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Weekly talent signal intelligence on the AI vs energy talent war, plus conversations on hiring, layoffs and building teams ahead of the market.
Systems-based talent strategy and operations leader with 12+ years in technical recruitment, founder-operator and former CGO. I apply Lean principles across departments, removing waste from hiring and making the tradeoffs between speed, quality and cost explicit.
I operate as a player-coach and lead with predictive talent mapping: mapping the people you will need 6 to 18 months before the req opens, hands on the work, while coaching founders, executives and hiring managers to act on the signals first.
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AI vs energy: the talent war tracker
Talent signal intelligence · Week 2
Neck and neck. Energy is buying , not building.
Deal and signal growth, last 30 days.
Last week: Energy +20.5%, AI +18.1%. The gap closed from 2.4 points to 0.6, and both are slowing (growth pace −16.2% energy, −14.9% AI).
Everyone tracks job postings. I track the signals before them.
Energy is growing mostly through acquisitions, not new builds. Consolidation is a talent problem too: integrations bring overlapping roles, flight risk and leadership shuffles. The time to map who you keep is before the deal closes, not after.
My rule, set Oct 23: I only call energy overtaking AI after three straight monthly wins that hold after adjusting for company count and match an outside source. This week’s numbers don’t change that. Developing call, not a verdict.
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