The Job Trawlers Podcast
By Job Trawlers
Categories: Business, Careers
Job-search research and guides, read aloud. Every episode starts as a post researched and written by humans, then read by JT, an AI voice.
27 episodes indexed on PodSearch.
Recent episodes
- Before you quit in Q4: the year-end money checklist for Canada and the US
An offer that lands in October, November or December turns your last day into a money decision, on either side of the border. Here's what to check in your offer letter, plan documents and pay stubs before you pick a resignation date, for both Canada and the US, plus a prompt that builds the dated…
- More than 1 in 4 job postings still leave out pay where the law requires it
We shipped a button that reports job postings without pay, then counted. Over 30 days, 27.6% of postings in places that require pay had none listed. Here's who requires it, how the laws work and how to report a posting. Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:11 So we counted 00:03:10 Who requires…
- 'Remote' usually means remote in one country
We looked at 18,390 remote postings from a 30-day window. Fewer than 25 said worldwide. About 8 in 10 named a specific country or a place inside one. A short data note on what 'remote' actually means on the location line, and what to do about it. Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:23 What I…
- We closed most of the big-tech gap from our Lenny's Jobs comparison
A follow-up to our Lenny's Jobs buyer's guide. Job Trawlers now reads the career sites of Amazon, Netflix, Intuit, Supermicro and Microsoft, which cuts the part of Lenny's PM listings we can't reach from 20.7% to 8.6%. Here's what we added, and why Apple, Google, Meta, TikTok and Tesla are still…
- Introducing The Job Trawlers Podcast
Job-search research and guides, read aloud. Every episode starts as a post researched and written by humans, then read by JT, an AI voice.
- Looking for a product role? Here's how Job Trawlers and Lenny's Jobs compare
A buyer's guide for product managers in the US or Canada. A Job Trawlers search reaches about two-thirds of Lenny's PM listings, big tech's own sites are the part it can't, and most of what our users found wasn't on Lenny's. Measured October 2026. Key takeaways - Lenny's Jobs is built for tech…
- A thousand applicants for one job. What to do instead.
Applications per job are up 111% since 2022 and recruiter headcount is down 56%, so most applications are never properly read. Here's what's happening on the other side of the Apply button, why auto-apply makes it worse, and how to run a search on fewer, better-aimed applications and more people…
- Looking while you're still employed? Assume it leaks.
Searching from inside a job is mostly a risk-management problem, not a search problem. LinkedIn says outright it can't guarantee its recruiters-only signal stays hidden from your employer. Here's what actually leaks, and how to run a search that survives being noticed. Key takeaways - LinkedIn's…
- Stop trying to beat the robot. Beat the filter.
The famous stat that 75% of resumes are auto-rejected came from a company selling resume optimization, and it folded in 2013. What's actually true is more useful and more unsettling. The parser doesn't judge you, a person configured the filters you can see, and two class actions are now testing…
- Write the manual. Don't send it.
The personal README has a serious critic, and she's right about almost everything. Her objections are aimed at managers publishing rules for their teams — which is not what a job seeker is doing. Written privately and checked by someone who knows you, it's the best interview prep most people never…
- Stop searching for 'junior'. Search these instead.
We looked at 134,840 roles collected over 30 days. About one in seven was entry level — and 97.7% of those said nothing in the title about being entry level. If you're searching your dream title with 'junior' in front of it, you're looking at roughly 2% of the market that would take you. Key…
- You start Monday. Don't arrive with a plan.
Most 30-60-90 day plans are performances: deliverables in month one, written to look impressive. The research says a new manager takes about six months to break even, and that acting before you've diagnosed is how people burn the credibility they'll need later. Here's the version that flexes to…
- Give yourself an A. Then explain why.
A job search is a machine that produces verdicts without reasons, hundreds of them, for months. Benjamin Zander's letter exercise is a counterweight — and the thing it protects turns out to be one of the better-supported predictors of actually landing. Key takeaways - A search hands you verdicts…
- Don't guess what they want. Count it.
Read one job posting and you learn what one hiring manager wishes for. Read fifteen at once, tally what repeats, and rate yourself honestly against the tally, and you get something far more useful: a map of where you're strong, where you're only unproven, and the single gap worth working on. Key…
- The personality test between you and the interview
Before the phone screen, a lot of employers hand you 60 statements and five boxes from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree. It isn't measuring whether you're a good person. It's measuring whether you answer the same way twice. Key takeaways - These screens are common enough to plan for, and they…
- Just laid off? Don't apply to anything yet.
The first week after a layoff decides how the next six months go. Here's the playbook: handle the paperwork with real deadlines, do your runway math, tell people on your terms, and build the search system before you sprint. Key takeaways - Don't apply to anything in week one. Applications sent raw…
- Reach the person, not the portal.
Referrals are barely 1% of applications yet convert to interviews at 40% — while the rest of the queue waits. Here's how to work the network you already have, contribute value to your communities while you look, and run informational meetings that turn strangers into advocates. Key takeaways - The…
- You got the offer. Don't say yes yet.
The moment an offer lands is when your leverage peaks and your judgment is most tired. Here's how to evaluate it against the search you meant to run, negotiate it in your own voice, and know when to walk. Key takeaways - An offer means the deciding is over. They want you. The realistic downside of…
- It's not you: finding a job really does take longer now. We checked a decade of official numbers.
We pulled a decade of official US and Canadian labor data (BLS, Statistics Canada, nothing third-party) to answer three questions: are there fewer jobs per seeker, are wages actually stagnant, and how long does a search take now? The answers reshape how a 2026 search should be run. Chapters…
- Decide when to change course — before you're too tired to
Month four of a job search is the worst time to make strategy decisions, so make them in week one instead. How to adapt Adam Thomas's Survival Metrics framework into pre-committed trigger metrics: sensors, thresholds, and a stop, pivot, or invest action for each. Key takeaways - Set your decision…
- Run the search. Don't let it run you.
Job searching is a job with no manager, no feedback, and a 100% rejection rate until the day it isn't. Here's the routine that kept me sane when I searched: real office hours, mid-week interviews, intentional networking time, and weekends completely off. Key takeaways - Give your search office…
- The same job, posted again and again: we counted the duplicates in 88,000 postings
We collapsed 210,000 saved jobs down to the distinct openings behind them. Roughly 1 in 6 repeats a role already in the pile — and a fat head of high-volume employers, led by one posting a single title 1,741 times, inflates the count far more than the average role does. Chapters 00:00:00…
- Don't let AI write your resume. Write your story.
AI can find the jobs and check the boxes. Your resume is the one part that still has to sound like you. Here's why AI-written resumes blend in — and how to use AI to surface your own stories instead of replacing them. Key takeaways - A fully AI-written resume optimizes for average. In a pile of…
- Stop applying more. Start targeting.
Applying harder is the slowest way to find a job. Here's the upstream version of a search: get clear on what you want, target a short list of real companies, and reach the people who own the roles. Key takeaways - Flip the ratio. Most searches spend their hours finding jobs. Let a tool do that so…
- We checked 238,000 job listings. Almost none can tell you they're still open.
We measured how much basic information is simply missing from job listings as the source publishes it. Across ~238,000 roles pulled from 41+ hiring systems: 93% have no expiry date, 97% no industry, and 1 in 5 weren't even structured data. Full method and limits. Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction…
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