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Trust Theater, AI Scoreboards, and Hiring Whiplash

Bosses doubled down on control while pretending it is culture. AI got a scoreboard. Candidates spotted red flags from miles away. The fix is simple, not easy: trust, clarity, and real skills.

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By EBN Oct 12, 2025 10 min read

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The Jobs Are There. The Offers Aren’t.

Recruiting gets weird when growth holds, hiring cools and skills beat pedigrees. Signals are noisy. Strategy cannot be.

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By EBN Oct 5, 2025 9 min read

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Hybrid Creep, Burnout, and Workslop

Hybrid creep returns, HR burns out, visas get pricier, and AI workslop clogs the pipes. Agency or control is not theory. It is this week’s operating model.

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By EBN Sep 28, 2025 9 min read

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Carrots, Sticks, and Agentic HR

AI is redrawing org charts. Some redeploy and pay up; others surveil and spin. Your employer brand is the choice: agency or control.

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By EBN Sep 21, 2025 8 min read

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Consulting Gets Rewritten by AI While Workers Play Defense

Layoffs stretch, mandates multiply, and consulting gets resized by AI. Workers hedge. Leaders talk trust. The gap is where your brand is made.

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By EBN Sep 14, 2025 10 min read

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Hard Reset, Soft Demand

Executives are cutting for speed, offices get rules not reasons, and white-collar workers hug what they have. The only thing scaling this week is scrutiny.

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By EBN Sep 7, 2025 10 min read

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Cuts, Checklists and the Big Stay

AI promises savings, managers disappear, and workers hunker down. The storyline this week is simple, prove value or lose trust.

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By EBN Aug 31, 2025 8 min read

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Green Lights, Red Flags, Real Work

Surveillance gets slick. AI hype meets the finance team. Entry-level careers wobble. This week is about trust, not toys.

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By EBN Aug 24, 2025 6 min read

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Traffic Lights, Shrinking Giants, Skill Truths

Surveillance is in, hiring is out, and skill beats swagger. This week: dashboards at the door, employers on a diet, and the real currency in the AI age.

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By EBN Aug 17, 2025 7 min read

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Stall Speed, Fast Cuts, Frayed Trust

Jobs slow to a crawl while automation speeds up. Leaders promise calm. Workers see whiplash.

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By EBN Aug 10, 2025 7 min read

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C-Suite Swagger, AI Whiplash and the Talent U-Turn

Layoffs on Monday, victory laps on Tuesday. Exec spin, AI churn, and a generation re-routing itself away from Big Tech.

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By EBN Aug 3, 2025 7 min read

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When the Bots Hire and Fire You

Consultants chopped by AI, managers roasted by TikTok, and Fortune-100 bosses waging a new office war. This week we follow the money, the misery, and the Gen Z eye-roll reshaping every talent play.

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By EBN Jul 27, 2025 9 min read