Rachel Messing
Founder & CEO · UPPER
Rachel Messing is Founder & CEO at UPPER, writing on Labor Market Analysis, State of Employment, AI Recruiting, Talent Acquisition Strategy.
Articles by Rachel Messing (16)
- The AI Hiring Boom Within the Soft Market: What Q2 2026 Data Tells Talent Leaders
- Recovery Signal: Q1 2026 and the First Signs of AI-Era Labor Market Stabilization
- The Entry-Level Reckoning: What AI's Impact on Junior Roles Means for Talent Pipelines
- The Year That Wasn't: How 2025 Redefined Labor Market 'Normal'
- Stall Speed: Q3 2025 and the Labor Market That Stopped Growing
- From Automation to Agency: The Rise of Agentic AI in Talent Acquisition
- Mid-2025 Check-In: AI Is Now the Baseline, and Recruiting Teams Are Splitting Into Two Tiers
- The Great Skills Reset: Inside the WEF's 2025 Workforce Forecast and What It Means for Hiring Now
- The WEF's 2025 Verdict: 170 Million Jobs Created, 92 Million Displaced — and What That Means for Talent Now
- 2024 Annual Synthesis: The Year the AI Recruiting Gap Became Permanent
- Year-End 2024: The AI Recruiting Gap Goes From Measurable to Decisive
- Slower, Harder, Smarter: The Q3 2024 Talent Market in Three Trends
- Cracks in the Ceiling: Q2 2024 and the Moment the Labor Market Shifted
- The Hiring Paradox: Strong Jobs Numbers, Slower Pipelines, and the AI Adoption Gap
- Year-End Reckoning: How 2023 Reshaped the Talent Market for Good
- The Great Cool-Down: What Q3 2023 Tells Us About the New Labor Market