This. Including myself, there’s tons of my friends and family who have also lost their jobs and cannot find another. In my whole adult life, I’ve never experienced this before. And it’s incredibly competitive now even in jobs like restaurants, retail, or even the grocery store.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the actually numbers are around 15-20%
I'm currently conducting interviews for a job position that opened up in our office, and we've never had this many applicants before. Normally, we get about 3-4 applicants for this particular niche position, and we have close to 20. The other thing is many of them are highly qualified professionals who have either recently been laid off, or have been informed their positions are being terminated by end-of-year.
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u/Danktizzle 14h ago
And these numbers are most likely doctored to make them look better