On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 13:40:38 +1300, I wrote:
This article about the ongoing difficulties of people trying to find jobs, while at the same time employers seem unable to find people to fill their job positions, seems to put the primary blame on AI <https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360905126/people-cant-find-jobs-jobs-cant-find-people-whos-blame>.
This article <https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/360937900/he-was-rejected-120-seconds-award-winning-workers-brutal-nine-month-humbling-job-market> seems to suggest that prospective employers are building what I would describe as an “AI wall” to screen out job applicants. The rules for submitting high-quality job applications don’t seem to work any more, so it’s now back down to whom you know, not what you know: personal networking becomes a better path to getting a job than trying to negotiate the increasingly futile automated-filter gauntlet.