
Hire Calling
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
114 episodes
Breaking Job News: Trump's $100K H1-B Visa Fee, RTO Stalls, & AI Recruiter “Anna” Reshapes Hiring
The job market is shifting fast, and in this news update, host Pete Newsome shares a significant update on the H1-B visa policy, where a $100,000 fee for new petitions was introduced by President Trump, causing panic among companies like Amazon...
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Breaking Job News: 60% of Companies Plan Layoffs by 2026 and California’s “No Robo Bosses Act”
New data from Resume.org shows that 60% of companies plan layoffs in 2026. Even more shocking, 30% of jobs were already replaced by AI this year, and 37% of companies plan to cut even more roles next year.Who’s at risk? High earners, en...
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Breaking Job News: Big Drop in Jobless Claims & Fiverr's Big Workforce Cuts Due to AI
In today's episode, host Pete Newsome discusses this morning's unemployment numbers released from the Department of Labor that show a significant drop in initial jobless claims to 231,000 for the week ending September 13th, from the previous we...
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Breaking Job Market News: Fired BLS Head Speaks Out, AI Retraining, Employee Honesty or Dishonesty!
Is your job safe from AI? A new Harvard study reveals only 25–40% of roles are truly "AI-retrainable," sparking urgent questions about the future of work. At the same time, politics and data collide as former BLS head Erica McEntarfer publicly ...
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Breaking Job News: ZipRecruiter New Hire Survey Results Are Shocking & Leaders Mishandling Layoffs
After years of constant churn, job-hopping is slowing down as more workers choose stability over risk. But it’s not just about staying put; employees are demanding more from their companies. Today, benefits matter just as much as pay, with heal...
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Breaking Job News: Hundreds Laid Off at Musk's xAI, Mass Healthcare Exodus, & Unemployment Worsens
Elon Musk’s xAI just cut 500 data annotators, the backbone of Grok’s AI training. At the same time, healthcare workers are preparing a mass walkout that could leave hospitals dangerously understaffed.Meanwhile, the labor market is flash...
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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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