What's sad too is family and others critique you. "Why aren't you working?" "Why don't you have a job?" And they literally don't understand how cooked the job market is and that no one calls back or you just get outright rejected.

so many people are depressed because of this

The "At least they responded, righ?" hit too close to homeee lmaoooo

Update: things are still bad

I graduated with a business degree and now I'm working for minimum wage. Job hunting sucks when no one wants to give you a chance.

you need experience to work, but to work you need experience...... its an eternal cycle 😭

"The only thing worse than having a job is looking for one" ~ The Kids in the Hall

and all i hear is "young people just don't want to work these days" my friend... they WILL NOT HIRE ME

Girl, Italy here. 29 this year, a Bachelor degree and two master degree. The only job that i could get was a part time job at a local hotel. That's all. I get up, studying for exams and tests for governament jobs, senfing applications, sometimes i go to the gym, 4/5 yours of work, sleep and repeat. How do i survive? I literaly don't give a f***. Stay strong. Our time will come.

this sucks, i seriously feel so defeated and like i’m being gaslit into thinking i’m worthless as a person because i can’t score a job

all the unemployed devs should team up and start a company

Companies want a Full-Stack Senior Developer that ask 5$/H salary and do Front, Back, Server and Testing tasks and working 90 hours per week

If my parents weren't so loving and caring and helping, I'd be homeless a long time ago..

Companies aren't really looking for employees. They are just fishing CVs to train their AI or ATS.

If you're searching for a job for 6 months, One year.... it's not you, it's the job market to be sick

The job market has been like this for Non-IT job seekers for at least a decade.  Unfortunately the tech folks were living in a bubble and are now with the rest of us.  The process by which companies hire is convoluted, time wasting, expensive and ineffective.  Even if they find a "unicorn", that person will NOT STAY at their company.  They will leap to the next bigger and better paying job.  The current process discourages stability and loyalty.  When you make folks jump through 10 hoops and 10 months to land a job, the "winner" hates and resents the employer by the first day on the job.

Actually, I am shocked when a company responds to my application.

Not only in America, everywhere

If job searching was a job, I'd be a millionaire

I've seen people applying to 3000+ jobs before getting a response, it's getting ridiculous. I've applied to hundreds, have a portfolio with full stack projects, am in college applying to internships and hearing nothing. An automated rejection email is a win these days. Don't give up, but it's tough out there!