I am so frustrated with this job market.

22 Comments

1. Kim W.December 15,2025 at 5:30PM UTC

   I agree with you, totallly.

2. AnonymousDecember 15,2025 at 6:17PM UTC

   Having done two of those over the last decade, I will and have decline any further interviews of that nature. As a whole, they are not a pleasant experience (and not even a concern about identity theft, but so many other issues I have with them).

3. AnonymousDecember 15,2025 at 6:21PM UTC

   I have tried one or two before and they never work out in my favor. They are awful.

4. AnonymousDecember 16,2025 at 2:30PM UTC

   Same here. If they ask for a vídeo I won’t even bother.

5. AnonymousDecember 15,2025 at 7:26PM UTC

   While I agree with you 100% most companies especially major ones are cheap and don't want to pay for good Talent acquisition teams. They are also always trying to eliminate unnecessary costs of screening from the front end of things.

   The cost per hire for many companies is still a cost and if they are cheap they will go cheap. Definitely do your homework before you decide to interview anywhere to assure you are not subjecting your personal information to identity theft. Check to be sure emails are legitimate, and if you can have one dedicated email address and perhaps a google voice number to screen from fraudulent nonsense.

6. AnonymousDecember 16,2025 at 12:21PM UTC

   Not only are these tactics risky and dehumanizing, they can lead to discrimination against candidates with disabilities. People are so quick to judge others by their appearance. I too have refused to interview that way, and told them exactly why.

7. GirlBossanova934974December 16,2025 at 1:22PM UTC

   These sorts of interviews show that the company is nothing more than a revolving door of talent. Here for year or two and long gone. It is also a very costly way of hiring. A few bad hiring mistakes and all the savings vanish. Good interviews are about give and take. Finding out the qualifications of the candidate.

8. Changemaker828603December 16,2025 at 2:31PM UTC

   That is how I landed my current job. Jump through the hoops.

9. Marquisha ThomasDecember 16,2025 at 2:51PM UTC

   Completely agree with you in that...my husband is looking and struggling with the same issues. We're here to support each other!

10. AnonymousDecember 16,2025 at 2:56PM UTC

    The job market is terrible and technology has hurt NOT helped candidates especially those of us over age 50. I am sick of the vulnerability in applying and so tired of putting research and hard work into applying when I know AI is most likely eliminating me before any person even sees my application. If is so heartbreaking and I am concerned that I will not find a job in the next ten years before I retire. I was a hard worker with a decent income before but now I am just seeking anything to keep going.

11. AliciaDecember 16,2025 at 3:11PM UTC

    Wow, I had no idea this was a thing

12. SPQDecember 16,2025 at 4:01PM UTC

    It's true... Some companies do this. This was prior to COVID and I did one for a large well known national company that operated out of my city. I have also mentored students who have done this for their new grad positions.

    I think it being "not worth the effort" is a fatalistic point of view. Sure, it's impersonal, but so is shooting off a resume or application. Gone are the days when you knocked on a shop owner's door to get a job.

    I'll give you another anecdotal perspective.
    Before chatGPT, those with poor writing struggled to make resumes. But, many had amazing oral communication skills. If their weakness is writing, I told them focus on their strengths in speaking and network! For those, pre-recorded videos may be just the thing they need.

    And the last perspective. Consider that Youtube and Tiktok and posting social media 'shorts' are a thing now. A lot of people feel very comfortable speaking to a camera with no one on the other side.

    For those of you out there, don't get discouraged and sucked into negative dissent (trust me, people can tell when you're interviewing and jaded).

    Think of it as a challenge, and obstacle to overcome, and a new skill to show off. Know that it's completely in your control and you 100 per cent have the ability to improve this skill.

13. AnonymousDecember 16,2025 at 6:55PM UTC

    I can completely relate! I have been unemployed now for over a year and I am so tired of all these job scams, being ghosted or just the lack of consideration all together! When is this going to end??

14. AnonymousDecember 16,2025 at 8:28PM UTC

    I've avoided job scams by applying on the company website ONLY. In the past, I would use the LinkedIn Easy Apply and Indeed Apply buttons to apply to jobs. I stopped after my old email and phone # got inundated with endless job scam interview requests.

    I only apply to jobs that have a link to an external company website (not a hiring agency website, the company's website itself). If there's only a LinkedIn Easy Apply button or an Indeed Apply button and the company name is listed, then I check the company's website to verify that the job is real. If I don't see a job or the LinkedIn/Indeed job opening doesn't list an employer name, then I assume it's fake. These sites have failed to require any serious vetting process for employers because they get paid money whether job applicants get scammed or not, so I had to create one for myself.

    By taking this strategy, I've probably missed out on a lot of jobs. On the other hand, I've also missed out on plenty of scams. It's worth the sacrifice. If employers want employees to apply to their jobs, then they need a website with a careers page. It's that simple.

15. AnonymousDecember 17,2025 at 3:44AM UTC

    This is wise. Since applying for jobs, I have received so many scan phone calls telling me I am approved for $100k loans. It makes me angry how they are able to exploit jobseekers.

16. AnonymousDecember 17,2025 at 6:33PM UTC

    Where there’s hardship, there will always be scammers.

17. AnonymousDecember 17,2025 at 9:26PM UTC

    I've been dealing with this for 3 years and I have a job. Its ridiculous.

18. AnonymousDecember 16,2025 at 8:25PM UTC

    The layoffs have completely destroyed the job market. It used to be that recent college graduates had a good chance of landing entry-level jobs. Nowadays, entry-level jobs mostly want someone with 3-5 years of work experience, and they might get someone like that because of thousands of desperate layoff refugees.

    Meanwhile, recent college grads need to settle for low-paying jobs that are well outside their degree field and only require a high school diploma just to get ANY work experience. Someone who got a Computer Science degree, for example, was aiming to work in an IT department as a network engineer, a software developer, or a DevOps type at Microsoft, Google, nVidia, or Amazon. Likewise, someone who got a Marketing degree was aiming to work as a marketing coordinator at a marketing agency with big-name clients like General Motors or Goldman Sachs.

    You wanna know what neither of these people wanted to do after university? Work as a cashier at Publix or a call center representative at ClearCaptions (both of which they only got by removing their degree from their resume). But, that's what's happening in this job market. You have university grads who take jobs as waitresses or whatnot because all of the entry-level jobs in their field only want someone with preexisting work experience. It's crazy.

19. Colleen HansonDecember 17,2025 at 3:12PM UTC

    I saw a job posting in my area for an Administrative Assistant that required a Bachelors Degree, preferably in Communications, for a warehouse. The pay was listed at $17 per hour, non-negotiable. Seriously?!? The ad actually stated that anyone without a Bachelors Degree would not be considered, despite how much experience they may have. The job has been posted for over a month now. But part of the "application" process included submitting a short video describing your typical workday style as well as telling them a little about yourself, family obligations and hobbies. It went on to say that process enables them to quickly eliminate those who they feel would not be a "good fit". Possible Meaning: We don't want anyone who has a family to support or family obligations, we don't want anyone who actually has a life outside of work or that may have hobbies that would interfere with working overtime (the ad stated that overtime was required) OR we are going to hire that parent who is desperate for a job and pay them as little as we can get away with and take full advantage of them. All this for a $17 per hour job! Nope! There is a reason the job has been posted for as long as it has!

20. Claudia AndersonDecember 17,2025 at 4:51PM UTC

    You left out we want to make sure we don't make any DEI hires.

21. AnonymousDecember 17,2025 at 9:23PM UTC

    That job posting should be reported. Wtf.

22. AnonymousDecember 22,2025 at 2:07PM UTC

    My theory is they either score those with AI or use it to filter people out. I feel like the process leads to a lot of bias such as age and POC.