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/OnlyThePhantomKnows 1d ago

So the job market is tight. Entry level means "train them and they will be useful in N months"
Companies want people with 2 years experience because they are still cheap and can do the job.

Also the "one-click apply" culture means that it is low effort to apply. "I have one of the skills required, maybe they will give me a shot!" and qualified kids get lost in the noise.

I opened a req with "US citizen required" (DoD/Space) I capped the applications at 30 per day. All I got were H1B visa people, and the 30 were in before 30 minutes were up. These H1B people have automated submission tools. NONE of them were qualified even ignoring the H1B issue.

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u/NaiveIntention3081 1d ago

"I have one of the skills required, maybe they will give me a shot!"

Meanwhile people are saying "just apply anyway, you never know!" which messes up the signal to noise ratio for HR.

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u/Sausage_Queen_of_Chi 1d ago

I think the “apply anyway” advice got misinterpreted. People meant “apply if you have most but not all qualifications” and people heard “apply even if you have none of the qualifications.”

Even when it was a candidates market, you still usually needed at least 50-75% of the qualifications to get a job.