Rejected Or Selected

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 b...

The Purple Circle - a very unique West Aussie way of describing the exclusive inner circle, the inner sanctum, when the boy's club joins forces with the mean girls, sprinkle in a few former school bullies, and voila, you have the makings of a group that will bring your career to a screeching halt.

In this week's episode, Deany and Simon explore the origins of this term and the industries and organisations it has infiltrated, plus ho...

This week Deany and Simon take a very deep dive into the past few years of Big 4 consulting scandals inside Australia. AI hallucinations, whistleblowers, sketchy emails and fabricated reports that cost nearly half a million dollars.

Also, this episode introduces our brand-new Anonymous Confessions segment and Deany announces her resignation and upcoming job search.

If you'd like to contribute to our Anonymous Confessions segment, you...

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 ...

 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.

P...

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-punch of losing your work bestie, why "we're like a family here" is one of the most manipulative phrases in corporate culture, a real story about startup equity that was wiped out in a buyout nobody read the fine print...

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 own career journey and why he invests so heavily in his marketing education.

In what was a great follow up to Episode 9, Mark continues the discussion about brand and strategy and where he thinks the state of recruitme...

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 strategy in 2026.

Special guests: A bunch of mosquitos in Deany's house.

As promised, the link to Mark Pearce's LinkedIn post about the job ad AI prompt https://www.linkedin.com/posts/markpearcemarketing_250andcounting-brai...

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 flatline in the emergency ward? What interesting and somewhat racist encounter did Deany have in Paris? How can someone go 44 years of their life without realising they have dual citizenship?

It's all here and more i...

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 specialist, Daisy has dealt with plenty of bullshit over the years, and she enjoys telling us all about it.

From being treated like she's a rare exotic animal, to being undermined by previous bosses and co-workers, Daisy ...

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 authentically and genuinely about his journey from a 10 year old with a stutter and a dream to stages all around the world where he has spoken with leaders and people from all walks of life.

Deany and Simon discuss Shil's ...

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 ignore all of that, then Deany and Simon have a treat for you as our raw conversation takes a turn from LinkedIn algorithms, enshittification, and how people with ADHD are propping up the digital economy. There's so...