The rules of hiring have changed across nearly every industry — and if you’ve been trying to fill a position lately, you already know it.
Job postings that used to attract dozens of qualified candidates now sit open for months — even when the baseline qualifications haven’t changed. The requirements haven’t gotten more demanding, exactly. They’ve just evolved.
A marketing manager role suddenly requires “AI skills.” A manufacturing supervisor now needs “experience with ChatGPT.”
Odds are that someone on your team added those lines because, well, everyone’s talking about AI — but what does that actually mean? What tool? Which application? And where exactly are you supposed to find candidates with that experience?
The reality is that most industries are simply bolting “AI skills” onto job postings faster than anyone can actually acquire them. Universities are still debating whether ChatGPT is cheating. Certification programs are teaching tools that’ll be outdated before the program finishes.