The Hiring Hangover: What Comes After the Talent Binge
Remember 2021? Talent was the hottest commodity on the planet. Companies, flush with pandemic-era capital and optimistic growth projections, went on a hiring spree unlike anything we’d seen in a generation. Engineering teams doubled. Operations headcount ballooned. “Move fast and hire everyone” became the unofficial motto of the era. Then reality arrived. The Hangover Sets […]
The Workforce Story Everyone Is Missing: Global Demographics
Lately it feels like everyone is talking about AI and how it will reshape the future of work, but the biggest workforce shift of the next 20 years might not be technology at all. It’s shifting demographics. Across much of the developed world, populations are aging rapidly. In the U.S., Europe, China, India and Japan, […]
September Surge or September Bump?
Here’s What the Data Says. Every year around this time, we start hearing about the “September Surge.” Summer vacations end. Leaders are back in the office. Budgets get revisited. And suddenly there are only four productive hiring months left in the year. So, are we actually going to see a September hiring surge in 2026? […]