You're forgetting about the vast majority of jobs: the mundane economy. If you're in the mundane economy, you compete with a dozen other people for full-time jobs that pay somewhat above minimum wage, and no employer in the right mind would actively look for you in particular. You obsess about your CV and worry if anyone will hire you for anything if you lose the job you currently have.

A tech worker is in the talent economy. The receptionist at their company's office is in the mundane economy.