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Your source for all things hiring, staffing, and recruiting. Applying old school values in the modern workplace for candidates, employees, hiring managers, and recruiters.
Episodes
108 episodes
Breaking Job News: AT&T’s Failed Employee Surveillance and Layoffs Surge
Layoffs are rising, CEOs are cracking down, and even the government’s job data can’t be trusted. Is the American workforce heading for a breaking point?Jobless claims just surged to 263,000, the highest since October 2021, raising urgen...
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Breaking Job News: Shrinking Paychecks, Soaring Prices, & Record-Low Optimism
In today’s job market news, host Pete Newsome uncovers the truth behind today’s headlines. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that real wages are slipping as inflation continues to rise, leaving many workers feeling like they’re falli...
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Breaking Job News: Microsoft RTO, AI-Proof Careers, And Q4 Hiring Outlook
In this week’s Job Market News, host Pete Newsome breaks down the latest workplace trends and hiring insights. Microsoft has ordered employees back to the office at least three days a week, joining other major companies pushing return-to-office...
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Today's Job News: Massive Job Revisions, AI in Recruiting, and Return to Office Policies
Today's job news: host Pete Newsome discusses the latest job market revisions announced by the BLS, revealing that nearly a million reported jobs don't actually exist. We also examine:-The Conference Board's latest Employ...
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Today's Job News: Small Business Hiring Down Nearly 7% and Billionaires Flipping Burgers
In today's job market headlines, Pete Newsome discusses the significant drop in small business hiring due to tariffs and the rising costs of imports, why the current market is terrible for many job seekers, and lessons from billionaires who sta...
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Today's Job News: Unemployment Is UP, OpenAI Announces Jobs Platform, Amazon Having Hard Time Hiring
In today's episode of Cornering the Job Market, Pete discusses the August employment numbers released this morning by the BLS, OpenAI's new jobs platform that's coming in 2026, an Amazon memo that indicates they are having trouble recruiting AI...
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Cornering The Job Market: Job Growth Below Expectations & Amazon's Employee Culture Crisis
The signals from the job market are getting harder to ignore. August’s ADP report delivered just 54,000 new private sector jobs, well below expectations and a sharp slowdown from July’s stronger showing. Economists are calling it another red fl...
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Cornering The Job Market: Job Openings Are Lower Than Expected & Fentanyl At Work
Is the job market losing its footing? July job openings fell to 7.18 million, which is 200,000 below expectations and part of a troubling pattern of downward revisions. These numbers not only raise doubts about government data but also hint at ...
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Cornering The Job Market: America's Fading Faith in Economic Mobility & Gen Z Wants RTO??
Is the American Dream slipping away? A new Wall Street Journal poll shows only 1 in 4 Americans believe they can raise their standard of living (the lowest confidence since the 1980s). Even more striking, nearly 70% say hard work no longer guar...
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Cornering The Job Market: Bad News in the BLS 10 Year Employment Projection Released Today
In today's episode, Pete shares the latest U.S. employment projections from the BLS, which reveal a significant slowdown in job growth over the next decade. Also, discover why some say the monthly BLS job revisions aren't a bad thing, h...
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Cornering The Job Market: New Stanford Study Proves AI is Displacing Young Workers
In today's work-related headlines, Pete Newsome from 4 Corner Resources shares the results of a new Stanford study that proves AI is hurting young workers, a tech company that's paying junior AI staff $1,000,000, why workers have FOBO (fear of ...
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Cornering The Job Market: Weird Work Trends You Won’t Believe Are Happening
The workplace keeps getting weirder. From quiet cracking to employees refusing to leave after being fired, plus troubling new data on Gen Z men in the job market, today’s trends reveal a workplace in flux.In this video, Pete Newsome bre...
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Cornering The Job Market: What the Latest Jobs Report Isn’t Telling You
Welcome to the latest job market news, where we cut through the noise to make sense of today’s economic signals. To start, state unemployment figures reveal a sharp divide: South Dakota boasts a low unemployment rate of 1.9%, while ...
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Cornering the Job Market: The Job News and Headlines You Need to Know for August 18, 2025
Welcome back to your go-to source for the latest job market news, where we break down the trends shaping work right now. The job market is shifting rapidly as AI reshapes how companies approach work. Duolingo’s CEO, once an alarmist...
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Cornering The Job Market: The News and Headlines You Need to Know for August 15, 2025
In this latest job market news episode, we’re tackling the trends, shifts, and surprises shaping the world of work right now. The solution to labor shortages isn’t complicated; it’s higher pay. Yet when Chicago Fed President Austin Goolsbee rec...
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Cornering The Job Market: The News and Headlines You Need to Know for August 14, 2025
In this episode of the Hire Calling Podcast, host Pete Newsome breaks down the latest workplace trends you need to know now. The job market is sending mixed signals; New York City added fewer than 1,000 private sector jobs in early ...
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How Juicebox AI Is Redefining Talent Sourcing
Recruiting has always been a race between speed and quality. But what if you could have both?In this episode, we’re joined by David Paffenholz, co-founder of Juicebox AI, to explore how AI is transforming talent sourcing as we know it. B...
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Episode 92
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Authentic Recruiting in a Tech-Driven World With Julia Arpag
What happens when life gives you the push you’ve been avoiding? For Julia Arpag, getting laid off just five weeks after giving birth wasn’t a setback; it was the spark that launched her recruiting agency, Aligned Recruitment. In this inspiring ...
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Episode 91
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Why More Companies Are Turning to Staffing Firms
Hiring the right people has never been more critical, or more challenging. If your team is stretched thin, facing aggressive hiring deadlines, or searching for niche talent in a competitive market, a staffing agency could be your best-kept secr...
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Episode 90
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How Recruiters Are Using Automation to Win Clients Faster With Patrick Barbour
Most recruiters waste time chasing leads that will never convert. Patrick Barbour decided to fix that with a new recruitment automation tool.In this episode, we dive into the story behind RecStack, an AI-powered business development plat...
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Episode 89
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Hiring the Right Recruiter: A 7-Step Guide
Hiring a great recruiter isn’t as simple as it sounds, and getting it wrong can hurt your entire hiring strategy. In this episode of the Hire Calling Podcast, we break down a proven 7-step process to help you hire a recruiter who can a...
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Episode 88
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Interview Red Flags You Can't Ignore
Bad hires are expensive, costing companies upwards of $50,000 each. But beyond the financial hit, they disrupt team morale, stall productivity, and can damage your culture from the inside out. And here's the kicker: 74% of employers admit they'...
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Episode 87
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Crafting Job Descriptions That Attract Top Talent: A Complete Guide
Most hiring managers are writing job descriptions wrong...If you want to know how to write a job description that actually attracts the right candidates, this episode is your blueprint.I’ll unpack why some roles get flooded with q...
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Episode 86
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What’s Evergreen in Recruiting—And What’s Coming Next With John Ruffini
Our host, Pete Newsome, sits down with John Ruffini—VP of Professional Development at HealthTrust Workforce Solutions and author of Money Makers—to explore how recruiting is evolving and which fundamentals still hold strong.Whil...
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Episode 85
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Exploring AI's Role in Revolutionizing Recruitment With Varun Khurana
Are outdated hiring practices slowing you down? Join us for an insightful chat with Varun Khurana, co-founder of Wayfaster, as he shares his journey from employee to entrepreneur. Frustrated by recruitment inefficiencies, Varun an...
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Episode 84
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