I Started Investigating LinkedIn Job Posts 4 Weeks Ago. Here are 7 Disturbing Discoveries

The biggest one is about “Easy Apply”

David O.
Career Paths
Published in
9 min readSep 19, 2024

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Man working on his laptop outdoors consistent with the remote work culture which job posts allows nowadays
Photo by Ono Kosuki: https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-businessman-writing-on-paper-near-laptop-in-cafe-5648039/

What do you think is the most disgusting part of the human experience that exists today?

Which aspect of human experience (that is almost common to all) do you think sucks the most?

Well, I think it is looking for a job as someone who is unemployed. That sucks a lot. And it sucks so much in this day and age because almost everything is credit-based.

Most people (living in cities) don’t own anything anymore. They have house payments, car payments, water payments, etc. It is all in monthly subscriptions now such that if you lose your primary source of income, your whole life is under threat.

Anyway. I launched this project about 4 weeks ago and I have discovered some really weird things about the job market. I regularly start my search from LinkedIn, so my discoveries are somewhat connected to the platform.

So, here are the 7 craziest things I have discovered thus far:

(P.S. If you read till the end, I will reveal the best process I have seen for smaller businesses)

1. Remote is not Remote

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David O.
Career Paths

I investigate things and write about them. Mostly around wealth, money, rich people, career, and business success. Not financial advice