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Young men are struggling in a slowing job market, even if they have college degrees
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this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2025
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It's a bear economy with unpredictable import taxes that may or may not be happening causing everyone to be too scared to spend money. EVERYONE"S struggling
Sure, everyone is struggling, but some are struggling more than others.
i suspect women are going for bio degree, they surpass men like 60% in this bio degree holders, specifically health(nursing, maybe some research, or even MD), in an older study, so they have more job security. the stems that men are going for, are usually very difficult to get into, if you dont have lab/research experience before graduation, or not even considering grad school. like psych, CS, data science, physics,,,etc.
biotech/health is one of those fields i see alot women in compared to men, when i was in university, most of the labs were taken up by women more than men, and men have struggled to find it by the time thier junior year or by the time they graduate, because labs have very limited volunteering spaces and are almost always full. some of them even got PUBLISHED/ or was in a research paper, which is a very big deal for your CV or resume.
That's factuallly not true. 60% of Americans live pay check to pay check for whatever reason
Then there is 30% who are "middle" class and 10% who are doing well very well, living their best lives.
yeah I have been unemployed for just about 11 months which is longer than every before and I am far from young.
Or, if you listen to my parents when I try to tell them how bad things are at my work due to tariff uncertainty that's all lies and the tariffs are actually amazing for the economy because Trump said so and will simultaneously not happen but will also bring back American jobs. I really don't understand how the people who raised me have become so stupid. It's really hard to watch.
Tell me about it. The only thing doing well in my portfolio right now is crypto, and I'm pretty sure that at least part of it is thanks to Trump's meddling (and the weakening USD probably has something to do with it). Just wondering when the rug pull is going to come.