LinkedIn and INVNT Launch AI Skills Sprint Sydney for Recruiters
LinkedIn partnered with experiential agency INVNT to host a four‑day AI Skills Sprint in Sydney, drawing over 270 talent‑acquisition leaders. The immersive event showcased LinkedIn’s AI‑powered Hiring Assistant through live demos, prompt‑engineering challenges, and AI myth‑busting exercises. Participants reported an 81% reduction in profile reviews, a 66% increase in InMail acceptance rates, and saved roughly 1.5 hours per role. LinkedIn plans to roll the sprint out virtually across APAC to accelerate AI adoption among recruiters.
DoD IT Leaders Push ‘Smarter Not Harder’ Enterprise Cyber Workforce System
Defense Department IT leaders are urging the Pentagon to replace fragmented service‑level cyber workforce tools with a single enterprise system. Senior officials from the Marine Corps, Army and Air Force highlighted that current separate platforms duplicate effort, hinder talent mobility,...
'Empathetic' Salesforce Bots to Help Those Fired by Uncaring Humans
Salesforce is deploying its Agentforce AI bots to the U.S. Department of Labor’s national call centre, automating triage for unemployment insurance, OSHA, Job Corps and other programs that generate roughly 2.8 million cases annually. Built on the FedRAMP‑certified Government Cloud and...
Huckleberry Rolls Out $20‑Per‑Month AI Coach to Democratize Employee Development
Huckleberry announced a $20‑per‑seat, voice‑first AI coaching platform at Transform 2026, promising every employee a private, encrypted coach. The service, built on persistent memory and deep HR integrations, seeks to close the gap in a $20 billion industry that currently serves...
AI Is Redefining Hiring: Hire Engineers Already Obsessed
A candidate used AI to ace the coding test. The team couldn't tell the difference. This is the new hiring reality for SaaS founders 👇 On this week's SaasRise Mastermind, we broke down the biggest challenges SaaS CEOs are facing...
AI‑Driven Benefits Platform Raises $30M to Transform HR
Origin Secures $30 Million Series A+ to Scale AI‑Powered Global Benefits Platform Origin’s financing highlights a growing consensus that AI can unlock efficiency in traditionally manual HR functions. By centralising disparate benefits data, the platform not only cuts costs but also...
How to Spot Artificial Intelligence Recruiters Who Target Candidates From LinkedIn
Research firm Gartner predicts that by 2028 one in four job candidates worldwide will be fabricated, fueling a surge in AI‑generated recruiter outreach. Executives are receiving polished, generic emails that often originate from Gmail accounts and contain vague role descriptions,...
Origin Secures $30 Million Series A+ to Scale AI‑Powered Global Benefits Platform
Origin raised $30 million in a Series A+ round led by Notion Capital, bringing total funding to over $50 million. The AI‑powered platform promises a single source of truth for multinational benefits, targeting cost‑pressured HR, finance and risk teams.
BiznusSoft HR Named Preferred Certified Payroll Software Provider by LCPtracker for Automated Reporting and Compliance
BiznusSoft announced that its HR platform has been named a Preferred Alliance Payroll Provider by LCPtracker, the leading certified‑payroll compliance tool for public‑sector construction projects. The Salesforce‑native solution now offers one‑click generation of LCPtracker‑ready payroll files, automating Davis‑Bacon and prevailing‑wage...
AI Transformation Accelerating Faster than Most Expect
It was a privilege sitting down with @servicenow's Chief People & AI Enablement Officer, Jacqui Canney, at Transform Monday. She shared real examples of what AI transformation and enablement look like at scale. My biggest takeaway from this and other...
Nelson Hall Review Highlights Aptia’s U.S. Benefits Expansion
Aptia is focused on expanding its U.S. benefits administration business to enhance delivery capacity and support sustained long-term growth. A new #NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes its #BenefitsAdministration offerings and capabilities: https://t.co/skVuwkULyY #HRTech https://t.co/N7xAuZGt23
Deel Adds an ATS
In this 7‑minute episode of This Week in RecTech, host Chris Russell highlights recent moves in the talent acquisition space, including Adzuna’s acquisition of Trovit and Mitula, NovaWorks’ $8 million seed round for its AI‑native HCM platform, and Deal’s launch of...
AI Benefits Evolve to Year‑Round Support with Guardrails
Contributor Spotlight: LaJoi McClendon — AI-powered benefits moving beyond enrollment to year-round support, with the right guardrails. Read LaJoi's take on p. 26 of our eBook. https://t.co/x6mbQ6zZKz #AI #Talent https://t.co/udEnGmVMon
HR Must Evolve Amid Accelerating Workforce Intensification
Workforce Transformation in the Age of Intensification @degreed https://t.co/cVaVY7zhCS #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
ADP Survey Finds Only 22% of Workers Feel Their Jobs Are Safe, Prompting Talent Strategy Overhaul
ADP Research’s latest Global Workforce Survey of 39,000 workers across 36 markets reveals that only 22% feel secure in their jobs. The finding underscores a growing urgency for employers to invest in talent development, mentorship and AI‑skill training to boost...
Ethical Implications of Using AI in Hiring
AI-driven hiring tools promise efficiency but risk embedding human biases into recruitment decisions. The article explains how cognitive biases translate into algorithmic bias when historical data reflects discrimination, and why removing explicit protected attributes is insufficient. It highlights the EU...
The Best HCM Integrations: APIs, Flat Files or Hybrid?
Companies rolling out new HCM platforms face a choice between traditional flat‑file transfers and modern API‑driven connections. Flat files, moved via SFTP, offer simplicity and reliability for legacy benefits carriers that still demand nightly 834 batches. APIs provide real‑time employee...
Navigating the HR Tech Marketplace with an ROI-First Approach
The HR technology landscape now includes a sprawling array of solutions, from comprehensive HRIS platforms to niche tools for recruiting, engagement surveys, and outsourced services. Vendors compete across dozens of categories, making selection increasingly complex for talent leaders. The article...
The Importance of Compliance by Design in the Remote Work Era
Compliance by design has become essential as workforces become increasingly mobile and geographically dispersed. Shifting regulations across state, city and local levels mean that employee relocations instantly trigger new legal obligations. HR leaders are urged to embed location‑tracking, automated alerts...
Innovation, Insight and Industry Leaders to Unite at HR Technologies UK 2026
HR Technologies UK 2026 will convene senior HR and People leaders at Excel London on April 29‑30 for its largest edition yet. The two‑day event will feature around 100 exhibitors, including Oracle, Workday, Sage and fast‑growth innovators showcasing AI‑driven recruitment,...
Hiring: Why It’s So Slow and What Might Speed It Up
A GoodTime survey of 504 senior talent‑acquisition leaders found that 90% of companies missed their hiring goals, with AI‑generated fake candidates identified as the top hiring threat for 2026. Gartner warns that AI has turned recruiting into an arms race,...
The Global Payments Problem: Why Your Payment Infrastructure Is a Workforce Strategy Issue
The article argues that global payment infrastructure is a critical workforce strategy issue, not merely a finance function. It highlights how traditional wire transfers, currency conversion fees, and varied compliance requirements create costly friction for hiring contractors across borders. Modern...
Trust Gaps | Anonymous Whistleblowing Rises as Digital Reporting Reshapes Speak-Up Culture
Digital whistleblowing has surged to a record high, with anonymous submissions now accounting for 56% of all reports, according to Safecall’s 2026 Benchmark Report. Named reports have dropped from 37% in 2019 to 25% today, while online anonymity dominates at...
Build Vs. Buy AI: Hot Debate at TechHRSG
MyPOV - The Build vs Buy AI discussions are in full swing at #TechHRSG https://t.co/JvzRifPdQd
PsyMetrics Launches Suite of Assessment Tools to Tackle Healthcare Attrition
PsyMetrics unveiled its Healthcare Behavioral Assessment Suite, an AI‑driven psychometric platform aimed at curbing the chronic turnover in hospitals, clinics, and medical support services. The tool leverages 30 years of industrial‑organizational psychology data to map candidates' behavioral traits to the...
Culture Amp: Strong Culture Drives 47% Higher Market Value
Culture Amp unveiled its Performance Culture Quadrant (PCQ), a diagnostic that maps a company’s engagement and performance confidence into four distinct culture states. Research covering 1,800 firms found that organizations in the "Peak Performance" state—high engagement and high confidence—outperformed peers,...
Everee Named to Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies
Everee has been named No. 11 on Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies list in the Human Resources category, highlighting its rapid rise in payroll technology. The company’s 2025 milestones include a pay‑cycle‑free payroll system, real‑time gross‑to‑net processing across all states,...
Study: Employees Build AI Skills Faster Than Firms Recognize
Litmos released the “From Ladder to Lattice” report highlighting an emerging “AI ceiling” in workforce development. While 80.5% of HR leaders say they prioritize skills‑based growth, only 28.5% report AI‑driven learning shortening promotion timelines. Employees feel their newly acquired capabilities...
Overalls Named to Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies
Overalls, Inc. has been named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026, ranking No. 7 in the Workplace category and earning a Small and Mighty spot. The HR‑tech firm offers a single platform where employees can submit any personal...
Paychex Posts 20% Revenue Surge, $463 Million Stock Buyback in Q3 2026
Paychex (PAYX) posted $1.8 billion in third‑quarter revenue, up 20% year over year, and returned $463 million to shareholders through stock repurchases. The results underscore accelerating demand for payroll and HR solutions as employers grapple with a cost‑of‑living squeeze.
Colorful Box Launches AI‑native Scale HR Evaluation for SMEs
Colorful Box Co. released Scale人事評価, an AI‑native cloud platform that automates the full HR evaluation cycle for small‑and‑medium enterprises. Developed in just two months using Anthropic’s Claude Code, the service offers a subscription starting at ¥10,000 (≈$66) per month and...
HR Leaders Urged to Adopt AI‑Powered People Analytics for $3 Million Cost Savings
Culture Amp’s chief people officer, Justin Angsuwat, says AI‑powered people analytics is moving HR from descriptive reporting to prescriptive, real‑time guidance. He warns that firms without a solid data foundation risk $3 million‑plus losses, while early adopters can turn analytics into...
Microsoft Exec Says Candidates Now Demand $100‑$500 Daily AI Token Budgets
Microsoft executive vice president Charles Lamanna disclosed that tech job candidates are requesting daily AI token allocations worth $100 to several hundred dollars. The demand signals a shift toward AI usage becoming a core component of executive compensation and hiring...
Why HR Teams Are Paying Attention to Customer Community Platforms
HR teams are increasingly adopting customer community platforms as strategic tools for employee engagement and brand building. These platforms enable peer‑to‑peer support, centralized knowledge sharing, and real‑time feedback, which boost satisfaction and reduce support costs. Gamified recognition and virtual events...
EXCL: HMRC Signs £150k Deal for AI-Generated Comms and Training Videos
HM Revenue and Customs has signed a one‑year contract with London‑based Synthesia, valued at £146,160 (approximately $186,000), to pilot an AI‑generated video platform for internal communications and staff training. The deal, awarded through the G‑Cloud 14 framework, aims to test...
We’ve Adapted to Hybrid Work. Has Our Infrastructure?
Hybrid work is now entrenched across Asia‑Pacific, but digital friction is eroding productivity. TeamViewer research shows employees lose an average of 1.33 workdays per month, and 42% of firms attribute revenue loss to IT inefficiencies. AI‑driven remote support and intelligent...
Fintech Startup Worth Secures $30M Series A to Power AI Onboarding for SMBs
Worth raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Fulcrum Equity Partners, with participation from Amex Ventures, to scale its AI‑powered platform that streamlines onboarding and underwriting for small‑business lenders. The funding will accelerate product development, including a new...
‘Do You Want some Privacy with That?’
Burger King, via Restaurant Brands International, will deploy an AI‑powered voice assistant called “Patty” in Canadian restaurants after a U.S. pilot in 500 locations. The headset listens to employee‑customer interactions, offering real‑time coaching, task prompts and performance data. While executives...
Fragmented Recruiting Data Wastes Time, Demands Unified Workflow
We didn’t decide to build Collected because we wanted to launch another piece of recruiting software. We built it because we kept seeing the same operational problem show up in different forms. It came up working with our recruiting agency...
AI Legal Risks Abound Despite Trump’s Push for Federal Policy
Companies deploying AI-driven human resources tools face mounting legal exposure despite the Trump administration’s push for a federal AI regulatory framework. Even if Congress preempts state AI statutes, firms remain vulnerable to discrimination lawsuits under existing civil rights laws when...
Human Interest to Provide Recordkeeping for UBS Financial Advisers
Human Interest announced that more than 5,000 UBS Group advisers will now use its automated record‑keeping platform for 401(k) and 403(b) plans. The service speeds rollovers and withdrawals to as little as one business day and links with over 500...
Westgate Resorts Modernized Its L&D System to Be Optimized for Frontline Workers
Westgate Resorts, after acquiring VI Resorts’ portfolio and nearly tripling its footprint, replaced its home‑grown learning management system with Schoox, an AI‑driven LMS built for frontline staff. The new platform shifted training from paper and a fragmented system to a...
Orica Builds a Conversational AI Assistant for HR
Orica has launched a conversational AI assistant that sits atop its fragmented HR technology stack, using ServiceNow's MoveWorks overlay and Now Assist. The tool integrates SAP SuccessFactors, Dayforce, SharePoint and other systems, delivering natural‑language, multilingual support through Microsoft Teams. A proof‑of‑concept...
Why Does Every Case of AI Hiring a Human Feel Like a Groveling Publicity Stunt?
RentAHuman, a gig platform that lets AI agents hire humans, has grown to over 660,000 "rentable" users but its job listings consist mainly of gimmicky tasks such as holding signs at Shibuya Crossing or releasing a lobster for a Claude‑based...
Federal Leaders Shift Workforce Strategies to Support AI Integration
Federal agencies, led by NASA and the Department of Transportation, are overhauling workforce strategies to accommodate AI‑augmented workflows. They plan to inventory current roles, map skill needs for the next three to six years, and launch upskilling, reskilling, and cross‑skilling...
Trayd Raises $10M, Slashes Payroll Time 28x
Congrats to Trayd on their $10M Series A! Specialty trade contractors deal with union rules, multistate labor laws, and a ton of manual back-office work. Trayd automates payroll, HR, and compliance for them, cutting a 14-hour weekly process down to under...
AI-Driven Performance Management Revolution: Strategies for 2027 Success
Artificial intelligence is reshaping performance management, replacing annual reviews with continuous, data‑driven feedback. AI platforms analyze communications, project milestones and sentiment to deliver real‑time coaching, while personalized learning recommendations boost skill development and reduce training costs. Bias‑detection tools and predictive...
At ADT, 'Security' Now Extends to Employees' Financial Health
ADT has partnered with financial‑wellness provider Addition Wealth to offer its 13,000 U.S. employees an AI‑driven coaching platform. The service, launched in January 2025, adds budgeting, retirement and tax‑filing guidance to ADT’s existing benefits suite. Engagement has risen steadily as...
Sparrow Guided Launch Expands Access to Industry-Leading Leave Management Expertise
Sparrow introduced Sparrow Guided, a new self‑service tier that blends step‑by‑step digital guidance with access to its seasoned leave specialists. The platform automates routine tasks while reserving human expertise for complex claims, expanding the reach of Sparrow’s concierge‑level support beyond...
DWP Engages AI and Tech Suppliers to Help Shape Plans for 12 Areas of New Jobs and Careers Services
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has opened a market‑engagement programme to recruit AI and technology providers for its new Jobs and Careers Service (JCS). The JCS, which will combine the National Careers Service with the DWP’s 646 Jobcentres...