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⚠️ Skills-Based Hiring is Expensive Theater
Jan 21, 2026

⚠️ Skills-Based Hiring is Expensive Theater

Most CHROs waste millions on credentials that don't predict performance. Five traits do.

Louis Carter
Louis Carter
🚨 AI Hiring Amplifies Bias
Jan 07, 2026

🚨 AI Hiring Amplifies Bias

Why “objective” tools often scale human blind spots across entire hiring systems. Here's what sophisticated CHROs do instead.

Louis Carter
Louis Carter
🔥 41% of HR Want Out
Dec 03, 2025

🔥 41% of HR Want Out

Crisis mode is becoming standard across HR, with nearly half the profession considering an exit.

Louis Carter
Louis Carter
🚨 CHROs Face Impossible Paradox
Nov 05, 2025

🚨 CHROs Face Impossible Paradox

When AI creates both overcapacity and a skills shortgage, traditional workforce planning breaks

Louis Carter
Louis Carter
⏰ Indeed CEO: Stop doing these tasks
Oct 08, 2025

⏰ Indeed CEO: Stop doing these tasks

Interview scheduling, resume checking, shift queries—humans waste hours on what AI does better.

Louis Carter
Louis Carter
The CHRO identity crisis is here 💥
Sep 17, 2025

The CHRO identity crisis is here 💥

Most executives retreated to comfort zones after COVID proved their strategic value...

Louis Carter
Louis Carter
80% of HR jobs will automate 🤖
Aug 27, 2025

80% of HR jobs will automate 🤖

CHROs aren't ready for what stays...

Louis Carter
Louis Carter
Skills-based hiring is expensive theater
Aug 20, 2025

Skills-based hiring is expensive theater

CHROs waste millions on fake frameworks...

Louis Carter
Louis Carter
The AI Workforce Shift Is Here
Jul 08, 2025

The AI Workforce Shift Is Here

Altman’s Plan Demands Action

Louis Carter
Louis Carter
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