Hiring news and trends

Meta Hires Apple Design Executive Alan Dye to Lead New Creative Studio

December 03, 2025
Chipotle: AI Hiring Platform Cuts Hiring Time by 75%
Artificial Intelligence // June 13, 2025

An artificial intelligence hiring platform has reportedly cut hiring time at Chipotle by 75%. The quick-service restaurant chain has been using the platform — which was built by recruiting software firm Paradox and dubbed “Ava Cado” by Chiptole — for a year, CNBC reported Friday...

Trade War Uncertainty Ushers In Uneasy Summer for US Businesses
Economy // June 08, 2025

Will this be a long, hot summer for the U.S. economy? As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (June 8), while job growth held steady last month and unemployment remains lower, there are still risks facing the American economy. For one, the labor market...

Fed’s Beige Book Shows Muted Hiring and Spending as Uncertainty Lingers
Economy // June 05, 2025

A month and a half since the Federal Reserve’s last Beige Book, which takes the pulse of the economy through observations of businesses and community conditions across the central bank’s 12 districts, hiring is slowing and tariffs have weighed on corporate hiring decisions. Demand for...

Private Sector Job Growth Slows to Lowest Level in 2 Years
Economy // June 04, 2025

Private sector job growth slowed in May, declining to the lowest level seen in two years, ADP said Wednesday (June 4). The private sector added 37,000 jobs during the month, a figure that was down from the revised total of 60,000 jobs added in April...

Interviews & Exclusives
Square Talks Temp Payroll

December 21, 2018
The holiday season always brings with it a major crush of hiring for temporary employees — and the year 2018 was widely forecasted to be one for the record books on that account. According to a Challenger, Gray & Christmas analysis, employers were predicted to bring in around 700,000 seasonal workers for the December holidays, […]

Tilr CEO: Why Algorithms Make The Best Recruiters

April 04, 2018
The art and science of using the internet as a tool to recruit employees hasn’t just fundamentally changed once in the last 15 or so years – it has actually...

Solving The Trust Factor For Resumes…With Blockchain

March 29, 2018
In hiring, here’s the eternal conundrum…how to make sure someone has the experience under their belt that they claim. Blockchain and smart contracts can help companies and employees find one...

Quick Reads
Meta Hires Apple Design Executive Alan Dye to Lead New Creative Studio

December 03, 2025
Meta is establishing a new creative studio in its Reality Labs division and has hired longtime Apple design executive Alan Dye to lead it. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO at Meta, announced these moves in a Wednesday (Dec. 3) post on Threads. The new studio will “define the next generation of our products and services” and will […]

Chipotle: AI Hiring Platform Cuts Hiring Time by 75%

June 13, 2025
An artificial intelligence hiring platform has reportedly cut hiring time at Chipotle by 75%. The quick-service restaurant chain has been using the platform — which was built by recruiting software...

Trade War Uncertainty Ushers In Uneasy Summer for US Businesses

June 08, 2025
Will this be a long, hot summer for the U.S. economy? As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (June 8), while job growth held steady last month and unemployment...

Private Sector Job Growth Slows to Lowest Level in 2 Years

June 04, 2025
Private sector job growth slowed in May, declining to the lowest level seen in two years, ADP said Wednesday (June 4). The private sector added 37,000 jobs during the month,...