PODCAST · business
Ghosted by the Machine
by WRKdefined Podcast Network
Ghosted by the Machine explores the human side of hiring through honest conversations with job seekers, recruiters, HR leaders, and workplace experts. Host Mark Lane gives people a voice in a world increasingly filtered by algorithms. Real humans. Real stories. Let’s make hiring human again.
Episodes
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The Human Cost of Long-Term Unemployment
What happens when nine months of unemployment puts your family's financial security, emotional well-being, and future at risk? Donnie Grooms shares his deeply personal experience of searching for work while struggling to provide for his family. From selling his children's playground to help cover...
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Why Hiring Feels Broken Today - Jeff Taylor
Why does finding a job feel harder even though hiring technology keeps getting smarter? Monster.com founder and Boomband CEO Jeff Taylor explains how online recruiting evolved from newspaper ads and early job boards into today’s high-volume, AI-driven system. He explores why easy apply, ATS...
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Why Human Writers Still Matter
How is AI changing writing careers, and can it actually replace a skilled copywriter? Joe Emery shares his experience navigating a difficult job market after five layoffs in five years and explains why he does not see AI itself as the biggest threat to professional writers. Instead, he believes...
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Why Today’s Job Search Feels Broken
What makes finding a job so frustrating in today’s hiring market? Mike Ingberg shares his experience returning to the job search after more than 30 years in public relations, marketing, social media, sports PR, agency work, and corporate communications. He discusses the disappearance of personal...
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Why Experienced Candidates Get Overlooked
What happens when decades of communications experience still aren’t enough to get noticed? Michael Keegan shares what he has learned during a nearly two-year job search, including the challenges of ageism, being considered overqualified, ATS filters, ghosting, and a difficult Washington, DC...
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How Candidate Reviews Could Change Hiring
What if job seekers could review recruiters and hiring managers the same way consumers review other experiences? In this episode, Kevin Maharaj explains why he created Ghosted Platform and how candidate feedback could bring greater transparency and accountability to the hiring process. The...
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How to Start a Smarter Job Search
What does today's job market look like when you are just beginning a new search? David Lingholm shares his perspective at the very start of his job search after 15 years in social media management across chemical, utility, and public-sector organizations. He discusses what he wants from his next...
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Why Qualified Candidates Get Missed
Why are qualified candidates applying to hundreds of jobs and still struggling to get interviews? This episode examines today’s hiring process from both sides, with recruiter Joe Shanbaum and resume writer Melissa Kelley breaking down what job seekers are experiencing and what employers are...
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How to Navigate Job Search Uncertainty
Today’s job search can feel unpredictable, especially when traditional career paths no longer guarantee the next opportunity. This episode explores how job seekers can navigate uncertainty, use contract work to build experience, recognize transferable skills, and maintain confidence when hiring...
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Leading People Through AI Change
Artificial intelligence is changing the way organizations hire, lead, and support employees, but how do companies embrace innovation without losing the human side of work? In this episode, Mark Lane sits down with Noah Mithrush, Director of Growth Marketing at Guusto and host of HR on the...
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Protecting Mental Health During Job Searches
Job searching can affect far more than a person’s career. It can damage confidence, strain families, and leave people feeling isolated and defeated. Todd Bertsch joins Mark Lane to discuss the emotional toll of unemployment, how Positive Intelligence can help people manage negativity, and why...
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Winning Jobs in the AI Era
Episode Description: This episode explores how artificial intelligence is transforming hiring, recruiting, and the job search while explaining why human connection still matters. You will learn how AI is changing resume screening, candidate sourcing, fraud detection, and hiring decisions, along...
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AI is Changing Work
This episode explores how AI is reshaping the future of work and what job seekers, leaders, and organizations can do to stay ahead without losing the human element. You will learn how AI can improve productivity, support career growth, and help job seekers work more efficiently while…
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Improving Communication in Hiring
This episode explores why ghosting has become one of the biggest frustrations in today's hiring process and what employers, recruiters, and job seekers can do to improve communication. You will learn how AI is changing recruiting, why candidate experience matters more than ever, and how…
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Surviving a Long Job Search
What does it take to stay motivated during a long job search? How are AI tools changing the candidate experience? In this episode, we explore the realities of searching for work in today's challenging market through the perspective of a customer success leader who has spent two years navigating...
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Turning Job Search Into Opportunity
What do you do when the job search isn't working? How can you create new opportunities when traditional employment paths seem limited? In this episode, we explore the realities of searching for work in a remote location, the emotional ups and downs of unemployment, and how one professional...
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Why Candidates Feel Ghosted During Hiring
Why do candidates feel ghosted after applying for jobs? How is AI affecting the hiring process? What can employers do to improve candidate experience and rebuild trust? In this episode, we speak with the founder of a candidate advocacy movement focused on hiring transparency, accountability, and...
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Human Connection in Modern Hiring
What does it take to stay hopeful during a long job search? In this conversation, Rebecca Stack shares her experience navigating unemployment after a 20-year career in government, the emotional impact of today's hiring process, and how AI is changing the way candidates are evaluated. She…
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Why Applications Get Ignored Today
This episode explores what it feels like to navigate a long job search in a hiring system increasingly shaped by AI, automation, and applicant tracking systems. You will learn how AI tools can help improve resumes while also creating unexpected challenges, why communication and candidate…
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How Leadership Impacts Modern Hiring
Episode DescriptionThis episode explores how leadership shapes hiring culture, candidate experience, and the balance between technology and human connection in recruitment. You will learn how AI is influencing hiring decisions, why empathy matters more than ever, and how leadership accountability...
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Navigating Career Transitions: Andrew MacAskill
This episode explains how career transitions impact both professional identity and emotional well-being, and why navigating a job search today requires more than simply applying online. You will learn how LinkedIn algorithms influence visibility, why adding value attracts better opportunities…
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Navigating Age Bias
This episode explains the challenges experienced by professionals in today’s hiring market and how age bias and AI-driven recruiting systems can impact job opportunities. You will learn how applicant tracking systems may unintentionally filter out seasoned candidates, why networking remains one…
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How to Stay Competitive in Job Search
This episode explains how experienced professionals can stay competitive in today’s job market by combining technology, resilience, and continuous learning. You will learn how AI tools can improve resumes and interview preparation, why human connection still matters in hiring, and how to maintain...
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The Future of Hiring: Insights from Katrina Kibben
This episode explains why modern hiring processes often fail both candidates and recruiters and how better communication can improve outcomes. You will learn how AI and applicant tracking systems are exposing outdated recruiting practices, why job descriptions play a critical role in attracting…
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Stand Out in Hiring: James Ellis
This episode explains why many companies struggle to attract strong candidates even when they invest in recruiting and employer branding. You will learn the difference between looking attractive as an employer and becoming truly choosable to job seekers. The conversation explores how AI-generated...
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Self Leadership for Job Seekers
This episode explains how mindset and self-leadership can transform the job search process. You will learn how internal dialogue shapes confidence, emotions, and actions during rejection, why clear vision helps maintain momentum, and how limiting beliefs can hold candidates back. The conversation...
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Why Job Search Feels Cold
This episode explains why many job seekers feel invisible in today’s hiring process and how companies can bring human connection back into recruitment. You will learn how AI and applicant tracking systems affect applications, why feedback and empathy matter, and how resilience helps during a...
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How to Stay Resilient in Job Search
This episode explains how to stay resilient and adaptable in today’s changing job market. You will learn how artificial intelligence is impacting job applications, why relationship building is still one of the most effective ways to find opportunities, and how a positive mindset can influence...
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Why Experience Gets Overlooked
This episode explains how artificial intelligence and automation are reshaping the hiring process and why many experienced professionals struggle to be seen. You will learn how keyword-driven systems impact candidate visibility, why transferable skills are often overlooked, and how remote work…
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How to Stay Confident During Job Search
This episode explains how job seekers can stay confident, supported, and effective during a challenging job search. You will learn how community support improves mental health, how AI tools can help with interview preparation, and why first impressions matter in applications. The conversation…
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How AI Impacts Job Applications
This episode explains why the hiring process feels frustrating for both job seekers and recruiters. You will learn how applicant tracking systems and artificial intelligence influence hiring decisions, why qualified candidates are often overlooked, and what misconceptions job seekers have about...
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Why Job Searching Feels Broken Today
This episode explains why job searching can feel frustrating and unpredictable in today’s AI-driven hiring environment. You will learn how automation impacts hiring decisions, why ghosting and rejection are so common, and how ageism can affect experienced professionals. The conversation also...
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Inside Hiring Secrets
This episode explains why hiring decisions can feel confusing and unpredictable for job seekers. You will learn how recruiters evaluate candidates, why companies often struggle to separate strong applicants, and how bias and speed influence hiring outcomes. The conversation also explores the real...
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How AI Affects Job Applications
Episode Description This episode explains how artificial intelligence and automated hiring systems influence modern job searches and why strong candidates can still be overlooked. You will learn how hiring algorithms filter applications, why human judgment still matters in recruitment, and how…
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How to Improve Candidate Experience
This episode explores how organizations can improve candidate experience and fix communication breakdowns in the hiring process. You will learn why transparency matters in talent acquisition, how misalignment between recruiters and hiring managers creates frustration, and how technology should...
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Staying Hopeful in the Job Search
This episode explores how to navigate a long and emotionally challenging job search while staying grounded, hopeful, and authentic. You will learn how artificial intelligence affects hiring decisions, how to communicate seriousness and leadership even with a warm personality, and how empathy,...
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How to Navigate Today’s Job Search
Episode Description This episode explains how to navigate today’s complex job search landscape with practical resume strategies, realistic recruiting insight, and emotional resilience. You will learn how hiring practices have changed, why tailored resumes matter more than ever, how AI influences...
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How Relationships Help During Career Transitions
This episode explores how relationships and technology shape a modern career transition. You will learn how a long career in the sports industry translates into new opportunities, how AI tools can support job searching, and why networking and community support remain critical during professional...
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How AI Changes Job Searching
This episode explains how artificial intelligence is reshaping the job search experience and why transferable skills and human connection still matter in a competitive market. You will learn how AI can both help and hurt candidates, why many qualified people struggle to be seen, and how job…
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Why Job Searching Feels Broken
This episode explores what it feels like to search for a job in today’s AI-driven market through the experience of a web content specialist navigating long-term unemployment. You will learn how automation affects applications, why scams are becoming more common, how versatility can work against...
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Why Job Searching Feels Random
In this episode, host Mark Lane reconnects with Mickey Brown, a content strategist navigating an extended job search in a difficult and unpredictable job market. You will learn how layoffs, limited job openings, and automated hiring systems continue to impact candidates, why doing everything...
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How AI Is Changing Career Development
This episode features Chris Shannon, a senior training and development professional focused on building high impact learning programs, leadership development, and upskilling teams for the future. You will learn how AI is changing both hiring and learning and development, what recruiters often…
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How Creative Job Seekers Get Noticed
This episode features Rebecca Gale Peaire, a creative and strategic professional navigating today’s AI-powered hiring systems. You will learn how creative job seekers can communicate their value when resumes are filtered by software, how to highlight unique skills that algorithms miss, and how to...
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How Creativity Beats Resume Filters
This episode features Melissa Brodsky, a creative content and communications professional with deep experience in digital strategy, editorial development, and brand storytelling. You will learn how AI has shaped her job search experience, why recruiters often miss key strengths behind the résumé,...
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How to Stand Out Beyond Keywords
This episode features Julie Pippert, a communications and marketing strategist with deep expertise in storytelling, content strategy, and brand engagement. Julie shares her job search journey with insight and candor, reflecting on how AI is reshaping hiring, how creativity still cuts through, and...
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Staying Resilient During Career Transitions
This episode features Luis Aguilar, a professional with a strong background in operations and leadership who shares how he has navigated his job search with resilience and purpose. You will learn how AI has reshaped the hiring process, how to stay motivated during career transitions, and why...
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Turning Crisis Into Career Strength
This episode features Mindi Vestal, Ph.D., a crisis intervention specialist, advocate, and change-maker who shares her job search journey and the emotional realities of navigating today’s hiring process. You will learn how resilience, empathy, and lived experience can become professional…
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How AI Governance Shapes Hiring
This episode features Terry Dickerson, a director of AI governance and business operations who shares his job search experience in a rapidly evolving AI-driven hiring landscape. You will learn how AI can both help and hinder job seekers, why ethical AI governance is becoming a critical business...
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Why Job Applications Get No Feedback
This episode features David Paulson, a transformation and integration executive who specializes in aligning people, processes, and technology to drive meaningful organizational change. You will learn how the hiring landscape has evolved with automation and AI, why human leadership still matters…
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How Resilience Shapes Job Search
This episode features Dominick Petrillo, a determined job seeker whose journey highlights resilience, purpose, and the human side of hiring. You will learn how automated systems and artificial intelligence can make job searching feel isolating, why perseverance matters when facing personal and...
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Ghosted by the Machine explores the human side of hiring through honest conversations with job seekers, recruiters, HR leaders, and workplace experts. Host Mark Lane gives people a voice in a world increasingly filtered by algorithms. Real humans. Real stories. Let’s make hiring human again.
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Ghosted by the Machine explores the human side of hiring through honest conversations with job seekers, recruiters, HR leaders, and workplace experts. Host Mark Lane gives people a voice in a world increasingly filtered by algorithms. Real humans. Real stories. Let’s make hiring human again.
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