July 2025
Searching Smarter Podcast: Why AI Is Making (and Breaking) Careers
In this episode of the Searching Smarter podcast, host Jesse Skaff speaks with Carrie Sparrow, founder and CEO of WageScape, about the trends transforming the way we work. From the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) to the shifting value of skills and the demand for flexibility, Carrie offers candid insights and actionable advice for hiring managers and candidates alike.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- AI disruption: Carrie explains how over-reliance on AI-generated resumes can “blur what makes candidates distinctive” - while recruiters overwhelmed by volume risk automating away the human touch.
- Skills first: With demand evolving faster than ever, candidates who understand and market their skills effectively are staying ahead.
- Flexibility wins: From hybrid work to equity and inclusion, Carrie warns that employers who roll back these commitments risk losing top talent.
I've gone on the record many times saying I think the whole hybrid work and remote work is a horse that's left the barn, and anybody who wants to move away from that is really gonna be disadvantaging themselves in the competition for talent.
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