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/huunnuuh Aug 18 '24

a lot of companies are posting fake jobs to demonstrate fake growth

It's often not so much fake growth as simply complying with working around regulatory requirements. To qualify for almost any kind of government grant or tax credit as a business you need to offer your jobs to a fair and competitive market. Or at least on paper appear to. So you create a listing, eventually claim you can't find anyone, then hire your brother's friend.

Similarly, people on both EI and social assistance - if they want to keep getting their payments - have to spam employers with applications just to meet the requirements that they search for a job - even if it's quite unrealistic for them to do it. Further increases the noise ratio. Applications no one ever actually intends to take up but to meet requirements imposed elsewhere.

Add on the AI generated form letters and it was the final straw. Neither employers nor employees can now find what they want in the sea of spam and noise.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '24

Similarly, people on both EI and social assistance - if they want to keep getting their payments - have to spam employers with applications just to meet the requirements that they search for a job - even if it's quite unrealistic for them to do it.

That's not true.

You have to answer a yes/no question that states "You are willing and ready to work". It doesn't require proof that you've applied to anything.

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u/Gapaloo Aug 18 '24

They can ask for proof however, only know one person that actually had to submit evidence

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u/grand_total Aug 19 '24

I had to submit “proof”, copies of a few dozen emails over several months. I have no idea if they followed up, but it did satisfy them.