AI, Jobs & The Hidden Job Economy

The best jobs are often filled before they hit job boards.

Come learn how trusted introductions can help people and employers reconnect in an AI-filtered job market.

Hiiya Works is a weekly meetup about AI, jobs, and the Hidden Job Economy — the part of the employment market where opportunities move through trusted human networks rather than public job postings.

As AI increasingly filters resumes and applications, both job seekers and employers are struggling. Candidates have difficulty getting noticed. Employers are overwhelmed with applications and spend significant time and money trying to identify the right people.

Hiiya explores a different approach: helping opportunities move through trusted introductions. We believe the job market works best when communities can help surface opportunities, connect people, and make referrals more visible and actionable.

Whether you're looking for work, considering a career change, planning to hire, helping someone launch a career, or simply interested in how opportunity flows through networks, this meetup will give you a new perspective on the future of work.

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What to Expect
This will be a casual, welcoming meetup. You can expect a short presentation, discussion, networking, and a simple explanation of how Hiiya Job Cards work.

A Job Card is a structured digital card that captures an employment-related need or opportunity and helps it move through trusted human pathways. It contains limited information — just enough to help someone think of who it should be passed to next, while keeping the pathway more private and human.

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Agenda

5:30 PM – Arrival and networking
Meet other attendees and make introductions.

6:00 PM – The Hidden Job Economy
A short presentation on how jobs and hiring opportunities often move through trusted relationships before becoming public, and why both job seekers and employers struggle with today’s job-board-driven market.

6:30 PM – How Hiiya Works
An overview of Job Cards, trusted introductions, and how Hiiya helps communities surface opportunities through people rather than algorithms.

7:00 PM – Discussion and networking
Open conversation, questions, and introductions. Share what you’re looking for and help connect others where possible.

7:30 PM – Wrap-up
Final thoughts and next steps.

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This event is for people who are interested in jobs, hiring, networking, referrals, AI, and community-based opportunity.

Join us to meet people, understand the Hidden Job Economy, and start building trusted pathways for opportunity — one introduction at a time.