Every RIF this year seems to come with the excuse that it is because of AI..I’m not buying it
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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I have placed Dynamics and NetSuite talent for more than twenty-five years, and I do not buy it; increasingly, neither do the people in the Microsoft Dynamics & NetSuite communities, as well as the overall technology space.
Marc Andreessen recently called AI the “silver bullet excuse” for cuts that are really about overstaffing.
Jack Dorsey blamed AI for the deep cuts at Block, then admitted the company had simply overhired.
Robinhood announced a ten percent reduction and pointedly did not mention AI at all.
Here is why I think this matters for anyone hiring in the ERP world, and it is not the conclusion most people reach.
What we are watching is a generalist correction, not a sign that senior ERP judgment is being automated away. When a D365 or NetSuite environment breaks during a close, no one fixes it with a thinner org chart and a chatbot; they fix it with a Veteran who has seen it before and knows how to fix the problem. That person is getting more valuable, not less.
So my advice is simple. Do not let the overall doom-and-gloom talk you out of hiring the senior, cross-stack person you actually need. The headlines describe a generalist surplus; your problem is almost certainly a specialist shortage, and those are not the same market!
I wrote up the full argument here: https://lnkd.in/gmbaJqT7
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