How AI is Changing the Career Landscape, w/ Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek and Stephanie Sindt
How AI is reshaping hiring, careers, and skill development in today's job market
Guests
Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek
AI strategist, entrepreneur, and author
Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek is an AI strategist, entrepreneur, and author of Your AI Roadmap. She advises people navigating AI-driven changes in hiring, work, and income. Her work emphasizes practical experimentation, personal positioning, and building adaptable skills as organizations revise how they recruit and evaluate talent.
Stephanie Sindt
Executive career coach and educator
Stephanie Sindt is an executive career coach and educator who helps professionals navigate recruiting, personal branding, and workplace change. She has worked with recruiters and candidates connected to major companies and teaches practical strategies for job searches in a labor market increasingly shaped by AI-assisted hiring and evaluation.
About this conversation
How is AI reshaping the job market—and what can you do to stay ahead? In this episode of AI-Curious , we dive into the real-world impact of AI on careers, hiring, and skill development.
Instead of speculating about a distant future, we focus on the now —the practical ways AI is already influencing how people get hired, how companies are making staffing decisions, and how professionals can adapt.
We’re joined by two experts at the forefront of these changes:
• Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek – AI strategist, entrepreneur, and author of Your AI Roadmap . Joan has built 22 income streams in response to AI-driven job market shifts and has been featured in Harvard Business Review , Forbes , and VentureBeat .
• Stephanie Sindt – Executive career coach who has worked with recruiters from top companies like Nike, IBM, Meta, and JP Morgan. Stephanie teaches the course How AI is Changing Getting a Job and helps professionals navigate AI-driven hiring trends.
We cover:
✅ How AI is altering hiring and recruitment processes today
✅ Which job sectors are growing—and which are shrinking
✅ The critical skills you can develop now to “AI-proof” your career
✅ Why personal branding is becoming more important in an AI-driven job market
✅ How networking remains a key factor in landing jobs, even in an AI world
✅ The role of AI in income diversification and why it might be smart to build multiple income streams
Plus, Stephanie shares an exclusive promo code for 40% off her course, How AI is Changing Getting a Job . Use the Promo Code "AICURIOUS2025" and the price drops from $99 to $60.
If you’re working, job-hunting, or just wondering what AI means for your career, this episode is for you.
Link to "How AI is Changing Getting a Job":
https://www.simplifyyourcareer.com/course
and use promo-code AICURIOUS2025
Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek and "Your AI Roadmap":
https://yourairoadmap.com/
Stephanie Sindt on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniesindt/
Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jpb/
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