LinkedIn just cut 606 people in California with the reasoning given as needing teams to lean in harder on AI
We track every new Microsoft Dynamics 365 and NetSuite job posting across North America, every single day, and October gave us the clearest read yet on where this market is actually heading. The short version is that ERP hiring cooled about 11% from September. That headline is true, and it is also misleading. Almost the entire drop sits in the Dynamics implementation tracks, while NetSuite held flat and demand for senior, in-house talent stayed strong. Whether this market feels soft or busy right now depends entirely on which role you are trying to fill. I pulled the full track by track breakdown into this month’s DynamicsFocus Recruiting Report, and it is attached below. If you have a role that has been sitting open since the summer, I would genuinely love to hear what you have tried so far and am more than happy to schedule a 30 minute Teams call to share potential strategies to rectify the situation, no strings attached. #MicrosoftDynamics #D365 #Dynamics365 #NetSuite #ERP #NetSuiteRecruiting #MicrosoftDynamicsRecruiting #TalentMarket #Hiring #AIAgents
November 6, 2026
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The reason they provided: “building leaner teams that lean harder on AI”
Most people read that as “AI is coming for technical jobs.” That interpretation is easy to digest, but not necessarily accurate.
When Microsoft trims engineering and points to AI, the work does not really go away, it just changes form and function.
Alot of that movement within the Dynamics 365 and NetSuite world will be towards experienced ERP talent with years of hands on experience and knowledge.
AI can write code, but it cannot sit with a controller and figure out why the close breaks every quarter.
It cannot own a D365 Dual-write integration when finance and operations disagree on the source of truth.
That work is functional requiring a combination of logic, intuition, social awareness and any number of other factors that are specifically unique to every company and organization and their culture.
There are two markets here, and they are moving in opposite directions.
Platform engineering at the hyperscalers is contracting, but the implementation and operations layer on top of those platforms will soon be tightening once again in my opinion.
I wrote up the full read for PE operating partners and Dynamics & NetSuite practice leaders here:
Microsoft is Cutting Engineers and Leaning on AI. That is a Buy Signal for ERP Talent. https://lnkd.in/gqFQ2u8J
What are you seeing on the ground? Is your functional bench getting harder to fill?
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