Why is it so Hard to Find a Job?

Times have changed.  No matter what the economic predictions say, getting a job today is harder than it used to be.  As workers, we have to be aware and prepare ourselves for this new reality.  Being na?ve or ignoring this changing employment environment will only lead to poor career planning, wasted resources, and frustration.  Below is an excellent article courtesy of Job-Interview-Site.com.  It summarizes the demographic shifts, skill availability, and technological displacement occurring in today's job market.  Finding a job and establishing a career requires just as much work as getting the best college degree.

Why Is Finding A Job So Hard

There are top 3 reasons why it is so hard to find a job in this tough economy situation.

1. Fewer Jobs More Job Seekers

Finding a job is hard because there are less jobs and more people looking to fill those jobs. Employers can search for the best of the best. You’ll have to put out more job applications than ever before, just to get a response. It is also likely to take you longer to find employment.

With so much downsizing, so many businesses closing their doors, and so many businesses outsourcing you now have to stand out in a much bigger labor pool. This means you have to use your resume like it’s a billboard for your expertise and your skills. Don’t let your resume go to waste. It’s your ticket to getting that interview you so desperately want.

This highly competitive market means if you get called for an interview, you need to be more prepared than the other candidates. The best way to do this is to do your research and find out all you can about the company so that you can impress the hiring manager with solid answers. You also need to take time to practice responding to interview questions so that when the time comes you already have all the answers – that means they’ll fumbling or stuttering or panicking because you don’t know what to say.

One last thing – practice, practice, and then practice more so that you can answer all the potential interview questions without hesitating. You’ll come across articulate, poised, and ever so confident. Hiring managers can demand a lot from today’s candidates, so you’ll want to take every opportunity to be the one that shines in the sea of candidates.

2. Employers Looking for the Best Candidates

With the hard economy employers tend to look to find the best candidate.
With so many people laid off the skills and experience pool ups the ante. Getting the job is that much more difficult because there are so many highly skilled professionals that are willing to take jobs that they normally wouldn’t take. It has become harder than ever to get a job if you have no job skills or few jobs.

Sadly, in this market, employers looking for servers can actually find candidates with degrees that are applying for these positions. Finding a job is hard, but not impossible.

3. Technology Replaces Workers

High technology needs less working hands so less jobs are available to workers.
High tech jobs require workers. The problem is it’s a fraction of the number of workers that once did those same jobs, resulting in a huge number of displaced workers. For these workers finding other work puts them into an already tight job market that already has an abundance of job seekers.