Recruit Like a Pro: Create Eye-Catching Videos to Attract Top Talent
Video recruiting is becoming a staple for talent acquisition, as short, mobile‑friendly clips capture candidate attention faster than text‑heavy job posts. Modern browsers and smartphone apps now let HR teams produce polished videos without costly equipment or specialist editors. The article outlines a three‑step workflow—idea, capture, edit—highlighting drag‑and‑drop tools, subtitles, and format conversion for social platforms. By mastering these basics, companies can turn ordinary recruiters into effective storytellers and widen their talent pool.
Can Increasing Women's Access to Specialists Decrease Insurance Costs?
Blair Health, a virtual women’s‑health platform, is tackling a $15 billion annual cost gap where female employees spend 18% more out‑of‑pocket than men. By offering specialist‑level care for a flat $200 per employee per year, the startup claims it can redirect...
Juicebox Raises $80M to Transform AI Recruiting
Juicebox, an AI recruiting platform, secured $80 million in Series B funding led by DST Global, with participation from Sequoia, Coatue, Y Combinator and others. Since its Series A, the company has tripled annual recurring revenue and grown to 5,000 customers, claiming up to...
Rethinking TA: Myths, Misalignment, and the AI Reality Check
The latest Recruiting Community Podcast episode challenges common talent‑acquisition myths by examining how AI reshapes entry‑level hiring. It argues that AI isn’t eliminating junior roles but is changing screening methods and skill‑validation processes. The discussion highlights a growing misalignment between...
Corelink Hire Introduces New Hiring Manager Dashboard to Improve Recruitment Visibility and Efficiency
Corelink Hire unveiled a hiring manager dashboard that consolidates candidate video responses, application activity, and key performance metrics into a single interface. The tool lets managers review submissions, monitor engagement rates, and compare applicants using structured interview data. By centralising...
Biometrics: HR’s Role in a New Era of Security
Companies are accelerating biometric deployments to secure facilities and data, but the technology’s personal nature creates privacy and trust challenges. HR leaders are urged to treat biometric rollouts as major change initiatives, delivering clear communication, consent processes, and transparent data...
Wage Protection System Coming Into Effect in Bahrain
Bahrain is launching a Wage Protection System (WPS) that obliges all employers to disburse salaries via licensed banks or Central Bank‑regulated payment providers, creating an electronic audit trail of wage payments. The reform replaces fragmented payment methods with a unified,...
Top Glide App Builder Alternatives for Streamlining HR Processes
HR departments are increasingly adopting low‑code app builders to streamline recruitment, onboarding, and performance management. While Glide offers basic flexibility, many firms seek alternatives that provide deeper workflow automation, stronger integrations, and enterprise‑grade security. The article highlights five leading Glide...
Top Conversational AI Companies Transforming Talent Acquisition and Candidate Engagement
Conversational AI is reshaping talent acquisition by automating candidate interactions, screening, and scheduling. Leading platforms such as Paradox's Olivia, XOR, Eightfold.ai, Mya Systems, Brazen, and Beamery offer multi‑channel chat, analytics, and integration with existing HR tools. Deployments report up to...
Honda Agrees to $2.3M Settlement in Lawsuits Tied to Kronos Outage
Honda Development and Manufacturing of America agreed to a $2.3 million settlement to resolve wage‑and‑hour lawsuits stemming from a Kronos time‑keeping outage caused by a 2021 ransomware attack. Employees claimed the company failed to accurately track hours, resulting in unpaid overtime...
The Key to Companywide AI Adoption? Empowering Managers, Gartner Says.
Gartner’s latest analysis warns that HR must shift AI‑adoption responsibility to managers, who are already experimenting with the technology at higher rates than rank‑and‑file employees. While nearly 50% of managers reported AI trials, only 26% of employees did, and 14%...
Prismforce Announces Agent-Based Talent Supply Chain Solution Built on the ServiceNow AI Platform
Prismforce unveiled an agent‑based talent supply‑chain solution built on the ServiceNow AI Platform, embedding domain‑specific AI agents into ServiceNow HR Service Delivery, Talent Development and Talent Acquisition dashboards. The offering, available on the ServiceNow Store, lets enterprises execute skill‑based workforce...
Job Board Talk: Daniel O’Neill From Job Today
Job Today, a decade‑old Spanish job board founded by CEO Eugene Meesin after a food‑delivery staffing crisis, markets itself as a modern Craigslist for hiring. The platform streamlines direct communication between hiring managers and job seekers, reducing time‑to‑fill. It currently...
How to Build an HR Software Business Case
The article outlines a step‑by‑step framework for building a compelling business case for new HR software. It starts with gathering quantitative HR requirements, then assessing existing system capabilities to avoid redundant purchases. By quantifying time‑savings across data entry, reporting, and...
Leverage Launches AI Workforce Productivity Platform to Help Employees Find Information and Work Faster
Leverage announced an AI‑powered workforce productivity platform that links information across an organization’s existing applications and data sources. The solution lets employees ask natural‑language questions and receive answers, summaries, and automated outputs drawn from emails, documents, CRM, chats and more....
CVSense Launches AI Recruitment Platform to Help Companies Reduce Costly Hiring Mistakes
CVSense, a UK‑registered AI recruitment platform founded by Nigerian entrepreneurs, launched to address the massive CV overload and costly mis‑hires plaguing firms in Nigeria and beyond. The service replaces crude keyword‑based ATS filters with contextual AI that reads, scores, and...
Project F Updates Startup Toolkit to Help Founders Get Their HR Right
Project F Australia has relaunched its Tech Startup Toolkit, a plug‑and‑play guide that provides hiring, pay‑structure and culture policies for tech startups with fewer than 100 employees. Developed with input from venture capital firms, the toolkit aims to close gender pay...
Washington State Bill Would Prohibit Companies From Microchipping Employees
Washington’s legislature passed Senate Bill 2303, which would bar employers from requiring employees to receive implanted microchips as a condition of employment. The bill includes narrow exemptions for voluntary medical implants, non‑invasive monitoring devices, and employees who choose to be...
Recruitment Marketing in 2026: Top Types of Video Editing Every HR Team Should Use
Recruitment marketing in 2026 hinges on video, with HR teams using edited footage to showcase culture, processes, and employee stories. The article outlines seven editing styles—from basic trimming to motion graphics, color grading, audio polishing, social‑media optimization, and interactive formats—each...
Job Ad Content Best Practices: What Today’s Candidates Respond To
Appcast’s latest analysis shows that job‑ad content still drives application volume despite higher recruiting costs and shifting labor markets. Titles limited to four‑to‑six words generate the highest apply rates, while titles exceeding ten words see a sharp decline. Symbol use...
How AI Created the ‘Entry-Level Squeeze’ and 3 Solutions to This Talent Crisis
AI’s rapid adoption is eliminating routine tasks, prompting many firms to slash early‑career roles. Avature’s AI Impact Report finds 76% of HR leaders anticipate a sharp drop in entry‑level hiring, creating a structural "entry‑level squeeze." The trend threatens the apprenticeship...
Why EWA Services Matter
Earned‑wage access (EWA) is gaining traction as hourly workers demand daily pay to bridge cash‑flow gaps between biweekly checks. Executives often view the concept as risky, yet the reality of paycheck‑to‑paycheck living drives demand for instant wage disbursement. Recent growth...
Introducing CQC Implementation Gates for SAP SuccessFactors HCM
SAP introduced Continuous Quality Check (CQC) Implementation Gates for SuccessFactors HCM, a remote service bundled with SAP Enterprise Support cloud edition at no extra cost. The gates embed formal reviews at the end of each SAP Activate phase, verifying deliverables,...
SocialTalent’s Cara Now Connects Directly with SmartRecruiters
SocialTalent’s AI hiring assistant Cara now integrates directly with SmartRecruiters, automatically syncing jobs, candidates, interviews, and team members. The integration delivers role‑specific interview preparation and coaching to hiring managers via email, then captures structured scorecards and AI‑generated summaries back into...
Dice Provides GlossaryTech to Its Customers at No Cost, Arming Tech Recruiters with Instant Terminology Clarity
Dice has partnered with GlossaryTech to offer a free browser extension that delivers plain‑language definitions of technical terms directly within the Dice Recruiter Hub. The tool works on Chrome and Edge, highlighting jargon on sites like Gmail, Google Docs and...
OutSolve Welcomes Jason Rodrigues as Vice President of Sales
OutSolve, a national HR Compliance as a Service provider, announced the hiring of Jason Rodrigues as Vice President of Sales. Rodrigues arrives with more than 15 years of leadership in fintech, cybersecurity and HR‑tech sales, including founding an AI‑driven go‑to‑market...
Yanik Guillemette Announces Development of an Artificial Intelligence Module at Accolad to Transform Employee Recognition in Large Organizations
Yanik Guillemette, chair of Accolad’s External Advisory Committee, announced an AI‑driven module that will redesign employee recognition programs for large enterprises. The system will ingest compensation data, tenure, demographics, hierarchy and existing reward practices to generate customized recognition strategies. By...
AI-Native HRTech: Embedding Intelligence At The Core Of Workforce Strategy
AI has progressed from add‑on chatbots and resume parsers to becoming the foundation of modern HR platforms. Early point solutions improved efficiency but remained peripheral, prompting a shift toward AI‑native HRTech that embeds machine‑learning directly into data structures, workflows, and...
14 Companies Lauded for Their Innovative HR Solutions in Malaysia and Singapore
The HR Vendors of the Year 2025 recognized fourteen firms across Malaysia and Singapore for breakthrough HR solutions. Info‑Tech captured gold in both markets, while BIPO Service Malaysia and Mercer took silver and bronze respectively. Finalists showcased a range of tools...
The Referral Advantage: Turning Employees Into Your Best Hiring Source
Employee referral programs remain dramatically under‑utilized, representing just 7.5% of hires in 2025 despite their proven advantages. Referred candidates typically deliver higher quality, faster time‑to‑hire, stronger cultural fit, and longer tenure, while lowering overall cost‑per‑hire. The article outlines eight core...
Inside Bank of America's Strategy to Support Its Employees' Caregiving Journeys
Bank of America has rolled out a comprehensive "family arc" benefits program that supports employees from fertility and adoption through child‑care, elder‑care, and college‑savings planning. The package includes up to $20,000 in fertility or adoption assistance, 16 weeks of flexible...
Rep Cap Launches Analyst Relations for HR/Work Tech
Rep Cap, a B2B content consultancy for work‑tech, insurance and financial services, announced a dedicated Analyst Relations practice aimed at boosting HR and work‑tech firms' visibility with industry analysts. The new service offers three engagement models—a continuous retainer, a short‑term...
7shifts Accelerates Growth and Industry Leadership with Major Customer Expansions, Product Innovation, and Workplace Recognition
7shifts announced a wave of enterprise rollouts, adding marquee franchise partners such as IHOP and HCI Hospitality while expanding its payroll and compliance suite. The company introduced Multi‑EIN payroll, ADP Workforce Now integration, and the Clair Earned Wage Access feature...
Cypher Learning Names John Mazur CEO to Accelerate AI-Native Learning for Enterprises at Scale
Cypher Learning announced John Mazur as its new chief executive officer, while founder Graham Glass transitions to chief technology officer to focus on AI architecture. Mazur brings a track record of scaling SaaS firms, most recently leading Chatmeter to a...
Dara Brenner – Trust in the Age of AI: Tackling Candidate Fraud While Preparing for Next-Gen Hiring
Dara Brenner of Employ discusses the emerging threat of candidate fraud amplified by generative AI in talent acquisition. She outlines how AI governance is evolving to protect hiring integrity and recommends proactive verification strategies. Brenner emphasizes the need for HR...
How Employers Can Drive Year-Round Engagement in Benefits
Open enrollment marks the start, not the finish, of benefits engagement. Studies show up to 80% of employees still misunderstand their plans after enrollment, leading to reactive use and higher costs. Employers are shifting to year‑round strategies—seasonal campaigns, personalized outreach,...
All Lines Insurance Selects EZLynx to Enable Employee Productivity From Day One
All Lines Insurance Associates has selected EZLynx’s integrated agency management platform to replace its fragmented technology stack. The migration consolidates quoting, policy administration, client communications, and renewals into a single cloud‑based system, simplifying new‑hire onboarding and boosting staff productivity. EZLynx’s...
90% of Organisations Are Failing to Get the Most From Independent Talent, New Report Finds
A new Malt Freelance Maturity Report shows only one in ten companies strategically integrate freelancers, classifying them as "Trailblazers" while 56% are "Navigators" and 33% "Explorers." Mature firms report a 62% return on investment versus 36% for less‑mature peers and...
Bookipi Survey Shows Small Businesses Embracing AI BUT, Complexity, Not Cost, Slows Workflow Adoption
The 2026 Bookipi Small Business AI Adoption Report, based on 2,121 owners across four regions, shows nearly half of small firms (48%) will raise AI budgets while only 2% plan cuts. Companies are comfortable using AI for customer‑facing tasks such...
The Pensions Brief: March 2026
Trustees must implement a data‑protection complaints process by 19 June 2026 under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, with ICO guidance covering design, default and subject‑access requests. The Pension Dashboards Programme issued FAQs clarifying reporting standards and PASA released Q&A on...
Eight Forces Shaping Staffing in 2026: AI, Trust and the Future of Frontline Work
The staffing landscape in 2026 is being reshaped by eight inter‑linked forces, from a 16% YoY drop in UK vacancies to heightened competition for the remaining roles. Artificial intelligence has moved from experimental pilots to core infrastructure, yet many firms...
Court Rules Inova Not Joint Employer of Nurses Fired over Vaccine Refusal
A Fourth Circuit appeals court ruled that Inova Health Care Services is not a joint employer of two nurse anesthetists who were terminated after refusing a COVID‑19 vaccine. The nurses, employed by NAPA’s subsidiary, argued Inova’s oversight made it a...
Overeducated, Underutilized: Why Credential-Based Hiring Is Failing Canadian Employers
Canadian employers have long used university degrees as a quick filter for candidates, but this practice is increasingly misaligned with the available talent pool. Lightcast’s “Fault Lines” report reveals that 66 % of job postings worldwide require a degree while only...
Missed ERISA Deadline Strips Disability Insurer of over $233,000
A federal appeals court ruled that Reliance Standard Life missed the ERISA‑mandated 45‑day deadline to decide a long‑term disability appeal, forcing the insurer to forfeit deference and pay $210,769.49 in past‑due benefits plus $22,544.95 in interest, totaling over $233,000. The...
SAP Integrates SmartRecruiters with SuccessFactors
SAP has integrated the SmartRecruiters hiring platform, acquired last September, into its SuccessFactors HCM suite, creating a unified talent architecture. The integration provides end‑to‑end hiring with embedded AI, bidirectional data flow, single sign‑on, and combined AI assistants Joule and Winston....
What Builders Need to Know About E-Verify in 2026
Builders face a new compliance landscape as E-Verify becomes a prerequisite for most federal construction contracts in 2026. While the system can streamline hiring by confirming employee eligibility, it also exposes firms to government scrutiny of their workforce data. Errors...
NYC's Expanded Leave Law Goes Into Effect
Mayor Brad Lander’s administration has enacted an expansion of New York City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, raising the mandatory paid leave entitlement to 80 hours per year. The rule, effective immediately, applies to private employers with five or...
This Former CHRO Helps Benefit Leaders Work Successfully with the C-Suite
Cynthia Burks, former Genentech CHRO turned executive coach and board chair, champions data‑driven benefits that move beyond one‑size‑fits‑all programs. She argues HR must sit at the C‑suite table, translating employee value into business language to boost engagement and talent retention....
Why Pay-for-Performance Programs Don’t Always Work
A new McLean & Co. study finds that while 69% of HR leaders view total compensation as critical, only a quarter feel truly effective at designing pay‑for‑performance programs. Employees who are satisfied with their overall pay are 1.8 times more...
Government Launches Gender Pay Gap and Menopause Action Plans
The UK government has launched voluntary equality action plans requiring firms with 250 or more staff to detail how they will close gender pay gaps and support menopausal employees, with a dedicated portal for publication. From spring 2027 the measures...