Product Rising Sally Thornton on Today’s Job Market
There is a lot of debate about the state of the job market today. We definitely hear a lot about layoffs in the big tech companies and also about AI eliminating positions. But AI may be having a bigger impact in the requirements for specific roles and even perhaps new types of roles. We will be having periodic conversations with leading recruiters, hiring managers, and others about the evolving job market and what it takes to get hired/noticed.
Our first conversation is with Sally Thornton, CEO & Founder of Forshay, a firm that combines Executive recruiting with interim experts across Finance, HR, and Operations, and by aligning culture and leadership development skills to optimize team performance.
02:17 Forshay Firm Overview
03:27 Job Market Reality Check
06:09 Entry Level Pipeline Crunch
07:44 Where Hiring Is Growing
08:33 What Employers Want Now
09:56 Proving Curiosity in Interviews
11:34 Influence as a Core Skill
12:38 AI Transparency and Flatter Teams
14:47 Fractional Leadership Explained
19:36 How Orgs Are Reshaping for AI
22:43 The Rise of the AI Scout
24:55 Building an AI Experiment Team
25:43 Choosing Tools That Fit
27:16 AI in Hiring and Resume Filters
29:19 Beating the Rejection Machine
31:36 Community as Career Support
32:14 AI as Reflective Hiring Partner
34:37 Gut Instinct Versus Data
37:40 Future Proofing Through Community
39:56 Give More and Experiment Often
41:16 Tools That Reduce Overwork
43:42 Wrap Up and Where to Follow
📚Resources:
To Sell is Human, Daniel Pink
🌟 Where to find Sally:
On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sallythornton/
Forshay: https://forshay.com
🙋🏻♀️Where to find Women in Product:
On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-in-product/posts/
Website https://womenpm.org/
Join the Community https://womenpm.org/wip-community/