Rejected Or Selected

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.

Rejected Or Selected is a business podcast hosted by Simon Carabetta, with 24 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Simon Carabetta hosts Rejected Or Selected, a business show with 24 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  Anonymous Confessions: One Week In, I Was Told To Run

  Oct 1, 202625 min

  Our brand new Anonymous Confessions bi-weekly show is now live as Simon flies solo while Deany flies back to Australia on business. This one is a real "treat" as we explore a tale of a toxic workplace that would make even some of the most toxic bosses cringe. Getting yelled and at cursed at? Awesome Boss leaves the door open and yells on the phone? Awesome Paper everywhere and a fax machine in the corner gathering dust? It's just Awesome! Want to contribute to our Anonymous Confessions? Easy! If you have an eye-watering tale of toxicity, a job search woe, or a candidate horror experience, then we want to hear it! Get onto our Anonymous Confessions form today and your story might make a future episode https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeX7N26yGo6qpRGlSPAQJXsWfdMSFyRMZZJEDSqYvTUdUxz2w/viewform

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  Episode #17

  Red Flags: Signs of a Toxic Workplace

  Sep 24, 20261h 1mS2

  Nobody takes a job expecting it to wreck them. You start out keen, you tell your mates you have landed somewhere great, and then somewhere between month three and month eighteen you notice you are dreading Sunday afternoons. In this episode Simon and Deany break down the red flags of a toxic workplace, from the ones hiding in the job ad to the ones that only show up in your own behaviour. Why "we're like a family here" should make you nervous. Why the good people always leave in clusters. Why a mindfulness app is not a staffing strategy. And why exit interviews get conducted, recorded and quietly composted. We also get into the research. MIT Sloan Management Review found that a toxic corporate culture was roughly ten times more important than compensation in predicting why people quit, with pay ranking only sixteenth on the list. Closer to home, managing psychosocial risk has been a legal duty for WA employers since December 2022, which means your workplace culture is a safety issue, not just a vibe. Then we open up about our own experiences, the moments the scales fell off, and the things we told ourselves in order to stay. Also, here's a link to the MIT Sloane Management Review about the "Great Resignation", it's an intriguing read - https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/toxic-culture-is-driving-the-great-resignation/

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  Episode #16

  Overqualified or Undervalued: The messy part of a job search

  Sep 10, 202653 minS2

  We're going back to our roots in Episode 16 with a return to job search woes! Have you ever been told you were too qualified for a role, or did your feedback describe how you'd likely be a flight risk after 12-18 months? Well, that's happened to our Co-host Deany on more than one occasion. What does it actually mean in 2026 to be overqualified for a role, but you want to career pivot or try something in your field that's a little bit different? This week, Simon and Deany explore some of the most awkward and messy parts of the job search and provide some clear advice as to how you can navigate through them. Anonymous Confessions: Would you like to "spill the tea", so to speak, about something that's happened in your workplace? Do you have a hiring horror story or HR mishap that would be a great share? Then join go to our Anonymous Confessions form and let us know! If it's really good, your story might feature in an upcoming episode of Rejected or Selected Rejected or Selected Podcast: Anonymous Confessions

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  Episode #13

  How To Hold Your Knife: AI and Human Behaviour

  Jul 29, 202647 minS2

  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 behaviour at an organisational level. This week's episode of Rejected or Selected focuses on the central points underpinning Amy's research in this area and the visible impacts in today's workplace related to the impact of integrated AI platforms. And of course, all the usual banter and lighthearted commentary from Deany and Simon to ensure we don't take all of this too seriously. You can also read some of Amy's published works here: Curriculum Revolution: https://amzn.asia/d/0gHeoX1r Women Who Rise: https://amzn.asia/d/05EdvhFa You can find Amy here on LinkedIn Amy Chokchai | LinkedIn and if you'd like to support her or be a part of her doctoral research, please feel free to contact her

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  Episode #12

  The AI Layoff Boomerang and Big Carrot Energy

  Jul 16, 202654 minS2

  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 realizing their new AI agents are hallucinating data, and they are quietly trying to rehire the humans they fired three months ago. It’s the 'Great AI Layoff Boomerang' Fair or unfair? Let’s talk about it. Plus, some big carrot energy.

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