r/jobmarket

1000 evaluators given identical resumes & told candidate used AI. Only difference on resumes was candidate’s name: Emily vs James. Study found women using AI are evaluated as less competent than men who use AI...To evaluators, women’s AI use signaled inability, while men’s AI use signaled initiative

i didn't finish school (depression that almost led to suicide) and i don't think i can without money because books, pencils, etc are expensive here.

no one will hire me. ive tried mini marts, gas stations, and some people who have their little business on the side of the road. they all say either finish school or be their prostitute... and i wish i could go the finish school route but my parents aren't taking me seriously when i say i want to do night school while working for them.

i was thinking of becoming famous on yt or reddit, maybe by exploring and documenting it. or be like others who make ai vids and post it on tiktok.

i have no skill, i can't always go out (cause i still live under my parents roof so i don't always make my own choices. i still get my phone taken away), and the best i can do is post at 3-5 times a week if im gonna do social media.

also broke as hell and don't have a laptop, those cost at least 3k where i am.or, if someone wants to hire me for an online job then sure, i will do anything but i don't have cashapp or credit/debit card so i'll accept payments through tapsend, even if it's 1 usd an hour.

A random thought I had today:

If slavery still existed today, buying a single slave would probably cost at least $10,000 upfront.

And that's before paying for food, housing, clothing, medical care, and everything else needed to keep that person alive.

Now compare that to a modern employee.

As a free person, you're usually far more motivated than a slave ever could be. Some people genuinely show up excited for work, build careers, develop new skills, chase promotions, and even greet everyone with an enthusiastic "Good morning!" every day.

If business slows down, the employer can simply lay you off. No long-term obligation.

Raises, bonuses, stock options, and other incentives can increase productivity whenever needed. Employees also invest in improving themselves because they have something to gain. A slave has very little reason to become more skilled than necessary.

Owning slaves also came with its own costs: guards, supervision, preventing escapes, suppressing rebellions, and constant security.

Historically, there were even legal and religious complications. In some periods, enslaved people were forbidden from converting to Christianity because baptism could imply legal freedom. If slavery still existed today, modern religious freedom laws alone would create enormous legal conflicts.

In purely economic terms, paying wages can actually be cheaper than owning people. The modern employer gets a motivated worker without taking on the lifetime costs, legal responsibilities, and risks that came with slavery.

Now look at where we are today.

People spend months trying to find jobs in one of the worst job markets in years, often competing for roles with low pay, long hours, and poor working conditions. At the same time, AI continues to automate more and more work.

It makes me wonder if we've reached a point where companies don't even need as much labor as they used to. Not because workers became less valuable, but because technology has reduced the need for so many of them in the first place.

This is both a serious question and a sarcastic question but who here has a retirement plan of just dying?? I feel like the way things are currently the last thing I want is to live once I’m get kicked out of the corporate world for being too old.

Hey, just wanted to vent in a place where is pretty applicable.

I currently work for university IT as part of their help desk full time. I make about $44,000 a year (cost of living around my area isnt that high) and just graduated with a bachelors of Electrical and Computer Engineering. I'm coming up on 2 years working full time while I worked about 4 years part time all throughout uni.

My friend wants to hire me for his company to do IT work. He "picked himself up from his bootstraps" with 2 years of IT experience he got while in the national guard when he was hired on at this company. The other IT guy there had a degree in Cybersecurity and no work experience. They both made around $40,000 starting.

The company itself if very small, I'm talking like 7 people working there right now. My friend tells me the interview should only be one round and consist of himself and the other IT guy they have on staff. Instead, both him and I were surprised to find out the CEO, CFO and a third guy WHO DOES SALES were interviewing me. The third guy couldn't make it due to scheduling conflict, but still. 4/7ths of the company were sitting in on this interview.

Apparently, after doing well in the interview (my friend was trying to be as unbiased as possible and told me people thought well of me) THEY GET COLD FEET AND DONT WANT TO HIRE ME. Keep in mind, I would make LESS than what I make now. I have A DEGREE AND PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE, WHEREAS THEIR CURRENT I.T. PEOPLE ONLY HAD ONE OF THE EITHER. I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULDNT JUST GO WITH ME.

Im only considering this because of the experience I would get, as they travel out to work with nuclear power plants to help install hardware and make sure it's working great with their setup.

Here in the US, the job market is pretty terrible. It’s especially bad for new grads, but same deal for someone more mid-career like myself.

During the COVID boom, I’d have an interview for a new company every week. Now, these companies are banking so heavily on “AI” that job opportunities are rare. I’ve probably applied to 30 jobs and haven’t gotten a single first round.

I frankly cannot stand my job, but there’s nowhere else to go. The “job hugging” is real. Thankfully I’ve enough of a safety net to be fine without a job for a few years, but it’s not an ideal position to put myself in.

Curious if anyone else is in the same boat?