Description
The modern job search feels broken.
I got laid off, updated my résumé, started applying for jobs... and then heard almost nothing back.
No interviews. Barely any responses. Just application after application disappearing into what feels like a digital black hole.
In this episode of Egotastic FunTime, JP talks about unemployment, employer ghosting, AI hiring tools, automated résumé screening, ghost jobs, recruiters, job applications, and why finding work in 2026 can feel completely disconnected from the actual people trying to get hired.
Companies say they need workers.
People desperately need jobs.
So why is it becoming so difficult for those two groups to actually find each other?
We also talk about AI and automation in hiring, the future of work, and whether technology could actually make the job search better instead of putting another wall between employers and applicants.
If you’ve recently been laid off, searched for work, applied for dozens of jobs without hearing back, or wondered whether an actual human ever saw your résumé, I want to hear your story.
How many applications did it take before you got an interview?
Tell me in the comments.
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RECOMMENDED READING
The 2-Hour Job Search, Second Edition: Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster — Steve Dalton
If you’re stuck in the apply-wait-ghosted-repeat cycle, this book takes a more strategic approach to finding opportunities, making human connections, and getting to an actual interview.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 I Got Laid Off
00:30 The Modern Job Search Is Broken
00:49 Why I Stayed at a Traumatizing Job
02:07 Applying Into the Digital Void
02:31 The AI Hiring Doom Loop
03:25 More Applicants, Fewer Humans
04:35 AI Isn’t the Real Problem
05:42 The Clock Starts Ticking
06:37 People Need People
07:12 Have You Been Ghosted Too?