Comments by "alex smith" (@alexsmith-ob3lu) on "Damon Cassidy" channel.

It’s going to get worse in Canada as inflation, taxes, currency devaluation etc. continue to make Canada economy even more dysfunctional.
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The reason why employers do that is because there is an disgusting over supply of low skilled and high skilled labor. Middle skill labor is what’s missing these days.
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Supply and demand. Colleges are a business, not a charity institute. When too many people go to college for “useless degrees” such as psychology, sociology, gender studies, film making, computer science etc. Colleges can charge higher tuition fees while decreasing the quality of education.
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Gen Z slander. It’s not just poor pay for corporate, white collar employees. The entire economy is really soft right now and there simply isn’t enough work.
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@trerio6815 “Personal responsibility” only goes so far. For many young people, their parents, teachers, siblings etc. forced them into college and giving up their childhood time towards “pushing paperwork.” Parents are at fault as well. After all that studying and 5+ years of college for a Masters degree; one is easily demoralized when they’re told, “no such white collar jobs exist, so just go learn a trade.” You can’t go from spending 25 years of “pushing paperwork” and studying theory all day; to suddenly be working hands on as a commercial plumber.
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@FirstNameLastName-wt5to Rather arrogant of you to be saying that. Someone who recently graduated form law school needs to be interned under an experience lawyer for (minimum) one year before they can go out on their own. Same story with medical professionals and engineers who also have to be interned for one or two years under the wing of an experience professional before that graduate student can go out on their own.
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@FirstNameLastName-wt5to It’s not just the law profession. You see that exact same standard with medical doctors, teachers, professors, engineers, pilots, etc. etc. But what really upsets me are the guys who have ruined the barrier of entry for everyone else with their short sighted thinking.
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Human Resources are all a bunch of drones who don’t know anything. A buddy of mine works as a software developer and he’s seen HR staff demand 5-10 years work experience for a piece of software that’s been out for less than 2 years.
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@vannavanity1195 Labor shortages can have a few meanings. For the “republicans”, it’s used as an excuse for higher immigration quotas in order to further depress wages of many fields of work.
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@xenosayain1506 Globalization. It’s easier and cheaper to hire someone else from somewhere else who will do it for a fraction of the cost that the employer would have you (a local) to do it.
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@jcdesantis69 That might be the case for certain white collar professions, thanks to decades of treating employees like tradable commodities. I’ve taken on and trained several Gen Z electrical apprentices. And let me tell you, these guys are passionate about their work.
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@IKVKronosOne Employers have forgotten what it means to “compete for labor” due to an oversupply of high and low skilled labor everywhere. Middle skillsets are the way to go.
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It’s a similar situation here in North America. Unless you have strong social connections through friends, family, relatives, co-workers etc. you won’t be able to find any work related to what you studied in school. The only exception to that is if there is an economic boom going on in a particular sector (I.e.: Real Estate), then most companies will hire anyone off the street to fulfill the growing amount of work.
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There are not enough jobs to go around anymore. Simple as that! Why increase the labor pool (I.e. higher immigration quotas) when you’ve offshored so many white and blue collar jobs overseas?
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@Rastaferrari829 We’re in a bad recession right now. When the economy goes downhill, skilled trades stop hiring and apprentices are all laid off.
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Sounds like Canadian employers. Most Canadian employers have forgotten what it means to compete for skilled labor and instead, would rather use corporate mass immigration to get their workers.
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@gregorymalchuk272 The issue is too many people studying the same degrees (i.e.: sociology) that will never be in high demand. By the 1980s, American industry could only hire a fraction of the engineers needed to implement new technical systems. It’s only gotten worse since the 1980s as the average attention spans, IQ, and technical-creative skillsets decline all over the West.
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Let’s not forget that home prices back then we’re an average of $15k. Now it’s climbing to $500k thanks to the dollar losing value.
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My parents wanted me to go study “mathematics” at graduate school. My respond was, “who is going to pay? Where are the resources you promised to provide me with? Where was the initial support over the years? Did I get to go to private school and have a dozen private tutors? No.” Instead, I went to community college and got an associate degree in electromechanical engineering technology. Now employed as a welding engineer, full time, no student loan debts and earning $95k/year. Some parents don’t realize/understand that the wealthy can afford many luxuries for their children education that the average Joe cannot. “But the government will support you!!” Yeah, those days are over. We’re not living in 1945 America anymore.
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@Dukejrrr That’s an awesome story! Thanks for sharing! Too many people don’t know or cannot see such opportunities at a car dealership or a small shop trade business.
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@ That’s a false assumption. They’ll then try to bring in more international students who can pay 100x the amount of local students.
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@damaramu. The mentality of “Everyone to College” has over saturated many white collar jobs, but that’s just one of many problems.
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@ I’m not a big fan of sending your resume in online. If you don’t format your resume properly or the font size of your words are too big; they AI will assume the resume is blank and will just toss it out before your resume even reaches someone hiring desk. If your able to, it’s better to drop off your resume in person during business hours. A positive social interaction can go a long way for you.
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@theplasmacollider6431 Most degrees are meaningless. Even many STEM degrees such as molecular biology are over saturated or lacking the practical learning aspect.
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@LauraAnn309 Thank you and good for you!
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@Support_Systemic That really depends on the school and program you’re going into. You really have to do your research and understand what are your strengths/weaknesses. Some degree programs such as archeology can be very rewarding (if you know where to look for work). As for engineering, that too also depends. A generic mechanical engineering degree from a four year college won’t get you anywhere unless you had industry sponsored cooperative education and/or you’re willing to also do a 1 year certificate program in mechanics at community college.
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When 98% of the news media is owned by a few wealthy individuals; it’s no surprise they’ll present their opinions as “truth.”
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@ The only point that I see in working a full time job in the mainstream is the work experience and credentials gained. As America further crumbles, more and more people will form their own crews/communities and build their own closed economies trading and helping each other out. Kind of like Japan economy before 1850.
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@nathanielcava4128 Herd mentality.
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@Azaleahsney CS is part of the creative arts and services sector. You don’t need that many people doing CS for programming, coding, or website design. We already have AI replacing many programming jobs. 15 years ago, only a handful of crack professionals did CS and made good money. Now that everyone wants to get into CS, there’s more competition for fewer jobs. That’s why they’re asking for x amount of years of experience, additional certificates, or maybe you’re willing to work for free in order to get the experience. That’s just my friends experience with hiring in CS, up here in Canada. I would bet it’s a similar situation in the USA.
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You should take a look at the robots that Boston Dynamics has already developed… Pretty soon, we’ll have AI replace many high skill white collar jobs and robots will replace many low skilled service collar jobs. “Middle skillsets” are the way to go!
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Have you tried dropping your resume off (in person) to various company/contractor offices? Most managers in the trades don’t check their emails and will only hire you based on connections and/or a particular expertise that’s in high demand. That’s how I got into the skilled trades. I was working as a BAS technician and wanted to become an electrician. So I started applying in person and eventually got accepted as an apprentice electrician doing fire alarms for high rise buildings.
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@foeyloozer6299 Canada is a good example of legal and illegal immigration going out of government control and into corporate control in recent years. Wages have decreased thanks to record high immigration and there also isn’t enough housing anymore for locals and immigrants alike.
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I feel really sorry for all the Zoomers that got their brains scrambled up by the unrealistic demands of their parents, peers, school teachers etc. to go to a four year college and then graduate school. Most of these Zoomers have high student loan debt and going into an economy that is really soft.
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@ariellev9185 XD
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@IKVKronosOne The “Nobody wants to work” card is simply an excuse for greater numbers of corporate immigration.
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@tesladrew2608 A “middle skill set” is a field of study that requires both high levels of theoretical proficiency and a good amount of hands on experience. For example, an elevator technician is a “middle skillset” profession. You start as a pre-apprentice doing a certificate program. Then you look for someone to sponsor you (apprenticeship) for x amount of years as an apprentice (based on regulations). While you are working hands on at the job site gaining experience; you go back to school to study theory for x amount of hours after you finished x amount of hours on the job site. Once you become a “journeyman” elevator technician, you continue working full time but you’re also learning new techniques of the trade and depending on what sector you (later on) get into; you might have to be re-trained to different or new standards/regulations that is demanded upon you. Continuous learning and developing all throughout your career.
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@ Well said! Amen! Before WW2, it was normal to do an apprenticeship or to take remedial courses at a city college to further your career as an adult. Since the 1950s, we’ve had this idea that every able bodied person needs to go to a four year college and then graduate school in order to succeed in life. Realistically, only 20% of young people should be going to a four year college while the other 80% should be working in some other vocation.
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@OptimalOwl Well, the reason why so many parents forced their children into doing college is because before ww2, less than 5% of Americans had college degrees. So if you had a college degree, you were all set and making good money as a white collar professional back then. We were already at maximum capacity for college graduates by the 1970s and decided to make it worse until recently.
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@OptimalOwl Signalling theory of education? Never heard of that term before. I’m going to look into that.
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@OptimalOwl Oh my god. Please don’t tell me that a $90k student loan for a degree in gender studies or sociology is worth it for a minimum wage job… It’s not even about going all in for STEM either. There are so many biology and chemistry college graduates who can’t find any sort of employment after they finish. So what’s the point of wasting all that time for?
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@OptimalOwl As time progresses, more and more employers are weighing their interviews less and less on what degree you have. Instead, they’re going for a skills based interview where the applicant is tested on their expertise and knowledge of their given degree. Most colleges are no longer focusing on merit, and are simply businesses trying to fulfill student recruitment quotas. You’d be amazed by the amount of rampant cheating, plagiarism, and professors/instructors training a blind eye to sloppy work at colleges these days. So no, just because you have a degree does not make you “smarter” than someone with no degree or a lower degree such as an Associate’s.
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