We Are All Workerbees

What does it really mean to be your own boss? For all the hype around entrepreneurship and side hustles, the reality of independent work often looks less like freedom and more like risk shifted onto the individual. In this episode, we’re joined by Benjamin Waterhouse, a historian of modern economic life and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to demystify the gig economy and trace it back to its root...

Every year, more than two hundred thousand service members transition out of the military—and nearly half say they struggle to find purpose in their first year as civilians. The job hunt is unfamiliar, the timelines are unclear, and the support systems often fall short of what veterans actually need.

In this episode, we’re joined by two guests who bring two perspectives on the same journey. Michael Hucker, COO of Wor...

Recruiting is changing. AI is writing job descriptions, screening resumes, sourcing candidates, and in some cases even showing up to interviews pretending to be a real person.

Where does that leave recruiters?

Erika Van Noort and Brandon Ram believe the future of recruiting is actually becoming more human, not less. As AI transforms how organizations hire, they argue that the most successful recruiters will be the ones who unders...

Amir Feizpour has been working in AI for more than a decade, and he thinks we're asking the wrong question.

Instead of focusing on job loss, Amir argues that the bigger shift is job description loss. The gradual process where parts of our work are automated and responsibilities and roles change over time.

As founder and CEO of AI.Science, Amir helps organizations integrate AI agents into their day-to-day operations. In this e...

Graduation used to feel like the beginning of the rest of our lives. For many young people entering the workforce today, it feels more like standing at the edge of uncertainty.

John Branam has spent more than 30 years helping first-generation and low-income students navigate college, careers, and the leap into adulthood. But lately, he’s watching more and more young people do everything “right” ( earn the degre...

We take a look at how hiring has shifted from evaluating résumés and credentials to understanding people at a much deeper level.

Jim Beqaj, a corporate recruiter, executive coach, and leader who has hired nearly a thousand people across industries, joins us to break down what employers are really prioritizing in 2026 and why traditional hiring tools are no longer enough.

We talk about how AI is flooding the hiring process wit...

In this episode, we zoom out to look at the deeper shifts happening across the job market. Believe it or not, more applicants, more technology, and more data aren’t always leading to better outcomes.

David Hain, an industry veteran, walks us through how the system itself is being rewired in real time. From thousands of AI-optimized resumes flooding a single role to new questions around trust and transparency, the hiring pr...

The hiring process is changing fast. But what’s actually going on behind the scenes?

In this episode, we go inside the modern recruitment “black box” with career coach and former Fortune 500 recruiter Emily Durham.

From AI tools that don’t quite work (yet) to a flood of applications and rising candidate ghosting, hiring today is messy, inconsistent, and often frustrating for everyone involved.

We ta...

The job market is shifting. But what does that actually look like on the ground?

In this episode, we go inside the modern job search through the experiences of two professionals navigating it in real time. From AI-driven screening tools to a surge in competition and fewer responses, the hiring process is evolving quickly… and not always for the better.

We talk about what’s changed, what’s working (and what ...

The world of work is changing.

And we need to talk about it.

Hosted by Nikki Vegenski and Heiko Roth, We Are All Workerbees is a podcast about what it actually feels like to navigate work right now. Each episode brings you into conversations with job seekers, hiring managers, recruiters, and people building something on the side just to stay afloat.

From AI interviews to endless applications to shifting expectations around car...