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Revenge quitting. AI reshaping roles. DEI rebrands, not retreats.

This week on Paper Cut, we unpack the chaos with sharp insights on where talent, trust, and tech collide:

✂️ Job cuts spike again—yes, again

⚡ Revenge quitting is rising (and it’s personal)

🤖 AI isn’t just evolving roles—it’s erasing them

📉 Strategy is shifting from hire-hire-hire to retain-and-survive

📣 DEI gets a makeover, but not a burial

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🔗 Links From This Episode

✂️ Layoffs + Strategy Pivots

• March layoffs surged as ‘DOGE’ budget cuts take hold:

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-announced-job-cuts-surge-march-doge-hit-recruitment-firm-challenger-says-2025-04-03/

• Canada sheds 33,000 jobs as global trade jitters intensify:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canada-sheds-33000-jobs-in-march-as-trade-war-rattles-labour-market/

• Japan hikes starting salaries to compete for talent:

https://www.hcamag.com/asia/specialisation/payroll/japan-employers-to-hike-starting-salaries-reports/531067

• Why your employer brand needs to get agile:

https://recruitingheadlines.com/building-an-agile-employer-brand-strategy-in-times-of-uncertainty/

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😤 Revenge Quitting & Workforce Fallout

• Revenge quitting is on the rise—yes, it’s a thing:

https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/revenge-quitting-is-a-rising-threat-to-employers-despite-tightening-job-market/91170534

• Fed employees being targeted by foreign governments:

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/28/politics/us-intel-russia-china-attempt-recruit-disgruntled-federal-employees/index.html

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🤖 AI + Tech Talent Tectonics

• LinkedIn launches new AI-powered recruiting tools:

https://www.linkedin.com/business/talent/blog/talent-acquisition/linkedin-ai-powered-tools

• AI reshapes hiring strategies across APAC:

https://www.hcamag.com/asia/specialisation/hr-technology/as-ai-reshapes-talent-strategies-apac-employers-must-adapt-or-be-left-behind-expert/530909

• The end of programming jobs as we know them?:

https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/computer-programming-jobs-lowest-1980-ai/

• Pentagon ditches HR software overhaul project:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/24/pentagon_abandons_hr_software_overhaul/

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🛡️ Cybersecurity, DEI & Cultural Crossroads

• UK firms scramble to fill cybersecurity roles:

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news-features/uk-firms-cybersecurity-recruitment/

• In the Trump era, companies rebrand DEI—not kill it:

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/30/in-trump-era-companies-are-rebranding-dei-efforts-not-giving-up.html

• US gov bans romantic/sexual relationships with Chinese nationals:

https://www.hcamag.com/asia/specialisation/employee-engagement/us-government-staff-banned-from-romantic-sexual-relations-with-chinese-citizens-reports/531054

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🎯 Perspective + Trends

• Work-life balance? LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman says: “Laptop after dinner”:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/when-linkedin-co-founder-told-employees-go-home-have-dinner-with-family-and-then-open-laptops-to-/articleshow/119933491.cms

• Work-life balance “isn’t for startups”—Reid Hoffman on hustle culture:

https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/work-life-balance-is-not-the-start-up-game-linkedin-founder-reid-hoffman-on-real-time-scenario-470782-2025-04-04

• Why HR’s future looks like marketing’s past:

https://www.fastcompany.com/91300902/why-hrs-future-looks-like-marketings-past

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🧠 Jobs in employer branding + recruitment marketing:

https://jobs.employerbranding.news/

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