Fake Jobs, Broken Hiring, and Why the Degree Deal Is Dead

Solving America's Problems · May 4, 2026 · 27m · transcript

Most job postings aren't real hiring signals — they're unprioritized requisitions in a system built for labor arbitrage, not placement. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley dig into that with Ryan Kohler, who spent two decades building applicant tracking software, and Sarah Montana, a wellness CEO raising kids while the lines between work and home dissolved. Ryan argues job boards have no credibility compared to referrals because the underlying incentive is authority-compliance, not talent. College gets reframed: it's about confidence, adulthood, and networks — not a linear "learn then…