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2026-04-13 13:09:38 UTC

flash on Nostr: ⚡️🇺🇸 WATCH - Americans are finding its very hard to get a job in today’s ...

⚡️🇺🇸 WATCH - Americans are finding its very hard to get a job in today’s job market

“I just got denied from Walmart as a cashier. I have a f*cking master's degree, bro. I went to school for 12 years”

He says he has applied for roughly 300 entry level positions with a masters degree

“I have applied to over 300 companies and I've gotten response back from 11 of them. Why the f*ck do you think I'm applying to Walmart to be a cashier? Because no one is hiring. Why do you even post a job offering? You're not gonna hire anyone or respond.”

Current job market data

- Roughly 42% of recent college graduates (ages 22–27, bachelor’s or higher) are underemployed
- This is also the case of advanced degrees
- Right now data says it is not uncommon for job seekers to put in as many as 250 applications before getting a call back

This is crazy