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March 3-8, 2025:
• Throwing in the towel: European job board Jobindex settles Google lawsuit;
• Focusing on the right issue: McKinsey says RTO? Focus more on practices and less on the policy;
• Politicizing the talent market: NY Gov orders removal of job posting over antisemitism concerns;
• Creating take-charge AI: Software companies are developing AI agents to direct human work;
• Amping up the anxiety: AI researcher says robots are coming for your job sooner than you think.
• 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!
Jobindex, a Denmark-based job board operator, reached a settlement with Google, according to an announcement by Jobindex on Feb. 27. Danske Medier and Jobindex had appealed the judgment of Danish court on Aug. 27, 2024, that acquitted Google of infringing on Jobindex’s rights in connection with the Google for jobs services. Jobindex reported that appeal has now been withdrawn.
The world of work is still in flux as many companies continue to follow hybrid and work-from-home models. At the same time, Fortune 500 companies such as Amazon, JP Morgan Chase, and Nike moved to mandated in-office policies of at least four days a week in 2024, and more organizations, as well as much of the US federal workforce, are following suit this year. There is a general debate about whether return-to-office (RTO) policies are too strict, not strict enough, or just right. Our new data suggest this focuses on the wrong question. The policy mandate itself is far less important than the work environment organizations create and the practices that accompany a policy’s implementation.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul put a wrench in a City University of New York (CUNY) constituent college’s plans to fill a “Palestinian Studies” professorship posting that would have allegedly peddled antisemitic and anti-Israel discourse with topics like “apartheid,” “settler colonialism,” “genocide” and more. “Governor Hochul has directed CUNY to immediately remove this job posting and conduct a thorough review of the position to ensure that antisemitic theories are not promoted in the classroom,” a spokesperson for the governor told The New York Post.
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has prophesied that this may be the year the first “agents” — a set of artificial intelligence tools that can perform tasks on their own — “join the workforce.” Investors whose job it is to back new technologies before they become ubiquitous are swooning at the promise of these digital coworkers. The last wave of artificial intelligence brought copilots, a type of virtual assistant designed to work side-by-side with a user. Some write code, some recap meetings or emails, and some transcribe notes on a physician’s behalf. Copilots require some human hand-holding but significantly amplify productivity and efficiency. Since that breakthrough, a new generation of virtual assistants has emerged. Agents describe an artificial intelligence that can complete tasks without much human supervision. They don’t just assist — they take charge. Agents can break down complex tasks into smaller sub-tasks, make decisions, execute plans, and adjust their approach based on outcomes.
For most people, artificial intelligence is still associated with chatbots like ChatGPT—a helpful, if imperfect, tool for answering questions and generating conversational responses. But that perception may vastly undersell the scale of change that AI is about to bring. For those clinging to the belief that automation and robots are still decades away from significantly impacting the workforce, Adam Dorr, director of research at the think tank RethinkX, has a stark warning: this change is going to be fundamental, and it’s coming faster than nearly anyone thinks.
• 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!
