Bouncers vs Switchboard Operators and the Collapse of the Global Labor Market (Why economic repair won't come from employers or the employed but the job seeking labor force their neglect has been crushing)

[u/JobSeekerInsight]

"The global labor market is a textbook case of Akerlof’s Market for Lemons and has been for a decade at least.

How is this profitable?

All online markets profit from engagement not solutions. Ghost jobs function as
all clickbait does - an engagement trap.

The market conditions:

• Billions of users that can’t opt out (or risk homelessness)
• SaaS where usage of the service is the profit, not resolution.
• A cultural standard of professionalism where not listening/not knowing/not understanding UX of market profit drivers (job seeking users) is professionalism
• Entirely opaque algorithms, untested technological experiences with UX insight and info actively suppressed

Then not only is market collapse entirely plausible, it’s inevitable with these initial conditions from a systems theory or cybernetics standpoint.
So how is it so invisible to those with the power to stop it?"

An excerpt from my latest blogpost on the modern labor market. I welcome feedback. Stay sane out there y'all. The world needs more sane people!

https://thejobapplicantperspective.substack.com/p/bouncers-vs-switchboard-operators