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Humand announced a $66 million Series A round, co‑led by Kaszek and Goodwater Capital, to accelerate its AI‑powered platform for the 2.7 billion deskless workers worldwide. The San Francisco‑based startup positions its mobile‑first operating system as a social‑network‑style hub where frontline employees can request time off, access benefits, and complete training via natural‑language AI agents. To date, Humand serves over 1.6 million users across 1,500 organizations, including brands such as Domino’s, OXXO and MINISO. The new capital will fund U.S. expansion and the rollout of more than 30 AI modules.
What if everything you believed about how hiring works… was only half the story? The job market has always had rules. Apply. Interview. Get picked. Simple, right? But something is quietly changing beneath the surface — and it's making a...
The recruiting industry’s reliance on opaque ATS and post‑apply AI screening creates widespread candidate ghosting and legal exposure. Candidates often skip jobs where they expect no feedback, with 80% of well‑matched talent opting out, leading to noisy, low‑quality applicant pools....
The 2025 Canadian tax filing season begins as new Employment Hero data reveals a sizable awareness gap around work‑from‑home (WFH) expense claims. While 26% of Canadians worked remotely at least half the time for four consecutive weeks—making them eligible for...
Doug Berg of Match2 highlighted the systemic flaws in today’s recruiting process, noting that candidates often receive no response after applying. In a recent example, a job seeker applied to 100 positions and heard back from only 44, while the...
In this episode, Chris Russell talks with Doug Berg of Match2 about the flaws of post‑apply AI screening and the need for a pre‑apply, candidate‑centric approach. Berg explains Match2’s universal candidate profile, which lets job seekers create a portable, consent‑based...
HR software firm Ciphr analysed ONS data and identified the UK towns with the widest gender pay gaps for full‑time workers. Eighty‑eight percent of large towns show a gap, and more than half exceed 7 %. Bracknell tops the list with...
HR leaders face accelerating capability gaps as growth initiatives outpace traditional planning cycles. The article proposes a four‑lever model—build, buy, borrow, or bot—guided by a three‑step sense‑surface‑select framework to bring speed and consistency to workforce decisions. It outlines how to...
$15K to land a job? What HR can make of ‘#ReverseRecruiting’ @HR_Exec https://t.co/WiJQnzc2w6 #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
AND Digital partnered with skills‑first learning platform HowNow in early 2023 to streamline its learning and development operations. By integrating LinkedIn Learning and creating practice‑specific pathways, the firm cut content curation time by roughly 50% and slashed onboarding administration by...
A new HR Executive report highlights that U.S. compliance programs are lagging in data‑analytics adoption, limiting their ability to build resilient, future‑proof processes. The study points to a three‑pillar solution—culture, technology, and accountability—to navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. Researchers...
LRN’s new report finds only 34% of U.S. organizations use data analytics to assess compliance effectiveness, despite rising AI investments. Most compliance programs still focus on basic activity metrics like training completion, offering limited insight into underlying risk or cultural...
Check out the latest article in my newsletter: This Week, In Recruiting - Issue 256 https://t.co/XcJqoF4avU
The Best Places to Work Certification Program has honored 15 Asia‑Pacific companies for exemplary workplace culture, strong employee engagement, and innovative HR practices. The assessment focuses on leadership effectiveness, employee experience, and overall culture, highlighting firms that make employees feel...
RemotePass, a global HR and payroll platform, introduced SpendCards, corporate cards tailored for distributed workforces in over 150 countries. The solution gives finance teams instant visibility, automated limits, real‑time categorization and eliminates cross‑border reimbursement tax liabilities. Employees can spend without...
The Connext Global 2026 AI Oversight Survey of 1,000 U.S. workers shows that just 17 % trust AI to operate without human supervision, while 70 % rely on a human safety net—either light review or dedicated oversight. Monitoring is pervasive, with 82 %...
Gartner says that 88% of HR leaders have NOT achieved business value from AI. It begs the question: what are my fellow HR peeps doing? How is it possible to NOT gain any business value? It's almost more impressive than...
HYPR has launched a context‑based attestation framework to strengthen identity verification across hiring, onboarding, and account recovery. The method layers traditional document, location, and biometric checks with internal role data, workflow cues, calendar events, and peer validations. By continuously cross‑referencing...
United Airlines is deploying analytics tools to identify flight attendants it believes are abusing sick‑leave, and the resulting terminations have become the airline's leading cause for dismissals. Managers examine digital footprints such as denied time‑off requests, swap attempts, and social‑media...
Learning and Development leaders are turning to no‑code platforms to eliminate bottlenecks caused by IT backlogs. By using visual workflow builders, automated actions, and drag‑and‑drop portal designers, they can launch, update, and scale learning experiences in real time. The approach...
We’ve entered a strange new phase of the job market. I call it the Great Employment Stalemate. No one is really hiring. Everyone feels incredibly productive. On one side, candidates use AI to generate perfectly optimized CVs. On the other, companies deploy AI to...
To Lead a Successful #HRTransformation, A Good Process is Not Enough #OnlineEvent #Webinar @Gartner_inc https://t.co/BgCskZSeif #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Hirevue unveiled Assessment Builder, a new tool that lets talent‑acquisition teams create role‑specific, scientifically validated hiring assessments in minutes. The platform leverages AI to parse job descriptions and generate skill‑based evaluations while offering the choice between AI‑scored and fully manual...
Recruiting Brainfood - Issue 489 https://t.co/2gg36oRyRL Recruiting leading the way in AI adoption....at least within HR, handing over your identity for LinkedIn verification, GEO in 20 minutes, AI as the end of BPO and real talk on age-ism vs aging... https://t.co/nO1lv2kx0z
when you upload your resume and it doesn’t ask you to enter the same info manually https://t.co/yg8OrzE01h
In 2026 recruitment marketing has shifted from static job posts to immersive video storytelling, making video editing a core competency for HR teams. The article outlines seven editing styles—from basic cuts to interactive formats—each tailored to specific recruitment goals and...
Why future-fit #HR means owning the system of work @TPShub https://t.co/Grx3J5T6uY #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Closing the Gap: Why Finance-Driven Partnership is #HR’s New 2026 Must-Have in the #AIEra @visier https://t.co/PGxntO1MFS #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Napster, an embodied AI firm, announced a partnership with Scaling Up to embed its AI platform into the global executive‑coaching network. The collaboration will generate AI‑driven digital twins of Scaling Up’s seasoned coaches, delivering the proven growth framework 24/7 in multiple languages....
How LSE ditched legacy #HR for a user-first, #AI-powered future https://t.co/6HBPgTUgzQ @UNLEASHgroup #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Foundations for Professional Business Practice in the #ageofAI #OnlineEvent @ABPsychologists https://t.co/f8fH8FO9u5 #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Aaptiv has launched AaptivMSK, a musculoskeletal health app developed with movr, to deliver personalized, mobility‑focused programs for employees. The app offers self‑guided assessments, clinically validated exercises, and adaptive care plans that can be completed in as little as five minutes...
The State of TA 2026 As the talent acquisition landscape continues to evolve, your perspective plays a key role in shaping what comes next. By taking part in this survey, you’ll have the option to opt in for first access to the...
AI Made Your Behavioral Questions Useless Every candidate you’re interviewing has been coached by AI — and your behavioral questions can’t screen for that anymore. The shift the best hiring teams are making: ditch ‘tell me about a time’ and replace it...
In this episode of HRchat, host Bill Banham and HR thought‑leader Perry Timms discuss a new HR operating model built on product thinking, systems design, and behavioural science, urging HR leaders to design for constant change. They illustrate how treating...
International Monetary Fund: Key learnings from the latest report for #HRleaders @UNLEASHgroup https://t.co/9mnBKR8WTT #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
The SAP SuccessFactors HCM implementation blog post outlines the ten most common execution risks and offers practical mitigation strategies based on the author’s experience. Risks highlighted include scope creep, data migration challenges, integration complexities, change‑management shortcomings, and insufficient testing. The...
The 2026 Recruitment Marketing Benchmark Report reveals that recruiting costs rose even as the labor market softened. Cost‑per‑click (CPC) climbed to a median of $0.95 in 2026, while apply rates improved to 5.19% but did not lower cost‑per‑applicant. Shrinking organic...
The HR Happy Hour Media Network announced the launch of a new podcast, The HR Connection, aimed at HR leaders and business executives in small to mid‑size companies (1‑500 employees). Hosted by Sabrina Baker, founder of Acacia HR Solutions, and...
Talent acquisition leaders are urged to abandon pure hiring‑productivity metrics and adopt a capacity‑focused model that delivers strategic, value‑based services. By centralizing enablement functions, automating administrative tasks, and simplifying interview processes, firms can free recruiters for genuine candidate engagement. Cost...
A free calculator, TheGreatDisplacement.ai, predicts the exact year AI will replace an individual’s job using data from Goldman Sachs, Gartner and the World Economic Forum. Forecasts indicate up to 300 million jobs could be displaced globally, with 20 % of organizations expected...
A British Columbia privacy commissioner report revealed 36 healthcare workers accessed patient records in 71 separate incidents, highlighting a broader issue of employee snooping. Privacy lawyer Lyndsay Wasser says such unauthorized access is common across sectors, not limited to high‑profile...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released draft ACA rules for 2027 that could make individual major‑medical coverage cheaper and more attractive. Key changes include broader availability of catastrophic plans, higher annual out‑of‑pocket caps, and the option for monthly...
A New York federal judge ruled that generative‑AI documents created by a non‑lawyer and shared with counsel are not protected by attorney‑client privilege, marking the first federal decision on this issue. The case involved former board chair Bradley Heppner, who...
The article argues that AI agents should not be classified as fellow employees, emphasizing that they remain tools rather than workers. It critiques the notion of extending employee‑like rights or treatment to autonomous software. The author stresses that HR’s focus...
The article contends that AI agents should not be treated as employees but as advanced tools akin to computers. It explains that while agents like ChatGPT simplify tasks, they lack autonomy and require human supervision and prompt‑engineering. Using a marketing...
Ankur Anand, group CIO of Nash Squared, is reshaping the recruiter’s technology agenda to turn data and AI into competitive advantages. He merged day‑to‑day IT operations with a growth‑focused digital strategy, integrating disparate systems to create a single candidate view. Anand...
HR teams that demystify stock options improve candidate confidence and close offers faster. The article outlines a repeatable process that starts with simple definitions of grant, strike price and vesting, then visualizes vesting schedules as timelines rather than percentages. It...
Healthee announced the upcoming launch of an AI‑powered Claims Analytics solution that turns static claims reporting into continuous, conversational intelligence. The platform, accessed via Zoe, its agentic AI assistant, lets HR and benefits managers ask plain‑language questions to uncover cost...
Rotageek co‑founder Chris McCullough warns first‑time founders that their initial idea is often wrong, but solving a real, paying problem is essential. He discovered that while hospital rostering was broken, the first market with budget and urgency was retail, prompting...
