What's Ahead
The stories I hear about the job market continue to shock me.
This week, I posted a video about ghost job listings and AI bots applications.
I got dozens of crazy stories in return.
In an AI driven world, who you know is quickly becoming perhaps your most valuable asset.
Don’t skimp on relationships boys!
-Mark Savant
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Senators target Meta over AI chats. After disclosures that its chatbots allowed “romantic” talks with minors and gave bad health advice, senators pushed for a probe. Meta says rules were revised, but expect tougher platform controls and stricter parental tools across major apps.
AI Cheaters Lose Remote Interviews
Major employers are restoring in-person interviews to stop AI-assisted cheating and identity scams during remote hiring. Names cited include Google and Cisco, with live skills checks returning for technical roles.
This pulls parts of the hiring funnel back to the office and favors candidates who can explain work without tools on. Expect stricter ID verification and whiteboard-style tests.
The Update:
Plan for on-site rounds: bring government ID and be ready for live problem-solving.
Practice explaining how you built a recent project step by step without AI.
Clean up your LinkedIn and line up two references who can confirm recent work.
If you hire, add a brief live test and document your ID-check process.
What budget do you allocate for AI tools or courses each quarter?
Big Pharma’s $1.3B AI Gamble
Eli Lilly signed a deal worth up to $1.3 billion with Superluminal to use an AI platform to discover obesity drugs. Obesity treatments are forecast to approach $150 billion this decade, which makes speed to promising candidates valuable.
The pact mixes milestones, equity, and royalties and can trigger hiring in data science, clinical operations, and manufacturing as programs advance. Suppliers near plants should prepare bids for packaging, cold chain, and lab services.
The Update:
Job hunting? Search for clinical data, trial coordinator, lab tech, or manufacturing technician roles.
Take a short data basics course (spreadsheets + simple charts) and write a one-page summary of a past project to show clear thinking.
Small businesses near plants: prepare quotes for packaging, cold-storage shipping, and equipment maintenance.
Investors: note milestone payments and trial start dates that can move the stock.
Agent AI Startup Lands $500M
Cohere raised about $500 million at a $6.8 billion valuation and hired senior leaders from Meta and Uber to push “agent” systems that complete multi-step office work. Customers are using these agents for document prep, customer replies, and data pulls that previously soaked up hours.
The near-term impact is smaller software and operations teams and new demand for people who design, supervise, and audit these tools. Watch partner announcements and customer adds for revenue momentum.
The Update:
Ship one small agent workflow this week that saves time; log hours saved and share with your boss.
Rework your resume with numbers: time saved, errors reduced, revenue protected.
Target roles like automation program manager, analytics lead, or solutions architect that supervise tools.
If you invest, track enterprise wins and usage-based pricing disclosures.