Hired or Hustled? Avoiding Job Search Predators
3/17/20261 hr 1 min
In this episode, our panel explores a troubling trend in today’s job market: companies that exist to exploit job seekers. The reality of today’s job market? Ongoing layoffs and exponentially more candidates than open jobs. As a result, many people are opening their wallets to paid recruiters, coaches, career accelerators, and “job connector platforms” that promise hidden opportunities for a steep monthly fee.
It’s all so confusing: which of these services provide legitimate help? Which ones are just middlemen that prey on the unemployed? How can job seekers steer clear of the ones motivated by greed t...
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First 90 secondsMelissa· Host0:00
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Chino· Guest0:02
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Speaker 40:56
[upbeat music] Welcome to We Fixed It. You're welcome. The show where we take over companies, you come along for the ride, and we try to put them back better than we found them.
Aaron· Host1:08
[ding] When it comes to identifying talent, that's a real skill. Making professionals better at what they do, that's a true specialization. There are seasoned professionals out there who are really good at this, like coaches and recruiters who are helping people find their way and doing a lot of good. Even in a labor market as complicated as this one, which we'll talk about, they're finding