31 Minutes of Job Market Crash-Outs

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George Kamel — 31 Minutes of Job Market Crash-Outs

Date: March 20, 2026
Host: George Kamel (Ramsey Network)
Guest: Ken Coleman

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Episode Overview

In this episode, George Kamel and career expert Ken Coleman dive into the current struggles and realities of the US job market, centering the conversation around viral TikToks and social media commentary from Gen Z job seekers. Through a blend of pop culture references, real-world financial wisdom, and sharp humor, they dissect common career myths, generational misperceptions, and the enduring challenges faced by young job seekers and workers today.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The State of the Job Market & Generational Tensions [00:05–03:12]

• Theme: The hosts react to widely-shared social videos illustrating Gen Z's frustrations with today’s job search environment.
• Observations:
  • Gen Z job seekers claim the market is dire: high new grad unemployment, AI-driven resume reviews, rampant ghosting from employers, over 50% forced into side hustles.
  • Strong generational critique: “Boomers, you got a full time job… straight out of college… I don’t want to hear it.” [Gen Z Job Seeker, 02:56]

“If you’re just submitting resumes all day long, you are getting ghosted… You need to step out of the digital pile.”
— Ken Coleman (03:24)

2. Modern Job-Hunting Realities [03:12–05:17]

• Analysis: Submitting resumes online is largely ineffective; networking remains the most powerful job-hunting method.
• Advice:
  • Leverage real-life connections (“proximity principle”) to bypass AI resume filters.
  • Stay persistent — it’s easier than ever to get hired if you approach the process differently.

“It’s actually as easy as it ever has been to get hired. But you can’t do it the way that they’re doing it. You gotta show up.”
— Ken Coleman (04:06)

3. Financial Wisdom from ‘Cautionary Tales’ [05:49–07:44]

• Story: Viral video of a realtor lamenting spending a $137K commission on a new car and clothes—missing out on a townhouse now worth $1M.
• Takeaway: The temptation of lifestyle inflation versus long-term investing; prioritize assets over depreciating “flexes.”

“That Mercedes is worth zero. And those clothes don’t fit.”
— Financial Advice Woman (06:25)

“It’s that lifestyle creep… YOLO… Instead put money into assets that make you money.”
— George Kamel (07:17)

4. Money & Happiness—The Limits [08:10–11:42]

• Highlight: Jordan Peterson clip: After basic needs are met, more money doesn’t increase happiness, only options.
• Discussion:
  • Money brings freedom and reduces stress but doesn’t solve relational or existential problems.
  • Important to keep the pursuit of wealth in perspective.

“…once you have enough money so that bill collectors aren’t chasing you… additional money has absolutely no effect on your self reported well being.”
— Jordan Peterson (08:19)

“More money does not mean more happiness. It does mean more stuff, more experiences, less stress.”
— Ken Coleman (09:53)

5. Early Retirement & the FIRE Movement [11:47–15:23]

• Clip: “Young Retiree” breaks down his rapid career and income ascent (intern to $500K at Netflix, retired at 30).
• Key Points:
  • Early financial discipline and investing made early retirement possible—not just high income.
  • Caution about burnout: High-paying jobs are often mentally and physically taxing.

“Retiring at 30 while making half a million a year—LOL. You couldn’t have stuck it out for a few more years?”
— George Kamel (14:25, referencing a commenter)

“Just because you make a lot of money, people go, ‘Why wouldn’t you just keep doing that?’ …What they don’t see is the stress.”
— George Kamel (14:34)

6. Job Search Frustrations & Social Media Humor [17:18–21:13]

• Clip: Frustrated job seeker vents about applying to 20 jobs a day, tailoring resumes, hearing nothing.
• Insight: Echoes the previous point—mass resume-sending is futile without networks or referrals.
• Self-aware Humor:
  • “Basura”—Spanish for trash—is used to emphasize market frustration.
  • Skewering the stereotype that older generations are out-of-touch.

“You can’t do what everybody else is doing and expect it to work… You might as well be playing the job lottery.”
— Ken Coleman (17:52)

7. The “Meaningless Work” Mindset [20:03–21:13]

• Clip: Viral video jokes that looking for a job, having a job, and not having a job are equally miserable.
• Takeaway: A prevailing cynicism about work leads to general dissatisfaction and lack of gratitude.

“What people are saying is there’s very little difference… between looking for a job, being without a job, and actually in a job.”
— Ken Coleman (20:17)

8. Lying On Resumes & “Faking It” in The Workplace [21:21–23:07]

• Clip: TikTok of someone admitting they lied on their resume to land a social media role, asking viewers to not get them fired.
• Reflection: Sometimes unconventional entry points can lead to real skills if you deliver results.

“The job of social media? Get my attention and keep it. …He done did it, now he’s got a series.”
— George Kamel (22:28)

9. Office Work Culture Satire [23:08–26:47]

• Clip: New office hire finishes all tasks in one hour, doesn’t know what to do for the rest of the day.
• Hosts’ Response:
  • Encourage initiative: seek extra responsibility, don’t coast.
  • Critique of "just get by" attitudes and the undervaluing of workplace purpose.

“If you feel really frustrated and…there is no chance of finding that work, why don’t you take me up on it? …That’s why we created [the Get Clear career assessment].”
— Ken Coleman (26:10)

10. Gen Z Humor: Generational Edit [27:21–29:44]

• Clip: Quick-cut video repeatedly asking people “What year were you born?”—older staff respond only with “Nineteen…” (never finishing the year), poking fun at generational divides.
• Hosts’ Reaction: Highlight the humor, editing talent, and intergenerational camaraderie.
• Lighthearted Banter: “I think you’re stuck in a Gen X body, but you were meant to be a founding father.” (28:51)

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• On Ghosting and Job Search Myths

“If you’re just submitting resumes all day long, you are getting ghosted… You need to step out of the digital pile.”
— Ken Coleman (03:24)

• On Money and Purpose

“More money does not mean more happiness. It does mean more stuff, more experiences, less stress.”
— Ken Coleman (09:53)

• On Early Retirement

“Just because you make a lot of money, people go, ‘Why wouldn’t you just keep doing that?’ …What they don’t see is the stress.”
— George Kamel (14:34)

• On Modern Work Attitudes

“What people are saying is there’s very little difference… between looking for a job, being without a job, and actually in a job.”
— Ken Coleman (20:17)

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Notable Timestamps by Segment

• [00:05–03:12] — Generational tensions in the job market
• [05:49–07:44] — Cautionary financial tales and lifestyle inflation
• [08:10–11:42] — Jordan Peterson on money and happiness
• [11:47–15:23] — Breaking down rapid career progression and FIRE movement
• [17:18–19:35] — Frustrated job searchers, resume myth-busting
• [20:03–21:13] — The humor and misery of looking for work
• [21:21–23:07] — Faking it till you make it (with viral animal content)
• [23:08–26:47] — “Eight hour workday is a sham” and purpose in work
• [27:21–29:44] — Generational video edit, lighthearted closer

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Tone and Language

• Conversational — Blends humor, pop culture, and frank financial guidance.
• Candid and Snarky — Hosts regularly poke fun at themselves, social media trends, and generational stereotypes.
• Empowering — Encourages listeners to reject easy pessimism and take proactive, practical steps toward career and financial fulfillment.

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Final Insights

The episode highlights how much of today’s job market angst, especially among Gen Z, is driven by misinformation, pessimism, and an overreliance on digital paths instead of personal networks. George and Ken challenge listeners to reframe their perspective, advocate for themselves in job searches and office life, and maintain a sense of humor and gratitude—even amidst setbacks.

“If I spend the majority of my day using what I do best to do work I love to produce results I care about, I’m gonna be a very satisfied and fairly happy [person].”
— Ken Coleman (25:17)

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For further exploration, George Kamel invites listeners to check out related episodes where he reacts to money crash-out stories with other Ramsey personalities.

Transcript

[George]

The US Job market has seen better days, and today I'll be reacting to a smattering of videos featuring job seekers coming to grips with that fact. But it won't just be me, because I'll be joined by my favorite person named Ken Coleman, mostly because I don't know any others. And for years, Ken has been helping people level up in their careers and increase their income through his bestselling books and his show for. And today, he gets a front row seat with a me. You see what I did there?

[Ken Coleman]

Yes, I did.

[George]

So let's hop in. Right after giving a quick little shout out to delete me for sponsoring my channel. Welcome, Ken. I'm over here, bud. Hey, George, you all right? Yeah. You see something on the screen there you like?

[Ken Coleman]

Oh, the camera's right there.

[George]

Okay. You got a little drifty on me.

[Ken Coleman]

Well, you know, again, I'm a trained animal. Look at the camera.

[George]

Well, let's see how good you are today. We got some bait for you. Not the animal I was thinking of.

[Ken Coleman]

Okay.

[George]

I was thinking more like hunting forests, you know?

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah, I like to dig. I'm a forester. We'll dig into the clips.

[George]

I don't think they're called foresters, are they?

[Ken Coleman]

I think so.

[George]

All right.

[Ken Coleman]

I don't know.

[George]

Well, you be the hunter, I'll be the gatherer today.

[Ken Coleman]

That sounds better.

[George]

We have gathered the most popular TikToks. Instagram reels around work, career, generational beef, and just basically the cynicism that is the economy and job market today. You ready to react?

[Ken Coleman]

Well, one little quick question. What is the generational beef?

[George]

Basically, the older folks ruined it all and are out of touch with the younger generation's problems.

[Ken Coleman]

I thought it was going to be a whole List of TikToks on how healthy meat is or something.

[George]

No, no, no.

[Ken Coleman]

Actual.

[George]

No, actual.

[Ken Coleman]

No, I'm with you now.

[George]

Beef that we're eating.

[Ken Coleman]

I'm locked in. Sorry. You took me. Yeah, I didn't know. I got confused.

[George]

Okay, think like dueling a cappella groups. That kind of. That's more in your wheelhouse.

[Ken Coleman]

Totally got it.

[George]

That kind of beef. More Pitch Perfect.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah. More cardigans.

[George]

Way more cardigans. Crushed it.

[Gen Z Job Seeker]

Can't stand it when people say, oh,

[Gen Z Job Seeker 2]

Gen Z is so lazy, no one

[George]

wants to work anymore.

[Gen Z Job Seeker 2]

What is it with this generation?

[Gen Z Job Seeker]

I would work if I could get a job. You try being Gen Z and try getting a job. See how long it takes you. My generation is entering the most cooked job market of all time. It's so bad. That for the first time the new grad unemployment rate is higher than the unemployment rate overall. Our jobs are all replaced by AI reviewing resumes. The whole hiring process is replaced by AI. No one even looks at your resume anymore. You don't even get rejected from jobs anymore. You just don't get a response. Job market is so cooked that more than 50% of Gen Z has a side hustle just to stay financially afloat. And a lot of us are freelancers. I'm a freelancer. Believe me, our generation is not lazy because we're the generation who has to actually pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and constantly find different freelance gigs, different side hustle gigs to keep us floating above the water. Boomers. You got a full time job, would benefit straight out of college and probably stayed at that job for 40 years. I don't want to hear it.

[Ken Coleman]

Wow, okay. Well, you know, he's very upset and I do feel for him because he is spouting off a lot of.

[George]

There's some true facts here that have

[Ken Coleman]

some evidence behind them. Bottom line here is that if we believe what he's saying, why do we even try? But I will say the truth of what he said in this is that if you're just submitting resumes all day long, you are getting ghosted. That is the reality because of the onslaught of resumes that companies are getting because it's so easy to submit online. So he's right about you can hit

[George]

it one time and it goes to $40,000.

[Ken Coleman]

And here's the myth. You feel, George, like you're doing a good job. Hey, I submitted 50 resumes today, so it feels good. What you need to know is, is you didn't submit any resumes. You might as well have not done anything. So this is, I'm going to submit the resume for the software, the AI. I'm going to put myself in the system, but I'm going to go by there, I'm going to see somebody, I'm going to talk to somebody who knows somebody there so that I take myself out of the digital pile. That's where we've got to make changes here. Or else you're like this young man who is completely desperate.

[George]

Yeah.

[Ken Coleman]

And angry.

[George]

He's going through the stages of grief right now.

[Ken Coleman]

Oh, it's really what's happening really rough.

[George]

But I gotta say, some great handwork. I don't know if he went to theater school or what he was doing there. I always like to go to their profile and kind of get a vibe on who he is.

[Ken Coleman]

Well, he's got a great head of hair.

[George]

Yeah, we can all agree with that.

[Ken Coleman]

So if times get tough, he could always donate his hair.

[George]

So if you were going to help this guy get a job, here's what he's about. Based on his profile, which I'm going to find as the employer, he's about social justice, American flag, news, policy, advocacy.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah, right. So he's trying to get some clicks here. Don't begrudge him that at all. But that's what he's doing. And he's playing to all of the hot button talking points that are going to get clicks. And here's what's troubling about this. A lot of young people will believe everything he said is true. And how could you possibly have a positive outlook on your life if you believe this completely? Yeah, it's dangerous to be putting this stuff out there. It's actually as easy as it ever has been to get hired. But you can't do it the way that they're doing it. You got to show up.

[George]

The method has changed.

[Ken Coleman]

You got to use the proximity principle. Who do I know that knows somebody that knows somebody? Even if it's five or six connections, you will stand out, but you got to stay with it.

[George]

But don't you think it's easier and more fun just to make TikTok videos?

[Ken Coleman]

Of course it is.

[Gen Z Job Seeker 2]

Out of anger, I practice in my TikTok.

[Ken Coleman]

But can I also say, as the son of a boomer.

[Jordan Peterson]

Yeah.

[Ken Coleman]

My mom and dad didn't come out of college with a great job and benefits. They had to hustle, just like I had to hustle. So there's this myth that this generation is worse off. They're actually better off.

[George]

That's a hot take, and I'll take it. All right, Ken, hot start. Lot of expletives. Wouldn't use that in the job interview, bud, by the way.

[Gen Z Job Seeker]

No, I don't want to hear it.

[George]

All right, here we go.

[Financial Advice Woman]

So once upon a time, I sold a big house, and I made 137,000 doll in commission on that one house. And rather than taking that money and investing it in real estate, I went and bought a brand new Mercedes. I went on a shopping spree and I that money away instead of buying a townhouse on Lenox Road, it was right in the middle of foreclosure season. I could have bought that townhouse for $100,000. That townhouse today that in 1995 was $100,000 is a million dollars. That Mercedes is worth zero. And those clothes don't fit.

[Ken Coleman]

That's a shame.

[Financial Advice Woman]

This is a cautionary tale.

[George]

That was great.

[Ken Coleman]

Great performance. We got a nice. She had three pieces of advice wrapped into one video. Right. Good financial advice, but also depreciating asset of a car. And you got to watch your calories as you get older.

[George]

That's true.

[Ken Coleman]

So a lot of advice there.

[George]

My goal is to still fit in the same jackets because you spend good money on this stuff and I go timeless, as do you. Yeah, this shirt will still look cool.

[Ken Coleman]

It's a fact 50 years from now. And by the way, I'll still be able to wear it 50 years from now.

[George]

Sure, I'll be celebrating your 102nd birthday with you. Can't wait. Should be fun. But there's some good advice here. I've seen a lot of videos of hers and she's very much into like leveraging debt for real estate, which I don't agree with. But I think the message here is very clear.

[Ken Coleman]

I think it's absolutely spot on and that's mind boggling for young people.

[George]

Yeah, the lifestyle creep is there. You make a bunch of money, you go, I should enjoy it. Yolo. Let me put this money into a bunch of stuff that is just going to be stuff instead of putting it into assets that can make you money. So enjoy some of it, but let's reinvest it and really make something out of it.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah, I think what she does a really good job here is putting real life scenario from her story and helping you see the power of some discipline in the short term that pays off big time in the long term so

[George]

you don't have regret.

[Ken Coleman]

That's exactly right.

[George]

You know, hindsight's 20 20. Let's see we look at the comments. I made $10 five years ago, still have that $10 and today it's worth $6. Great lesson in inflation.

[Ken Coleman]

Now this is an example of a person who's spending entirely too much time online.

[George]

Don't know what that was for. Bet you felt good driving that Mercedes though, didn't you? Okay, so someone is actually in support of her buying it and said it was worth it for the flex. I don't understand that, but good for her. Moving on. Oh, look at that.

[Ken Coleman]

How about this guy?

[George]

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, Esquire. Let's see what he has to say. Probably something that will hurt my brain.

[Jordan Peterson]

Economic data already show that once you have enough money so that bill collectors aren't chasing you, which basically puts you say at the kind of in the upper reaches of the working class or maybe the lower end of the middle class, something like that. That additional money has absolutely no effect whatsoever on your self reported well being, which is something like a combination of positive emotion and absence of negative emotion. You might like to think that, you know, if you were rich, your life would be better and maybe it would be somewhat better, but it wouldn't be as much better as you might hope. And that's because you'd still have most of the problems that people have. You know, you still maybe wouldn't get along with your sister and you'd still get divorced and maybe you'd even be more likely to. And there'd still be illnesses that would beset you and you'd still have the problem with what the hell your life is for and what you're doing on the planet and how to conduct yourself in the proper way. And so. So we don't want to be too naive about materialism, even though we don't want to be ungrateful for its advantages.

[Ken Coleman]

Wow. Yeah, yeah, I've heard this before. And this data, by the way, gets updated on a regular basis. So I think the latest number I SAW is over 75,000 or something like that. So again, whether I'm writing, is there

[George]

an increase in happiness beyond a certain salary?

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah. And what they're talking about is, and he does a good job of explaining it in the context of the more money you have, while you will have more freedom and you can do some things that are very, very fun, you still will have struggles in life, you'll still have this DEs to make a difference. So he does a good job here of putting more money into perspective. More money does not mean more happiness. It does mean more stuff, more experiences, less stress. That's.

[George]

So it can remove the negative stuff, but it's not going to add a whole bunch of positives on its own.

[Ken Coleman]

No. And again, to his point, it's not going to remove sickness, it's not going to move relational issues, it's not going to remove a bad boss. You know, it'll have some wounds, but it's not the be all, end all. And I think the important takeaway and what he's saying here is make sure that you understand if your perspective, pursuing more money, put that pursuit into perspective so that you don't get there and think, oh, life is supposed to be unbelievably amazing and it's not. And now you feel really empty.

[George]

Yeah, it is kind of deflating when you get there and you think, oh, My gosh. I got the raise.

[Ken Coleman]

I made it.

[George]

And then your life is still. You still wake up in the same body. You go, you go. With you.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah.

[George]

So here's the thing. I call it a flat tire.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah.

[George]

When you got the money. Right. But your relationships are out of whack. Your career sucks. You hate your boss. You got to have a well rounded wheel there.

[Ken Coleman]

Let's give the flip side for just a minute. Let's call this out. While I believe that data is true, what is also true is I know people who have reached a level of wealth that you and I have not. They have zero hesitation to do anything that they want to do.

[George]

Yeah.

[Ken Coleman]

And so that has levels to it. But you can reach a certain level of wealth within reason that you don't ever think about any kind of fun opportunity again. You think about, let's do a fun weekend with the kids to an amusement park. What would have been a strain before? And you immediately dismiss it. Now becomes we can actually do that. And so that's the flip side to this.

[George]

More options and less toiling over the decisions.

[Ken Coleman]

And by the way, I can see the trolls in the comments of that thing I just said. We're not talking about billionaire status.

[George]

Yeah.

[Ken Coleman]

We're just talking about no debt and so much margin in your life because you have that.

[George]

You can do reasonable things without thinking about it.

[Ken Coleman]

Not even feeling any angst at all. Like, let's just go do that.

[George]

I love it. Done with that guy. Moving on to another guy. Here we go.

[Jordan Peterson]

All right.

[Young Retiree]

Here's my income throughout my entire career.

[George]

Oh.

[Young Retiree]

I made $21 an hour as an intern at IBM. After graduation, they gave me a return offer for $74,000 a year. I left that job for a startup called Dwolla, which paid me $130,000 a year. I then got a job at Credit Karma, which paid me $155,000 a year and $100,000 in stock. GrubHub was my next job, which ended up paying me over $300,000 per year.

[George]

Wow.

[Young Retiree]

And I ended my career at Netflix, where my total compensation per year was over $500,000. But, yeah, I'm 30 years old and I recently retired.

[George]

Wow. Yeah, this is quite the go getter.

[Ken Coleman]

I wish he would be a little bit more enthusiastic about this. I didn't know how it was.

[George]

It doesn't make it sound exciting.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah, like anybody watching this isn't feeling like he's super happy, but, I mean,

[George]

he can afford Alexa Pro at this point.

[Ken Coleman]

Let's Try a boost here. You know what he doesn't tell us, though?

[George]

What?

[Ken Coleman]

Why he can. I think people need to see the rest of that story. All he did was list out great career progression. Really proud of this guy. I mean, this is amazing. Clearly, this guy is very smart and very valuable to all the companies he's been at. But what he doesn't tell us is why he can retire at 30. And people need to be able to see that. I'll bet you he's a super saver. And I'll bet you he's a really savvy investor. What do you think?

[George]

Yeah, I think when he was figuring out how to live on that, you know, $21 an hour, he basically stayed at that lifestyle. And so as he made 74,000 150,000, $250,000 $500,000, he still kept a very reasonable lifestyle and shoveled the rest, not even into savings, but into investments that then grew from 21 to 30. That's right. And if you do that and pile it up, he probably has a couple million sitting there that he can live on for the rest of his life.

[Ken Coleman]

I'll bet you, though, that his money is not only spinning off more money, but that he's doing some other things. I would ask him. You're telling me no, no plans to ever work again. You're not scheming about something? I'd be very surprised.

[George]

Well, you would say this. Too much to contribute to society, to the economy, so much value he can bring that it's a shame if he just stopped and never did anything ever again. Yeah, Frank got the bag. How did you make 300,000 as a delivery driver?

[Ken Coleman]

Explain to me. Got the bag. This is nomenclature I'm not familiar with.

[George]

This is people who think they're cool. They say, like, you got the bag. As in, you got a bunch of money. Like, get that bag, Frank. What bag? Yeah, you see, when I say it, not as cool.

[Ken Coleman]

I was gonna say, I'd like you to use that in a real sentence that you might say to me, frank got the bag. That's how you would say that, too.

[George]

Our friend Frank, he got the bag, Ken.

[Ken Coleman]

I would literally.

[George]

Hey, our buddy.

[Ken Coleman]

What are you talking about? I would say, what?

[George]

He's at Netflix now. He got that bag.

[Ken Coleman]

He got the bag.

[George]

Okay. Yep, Yep. Retiring at 30 while making half a million a year. LOL. You couldn't have stuck it out for a few more years? Now, that's an interesting take.

[Ken Coleman]

It is.

[George]

Just because you make a lot of money, people go, why Wouldn't you just keep doing that? It's easy money. What they don't see is the stress of some of these high paying jobs will crush your body, crush you mentally, physically, emotionally. So a lot of people get burnt out doing the fire movement thing, which is essentially what he did. Financial independence, retire early. They are generally getting burnt out in their early 30s because of this mindset of just get the best paying job I can, even if it's awful, even if it's toxic so that I can retire.

[Ken Coleman]

I'm going to have different take on that comment.

[George]

Hit me.

[Ken Coleman]

I think that person goes, I just did the math really quick on what he made and I think if he'd have stuck it out a few more years, he could even better. Further better his situation. Oh yeah, I think they're going, you may have walked away a little too soon, young man. I don't mind that comment.

[George]

I'll tell you this, he doesn't seem that happy.

[Ken Coleman]

He does not. But hey, that's his personality.

[George]

He's not Mr.

[Ken Coleman]

Bubbles.

[George]

Like he's a low key guy but I've seen his videos. What do we know about him? He's got about a million followers. He's building a Mandarin tutor. So he's clearly start learning Chinese for free.

[Ken Coleman]

See, this guy is going to make a gazillion dollars teaching Americans like me how to speak Mandarin, which is I

[George]

think historically the hardest language to learn. So he really took on quite the

[Ken Coleman]

task, which I should edit that I. He will get my money. He will not be successful with me. Yeah, I won't learn it. I don't feel good about my ability. But see, he's everything he's actually called.

[George]

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[Frustrated Job Seeker]

And another thing, because this gets me heated. Unless you've been on a job search in the last two years, you do not know how bad it is out here. The job market is trash, Basura. It's been bad. I'm talking about applying to 20 jobs a day, reaching out to recruiters, doing this on LinkedIn, and hearing crickets. People are trying. People are not. Laz. And then people who have a job give the most useless advice. Like, why don't you tailor your resume to every single job? You don't think that I've done that. Unless your job is hiring and you have a referral, zip it.

[George]

Ooh, she dropped basura.

[Ken Coleman]

She did. I don't know what that means.

[George]

Trash in Spanish.

[Ken Coleman]

Really?

[George]

Yeah.

[Ken Coleman]

That's impressive that you know this. Okay, my one takeaway was this. You can't do what everybody else is doing and expect it to work because you're just a number. You might as well be playing the job lottery. I agree. Did you see all the clappings?

[George]

Ken did this expecting it to work, and it was not working for you. She did it much better. She did it because you can't just talk over it. It has to be on the. You know what I mean?

[Ken Coleman]

Okay, let me try that again. Let me tell you this. That doesn't work very well. I can't do that either. Wow, that was bad. Dude, you're a musician. I'm not. I mean, that was funny. I tried to do it on rhythm.

[George]

Well, it's perpetuating a stereotype that old white guys have no rhythm.

[Ken Coleman]

Maybe it's not a stereotype.

[George]

I've seen you dance.

[Ken Coleman]

I don't have any rhythm.

[George]

You keep it right here.

[Ken Coleman]

But let's not miss the greater point. She's mad because she's doing what everyone else is doing and it's not working. And so we have a giant mob of people all doing the wrong thing, filling out a resume and submitting it and just letting it go. You might as well play the lottery while you're at it.

[George]

I agree. The question is, many people have gotten a job in the last two years. We can all agree on that. People are getting jobs. I want to know how are they getting it? Let's do a survey. And I think you would find it wasn't just, yeah, I just submitted about 10,000 resumes and eventually one hit. No, it's going to be, I knew a guy who worked over here who vouched for me, who got me to the top of the stack.

[Ken Coleman]

A relationship opened up an opportunity for a conversation, at which point I won the conversation. Let's not forget that part. Some of these young people are throwing this stuff out there. And even if I got you a seat at the table, the way you're acting on these things tells me you may not act well in person.

[George]

That's a good question.

[Ken Coleman]

Is the right relationship finding these videos the right relationship? The right conversation leads to the right job.

[George]

That's good. I hope she sees this. Wishing you the best on your job hunt. All right, here we go. All right, this one says, me looking for a job, me with a job, me without a job. Let's see how he's reacting. That's great. So he's a little bit stressed. No matter what, looking for a job, a little stress. Me with a job, it's stressful.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah. Me without a job, I don't see much difference. I want to make sure the joke's not on me right here with this video. There weren't a whole lot of difference there.

[George]

Well, what's funny is him looking for a job and him without a job. Seems like the same thing. Unless he has a job while he's looking for a job. Think about that, Dr. Seuss.

[Ken Coleman]

I don't know what anything was said right there, but I will say that this is sad, that this is popular. Right? Because what people are saying is there's very little difference in my spirit, in my soul, in my mind, between looking for a job, being without a job, and actually in a job. And this is where, again, good old fashioned gratitude goes a long way to kind of settling your spirit and allowing you to Perform well.

[George]

Yeah.

[Ken Coleman]

Well, be grateful.

[George]

What's happening here is they're saying work equals a soulless, anxiety inducing task. That is meaningless.

[Ken Coleman]

Right.

[George]

Which is sad because we know you can work and have purpose and meaning and get paid.

[Ken Coleman]

Well, you can have some crappy jobs early on, and I did. But if we reset that as, yes, it's a crappy job for all these reasons, but here's the deal. It is a job and it is allowing me to get set up for the next step. If that's all you think of it as, that's fine, because that'll get you through.

[George]

Yeah, well, I got a chuckle out of it. I did enjoy the content.

[Ken Coleman]

One of my favorite ones.

[George]

Kudos to that, by the way. Chuckle.

[Ken Coleman]

I like chuckle.

[George]

Guys, I lied on my resume and got a job doing the social media of this body shop. Please blow this up so I don't get fired. Is that a cat peeking up? Wow.

[Ken Coleman]

Okay, that's actually funny.

[George]

He got four and a half million likes on this.

[Ken Coleman]

This is the old phrase, fake it until you make it.

[George]

Yeah, yeah. You know Clancy's Auto Body, it's a real auto body shop in Fort Lauderdale. Again, free publicity from you, boy. You're welcome for all the new business.

[Ken Coleman]

Right, right. But here's what's great about this. No one, and I mean no one, is going to go to. What is it called? Clancy's.

[George]

Clancy's Autobox.

[Ken Coleman]

Nobody's going to Clancy's Instagram page or TikTok page just to be entertained until the gigantic black cat is dancing on top of the garage.

[George]

Well, there's a strong hook here.

[Ken Coleman]

This is a good.

[George]

He lied on the resume. We're already hooked. What happens next? He got the job doing social media after lying, and now this blows up. And now this man now has experience.

[Ken Coleman]

But what's the job of social media?

[George]

Get my attention and keep it.

[Ken Coleman]

There you go. And I think that that is ridiculous as it is. He done did it, now he's got a series. What does he do next? I gotta tell you, I might stop by the old Instagram or TikTok page of Clancy's to see what animal's bouncing on the roof next week. It's that interesting.

[George]

You know the interesting part? What if this isn't even a real person? This is just Clancy's Auto Body Manufacturing. It's called engagement farming.

[Ken Coleman]

I don't know what any of that means.

[George]

They faked it. They faked this whole scenario.

[Ken Coleman]

That's not a real person.

[George]

Now someone had to create it.

[Ken Coleman]

It's Just Clancy's.

[George]

But did someone lie on their resume to get. They created a story around it, is what I'm saying. All right, Good content from Clancy's. Moving on.

[Ken Coleman]

All right.

[George]

Help. I just got my first office job and I'm done with all my work in the first hour. What do I do now?

[Ken Coleman]

Wow, this pains me right here. I'll tell you what you do.

[George]

You think this is real? No.

[Ken Coleman]

You go to your boss and you say, hey, what else can I do? You ask to be given responsibility to make yourself more valuable.

[George]

Yeah. Would you promote her? No. If she goes, hey, finish in an hour. No, you go. Great. No, let's find something else to do here. There's always work to be done.

[Ken Coleman]

No, there's too much. There's a little too much smugness on this. Like, I have done everything that I could possibly do to help this place.

[George]

Well, let's.

[Ken Coleman]

Let's someone rescue me from my.

[George]

Here's what's happening. They're saying the eight hour workday is a sham. I can be productive in an hour and get it all done and live my life.

[Ken Coleman]

I should be at my house right now in my oversized sweatsuit. Yep, that's what's going on.

[George]

And this is even worse. Comment. First mistake was finishing it in an hour. You're supposed to do 90%, then chill for four hours, then finally finish it. I don't want to hire that person. No.

[Ken Coleman]

It's so sad. That's such a negative outlook on life that I can't ever find work that I would actually look forward to doing, get lost in the middle of doing it and be proud of what I did. That's it. What I just said is mind blowing for a lot of people.

[George]

Well, this person is dunking on you here. Whatever you do, don't ask if there's anything else you can work on.

[Ken Coleman]

Of course not, because then you'd have to actually apply yourself. God forbid. I should have known this video was gonna go.

[George]

Yeah, I really.

[Ken Coleman]

The pursing of the lips to start the whole. Whatever that move is. I can't do it.

[George]

We should make content like that. You think we should try?

[Ken Coleman]

Only if I started that way with a pursed lips and kind of this weird kind of like, look off into like, I'm so put out, and then all of a sudden you smack me and you smack that look right off my face that I think I'd watch.

[George]

I want you to be like, hey, finish my YouTube video in an hour. We're gonna chill the rest of the day. Don't tell Dave Ramsey.

[Ken Coleman]

It's unbelievable.

[George]

Again, I'm seeing a theme here. People view work as a mindless, soul crushing task that if I can avoid at all costs, my life will be better. So at the root of this, they don't see any meaning or purpose or joy in work. Which means they're not doing the right thing.

[Ken Coleman]

That's right. It's because they don't realize what a formula for fulfillment looks like. And it's very simple. If I spend the majority of my day using what I do best to do work I love to produce results I care about, I'm gonna be a very satisfied and fairly happy think about that. I'm spending most of the day using what I do best. So now I'm going to have efficiency. It's not going to be frustrating. I'm going to be doing work I enjoy. So I'm really leaning into it. Time seems to speed up and then at the end of that day or even in the middle of work, I realize I'm putting a result out in the world that I really care about. So if you could measure that, you could find it. And that's why I created the Get Clear career assessment. It measures all three of those things. What I do best, talent, what I enjoy doing, passion and what results I care deeply about. And that's a sense of mission. So if you don't know what it is, you can never find it. And so that's the key. That's why we created that wonderful tool. And I would say to people, if you feel really frustrated and you resonate with these and go, there is no chance of finding that work. Why don't you take me up on it? If it doesn't work, maybe we'll give you your money back.

[George]

Hey, well, I've taken it myself and it read my mail and I'm luckily doing the thing I think I should be doing, which is wonderful. Using the skills with something I enjoy that has an impact. And we give it away on the show all the time to Ramsey show callers. Because whenever they're struggling with something like this, I go, you gotta take the assessment. It's gonna give you a lot of clarity. And that's what these people just don't have. And I don't fault them for it. Cause they're not teaching this stuff in school.

[Ken Coleman]

Well, this last video, I mean, this is miserable. Think about how miserable when you've been in a job like that where you feel like you're just counting down the day and it takes hours to get to quit. Let me ask you a real question. When was the last time you had a day here at Ramsey Solutions in this role where the day drug on? Do you remember one?

[George]

No.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah, and that's just me.

[George]

Even when I was in prior roles, when I was in social media or email marketing, I mean, I was going and it felt, I felt good. I was energized at the end of the day.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah, yeah. And that's a fun feeling for your day to just absolutely fly by and you can look back on it and go, I did good work today. That's what you're looking for.

[George]

I hope they find it. So per usual, producer Alex has thrown us a random video that we're gonna react to here at the end, and he's given me no information, no context for this. Okay, let's see what we got. Here we go.

[Gen Z Job Seeker 2]

What year were you born? 2001. Okay, what year were you born?

[Young Retiree]

2002.

[Gen Z Job Seeker 2]

Hey, George, what year were you born?

[George]

19.

[Gen Z Job Seeker 2]

What year were you born?

[Ken Coleman]

2001.

[Gen Z Job Seeker 2]

Hey, John, what year were you born?

[Jordan Peterson]

Nineteen.

[Ken Coleman]

What year were you born?2001.

[Gen Z Job Seeker 2]

Rachel, what year were you born?19. And what year were you born?19. Hey, Jade, what year were you born?

[George]

Nineteen.

[Gen Z Job Seeker 2]

What year were you born?001. Dave, what year were you born?

[George]

Nineteenth.

[Ken Coleman]

At the very beginning.

[George]

Oh, not the John one.

[Ken Coleman]

Dave was in the original six days.

[George]

Hit him with that John one one.

[Ken Coleman]

Wow, that's strong.

[George]

That's good content from our social media.

[Ken Coleman]

That's funny. I appreciate that, that.

[George]

Cuz I remember them asking and they said, hey, we're not like, we just need a quick clip.

[Ken Coleman]

I didn't know where that was going to end up.

[George]

They nailed it.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah. Well, I appreciate the nod to history.

[George]

This is some true Gen Z talent right here.

[Ken Coleman]

It, it really is.

[George]

I mean, we couldn't. I could have never come up with this.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah, the concept of this, I would

[George]

have never thought of the editing too.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah, very sharp, Ed certainly couldn't do that.

[George]

Good work. And I do think you look good as a historical figure.

[Ken Coleman]

I, I, well, I appreciated my face with the powdered wig and the strong 1776 vibe. I appreciate that.

[George]

I do think you are a Gen Xer. You know, you're stuck in a Gen X body, but you were meant to be a founding father.

[Ken Coleman]

I've always said that I would look good in knickers and stockings.

[George]

I don't think that's a compliment.

[Ken Coleman]

Well, it may not be. I do have the legs of, you know, a child. I do have the legs of, you know, A child. But, you know, it's unfortunate.

[George]

Some of them had wooden legs back then, so you'd be in good company.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah, but I think you need a slender leg to look good in those pants and stockings. You know what I mean? You don't want thick ankles in those big.

[George]

I call them thankles.

[Ken Coleman]

What do you call them?

[George]

Thankles.

[Ken Coleman]

Thankles. Yeah. Why the thick, thick ankles?

[George]

Ankles.

[Ken Coleman]

See, you know, this is why I come to this show.

[George]

I'm always one step ahead of him.

[Ken Coleman]

I'm gonna drop that one time this week, and I'll bet you it kills.

[George]

That's strong. Yeah, but the 1900s were a simpler time.

[Ken Coleman]

Do you think I'm gonna have to explain the thankle comment or people will get it?

[George]

I think they're gonna have to think on it.

[Ken Coleman]

It's all in the delivery.

[George]

They're not gonna get it. I wouldn't try it on anyone that you love. Okay. Maybe a mortal enemy could work.

[Ken Coleman]

Yeah.

[George]

Wow. Well, that was a good time, Ken.

[Ken Coleman]

It was really fun.

[George]

I don't know if it was productive for you.

[Ken Coleman]

I don't think it was.

[George]

But for our channel, this is top tier production.

[Ken Coleman]

Is that right? Well, I'm happy. Listen, I always wanted to be a big deal on YouTube, and this is my shot. I don't feel good about it, but I took my shot.

[George]

Well, you needed publicity for your own show, and I hope they go check it out.

[Ken Coleman]

Front row seat.

[George]

I had the pleasure of being a guest. It was one of my favorite episodes.

[Ken Coleman]

Well, you did a good job of your show. You did well.

[George]

I thought I brought the heat.

[Ken Coleman]

No, but you did a good job.

[George]

Well, you could have lobbed me some better questions.

[Ken Coleman]

Well, again, I can only work with what I'm dealing with. And I'm limited with you. You got a little small range of expertise. I can't throw you deep stuff. Philosophical stuff.

[George]

I can go there.

[Ken Coleman]

I gotta stay within money. Personal hygiene.

[George]

Socrates. Aristotle.

[Ken Coleman]

No, I think it's more like mouthwash. You know, flossing lotions. That's your game?

[George]

Maybe hygiene's the reason you guys aren't getting jobs. All right, so take it from me. Floss twice a day, mouthwash, brush twice a day, comb your hair. Kids, I don't know what's going on with the broccoli hair these days. I'm not hiring him. Yeah.

[Ken Coleman]

Oh, you mean this stuff right here?

[George]

Just the, like, weird kind of.

[Ken Coleman]

I think they call it the lettuce.

[George]

Oh. I may be mad if you look like a veggietale. Get out of my office. Big thanks to Ken for hopping in with me today. I had a good time. I hope you did too. And if you enjoyed this one, you're gonna love this next one where I react to unhinged money crash outs with another Ramsay personality, Jade Warshaw. So keep watching to check it out or click the link in the description. That's it for today. Be sure to hit like on the video. Subscribe to the channel if you haven't already so you don't miss the next one. See you next time.