Job market is really that tough?

[BridgetsMum]

I had no idea it was this bad. I put a Craigslist ad in looking for a part time bookeeper for one of our schools. Just one days worth of responses and it's over 50 applicants. Most of them are way over qualified and this is only for part time work. It's heartbreaking.

[kaoskat]

It really is that bad. 

[Echo_Shell]

Absolutely.  Terrible.  Worse yet, the older you get, the worse it is.

[SourdoughStomper]

Yes. Bad here too.

[StarDragon]

That's the type of job my mom is looking for. Problem is, she is "overqualified" as well. :/ Honestly, she just likes to do it. She enjoys it. Unfortunately, people don't want to higher others if they have been in the work force too long, even though in this economy, it would really help for older people to get jobs so they can help pay for their children's college expenses (like me, lol). 

[DazzleKitty]

Awful here too.

I'm not really qualified for a lot of high end jobs. I'm just part of a call center. I have no college to back me up (went for two years but didn't put effort in).
I work in a hospital with tons of departments. Within the last three months I must have put in at least 40-50 transfer requests for different departments. I only got an interview from ONE and didn't get the job. I didn't even get a call back from any others even though for some of them I was a bit persistent in trying to get an interview.

I even tried outside companies for jobs and had an interview for an amazing job but found out recently I didn't get it either. I had a couple other interview opportunities but I educated myself on some of those companies but found out they are shady. Like, one present the job as something else when it was a door to door sales job. No way!

It's very rough out there. I'd like to think it will get better soon but I'm not a very optimistic person about it right now.

[kittybethy]

Same here. I'm job hunting for jobs that I am way overqualified for.

[Rainbowjuice]

I'm one of those 'over qualified' people.
Been looking for a decent job for over two years. I was out of work for 18 months.

Still haven't got the job I studied for. College and University, all that time and money for nothing.

*le sigh*

[coinoperatedgirl]

It's pretty rough around my area as well.  My husband got fired from his job of nine years about 3 weeks ago after someone accused him of theft and he applies to several jobs daily, and he's heard back from *one* place that was actually legit, and that was a 100 mile commute daily.  Most everyone is looking for people to do outbound sales/telemarketing, because they don't need to keep you if you're not bringing in the money.  He's got technical school certificates, but no high school diploma, and has only had this one job in the US.  He's gotten a friend to help him with his resume, which is helpful, but not a lot of places that require resumes are hiring. 

[DoctorMowinckel]

It's pretty bad in Dayton. While my primary source of income does get me by, I work literally 100 hours a month. Fortunately the audio business is a high rent industry, so even while working 100 hours a month, I can still pay my living expenses, though much else.

Though, I'm only working 100 hours a month, so I'm looking for secondary income. I've applied everywhere. Even fast food, I've turned in applications, called them back, and haven't even gotten an interview. I'm really anxious about money, 'cause working as a freelance engineer is really inconsistent money. I never know when, or if the next gig is going to come, so a secondary source if income would be ideal, but I can't find anything. It's annoying, I have a good resume. I used to work as an editor in chief, and prior to that I held a job pull and processing orders for shipping at a warehouse till I moved to go to school.

I'm at a loss as to how I'm going to get some more income.

[FlyingPonyMonster]

Hugs to everyone struggling finding a job, it's so hard right now xxxx

[bewilderness]

Things are bad in my area too.  In fact, IIRC our unemployment rate here is higher than the national average.  The official unemployment rate here is something like 12%.  The actual rate of course is higher.  I remember a couple of years ago, one of the grocery stores had a job opening for a cashier and they got 80 applications for that one job.  A couple of months ago, my favorite (very large) bookstore, that's been here for 15 years, closed down.  Gas prices keep going up.  Food prices keep going up.  I'll be expanding the garden some this year (and hope it does a lot better than last year).

[kiwimlp]

I really hope things improve soon.  This has been going on for far too long.

[dollhands]

It's bad all over the world

A year or so ago a new supermarket opened in Auckland and they had 200 positions available. They got over 2000 applications. Crazy

It took me just over two years to find my contract sewing job after I finished my training. One of the reasons it took so long was there were hardly any sewing jobs being advertised or they all wanted someone with experience. But I finally got my break, so I would say to others to not give up and keep trying I know it is tough though.

[starrypawz]

It's no better here I'll be done with college in a few mnths and I am so not looking forward to job hunting.  I have little experience as I've not been able to work and do college at the same time so I'm probably at a disadvantage :/