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Originally Posted by indes
I have a couple of coworkers with daughters aged 18 & 21, they're at 130 resumes submitted between them and can't find jobs in Edmonton. Anything from fast food to retail they aren't even getting callbacks.
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People who aren’t in that age range or have kids in it have no idea how tough it is out there right now. The combination of a slowing economy (it’s not official, but we’re entering a recession), tariffs, and a huge glut of low-skilled workers who recently arrived as TFWs or students has made for a dire employment situation for young people.
It’s going to take years and years for the job market to absorb that many people in the same demographic all looking for work, even once the recession is in the rear-view mirror. The federal government got panicked by the Covid labour shortage and completely caved in to business lobbyists by massively increasing the low-skilled labour supply.