Episode 13: Off The Cuff: The Recruiter-Candidate Breakdown, Ghost Reqs, and Defending Your Value

A raw breakdown of recruiter dynamics: dodging bad placements, handling multiple agencies, screening recruiters, and defending your salary benchmarks.

Oct 11 • The Broken Handle

53:58

Episode 12: Enterprise Recruiting Engines, Taxonomy Matching, and Decoding the 44-Day Cycle

Deconstruct how Workday, Greenhouse, and enterprise ATS parse 75,000 titles into tasks, why 44-day cycles happen, and how to format with Google's XYZ…

Oct 7 • The Broken Handle

42:13

September 2026

Episode 11: The Skilled Trades Advantage, Labor Shortage Data, and The AI-Immune Path

Unpack Lightcast’s trade analysis: 20M jobs, a 1.3M annual talent gap, debunked compensation myths, AI infrastructure demand, and the…

Sep 21 • The Broken Handle

53:40

Episode 10: The First Two Weeks, The "Good Idea Fairy," and Managing Onboarding Realities

Learn how to navigate the post-hire expectation gap, avoid the good idea fairy trap, audit organizational maturity, and manage by influence.

Sep 13 • The Broken Handle

52:06

Episode 9: Managing by Influence, the 30-60-90 Day Framework, and New-Role Reality

Learn how to navigate broken onboarding, drive 30-60-90 day expectations, manage by influence, and channel professional drive into external growth

Sep 7 • The Broken Handle

38:12

August 2026

Episode 8: The Success Triangle, Sadler Interview Mechanics, and Career Operating Systems

Stop guessing your way through the job search. Learn how to adapt sales engineering principles, master the Parent-Adult-Child communication model, and…

Aug 24 • The Broken Handle

1:01:47

Episode 7: The 15-Second Resume Rule, Insider Recruiting Filters, and Building a Proactive Pipeline

Learn how recruiters scan resumes in 15 seconds, bypass public job board clutter, leverage soft skills, and structure high-impact cover letters.

Aug 2 • The Broken Handle

1:14:57

July 2026

Episode 6: Anatomy of a Pivot, Signal vs. Noise, and Navigating Career Pressure

Learn how to read early workplace warnings, execute pivots at the top of your game, handle sudden disruptions, and unlock free emergency career tools.

Jul 21 • The Broken Handle

46:55

Episode 5: The Calculus of Betting on Yourself, Risk Hedging, and Corporate Escape Hatches

Learn the clinical formula to safely bet on yourself using elite blueprints from a 21-season NBA icon and a powerhouse enterprise franchise operator.

Jul 11 • The Broken Handle

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51:16

June 2026

Episode 4: The Shrinking Workforce, Human Adjacencies, and The Scam Defense Playbook

The labor market isn't collapsing under robots—it is getting old fast. Decode the real data vacancies, navigate human job adjacencies, and lock in the 4…

Jun 28 • The Broken Handle

49:29

Episode 3: Unsexy Side Doors, The Mainframe Cliff, and Building Your Own Door

Ditch the jammed front door. Bypass the standard developer pipeline using the Legacy Arbitrage Playbook, explore free business operating systems, and…

Jun 22 • The Broken Handle

52:03

Episode 2: Active Recon Playbooks, Google Dorking, and Public Signals

Learn military-grade OSINT to find real openings, smash the certification hypocrisy paradox, unlock public salary data, and track hidden infrastructure…

Jun 13 • The Broken Handle

50:29