Trending in Talent: June 2026 Report
Welcome back to Trending in Talent, where we explore the shifts redefining how we hire, work, and lead. The world of work is changing fast, and we're here to help you make sense of it. Each post brings you expert insight and a touch of bold commentary designed to spark conversation and keep you ahead of the curve.
Are You Doomjobbing? Here's Why It's Working Against You
That 2 a.m. application binge isn't helping. Here's why.
In one of our latest blogs, we break down the term that's taken over job seekers' vocabulary this year: doomjobbing, the compulsive, late-night scroll-and-apply loop that feels productive but rarely is. We get into why the habit spreads so easily in a market with months-long searches and near-silent reply rates, what it actually costs candidates in application quality and networking momentum, and the simple weekly check-in that can pull a job search out of the spiral before it deepens.
How to Log Off on PTO (and Actually Stay That Way)
Your out-of-office isn't the hard part. Staying off Slack is.
Over on Substack, we tackle a habit most of us know too well: blocking the calendar for vacation, then checking email by the pool two days in. We introduce "reentry debt," the mental backlog that quietly pulls people back online, and walk through our Power Down method: three checkpoints for saving your work before you go, actually shutting down while you're out, and rebooting without the chaos when you're back.
Is AI Thinking for Communicators, Too?
Your AI tools are getting faster. Is your team's judgment keeping up?
Over on the Institute for Public Relations, new research digs into a question worth sitting with: what happens to a communicator's thinking when AI starts doing more of it for them? The piece looks at the rise of AI agents in research, content, and campaign work, the growing share of online content generated by bots rather than people, and the early evidence that over-reliance on generative AI can dull critical thinking and independent judgment.
