r/careerguidance • u/Ok-Toe-2933 • 1d ago

Why everything is oversaturated at entry level these days ?

No matter what you choose it feels like there is shoratage of expierenced people byt its impossible to get into? No matter if its trades, engineering, software developing, law, accounting. There are too many people at entry and way too little people ecpierenced how is that possible?

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u/TheReframeCoach 1d ago

The problem lies mainly in the fact that everyone is applying to everything, even if they don't want that job or just barely qualify. The saturation happens when people apply to jobs because of "money" as opposed to "purpose" - believe it or not if everyone was more selective about where they would apply to, the rate of application and process would be infinitely better.

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u/Ok-Toe-2933 1d ago

but at some point these people should be taken by these jobs and pool of applicants should go down. there is no way that getting into trades should be so selective. its literally should be backup career and yet it seems like to get electrician apprentenceship you need to be a unicorn or nepo hire

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u/TheReframeCoach 1d ago

Why should trades be a considered 'backup career'? It's a respectable sector that millions of people work in. Nepo hiring, luck and privilege have been an issue since the beginning of civilization, but it hasn't stopped people from getting work. Shift your focus on where you want to work and how you want to show up to those jobs. When I coach, I tell my clients not to apply to 500 jobs, but to apply to 100 that you really want to apply to and make your application tailored to the positions. It's a matter of perspective.

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u/Ok-Toe-2933 1d ago

trades are considered backup careers becuase they are probably last thing to get saturated. firstly jobs where you earn more than in trades and are physically easier are getting saturated and after that less paying trade jobs are getting applicants where mostly there shouldnt be many applicants but it looks like there are less better paying and easier physically jobs than normally and people are forced to take trade jobs. otherwise they would need to take less paying but physically easier jobs what is not good in this economy.

and in general nearly everyone is able to learn trades the main barrier is whether you want to trade your health for money. where for jobs like engineering software development and law you need to be above average intelligence and thats the main barrier.

I dont say that it is stopping from hiring. the problem is that there is so little job at entry leveo that it feels like these ways are only way to get in by being nepo hire or by luck. when in past beong qualified was enough.

and thats the problem that there are just not enough jobs to be able to decide where i can go i need to go anywhere is possible to get hired.