Oct 21, 2026 · 27 min
Human-centered hiring looks beyond the resume
Being More Human in the Hiring Process, with Kristina Wright
As AI makes applications easier to generate and screen, employers need better ways to recognize real skills and varied experience.
- 1Transferable competencies such as communication, teamwork, critical thinking, and technology fluency can outlast specific job requirements.
- 2Employers can assess skills more fairly through meaningful conversations and evidence of what candidates can actually do.
- 3Nonlinear careers, caregiving, service work, and everyday responsibilities can provide credible material for professional stories.
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Kristina Wright explains how coaching can help people translate caregiving, service, and other everyday experiences into compelling professional evidence.
The brief
Kristina Wright and Dr. Jonathan H. Westover examine a hiring system reshaped by AI, where polished applications are abundant but genuine capability is harder to see.
The conversation treats career uncertainty as a feature of modern working life, arguing that experimentation and nonlinear paths can build durable competence.
Communication, critical thinking, teamwork, and technology fluency matter because they travel across roles and help people adapt as work changes.
Instead of relying on resumes alone, employers can use conversations and concrete evidence; candidates can draw that evidence from jobs, service, projects, and caregiving.
The standout idea is that career coaching can turn ordinary or difficult experiences into professional stories, helping people reenter work and actively design what comes next.
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