IBM Consulting Unveils AI Suite to Cut Costs 25% and Accelerate Hiring 90% for Regulated Enterprises
IBM Consulting announced at Think 2026 a suite of AI capabilities under its Enterprise Advantage platform, aimed at regulated sectors. The tools claim to reduce operating costs by more than 25% and cut hiring time by 90%, while offering FedRAMP‑authorized cloud options for secure deployment.
Snowflake Startup Spotlight: TestGorilla
TestGorilla, a global talent discovery platform, leverages more than 2 million skills‑tested candidates and over 350 science‑backed assessments to enable AI‑driven, skills‑based hiring. The company centralizes all recruitment, finance and CRM data in Snowflake, reporting up to ten‑fold faster query performance...
2026 Mid‑Atlantic Regional Employer Conference
Littler’s 2026 Mid‑Atlantic Regional Employer Conference, titled “Employment Intelligence 2 – Powering the Future Workplace,” will run from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on a single day, with a $405 registration fee (10% discount for multiple registrants). The event targets in‑house counsel and...
Build an AI Tool, Land a Job: Data Center Operator Launches Hiring Contest
DataVita, a Scottish data‑center operator, has launched the OpenClaw Challenge, an AI‑building competition that replaces traditional resumes. Participants must create a functional AI tool using Anthropic’s open‑source OpenClaw agent, judged on originality, technical merit, business value, security, and communication. The...
Google Plans to Let Software Engineers Use AI Assistants in Job Interviews
Google is piloting an interview format that lets software engineering candidates use an AI assistant, specifically its Gemini model, during the code‑comprehension round. The pilot targets junior to mid‑level roles on select U.S. teams and could expand globally if successful....
Intuit Launches QuickBooks Workforce, AI‑Native HCM Platform for SMBs
Intuit announced QuickBooks Workforce, an AI‑native human‑capital management system that unifies payroll, time tracking, benefits and talent acquisition for small and mid‑market companies. The platform targets firms that currently juggle 7‑25 separate tools and spend roughly $120,000 a year on...
Salary.com and WorldatWork Unveil 29‑City Total Comp Tour for Pay Professionals
Salary.com and WorldatWork announced the Total Comp Tour, a 29‑city, May‑August event series that begins May 6 in Waltham, MA. The roadshow offers in‑person panels, AI‑focused sessions and peer networking for isolated compensation teams, signaling a push to build community...
OPM Deploys AI Tools to Draft Job Descriptions and Automate Retirement Services
U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor announced the rollout of the USA Class AI platform to generate federal job descriptions and AI chatbots to handle routine retirement inquiries. The initiative targets the agency’s 2 million civilian employees and more...
Salesforce to Hire 1,000 AI‑Native Graduates in New Builder Initiative
Salesforce announced a commitment to bring 1,000 AI‑native recent graduates into its ranks through the Builder program. The move targets a talent pool already fluent in generative AI, a strategic response to a 6% dip in entry‑level hiring and predictions...
Just 4% of SMEs Are Ready for the EU’s Pay Transparency Directive, Despite Employing Two-Thirds of Ireland’s Workforce
HRLocker’s survey reveals only 4% of Irish SMEs are fully prepared for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will be transposed into Irish law despite the government missing the June 7 deadline. The directive mandates objective, documented pay decisions, yet 35%...
Your Face Influences Hiring: Data, Impact, and Solutions
Your face is part of your resume. Here’s what the data says—and what to do about it. https://t.co/dSWfCmhCcD
Standout Restores Signal in AI-Driven Hiring
Standout (@standoutwork) is the agentic hiring marketplace AI has turned hiring into spam. Standout turns it back into signal. Talent and companies get an agent, that makes intros when it matters. Congrats on the launch, @alexisaftalion & @saas7w! https://t.co/ILmp4fD4Ia https://t.co/nvHTXMx0KN
The Smart Way to Track Your Work Hours Without Stress or Errors
Accurate work‑hour tracking is becoming essential as remote, freelance, and flexible schedules proliferate. Traditional manual methods often cause errors, lost earnings, and payroll headaches. Free online hour calculators now offer instant, precise results that any device can access. By automating...
Gusto Hits $1B, Over Half ARR From Non‑Payroll Products
Gusto just crossed $1 billion in revenue. Most interesting data point: 50%+ of ARR now comes from products beyond payroll Got there via product expansion + acquisitions (Mosey, Guideline). The aspiration increasingly looks like an SMB super app. https://t.co/r6Kxw8LpF3
Tech Mahindra and UKG Partner to Accelerate AI-Driven Workforce Transformation and Adoption
Tech Mahindra and UKG announced a strategic partnership to accelerate AI‑driven workforce transformation for North American enterprises, especially small and mid‑market firms. Tech Mahindra will deploy the UKG Workforce Operating Platform internally and expand its UKG services practice to implement,...
7 Best Contractor Payment Software I Recommend in 2026
The article ranks the seven top contractor payment platforms for 2026, highlighting Deel as the overall leader, followed by Gusto, Remote, Rippling, RUN Powered by ADP, Fiverr Enterprise, and Payoneer Workforce Management. It bases the rankings on G2 data, user...
As Recruiters Face a Flood of AI-Polished Resumes, SimpleHire AI Expands Verified Skills Platform
SimpleHire AI announced an expansion of its QR‑based verified candidate profile platform as recruiters grapple with a surge of AI‑polished resumes that obscure genuine skill signals. The service adds one‑time skill assessments, identity checks, work‑eligibility verification, and reference validation, producing...
Littler Survey Shows 68% of U.S. Employers Adopt AI Governance, Yet Gaps Remain
Littler Mendelson's 2026 employer survey reports that 68% of U.S. companies have formal AI governance policies, up from 38% in 2025. Despite the rise, fewer than half have key controls such as third‑party vendor vetting or dedicated oversight committees, leaving...
AI’s Taking A Bigger And Bigger Bite Out Of Payrolls
The latest Challenger update shows AI is reshaping tech payrolls, driving a surge in layoffs. In April 2026, tech firms announced over 33,000 cuts, representing 40% of all layoff announcements and pushing year‑to‑date tech cuts toward 85,000, the highest since...
Upwork’s Spring Update
Upwork’s Spring 2026 update introduces a suite of AI‑driven tools built around its proprietary AI work agent, Uma. The rollout adds a ChatGPT‑integrated Upwork app that lets clients discover freelancers and draft job posts during conversations, and launches Uma Recruiter, an...
Greenhouse Launches MCP, Giving Hiring Teams a Governed Way to Connect AI Tools to Greenhouse
Greenhouse unveiled the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a permission‑aware layer that lets hiring teams connect AI tools directly to the Greenhouse platform. Developed with design partners such as StubHub and Komodo Health, the MCP rollout begins in June. It enables...
EzPaycheck Software Empowers Businesses to Streamline Multi-Client Payroll Processing at a Flat Cost
Halfpricesoft.com has launched ezPaycheck, an in‑house payroll platform that lets accountants and small businesses process payroll for unlimited clients at a flat annual fee of $169. The software supports core tax forms (941, 940, W‑2, W‑3) and offers unlimited paycheck...
Bruce Cohen – Building a Best-in-Class Performance Management System in 2026 and Beyond
In a new HRTech podcast, veteran HR leader Bruce Cohen outlines how organizations can build a best‑in‑class performance management system for 2026 and beyond. He argues that traditional annual reviews are obsolete and must be replaced with continuous, data‑driven feedback...
Gartner Warns AI-Driven Hiring Freeze Could Backfire by 2030
At the Gartner Supply Chain Symposium in Orlando, analysts warned that pausing entry‑level hiring to accommodate AI could create talent shortages by 2030. Gartner's data shows 75% of supply‑chain firms that halted early‑career recruitment in 2026 will incur more than...
Betterworks Unveils AI‑Powered Talent Intelligence Platform to Drive Execution
Betterworks rolled out an AI‑powered Talent Intelligence platform that captures performance signals in real time, promising to convert traditional performance reviews into actionable execution metrics. The suite, featuring Unified Talent Profiles and Skills Intelligence, targets the gap where only 16%...
Why AI Interviews Are Losing 1 in 3 Candidates
AI-driven interview platforms are gaining traction, yet new research shows that one‑third of job seekers abandon the process when no human is present. Candidate discomfort spikes when firms fail to disclose AI usage, raising doubts about fairness and bias. The...
Mercer Teams with Syndio to Fuse AI Pay Governance with Compensation Advisory
Mercer announced a strategic alliance with Syndio, linking the consulting firm’s compensation expertise to Syndio’s AI‑powered pay governance platform. The partnership, unveiled in New York and Seattle, seeks to give enterprise clients a unified solution for designing, governing and executing pay...
Match Group Slows Hiring as Company Pushes AI-Focused Workforce Strategy
Match Group announced it will slow hiring to reallocate resources toward building an AI‑native workforce. CFO Steven Bailey said the focus will be on employee training, internal AI tools, and technology upgrades rather than expanding headcount. The company posted Q1...
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Predicts AI Will Render People‑manager Roles Obsolete
Airbnb chief executive Brian Chesky told the Invest Like The Best podcast that artificial intelligence will soon eliminate the need for traditional people‑manager positions. His comments join a growing chorus of tech leaders advocating flatter, AI‑driven org charts, and come...
AI, Authenticity, and the New Talent Reality: Vizzy on Re-Humanizing Hiring
Vizzy, the UK‑based hiring platform, won the UNLEASH Startup Award and has since added an AI‑driven tool to help enterprise clients such as Tiffany & Co., Virgin Group and Louis Vuitton manage massive applicant volumes. CEO Chris Woodward‑Jones says the...
Asterix Health Raises £2.1m to Boost NHS Primary Care Hiring
Asterix Health announced a £2.1 million (≈$2.7 million) pre‑seed round to scale its remote‑GP platform for NHS primary‑care practices. Founded in 2024 by Julian Titz and Max Thilo after personal health battles, the startup will use the capital to onboard new NHS...
Generating Documents via a Link in Custom MDF Objects in SAP SuccessFactors
HR teams using SAP SuccessFactors often face a cumbersome, multi‑step process to generate employee‑facing documents such as offer letters and salary certificates. A new approach embeds a clickable link directly within custom Metadata Framework (MDF) objects, invoking the Document Generation...
Lumina’s Aria Aims to Fix What Is Broken at the Top of the Hiring Funnel
Lumina has launched Aria, an AI hiring agent that replaces manual resume screening with asynchronous voice interviews, promising up to a fifty‑fold speed increase. The platform matches resumes to job descriptions, conducts structured interviews, and delivers three explainable scores—resume match,...
‘Candidate Concierges’ | Is AI Really Changing the Role of Recruiters?
Artificial intelligence is reshaping recruitment, with 68% of professionals now using AI tools that save an average of three hours per week. However, a 43% surge in applicant volume over the past year has intensified screening pressures, prompting a shift...
Workvivo Launches Seer to Close the Employee Listening Gap
Workvivo by Zoom introduced Seer, a standalone platform built on its Employee Insights engine, to turn employee feedback into measurable outcomes. The product addresses the “listening gap” highlighted in a new survey where only 49% of workers see meaningful change...
How AI Bots Hired over 260 Candidates at Piramal Finance
Piramal Finance, the non‑bank arm of the Ajay Piramal Group, used an artificial‑intelligence bot to interview and select 262 entry‑level sales executives over a three‑month period ending March 2026. The AI system evaluated candidates’ responses, tone, and fit, with human...
Farmers' Mutual Group Launches Workday HCM, Unifying HR for 900+ Staff
Farmers' Mutual Group (FMG) has gone live with Workday Human Capital Management, moving its 900‑plus employees onto a single cloud platform for HR, payroll and absence. More than half of staff logged in within 90 minutes and 80% installed the...
Paylocity Holding Corp (PCTY) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Paylocity reported Q3 fiscal 2026 revenue of $10.3 billion, up 10.5% year‑over‑year, and recurring revenue grew 11.6% to $469.9 million, surpassing the top end of guidance. Adjusted EBITDA reached $220.2 million with a 43.8% margin, beating expectations by $16.2 million, while free cash flow...
VensureHR Launches Pathway to Care and Wellness to Cut Employee Out‑of‑pocket Health Costs
VensureHR introduced Pathway to Care and Wellness, a complimentary benefits‑advisor service for its clients, to help employees navigate health coverage and reduce out‑of‑pocket spending. The program, recognized with a Gold Stevie® Award, combines personalized coaching, telehealth education, and prescription optimization.
Employers ‘Still Playing Catch-Up’ on AI Risk Management, Littler Report Finds
Artificial intelligence has become the top workplace policy concern for U.S. employers in 2026, overtaking immigration and DEI issues. More than half of surveyed firms now use AI in HR functions, and 68% have formal AI governance policies, up from...
Fasten Your Seatbelt: Türkiye Payroll Is Ready for Takeoff — Join the Yeni Pilot Program
The Yeni Pilot Program launches a revamped payroll engine for Turkey, replacing a legacy system riddled with hard‑coded paths and exceptions. The new architecture keeps existing compliance rules intact while introducing a cleaner, reusable codebase. By simplifying the payroll workflow,...
Forget the Metaverse. Spatial Computing Is the Next Workplace Reality
Spatial computing, a blend of AI, AR, VR, mixed reality, sensors and 3D engines, is moving beyond hype to real‑world deployments in high‑stakes sectors. It enables surgeons to guide remote procedures, gives factory workers visual diagnostics, and lets teams simulate...
Surveillance AI: Tool or Threat Depends on Your Framing
It's all about framing. Everyone here on X gave Mark Zuckerberg shit about forcing his employees to surveil themselves to build models. That's one framing. Today I am using a stealth mode company to do the same thing on my computer....
Phenom Secures FedRAMP‑Ready Status, Opening AI Recruiting to U.S. Federal Agencies
Phenom, the AI‑driven talent platform, announced on May 5, 2026 that it achieved FedRAMP® Ready status, the first recruiting solution cleared for U.S. government use. The certification lets federal agencies deploy Phenom’s AI hiring suite while meeting Moderate and Impact Level 4 security...
Is Personal Security the New Must-Have Benefit?
Employers are adding 24/7 personal‑security platforms such as Our Bond as voluntary benefits to address a three‑decade high in U.S. safety fears. The mobile app connects employees to live agents, shares location, dispatches emergency assistance and can add services like bodyguards...
Pearson Uses Teal Credentials to Automate Agent Assessment
Next up - @Pearson is helping to assess agents now - working beyond human learning and assessment - CTO David Treat shows how teal credentials are being used for agents. #IBMThink https://t.co/su2586sps4
Branch Launches TipCalc to Automate Tip Pooling and Cashless Payouts for Restaurants and Reduce Errors at Close
Branch, a workforce‑financial platform, launched TipCalc, an automated tip‑pooling and cashless payout tool for restaurants. The solution pulls real‑time data from point‑of‑sale systems, applies custom sharing rules, and distributes tips nightly to workers’ Branch accounts. By replacing manual spreadsheets, TipCalc...
How Are Employers Using AI Agents in Canada?
Canadian executives see AI agents as central to future work, with 77% already deploying them for tasks like knowledge sharing and 66% planning fully integrated AI‑human workforces. The technology is reshaping hiring and performance management, as 59% report changes in...
Intuit Unveils QuickBooks Workforce, Radically Transforming Human Capital Management for Small and Mid-Market Businesses
Intuit announced QuickBooks Workforce, an AI‑native human capital management suite that sits inside QuickBooks Online, Online Advanced and Intuit Enterprise Suite. The platform unifies payroll, time tracking, benefits, recruiting, performance and compliance, replacing the 7‑25 disparate tools many small and...
Add Veteran‑Only Filter to LinkedIn Recruiting
It’d be cool if @LinkedIn had a simple toggle to only show veterans in search results when using the recruiting platform. Maybe they have it and I’ve missed it. Would be a great feature that seems relatively easy.