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Microsoft's 60,000-Employee Buyout Is a Signal — Here's How to Position for the Contract Market It's Creating
When Microsoft offers voluntary exits to 27% of its global workforce, the effects ripple through every layer of tech staffing. Here's how hiring leaders, contract workers, and displaced engineers should respond — and what the next three years actually look like.
Tech Is Laying Off and Hiring at the Same Time. Here's What's Actually Happening.
Major tech employers are cutting headcount and ramping hiring simultaneously — and both trends are real. Understanding which roles are disappearing and which are being built is now the most critical skill in engineering talent strategy.
DHS Is Scrutinizing H-1B, PERM, and Green Card Filings — What Engineering Teams Need to Know
The Department of Homeland Security has intensified its probes into employment-based immigration fraud. Here's what hiring managers and sponsored engineers need to understand about the current enforcement environment — and how to stay on the right side of it.
The Two-Tier Engineering Job Market: What July 2025 Data Actually Shows
Tech layoffs are surging and job postings are down 36% from pre-pandemic levels — yet demand for senior engineers and AI specialists has never been stronger. Here's what the split market actually looks like.
Companies Are Using AI to Interview You — And Banning AI While They Do It
Employers are deploying AI simulations to run parts of their own hiring process while simultaneously banning AI assistance from coding screens. The engineers who understand this contradiction — and train for both sides — are the ones landing offers right now.
AI Is Now Sitting Across From You in the Interview. Here's What That Tells You About the Job Market.
McKinsey just announced it will use an AI client simulation in some entry-level interviews. That single policy decision reveals something bigger about where the entire early-career tech job market is heading — and what you need to do about it now.
The AI Talent Gap Is Real — But Not for the Reason Most Companies Think
ML engineer demand is up 59% since 2020 while general software engineering openings have fallen 49%. Most companies are still hiring as if those numbers were reversed — and that misalignment is exactly why AI searches keep stalling.
Indeed Cut 1,300 Jobs to Chase AI. Here's What That Means for Your Job Search.
The platforms most tech workers rely on to find their next role are being rebuilt around AI — at the exact moment the job market is most competitive. Here's how to search smarter.
Hiring Is Up 25% Year-Over-Year — But Tech Job Postings Are Still 36% Below Normal. Here's What the Gap Means for You
Broad hiring plans are rising while tech-specific job postings remain deeply depressed. Both headlines are accurate — and understanding the tension between them is the most useful thing a tech job seeker can do right now.