Hiring Trends 2026: What’s Getting Cut (and What Isn’t)

Everywhere I look, teams are being asked to hit hiring goals with fewer people, fewer tools, and tighter budgets. The informal poll I ran in 2025 proved more predictive than I expected. Here’s what the 2026 data confirms and what’s changed.

This week in The JD Weekly, I sent

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