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Why AI Is Killing the Resume

The static document era is ending — and the professionals who understand why will be the ones who benefit from what replaces it.

The résumé has survived every shift in professional communication for eighty years. It is not surviving this one. This episode explains why — the three cost curves that made the interactive profile inevitable, the PRISM stack reference architecture, the five-level maturity model, and the 90-day implementation playbook for senior professionals who want to build ahead of the norm shift rather than catch up to it.

35:00·May 2026Professional IdentityCareer StrategyAI HiringInteractive ProfilePRISM StackPersonal BrandJob Market
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Why AI Is Killing the Resume

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Professional IdentityCareer StrategyAI HiringInteractive ProfilePRISM StackPersonal BrandJob Market

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