{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"What the Hiring Headlines Get Wrong About Gen Z, AI, and Personality Tests","description":"Hiring headlines about Gen Z, artificial intelligence, the Workday lawsuit, and personality assessments are moving faster than the facts. A study gets published, a lawsuit moves forward, or someone shares a frustrating experience on social media. Before long, a complicated workplace issue has been reduced to a confident headline that may not reflect what the original source actually says. In this Career Trends episode of Control Your Career, Strategic Career Consultant Julia Toothacre looks beyond the clickbait to examine three major conversations happening in hiring right now. Julia explores the assumptions hiring managers are making about Gen Z and early career professionals, including the legitimate concerns employers have raised and the broader realities affecting this generation. She also breaks down what the Workday lawsuit and Stanford AI hiring study do and do not tell us about automated hiring. Finally, Julia explains why personality assessments can be helpful for career development and team communication, but potentially harmful when employers use them to decide who deserves an interview or job. This episode also introduces the new format for Control Your Career. Rather than organizing episodes into seasons, the show will now feature conversations across five collections: Career Clarity, Career Growth, Career Transitions, Workplace Dynamics, and Career Trends. The goal is not to react to every headline. It is to understand the evidence, recognize the realities shaping the workplace, and make better-informed career decisions. What You\u2019ll Learn Why hiring headlines often lose the nuance found in the original research How individual experiences with Gen Z employees can become generational assumptions What employers are saying about communication, professionalism, reliability, and feedback Why the expectations placed on entry-level professionals have increased What early career candidates can do to challenge negative assumptions during an interview What the Workday lawsuit currently alleges and what has not been decided Why the Stanford study was not about AI reading resumes or every applicant tracking system What algorithmic monoculture and systemic rejection mean Why personality preferences do not determine whether someone can perform a job The differences between personality assessments, cognitive ability tests, and skills assessments What job seekers and hiring managers can control as hiring technology continues to evolve Why understanding your realistic reality is an important part of controlling your career Go to the episode Blog Page: https:\/\/ridethetidecollective.com\/2026\/07\/21\/hiring-headlines-gen-z-ai-personality-tests\/ Learn more about Julia Toothacre and explore additional career resources at: https:\/\/ridethetidecollective.com\/   ","author_name":"Control Your Career: Career Growth and Strategy for Ambitious Professionals","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ridethetidecollective.com\/","html":"