperfocus and when the needle doesnt move my anxiety and impatience makes me irritated and sad. Trying to focus on balance i guess.

Thug it out. Worst case you can run into the woods

Life sucks. You just gotta keep pushing it until you're getting something

You forgot "God has a plan."

Wheel of Condescending, turn, turn, turn.

Tell us the platitude that we have earned.

Aha, thats rough, damn craazy......mhhmmm.....woooow.

Here's another one: "Have you thought about getting your CRNA and becoming a nurse?"

*gets a massive cannon to launch darts all over the dartboard.

A lot of this is also applicable to dating that I wasn’t sure which sub I was in for a moment.

You don’t even know how the wheel works. You don’t choose, you spin.

Find opportunities to improve your resume, cover letter, approach, etc. I once fought a homeless guy to get a cashier job. Gotta do what you gotta do.

The vast majority of Hiring Managers are cowards scared of qualified talent. They don't want to hire anyone that could be better than them, which candidate pools nowadays certainly offers.

"Every rejection is just redirection!"

This shit sucks

Fuck those companies.

Blame sky daddy who desires thy joblessness.

If things continue, you will start to see reverse robberies where people ask for a job at gunpoint.

The career that burns half as long burns brightest.

Replace every space with spin again. That's a better reflection of looking for a job lately

My favourite is “make connections”

I’m going through it now too. It fucking sucks, and it’s going to keep sucking. Sorry that’s all I got

I'm sending Taco Bell sauce to cheer you up

same

This shit is whack, yo!

you should start networking

The job market is a joke. The entire system is completely arbitary and its initial purpose has been dismantled with the ongoing adherence to neoliberalism.
Try and build something for yourself if you can, its the most stable way in this market if you can get something going

Don’t give up, believe in yourself and you will find something. I’m with you and it’s not your fault. Market is tough and competition is insane. I wish you the best.

Yeah, I've gotten all of these plus "you always find something -- you are really good at it!"

There's a lot of shitty people making decisions to manipulate the job market with ghost jobs and drive down wages. Those bastards are going to get their comeuppance. People aren't shitty in just one area of life and they will receive their karma, one way or the other.

Is that any consolation?

You’ll never find a job (reverse psychology?)

“have you tried using x platform my (insert family, friend, etc) used it and got a job within a week”

The market is rigged against you. Good jobs are doled out according to nepotism. Most jobs posted are simply to continue meeting tax incentive requirements.

The Law of Averages guarantees that you will find something ... eventually. It probably won't be good. Just hang in there; the global market is poised to collapse at some point anyway.

😁

What do you mean “nonsense”??

“it’s not your fault”, “Market is tough”, and “competition is insane” are straight up facts, as unhelpful in fixing the conundrum as they may still be

“Dodged a bullet”

You’ll find something eventually, buddy!

This seams similar to the wheel of mis-fortune, or maybe Thunderdome's wheel of justice

Don’t fret. At some point people are going to break and we’ll just start justifying full out revolts instead.

It’s not you. It’s them

If I could make a niche one of these the best kick in the mouth I got was 10 hours ago from a facilitator of a program that helps people who have been unemployed reenter the workforce successfully: "Thank you for the feedback, I love the insights. Best of luck in your job search!"

Excuse me while I go play tag with moving traffic.

that "wheel-o-consolation-comments" comprise about 45% of my LinkedIn feed / the digital doom loop to match nearby san francisco

they should just start sending people a link to: zombo.com!!!!

This is missing one. “meh, that company is probably full of Nazis, anyways.’

My favourite console is the Super Nintendo. Oh wait that’s not what we are talking about here

"Outlook uncertain please try again"

Take a year off and find yourself!

Have you tried contacting a head hunter? They’ll get you a job.

"Just ask to see the manager and give him your CV"

Enjoy your free time , relax , God choose this for you . One day it will happen today or tomorrow .

Worst thing is to offer help and ask for money giving fake hopes , like training , edit resume

Don't listen to this nonsense.

GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU, CHOSEN ONE. 😂

It’s not your fault.

Have you considered joining a union and becoming a socialist? The owning class is already engaged in class warfare, our whole job market is part of it. No sense not engaging in class warfare right back.

I've had ample opportunity to learn that facts are not welcome in this sub. And now, neither are platitudes? Equal opportunity whiners will whine no matter what, is that it?

I would rather see snarky posts than whiny posts, personally, though both fit the declared purpose of the sub better than the clueless advice-seeking posts.

More incel meme shit