The consulting and professional services sector is quietly entering one of its most important workforce transitions in years. After decades of relying on a classic pyramid shaped model built on large graduate intakes and steady advancement, the largest firms are freezing starting salaries, trimming junior hiring, and reshaping their workforce
A new IBM study shows a workforce shifting faster than the organizations that employ it. Across Canada, millions of workers are already adopting AI tools in their daily routines, often without approval from their employers. It is a quiet transformation happening at the desk level, and it reveals a widening
Throughout 2025 a decisive shift has taken place inside HR departments. What began as small scale trials of automation and AI has become the foundation of many hiring and workforce processes. The most authoritative research bodies confirm this acceleration. McKinsey’s latest survey on workplace technology reports that more than
Throughout 2025 a decisive shift has taken place inside HR departments. What began as small scale trials of automation and AI has become the foundation of many hiring and workforce processes. The most authoritative research bodies confirm this acceleration. McKinsey’s latest survey on workplace technology reports that more than
The consulting and professional services sector is quietly entering one of its most important workforce transitions in years. After decades of relying on a classic pyramid shaped model built on large graduate intakes and steady advancement, the largest firms are freezing starting salaries, trimming junior hiring, and reshaping their workforce
A new IBM study shows a workforce shifting faster than the organizations that employ it. Across Canada, millions of workers are already adopting AI tools in their daily routines, often without approval from their employers. It is a quiet transformation happening at the desk level, and it reveals a widening
The spread of generative artificial intelligence has moved beyond hype and headlines; it is now showing up in payroll data. A new study from the Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence, traces the first measurable labour market
In what may become a landmark moment for the staffing and finance industries, OpenAI has quietly embarked on a project to recruit more than 100 former investment-banking analysts and associates from firms such as JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to train its AI systems in financial modelling. These
AI-powered jobs platform
The company behind ChatGPT is now stepping directly into hiring, unveiling an AI-powered jobs platform meant to connect businesses with workers who are ready to thrive in an AI-augmented economy. The initiative includes a track for local businesses and even government needs, a move that could open
In many workplaces around the world, a strange shadow looms behind the glow of progress. Artificial intelligence, once heralded as the tool that would free workers from tedious tasks, is increasingly becoming a source of stress, anxiety, and burnout. The disconnect between what employers expect of AI and how workers
