Your LinkedIn course helped me attract recruiters and land a role in Big Tech at 24 years old. Thank you for sharing these hard truths and teaching us to be the CEO of our careers!
That’s good! I didn’t start my corporate career until I was 29 and that’s because I was a teacher before that. Playing catch up that’s for sure! I should have left teaching sooner! Happy there are resources like this to help people out! I wish I had them when I first started lol
@@StitchFae Most mid to large sized companies have recruiters, but that's only 10% of the power of LinkedIn. The course focuses on how to use the platform to stand out to hiring authorities, beyond even the recruiter.
At almost forty years old I would advise younger people not to stay in a toxic workplace for to long. Your health is the foundation for a happy and successful life and don't let it be ruined by a crappy company. Better to walk away - it is hard to find a new job when all your mental Energy is spent surviving.
If they pass you up on any raise or promotion, plan your exit strategy. Start looking at other companies and positions. They will never promote you. Also, save your money as if you’re getting laid off tomorrow. Building up that emergency fund will give you cushion and feel less stressed about the future of your career and give you options.
That's what happened to me, I went for a promotion to not even get contacted with a denial. To be "ghosted" for an internal position? Made the immediate move to start aggressively applying for opportunities. In about three months, (as of yesterday) I have got my offer and the income is is almost 50% more than the promotion position. Deuces to my current and now former employer
I wasted my 20s working 9-5 and leveling my alcoholism stat. Im 33 now and just finished my first year running my first business. Its seasonal for spring, summer and some of fall so waiting eagerly for my 2nd year. Thanks for the video! Ps thats a great men at work album
On the topic of your boss not noticing your hours: *DOCUMENT YOUR SUCCESSES* Seriously this was such a game change. Document every single success - it can come in so handy it’s crazy.
@TheBigJohny Just every time you do something especially well at your job, especially if you can find a way to attach it to numbers (I did 'x' amount in 'y' time, or this helped save 'X' amount) and write it down, either on a piece of paper or computer, etc. Like a journal entry. It's great to look back at to boost your self esteem and wonderful for employee reviews. Also, when you get a new job-- Save a copy of the job description so you can keep track of extra tasks and use it to argue (assertively, not aggressively) for a raise.
A rare great manager of mine in the I.T. field enlightened me with this. Our memories can be patchy. Our boss's are more forgetful when it comes to review time. I use a little program for the PC named Red Notebook, "A desktop Journal". Small download. Simple calendar. I record what I did today and emphasis any "big wins". Great reminders for me to refresh my memory before an annual review or especially before a job interview. As sephondranzer put it, personal game changer in the corporate world. You need to document your work.
I am hitting mid-50s and I am still employable. My advice, just find a niche where you see the least of a competition and excel in it. Other secret, keep learning and share all your knowledge with youngsters.
I agree. I have four different teaching credentials and one of them got me a position that is niche and that no one ever leaves. There are about 102 of us in these positions in a large district and the only reason people leave is to retire.
@@p.1019I do not know your situation. In my field, you can't compete with years of experience. When I share my knowledge, I get respect from people I am sharing my knowledge with. That gets me a feedback that keeps me employed.
I'm 40 and honestly found networking to be extremely overrated and ineffective. I've always gotten jobs through online application or working with recruiting agencies. It works for me.
I think it’s important to strategically job hop every 2-3 years. I worked on a system integration with a director at another company earlier this year. The director got laid off a week before Thanksgiving! And the guy was with the company for 20 years! Loyalty doesn’t pay
2-4 years in a role. Your next role or promotion can be with the same company but consider not spending more than 8 years in same company. You are more valuable with experience in several companies and will earn more.
Its not about jumping companies just for the sake of jumping companies. Jump ship only when you feel the time is right, extract as much skills & knowledge you can from your current role and, as career advancement, jump to something bigger. Be logical, be strategic.
I’ve been with my company for about 8 years and held only 2 different positions internally. At this point I actually don’t mind getting laid off because I have a lot of savings that gives me some passive income. Also my company does pay out very reasonable severance packages which would make me very happy if I was selected for it and I’ve never had the privilege to collect unemployment before but I know a few folks who did and they enjoyed it by trying to max out the cut off. For me I am having a hard time finding a job to hop to probably because I’m kind of selective and I want my work experience to be more relevant to the role. I am looking at the moment but it’s been very hard to get responses for jobs that require the experience I have but pays more than my current role.
People who job hop have created a worse environment for people who worked really hard. Bragging on social media and whatnot. I think im done my salary has decreased by 50% and most jobs ask for on call with crap wages. I don’t have time for that crap
I don't know in which country you live in or what kind of company you work for, but I have a different feeling from my experience... My manager always asks me if I am satisfied with the company and I even the first year I was working there, they gave we a performance bonus even if I haven't contributed much...
Also very important guys don’t make your career your identity, nobody cares what your job title is only that your making legitimate legal income. The head school janitor makes around the same as a mid level cpa. My former boss with overtime made almost the same amount of money as physician.
@ literally a custodian supervisor the position is officially named an engineer but a custodian boss is really what you actually are. All you need is a 3 month certification in boiler operation and work your way up.
Agreed. I was an EMT in a big healthcare company in New York. Thing’s happened. How fast the world keeps turning with or without you regardless of your “prestigious” position
My personal career advice to young people is do what you have to do to get the entry-level phase of your career out of the way as soon as possible. The money starts coming after a few years experience.
I worked for a tech consulting company for 2 years after 7 years of college study. I met and sometimes exceeded expectations. What do I get in return? A meager 3% salary increase and still exempt from overtime pay. Folks, you only have one life to live.
I agree because I had not been in tech or incorporated in 15 years and I got a job within a few days about six years ago at HP. Now I was in my 40s, but I believe because I had H&R Block and Boeing or my resume earlier in my career is what did it.
If the employer is future faking about all the great opportunities waiting for you, start looking for a new job now. If they thought you were that wonderful, they would be seeking out more responsibilities and leadership roles for you now. They like you doing the grunt work well that no one else wants to do.
I was “lazy” in my 20’s…graduated in the worst economic recession after the Great Depression. I applied to literally HUNDREDS of jobs in my field and employers literally had hundreds of applicants for each position. It doesn’t seem much better today. It helps to have rich parents, because people with rich parents seem to have better, more stable careers.
I traveled and partied in my 20s and didn't go to college until early 30s and got my degree at 35. It worked out because they treat me like I am 10 to 15 years younger than I am, since they can't ask age, but they can ask year graduated. Plus I had an amazing time in my 20s when I was young and fit enough to enjoy it.
@gauloise6442 interesting and yet awesome to do the near polar opposite of what everyone thinks you should do.. granted waiting to go to school until you're quite certain what you want to study or quickly pivot to the relevant field is the smart way to avoid being saddled with loans (if you didn't have savings or an employer partially/fully reimburse)
Yes, I was in the same boat in my twenties. This guy used the word “mistake” a little too often and callously without considering that people like us did everything we possibly could in our twenties and just didn’t get the opportunity we needed. I wasn’t even offered a 401k from an employer until I was thirty. Finally, someone gave me a shot because of the pandemic, and now I live debt free with a humble but growing nest egg for retirement, taking full advantage of what was refused of me before. I was homeless in 2019 because of how unfair things are (and was completely sober btw). Night and day now. If there’s someone struggling with getting that foot in the door, my advice is to love yourself first. You are more than your career, the mistakes made or injustices wrought or whatever else is weighing you down. Once you do get that shot - and it will happen if you just keep going - then that’s when you turn off notifications from r/ antiwork and focus unwaveringly on your goals.
Corporate America doesn't have a "what have you done for me lately" mentality. It is "what will you do for me tomorrow?" Even what you're accomplishing right now won't matter if the business feels that work won't be necessary tomorrow.
Even if you're a star performer today, while the company is making record profits and you make a presentation about how you helped benefit the company, you will still be canned because the CEO will want more profits (aka. not paying you anymore).
It's always a good idea to also sign up to job board alerts, even if you are not looking. It will help you keep up to date on the skills in demand and how much you are worth.
Keep your finances in line, that's the big one. Live below your means and be prepared to lose your job. Beyond the safety net in the case you do lose your job, that gives you way more freedom for your career. Sometimes taking a step back leads to steps forward down the road. I have experience in various aspects of my field because I've essentially "reset" my career multiple times to get working experience in different positions. Although frankly, this wasn't done intentionally on my part. I just go hard on the job I'm in in the moment, get as good as I can at it, become bored when just about every problem the job can throw at me becomes mundane, and move on to the next exciting thing that catches my interest to do it all over again. I basically see my career and every job I work as a game: once I "beat" it, it's less fun to play and time to play a new one. Don't let your whole life get boring by getting stuck doing the same thing the whole time.
Hello Sapahn, I have been changing my job when got a better position at a bigger company. I have landed the job at a multinational big company but they laid me off 4 months later. I have been looking for jobs for a month. I have been applying jobs at multinational companies similar to my last one but not receiving any response or rejection. I have been trying to get a job in my last company for almost 2 year. My question is Should I wait for land a job similar to with my latest one or apply any job with smaller company to start in short period? If I start at a smaller company, I would be looking for better opportunities in 1-2 years. I am anxious about losing my momentum about jumping better jobs. Any suggestion could be useful for me.
@@tahaedirneli9131 If you want the job or need the money, then it probably can't hurt. Still try to keep active in whatever you can that's connected with the jobs you want so you're maintaining a healthy network. That'll bring more opportunities to you, create good references when you're applying otherwise, etc. Networking is mainly how I get my jobs, so besides that, I'm not sure. Meeting and talking to people tends to bring jobs to me and if I'm interested, I take them. Though it's all been in the logistics field, which is pretty in-demand in general. Did you start your own thread posting this to see if others have ideas? Or looked into the services A Life After Layoff provides? They might be able to help (this is not an endorsement - I have not used their services myself).
I agree with you with jobs will get by without you. However, years ago, I worked at Sears for a couple of months. I didn't like the job and I quit that. Now Sears has gone backruplt and no longer here.
Thanks for sharing this! It’s a crucial message for young professionals in their 20s and 30s. Don’t wait for your company or manager to guide your career growth-life isn’t always fair. You need to stay aware of opportunities in the market and take proactive steps. Having spent over a decade in the tech and IT sector, I’ve seen technologies evolve drastically, making adaptability and smart decisions essential for survival. Don’t rely on others to dictate your path-take charge, keep learning, and continuously strive for improvement!
I start watching you at 25 and now 29, I am so thankfull to watch your video and your advice. Now I have a great job, a side hustling and I advocate more than ever for myself.
I have a minor social-developmental disorder. Finding work of any sort is a pain. I'm 25 as of yesterday, and the longest I've worked anywhere was for a nearby summer camp for roughly 2.5 years. I left there at the end of this last summer to move to a nearby, larger town to try to find a better-paying job with the experience I gained.
Can you specifically talk about the topic on marketing ourselves? Especially for socially anxious introverts. Because that's our worst nightmare. Please help us socially anxious introverts.
@@TheJetsons-v2w I guess we are screwed, my dude. I think I already saw every single one of his videos and he just keeps saying "just do it" but.... HOW!? I've tried everything already and it seems that nothing works for me.
You can become more active writing online about what know, improving your LinkedIn profile even if you are not looking. Going to interviews just to assess what other companies are paying and what skills they look for. Showcase the good work you have done in writing to your boss via easy to read reports.
Im also super shy and socially anxious but have gone to acting classes and practiced different techniques to improve this. I'm far for perfect but better than before. It gets better over the years if you try small steps every day
Definitely feeling the career mistake. Education and interest is polar opposite from what field im in now. Hit my ceiling based on software competency vs knowing the fundamentals to grow/get promoted. Market is either non existent or qualification requirements are too high for me. While I’m still paid well and moderately secure, the passion is gone. Makes me wish I did more internships or didn’t take that first job out of college.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff Yeah, unfortunate for me as well, I took a job fairly fast out of college but found it very hard to transition out of customer service roles...took me years...
This video is real talk. I'm in my 40s now and can tell you from experience that everything Bryan said in this video is 10,000% correct (hyperbole, I know 😂😂)! This is stuff no one tells you in high school or college. I was naive in my 20s, believing I was irreplaceable, that I would work the same place until I retire. But those experiences I had taught me differently. The biggest expense any company has is labor, in other words employees. In the end, employers exist to make money/profit for themselves first, and they will always put the needs of the business ahead of yours (even if the boss likes you). This is not bashing employers because It's not personal, it's just business. So when you put your needs first, it's also not personal, just business 😉.
Yeah, well, I'm also 40 and decided to join the military in my 20s. The treatment I've gotten since getting out isn't exactly something I can easily dismiss as "just business".
Sorry for the really late reply, I would like to add another one "In order to do your work well for a long time(essentially succeed in your career), you need to be physically and mentally well."
Helps that there's no compassion, care, empathy, or friendship left in the world. Since everyone is either your boss, or coworkers only looking out for themselves.
One thing I learned in my 20s was that every time I quit (and I mean every single time) my salary went up 20%. But then after I did that a couple of times I didn't want to be seen as job hopping so I stayed with a company for 5 years which turned into 9 years because of COVID.
The best advice that ANY young person can accept and take to heart is to listen when older people offer advice. Not just anyone, of course, but trusted people that have achieved success and are trying to help you out. Just as Brian is doing in this video, they are trying to help you out. They are sharing their mistakes with you so that you can hopefully avoid them. Every young person that has ever lived thinks that they are smarter than everyone else. You aren't. Listen to those that are trying to help you.
At 43 years, having been fired 8 times, laid off 6, quit a couple, I can truthfully say yes. Also living on savings for nearly 2 years while the cost of living has never been higher in America also sucks.
After watching your channel, I started sending out my portfolio / cv to potential companies that I am trying to collaborate with possibly - I got a lot of nos - but there were a few maybes - but it got their attention and am meeting with a few prestigious companies for business lunch chats next month!
I am in my mid 40's and everything said in this video, I have done and experienced. I wish I had known better. TBH, I still struggle to market myself. I started a new job last year and I had to write and rewrite my script to sell myself during the interview. Sure, I succeeded, but I can never do it impromptu.
Great stuff as always. The key point I always consider on being replaceable is how long the company has been going. I've worked for three big multinational companies. All of them were in existence before I was born and I imagine they will still be going when I die. Even if you work for a tech company like Google, consider that they are so big that one person leaving probably won't make a difference. After all, Apple is still going 13 years after Jobs died.
I would add another one - treat your cv as advertisement document. It's not your autobiography and doesn't have to represent everything historically accurately. I know that this may sound unethical but in my book - as long as you can do the job, I don't really care how you marketed yourself to get through the door. Examples: 1. I struggled a lot to get my first job after I graduated from university, even though I worked on multiple personal projects and had well above entry level skills, but I struggled even to get interviews. I pivoted and created a fake 1 year experience (by referencing personal project I worked on) and interviews started flowing. I did well on them (since I actually had the experience) and landed a first job quite fast and was competent at it. 2. After 5-6 years of job hopping every year (in order to get 30-50 percent bumps each time) it has started to bite me in the ass. Interviewers started treating me as a redflag, at this point industry expects a 7 year senior to have worked in 2-3 companies during that period, not 7. And they don't care that you may have contracted in half of them and constant switching was just a nature of contracting. I solved that by modifying my CV yet again - placing 3-4 projects under umbrella employment of an agency I got them referred to me. Again, it's not an accurate representation of how it went down but in the end of the day it gets me through the door and I have the experience necessary. In the end it's all about marketing and being honest about your skills.
Depends on how conservative the recruiter is. Atleast one position should be above 2 years. If all of them are 1.5 year then its gonna bee seen as a redflag. @@theblaqkhaleesi9559
Honestly, we needed to know it when we turned 20, I guess it's never too late, but the mindset that the job market forces us to adopt is oppressive, some people can adapt to it at a younger age than others.
I am 43 and last year I was working full time, budgeting groceries, unable to afford date nights, and missing time with my kids. Now I learned how to make money online. Now am a SAHM, homeschooling, and making profits every week.
Wow that's awesome investing in alternate income streams should be the top priority for everyone right now. especially given the global economic crisis we are currently experiencing. stocks, gold, silver, and virtual currencies are still attractive investments at the moment.
All good points. The only thing I will say that is that even companies that do not have unlimited PTO are not paying for unused days now. My company is one of them.
Doing something your truely passionate about is always of value. People will notice it. Im a cdl a driver. I drove box trucks for many years before getting my license. While obtaining my license i met some one who only wanted the license for the money. I never saw some one struggle so much to get a license in my life. I feel for them but if your heart aint in it... it gets infinitely more difficult. They started schooling a month before me and i still got my license before they did.
I met a girl in college who was a fellow accounting major and when I asked her why she'd chosen accounting, she revealed that her mom and dad were paying her way through school but (as she put it) "only if I get something practical." Last I heard, she ended up marrying a CPA and she's a stay-at-home mom-in that "my kids are my life and I couldn't be happier" kind of way. Could've saved her parents a good 50 thousand bucks there.
@@pentoo988 I'm sure her parents could've set her up with someone for less than 50 grand! But true, it's a lot easier to meet a CPA if you're spending all your time around accounting people.
If I were in my 20s ( I am far from it now) I would try to start my own business, definitely, corporations are brutal, they will chew you up and spit you away like there is no tomorrow, believe me, loyalty does not pay off, experience does not pay off even with degrees and certifications
Great advice! Too bad I'm in my 40s now. 😂 I made lots of job mistakes in my 20s and 30s, and now I'm paying for them. Hopefully, those in their 20s and 30s will really listen to this.
Yeah, I’m 47 and I also did the same as you did. I decided to learn a new career in college and I bought his program to practice on getting a new job after I graduate.
Well, I'm 32 and I've managed to repair my career path a couple of years ago...but it was freaking hard. I'm now hoping to grow my career further next years to a more senior individual contributor.
Lol, I was hired as a software engineer but I found ways to solve a huge amount of money for the company by figuring out an issue with ASICs they had. The manufacturer told them to get lost and buy new machines, I got the chip off eBay for 5$ and a method to get to the board and fix it. They paid me several bonuses for it. When I was on my way out, they tried to get someone else to do it and nobody could figure out the same repairs I did. I truly was integral to their business and now they will pay 30 000 for each machine they could have had fixed for 60$ by me. Apparently I, as a dropout from electronic engineering high school and a software engineer hire know more about electronic repair than the large multinational firm that manufactures those machines and refuses service after 5 years and outlets that make their money repairing electronics (they have the manual skill but not the intelligence to troubleshoot). Lol, every industry is a bunch of imposters.
I was irreplaceable, I built internal others were using but I was maintaining, no one else knew the code base and it was testing automation software so thousands of tests that aren’t compatible with any other software. Yet I still didn’t know my worth. I worked in an enterprise from 2014 to 2022. It was all thanks to God and a colleague (that left before me) that I got a new job that paid me 2x my previous salary, I’m still there. Tech lead is the level I wanted to reach working for someone else, anything beyond that was diminishing returns.
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4:44 “…not relying on a single-source of income like a salary…” While this comes across as a well-placed ad-how are professionals reasonably expected to run a business or “side-hustle” without raising an alarm that could lead to their dismissal? As an HR recruiter this feels disingenuous without flagging either moonlighting or other provisions against what might be sporadic drops in the bucket compared to one’s ‘guaranteed cheque’-while it lasts.
@corycozy Most employers have no provisions against outside employment as long as it doesn't interfere with the job, use company resources, or directly compete. That being said, "you should have another side job after your 'full-time' job" may be solid advice whilst still being an indictment on our economic system.
8:04 I wish to emphasize this point 1000 times. At the time, it didn't feel like a big deal to postpone with switching career path as current option seemed good enough. Only i my 30s have I realized the disaster I have brought upon myself that takes years to fix, let alone the lost profits from the missed opportunities. The best comparison I could find is the compound interest but the other way around. I wish it were actually painful to make those seemingly small mistakes so I could have taken action sooner.
I think I have earned the ego. After leaving my last job my former client pulled all the work. We were growing getting more work. Engineering, environmental and permitting was dependent on my construction management role. 7 months later the contract was pulled. Felt good after all the bullshit from my boss
I don't have career apathy, I have career horror. As much as I prepare, I just don't have the educational background and network to fix my career mistakes and lack of career advancement. I'm not really sure what my career is as long as I'm only taking each survival job as it comes.
As my late grandfather said in my 20s after coming out of college is that having a job will take many twists and turns and many opportunities will arise in the future. May be I should've listened to him a little better after learning that you shouldn't work for the same company too long just as much as you shouldn't job hop frequently. Plus employers could easily let you go on a whim, even if you've been working with them for some 30 years and getting virtually nothing from them upon leaving.
This video gave me IMMENSE anxiety lol.... I now feel like everything in my career has been a mistake.. and reinforced my constant feeling that I'm about to be laid off lol... which then makes me want to apply for another job so I won't be laid off, but then that's a mistake because of job hopping!...... soooo either way we're doomed lol
If you have been at your employer for a couple years, and the new position provides logical career growth, don't worry about the job hopping concern. I've chaired a lot of hiring committees- we can tell the difference between the work history of someone trying to game the system and someone just pursuing great opportunities.
Truth you are a headcount. I worked at a place where I was only one who closed the books and did the budget and forecast. I was last hire in (4 years) first out with a headcount cut. Hurt my ego really bad. But you learn to know you are dispensable. I worked MANY hours there, it did not matter when people in corporate are states away who made the decision. When I never let it fail they thought anyone can do the position. Guess what they did, we are all replaceable.
Sorry but the truth is, even if you aren't lazy in your 20s and 30s (been working since I was 15) it's still twice as hard in your 40s. I'm 48 and got beat out because "the other guy had more experience". Yeah, I guess.
For those of us that started working in the online era- late 1990s to 2000's, it's never been easy to get a good paying job, not having enough experience or skills has always been a wall preventing us from getting hired. We never had it easy. That said, we need to push hard if making a career change or taking on entry level jobs to just get in the door so we can have an income. We've known the reality of the 6 month-3 year job search from the 2008-2015 recession/jobless recovery. Bryan gives good advice, but he sometimes can be too negative.
Employers are allergic to inside upward career paths. To have to develop their own employees ultimately threatens their own existence. They have endless choices outside the door to manipulate their own path as commander and chief.
You're absolutely right that companies will walk all over you and will define your career if you dont take charge of it. Also, I think that if you see that you wont get what you want, you should leave for a company that you can get into what you want.
Im have been working at my company as a senior tech (yeah fancy title) for 9 years now. I dont have a degree but i have the experiences and hand skills. Every project that was involved, i helped the engineers from the initial product design, to build, to test, to address and resolve any issues that come up, to manufacturing and training. I told my manager i want to be promoted to be an engineer. She told me she wanted to and would help persuade the higher rank people to promote me. It was a year ago and im still waiting. They're recently hired a new graduate with very little experiences. I felt very disappointed and lied to but then i realized it's just how the real world works. I wanted to quit but in this economy, it's very hard for me to find another job that gives me potential. Sucks but i will just have to wait for now. When opportunities strike, i will bounce!
If they drag their feet for promotion longer than a month, they aren't doing it. If someone higher up promises a promotion but takes pretty long to bring it about, it's because they had a discussion with the CFO and have designed an exit route for you that starts with an insulting promotion with merit raise wage increase, followed by a litany of complaints out of nowhere, which begins a PIP, and ends in guaranteed failure. And you will be gaslit into believing it was all your fault.
I'm 43, have made some serious career mistakes and spun my wheels for a long time, and now have several serious health problems. This is all stuff that I wish I had understood 20 years ago. But my 20s-self would not have listened. How do I know? Because I did hear all these things decades ago and didn't listen.
Be needed. Probably had 10 to 20 bossses try to fire me. They are all fired, laid off, or quit. Whole office layoffs. Got a new batch of bosses who think they have weight to throw around. I honestly don't know why they exist. I don't need them in any way, nor do i talk or see them, but they wanna insert themselves into things they know nothing about.
I was laid off, and they lied to the state saying it was performance. one problem that the state slammed them on... they gave me a PERFORMANCE bonus 2 months before. They wanted avoid wrongful termination, and issued me severance for a year. I was told they didnt want the investor(s) and/or state to know they were having $$$ issues.
I got laid off when Covid hit, but they fabricated a reason-"inappropriate comments on social media." It took me four months of working through an understaffed, overworked state unemployment office, tirelessly following up week after week in the middle of a freaking pandemic, all the while kept from homelessness solely by an eviction moratorium, before I finally won my case (only because the company failed to respond to a state request for information in a 60-day window-did they hope I'd give up the fight?) and got four months of back unemployment in one lump sum that let me get square with everyone to whom I owed money. There is nothing scummier than a company laying people off without wanting the state to know they're laying people off.
Depending on your organisation or career goals. If you are young I would recommend trying to get as much experience as you can. For example, customer service posts can be horrible but they are good experience in the long term. Use this to gain more customer service experience and then try a short stint in somewhere like a call centre (short period). This will help you gain more experience. Hopefully you will gain both experience dealing with people face to face as well as digitally (two sides of the same coin lol). From these you can gain communication skills, patience and the ability to deal with difficult situations. I'm hoping you will work towards gaining some qualifications like a degree etc and keep researching opportunities for after graduating. Focus on gaining work placements at university and research popular graduate recruiter's and see if they offer a strong promote from within culture. Should you get a place with said recruiter, I wouldn't be complacent and try to spend at most one year at each grade as you try to gain promotion to the next grade and so on. Opinions are my own. Have a good day reader.
Oh my good, this is the worst piece of advice I have ever heard. With those sorts of jobs you never get anywhere. If you work at a call centre you will never meet the offspring of the wealthy, influential and the powerful , because they don't have to do those sorts of jobs. You are effectively learning to be ' a loser', to be giving your 'blood, sweat and tears' for very little in exchange. I would tell someone in their late teens and early 20s to get an education in something solid (as an insurance policy) and then if your family situation permits (meaning, you can live at home with your parents, without paying rent or worry about getting a mortgage or other responsibilities) do internships in places that would get you closer to your dream job. Take risks, try to do what is difficult when you are young.
@p.1019 I have found working with people and dealing with people (and gaining knowledge of workplace politics and culture) to be extremely valuable more so than any qualifications. Also showing advancement in a short space of time (through your efforts and not nepotism) is better than staying in a low grade post for a long term. Yes, having a degree is important I mentioned that. Your opinion offended me but I respect your input.
6:23 Big disagree here. I'm at work to get things done and get paid, not play games and dabble with dumb formalities. If an employer won't give me what I want because I'm a "wallflower" who shuts up and minds his own business then I'll just take my business somewhere else.
I found you last year. Hile doing my laundry. Im doing my laundry now and Im gonna be 35 in 2 weeks 😁 Thank you. Im going to treat this as a 35th birthday gift of the universe for me because Im going to an online interview later or tomorrow and this helps A TON Belated Happy New Year 🎶🥳indeed
I was wondering if you could do a video on what housewives could do if their husbands were primary breadwinners and if they had short-term jobs all over the place, long periods of not working, or in school at a later age. In my case, I didn't worry too much about a career until now that my husband needs me to take care of him. He can't work now and I want to make sure he has a wonderful life after all he has done for me and now that the kids are gone. How do I explain that I didn't take working so seriously before even though I am highly educated just for the sake of being highly educated? Caught up on tech skills, but resume, without being able to talk to a human, looks sketchy.
What this man is saying is 100% facts! Every person in their 20's should review this list and tailor it to their circumstances because life gets hard if you don't plan ahead, but gets "easy" if you do.
I know this is all the truth, but I feel defeated and and shifting my mindset is difficult when the people around me are facing the same struggles - the average minimal wage worker
The idea of a full time job plus building a side business is unrealistic and for sure your family and people who care for you will pay the price. Plus your boss will notice that you’re not all there.
And your side business will never take off because you're not giving it 💯 and you're having to do things to make it work around your actual job - effectively crippling it. Also most businesses fail. So even if you do put the heavy down - it's a tough road.
Too bad. It's whats necessary now at minimum. Or just quitting your FTE and go all in on a soloprenuership. This channel and Josh Flukes should have made it VERY clear that working in corporate america as a wage slave long term is untenable and does not lead to long term happiness. Soloprenuership or slavery.
@@HueyFreeman-l7m my point of view is different because I’ve been always well paid as an engineer and/or technical program manager for various corporations. The key is to gain some financial indépendance as early as possible, like around 40. Then being laid off is not a big deal any more, in fact it can turn into opportunities. Basically you have to max out your 401k, save and invest about 25% of what’s left, plus stay healthy, plus avoid the consumerism traps including expensive universities for your kids (what a rip-off).
@ I have a friend who started his own business leveraged on high tech skills he acquired after years of corporate life. He customized and sold specialized electronic boards. 3 employees and his own garage space. He worked a lot more, made less, but liked it better: more freedom. Mind you, though, that he was doing that with a fat cushion from his corporate life, so a potential failure was not that dramatic. Another guy I knew got laid off, started a side business, went nowhere, ran out of money + debts and killed himself. It still hurts because I should have seen it coming, and all I was doing was to encourage him to keep looking for a job at the same time. Suddenly one day he called me asking to help him find a job. Days later he was gone.
I don't necessarily agree with this. My brother works for a big bank as a lawyer dealing with trusts, wills and investment and he has been in the same job for years. I think he is fine with it. He also teaches law at night. The secret is the type of job you have. Consider union, city, county, state jobs. I do agree that they would replace you in two seconds so look out for yourself. I also agree that you should have more than one way to make money.
I don’t wait for permission for a pay raise. I job hop. Although recently I started my own business and I’ve been using my vast network or gain 1099 work and now make 90/hour instead of 20/hr.
If you can figure out a way to save money in your 20's & 30's to create a nest egg invested in the market then you can create your own income stream. Even if that investment income is modest you still have more power & more importantly freedom to make careful career decisions. There use to be loyalty towards long time employees. That stopped existing years ago at this point. I'd rather have my freedom with a meager investment income than deal with corporate hacks who care nothing about my wellbeing. I learned a valuable lesson the hard way spending almost 13 years of my life with one company having been overlooked for management positions. I just wasn't "OUTGOING" enough. It didn't matter I had the intelligence. All that mattered was being part of the clique which I was not part of. Introverts in the workplace are often times overlooked & misunderstood by ignorant people.
Thank you for imparting this wisdom on the next generation. I was lucky enough to have been let go from a job that I was way overqualified for in my early 20s, and might have taken way too long to upgrade if not for that motivation!
6:22 about being too reserved: What if you have NO common topics of discussion with your coworkers? I'm seen as too quiet but 100% of their conversation is either about drinking, partying, sex, relationships or cars/motorcycles. I'm not exaggerating. I don't drink, I don't party, I'm an aromantic asexual and I know nothing about vehicles (I don't even have a driver's license yet). How do I insert myself into their convo? (And honestly it's not the kind of talk that I'd like to participate in...) They're not interested in the topics of my interest, they have a different music style, and if I keep it professional and try to talk about work related topics they clearly don't like it. Even mundane conversation starters get stale quickly due to this disparity: "Hey, what did you do on your weekend?" "Drank my ass of" "Oh. [anything I say here will be interpreted as dorky because I'm playing it by ear]" "Hmhumm..." If they're feeling particularly polite, they might ask "And you?". My response is "did some chores and played videogames". An uninterested "oh" will follow and the convo dies. Just a relationship where I find those people to be so incredibly boring and they most likely think the same. I like being and remaining employed, however. Do you have any suggestions?
Say “did some work around the house, played video-games. Do you game at all?” If answer is yes than ask what game, etc. if answer is no than ask about their weekend activities. Make the conversation about them, people love to talk about themselves
Being nice usually works. Not overly nice, but yknow You can always just ask questions and give compliments to start off maybe. My dad and I have like 0 similar hobbies, but I can still talk to him about his favorite restraunts, types of foods, uhh... Food lol damn we rlly don't talk a lot...
What if you are 29, no career with a lightweight college degree, little network, job rejections, post grad bull crap jobs, and all around bad luck, looking to transition to the tech field?
Twice I left a career at "the moment " and I was right ! I got my money, experience and left..before narcissistic bosses, played their card. Pissed them off, I took a few hits, ( figuratively) but, looking back, all those individuals are gone, business closed, and my money, and resume concludes on a medium note...not perfect, but, I ended my career my way, walked off then into retirement. Indifferent of bosses, and the turbulence of the past, and toxic workplace. Peace
Hi Bryan. I've been following your channel since your early beginings and this is the first comment I'm leaving. I just want to thank you for putting out such amazing useful content for all of us. So be on TH-cam or on LinkedIn, you are a gem of a human being, your words are always so encouraging. Know that just by being you, you truly make the world a better place. Blessings from France to you and your loved ones. Merry Xmas and have a great 2025. 🎄🎅
*Boomer in their 20s* : I have a house, a wife, kids and I've been my whole working career at the same company. I'm depressed. *Gen z in their 20s* : I have *no* house, *no* gf, *no* kids and I've unemployed for the last 7 months. They say my life is much easier.
Don't look to the news media to categorize yourself because what they say is BS. Most college grads have a hard time finding a career job and end up having to take more training like graduate school or accept entry level jobs just to have an income. It's always been that way since the end of World War II. Unless you have a STEM type of degree, it's always been hard to get a career or keep one whether you're in 20s, 30s, etc, especially since Internet job search and hiring started.
FYI 50% of all boomers never climbed an economic ladder. Read the book Generations by Jean Twenge. In addition we were boosted by the economy in WWII and our parents ability to use the GI Bill.
@@pedromarques9267 generational jealousy or insults is based on propaganda from the news media. No generation has had it easy to find a career since the internet job search/hiring system started in the late 1990's. It doesn't matter what generational label you want to use for yourself, it's hard to get hired anywhere. HR so called experts write job descriptions demanding obscene amounts of experience that no one has.
@@fremontpathfinder8463 that means 50% of boomers did climb that ladder. What do those numbers look like now? Are even 25% of zoomers climbing that ladder?
Your LinkedIn course helped me attract recruiters and land a role in Big Tech at 24 years old. Thank you for sharing these hard truths and teaching us to be the CEO of our careers!
That’s good! I didn’t start my corporate career until I was 29 and that’s because I was a teacher before that. Playing catch up that’s for sure! I should have left teaching sooner! Happy there are resources like this to help people out! I wish I had them when I first started lol
Glad it's working well for you! I'm quite proud of Unlocking LinkedIn and put a lot of effort into it, so it's good to know it's having an impact.
@@ALifeAfterLayoffwill this course help for someone in a creative field like film making? Do they have recruiters?
@@StitchFae Most mid to large sized companies have recruiters, but that's only 10% of the power of LinkedIn. The course focuses on how to use the platform to stand out to hiring authorities, beyond even the recruiter.
@ ok cool thanks for the response!
At almost forty years old I would advise younger people not to stay in a toxic workplace for to long. Your health is the foundation for a happy and successful life and don't let it be ruined by a crappy company. Better to walk away - it is hard to find a new job when all your mental Energy is spent surviving.
You are spot on about the fact that people think they are irreplaceable. My uncle always said : cemeteries are filled with irreplaceable people.
If they pass you up on any raise or promotion, plan your exit strategy. Start looking at other companies and positions. They will never promote you. Also, save your money as if you’re getting laid off tomorrow. Building up that emergency fund will give you cushion and feel less stressed about the future of your career and give you options.
Especially if it’s repeated. There are cases where you’re legitimately not ready.
Yesssss, save your money like you're going to get laid off tomorrow. Wise words my friend!
That’s right MJ
That's what happened to me, I went for a promotion to not even get contacted with a denial. To be "ghosted" for an internal position? Made the immediate move to start aggressively applying for opportunities.
In about three months, (as of yesterday) I have got my offer and the income is is almost 50% more than the promotion position. Deuces to my current and now former employer
@@BmoreAkumasame happened to me at a Fortune 500. Clown world!
“The person who gets the job isn’t the person who is the most qualified, but the person who sells themself the best.
Who ever brown noses the boss best.
@@Sheepy19801Whoever sleeps with the boss best.
Until they found out during work that you are not, then after probationary period, you are out.
I wasted my 20s working 9-5 and leveling my alcoholism stat. Im 33 now and just finished my first year running my first business. Its seasonal for spring, summer and some of fall so waiting eagerly for my 2nd year. Thanks for the video!
Ps thats a great men at work album
On the topic of your boss not noticing your hours: *DOCUMENT YOUR SUCCESSES*
Seriously this was such a game change. Document every single success - it can come in so handy it’s crazy.
how? you got right idea. can you explain more?
@TheBigJohny Just every time you do something especially well at your job, especially if you can find a way to attach it to numbers (I did 'x' amount in 'y' time, or this helped save 'X' amount) and write it down, either on a piece of paper or computer, etc. Like a journal entry. It's great to look back at to boost your self esteem and wonderful for employee reviews. Also, when you get a new job-- Save a copy of the job description so you can keep track of extra tasks and use it to argue (assertively, not aggressively) for a raise.
A rare great manager of mine in the I.T. field enlightened me with this. Our memories can be patchy. Our boss's are more forgetful when it comes to review time.
I use a little program for the PC named Red Notebook, "A desktop Journal". Small download. Simple calendar. I record what I did today and emphasis any "big wins". Great reminders for me to refresh my memory before an annual review or especially before a job interview. As sephondranzer put it, personal game changer in the corporate world. You need to document your work.
I am hitting mid-50s and I am still employable.
My advice, just find a niche where you see the least of a competition and excel in it.
Other secret, keep learning and share all your knowledge with youngsters.
I would say keep learning, but don't share your knowledge. The youngsters, (at least the ones I have around me now) are your competition.
Completely agree on finding a niche and excelling at it.
I agree. I have four different teaching credentials and one of them got me a position that is niche and that no one ever leaves. There are about 102 of us in these positions in a large district and the only reason people leave is to retire.
@@p.1019I do not know your situation. In my field, you can't compete with years of experience. When I share my knowledge, I get respect from people I am sharing my knowledge with. That gets me a feedback that keeps me employed.
Share your knowledge for a fee or side gig as a mentor / industry consultant. Agree with the niche part.
I'm 40 and honestly found networking to be extremely overrated and ineffective. I've always gotten jobs through online application or working with recruiting agencies. It works for me.
If it’s not effective, you’re not doing it right. But keep doing what works best for you.
You're very lucky. Most 20 somethings don't get any responses from online applications.
I think it’s important to strategically job hop every 2-3 years. I worked on a system integration with a director at another company earlier this year. The director got laid off a week before Thanksgiving! And the guy was with the company for 20 years! Loyalty doesn’t pay
2-4 years in a role. Your next role or promotion can be with the same company but consider not spending more than 8 years in same company. You are more valuable with experience in several companies and will earn more.
Its not about jumping companies just for the sake of jumping companies. Jump ship only when you feel the time is right, extract as much skills & knowledge you can from your current role and, as career advancement, jump to something bigger. Be logical, be strategic.
I’ve been with my company for about 8 years and held only 2 different positions internally. At this point I actually don’t mind getting laid off because I have a lot of savings that gives me some passive income. Also my company does pay out very reasonable severance packages which would make me very happy if I was selected for it and I’ve never had the privilege to collect unemployment before but I know a few folks who did and they enjoyed it by trying to max out the cut off. For me I am having a hard time finding a job to hop to probably because I’m kind of selective and I want my work experience to be more relevant to the role. I am looking at the moment but it’s been very hard to get responses for jobs that require the experience I have but pays more than my current role.
People who job hop have created a worse environment for people who worked really hard. Bragging on social media and whatnot. I think im done my salary has decreased by 50% and most jobs ask for on call with crap wages. I don’t have time for that crap
And than you price yourself out the market and have to settle for lower wages. 😂. Not good.
"You are a line on a spreadsheet" - best assessment of professional life
Sad, but true.
@@gautamsinha5998 wish we were lines; the truth is we are cells…
Lets work like it. Instead of acting like its our company.
I don't know in which country you live in or what kind of company you work for, but I have a different feeling from my experience... My manager always asks me if I am satisfied with the company and I even the first year I was working there, they gave we a performance bonus even if I haven't contributed much...
@deathbychocolateandpoison yeah not in north america. And if they do they are the exception.
Also very important guys don’t make your career your identity, nobody cares what your job title is only that your making legitimate legal income. The head school janitor makes around the same as a mid level cpa. My former boss with overtime made almost the same amount of money as physician.
@@RayRayCrazy wow! Bro what kind of job did your old boss have?
@ literally a custodian supervisor the position is officially named an engineer but a custodian boss is really what you actually are. All you need is a 3 month certification in boiler operation and work your way up.
"All you need is a couple of certifications, and boom, you're rolling in the money."
And then I woke up and realized it was all just a dream.
@ in this case if you have enough nepotism it’s true 😂
Agreed. I was an EMT in a big healthcare company in New York. Thing’s happened. How fast the world keeps turning with or without you regardless of your “prestigious” position
My personal career advice to young people is do what you have to do to get the entry-level phase of your career out of the way as soon as possible. The money starts coming after a few years experience.
But... you need experience to get the entry level position?
I worked for a tech consulting company for 2 years after 7 years of college study. I met and sometimes exceeded expectations. What do I get in return? A meager 3% salary increase and still exempt from overtime pay. Folks, you only have one life to live.
Try your best to get into a big name company earlier in your career. They pay better, have more perks and make it easier to get new jobs thereafter.
I agree because I had not been in tech or incorporated in 15 years and I got a job within a few days about six years ago at HP. Now I was in my 40s, but I believe because I had H&R Block and Boeing or my resume earlier in my career is what did it.
If the employer is future faking about all the great opportunities waiting for you, start looking for a new job now. If they thought you were that wonderful, they would be seeking out more responsibilities and leadership roles for you now. They like you doing the grunt work well that no one else wants to do.
I was “lazy” in my 20’s…graduated in the worst economic recession after the Great Depression. I applied to literally HUNDREDS of jobs in my field and employers literally had hundreds of applicants for each position. It doesn’t seem much better today. It helps to have rich parents, because people with rich parents seem to have better, more stable careers.
I traveled and partied in my 20s and didn't go to college until early 30s and got my degree at 35. It worked out because they treat me like I am 10 to 15 years younger than I am, since they can't ask age, but they can ask year graduated. Plus I had an amazing time in my 20s when I was young and fit enough to enjoy it.
@zvmZvm0102 must be nice to have an easy life and a $200k+/year career
@gauloise6442 interesting and yet awesome to do the near polar opposite of what everyone thinks you should do.. granted waiting to go to school until you're quite certain what you want to study or quickly pivot to the relevant field is the smart way to avoid being saddled with loans (if you didn't have savings or an employer partially/fully reimburse)
Yes, I was in the same boat in my twenties. This guy used the word “mistake” a little too often and callously without considering that people like us did everything we possibly could in our twenties and just didn’t get the opportunity we needed. I wasn’t even offered a 401k from an employer until I was thirty. Finally, someone gave me a shot because of the pandemic, and now I live debt free with a humble but growing nest egg for retirement, taking full advantage of what was refused of me before. I was homeless in 2019 because of how unfair things are (and was completely sober btw). Night and day now.
If there’s someone struggling with getting that foot in the door, my advice is to love yourself first. You are more than your career, the mistakes made or injustices wrought or whatever else is weighing you down. Once you do get that shot - and it will happen if you just keep going - then that’s when you turn off notifications from r/ antiwork and focus unwaveringly on your goals.
Listen to this man. He’s spitting facts. I just turned 41 and I’m feeling all the bad decisions from my 20’s and sadly my 30’s.
Corporate America doesn't have a "what have you done for me lately" mentality. It is "what will you do for me tomorrow?" Even what you're accomplishing right now won't matter if the business feels that work won't be necessary tomorrow.
Even if you're a star performer today, while the company is making record profits and you make a presentation about how you helped benefit the company, you will still be canned because the CEO will want more profits (aka. not paying you anymore).
Thanks man. 30 and just starting again from scratch. Wish me luck
As a person with almost 20 years in corporate and agency recruiting, I can tell you did a great job with this video!
It's always a good idea to also sign up to job board alerts, even if you are not looking. It will help you keep up to date on the skills in demand and how much you are worth.
Keep your finances in line, that's the big one. Live below your means and be prepared to lose your job. Beyond the safety net in the case you do lose your job, that gives you way more freedom for your career. Sometimes taking a step back leads to steps forward down the road. I have experience in various aspects of my field because I've essentially "reset" my career multiple times to get working experience in different positions. Although frankly, this wasn't done intentionally on my part. I just go hard on the job I'm in in the moment, get as good as I can at it, become bored when just about every problem the job can throw at me becomes mundane, and move on to the next exciting thing that catches my interest to do it all over again. I basically see my career and every job I work as a game: once I "beat" it, it's less fun to play and time to play a new one. Don't let your whole life get boring by getting stuck doing the same thing the whole time.
Hello Sapahn,
I have been changing my job when got a better position at a bigger company. I have landed the job at a multinational big company but they laid me off 4 months later. I have been looking for jobs for a month.
I have been applying jobs at multinational companies similar to my last one but not receiving any response or rejection. I have been trying to get a job in my last company for almost 2 year. My question is Should I wait for land a job similar to with my latest one or apply any job with smaller company to start in short period?
If I start at a smaller company, I would be looking for better opportunities in 1-2 years. I am anxious about losing my momentum about jumping better jobs. Any suggestion could be useful for me.
@@tahaedirneli9131 If you want the job or need the money, then it probably can't hurt. Still try to keep active in whatever you can that's connected with the jobs you want so you're maintaining a healthy network. That'll bring more opportunities to you, create good references when you're applying otherwise, etc.
Networking is mainly how I get my jobs, so besides that, I'm not sure. Meeting and talking to people tends to bring jobs to me and if I'm interested, I take them. Though it's all been in the logistics field, which is pretty in-demand in general. Did you start your own thread posting this to see if others have ideas? Or looked into the services A Life After Layoff provides? They might be able to help (this is not an endorsement - I have not used their services myself).
I'm 24, and I was laid off last year and although I kept getting interviews I still fell short. But I ain't giving up.
@@shermanngjazz So you have been unemployed for a year plus?
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I agree with you with jobs will get by without you. However, years ago, I worked at Sears for a couple of months. I didn't like the job and I quit that. Now Sears has gone backruplt and no longer here.
Timed the market 😂
I guess they couldn’t get by without you after all! 😂
High school and college students need to know that the workplace is SO different from school! School is like a zoo; work is like a jungle!
School is like a kitten rescue. Work is lions on the savanna.
@@SimuLord Lol!
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School is like a zoo.
Work is like a swim in a pond full of starving piranha.
Thanks for sharing this! It’s a crucial message for young professionals in their 20s and 30s. Don’t wait for your company or manager to guide your career growth-life isn’t always fair. You need to stay aware of opportunities in the market and take proactive steps. Having spent over a decade in the tech and IT sector, I’ve seen technologies evolve drastically, making adaptability and smart decisions essential for survival. Don’t rely on others to dictate your path-take charge, keep learning, and continuously strive for improvement!
I start watching you at 25 and now 29, I am so thankfull to watch your video and your advice. Now I have a great job, a side hustling and I advocate more than ever for myself.
I have a minor social-developmental disorder. Finding work of any sort is a pain. I'm 25 as of yesterday, and the longest I've worked anywhere was for a nearby summer camp for roughly 2.5 years. I left there at the end of this last summer to move to a nearby, larger town to try to find a better-paying job with the experience I gained.
Can you specifically talk about the topic on marketing ourselves? Especially for socially anxious introverts. Because that's our worst nightmare. Please help us socially anxious introverts.
@@TheJetsons-v2w I guess we are screwed, my dude. I think I already saw every single one of his videos and he just keeps saying "just do it" but.... HOW!? I've tried everything already and it seems that nothing works for me.
You can become more active writing online about what know, improving your LinkedIn profile even if you are not looking. Going to interviews just to assess what other companies are paying and what skills they look for. Showcase the good work you have done in writing to your boss via easy to read reports.
Im also super shy and socially anxious but have gone to acting classes and practiced different techniques to improve this. I'm far for perfect but better than before. It gets better over the years if you try small steps every day
Definitely feeling the career mistake. Education and interest is polar opposite from what field im in now. Hit my ceiling based on software competency vs knowing the fundamentals to grow/get promoted. Market is either non existent or qualification requirements are too high for me. While I’m still paid well and moderately secure, the passion is gone. Makes me wish I did more internships or didn’t take that first job out of college.
The first job out of school sets the tone for the rest of your career. And most people don't realize it when they take it.
@@ALifeAfterLayoff Yeah, unfortunate for me as well, I took a job fairly fast out of college but found it very hard to transition out of customer service roles...took me years...
@@ALifeAfterLayoffit sets the tone so ... Better not make any mistakes with the no experience you have at that time!
If I were to meet myself in my 20s, I would have told myself not to go back to college to finish a BS degree. What a waste of time and money that was.
What was your degree in
@@Benji87-AZINKY not for the uni it wasnt
This video is real talk. I'm in my 40s now and can tell you from experience that everything Bryan said in this video is 10,000% correct (hyperbole, I know 😂😂)! This is stuff no one tells you in high school or college.
I was naive in my 20s, believing I was irreplaceable, that I would work the same place until I retire. But those experiences I had taught me differently. The biggest expense any company has is labor, in other words employees. In the end, employers exist to make money/profit for themselves first, and they will always put the needs of the business ahead of yours (even if the boss likes you).
This is not bashing employers because It's not personal, it's just business. So when you put your needs first, it's also not personal, just business 😉.
Yeah, well, I'm also 40 and decided to join the military in my 20s. The treatment I've gotten since getting out isn't exactly something I can easily dismiss as "just business".
It's always personal. Don't fool yourself.
Sorry for the really late reply, I would like to add another one "In order to do your work well for a long time(essentially succeed in your career), you need to be physically and mentally well."
Helps that there's no compassion, care, empathy, or friendship left in the world. Since everyone is either your boss, or coworkers only looking out for themselves.
One thing I learned in my 20s was that every time I quit (and I mean every single time) my salary went up 20%. But then after I did that a couple of times I didn't want to be seen as job hopping so I stayed with a company for 5 years which turned into 9 years because of COVID.
The best advice that ANY young person can accept and take to heart is to listen when older people offer advice. Not just anyone, of course, but trusted people that have achieved success and are trying to help you out. Just as Brian is doing in this video, they are trying to help you out. They are sharing their mistakes with you so that you can hopefully avoid them. Every young person that has ever lived thinks that they are smarter than everyone else. You aren't. Listen to those that are trying to help you.
How do you tell those "trusted people who are trying to help you out" from people who are trying to scam you or are just dead wrong?
Brian.. Thank You for LOOKING OUT for the everyday worker ..Enjoy the holiday season and the BEST in 25
Thanks, you too!
@ALifeAfterLayoff Always Brian... Thank You
What I gather from this is that if you plan on working for someone else "damned if you do and damned if you don't". We don't have a crystal ball.
At 43 years, having been fired 8 times, laid off 6, quit a couple, I can truthfully say yes. Also living on savings for nearly 2 years while the cost of living has never been higher in America also sucks.
After watching your channel, I started sending out my portfolio / cv to potential companies that I am trying to collaborate with possibly - I got a lot of nos - but there were a few maybes - but it got their attention and am meeting with a few prestigious companies for business lunch chats next month!
That's a positive sign!
I am in my mid 40's and everything said in this video, I have done and experienced. I wish I had known better. TBH, I still struggle to market myself. I started a new job last year and I had to write and rewrite my script to sell myself during the interview. Sure, I succeeded, but I can never do it impromptu.
Great stuff as always. The key point I always consider on being replaceable is how long the company has been going. I've worked for three big multinational companies. All of them were in existence before I was born and I imagine they will still be going when I die. Even if you work for a tech company like Google, consider that they are so big that one person leaving probably won't make a difference. After all, Apple is still going 13 years after Jobs died.
"Don't rely on the income from your job" yeah I totally forgot about that trust fund I don't have, thanks bro!
I would add another one - treat your cv as advertisement document. It's not your autobiography and doesn't have to represent everything historically accurately.
I know that this may sound unethical but in my book - as long as you can do the job, I don't really care how you marketed yourself to get through the door.
Examples:
1. I struggled a lot to get my first job after I graduated from university, even though I worked on multiple personal projects and had well above entry level skills, but I struggled even to get interviews. I pivoted and created a fake 1 year experience (by referencing personal project I worked on) and interviews started flowing. I did well on them (since I actually had the experience) and landed a first job quite fast and was competent at it.
2. After 5-6 years of job hopping every year (in order to get 30-50 percent bumps each time) it has started to bite me in the ass. Interviewers started treating me as a redflag, at this point industry expects a 7 year senior to have worked in 2-3 companies during that period, not 7. And they don't care that you may have contracted in half of them and constant switching was just a nature of contracting. I solved that by modifying my CV yet again - placing 3-4 projects under umbrella employment of an agency I got them referred to me. Again, it's not an accurate representation of how it went down but in the end of the day it gets me through the door and I have the experience necessary.
In the end it's all about marketing and being honest about your skills.
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This is good advice! Would you say having 4 jobs (2 being in the same role but an unrelated industry) within 6 years is a red flag?
Depends on how conservative the recruiter is. Atleast one position should be above 2 years. If all of them are 1.5 year then its gonna bee seen as a redflag. @@theblaqkhaleesi9559
i just turned 30 2 days ago and this is exactly what i need to know. thanks
Honestly, we needed to know it when we turned 20, I guess it's never too late, but the mindset that the job market forces us to adopt is oppressive, some people can adapt to it at a younger age than others.
You're so lucky. I was so stupid
@@hidesbehindpseudonym1920we should start knowing once we turn 17
I am 43 and last year I was working full time, budgeting groceries, unable to afford date nights, and missing time with my kids. Now I learned how to make money online. Now am a SAHM, homeschooling, and making profits every week.
Wow that's awesome investing in alternate income streams should be the top priority for everyone right now. especially given the global economic crisis we are currently experiencing. stocks, gold, silver, and virtual currencies are still attractive investments at the moment.
Am looking for something to venture into on a short term basis, I really need to create an alternate source of income, what do you think I should do?
Cryptocurrency/stock investment, but you will need a professional guide on that.
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All good points. The only thing I will say that is that even companies that do not have unlimited PTO are not paying for unused days now. My company is one of them.
Doing something your truely passionate about is always of value. People will notice it. Im a cdl a driver. I drove box trucks for many years before getting my license. While obtaining my license i met some one who only wanted the license for the money. I never saw some one struggle so much to get a license in my life. I feel for them but if your heart aint in it... it gets infinitely more difficult. They started schooling a month before me and i still got my license before they did.
I met a girl in college who was a fellow accounting major and when I asked her why she'd chosen accounting, she revealed that her mom and dad were paying her way through school but (as she put it) "only if I get something practical."
Last I heard, she ended up marrying a CPA and she's a stay-at-home mom-in that "my kids are my life and I couldn't be happier" kind of way. Could've saved her parents a good 50 thousand bucks there.
@@SimuLord Women have a special super-power us men don't have its called simp-o-vision. Men don't get that.
@@SimuLordlikely the 50k for accounting degree helped her meet a CPA and be happy so it was worth it!
@@pentoo988 I'm sure her parents could've set her up with someone for less than 50 grand! But true, it's a lot easier to meet a CPA if you're spending all your time around accounting people.
If I were in my 20s ( I am far from it now) I would try to start my own business, definitely, corporations are brutal, they will chew you up and spit you away like there is no tomorrow, believe me, loyalty does not pay off, experience does not pay off even with degrees and certifications
@@cdiz765 thing with running a business is you're typically trading one boss for several
Great advice! Too bad I'm in my 40s now. 😂 I made lots of job mistakes in my 20s and 30s, and now I'm paying for them. Hopefully, those in their 20s and 30s will really listen to this.
40s is still young. Its not too late.
41 here. Made so many mistakes and yes. We are only a number. Even places that I was integral to keep around, well I'm not there anymore
Yeah, I’m 47 and I also did the same as you did. I decided to learn a new career in college and I bought his program to practice on getting a new job after I graduate.
Well, I'm 32 and I've managed to repair my career path a couple of years ago...but it was freaking hard. I'm now hoping to grow my career further next years to a more senior individual contributor.
Both extremes are pretty bad between staying with the same job for too long and job hopping roughly every 6 months or so.
Lol, I was hired as a software engineer but I found ways to solve a huge amount of money for the company by figuring out an issue with ASICs they had. The manufacturer told them to get lost and buy new machines, I got the chip off eBay for 5$ and a method to get to the board and fix it. They paid me several bonuses for it. When I was on my way out, they tried to get someone else to do it and nobody could figure out the same repairs I did. I truly was integral to their business and now they will pay 30 000 for each machine they could have had fixed for 60$ by me. Apparently I, as a dropout from electronic engineering high school and a software engineer hire know more about electronic repair than the large multinational firm that manufactures those machines and refuses service after 5 years and outlets that make their money repairing electronics (they have the manual skill but not the intelligence to troubleshoot). Lol, every industry is a bunch of imposters.
In my mid 30s and learning this now sadly😢
I was irreplaceable, I built internal others were using but I was maintaining, no one else knew the code base and it was testing automation software so thousands of tests that aren’t compatible with any other software. Yet I still didn’t know my worth. I worked in an enterprise from 2014 to 2022. It was all thanks to God and a colleague (that left before me) that I got a new job that paid me 2x my previous salary, I’m still there. Tech lead is the level I wanted to reach working for someone else, anything beyond that was diminishing returns.
*You work for 40yrs to have $1M in your retirement, meanwhile some people are putting just $10K into trading from just few months ago and now they are multimillionaires*
wow this awesome 👏 I'm 47 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??
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Absolutely! I've heard stories of people who started with little to no knowledge but made it out victoriously thanks to Ms. Guenevere Ann.
4:44 “…not relying on a single-source of income like a salary…”
While this comes across as a well-placed ad-how are professionals reasonably expected to run a business or “side-hustle” without raising an alarm that could lead to their dismissal?
As an HR recruiter this feels disingenuous without flagging either moonlighting or other provisions against what might be sporadic drops in the bucket compared to one’s ‘guaranteed cheque’-while it lasts.
@corycozy Most employers have no provisions against outside employment as long as it doesn't interfere with the job, use company resources, or directly compete. That being said, "you should have another side job after your 'full-time' job" may be solid advice whilst still being an indictment on our economic system.
8:04 I wish to emphasize this point 1000 times. At the time, it didn't feel like a big deal to postpone with switching career path as current option seemed good enough. Only i my 30s have I realized the disaster I have brought upon myself that takes years to fix, let alone the lost profits from the missed opportunities. The best comparison I could find is the compound interest but the other way around. I wish it were actually painful to make those seemingly small mistakes so I could have taken action sooner.
what kind of small mistakes are we talking about here?
I think I have earned the ego. After leaving my last job my former client pulled all the work. We were growing getting more work. Engineering, environmental and permitting was dependent on my construction management role. 7 months later the contract was pulled. Felt good after all the bullshit from my boss
I don't have career apathy, I have career horror. As much as I prepare, I just don't have the educational background and network to fix my career mistakes and lack of career advancement. I'm not really sure what my career is as long as I'm only taking each survival job as it comes.
The mistakes of the past haunt us in the present. Thanks for the wisdom.
As my late grandfather said in my 20s after coming out of college is that having a job will take many twists and turns and many opportunities will arise in the future. May be I should've listened to him a little better after learning that you shouldn't work for the same company too long just as much as you shouldn't job hop frequently. Plus employers could easily let you go on a whim, even if you've been working with them for some 30 years and getting virtually nothing from them upon leaving.
This video gave me IMMENSE anxiety lol.... I now feel like everything in my career has been a mistake.. and reinforced my constant feeling that I'm about to be laid off lol... which then makes me want to apply for another job so I won't be laid off, but then that's a mistake because of job hopping!...... soooo either way we're doomed lol
Career strategy is your best friend here.
If you have been at your employer for a couple years, and the new position provides logical career growth, don't worry about the job hopping concern. I've chaired a lot of hiring committees- we can tell the difference between the work history of someone trying to game the system and someone just pursuing great opportunities.
Truth you are a headcount. I worked at a place where I was only one who closed the books and did the budget and forecast. I was last hire in (4 years) first out with a headcount cut. Hurt my ego really bad. But you learn to know you are dispensable. I worked MANY hours there, it did not matter when people in corporate are states away who made the decision. When I never let it fail they thought anyone can do the position. Guess what they did, we are all replaceable.
Sorry but the truth is, even if you aren't lazy in your 20s and 30s (been working since I was 15) it's still twice as hard in your 40s. I'm 48 and got beat out because "the other guy had more experience". Yeah, I guess.
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For those of us that started working in the online era- late 1990s to 2000's, it's never been easy to get a good paying job, not having enough experience or skills has always been a wall preventing us from getting hired. We never had it easy. That said, we need to push hard if making a career change or taking on entry level jobs to just get in the door so we can have an income. We've known the reality of the 6 month-3 year job search from the 2008-2015 recession/jobless recovery. Bryan gives good advice, but he sometimes can be too negative.
They will always have an excuse. I am sure the reality is "the other guy works cheaper"
In such a scenario I would plan my way to leave such a stupid company.
Still, why do they do this?
Employers are allergic to inside upward career paths. To have to develop their own employees ultimately threatens their own existence. They have endless choices outside the door to manipulate their own path as commander and chief.
You're absolutely right that companies will walk all over you and will define your career if you dont take charge of it. Also, I think that if you see that you wont get what you want, you should leave for a company that you can get into what you want.
Been following you since the beginning. This is the best… most impactful! video you have ever done. Cheers!!
Glad it resonated with you!
Why am I sitting here as if I'm in the amen corner at church? You are a wise man. Listen up young folks!!!
This is great advice. I have been many years in the job market and everything you said is so true.
Im have been working at my company as a senior tech (yeah fancy title) for 9 years now. I dont have a degree but i have the experiences and hand skills. Every project that was involved, i helped the engineers from the initial product design, to build, to test, to address and resolve any issues that come up, to manufacturing and training. I told my manager i want to be promoted to be an engineer. She told me she wanted to and would help persuade the higher rank people to promote me. It was a year ago and im still waiting. They're recently hired a new graduate with very little experiences. I felt very disappointed and lied to but then i realized it's just how the real world works. I wanted to quit but in this economy, it's very hard for me to find another job that gives me potential. Sucks but i will just have to wait for now. When opportunities strike, i will bounce!
You can consider doing a part time degree. Sometimes you just need that piece of certification.
If they drag their feet for promotion longer than a month, they aren't doing it. If someone higher up promises a promotion but takes pretty long to bring it about, it's because they had a discussion with the CFO and have designed an exit route for you that starts with an insulting promotion with merit raise wage increase, followed by a litany of complaints out of nowhere, which begins a PIP, and ends in guaranteed failure. And you will be gaslit into believing it was all your fault.
This is a great video and extremely helpful. I loved how you say that you need to treat your career like a business.
I'm 43, have made some serious career mistakes and spun my wheels for a long time, and now have several serious health problems. This is all stuff that I wish I had understood 20 years ago. But my 20s-self would not have listened. How do I know? Because I did hear all these things decades ago and didn't listen.
Be needed. Probably had 10 to 20 bossses try to fire me. They are all fired, laid off, or quit. Whole office layoffs. Got a new batch of bosses who think they have weight to throw around. I honestly don't know why they exist. I don't need them in any way, nor do i talk or see them, but they wanna insert themselves into things they know nothing about.
I was laid off, and they lied to the state saying it was performance. one problem that the state slammed them on... they gave me a PERFORMANCE bonus 2 months before. They wanted avoid wrongful termination, and issued me severance for a year.
I was told they didnt want the investor(s) and/or state to know they were having $$$ issues.
I got laid off when Covid hit, but they fabricated a reason-"inappropriate comments on social media." It took me four months of working through an understaffed, overworked state unemployment office, tirelessly following up week after week in the middle of a freaking pandemic, all the while kept from homelessness solely by an eviction moratorium, before I finally won my case (only because the company failed to respond to a state request for information in a 60-day window-did they hope I'd give up the fight?) and got four months of back unemployment in one lump sum that let me get square with everyone to whom I owed money.
There is nothing scummier than a company laying people off without wanting the state to know they're laying people off.
Depending on your organisation or career goals. If you are young I would recommend trying to get as much experience as you can. For example, customer service posts can be horrible but they are good experience in the long term. Use this to gain more customer service experience and then try a short stint in somewhere like a call centre (short period). This will help you gain more experience. Hopefully you will gain both experience dealing with people face to face as well as digitally (two sides of the same coin lol). From these you can gain communication skills, patience and the ability to deal with difficult situations. I'm hoping you will work towards gaining some qualifications like a degree etc and keep researching opportunities for after graduating. Focus on gaining work placements at university and research popular graduate recruiter's and see if they offer a strong promote from within culture. Should you get a place with said recruiter, I wouldn't be complacent and try to spend at most one year at each grade as you try to gain promotion to the next grade and so on. Opinions are my own. Have a good day reader.
Oh my good, this is the worst piece of advice I have ever heard. With those sorts of jobs you never get anywhere. If you work at a call centre you will never meet the offspring of the wealthy, influential and the powerful , because they don't have to do those sorts of jobs. You are effectively learning to be ' a loser', to be giving your 'blood, sweat and tears' for very little in exchange. I would tell someone in their late teens and early 20s to get an education in something solid (as an insurance policy) and then if your family situation permits (meaning, you can live at home with your parents, without paying rent or worry about getting a mortgage or other responsibilities) do internships in places that would get you closer to your dream job. Take risks, try to do what is difficult when you are young.
@p.1019 I have found working with people and dealing with people (and gaining knowledge of workplace politics and culture) to be extremely valuable more so than any qualifications. Also showing advancement in a short space of time (through your efforts and not nepotism) is better than staying in a low grade post for a long term. Yes, having a degree is important I mentioned that. Your opinion offended me but I respect your input.
6:23 Big disagree here. I'm at work to get things done and get paid, not play games and dabble with dumb formalities. If an employer won't give me what I want because I'm a "wallflower" who shuts up and minds his own business then I'll just take my business somewhere else.
I found you last year. Hile doing my laundry.
Im doing my laundry now and Im gonna be 35 in 2 weeks 😁
Thank you. Im going to treat this as a 35th birthday gift of the universe for me because Im going to an online interview later or tomorrow and this helps A TON
Belated Happy New Year 🎶🥳indeed
8:31 What do you mean with a „career mistake“, do you have an example? It sounds so vague that I‘m not sure what to do with the advice 😅
I was wondering if you could do a video on what housewives could do if their husbands were primary breadwinners and if they had short-term jobs all over the place, long periods of not working, or in school at a later age. In my case, I didn't worry too much about a career until now that my husband needs me to take care of him. He can't work now and I want to make sure he has a wonderful life after all he has done for me and now that the kids are gone. How do I explain that I didn't take working so seriously before even though I am highly educated just for the sake of being highly educated? Caught up on tech skills, but resume, without being able to talk to a human, looks sketchy.
What this man is saying is 100% facts! Every person in their 20's should review this list and tailor it to their circumstances because life gets hard if you don't plan ahead, but gets "easy" if you do.
8:33 in this case, What things would be considered as examples of career mistakes? Thanks for the content!
Wondering the same too
I know this is all the truth, but I feel defeated and and shifting my mindset is difficult when the people around me are facing the same struggles
- the average minimal wage worker
Bout to send the big boss an email requesting a promotion and raise because I run two projects when others barely struggle with one. Prayers! Lmfao
I would rethink doing that right now.
@@bamboojenkins8 Worst he says is no. Already sent, need to know if my hard work is pointless and I need to pursue other opportunities.
The idea of a full time job plus building a side business is unrealistic and for sure your family and people who care for you will pay the price.
Plus your boss will notice that you’re not all there.
And your side business will never take off because you're not giving it 💯 and you're having to do things to make it work around your actual job - effectively crippling it. Also most businesses fail. So even if you do put the heavy down - it's a tough road.
Too bad. It's whats necessary now at minimum. Or just quitting your FTE and go all in on a soloprenuership.
This channel and Josh Flukes should have made it VERY clear that working in corporate america as a wage slave long term is untenable and does not lead to long term happiness. Soloprenuership or slavery.
@notsure7874 lol that is why you'll be a wage slave forever. Your thought process is all about why you won't succeed because x, y, and z.
@@HueyFreeman-l7m my point of view is different because I’ve been always well paid as an engineer and/or technical program manager for various corporations.
The key is to gain some financial indépendance as early as possible, like around 40. Then being laid off is not a big deal any more, in fact it can turn into opportunities.
Basically you have to max out your 401k, save and invest about 25% of what’s left, plus stay healthy, plus avoid the consumerism traps including expensive universities for your kids (what a rip-off).
@ I have a friend who started his own business leveraged on high tech skills he acquired after years of corporate life. He customized and sold specialized electronic boards. 3 employees and his own garage space. He worked a lot more, made less, but liked it better: more freedom. Mind you, though, that he was doing that with a fat cushion from his corporate life, so a potential failure was not that dramatic.
Another guy I knew got laid off, started a side business, went nowhere, ran out of money + debts and killed himself. It still hurts because I should have seen it coming, and all I was doing was to encourage him to keep looking for a job at the same time. Suddenly one day he called me asking to help him find a job. Days later he was gone.
I don't necessarily agree with this. My brother works for a big bank as a lawyer dealing with trusts, wills and investment and he has been in the same job for years. I think he is fine with it. He also teaches law at night. The secret is the type of job you have. Consider union, city, county, state jobs. I do agree that they would replace you in two seconds so look out for yourself. I also agree that you should have more than one way to make money.
I don’t wait for permission for a pay raise. I job hop. Although recently I started my own business and I’ve been using my vast network or gain 1099 work and now make 90/hour instead of 20/hr.
If you can figure out a way to save money in your 20's & 30's to create a nest egg invested in the market then you can create your own income stream. Even if that investment income is modest you still have more power & more importantly freedom to make careful career decisions. There use to be loyalty towards long time employees. That stopped existing years ago at this point. I'd rather have my freedom with a meager investment income than deal with corporate hacks who care nothing about my wellbeing. I learned a valuable lesson the hard way spending almost 13 years of my life with one company having been overlooked for management positions. I just wasn't "OUTGOING" enough. It didn't matter I had the intelligence. All that mattered was being part of the clique which I was not part of. Introverts in the workplace are often times overlooked & misunderstood by ignorant people.
Thank you for imparting this wisdom on the next generation. I was lucky enough to have been let go from a job that I was way overqualified for in my early 20s, and might have taken way too long to upgrade if not for that motivation!
6:22 about being too reserved:
What if you have NO common topics of discussion with your coworkers?
I'm seen as too quiet but 100% of their conversation is either about drinking, partying, sex, relationships or cars/motorcycles. I'm not exaggerating.
I don't drink, I don't party, I'm an aromantic asexual and I know nothing about vehicles (I don't even have a driver's license yet).
How do I insert myself into their convo? (And honestly it's not the kind of talk that I'd like to participate in...)
They're not interested in the topics of my interest, they have a different music style, and if I keep it professional and try to talk about work related topics they clearly don't like it.
Even mundane conversation starters get stale quickly due to this disparity:
"Hey, what did you do on your weekend?"
"Drank my ass of"
"Oh. [anything I say here will be interpreted as dorky because I'm playing it by ear]"
"Hmhumm..."
If they're feeling particularly polite, they might ask "And you?".
My response is "did some chores and played videogames". An uninterested "oh" will follow and the convo dies.
Just a relationship where I find those people to be so incredibly boring and they most likely think the same.
I like being and remaining employed, however. Do you have any suggestions?
Say “did some work around the house, played video-games. Do you game at all?” If answer is yes than ask what game, etc. if answer is no than ask about their weekend activities.
Make the conversation about them, people love to talk about themselves
Being nice usually works. Not overly nice, but yknow
You can always just ask questions and give compliments to start off maybe.
My dad and I have like 0 similar hobbies, but I can still talk to him about his favorite restraunts, types of foods, uhh... Food lol damn we rlly don't talk a lot...
"The men that don't fit in" (can also pertain to women): /watch?v=0ttVD7TSwnM
One of your best videos yet, Brian! Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
What if you are 29, no career with a lightweight college degree, little network, job rejections, post grad bull crap jobs, and all around bad luck, looking to transition to the tech field?
Thanks for letting out this video
He said "I recommend working harder not smarter "
Right? It's supposed to be the opposite.
That surprised me too 😂
Yeah, sorry about that - but you know what I mean.
Yeah I will work harder with your sponsor. 2 minutes to setup an e-shop on Amazon or do drop shipping, brah! That's such hard work 😂😂
Appreciate these tips! Your reality is your responsibility.
Amen. The wheel will keep spinning. Move on and change your life!
Twice I left a career at "the moment " and I was right ! I got my money, experience and left..before narcissistic bosses, played their card. Pissed them off, I took a few hits, ( figuratively) but, looking back, all those individuals are gone, business closed, and my money, and resume concludes on a medium note...not perfect, but, I ended my career my way, walked off then into retirement. Indifferent of bosses, and the turbulence of the past, and toxic workplace. Peace
Would love advice for people in their 40s, 50s and 60s!
Another great video, Bryan!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Hi Bryan. I've been following your channel since your early beginings and this is the first comment I'm leaving. I just want to thank you for putting out such amazing useful content for all of us. So be on TH-cam or on LinkedIn, you are a gem of a human being, your words are always so encouraging. Know that just by being you, you truly make the world a better place. Blessings from France to you and your loved ones. Merry Xmas and have a great 2025. 🎄🎅
That means a lot. Thank you.
10:42 It’s not negativity, it’s the truth.
*Boomer in their 20s* : I have a house, a wife, kids and I've been my whole working career at the same company. I'm depressed.
*Gen z in their 20s* : I have *no* house, *no* gf, *no* kids and I've unemployed for the last 7 months. They say my life is much easier.
Don't look to the news media to categorize yourself because what they say is BS. Most college grads have a hard time finding a career job and end up having to take more training like graduate school or accept entry level jobs just to have an income. It's always been that way since the end of World War II. Unless you have a STEM type of degree, it's always been hard to get a career or keep one whether you're in 20s, 30s, etc, especially since Internet job search and hiring started.
Not exactly, but ok.
FYI 50% of all boomers never climbed an economic ladder. Read the book Generations by Jean Twenge. In addition we were boosted by the economy in WWII and our parents ability to use the GI Bill.
@@pedromarques9267 generational jealousy or insults is based on propaganda from the news media. No generation has had it easy to find a career since the internet job search/hiring system started in the late 1990's. It doesn't matter what generational label you want to use for yourself, it's hard to get hired anywhere. HR so called experts write job descriptions demanding obscene amounts of experience that no one has.
@@fremontpathfinder8463 that means 50% of boomers did climb that ladder. What do those numbers look like now? Are even 25% of zoomers climbing that ladder?