Ivan Doronin - "How to Find a Job in 2026 and Win in the AI-Driven Job Market"

​This event is organized in collaboration with the VEZA community.

​Preview: The job market in 2026 is no longer the one you remember from 3–4 years ago. Automated systems and AI have been screening candidates for years. Yet many people still keep clicking “Easy Apply” on LinkedIn and waiting for a response that may never come.

​Key figures to understand:
→ A 40% drop in global IT job openings since the peak in Q2 2022. Big Tech layoffs have created an unprecedented surplus of specialists.
→ 3–5x more candidates per position. It used to be 1–2; now it is often 5–10. In some niches, especially for junior roles, it can reach 15–30 candidates per opening.
→ 250+ applications per LinkedIn job posting on average. In the UAE, LinkedIn Premium shows up to 3,201 candidates for a single IT position.
→ 83% of companies use AI for candidate screening before a human even opens a resume.

In this session, I’ll explain how to stand out in the AI-driven hiring race and land a job:

1️⃣ Which channels actually lead to job offers in 2026: what works and what is just a waste of time.
2️⃣ How AI agents that search for job openings on your behalf actually work.
3️⃣ The funnel from viewing a job posting to receiving an offer: why some people get 0 responses from 50 applications, while others get 3 interviews from just 10 applications.
4️⃣ How to pass ATS screening in 2026

About Ivan Doronin:

▫️ Project Manager with 11+ years of experience in IT, including SberTech, Sber, VTB, and EPAM. Currently Program Manager at G42 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
▫️ Career consultant and founder of ID Agent, where we build AI agents that help people with job searches.
▫️ Expert in professional brand development on LinkedIn and profile optimization for international job searches. 60,000+ followers across LinkedIn, Telegram and Instagram.