[06APR] Paper Cut - Weekly Employer Branding Headlines

Revenge quitting. AI reshaping roles. DEI rebrands, not retreats.

This week on Paper Cut, we unpack the chaos with sharp insights on where talent, trust, and tech collide:

✂️ Job cuts spike again—yes, again

⚡ Revenge quitting is rising (and it’s personal)

🤖 AI isn’t just evolving roles—it’s erasing them

📉 Strategy is shifting from hire-hire-hire to retain-and-survive

📣 DEI gets a makeover, but not a burial

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🔗 Links From This Episode

✂️ Layoffs + Strategy Pivots

• March layoffs surged as ‘DOGE’ budget cuts take hold:

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-announced-job-cuts-surge-march-doge-hit-recruitment-firm-challenger-says-2025-04-03/

• Canada sheds 33,000 jobs as global trade jitters intensify:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canada-sheds-33000-jobs-in-march-as-trade-war-rattles-labour-market/

• Japan hikes starting salaries to compete for talent:

https://www.hcamag.com/asia/specialisation/payroll/japan-employers-to-hike-starting-salaries-reports/531067

• Why your employer brand needs to get agile:

https://recruitingheadlines.com/building-an-agile-employer-brand-strategy-in-times-of-uncertainty/

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😤 Revenge Quitting & Workforce Fallout

• Revenge quitting is on the rise—yes, it’s a thing:

https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/revenge-quitting-is-a-rising-threat-to-employers-despite-tightening-job-market/91170534

• Fed employees being targeted by foreign governments:

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/28/politics/us-intel-russia-china-attempt-recruit-disgruntled-federal-employees/index.html

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🤖 AI + Tech Talent Tectonics

• LinkedIn launches new AI-powered recruiting tools:

https://www.linkedin.com/business/talent/blog/talent-acquisition/linkedin-ai-powered-tools

• AI reshapes hiring strategies across APAC:

https://www.hcamag.com/asia/specialisation/hr-technology/as-ai-reshapes-talent-strategies-apac-employers-must-adapt-or-be-left-behind-expert/530909

• The end of programming jobs as we know them?:

https://fortune.com/2025/03/17/computer-programming-jobs-lowest-1980-ai/

• Pentagon ditches HR software overhaul project:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/24/pentagon_abandons_hr_software_overhaul/

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🛡️ Cybersecurity, DEI & Cultural Crossroads

• UK firms scramble to fill cybersecurity roles:

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news-features/uk-firms-cybersecurity-recruitment/

• In the Trump era, companies rebrand DEI—not kill it:

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/30/in-trump-era-companies-are-rebranding-dei-efforts-not-giving-up.html

• US gov bans romantic/sexual relationships with Chinese nationals:

https://www.hcamag.com/asia/specialisation/employee-engagement/us-government-staff-banned-from-romantic-sexual-relations-with-chinese-citizens-reports/531054

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🎯 Perspective + Trends

• Work-life balance? LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman says: “Laptop after dinner”:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/when-linkedin-co-founder-told-employees-go-home-have-dinner-with-family-and-then-open-laptops-to-/articleshow/119933491.cms

• Work-life balance “isn’t for startups”—Reid Hoffman on hustle culture:

https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/work-life-balance-is-not-the-start-up-game-linkedin-founder-reid-hoffman-on-real-time-scenario-470782-2025-04-04

• Why HR’s future looks like marketing’s past:

https://www.fastcompany.com/91300902/why-hrs-future-looks-like-marketings-past

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🧠 Jobs in employer branding + recruitment marketing:

https://jobs.employerbranding.news/

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