> Wait, is everyone who posts on who wants to be hired a sad down-and-out unemployed waif at the end of their rope?

That should be the assumption in an ethical society. Especially given the current economic context. Veil of ignorance principle.

> It makes it out to be unhireable charity cases.

Any "hireable" expert can run into bad luck. A person down on their luck doesn't imply "unhireable." Those recruiters who assume something so illogical - well, perhaps job seekers in this forum are overall better off without such illogical recruiters in the pool. If they make such a wrong assumption at the start, who knows what other illogical assumptions they'll make once the job starts.

> I have been lucky to find employment...

Irrelevant