Shadowing Practice: Why Gen Z Can't Find Jobs - Learn English Speaking with Video

So I feel like right now,

more than ever, I realized that I gotta make this YouTube thing work.

I don't even have a choice anymore.

Because in the year of 2026,

it seems like people cannot get a job right out of college.

Not even people who graduated from the top universities in the country with a 4.0 GPA

and you have tons of internship experience.

Nah, it doesn't even matter.

Some people may not have difficulty finding jobs,

but it seems like nowadays,

an alarming amount of people are having difficulty finding a job.

And it's making people think,

well, damn, what is the point of paying thousands of dollars for a degree

if I can't even get a job with it?

Because after all, a lot of people did tell us growing up that if we went to college and got a degree,

that we were like guaranteed success.

In which obviously after seeing what's been going on,

that's definitely not the case.

Although a college degree even puts you in the category to be qualified,

it doesn't guarantee anything.

I don't want to sit here and act like it's the worst it's ever been right now,

because obviously we've had worse points, like the 2008 recession.

But it's still pretty bad to the point where I'm seeing

a ton of news articles on how recent college graduates are struggling to even find a job out of college.

You could have spent four to five years in college working your ass off on Python,

stressing out so much that your hair just starts falling out and you start getting wrinkles.

Like your ass starts to get the Waterloo University effect.

just for employers to not even care of the turmoil that you went through.

Like, I cannot even imagine how mad I would be.

And there's a bunch of old geezers talking about,

Oh, Gen Z, they're just lazy and they don't want to work.

Like, okay, sure, some people in Gen Z might be lazy.

There's people that are lazy in every generation.

But bro, that is just not the case.

I don't know what these geezers are on about.

Like, we get it, dude.

You paid $3,000 for tuition and you got a job right out of college and it worked there your whole life,

you don't have to rub it in, dude.

So that brings me to this question.

Why is it so much harder now?

Well, it all starts with the application process.

And it is a lot more complicated than it has ever been.

And when people apply for jobs,

they typically go on sites like LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, or Indeed.

They'll fill in all their information and send out the application.

And they'll wait.

And wait.

And nothing.

At this point, you don't even think McDonald's wants your ass.

You just think you're cooked and it's over.

You worked so hard throughout college and you did so many internships just to get nothing in return.

I just feel terrible for the people that are going through this.

It doesn't matter if you did ten internships and you have like five masters degrees,

they still don't want your ass.

And despite you having the qualifications they asked for,

they might tell you that they're still looking for more experience.

Like in this day and age,

you may even have trouble finding your first job.

Because a supermarket might not want your ass if you never had a job.

Like what kind of bullshit is this?

Like how are you even supposed to get your first job anymore?

Like when I got my first job,

it seemed like the place that I got hired from,

they were looking for anybody with a pulse.

But nowadays people are even struggling to find jobs in positions like retail and fast food,

where you definitely should not be shunned for having no job experience.

Like what else could they possibly want you to do?

But what if you put up a ton of shots?

Because everybody does say, you miss every shot you don't take,

so why not fill out a ton of applications

and just see what happens? and just see what the stats are gonna be.

I found this video on TikTok where this dude had to apply to 1600 jobs before he found his current job.

So you really gotta put in the work and put in all those applications before you actually find a job.

Like at this point, man,

it might just be a numbers game.

Like you're just throwing fucking shots out there for however many positions that you qualify for.

Now, unfortunately, after you graduate,

now you got this huge side mission you have to do before you can even get to the main mission.

Like at this point, the job search is becoming the main mission.

It feels like it doesn't matter how much experience you have,

these companies might just go ghost on you.

And unfortunately, now more than ever,

it's actually harder to find a legit listing because companies are putting out this sh called ghost jobs.

And basically what a ghost job is,

it's just a fake listing.

Now, why are they doing this?

To be honest with you, I have no idea.

Like at this point, you're just wasting the applicant's time.

They spend all that time filling out their information,

make sure their application is perfect just for the listing to not even be real.

Now, how the hell do you even spot a ghost job?

Apparently, there's a whole checklist.

Like, for example, like the language in the job description seems generic.

The title of the job is vague.

The company email address doesn't match the one on the application.

And when filling out an application,

there's already a lot to worry about in the first place.

By now, you got to check all this bullshit to make sure you're not applying for a ghost job.

And when you do apply for a ghost job,

100

sometimes you may get a response back,

101

and it will say some generic bullshit like,

102

Hi, thank you very much for your consideration in this position.

103

However, after a hefty evaluation,

104

at this time, we decide not to move further with your application.

105

Or whatever the fk, I don't know.

106

Or even worse, people's time could get wasted even more.

107

And they'll get interviewed by a bot!

108

And they may not even hear back from this supposed bot that interviewed them.

109

So obviously, when you first get on these job sites,

110

you think there's so much open.

111

You think there's so much sh available.

112

But in reality, it's just these companies putting out ghost jobs.

113

And when you do finally land that interview after the trials and tribulations of the application phase,

114

you gotta smell good at the interview.

115

So get yourself some soap at usecheeky.com with code BIRDIE for 10% off your purchase.

116

Tomorrow they're dropping their limited edition Chainsaw Man bundle.

117

So if you want one,

118

they will be live on Friday at 1 p.m.

119

EST.

120

And these sell out fast,

121

so if you want to be notified when it drops,

122

123

Now, of course, in the age of AI,

124

many employers use AI to review job applications.

125

Like, obviously, they want to filter out the ones that are obviously chat GPT bullshit.

126

Like, they want to make sure nobody's just submitting a fully AI-generated application.

127

But at the same time, AI is not perfect.

128

It makes mistakes, obviously.

129

The amount of times I've seen AI fuck up is just bad.

130

Like, unfortunately, you may get an email from a company because they just reviewed your application using AI.

131

Even though you put your heart and soul into this application,

132

you're gonna get rejected by the company.

133

And it's almost like automatic.

134

It's like no thought was put into it.

135

They just automatically rejected that shit.

136

Like they just stuffed you in the paint, basically.

137

It's that bad, bro.

138

And when you do land an interview,

139

a bot may even handle the interview process.

140

And it doesn't matter how much your personality may stand out from the hundreds of applicants that you are competing against,

141

the AI might still reject you.

142

Like it's one thing if you have chat GPT help you with a homework assignment or whatever,

143

but it's another thing if you replace human connection entirely with an automated review process.

144

Like that's just stupid.

145

Now, a lot of companies are trending in the direction towards AI replacing jobs.

146

And instead of having soul and whatever it is that they do,

147

they're having an AI bot do it.

148

So unfortunately,

149

the reality for a lot of people in 2026 is they

150

they have to worry about getting their jobs replaced by an AI bot.

151

Now, although AI can assist us with tasks in our daily lives and just make shit easier for us,

152

that doesn't mean that you should take the human element out of something entirely.

153

Imagine if I turned in a homework assignment that was entirely written by AI.

154

They would tell me to pack my shit.

155

I'm done.

156

I'm getting expelled.

157

But that's what these companies are doing by replacing jobs.

158

Whatever they create is just becoming soulless at this point.

159

Like, have you guys seen the Coca-Cola AI Christmas ad?

160

It was absolute dog shit.

161

Like, this has to be the worst commercial that has aired in years.

162

And people lost their jobs for this, by the way.

163

They really thought this was better than what people could create.

164

Like imagine spending four to five years in college to learn your craft,

165

master your skill set, just for you to get replaced the moment you get a job.

166

Like I would be pissed bro,

167

I would be absolutely fuming.

168

And it sucks because people were probably telling you how successful you were gonna be right out of college or whatever.

169

And it sucks that this is the reality for some people.

170

And if you were to tell somebody this in 2025,

171

they would tell you, oh man,

172

enjoy it bro, unemployment is the life.

173

People would have told you that you need to achieve peak unemployment.

174

Now unfortunately during the job search,

175

all you are left with is the unemployed lifestyle.

176

When you have a job,

177

usually you're too busy to watch TV,

178

doom scroll, etc. But when you're unemployed,

179

you may find yourself doom scrolling,

180

watching TV, way more often than you did to pass the time.

181

And in 2025, it also became a meme on the internet to be scared of even filling out a job application.

182

But some people may tell you that the unemployed lifestyle is fire,

183

that doing jack shit all day is the move.

184

But eventually, it's just gonna get boring.

185

The days of no showers,

186

doom scrolling, or whatever the fuck are just gonna all feel the same.

187

So eventually, you're gonna want that job to give yourself a sense of fulfillment in life.

188

But the jokes and the memes aside,

189

for real though, being unemployed is ass.

190

Nobody wants to have trouble finding jobs and shit.

191

And unfortunately, this issue is affecting Gen Z more than ever,

192

as they enter the job search.

193

All this shit going on with ghost jobs and AI replacing jobs,

194

and it just sucks having to deal with that,

195

along with the colossal amount of debt that you have to pay off after it's all set and done.

196

And this college debt can sometimes take years for people to pay off.

197

In some cases, people will just go because their parents told them to,

198

and said that they will also have more job opportunities.

199

Now, I'm all for furthering your education,

200

but you do have to consider the financial stress involved and also consider if your dream career even is in college.

201

So you shouldn't do it if somebody's just telling you to do it.

202

You should only do it if you truly believe that's what you want to do.

203

But college is one of the many paths that you can take after high school.

204

Watch this video about life after high school on the end screen.

205

Just click on it.

📺 Mismo canal

Watch This If You Can't Sleep...

TeensDaily Conversation

The Worst Things That Can Happen To You...

TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students

✨ Recomendar Video

92 oraciones

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Why Gen Z Can't Find Jobs”. Este vídeo tiene 205 frases y 2058 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 10:10. El hablante habla rápido, unas 203 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 87 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
unemployed adjetivo	/ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪd/	desempleado, cesante
internship sustantivo	/ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/	pasantía, práctica
scroll sustantivo	/skɹoʊl/	rollo, pergamino
meme sustantivo	/miːm/	meme
nowadays adverbio	/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/	hoy en día, hogaño
generic adjetivo	/dʒɪˈnɛɹ.ɪk/	genérico
homework sustantivo	/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/	deberes, tarea
assignment sustantivo	/əˈsaɪn.mənt/	asignación
qualify verbo	/ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ/	calificar
automate verbo	/ˈɔ.təˌmeɪt/	automatizar
colossal adjetivo	/kəˈlɑsəl/	colosal, descomunal
soulless adjetivo	/ˈsoʊl.ləs/	desalmado, desangelado
tribulation sustantivo	/ˌtɹɪbjəˈleɪ̯ʃən/	tribulación
wrinkle sustantivo	/ˈɹɪŋkl̩/	arruga f ruga, enruga
turmoil sustantivo	/ˈtɜːmɔɪl/	desorden, turbulencia

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
fill out verbo	/fɪl ˈaʊt/	rellenar, cumplimentar
go through verbo		atravesar
pay off verbo		valer la pena, salir a cuenta
put out verbo		sacar
fall out verbo		caerse
grow up verbo		crecer
put up verbo		colgar
send out verbo		emitir

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

I don't even have a choice anymore.
I don't know what these geezers are on about.
You just think you're cooked and it's over.

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

Estructura	En el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	should not be shunned · be notified · was put
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	it's ever been · we've had · has ever been

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 48 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, you're, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, tribulation /ˌtɹɪbjəˈleɪ̯ʃən/, recession /ɹɪˈsɛʃn̩/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, tuition /tjuːˈɪʃən/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: tribulation /ˌtɹɪbjəˈleɪ̯ʃən/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scroll /skɹoʊl/, scare /skɛɚ/
/dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: generic /dʒɪˈnɛɹ.ɪk/, legit /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como unemployed, internship, scroll.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

Técnica de shadowing: lee la guía completa paso a paso →

Shadowing Practice: Why Gen Z Can't Find Jobs - Learn English Speaking with Video

Having a "Weird" Phase...

Watch This If You Can't Sleep...

The Worst Things That Can Happen To You...

Why Even Harvard’s Smartest Graduates Can’t Get a Job Now

Elon Musk on Education

What is the “generation gap problem”?

Why Millennials and Gen Z Are SO BURNED OUT 😩

【English Podcast】Is a College Degree Still Worth It? — 4 Things to Consider

Don't choose the wrong tech career in 2026

Professor Shocks High School by Speaking Gen Z Slang

Zuckerberg tells Harvard grads: Don't be afraid to make mistakes

Why Gen Z Doesn't Want To Work

Is Hustle Culture Dead? Gen Z's Smartest Money Move | Networth & Chill

Forget Your Reading Journal, Do This Instead

Are we heading to an era of stagnation or innovation?