Hi Reader,

For the last six years, we've been living in a paradox.

When everyone went remote, it became easy and natural to connect with people around the world. Our networks shifted from the people next door and colleagues in the office to basically anyone on the other side of the screen. Time zones were the only thing keeping us from meeting each other. Distance no longer mattered.

We thought remote work would disconnect us. Instead, for some of us, it became the best time to connect.

Now we have another paradox. AI was supposed to save us time, take over routine work, and leave more room for connection, meaningful conversations, and a fuller life.

What we have instead are automated messages sent out into the world, and similar automated responses or rejections coming back. Companies screen candidates with AI, and sometimes a CV gets rejected before any human has seen it. Candidates send out hundreds of applications with the help of AI, just to be seen by someone. The harder we try to be seen, the higher the barriers get.

Still, I believe we can make it right. In a world this automated, time with another human becomes precious. So why not have a mix? Instead of robots talking to robots, we can use robots to connect humans to humans.

That’s why I recently set up a profile on TalentHunt. It has an AI agent that knows what I do, how I think about my work, and what makes me proud. It only uses what I added and approved myself. So before you decide whether you want to talk to me, you can talk to my agent first. Ask it how I work with leadership teams, what CLICKING is about, or whether I’m the right fit for what your team is going through right now. You don’t need an account.

By the time we meet, you’ll already know a lot about me, so we can skip the basics and start on common ground.

And if you’re looking for a job, or know someone who is, you can get a profile like this too. Feel free to forward this email to anyone in your network who’s searching.

If you’re hiring, you can post a role on their job board. Each role comes with a fit check that compares a candidate’s profile with your requirements, line by line.

In the end, nothing in our work is more valuable than creating meaningful change in someone else’s life. We do that through the products we create and people use. We do that through the culture we build in our organizations. We do that through community, support, and our networks. And we do that with our families and friends.

If you’re open to a human-to-human conversation today, join me in a few hours for Beyond AI Adoption: Redesigning Work for Human Impact. It’s a 60-minute session for HR, L&D, and team leaders. We’ll talk about what happens to a role when AI redesigns it, and why the same change can energize one person and exhaust another.

Before the session, take 10 minutes to complete the GC Index questionnaire. The GC Index is the world's first organimetric. It measures how people are energized to make an impact, beyond the skills they have. If you fill it in, you'll have a chance to get your own GC Index profile and see what energy drives you at work.

Talk to you next Thursday!

Daria

P.S. Have you ever been interviewed by an AI recruiter, or talked to someone's AI agent? I'd love to hear how it went. Did you like it? Did you hate it? Hit reply and tell me.

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