The modern job hunt is a joke — so let’s laugh at it.
Will Work for Food is a satirical deep-dive into the wild, weird, and often infuriating world of finding work. Host Sean Walsh breaks down the bizarre reality of today's professional landscape, offering a survival guide mixed with group therapy to help navigate the grind. No "hacks" or "manifesting success". Just the truth: it IS as crazy as it feels. Join us as we laugh, vent, and figure out how to keep the lights on without losing our minds.
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In this episode of Will Work for Food, host Sean Walsh tackles the soul-crushing nightmare of modern online job boards, guiding weary seekers through the digital abyss of 14,000 open roles—most of which turn out to be low-pay "growth ninja" gigs or ghost listings from the Obama administration.
Kicking off with a cynical look back at the absurd childhood pressure to declare a lifelong career in first grade, Sean contrasts seven-year-old pipe dreams with the bleak reality of filtering through corporate jargon and broken algorithms. He shreds the rookie mistake of searching by job title alone, urging listeners to set strict search "guardrails" using core skills, company shortlists, and network connections to avoid throwing resumes into the ATS void.
Sean then demystifies Boolean operators and essential platform filters—like recency and location—so job seekers can stop doom-scrolling and start automating their search. The episode wraps up with some fun job-hunt haiku, serving as a reminder that turning thousands of useless listings into a shortlist is the only way to survive the corporate purgatory.
🎙️ About the Show: Will Work for Food is a satirical deep-dive into the wild, weird, and often infuriating world of finding work.
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21 Sept 2026
The Network Refresh
In this episode of Will Work for Food, host Sean Walsh skewers the corporate obsession with hitting "500+ connections" on LinkedIn, arguing that a massive follower count is often just an illusion of professional success. Moving past vanity metrics, the episode contrasts the frustrating void of cold job applications with the undeniable power of warm referrals, highlighting how internal advocates help job seekers skip the automated screening line. Sean walks listeners through an essential network audit—pruning forgotten or low-value connections to eliminate feed noise—while leveraging the "power of weak ties". Finally, the episode offers practical strategies for thoughtfully re-engaging real contacts to signal an active job search.
🎙️ About the Show: Will Work for Food is a satirical deep-dive into the wild, weird, and often infuriating world of finding work.
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30 Aug 2026
The LinkedIn Glow-Up
Your LinkedIn profile picture is a decade old, your headline is over-the-top, and your About section is basically your resume wearing a fake mustache.
In this episode, host Sean Walsh drags your profile back from the brink of irrelevance and gives it the glow-up it desperately needs: the eternal headshot debate, why "Open to Work" feels like a professional Scarlet Letter, and how to write a headline that isn't corny, arrogant, or trying to win an Oscar for Best Humblebrag. Plus: why your About and Experience sections should sound like an actual human, not a Cuisinart manual, and why copy-pasting your resume onto your profile is rookie mistake number one.
Homework included. Bring snacks.
🎙️ About the Show: Will Work for Food is a satirical deep-dive into the wild, weird, and often infuriating world of finding work.
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6 Aug 2026
The Resume Resurrection
Blinking cursors, sudden urges to take a nap, and a document so old it belongs in an archeological dig — nobody said updating your resume would be fun.
This week, host Sean Walsh breaks down the agonizing process of dusting off your career history and turning it into something passably employable without losing your humanity in the process. He explores some of the traps he and other job seekers fall into, including procrastination, corporate buzzwords, more procrastination, and soulless ATS-optimization.
Real talk about the very real frustration of trying to validate your professional existence in two pages. Grab a drink, grab a seat, and let's stare into the abyss together.
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17 Jul 2026
So You Got Laid Off
Laid off? Same. A darkly funny, brutally honest survival guide to the modern job hunt — starting with the day it all falls apart. Host Sean Walsh walks through the stages of grief (denial, anger, reply-all fantasies), the awkward HR meeting, the money spiral, and the "how do I tell my family" panic — all with dark humor and zero corporate jargon. Real talk, real coping, and a reminder that you are not your job.
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