If the Equipment is no longer on the battlefield as the job select ability resolves, explains WotC's Matt Tabak in the official FINAL FANTASY Mechanics article, you'll still create the Hero token, although you won't attach any Equipment to it. When my Reaper's Scythe enters the battlefield, its job select ability will trigger and put the trigger on the stack
Creatures (30) 3 Giant Killer 4 Seasoned Hallowblade 3 Skyclave Apparition 4 Luminarch Aspirant 2 Halvar, God of Battle 3 Usher of the Fallen 2 Reidane, God of the Worthy 4 Professor of Symbology 1 Mila, Crafty Companion 4 Retriever Phoenix Planeswalkers (3) Lands (23) Spells (4) This is a classic deckbuilding study
Channel and Sneak Attack don't have similar rules text, for example, but they overlap in their ability to do broken things with big colorless creatures, so you might pick up a Sneak Attack to support your early-pick Channel, and then prioritize the legendary Eldrazi creatures, Blightsteel Colossus, and Sundering Titan over a card like Karn Liberated, which only works with the Channel plan
Abzan Mechanic: Endure - The mechanic Endure allows players to adapt to their situation