(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I mean, not all students coming out college or university would get a job as they were expected to. It's my guess they were overqualified, or the technology are slowly starting to take it over. We must stop and fight back against people creating technology to take our jobs.

Why do you think today young job seekers are having a challenge to find a job and how it can be fixed?

I know it is possibly the most random question but it's related to my college discussion and it is a good question. Thought I'd get insights from fellow NGU users who's in college/uni.*

Jobs want people with experience. You get experience from having a job. No job = no experience = no job. Therein lies the paradox.

It's ridiculous actually. The new graduates have more education than experiences. They put themselves deep in school hoping they'd get hired on first spot. And according to research, it costs $0 to hire people and TRAIN THEM.

It's because employers are lazy, they would rather hire someone that can make them money straight away than hire someone that they have to pay to do training

they are lazy inconsiderate fucks with no work ethic - my dad and he says it gets worse the more urban you get and if they go to college then they feel entitled also the posts above this are written by fucking retards like op

I've seen your posts everywhere on NGU and what you have is called mental illness.

links pls

This seldom gets mentioned but job market saturation. More people than ever are going to law school and med school than before. So everyone is trying to become lawyers and doctors. This leads to more candidates than available jobs. As a result there's more people out of work because there aren't enough jobs. Those are two examples that I can think of off hand. People seem to turn cheek to the energy sector. I had a brief interest in petroleum engineering and is in high demand. I did a paper on it when I took a few classes and there are more jobs than prospective employees.

I know people think we're moving away from fossil fuels and natural gas in the United States. But we're not, and neither is the global market. The oil patch in the Gulf will continue to thrive. Maersk, Atwood Oceanics, and every other company will continue to look for roustabouts and petroleum engineers especially those who want to find safer and greener extraction methods.


Ironically enough, of all the places I've worked I never had the relevant experience required for the jobs. The employers were even aware of that. It honestly comes down to how well you interview. And I'm not talking about bullshitting them. If you're honest and upfront, have a track record of some form of work ethic and are committed you'll get chosen over the individual with experience. Granted, military preference helps tremendously.

Would suspect the military work helped you tremendously more than any of the interview process. After being jobless for quite a while, I had managed to get a part time job back in May. Been there 4 months, and so far so good. So my one advice to OP is to try getting part time work at places that are seasonally popular early. Like applying for an amusement park a month before Summer, etc.

Definitely. And to follow up on your last statement. Sometimes starting out with a part time job is an easier way to get your foot in the door. We've had a lot of guys at the company I work for who were seasonal or part time and they ended up filling full time positions.