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The Data Vacuum (Series Premiere)


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This is Moonshot Minute. Your weekly 60-second intelligence briefing where AI meets talent acquisition.Every week: one minute, one story, the signal you need while everyone else is catching up. No fluff. Just what's actually happening.This is Episode 01.THE DATA VACUUMThis week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics delayed the January jobs report indefinitely due to the government shutdown. Translation? We officially don't know how many jobs America created last month.But here's the irony. While Washington can't count jobs, AI is making hiring decisions at warp speed.Horizontal Talent predicts that by the end of Q2, 80% of high-volume recruiting will start with AI voice screening. Not human phone calls. Not resume reviews. Algorithms.And the bigger revelation? AI just exposed what we've known all along: college degrees were always a lazy proxy for actual capability. Skills-first hiring isn't coming. It's here. The credential filter is dying faster than HR can rewrite job descriptions.So here's the question: Do we really need the government to tell us about jobs when algorithms are already deciding who gets them?That's your Moonshot Minute. The future of hiring isn't waiting for bureaucracy to catch up.SOURCES:• BLS Jobs Report Delayed - CNBC• 80% Voice AI by Q2 2026 - Horizontal Talent• Skills vs. Degrees - Staffing Industry• AI Trust Crisis - HR ExecutiveNew episodes every week. Subscribe and stay ahead.Hosted by L. David Oliver | Founder & CEO, Go Moonshot Consulting

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