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And here I am. Laid off after 2 months, among hundreds of workers, and unable to find employment. Someone tell me more about these "more jobs than people" again

And here I am. Laid off after 2 months, among hundreds of workers, and unable to find employment. Someone tell me more about these "more jobs than people" again. BTW I have a B.S in Computer Science and living in the USA.

adrianpike 8y ago
Where in the USA? I know a lot of folks hiring, both regionally and locally.
badbug 8y ago
"more jobs than people" can still be true, even if you don't find your preferred job.
jcims 8y ago
Since you're using a throwaway, could you provide some real details to back your statement? E.g. experience level, skill sets, region, jobs you aren't interested in applying for, what kind of things that you think could make the situation better for you, willingness to relocate, willingness to accept a shit job with a good company to work your way to a better job, etc? I ask because my mom is a 68 year old woman with a high school education in a rural community and she's had probably 6 jobs in the last two years. They aren't awesome paying jobs but at least half of them were full time and enough to squeak by. She just tries them on for size and quits them if they don't fit. Definitely a job hopper, but I don't understand how she can get so many jobs in a depressed area in the midwest and folks like yourself remain unemployed.
eli_gottlieb 8y ago
Solidarity! I was unemployed for much of 2017 myself. It's not that you (or I) don't have skills. It's that employers now seem to have such precise preferences that everyone is the "spiky kid" instead of the "broad fit". I've been turned down for jobs because, "While you definitely have the skills and you're smart, you just don't seem to be moving your career in that Ruby on Rails direction." In the same job search, I was told that I didn't have enough Rails experience even though I passed all the interview tasks just fine. These were for junior engineering positions! Well, self-fulfilling prophecy: now I'm following my more heartfelt interests and doing a PhD in neuroscience. Turns out finding a lab that fit my interests perfectly worked great. Which is to say: being the "spiky fit" actually sucks, but it seems to be what the labor market is targeting right now.

adrianpike 8y ago

Where in the USA? I know a lot of folks hiring, both regionally and locally.

badbug 8y ago

"more jobs than people" can still be true, even if you don't find your preferred job.

jcims 8y ago

Since you're using a throwaway, could you provide some real details to back your statement? E.g. experience level, skill sets, region, jobs you aren't interested in applying for, what kind of things that you think could make the situation better for you, willingness to relocate, willingness to accept a shit job with a good company to work your way to a better job, etc? I ask because my mom is a 68 year old woman with a high school education in a rural community and she's had probably 6 jobs in the last two years. They aren't awesome paying jobs but at least half of them were full time and enough to squeak by. She just tries them on for size and quits them if they don't fit. Definitely a job hopper, but I don't understand how she can get so many jobs in a depressed area in the midwest and folks like yourself remain unemployed.

eli_gottlieb 8y ago

Solidarity! I was unemployed for much of 2017 myself. It's not that you (or I) don't have skills. It's that employers now seem to have such precise preferences that everyone is the "spiky kid" instead of the "broad fit". I've been turned down for jobs because, "While you definitely have the skills and you're smart, you just don't seem to be moving your career in that Ruby on Rails direction." In the same job search, I was told that I didn't have enough Rails experience even though I passed all the interview tasks just fine. These were for junior engineering positions! Well, self-fulfilling prophecy: now I'm following my more heartfelt interests and doing a PhD in neuroscience. Turns out finding a lab that fit my interests perfectly worked great. Which is to say: being the "spiky fit" actually sucks, but it seems to be what the labor market is targeting right now.