The white-collar breakdown: How AI, unemployment, and broken hiring systems are rewriting the meaning of work2026-01-02T21:00:00+05:30

image/jpegThe article examines the deepening crisis in white-collar hiring, where rising unemployment, AI-driven recruitment, and opaque screening systems have eroded trust in merit-based work. It highlights how job seekers face psychological strain today, even as demographic shifts and declining labour supply threaten a severe talent shortage in the near future.The article examines the deepening crisis in white-collar hiring, where rising unemployment, AI-driven recruitment, and opaque screening systems have eroded trust in merit-based work. It highlights how job seekers face psychological strain today, even as demographic shifts and declining labour supply threaten a severe talent shortage in the near future.The article examines the deepening crisis in white-collar hiring, where rising unemployment, AI-driven recruitment, and opaque screening systems have eroded trust in merit-based work. It highlights how job seekers face psychological strain today, even as demographic shifts and declining labour supply threaten a severe talent shortage in the near future.