Artificial intelligence has been one of the most influential forces shaping recruitment in a global talent war. The volume of data companies can now access, the speed at which candidate pools can be filtered, and the complexity of searches that can be executed in minutes; these are all genuine advances. Yet amid the enthusiasm surrounding automation, Michael […]
The data on workforce development tells a contradictory story. 85% of companies plan to prioritize upskilling their workforce through 2030. At the same time, 63% of employers still identify skills gaps as the single biggest barrier to business transformation. The explanation for this is that the model most organizations use to develop their people was built for a slower world, and it […]
Wix is laying off approximately 1,000 employees, roughly 20% of its workforce, in the largest round of cuts in the company’s history. CEO and co-founder Avishai Abrahami announced the decision on 28 May in a message posted publicly on X and sent simultaneously to all staff. He framed the restructuring as a company-wide change driven by two […]
Zendesk has appointed Tifenn Dano Kwan as its new chief marketing officer, bringing in a veteran enterprise SaaS marketer as the company accelerates its pivot toward AI-powered customer service. Dano Kwan replaces Kelly Waldher, who joined the company from Google in 2023. The appointment comes at a defining moment for Zendesk. The company has spent […]
GitLab is slashing jobs, shrinking its geographic footprint, and reorganising its engineering teams as it bets its future on a world where AI agents, not humans, write most of the code. The DevOps platform company announced on 19 May that it will cut approximately 7% of its workforce, reduce its country presence by up to […]
Meta will begin cutting approximately 8,000 jobs on 20 May, the largest single round of layoffs the company has undertaken since its 2023 restructuring, in a move that lays bare the scale of Mark Zuckerberg’s bet that artificial intelligence infrastructure is worth more than the people it replaces. The company is also cancelling 6,000 open […]
AI companies are not just changing the way people work. They are changing the kinds of roles that exist. Org charts are morphing as an entirely new class of jobs emerges, some with titles that did not exist two years ago, others that represent old professions reborn inside the technology industry. The hiring sprees stand […]
Every strong business is built on a firm foundation. This “infrastructure” is critical to surviving the demands of a startup, the pressures of scaling and the momentum of success. Workplace infrastructure is key to how a company performs. It enables activities, efficiencies and productivity. These components collectively help a company sink or swim over time. […]
General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis have together eliminated more than 20,000 US salaried jobs from their recent employment peaks this decade, a 19% reduction of their combined white-collar workforces, according to public filings and employment data analysed by CNBC. The cuts accelerated this week when GM laid off between 500 and 600 IT workers in […]
Fintech is a sector known for speed and pressure. Employment is usually described in the language of momentum: rapid growth, market disruption, fast-paced decisions. However, this language has stopped resonating with strong candidates. Millennials and Gen Z in particular tend to seek a sense of purpose at work, with roughly 9 out of 10 […]
