January 20-26, 2025:
• Taking a very big bite: Employer.com founder makes all cash offer for TikTok’s US operations;
• Pushing back on the hype: Test results of AI developer tool Devin fall way short of expectations;
• Living the movie Divergent: Survey finds ‘skills mismatch’ between job seekers and employers;
• Predicting plenty of disruption: World Economic Forum’s The Future of Jobs Report 2025;
• Eying LinkedIn’s top spot: Perplexity acquires Read.cv, a social media platform for professionals.
• The TAtech Leadership Summit on Recruitment Marketing, February 26-27, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. For senior execs at enterprise employers and TA solution providers.
• TAtech North America & The World Job Board Forum, June 3-5, 2025 in Oceanside just north of San Diego, California. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
• TAtech Europe & The EMEA Job Board Forum, November 11-12, 2025 in London, England. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
Seating is limited at all events, so register today!
A consortium of leading American investors, led by Jesse Tinsley, Founder/CEO of Employer.com, today announced a formal, all cash offer to acquire TikTok’s US operations and assets from ByteDance. The bid comes in response to recent Supreme Court developments and aims to preserve TikTok’s role as a cornerstone of American digital culture while addressing national security concerns.
As a team at Answer.AI that routinely experiments with AI developer tools, something about Devin felt different. If it could deliver even half of what it promised, it could transform how we work. The results were sobering. Out of 20 tasks, we had 14 failures, 3 successes (including our 2 initial ones), and 3 inconclusive results.
The start of 2025 signals a renewed challenge for HR pros and hiring managers: More people are looking for a job, HR departments are looking to hire more, but the qualifications job seekers say they have aren’t matching company needs, according to LinkedIn’s “Work Change Report,” released Jan. 15. The challenge goes both ways, LinkedIn said: Nearly 40% of job seekers are applying to more jobs than ever but hearing back less often. Meanwhile, almost three-quarters (73%) of HR professionals report that less than half of the applications they receive meet all their listed criteria, the platform found. (emphasis on the “people,” for any AI zealots.)
Extrapolating from the predictions shared by Future of Jobs Survey respondents, on current trends over the 2025 to 2030 period job creation and destruction due to structural labour-market transformation will amount to 22% of today’s total jobs. This is expected to entail the creation of new jobs equivalent to 14% of today’s total employment, amounting to 170 million jobs. However, this growth is expected to be offset by the displacement of the equivalent of 8% (or 92 million) of current jobs, resulting in net growth of 7% of total employment, or 78 million jobs.
Read.cv, a social media platform for professionals that competed with LinkedIn, has been acquired by AI-powered search engine Perplexity. As part of the deal, Read.cv will begin to wind down operations Friday. Users will be able to export their data, including their profiles, posts, and messages, until May 16.
• The TAtech Leadership Summit on Recruitment Marketing, February 26-27, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. For senior execs at enterprise employers and TA solution providers.
• TAtech North America & The World Job Board Forum, June 3-5, 2025 in Oceanside just north of San Diego, California. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
• TAtech Europe & The EMEA Job Board Forum, November 11-12, 2025 in London, England. For job board and talent technology company CEOs, senior execs and rising stars.
Seating is limited at all events, so register today!