Jobs

A communications graduate who has sent nearly 500 applications, taken unpaid internships, earned certifications, and tailored every resume has hit a wall, and Reddit's response captures the collective exhaustion of a generation doing everything right and getting nothing back.

A Reddit post asking why the job market is so broken right now. Is it AI, the economy, DOGE, or corporate greed? The post has drawn responses that point to a convergence of forces rather than any single cause.

A job seeker who asked to reschedule an interview, after the company had already moved it once, was told via text that it was cancelled with no option to rebook. Reddit's reaction was swift and pointed.

A Reddit post comparing the current job market to the Great Recession has drawn responses from recruiters, displaced workers, and AI-threatened professionals who say it may actually be worse, and that the official data isn't capturing it.

A retail worker with 6–7 years of experience who was hospitalised and lost their job is now being ghosted by McDonald's, Target, Walmart and Dollar Tree, and just learned there are 60 applicants for the US$12–15/hr position they applied for.

A hiring manager at a tech company shares what's actually getting resumes read, and what's getting them instantly binned, from someone who reads applications all day.

A 58-year-old job seeker's rant about the frozen US job market has drawn responses from workers of all ages confirming the same experience: this job market is bad across the board, not just for older workers.

A Reddit post about applying to 100+ jobs weekly only to see the same listings reposted has struck a nerve, with workers across industries confirming that the broken hiring cycle is not unique to any one sector or level.

A student about to start a CS degree asking Reddit what to learn for a software engineering job has received a mix of blunt career warnings, survival advice, and genuine uncertainty from experienced engineers.

A new CS graduate who landed a job as an international student shares what HR and directors at their company told them about the hiring process. The numbers were staggering.

A multilingual university student with graphic design skills, hotel experience, and Adobe certifications can't get a callback for cashier or shelf-stacking jobs, and Reddit's response reveals exactly why, and what to do about it.

A Reddit post asking whether the bad US job market, especially in IT, is real or just content creators chasing views has drawn responses painting a genuinely grim picture, with little optimism about recovery by 2030.

If engineering, finance and data analytics graduates are struggling to land jobs too, what does it really mean for a degree to be "useful"? A Reddit discussion explores whether majors matter less than they used to.

A Reddit post asking whether the job market is really as bad as Reddit makes it seem has drawn responses from recruiters, hiring managers, and job seekers that collectively answer the question: yes, it really is, but Reddit may still be making it look even worse.

Jobs, visas and rising costs were all part of the debate after one Reddit user asked if a US master's is still worth pursuing.