7 Things No One Told Me About Job Hunting in 2023

Photo by Christina Morillo

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that getting a new job is hard, and harder than ever these days even though supposedly “no one wants to work” anymore.

I started looking for a new job in earnest in early later summer 2022. Clients were slashing budgets, which meant slashing agency headcounts, and I’d already survived three hiring frenzies and eventual layoffs in the three…