I applied for a warehouse job, a basic forklift/picker role, not management, not corporate. Did the interview, took the physical assessment, passed it, discussed shift and pay, got a "we'll be in touch." Never heard back. A 40-something, fully able-bodied person with actual forklift certification can't get hired for an entry-level warehouse shift. This is supposedly one of the tightest labor markets in decades, employers constantly saying they "can't find workers." So which is it? Because I'm standing here, qualified, available, certified, and apparently invisible to every single application I submit. Millions of people in the exact same position, getting ghosted after interviews that went fine. Something doesn't add up, and it's not the workers.