🎬 What you’ll learn in this episode
What a “zombie job” really is, why it matters, and if you have one.

Brand-new 2025 data showing 20-50 % collapses in freelance demand for writing, translation & more

The 3 big buckets of roles already shambling (Writing-as-a-Service, Mass-Produced Creative, On-the-Cusp Video)

A simple 4-point “Spot-the-Pattern” framework to test your own role (text-dominant, repetitive, low-context, low-stakes)

The IEC game-plan (Interest → Education → Community) to future-proof yourself

⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 – Cold-open & intro
1:07 – Defining a “Zombie Job” (travel-agent analogy)
3:10 – Why we’re making this series
6:28 – NEW January-2025 study: freelance demand down 20-50 %
9:40 – Resume-writing demand falls 30 % (Reddit anecdote)
11:55 – 2024-25 tech-layoff timeline (Dropbox ➜ IBM ➜ Duolingo …)
17:45 – Bucket #1: Writing-as-a-Service 📝
22:35 – Bucket #2: Mass-Produced Creative (stock photos, voice-over, elevator music) 🎨
27:20 – Bucket #3: On-the-Cusp Video & wage pressure 🎥
30:35 – The 4 zombie-job attributes (text-dominant, repetitive, low-context, low-stakes)
38:00 – IEC Survival Framework: Interest • Education • Community
42:50 – What’s coming in our deep-dive series & free checklist PDF
44:30 – ChatGPT-written outro 😂
46:05 – Final thoughts & community shout-out

📄 Resources & references
TechCrunch 2025 Layoff Tracker (updated weekly)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/tech-layoffs-2025-list/

“Winners and Losers of Generative AI: Early Evidence from Freelancer Demand” – working paper, Jan 2025
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268124004591

World Economic Forum “Future of Jobs” report (data-entry roles)
https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/

Dropbox 2023 layoff memo citing AI focus
https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/a-message-from-drew

💡 FREE DOWNLOAD
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