The Online Job Market is Dead... Now What?

Online job boards like Indeed and LinkedIn help fewer people actually land employment every year - leading job market analysts (like myself) to speculate whether or not the "hidden job market" is going to keep getting worse in coming years. In this video, I break down the nuances of why online job boards and applicant tracking systems (ATS) have stopped working, some possible scenarios moving forward, and several different things that actually work in a statistically-meaningful way in 2025. Subscribe to ‪@UrgentlyFiring‬ for more! Links to my sources for this video can be found on Substack: urgentlyfiring.substack.com/subscribe 00:00 The Death of Online Job Boards 02:23 The Job Market Sucks 03:43 Why Job Boards Don’t Work 07:05 3 Possible Solutions 09:45 What Actually Works Today?