Every Resume Has a Nervous System: Why Hiring Breaks People Before It Hires Them
Recruiting looks clean on a dashboard. A funnel. A workflow. A timestamp. But every resume you skim is attached...
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What if your top performer doesn’t breathe?
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Is the Pharmacy Benefit System a Scam? Follow the Money
This episode of The Jim Stroud Podcast is brought to you by ProvenBase – an AI-powered talent acquisition and...
Hiring in a Market Full of Talent—So Why Does It Still Feel Impossible?
We’re in a moment of deep contradiction. Thousands of highly capable people are out of work—many with years of...
Thank you 10,000+ followers!!!
Happy new year to my (now) 10,000+ followers of my newsletter – “The Recruiting Life” which gives clarity to...
If You’re Thinking About Who to Know in 2026, Here’s How to Engage With Me
A new year is when most people say, “We should catch up sometime.” A smart year is when people...
Low hire. Low fire.
Everyone keeps asking if the job market is broken. It’s not that simple. Hiring didn’t disappear—it changed. Quieter. More...
The illusion of a strong job market just shattered…
The illusion of a strong job market just shattered. The Labor Department torched 911,000 jobs from the books—nearly double...
The illusion of a strong job market just shattered…
The illusion of a strong job market just shattered. The Labor Department torched 911,000 jobs from the books—nearly double...
The Dumbest Idea in Tech
“Let’s fire the cheapest, hungriest employees we’ve got and hope AI magically trains itself.” — every exec who didn’t...
The Dumbest Idea in Tech
“Let’s fire the cheapest, hungriest employees we’ve got and hope AI magically trains itself.” — every exec who didn’t...
Rotten Fruit in the Orchard
A billion-dollar brand polished to a shine—while inside, an exec allegedly leers, bullies, and breaks his team. Apple’s orchard...
Rotten Fruit in the Orchard
A billion-dollar brand polished to a shine—while inside, an exec allegedly leers, bullies, and breaks his team. Apple’s orchard...
The Great Ai Mirage
MIT just dropped a bomb: 95% of generative AI projects are failing. The revolution isn’t canceled—but the hype might...
The Great Ai Mirage
MIT just dropped a bomb: 95% of generative AI projects are failing. The revolution isn’t canceled—but the hype might...
The Zero Workforce Mirage
Startups used to measure success in headcount. Now the hottest ones are run by teams you can count on...
The Zero Workforce Mirage
Startups used to measure success in headcount. Now the hottest ones are run by teams you can count on...
How does Ai make you feel?
In this episode, I sit down with Amanda Martell, HR Director at LifeSpeak, to explore a side of AI...
How does Ai make you feel?
In this episode, I sit down with Amanda Martell, HR Director at LifeSpeak, to explore a side of AI...
Ai is making us dumber – here’s the proof!
We gave machines our spelling, our memory, our maps. Now we’re giving them our thinking. In my latest 3-minute...