This week on TRF: DisruptHR Halifax has a great line up for all our Atlantic Canada listeners - this will be such a great event - get your tickets now!

In the news

• Canada added 41,000 jobs in April - almost all of which are part-time.

• USA job openings drop to the lowest we’ve seen since 2021 at 9.6 MM 

• LinkedIn lays off 3.5% of their workforce and sunsets their product in China call InCareer

• The 4 day work week wins! 93% of Canadian are in favour

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Recruiting Insights

• Jobs that AI will make obsolete, data entry and executive secretaries - according to the WEF (World Economic Forum) - just a little out of touch? Someone show let them know the term secretary died in the 1970’s

• The skills gap will level the playing field - it is soft skills like creative thinking, motivation and lifelong learning - skills that have nothing to do with a university degree

• White collar job at hitting the wall - no surprise here. 

• Showing us the receipts - Microsoft announced that 30% of its workforce is women and on top of that 53% of their core US workforce is ethnically diverse.

• MOD Pizza solved their staffing issues by tapping into a diverse talent pool