Samwise High Tech Recruiting Newsletter
Monday, June 30, 2026
The AI Jobs Debate Just Got Messier
A Ramp and Revelio Labs study of roughly 22,000 companies is complicating conventional narratives about AI and employment. Companies spending at least $30 per employee per month on AI tools — classified as high-intensity adopters — saw overall headcount grow 10.2 percent, with entry-level hiring rising 12 percent. The research paper’s authors caution that this does not show AI universally creates jobs, but it does counter claims of broad job losses. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs data shows AI eliminated approximately 16,000 net jobs per month over the past year, with roughly 90,000 total AI-attributed cuts through May 2026, leaving recruiters navigating genuinely contradictory evidence.
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Trump Can Fire Federal Agency Heads at Will, SCOTUS Rules
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 in Trump v. Slaughter that the president may remove heads of independent federal agencies at will, overturning the 91-year-old Humphrey’s Executor precedent. The same day, the court issued a companion ruling in Trump v. Cook addressing Federal Reserve governor removals. The decisions carry direct implications for the NLRB and EEOC, giving the administration broader authority over labor and employment enforcement priorities. For employers, the practical consequence is heightened uncertainty: agency enforcement postures and the regulations that follow them may now shift more dramatically with each presidential transition than HR teams have historically anticipated.
What Makes One Job Better Than the Next? Interesting Work, BLS Says
Compensation matters, but not as much as doing interesting work, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics research. Analyzing Federal Reserve data on job changers from 2021 to 2023, BLS found workers who rated their new role more interesting were 27 percent more likely to say the new job was better overall. Those with better work-life balance were 18 percent more likely to make the same positive assessment. Relying on pay and benefits alone gives incorrect inference about job quality nearly one-third of the time, BLS found. The results land as Gallup estimates 8 million workers were disengaged in 2025 and 2026.
Keep EEO-1 Reporting Processes — Even If Feds Axe Requirements, Attorneys Say
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has proposed eliminating mandatory EEO-1 workforce demographic data collection, a program dating to 1966 that requires companies with 100 or more employees to submit headcount data by race, sex, and job category. The regulatory comment period closed June 9. HR attorneys are advising employers not to dismantle EEO-1 processes yet. Colorado enacted its own state-level EEO-1 requirement that would survive federal repeal. California and Massachusetts also mandate workforce pay data disclosure. Attorney Govro told HR Dive: “When there’s a void at the federal level, the states are getting really comfortable with filling it.”
AMN Healthcare and Influencer Marketing Company Later Bring On New HR Talent
AI-based technology and healthcare continue drawing senior HR leadership, according to HR Dive’s June “On the Move” column. AMN Healthcare, one of the country’s largest healthcare staffing and recruiting companies, named Holly Novak chief people officer; she previously served at fintech company Jack Henry. AI-powered sales enablement platform Seismic hired Kimberly Schultz, formerly of Amazon, as CHRO. Defense technology startup Aether Aerospace added Kate Kellogg as CPO. Influencer marketing and AI company Later named Dena Upton as CPO to support accelerated growth and AI innovation. HR Dive noted AI and healthcare “remain leading industries pulling in new HR leadership.”
Curated by JD · samwise.agency
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