What looks like “job hopping” is often a clear signal:
the role stopped teaching and the person kept learning.

For older generations, success often meant staying in one role or industry and climbing steadily over time. That made sense in a world where work changed slowly and

If your learner pipeline for next year feels thin, you’re not alone.

Traditional recruitment fairs are costly and unpredictable, often leading to conversations without real outcomes. Match Events focus on connecting organizations with learners who are actively aligned to career

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AI isn’t replacing careers, it’s reshaping who gets access to them.

In today’s Strategic Shift episode, Tori Begg unpacks why traditional pipelines are breaking, how the skills gap is closing faster than we think and what it means to lead in a moment where

Are career fairs actually worth the investment?

When career fairs focus on volume over fit, teams walk away with a stack of resumes instead of hires. Career Exploration and Hiring Match Events offer a more intentional way to connect with skills-aligned talent.

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“AI is the great equalizer.”

In this clip, Tori Begg breaks down why the workforce gap is closing fast and why being a hand raiser right now can open doors that didn’t exist before.

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2026 workforce planning works best when growth is intentional.

AI Career Assistants give employees clear pathways to roles, skills and learning that align with business needs — while giving leaders real-time visibility into workforce readiness.

When purpose and planning move

Environmental teams are scaling fast, but hiring hasn’t kept pace. 🌱✍️

Mission-driven interest is high, yet many hiring events prioritize volume over fit. Hiring Match Events help environmental organizations connect with skills-aligned talent while supporting long-term

Leadership takeaway from 2025: Teams don’t disengage randomly.

When systems make honesty risky and stability uncertain,
collaboration breaks down, even on high-performing teams.

That’s not a people problem. It's clearly a design problem.

Are you challenging the outdated

Strong cybersecurity pipelines are built before graduation.

Through a new partnership with MICE, pepelwerk connects industry-recognized learning to real, skills-aligned work experiences—helping employers engage early talent and students step into real roles.

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Big news! 📣
pepelwerk is partnering with the Michigan Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (MICE) to help power the next generation of cybersecurity talent in Michigan.

This partnership connects classroom learning to real-world experience and helps employers build

AI initiatives rarely stall where leaders expect.

In the latest Strategic Shift, Christy Honeycutt sits down with Mindy Honcoop to examine what truly drives readiness, why resistance is often misread and how people strategy shapes successful change.

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AI may seem like a future trend but it’s how workforces are currently being built. 🔨

In 2026, organizations winning with AI are using it to connect skills, workforce planning and internal mobility.

pepelwerk helps teams track skills in real time, anticipate gaps and link

We keep calling layoffs “tough decisions.”
But what’s rarely questioned is the system that makes them routine.

When instability becomes the default,
the workforce pays the price and the organization loses its future.

This isn’t economic reality, it’s structural failure.
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Hiring decisions aren’t just about your resume anymore.

In this week’s Strategic Shift, Mindy Honcoop talks about why energy, clarity, and knowing what you don’t want to do matter just as much as what you can do. ✨

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