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How to (Actually) Get a Job You Love in 2026: Navigate a Bad Job Market, Stop Settling, and Find Meaningful Work
The 2026 job market is brutal. Hiring freezes. Ghost jobs. Mass layoffs. Algorithmic rejection. If you've been applying for months and hearing nothing, the problem isn't you — it's the job search playbook you've been handed.
In this episode, we breaks down the 3 shifts that separate people who actually get a job they love in a bad job market from people stuck in endless application loops: clarity before search, conversations before applications, and designing your career instead of defaulting into one.
What you'll learn
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The skinny
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