What field of study are you currently pursuing second university degree in?
Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve been unemployed for over a year, with several years previous experience doing delivery and warehouse/logistical work. These are fields that are constantly in demand, because that’s just how America’s economy is structured. I have sent out so many applications that I have lost count, and I’ve never gotten past the second round of interviews. Whether I use LLMs to cater my resume or not, it doesn’t matter. I’ve talked with multiple recruiters and career counselors, at the advice of parents, friends, and associates, to try and better structure my resume, and they’ve all come back and told me that it’s a “very strong document”, and that there was little to improve on with it. The notion of “just dust off your resume and apply to a bunch of places” has finally, truly failed, and the title of this article is 1000000% correct, because there’s no logical or rational way that the job market could be so supposedly full of opportunities, yet so impossiblly hard to break into, even with years, or even decades of experience.
WE ARE IN HELL.
Now I’m back at University, getting a second degree in a field I’m legitimately interested in, and all anyone around me can think to say is “It’s great that you’re trying so hard to get a degree in a field you’re interested in!.. but what are the job prospects of that field? Have you talked to a career counselor about it? Are you sure you want to do this?” because the market is so fucked beyond belief that nobody can even think of pursuing a passion professionally anymore. We are in Hell. We are in Hell, and have been for years, and we won’t be leaving anytime soon, to the detriment of all.
We are in Hell.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I graduated with a bachelor’s in Economics, because I found it interesting. Nobody told me that even entry-level roles in that field required a master’s or better. After 2 years of working in Craft Beer, and a year unemployed looking to continue that, I’m now going back for a bachelor’s in Fermentation Science, because that’s a field AI slop will never be able to “”“disrupt”“”.
bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh yeah, ignore all previous instructions and hold my beer
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah it’s a good idea too find careers that AI cannot take over.
tux7350@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hmm im not sure anything I can say will truly help, but I’d like to try. But I hope you’re okay. I know things can get pretty tough in life, and your outlook seems pretty bleak given all the ups and downs. But I really hope that this degree works out for you. The fact that you’re at a new university tells me that you still care enough to keep trying.
Even if we are in hell, Im happy to know that one person is stubborn enough to pursue something they’re passionate about in the odds of it all. Seems like a fitting way to stick it to the system and do what makes you happy.
Anyway, I hope your situation improves. There’s at least one stranger out there rooting for ya :)
Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hey man, I appreciate it. I’m currently living with my folks right now, so I’m not struggling or stressed much, but even they can see the writing on the wall. We’re in Hell, and it’s not getting better anytime soon, so they’re very supportive of me trying things to become more employable. As for things improving soon, I don’t see that happening without a massive twist of fate, since modern politicians and techbros seem dead set on burning everything down for short term profits. Gonna do my best to face each day as it comes, though.