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Is this a common thing within 2022-2023? Where finding a job post pandemic is harder, now a days?

Friend of mine's been job hunting hard. Graduated University, Has a Bachelor's degree, etc. Constantly sending out resume's or going on interviews but getting rejected or no response. He had 6 Job Interviews within the last 1-2 weeks, and got rejected from all of them. With the last one, he started breaking down. Saying that no one's been giving him a chance, he doesn't know what to do, is at his wits end . Got to the point where he's lost considerable weight due to getting rejected constantly and feels defeated.

Im self employed so I wish I could give him advice, but do most average/normal people who graduate college/university, go through similar situations? Where finding a job after college in your field, is difficult? What advice would be appropriate to relay to him?

As a software developer who was let go in January due to budget cuts and is STILL searching for a job... I get it. The stress of applying to jobs and not even getting an interview can just break you down.

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What field? Tech is usually easy especially for new grads. Companies love fresh meat.

For example, the issue I'm hitting is that I received about a year of technical training, and then the rest of my experience is all on the job. I have over 7 years of on the job experience. HOWEVER, I do not have a matching college degree. Thus, a lot of jobs pass me over purely for lacking the degree, despite the actual job experience. It's incredibly frustrating.

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I can't really say as the last time I applied for a job was 1999 after I got out of the military. I had my eye on 1 job and applied for that job and a few weeks later was offered that job. Been there ever since then. I'm on year 25.

I think it would really depend on the field you are going for. We struggle to even find qualified candidates at my place of work. We have had to hire trainees with zero experience because we literally couldn't get 1 qualified applicant. Had there been one they would have been offered the job by default.

Job hunting from 2007-2010 was absolutely shit