Trump is lying about the job marketHey zxcv, it’s Mark. One year ago, Trump promised jobs would come ‘roaring back’ to America. Last month, the US added 178,000 jobs, but working class people are struggling to find work, and hiring levels are at the lowest they’ve been since the pandemic. So let’s uncover the lies, find out what’s really going on in the job market and what you can do about it. This isn’t about politics. My only concern is how this affects everyday people looking for a job. I made an entire video about this on my new channel, the Mark Tilbury Show. If you want to watch more breaking news that can make you money, check out my new YouTube channel here. LIE NUMBER 1: THE JOB MARKET IS ‘STRONG’When you look at March’s job market numbers in isolation, you’d almost definitely think, ‘Great, the economy’s thriving and my dream job is just around the corner’. 178K jobs added in a month and an unemployment rate of 4.3%. But when you actually look into where those 178,000 jobs came from, 76,000 were in healthcare, which is a large chunk of nurses returning after a round of strikes. So a significant portion of that headline number wasn’t new economic growth at all, it was one off events that landed in the same month. The New York Fed measures how well people think they’ve got real job options available to them with the Survey of Consumer Expectations. They ask people a question. ‘If you lost your job tomorrow, what are the chances you can find a new one within 3 months?’ And then measure it as a percentage. That number came back at the lowest it’s ever been since the survey started in 2013, just 43% of people thought that they could successfully find a new position. LIE NUMBER 2: THIS IS JUST ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTYOn April 2nd last year, Trump announced that he was introducing tariffs on imports from over 180 countries. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the logic, but in the 12 months since that announcement, the tariffs changed more than 50 times. Countries were added, removed, paused, reinstated, and everything in between. I know you might be thinking, ‘How will this affect me?’ I can tell you from experience that nothing kills a hiring decision faster than not knowing what your costs are going to look like next quarter. Every time I’ve ever thought about bringing someone new onboard, the first question I ask myself is always the same: ‘Can I afford them not just now, but in a year?’ Tens of thousands of American businesses are doing exactly the same. We’ve got businesses already paying more for materials, now paying more to find and keep qualified staff. And when margins get squeezed from multiple directions at once, the first thing that gets put on ice is hiring. LIE NUMBER 3: YOU JUST NEED TO TRY HARDERThis one really frustrates me because hundreds of people a week message me about how they’re sending out tons of job applications but never hearing back. Most people assume that it’s their fault, but the reality is two things have happened to the hiring process that most job seekers have no idea about, and both of them are quietly working against you before you’ve even had a chance. The first is AI, and I’m not talking about AI getting so advanced that it steals your future job, I mean that AI is changing who gets hired right now. In March this year, AI was cited as the number one reason for job cuts across the US. This is worrying as it’s actually hitting the people at the bottom the hardest. The second thing working against you here is that a huge number of the jobs you’re applying for right now don’t actually exist. They’re called ‘ghost jobs’, which are positions companies post online with no genuine intention of filling anytime soon. SO, WHAT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DO ABOUT IT?First, stop mass applying for jobs. Firing off hundreds of applications through job boards is largely feeding the ‘noise problem’ Instead, pick 10 to 20 companies you genuinely want to work for, follow what they’re doing, engage with their content, and reach out directly. A targeted, warm approach cuts through in a way mass applying never will. Second, understand which sectors are actually hiring. Even in a slow market, some industries are genuinely growing. Healthcare, defence, cybersecurity, energy are all seeing real demand right now. So if you’ve got transferrable skills, it might be worth widening your thinking. Third, get ahead of AI rather than behind it. Your job probably won’t be taken by AI, but rather by someone who knows how to use it better than you. zxcv, what’s your biggest takeaway from this email? I’d love to know, so hit reply to this email. All the best, Mark Tilbury P.S If you want to learn how to use AI to your advantage to make $10,000 per month online, without needing startup capital or business experience, then I’m hosting a free live online event very soon that walks you through exactly how to do that. So if you’re serious about increasing your income, click here. |