[colinwilyb]

I hope you'll address a few points:

1.Job hunting is dehumanizing: Most of the time you will receive no response to a carefully worded cover letter. There is no option to speak with a human, or point of contact. (I dub this /Throwing hope into the void and see what sticks/.)

2.Job hunting is primarily online. From searching job posts to application, the reach of an open position is literally world-wide.

3.Due to Covid, remote work is now in the zeitgeist, opening up remote work to many who otherwise wouldn't have considered it.

4.Digital tools for resume writing and bulk sending.

5.The stagnation of salaries, increased cost of living, and poor investment options has forced many into living paycheck to paycheck. In order to /get ahead/ the only option is to constantly seek new positions.

The deluge recruiters are feeling is merely the tip of a iceberg.

[anonify8]

Overemployment, moonlighting etc. is another interesting aspect and the heady mix of remote work, inflationary pressure, job insecurity and stagnating wages creates a motivator to take 2 or more jobs.

[blackeyeblitzar]

I see parallels between this comment’s points and online dating

[SturgeonsLaw]

It is very much like that.

Hiring is like dating from a woman's point of view, you post the job and then sift through an exhausting number of dud applicants for one that you think is up to the job and is not an asshole.

Applying to jobs is like dating from a man's point of view, you take a punt, over and over again, getting ghosted or if you're lucky, rejected, in the hopes of landing that first date and showing your charm.

And like online dating, applying for jobs works much better if you skip the online part entirely and instead use your networks in the real world to make connections.

[colinwilyb]

If you fail at online dating, you are lonely.

If you fail at job hunting, you end up homeless. And lonely.

[sickofparadox]

Every aspect of life will be commoditized, and every living person reshaped into a gear for the system.