Crash Out With Me: Hiring Is Breaking People
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Applying for dozens of jobs, getting ghosted, and watching the same role get reposted can make even the most confident person start to spiral. We feel that tension hard, so we brought on Derek Lars, a talent acquisition leader with 15 years in recruiting, to talk about what’s actually happening in the hiring process and why the job market can hit mental health like a truck.
We dig into the parts nobody says out loud: how “high-volume” recruiting can quietly strip out humanity, why endless clicking through an ATS can destroy your momentum, and what to do instead. Derek shares practical job search strategies that are more efficient and more human, including using your network to reach the hidden job market where many roles get filled before they’re posted. We also talk interview reality. The “two-way street” idea sounds nice, but it rarely feels equal, so we focus on how to ask better questions, name deal breakers, and walk away without feeling like you were just prodded for an hour.
Then we crash out on the messier stuff: ghost jobs, resume collection, aspirational job descriptions that don’t match real work, and employer branding that oversells the culture. We also get into LinkedIn’s engagement-chasing chaos and what it means for credibility and harassment. Finally, we look ahead at AI in hiring, including AI interviews, bias risk, and why candidates should feel empowered to refuse a bot conversation.
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And thank you for staying through the technical issues, we'll crash out about that next week <333
