In a national conversation about broken hiring systems, AI-driven screening, and growing frustration among job seekers, Liz Eversoll, CEO of Career Highways, points to a critical gap between policy intent and real-world execution. As governments signal support for skills-based hiring, employers still lack the infrastructure to operationalize those ideas at scale—leaving workers stuck in opaque, automated systems that fail to recognize real capability.

“Government can encourage skills-first practices, but employers need modern tools to put those policies into action. The future of work will be shaped by organizations that make skills transparent, pathways visible, and upskilling accessible to everyone.”
— Liz Eversoll, CEO, Career Highways

Making the Job Market Human Again in the Age of AI
As unemployment climbs to its highest level in four years, the realities of today’s job market are becoming harder to ignore. In this Washington Examiner analysis, job seekers describe a hiring environment that feels increasingly impersonal, opaque, and unforgiving — especially for white-collar workers navigating AI-driven recruiting systems. While automation and AI promise efficiency, the article argues they have also amplified dysfunction, filtering out qualified candidates and overwhelming employers with volume rather than clarity. The core challenge, experts suggest, is not simply job creation, but restoring human judgment, transparency, and connection to a system that has drifted too far toward automation. This piece explores why re-centering people — not just technology — is critical to rebuilding trust and effectiveness in the modern labor market.

A recent Washington Examiner analysis underscores how rising unemployment is exposing deeper structural problems in today’s AI-driven hiring economy. As competition intensifies — particularly for white-collar roles — job seekers describe a labor market that feels increasingly automated, opaque, and disconnected from human judgment. While employers continue to invest in AI and efficiency tools, the article argues that hiring systems have become less effective at identifying real talent and more punishing for workers navigating them. The result is a growing call to rebalance technology with transparency, accountability, and human decision-making.

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