{"id":21247,"date":"2025-12-17T16:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/ghost-jobs-robot-gatekeepers-and-ai-interviewers-let-me-tell-you-about-the-bleak-new-age-of-job-hunting-eleanor-margolis\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:38:13","slug":"ghost-jobs-robot-gatekeepers-and-ai-interviewers-let-me-tell-you-about-the-bleak-new-age-of-job-hunting-eleanor-margolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/ghost-jobs-robot-gatekeepers-and-ai-interviewers-let-me-tell-you-about-the-bleak-new-age-of-job-hunting-eleanor-margolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost jobs, robot gatekeepers and AI interviewers: let me tell you about the bleak new age of job hunting | Eleanor Margolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my six months of looking for work, I\u2019ve found that from fake ads to AI screening software, the search is more soul-destroying than ever<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

As I apply for yet another job, I look at the company\u2019s website for context. I\u2019ve now read their \u201cwhat we do\u201d section four or five times, and I have a problem \u2013 I can\u2019t figure out what they do. There are two possibilities here. One: they don\u2019t know what they do. Two: what they do is so pointless and embarrassing that they dare not spell it out in plain English. \u201cWe forge marketing systems at the forefront of the online wellness space\u201d translates to something like \u201cwe use ChatGPT to sell dodgy supplements\u201d.<\/p>\n

But understanding what so many businesses actually do <\/em>is the least of my worries. I\u2019m currently among the 5% of Brits<\/a> who are unemployed. In my six months of job hunting, my total lack of success has begun to make me question my own existence. Just like when you repeat a word over and over until it loses all meaning, when you apply repeatedly for jobs in a similar field, the semantics of the entire situation begin to fall apart like a snotty tissue. About one in five of my job applications elicit a rejection email, usually bemoaning the sheer number of \u201cquality applicants\u201d for the position. For the most part, though \u2013 nothing. It\u2019s almost like the job never existed in the first place, and it\u2019s possible that it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Eleanor Margolis is a columnist for the i newspaper and Diva<\/p>\n

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\nIn my six months of looking for work, I\u2019ve found that from fake ads to AI screening software, the search is more soul-destroying than ever<\/p>\n

As I apply for yet another job, I look at the company\u2019s website for context. I\u2019ve now read their \u201cwhat we do\u201d section four or five times, and I have a problem \u2013 I can\u2019t figure out what they do. There are two possibilities here. One: they don\u2019t know what they do. Two: what they do is so pointless and embarrassing that they dare not spell it out in plain English. \u201cWe forge marketing systems at the forefront of the online wellness space\u201d translates to something like \u201cwe use ChatGPT to sell dodgy supplements\u201d.
\nBut understanding what so many businesses actually do is the least of my worries. I\u2019m currently among the 5% of Brits who are unemployed. In my six months of job hunting, my total lack of success has begun to make me question my own existence. Just like when you repeat a word over and over until it loses all meaning, when you apply repeatedly for jobs in a similar field, the semantics of the entire situation begin to fall apart like a snotty tissue. About one in five of my job applications elicit a rejection email, usually bemoaning the sheer number of \u201cquality applicants\u201d for the position. For the most part, though \u2013 nothing. It\u2019s almost like the job never existed in the first place, and it\u2019s possible that it didn\u2019t.
\nEleanor Margolis is a columnist for the i newspaper and Diva Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my six months of looking for work, I\u2019ve found that from fake ads to AI screening software, the search is more soul-destroying than ever As I apply for yet another job, I look at the company\u2019s website for context. I\u2019ve now read their \u201cwhat we do\u201d section four or five times, and I have …<\/p>\n

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