After spending time at SHRM 2026 in Orlando, one thing became very clear to me: hiring is changing fast, but not in the scary way everyone keeps talking about.
The U.S. added 172,000 jobs in May, but with finance and insurance hiring slowing nationally, Central Florida employers and job seekers need to watch where the real opportunities are opening up.
AI is changing creative and humanities careers, but it is not eliminating the need for human talent, judgment, taste, history, and storytelling. The real opportunity for art and history majors is to stop fearing the technology, learn how to use it, and help shape the jobs and creative work that come next.
