AI is sold as a job creator. The reality is shrinking headcount, fewer entry routes, and fragile trust. This week’s Paper Cut cuts through hype and offers a clear playbook for HR, TA, and employer brand leaders hiring and redeploying in the overcapacity era.
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Layoffs surged in 2025, with October the worst for that month in 22 years. EBN breaks down what is driving cuts, which sectors are most exposed, the 2026 outlook, and how HR, TA and employer brand leaders can protect trust with employees and candidates.
The most multigenerational workforce in modern history is here. Millennials and Gen Z will dominate headcount by 2030 while older workers exit later. This guide translates the noise into operating decisions that reduce churn, speed ramp, and protect knowledge before overlap peaks.
AI layoffs are finally being counted. CEOs flirting with “agree or quit” and memos scoring AI usage are culture tells. Hybrid isn’t broken. Management is. HR becomes the growth engine. Ship skills. Publish the plan.
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Layoffs, job hugging, and a flood of LinkedIn “Open to Work” frames make it look like employers hold all the cards. They do not. The rules are changing, not disappearing. Here is how employer branding earns its keep now, and what happens when the pendulum swings back.
AI agents promise lift. Pink slips deliver reality. Gen Z gets squeezed while remote-first shops drown in applicants. This week: productivity hype, adoption whiplash, and the broken rungs of early careers collide.
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