The days are drawing out again finally
Dec. 22nd, 2025 11:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
glassy_witchWith solstice behind us and the promise of more daylight hours to come is definitely a positive thing. I dont deal well with the cold and dark of winter, so knowing that as we head into it there is already that promise on the horizon is a good thing.
The jobs market is still looking *appalling* out there. Had a call today which i know I ought to be grateful for - a recruiter who has seen my name pop up a few times wanted to let me know I just didn't have the experience they needed compared to the dozen of ex-Services applicants and the like. I mean, she COULD have just given me the silent treatment like a lot of recruiters do, so knowing I haven't got what they need and it's not just that I have somehow managed to denylist myself across tecruiterland (yes, I genuinely start to think I've unwittingly done something so terrible that it's mentioned in hushed tones at secretive recruitment gatherings in a location somewhere in Europe) should really be more of a relief than it turns out it is.
I know that the jobs market ebbs and flows, and never stays the same forever. But approaching 50 means the fear is just a little more pronounced, and slightly spikier and scarier than it ever used to be.
One of the biggest issues right now are the large companies desperately hoping that AI will be some kind of silver bullet. And for some of them it will be - albeit one that they discharge directly into their own feet. The FOMO among the smaller companies too though in the mad scramble is frankly disappointing. The market will swing back when it needs humans to.come in and sort out the absolute mess that AI plus greed leaves in its wake. But until then, I need to keep looking and pretend a positivity I am struggling to feel.
The jobs market is still looking *appalling* out there. Had a call today which i know I ought to be grateful for - a recruiter who has seen my name pop up a few times wanted to let me know I just didn't have the experience they needed compared to the dozen of ex-Services applicants and the like. I mean, she COULD have just given me the silent treatment like a lot of recruiters do, so knowing I haven't got what they need and it's not just that I have somehow managed to denylist myself across tecruiterland (yes, I genuinely start to think I've unwittingly done something so terrible that it's mentioned in hushed tones at secretive recruitment gatherings in a location somewhere in Europe) should really be more of a relief than it turns out it is.
I know that the jobs market ebbs and flows, and never stays the same forever. But approaching 50 means the fear is just a little more pronounced, and slightly spikier and scarier than it ever used to be.
One of the biggest issues right now are the large companies desperately hoping that AI will be some kind of silver bullet. And for some of them it will be - albeit one that they discharge directly into their own feet. The FOMO among the smaller companies too though in the mad scramble is frankly disappointing. The market will swing back when it needs humans to.come in and sort out the absolute mess that AI plus greed leaves in its wake. But until then, I need to keep looking and pretend a positivity I am struggling to feel.