The Great Hiring Disconnect: Macro Reality vs. Market Narrative

LinkedIn Jobs: “Due to the competitive market and high demand for this job, free posting is unavailable.”

Meanwhile, the world this month:

❗Bloomberg: “US Wraps Up Worst Non-Recession Year for Hiring Since 2003”

❗AP: “US job openings fall to 6.5 million, fewest since 2020, as labor market remains sluggish”

❗CNBC: “Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says”

❗Fortune: “Turns out the U.S. economy didn’t create half a million jobs last year. It was just 181,000”

Also, when I paid for the new role we’re opening here:

“Your payment method has been charged. However, there was an uncommon error with your order that requires your immediate attention.”

I understand why LinkedIn is squeezing every penny in a market where companies don’t hire nearly as much and don’t advertise on a platform full of robots and AI replies.

But the blatant lies about the state of the macro are deceiving, and conducting interviews daily, I speak with numerous applicants living in the 2022 reality of WFH work-life balance, some looking for new roles for 6+ months now, others just laid off on Christmas.

The only way to make this economy work is if companies and applicants speak the same language: the macro-driven, revenue-based, EBITDA and ROI-driven, non-ZIRP and AI-augmented one, so expectations are balanced and not delusional.