The Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week
Buckle up, talent pros! Industry leader Josh Bersin sees 2025 as a pivotal year for the talent industry. “Companies believe that AI will transform their business,” he writes in a recent blog post, “so investment in technology is exploding.”
But instead of seeing this investment as a source of anxiety, Josh foresees it as a real opportunity for everyone in the people business, including HR execs, recruiters, and learning and development pros. “This trillion dollar AI-based re-engineering effort is about people, not technology,” he continues. “The AI revolution . . . is all about redesigning the way we get things done. And that lands in the laps of HR: how we redesign, reskill, and redeploy people in a world of highly intelligent systems.”
This redesign will also create a new kind of worker — one that Josh calls the “superworker.” This AI-fueled employee will be more productive, efficient, and creative as new technology takes many rote tasks off their plates.
But workers, Josh notes, need help in achieving this super-state. Enter your friendly neighborhood talent pro: “Just as Superman Clark Kent learned to channel his powers,” Josh writes, “we must learn to harness AI for individual and team performance. This means not just automating existing tasks, but rethinking how work gets done, empowering people to do more, and creating opportunities for growth.”
To learn more about superworkers and how talent pros can help them with this transformation, be sure to check out the top spot on our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals. And further down our list, you can find out how to create engaging videos for your LinkedIn feed; why the balance of power has swung firmly back into the hands of employers; and why salary negotiations often feel like a game of dodgeball.
Here are the must-read articles from this week:
1. The Rise of the Superworker: Delivering on the Promise of AI (The Josh Bersin Company)
2. Future of Jobs Report 2025: The Jobs of the Future — and the Skills You Need to Get Them (World Economic Forum)
3. In 2025, HR Will Not Be Your Old-School HR Anymore (Vanesa Cotlar on LinkedIn)
4. One Recruiting Leader Weighs In on Report That 20% of Job Ads Are Fake (Bonnie Dilber on LinkedIn)
5. How to Create Engaging Videos for Your LinkedIn Feed (LinkedIn Talent Blog)
6. Balance of Power Shifts Back Toward Bosses (The Wall Street Journal)
7. Let’s Talk About How the DEI Backlash Will Impact Women’s Advancement in the Workplace (Mita Mallick on LinkedIn)
8. AI Agents Coming Soon to a Workplace Near You (Axios)
9. Key Findings from McKinsey & Company’s ‘Women in the Workplace 2024’ Report (Rohini Anand on LinkedIn)
10. Why When Some Companies Are Asked About Salary, They Use the 5 Rules of Dodgeball (Lorna Erickson on LinkedIn)
Here is the must-listen podcast:
Voices from Berlin: Learning in the Age of AI (The Learning Hack Podcast)
