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LinkedIn is a terrible job board that rarely converts to interviews. Sometimes it is unavoidable for companies and jobs you really want but know that even if you go to the company site and apply the job is still highly competitive

LinkedIn is a social network meaning the job seekers are the product. There are other job boards that are much better for getting interviews and simply googling for jobs is a good way to aggregate all the job boards.

Remember to filter by jobs that are posted in the last 24 hours as that’s what recruiter have told me has a big impact on interview chances

That 4.3% doesn't match what job seekers tell me. It doesn't match the wider economy either. Here's the fuller picture, pulled from BLS March 2026 data and Gallup's latest workplace report.

Unemployed: 7.2 million. People without a job who want one.

Underemployed: 4.5 million. People working part-time who want full-time hours but can't get them. (BLS counts another 6 million who want a job but aren't actively searching, so they fall off the headline rate.)

Misemployed: 110 million. Gallup's 2024 data shows 69% of US workers are either psychologically checked out (52%) or actively resentful of their jobs (17%). They show up, but they don't want to be there.

That's about 122 million people. Out of a labor force of 170 million, that's 72%
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If we want to talk about the labor market honestly, 4.3% won't cut it.

The real story is much bigger and I intend to dedicate my life to help solve it.

Here are the job boards that get better interview rates than LinkedIn.

The Human Genome is an 800MB file that builds a conscious machine.

It wires 100 trillion nerve links across 37 trillion nodes, live-patches its code, runs a 20-watt exaFLOP supercomputer on the caloric intake of a sandwich, and packs 215 petabytes of data into a single gram.

The efficiency of biological evolution is remarkable.

Quote from a South African mom we surveyed about job search.

This is real. This matters. This is motivation to make the world of job search better. Because hardworking people deserve better than to be cast aside.

WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WORK AND A SOCIETY THAT DOESN'T WANT TO HELP THEM.

Here me out because I know there's a lot of doom and gloom, and believe me, I understand and feel it around job loss.

Return to supply and demand with me.

Today in the world, there is a certain amount of human processing power and a certain amount of AI processing power. One of these is increasing exponentially, and the other's growth rate is in decline...

AI processing will then compete with AI processing for value creation (ultimately judged by humans). Human processing power will be more scarce and thus more valuable.

This assumes that you are not one of those crazies who believe that the human brain is perfectly reproducible in bits and bytes, and thus there is no difference between human and AI processing power.

To whom I remind that Humans are the result of an 800MB file (human genome) that builds a conscious machine. It wires 100 trillion nerve links across 37 trillion nodes, live-patches its code, runs a 20-watt exaFLOP supercomputer on the caloric intake of a sandwich, and packs 215 petabytes of data into a single gram.

Human labor FTW

So much attention to AI job loss, fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Does anyone understand the position Anthropic and Dario are taking?

If AI is capable of causing mass unemployment, then it will be powerful enough to help solve the problem of unemployment.

Especially if the technology is properly diffused, it will be able to help someone make sense of how they can improve their own income (if they want to).

Yes, this is optimistic, but also I don't think it is wrong and it is certainly more reasonable than AI is going to cause this massive problem because it is so good, but it won't be good enough to help fix it...

There are many who are quick to say that AI will wipe out our jobs. But if AI is a tool to help humans get what they want, and more and more humans want jobs, then isn't that an opportunity to use AI to help get people jobs that are the jobs they want?

Especially the AI company leaders who are claiming this is what AI will do.

1. We do not have any examples in the past of technology wiping out job growth.
2. Even if it is different this time because AI is potentially capable of both manual and intellectual labor, then it will certainly be capable of helping someone to determine the highest and best use of their time for creating value and generating income.

I understand the fear, uncertainty, and doubt about the future, but I can't understand the idea that the technology can only be used to hurt people and their livelihoods and not improve them.

What am I missing here?

There are many who are quick to say that AI will wipe out our jobs. But if AI is a tool to help humans get what they want, and more and more humans want jobs, then isn't that an opportunity to use AI to help get people jobs that are the jobs they want?

Especially the AI company leaders who are claiming this is what AI will do.

1. We do not have any examples in the past of technology wiping out job growth.

2. Even if it is different this time because AI is potentially capable of both manual and intellectual labor, then it will certainly be capable of helping someone to determine the highest and best use of their time for creating value and generating income.

I understand the fear, uncertainty, and doubt about the future, but I can't understand the idea that the technology can only be used to hurt people and their livelihoods and not improve them.

What am I missing here?

I got thinking about how the current unemployment rate in the U.S. (4.3%) feels way too low and not adequate to reflect the lived experience of those job searching and the state of the economy generally.

So first, I looked at unemployment: 7.2 million. Those who don't have a job and want one.

Then underemployment: 4.5 million. They have a job but need more work to pay the bills.

Next, Dejected workers: 6 million. Those who wanted to work but gave up and stopped looking.

And finally, Misemployed: 110 million. Those who have a job they hate, are not engaged with, and want to leave. (This, according to a Gallup poll)

That's 127 million people... That is more than 70% of the workforce...

I feel like we should be starting to talk about the labor market like this to really understand the seriousness of the issues we are facing. 4.3% just doesn't reflect the reality for 100 million plus.

I got thinking about how the current unemployment rate in the U.S. (4.3%) feels way too low and not adequate to reflect the lived experience of those job searching and the state of the economy generally.

So first, I looked at unemployment: 7.2 million. Those who don't have a job and want one.

Then underemployment: 4.5 million. They have a job but need more work to pay the bills.

Next, Dejected workers: 6 million. Those who wanted to work but gave up and stopped looking.

And finally, Misemployed: 110 million. Those who have a job they hate, are not engaged with, and want to leave. (This, according to a Gallup poll)

That's 127 million people... That is more than 70% of the workforce...

I feel like we should be starting to talk about the labor market like this to really understand the seriousness of the issues we are facing. 4.3% just doesn't reflect the reality for 100 million plus.

How does what Dario is saying that unemployment is going to 20% if AI is going to be used to solve our problems?

AI is a tool for humans to point at problems and solve them. Making humans act less like machine. Good. Making humans afraid that they will lose their income source because of a machine. Bad.

This doesn’t make logical sense. Do they not like humans and want to solve their problems? Unemployment is one of our biggest problems. And they are saying that AI can’t fix it?

Also, universal job guantee polls higher than universal basic income. Most people like to work and provide value. They don’t like being exploited and living in fear that their livelihood will be erased.

What am I missing here AI optimists? AI pessimist? Realists?

How does that make any sense?

If someone thinks that AI is going to solve human problems how could you think that it wouldn’t help solve one of the biggest problems- Unemployment.

If you believe AI is the savior you should also believe unemployment is going to 0% because the tools is used to make life better.

Also, universal job guantee polls higher than universal basic income. Most people like to work and provide value. They don’t like being exploited and living in fear that their livelihood will be erased.

What am I missing here AI optimists? AI pessimist? Realists?