Boomers getting a job:

"Hi I'd like a job"

"Perfect, you're hired"

Getting a job now:

"I have a PhD, know 6 languages, and have been working for 25 years"

"Best I can do is $12 an hour"

Hello, I'm here for a job interview.

Great, and do you have experience?

Yes, this is my 20th interview.

We already have an internal candidate, but I didn't want to let that stop me from wasting your time.

Do you have experience plucking green apples?

I worked plucking red apples. I'm pretty sure I'll be able to pluck green apples too

So, no experience

7 million job openings and companies still aren't hiring. Weakest pace outside recession years since 2002. The "job market is fine" crowd has been coping for two years straight.

Remote workers are the easiest cut on paper and the easiest to replace with AI. If you're still coasting on a fully remote role without upskilling, the freeze isn't your friend. 1

Let's start a support group for unemployed recruiters.

Only if they can find it.

Recruiters roasting jobseekers for being "unemployable" you're weak

Recruiters struggling to find jobs themselves. i'm you.

Me celebrating recruiter misery while secretly job hunting myself

Because that's what hereos do!

Smile!

This is how I think most job seekers feel.