A few comments on the terrible job market and how overly critical the hiring side is on this right now:
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A few comments on the terrible job market and how overly critical the hiring side is on this right now:
If the job market changes a lot of companies and some recruiters (probably more on the company side since a lot of recruiters are good at what they do and don't get enough credit) are going to be in big trouble because the people getting the jobs now will be leaving as soon as it turns.
If employers are supposedly so committed to getting the perfect candidates, they should use this time to get rid of the low performers. In reality, there is a lot of waste at companies due to low performers who are generally the reasons why things take way too long or are not accomplished. Additionally, low performers are going to be the most likely to fight dirty and mob more productive employees. Most job advice is centered around catering to the low performers when the ROI here is non-existent or not worth keeping them around. LOW PERFORMERS NEVER WILLFULLY LEAVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS (I am not talking about people who are not top performers but put in effort and seek to understand others, these types are solid performers who can benefit from good management and upskilling, very different story).
In some cases, the people getting the jobs in this environment might be some of the worst candidates for the role due to the fact they might be more willing to throw all integrity out the window to get a job in this environment. To add to this, the ones who don't have integrity issues but were chosen for impeccable backgrounds/ability will not be sticking around if this becomes an employees market again.
AI is not going to help if the job market spins in the other direction (or even stays in this one). The reason for this is that in some fields, the usefulness of AI really is dependent on the ability to validate and test and monitor results. This is a skill that is missing in some fields where it was already vital before AI and AI will make this even more necessary. It is going to be very difficult to teach coaster types how to do this when they have gotten by on self promotion and malignant politicking and have years of mediocre habits at best under their belt (will be even worse for those who are in relatively higher level positions). Again, the low performers excel at fighting dirty and have gotten by on chasing more thorough thinkers away for a very long time.
In some fields, job hopping was common for many years leading up to our current market because these positions were so in demand, anyone would be slammed with requests that offered significant raises or higher level job titles. This is now viewed a lot more unfavorably as if this never happened.
For more seasoned job seekers who have all the experience to train and transform teams (even for AI initiatives), we are seriously considering leaving our fields entirely because we are not in a financial hardship situation and we have no intention of putting up with this bullshit job market. We've saved and invested. We kept up with all the changes, we know more about them and how to implement them than lesser experienced, lesser skilled people, but unfortunately we bought low and sold high and have the capital to exit the workplace completely. I myself am absolutely going to be throwing in the towel if the right thing does not come along in the next few months. It's fine by me if I make more money sitting home and doing nothing but making a few short term trades than leading a team. If they don't want us, they don't need us.
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