Let’s Talk About How We Talk About AI
Howard Pyle, founder of XF, introduced a personal AI toolkit at HR Brew’s Talent 2030 event, aiming to move AI training from technical instruction to self‑knowledge. The tool asks users to articulate values and current AI use, then translates those inputs into a “mini manifesto” that can guide large language models. Pyle argues that effective AI adoption depends on workers expressing tacit knowledge rather than learning new technology. The resource, part of XF’s Intentional Technology program, also defines “AI constants” to help HR and L&D set guardrails.
Apprenticeship.com Announces New Apprenticeship and Paid Training Job Board as AI Reshapes Entry-Level Hiring
Apprenticeship.com launched a free job board that consolidates thousands of apprenticeship and paid work‑based training listings across skilled trades, technology, healthcare, and business. Founder Joel Goldberg says artificial intelligence is reshaping entry‑level hiring, prompting employers to favor structured, skills‑based pathways....
Faranak Firozan Calls for Human Audits to Safeguard HR Data Integrity
Technical Program Manager Faranak Firozan warned on April 24 that relying solely on automated HR analytics can produce dangerous blind spots, citing a recent audit that uncovered 11 missing managers. She argues that a manual "Human Audit" is essential to...
How HR Can Break the Tech Regret Cycle
A new Accenture and Wharton School report warns that HR leaders often experience software‑buying regret, which can erode budgets and employee trust. The study argues that HR executives possess the influence and experience needed to prevent purchases from feeling like...
How HR Can Break the Tech Regret Cycle
HR leaders can curb costly software‑buying regret by aligning tech purchases with genuine organizational needs. A new Accenture‑Wharton report finds three‑quarters of U.S. SMBs are re‑evaluating recent tech investments, and 82 % of those who regret switching cite growth‑draining costs. The...
Why Gen Z's AI Skillset Isn't Translating to the Workplace
A recent Arkansas State University survey finds 26% of employers say entry‑level hires fall short on AI skills, and 18% have rejected Gen Z candidates for lacking AI expertise. While Gen Z is comfortable with tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, their...
Why the Recent Living Wage Rise Should Prompt a Payroll Infrastructure Rethink
The UK National Living Wage rose by £1,040 (about $1,320) per full‑time employee, raising payroll costs and exposing fragile payment processes. Around 25% of UK workers experience payroll errors, with nearly half encountering repeat mistakes and many taking over a...
BambooHR Launches Broker Partner Program to Strengthen Broker-Client Relationships
BambooHR announced a new Broker Partner Program aimed at benefits brokers, offering white‑glove implementation, dedicated support, and technology tools to help brokers serve clients. The program positions brokers as primary advisors while BambooHR supplies the platform and service infrastructure. It...
Instructure and Brandon Hall Group Partner to Advance Research on Future of Work and Lifelong Learning
Instructure has been named an Eminence Partner by Brandon Hall Group, a leading HCM research firm, to co‑develop independent research on the future of work and lifelong learning. The collaboration will produce a Bellwether Research Report that examines shifting learner...
Your Employees Have AI Brain Fry & It’s Affecting Your Business: BCG on Fixing the Problem
Boston Consulting Group’s new study of 1,500 U.S. employees finds that 14% suffer from "AI brain fry," a form of mental fatigue caused by excessive interaction with AI tools. Affected workers show 33% higher decision fatigue, 11% more minor errors...
The Human Skills HR Must Prioritize to Make AI Work
HR leaders are confronting a surge in AI use while many employees lack the skills to validate and guide machine‑generated outputs. Roughly two‑thirds of U.S. workers say their firms encourage AI, yet a third receive no training, creating risk of...
Korbyt-Commissioned Study Conducted by Reworked Reveals Why Employees Tune Out Workplace Communication
Korbyt and research firm Reworked released the 2026 State of Workplace Communication Survey, which polled 1,175 full‑time U.S. employees at firms with 50 or more staff. The study found that workers tune out internal messages that are not actionable, trusted,...
Automating Probation Extensions After Sick Leave in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
Organizations often extend probation when employees miss days due to short‑term sickness, but manual tracking creates administrative overhead and legal exposure. SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central now offers a configurable workflow that automatically adds the exact number of sick‑leave days to...
Spring Health Launches Guide, AI‑led Platform to Keep Mental‑health Care Continuous for Employees
Spring Health introduced Guide, an AI‑led experience that links therapy, coaching and medication across job changes and life events. The platform targets the industry’s chronic low‑utilization problem—about 60% of enrolled employees never book a first session and one‑third attend only...
Aspect Software Launches AI Platform and Names New CEO, Accelerating HRTech Growth
Aspect Software rolled out Aspect Intelligence™, its AI‑native workforce intelligence platform, and appointed Jeff Kupietzky as permanent chief executive officer. The moves underscore the company's shift toward AI‑enabled HR tools amid rising demand for real‑time workforce coordination.
Payslip and Deloitte Accelerate Global Payroll Centralisation Amid EU Pay‑Transparency Rules
Payslip and Deloitte unveiled a joint initiative that now automates over 1.3 million payslips a year across 125+ countries, processing roughly €5 billion ($5.5 billion) in payroll. The partnership, marking its two‑year anniversary, aims to meet tightening EU pay‑transparency directives with a unified,...
Skillsoft Reports 994% YoY Surge in AI Skill Assessments, Underscoring Corporate Upskilling Demand
Skillsoft announced a 994% year‑on‑year increase in AI‑related Skill Benchmark completions and a 261% rise in AI content completions, highlighting accelerating corporate demand for AI upskilling and validation. The growth reflects a shift from learning AI concepts to proving practical...
TI Communities Faces Dual Lawsuit Over Biometric Timekeeping and Wage Violations
A complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois accuses property‑management firm TI Communities of violating the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act and wage‑and‑hour laws through its facial‑scan timekeeping system. The case underscores how biometric attendance...
MetLife CHRO Unveils "Success Reset" To Guide HR Through Uncertainty
MetLife CHRO Shurawl Sibblies released a new report proposing a three‑pronged "Success Reset" framework for HR leaders to navigate workplace uncertainty and improve talent outcomes. The plan emphasizes benefits redesign, skill development, and purpose‑driven engagement as a way to restore...
IDC Study Sponsored by SAP Says HR AI Gains Stall Amid System Fragmentation
IDC, in a study sponsored by SAP, warns that fragmented HR, time and payroll systems are throttling AI value, with unified platforms delivering insights up to 60% faster and cutting payroll errors by 64%. The findings push vendors and enterprises...
AI Was Supposed to Elevate HR. What if It Does the Opposite?
HR executives are banking on artificial intelligence to shift the function from administrative support to strategic partner, but the transition is far from assured. Gartner reports that 95% of HR teams have AI projects, yet only 18% achieve significant transformation,...
Social Recruiting Ad Company Acquired
GAIA, a European HR‑tech provider, announced the acquisition of SocialJobs, a social recruiting ad platform, to fast‑track its expansion into the United States. The deal gives GAIA access to SocialJobs’ AI‑driven job‑matching engine and roughly 1.2 million monthly active users. At...
'Just for Show': Superficial AI Strategies Are Ruining Adoption
Executives are touting AI‑centric strategies, yet employee buy‑in remains shallow. A Betterworks survey shows 59% of leaders claim a clear AI vision, but only 8% of workers agree. Research by Writer and Workplace Intelligence finds AI super‑users are five times...
Sage Launches Sage HCM to Connect HR, Payroll and Finance
Sage announced Sage HCM, a unified human capital management suite that ties HR, payroll, and finance data together for mid‑market firms in North America. The solution integrates with Sage Intacct and includes an AI‑driven HCM Agent that automates routine payroll...
What Are the Best Enterprise Social Network Platforms for Large Organizations?
G2’s Spring 2026 Enterprise Grid® Report ranks Workvivo, DSMN8 and Blink as the highest‑scoring enterprise social networking (ESN) platforms for large organizations, with Workvivo achieving a 9.9/10 user‑satisfaction rating. Haystack, Workvivo and MangoApps lead the category for customer‑support quality, while Workvivo,...
What Is the Best Recruitment Marketing Platform for Enterprises?
According to G2’s Spring 2026 Enterprise Grid Report, Bullhorn, Handshake for Employers, and Greenhouse are the overall best recruitment‑marketing platforms for large enterprises. JobDiva, Bullhorn, and Greenhouse achieve the highest user‑satisfaction scores, while Jobylon, RippleMatch and Handshake lead in customer‑support ratings....
1H 2026 SmartRecruiters for SAP SuccessFactors: Connected Solutions and New AI-First Capabilities
SAP announced the first‑half 2026 release of SmartRecruiters for SAP SuccessFactors, adding AI‑first recruiting tools and tighter integration with the SAP HCM suite. The update introduces AI‑driven candidate matching, automated interview scheduling, and a new API marketplace for third‑party extensions....
Workday Evolves Into AI Platform, Avoiding Shadow ERP
And @Gabe_Monroy shares the @Workday Bet in the AI era · Transforming the System of Record into a Platform for Agents · Turning Workday's Configuration, Data, and Processes Into Enterprise Rails for Al Agents · Letting Customers Move Fast on Al Without Building...
Handling Subject Access Requests with Confidence Under New Data Act
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 gives UK HR teams new, legally backed tools to handle the expected flood of subject access requests (DSARs) that will follow the Employment Rights Act 2025’s reduction of the unfair‑dismissal qualifying period to...
Inside the Grammys’ Anthropic Experiment: How In‑house AI Is Rewriting Workforce Rules
The Recording Academy is piloting an in‑house version of Anthropic’s Claude AI with about 20 senior leaders to formalize AI usage and boost productivity. Executive backing has accelerated the shift from ad‑hoc tools like ChatGPT to a governed internal platform,...
Delete Every LinkedIn Skill Today. Start at Zero.
The post urges senior executives to delete all existing LinkedIn skills and rebuild the section with 100 hard‑keyword entries. It explains that recruiters rely on the Skills field for Boolean searches, and most executives leave 88 slots empty or fill...
Curately Integrates with JobDiva to Streamline AI‑Powered Staffing
Curately announced its official approval as a third‑party integration partner with JobDiva, linking its AI‑driven sourcing and conversion tools to the ATS used by over 50,000 staffing professionals. The combined workflow promises to keep candidate momentum flowing from discovery to...
BNY Puts $6,500 Behind Employees’ Path to Owning a Home
BNY announced a new homeowner program that provides up to $6,500 in down‑payment assistance for U.S. employees earning less than $100,000 annually. Eligible staff also receive homeownership education and access to mortgage‑related benefits. The initiative comes as the National Association...
Mitigating Driver Identity Fraud without Slowing Hiring
Carriers are turning to integrated digital onboarding workflows to accelerate driver hiring while combating a surge in identity fraud. By embedding biometric verification and automated checks into applicant tracking and HR systems, fleets can reduce time‑to‑hire, lower candidate drop‑out, and...
Payslip and Deloitte Lead on the Acceleration of Global Pay Transparency Demands
Payslip, the global payroll control and AI firm, announced it now automates over 1.3 million payslips each year for clients in more than 125 countries, processing roughly €5 billion (about $5.4 billion) in payroll payments. The milestone coincides with the two‑year anniversary of...
WageSafe’s Proactive Model Outperforms Traditional Audits in Preventing Costly Wage Violations
WageSafe, Australia’s first real‑time wage compliance platform, released data showing its continuous payroll monitoring outperforms periodic audits in catching wage errors. The automated engine cross‑checks each pay run against complex award rules, flagging under‑ or over‑payments before funds are disbursed....
Motivosity Named Certified Paylocity Partner, Powering Connected Employee Recognition Experiences
Motivosity has become a certified partner in the Paylocity Marketplace, allowing its employee recognition platform to integrate directly with Paylocity’s HR system. The integration automatically syncs employee data such as hires, role changes and terminations, removing manual steps for HR...
Thrive Launches Abacode Compliance Services to Help Organizations Build and Maintain Continuous Compliance
Thrive, a global technology outsourcing firm, has launched Abacode Compliance Services, a managed Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) offering built on its 2025 acquisition of Abacode. The service combines consulting, continuous monitoring, and a centralized compliance portal to help enterprises...
Why Walmart Is Rolling Out AI to 2M Employees
Walmart announced a company‑wide effort to give all 2.1 million employees basic AI competencies, leveraging an internal platform called Squiggly and external large‑language models. The initiative, championed by EVP Donna Morris, includes role‑specific certifications built with OpenAI and Google Gemini and...
When AI Becomes the Hiring Manager: Risks Every Leader Should Know
A panel hosted by Insurance Journal TV explored how artificial intelligence is transforming hiring, with experts from Socotra, Self Made Millennial, and StrataTech outlining emerging risks for leaders. They highlighted AI’s ability to automate resume screening and predictive talent analytics,...
AI Is Ratcheting up How Much Your Company Tracks You at Work
Employers are expanding workplace surveillance beyond productivity monitoring to collect detailed user interactions for training AI agents. Meta has rolled out an internal tool that records keystrokes, mouse movements and other digital actions to feed its AI models, sparking employee...
Inside the Dashboards JPMorgan Is Using to Track and Rank Engineers' AI Use
JPMorgan is using internal dashboards to score engineers on AI tool usage, including GitHub Copilot and Anthropic's Claude. The system ranks roughly 70,000 provisioned users, flagging about 24,000 as active, and categorizes them as non‑, light‑, or heavy‑users. Managers have...
Labs Are Consolidating Into a Single Integration Hub
I don’t understand this picture. This is not where we are going. The trend is superclear that the labs are consolidating and building integrations to other systems so you have one system in the middle, where you can connect and talk...
AI Takes over Employment Verification Calls.
Today I received a typical employment verification call about a past employee (I run a company). It was an AI! I didn’t realize until 2 minutes in. Then I asked directly, and the voice said she was an AI. First...
Crosschq Launches Advanced Fraud Prevention and AI Fluency Modules in 360 Reference Checking Platform
Crosschq unveiled two new modules for its 360 reference‑checking platform: an advanced fraud‑prevention suite and AI‑fluency assessment tools. The fraud suite validates reference legitimacy, flags concerning signals, detects suspicious activity, and integrates ID.me identity verification to meet IAL2 standards. The...
HR Overlooks AI’s Real Impact on Workforce
HR´s blind spot in assessing the impact of AI https://t.co/nntpfcj1lN #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
AI Clones Top Recruiters, Delivering Hires 10x Faster
Asendia AI builds AI recruiters for staffing agencies and enterprise companies. It clones their best recruiters into AI agents that match, screen, and submit candidates 10x faster. Congrats on the launch, @LajmiRihab and @zormati_ba! https://t.co/2OHkrmBGLx https://t.co/I8j0pjHDKm
Folks Launches All-in-One HR and Payroll Platform Designed for Canadian Businesses
Folks, a Canadian HR‑tech firm operating since 2010, unveiled an all‑in‑one HRIS that bundles recruitment, employee data, performance, time‑off, and fully compliant payroll. The platform is engineered for multi‑province organizations, automatically handling each province’s tax rules and Québec’s distinct regulations....
Amazon Teams with Grow Therapy for Employee Mental Health
Whoa... The employer behavioral health wars are heating up! Amazon is partnering with Grow Therapy on EAP. 👇 https://t.co/jVDA2xBhsE
AI-Driven Integrated HR: Prioritizing Human Capability
Zoom Out for an Integrated View: Stakeholder HR through Human Capability with AI @dave_ulrich https://t.co/YJEAFofHOZ #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR