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The Demographic Cliff

The current soft job market is a deceptive illusion masking a permanent, structural labor shortage. Driven by decades of declining birth rates, an aging workforce, and an impending “enrollment cliff,” the U.S. labor force is set to shrink by nearly 6 million workers between 2025 and 2032. While AI-generated spam application floods give employers a false sense of candidate abundance, critical sectors like healthcare and skilled trades face structural deficits that technology cannot fix. Stewart urges talent leaders to stop waiting out market cycles and instead adopt proactive workforce strategies—including internal mobility, phased retirements, broader campus outreach, and alternative talent pools.

Eddie Stewart

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The Regulatory Roadmap, Part 2

January 1 brings new AI hiring rules in Colorado and California, and they all start with one question: which tools in your funnel score, rank, or filter candidates? Most compliance problems in 2027 will start as inventory problems in 2026.

Eddie Stewart

The Regulatory Roadmap, Part 1: Auditing your Automated Sourcing & Screening Tools

January 1 brings new AI hiring rules in Colorado and California, and they all start with one question: which tools in your funnel score, rank, or filter candidates? Most compliance problems in 2027 will start as inventory problems in 2026.

Eddie Stewart

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Ageism in the AI Era: Is Your Process Screening Out Your Most Loyal Hires?

Your AI screener doesn’t need to know a candidate’s age. A graduation year and a 25-year work history give it away. Workers over 50 stay roughly three times longer, and the Workday lawsuit shows what screening them out can cost.

Eddie Stewart

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Quiet Commitment: Why DEIB Is Moving From Public Statements to the Invisible

“DEI” mentions in S&P 500 filings fell 68% in a year. But most companies didn’t cut the work. They moved it into the hiring process, and the fairest practices turn out to be the most predictive too.

Eddie Stewart

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Remote Work Isolation: Not a Culture Problem but a Recruiting One

Remote work isolation isn’t a real estate problem. Lonely workers are nearly twice as likely to job hunt, and office workers are just as lonely. The fix starts in your interview loop, not your office lease.

Eddie Stewart