JIm Stroud is launching something new - Career Intelligence Weekly

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Jim Stroud
March 01, 2026

Career Intelligence Weekly.

Not inspiration. Not recycled job board tactics.
Intelligence.

Every week, I’ll break down recent news — layoffs, mergers, earnings calls, expansion plans, federal contracts, executive moves — and analyze it from a job search perspective.

Because headlines aren’t just headlines.

They’re hiring signals.
They’re budget signals.
They’re power-shift signals.

And if you know how to read them, they tell you where opportunity is forming before a job ever gets posted.

Right now, layoffs are announced every other day. Teams are restructuring quietly. Entire functions are being automated, relocated, or rebuilt.

If you’re making career decisions based only on posted openings, you’re reacting to what already happened.

Career Intelligence Weekly is designed to help you think like an analyst instead of an applicant.

But I don’t want to assume it’s valuable.

Is this something you’d read?
Is this something you need right now?

The first issue drops Sunday at 6pm EST.

I’m paying attention to the response.

Tell me what you think.

One more thing, okay… two.

If you’re reading this you are already on the email list. (This used to be a newsletter called “Things I Think About.”)

And two, my first topic will be…

See you soon.