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Hosted by Simon Carabetta · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 21 episodes
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A podcast all about job search woes, hiring horror stories, and all things fair and unfair in and around our work lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Simon Carabetta hosts Rejected Or Selected, a business show with 21 episodes published.
Amy Chokchai is a Cyber Security lecturer at South Metropolitan TAFE in Western Australia. She is also a published author and is currently undertaking her doctoral candidacy into the study of AI's impact on human behavio
It is July 2026, and the tech sector has officially reached peak panic. Over 200,000 workers have been laid off this year as Big Tech pivots entirely to AI. But here is the hilariously toxic twist: companies are realizin
Welcome to After Dark. The late-night, alcoholic version of Rejected or Selected. An honest conversation about the absurdity of modern work life. In our first ever live episode, Simon and Deany cover the emotional gut-pu
Branding and strategy nerds come forth, because we have a special treat for you in our 10th episode for 2026. Recruitment Marketing and Communications Business Partner, Mark Pearce from MPI, joins us to talk about his ow
A rant-filled episode where Deany and Simon discuss the misalignment between a company's brand and their actions. Plus, Deany discusses negative candidate experiences while Simon debates the merits of culture over strate
Another unplanned, unscripted, (mostly) unedited episode of RoS this week - it's Unplugged 2. Listen in as Deany and Simon discuss everything in and around their work lives including what's going on personally: Did Simon
We have another special guest on Rejected or Selected and this week they don't hold back! Daisy Wong joins us to discuss her personal journey and career, from project coordination to now Cyber Culture and Awareness speci
A true master at what he does, Shil Shanghavi is one of the world's most prolific public speakers and public speaking coaches. In our 6th episode for 2026 and first show with a guest for this year, Shil speaks authentica
It's finally come to this, our first unplanned, unscripted and "unplugged" (I mean, what even is "unplugged" these days, we're not Nirvana, this isn't Madison Square Garden, and it's not 1994) Well, if you managed to ign
In this episode of RoS Deany asks Simon to recount a time that he was told he simply wasn't a culture fit when rejected for a job. The team discusses what this term means and the possible reasons as to why it's used so o
In our third and STILL guestless episode, Deany and Simon dissect a number of Australia's most "trusted" salary guides. However, are these guides the source of truth that they make themselves out to be, or is something m
In our second (guestless still) episode for 2026, Deany discusses her own request for a pay rise and has unlocked more questions on how to do so in Australian workplaces. We ask why talking salaries and pay rises is so t
Ever been this close to throwing in the towel on a career? Well, our co-host Simon certainly came within a breath of doing just that late last year. In our premiere episode of our second season, Deany and Simon explore w
Deany and Simon take a break from our amazing list of guests and have a good old fashioned heart to heart about their careers, the state of recruitment, and the truth behind cliches. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac
In this episode we are joined by Natalie Ludwig of Plant With Willow. Natalie has a strong background in tech sales and tech recruitment, plying her trade in her native land of Germany, then London and now in Perth, West
Welcome to The Shortlist, a shorter, leaner bi-weekly version of Rejected or Selected. Our first guest in this special series, is Cherie Burgett from MM ISAC, who tells her journey from military spouse and stay at home m
Meet this month's guest, Max Power... erm, we mean, meet Tony Hagan, host of the Max's Island Podcast and mentor at Avivo. How did a podcast ever get the name Max's Island? Well, you'll need to listen in to find out. Hos
This month's episode provides some colourful commentary from our special guest, Iain Dickson. Like our co-host Simon, Iain studied to be a former teacher and landed himself in the realm of cyber security, where he's been
In our second episode, Deany and Simon are joined by global cultural strategist, Dr Tanya Finney to continue the discussion on the recent pushback against DEI hiring policies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m
In this first ever episode of Rejected or Selected our (non-expert) hosts stumble through a robust discussion of the recent US-led pushback on DEI hiring policies and what this means for diversity and inclusion in the Au
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Rejected Or Selected is hosted by Simon Carabetta. The show is categorised under business (careers) and has published 21 episodes.
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