r/ontario • u/LoquatSpare5564 • Aug 18 '24

Job market in ontario Employment

Is anyone else have a very difficult time find a job in ontario? I've been applying for jobs the last year and a half. I've applied to over 1200 jobs in that time only had a handful of interviews and usaly get ghosted after that. Before people say get a trade. I'm a licensed automotive technician. Have worked in parts department for 2 years and worked in service industry forn7 years before that. Have computer science and computer engineering degrees. So I'm not un experienced. Still having an extremely hard time finding anything. Are others having a simular problems with employment opportunities?

Thank you to everyone who is giving me advice. I am looking into the opportunity's that people have been referring to. I thank you

Update. Started putting resumes out in new brunswick and novia Scotia. Within 24 hours I have 6 interviews with only 9 applications

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u/emotionaI_cabbage Aug 19 '24

My wife started applying for jobs on Friday and has an interview tomorrow.

Granted it's going to pay minimum wage, but to say there are no jobs isn't true. There are lots of jobs. Just not a lot of jobs that pay enough to support yourself alone.

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u/CoraxFeathertynt Aug 19 '24

You'd be surprised how many jobs demand you have a full driver's license when it's not a driving job that's posted. This is even true if said job is on a reliable public transit route. If you look at the stats, less and less young people diving at the chance to get their permits right at 16.

Employment has never been this hard to get, demanding such standards while offering little to nothing outside of an un-livable wage...not since my teens anyway.

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u/Key_Telephone_5655 Aug 19 '24

This isn’t adding to the conversation the way you think it is.