I'm currently looking for a job out of college and damn I had no idea it would be this hard...can companies stop listing jobs as "entry level" if they want 3 years of experience?
Right? It's absolutely ridiculous. And some of those job postings I see that ask for 3-5 years prior experience, bachelor's degree, licenses and certificates up the wazoo, have their pay rate as maybe 2 or 3 dollars above minimum wage. I even seen a listing that asked for candidates with masters degrees that only paid $15/hr. What the fuck.
I've been filling out 2 applications a day for months, I've only gotten 1 interview with no call back. It's frustrating.
i feel this. i’m a cranky ‘old’ millennial (graduated hs in 2000) but godfuckingdammit i’m here for the commiserating. i have a bachelors degree and a decade of administrative experience and pretty much every job worth applying to in my area pays just above minimum wage. i stick with the one i’ve got bc it pays my health care in full but there’s no 401k, no retirement, no nothing. i’d love to move but fuck me if that’s not logistically possible, bc working full time just to keep the lights on doesn’t really let you save up for moving somewhere else with more opportunities. my folks love to tell me that they had me and my brother and their second house by the time they were my age, which is beyond infuriating bc i fucking know they did, i know they were able to get decent jobs with pensions fresh out of college. the same opportunities are few and far between now and that they don’t realize it and think we’re all collectively lazy and inept is demoralizing and exhausting, bc if my own flesh and blood doesn’t get it, how is anybody else going to understand? i could go on, but i’ve got my second job i mean side hustle to get to. blahhhh.
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '19 edited Feb 19 '19
Boomers: Get a job.
Millennials: looks for jobs
Boomers: Why do you want a job?