👋 Well, hello! Need a new job title for your 2025 vision board? Here’s one to consider: RTO Officer.

Just when you thought the return-to-office saga was winding down, there’s a plot twist: Companies are now hiring “RTO Officers” to manage the great migration back to cubicle land. Yeah, you read that correctly – there’s now a C-suite position for convincing people to wear real pants again!

Well, actually… these new RTO Officers won’t be suit-wearing corporate types issuing mandates from corner offices. They’ll be on-the-ground champions trying to make office life feel less like a punishment and more like… 2019.

These specialized change managers could become crucial as companies plan more aggressive office returns next year. According to HR Brew, 45% of companies planning RTO in 2025 want employees back five days a week. (Somewhere, a sweatpants manufacturer just shed a tear. 😢) But something tells us that companies will need a lot more than just free snacks to make it work.

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Today’s edition is a 3-minute read. Here’s what to expect👇

🗞️ Job market enters massive unknown
💰️ Nurse shortage hits record high
🌎️ Omni HR secures $7.4M funding
💼 FEMA, TikTok hiring for TA roles
💻 Layoffs hit Vox, Bookings

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🧮 By the numbers:

• 2.3M federal civilian employees potentially affected

• 50% proposed reduction in government regulations

• $6.6B in green energy loans under review

• $465M similar loan Tesla received in 2010

• Millions of jobs potentially impacted by deportation policies

• Half of America’s workforce employed by small businesses

NUMBERS

Numbers That’ll Make You Think

• 227,000 — Jobs added to the US economy in November, bouncing back from October’s slump. The job market’s bouncing back faster than a trampoline champion. (MSNBC)

• 4 million — Active nurses in the US workforce, yet staffing shortages persist. The doctor will see you… whenever they find more nurses. (Staffing Industry)

• 32% — Employed Americans who experienced job burnout in 2024. The Great Resignation, meet the Great Exhaustion. (Yoh)

• 32 Million — New jobs that could be created by nature-based solutions by 2030. Mother Nature is quite the recruiter… (Staffing Industry)

• 187,130 — Projected physician shortage by 2037, according to Health Resources and Services Administration’s latest health workforce report. Even the doctor’s office needs a doctor… (HRSA)

• 200 — Partners promoted at McKinsey this year, their smallest class in years. The corner office just got a little lonelier… (WSJ)

INDUSTRY INTEL

M&A Deals, Industry Moves, & Other Things To Know

• Financial services are becoming the new tech talent magnet, with banking jobs now rivaling Silicon Valley‘s appeal. Silicon Valley’s loss is Wall Street’s gain… literally. (WSJ)
• HR tech startup Omni HR secured $7.4M in funding to expand its employee management platform across Asia Pacific. Someone’s betting big on better employee management. (TechNode Global)
• The FTC’s non-compete ban looks likely to fizzle under the next Trump administration, with experts predicting a return to employer-friendly policies. From federal rule to federal maybe? (Staffing Industry)
• Global EOR platform Remote unveiled RECRUIT AI, featuring an AI-powered candidate matching tool. It’s love at first byte for job seekers (HR Tech Feed)
• Talent platform ShiftMed tapped J.J. Ewing as chief nursing executive and Ashley Foster as executive VP of acute partnerships. (Staffing Industry)
• Beamery appointed Erinn Tarpey as chief marketing officer, bringing her senior leadership experience from iCIMS and Namely. (Staffing Industry)
• New data shows a paradoxical job market: companies aren’t laying off workers but aren’t hiring either. Welcome to the hiring twilight zone. (Bloomberg)
• Forbes’ Eli Ambdur writes that Biden’s one-term presidency created 17 million jobs, second only to Clinton’s 23 million over two terms. Making history faster than a hiring manager can say “you’re hired.” (Forbes)
• While some companies publicly retreated from DE&I initiatives in 2024, others quietly pushed ahead under different names. Same mission, new messaging. (HR Brew)

OPEN ROLES

Jobs You Might Want (For Yourself!)

• Machine retail company Tractor Supply Company is hiring a Campus Recruiter based in Nashville, TN
• Recruiting agency Blue Signal Search is hiring a Senior Recruiter based in St. Louis, MO
• Staffing company The Ford Agency is hiring a Recruiter based in Vienna, VA
• Digital marketing agency Mondo is hiring a Technical Recruiter based in Denver, CO
• Federal agency FEMA is hiring a Human Resources Specialist based in West Des Moines, IA
• Social media company TikTok is hiring a Talent Sourcer based in Los Angeles, CA
• Tech company ByteDance is hiring a Recruiting Program Partner based in San Jose, CA

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LAYOFFS

Places For You To Source Fresh Talent

• Aerospace giant Boeing cut 400 more Washington workers in its second round of layoffs, bringing total state reductions to 2,600. (Seattle Times)
• Stablecoin issuer Circle reduced its workforce by “less than 6%” following an operations review. (CoinDesk)
• Digital media company Vox Media announced layoffs affecting Thrillist, PS, and Eater properties. (Adweek)
• Fintech unicorn Stash laid off 40% of its workforce following CEO departure and rejected acquisition offers. (Fortune)
• Travel giant Booking Holdings eliminated 60 positions at its B2B arm Rocket Travel by Agoda amid strategic reset. (Skift)

👋 Thanks for reading!