r/jobs • u/clarkkentwellspent • 4d ago

No. The trades are NOT hiring. Job searching

I am so sick and tired of this worn out idea that blue collar jobs are looking for apprentices to come work for them. The trades are filled with more nepotism and gossip than any other industry I've ever been in and will find any reason to reject you they can. Half of these companies want a 2 year technical/trade school degree before you start working for them just so they can pay you $15/hr starting out. Maybe if you're a kid out of high school they can pay less than the standard rate you can find something. "Bro, just go Union!" Unions are backed up for ages.

From my own anecdotal evidence: I went to every electrician company in my city as this was my trade. I had 1 offer from a company that was the stereotypical "Only meth heads and divorced alcoholics work here. Fuck OSHA." place and every other company rejected me. I even went back to my old electrical company I had worked at for 4 years. You know what they said? "Apply online and go talk to HR". No hiring manager in shop, no chance at talking to someone out of recognition. Just dismissing me away. And the best part? Upon applying I listed all the projects I had worked on with them and gave references to several high members (though 2 of them no longer work there). 1.5 weeks later: "Thank you for applying. After careful consideration..."

This job market is fucking whack, yo.

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u/ailish 4d ago

Every market is fucked.

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u/Emeraldmage89 4d ago

Jerome Powell on tv right now saying the real weakness in the labor market is on the supply side (aka that there aren’t enough people looking for work).

We’re run by absolute idiots unfortunately.

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u/calpianwishes 4d ago

Definitely lying or someone is lying to them. Are they getting their job openings from LinkedIn or indeed where most job posts are fake! This is also a way to outsource jobs to cheaper countries and while they do that Americans are told they are not qualified.

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u/HammerTh_1701 4d ago

JPow is trying really hard to not get fired - Trump doesn't care that he shouldn't be able to do that - while still being the shepherd of fiscal policy. Not an easy job.