How to land a job in 2026

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If your New Year's resolution is to land a job, you're up against daunting odds. When you apply to the average white-collar job right now, as I recently reported, you have a 0.4% chance of actually landing it.

So what's a smart job seeker actually to do in this apocalyptic market? The most foundational step in every search today, I've come to believe, is deciding on an overarching strategy that will determine everything else you do. Given the extraordinary...