[23 NOV] PAPER CUT: Pink Slips, Quiet Scripts, and RTO Flip-Flops
Leaders are blaming AI, budgets, and “collaboration days” while trust bleeds out. The talent market is loud and contradictory. Your employer brand has to be clearer than the noise.
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The 2025 layoffs deep dive: what is driving cuts, what changes next, and how to protect your employer brand
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.
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Generations at Work 2026: prepare for peak overlap
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.
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Employers’ Market, Or Just Louder Noise? Why Employer Branding Matters More When The Pile Of CVs Gets Higher
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.
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[09 NOV] PAPER CUT: Count the Cuts, Ditch Ultimatums, Fix the Middle
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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[02 NOV] PAPER CUT: The Freeze, The Bot, The Backlash
AI is chewing through starter jobs while boards rediscover layoffs and RTO. Morale sinks, pipelines narrow, and “hybrid” stays a wish. This week’s cut: what to fix now so your EVP doesn’t read like fiction.
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Employers’ Market, Or Just Louder Noise? Why Employer Branding Matters More When The Pile Of CVs Gets Higher
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.
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[26 OCT] PAPER CUT: The Productivity Mirage Meets The Pink-Slip Economy
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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[12 OCT] PAPER CUT: 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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