The job market feels BROKEN right now.
And most people are blaming AI.
But here's what a recruiter with 20 years at Target, Microsoft, Capital One, and Peloton Interactive told me and Omar on our podcast this week…
WTF Is Up with Recruiting???
Why AI Auto-Apply for Jobs Does NOT Work
Remember the Staples Easy Button??? 🔴
Well, it's DEAD. 🪦
Specifically: The idea that you can press a button, spray out 500 AI-generated applications, and land a great job is now officially OVER (if it ever worked in the first place!).
What Are People Asking AI about Careers?
The WRONG Way to Start Your Cover Letter
The Power (and Peril) of Job Titles
The AI Training Gender Gap
Want to have a job at graduation?
The AI Goldilocks Zone
It feels like AI is driving people into TWO camps:
1️⃣ Some people are going OVERBOARD, trying to use every new tool and AI for everything (I'm looking at you, people using AI to email their moms!)
2️⃣ While others are so OVERWHELMED that they're basically just shutting-down and tuning out everything about AI (even if it could help them)
So to help you find that Goldilocks Zone - not too passive, not too frantic, just right - I shared my best tips with Meredith Pasekoff-Dinitz, in her latest podcast episode…
The CliffsNote Guide to Unbreakable
What's the #1 reason your students' resumes are getting rejected?
How to Hack Work
Are You Ready to AI-Proof Your Career against AI-Driven Layoffs?
The Doomers Are Only Half Right About AI (And 100% WRONG About You)
How to Scale Career Services with AI
AI Is Changing Everything about Job Searching, Right? WRONG. Here's What Actually Matters Today!
2 Signs You Know the Job Market Is ROUGH
The Best Majors for Salary + Employment Rate
How to Scale Career Services to 2,000 Students in 20 Minutes!
3 Research-Backed Career Transition Techniques
"Your next job is not just a step forward...
...it's a statement about who you are becoming." ⚡️
That's how Jelena Zikic closed up our workshop last night on her research into career transitions.