Hiring, after AI.
Research and notes on what changed when every application, résumé and interview answer became free to generate.
The Ladder Now Starts on the Third Floor
You cannot get a job without experience, and you cannot get experience without a job. For fifty years there was a bottom rung that solved the riddle. AI has quietly removed it.
The Shift: What AI Did to Hiring in 2026
It is rare, in any industry, to find everyone unhappy at the same time. Candidates, recruiters and hiring managers all think hiring is broken, and each of them has the numbers to prove it.

