If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Over the last few months, I have shared multiple resources on how AI is reshaping entry-level and early-career roles, from a section of Stanford’s AI Index report on employment declines in AI-exposed junior positions to the World Economic Forum’s report on …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. A new study, published in Management Science and adapted for a broader audience in this new HBR article, explores how candidate response time, or how quickly someone replies to an employer’s message, can influence hiring decisions. Researchers analyzed 11 million-plus Fiverr …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Entry-level roles have long served as a foundation for building the institutional knowledge, judgment, and tacit skills that underpin long-term organizational capability. But as AI reshapes how work is performed, early-career workers are feeling the effects directly. This new report indicates …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. This past week, McKinsey released its HR Monitor, an annual benchmark survey on the biggest global workforce and HR trends. The 44-page report covers topics such as workforce planning, talent acquisition, employee development, and employee experience. One section I want to …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. In last week’s issue of Talent Edge Weekly, I shared an open-access resource of employer-validated skill profiles for 30 roles, ranging from Project Management Specialists to Data Scientists. It’s from The Burning Glass Institute and developed through the Skills-First Working Group, …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. A few weeks ago, I shared the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI’s 2026 AI Index Report, one of the most comprehensive annual reports on the state of AI. While there was much to unpack in the 400+ page report, one finding …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. As I’ve tracked thousands of layoffs over the past few years through my layoff tracker, over-hiring has consistently been among the most cited reasons organizations give for workforce reductions, resulting in costly cycles of hiring, layoffs, and rehiring. While better workforce …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. As more AI-based employment tools enter the market, one challenge many HR practitioners face is knowing how to properly evaluate what vendors are actually selling. A new guide from the SIOP Foundation (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) and the CHRO …
You can also access this resource in issue 339 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. In February 2024, I shared a Harvard Business School and Burning Glass Institute report, Skills-Based Hiring: The Long Road from Pronouncements to Practice. Based on 11,300 roles at large firms, it found that removing degree requirements produced only a 3.5 …
If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Talent acquisition teams are constantly looking for new sources of talent. One often-overlooked strategy is to tap into “hidden workers,” individuals with valuable skills who are frequently missed because of hiring practices, policies, or technology. I previously shared my one-page cheat …
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