Well, you don't live where I do, and you don't see what I see. I've been a hiring manager the last 18+ years of my career and I can tell you factually that the "kids" coming out of college want the world with little work. They expect to get the high paying gig with zero experience (they think they learned it all in College ya know) and whine when they don't get it.
I'm in the Shitcago area --- that's my experience.
Funny I’m a hiring manager in Chicago also. The job market here is rotten. We offered a traning session for 12 people for a 14 dollar an hour job. They told there family and friends. ..over a 100 poor unemployed folks showed up.
Another tidbit. I used to own a frame shop on Lincoln and Montana during the Reagan years...you may have seen it. I had a help wanted sign out as did the bar,the coffee shop and the restaurant across the street. I used to marvel that I could throw a rock and hit a help wanted sign. Now you can walk the whole 20 miles of Lincoln Ave and the only help wanted sign.
you’ll see is the minimum wage night shift at Dunkin Donuts.