Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "“I Was LAID OFF 8 MONTHS AGO AND STILL CAN’T FIND A JOB!”" video.

That's why learning to human network is gold. When I took a structural/pipe welding course for fun I also volunteered and the school promptly hired me as they tend to hire from within. Social skills matter so I chose to develop mine.
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What are your skills? What are you doing to ADD skills? That you were laid off suggests it's time to expand your abilities. For example getting a CDL is an easy way to get work as a trucker. It may not be ideal but it's money. What local workforce training programs are available? Your community college is worth a visit (remember the Financial Aid folks don't get paid unless they find funding to students to keep things running). For example I've never met a decent auto mechanic who didn't have more side work than they could do in a lifetime. What one human can do, another can do. Are you young enough for the armed forces? Instant career, do 20 to vest then have a lot more income than raw pay tables suggest. Bonus, you get to leave and see the world (Europe, SK and Japan are large fun). Consider the Merchant Marine (most people don't even know it exists).
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Those skills do not require employment to be profitable and I'm an example. I don't pay auto mechanics except for machine shop work (too much specialty gear for me to add that at home), tire swaps and alignment. I don't pay for carpentry, plumbing, wiring (except for inspections), appliance repairs, HVAC etc.
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@momosgarage Yes you can career shift and I'm both proof and a witness. Adult education is one way to make it happen and that's often free or near it (Pell grants, Lottery money, student aid, apprenticeship programs). For example we trained uneducated students off the proverbial block to pass 6G pipe welding hiring tests in only 19 weeks after which they worked on the road (where the big money is) or locally at a trailer fab (a starter welding job is still a job). Not every state bothers with certs for many trades like mechanics. (I've never met a decent mechanic including myself who was out of work involuntarily.) Our "mechantronics" (industrial controls etc) students got the most job offers because math filters the ignorant. CAD draftspeople are also easy hires.
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65 here and what we can do anyone can do (my wife was a USAF CH-3 mechanic and good at it, she also wrenched anything with wheels as do I). DIY let us renovate our (inexpensive because we bought for acreage and chose old farm houses) homes inexpensively, DIY is why I have never wanted a new car or truck, yet have plenty of trucks and vintage motorcycles. The only things I've outsourced on my homes are three deep wells and one electrical inspection after I did the work (saving thousands). DIY is a major income effectiveness multiplier which is why my poorbros (we help each other because we're old and crippled) are also debt-free. They got that way buying undesirable lots, adding old single-wide mobile homes, renovating those over time while adding outbuildings etc. DIY can be great exercise. I dig trenches for pipe and wiring by hand (unlike renting a trencher then handing it back I can work at my preferred pace and reserve money for tasks I'm not equipped to do). DIY is why I have a capable home machine and welding shop. Everything I do for fun is also useful because I refuse to have useless hobbies. DIY lets me score then repair used tools, equipment and vehicles to support even more DIY. Just DO IT. Determination is everything and today everyone has access to knowledge for next to nothing.
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@kimchiba4570 Depends on the job and definition of "outsourced". SKILLED jobs mean those who start at a given date will maintain their experience advantage. Please list trade jobs you imagine can be outsourced and what "outsourced" means to you. Trades requiring a human on the spot include those I listed above. I've several years working in workforce training (which also cannot be outsourced because it is by nature onsite) along with decades in various trades (fixing fighters was the most fun but I enjoy it all),
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Some are low, others not. Specialization is key. Anyone young enough should consider the Air or Space Force for an instant career and early retirement. Just because a career is a "trade" doesn't mean some trades aren't more profitable than others. All the info is out there.
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