With More Applications because of AI, Is the Solution More Steps in the Hiring Process?
The video discusses how the surge of AI‑generated applications is prompting recruiters to add new steps to the hiring workflow. Speakers note that firms are layering assessments—such as AI‑driven skill tests and biometric “deep‑fake” checks—to filter the flood of candidates, but each added gate creates friction that can slow hiring. One participant recalls a 38‑page mobile application and jokes about verification like “jump up and down, touch your nose three times,” while another warns that “too many cooks in the kitchen” and an excess of tools break the process. The consensus is that organizations must strike a balance between necessary security checks and a streamlined experience, or risk longer time‑to‑fill and candidate drop‑off.
Uber and the Dark Arts of Algorithmic Management
The episode examines Uber’s use of algorithmic management to oversee gig‑workers, framing the platform as a modern incarnation of scientific management. By embedding monitoring, incentives, and routing decisions within its driver app, Uber turns the smartphone into a virtual foreman...
The Clock Is Ticking on Super Changes | the Advisory
From July 1 Australia’s “payday super” regime requires employers to remit superannuation within seven days of each payday, moving away from quarterly contributions and leveraging the existing MPP real-time payments platform. The reform broadens who is treated as an employee...
AI to Replace ‘Lower-Value Human Capital’: StanChart CEO | The Opening Trade 5/19/2026
The Opening Trade highlighted Standard Chartered’s sweeping AI‑driven restructuring, announced by CEO Bill Winters. The bank will eliminate roughly half of its back‑office workforce, moving about 7,000 employees into AI‑focused roles while flattening its organizational hierarchy. With a total back‑office...
AI Ends Productivity Guesswork
The video argues that artificial intelligence, especially large language models, is ending the guesswork around employee productivity. In the pre‑AI era, managers could only infer work output from physical cues—whether a person’s “butt was in the seat”—making remote work assessments...
Agents Level up Their Tax Game with RLTY and Nimbl
Realty Co (RLTY) has partnered with tax and operations specialist Nimble (Nimbl) to offer real-estate-specific tax planning and virtual assistant services tailored to independent agents. The program formalizes support many agents lack—providing year-round tax forecasting, commission-aware bookkeeping and predictable April...
Insights From Oracle: Activating AI for Smarter Recruitment and Workforce Planning
The video features Oracle’s Rachel Graham discussing how AI is reshaping talent management, from sourcing and screening to internal mobility. She emphasizes the shift from experimental pilots to "activation"—embedding AI where it solves concrete business problems and delivers measurable outcomes. Key...
Nebraska Agronomist Builds Tool to Help Farmers Find Reliable Labor
The interview introduces FarmHand on Demand, an online marketplace launched by Nebraska agronomist Ashley Babel to match farms with reliable labor. Prompted by her family’s struggle to find seasonal help, Babel built a platform that lets workers list skills—from combine...
KPMG’s Will Greer on Evolving Federal Skills for Mission Success
In a Workday Federal Forum interview, KPMG partner Will Greer outlined how federal agencies can leverage artificial intelligence to modernize workforce planning and skill development. Greer broke the process into three pillars—defining the agency’s mission, establishing programs to fulfill that mission,...
Can AI Make Better People Decisions than Humans?
The Think Ahead podcast episode examines whether artificial intelligence can out‑perform human intuition in people‑related decisions, focusing on hiring, promotion, and retention. Professors Isabelle Fernandez Mateo and Sergey Gurif, together with Hatti Sundaram of the data‑driven hiring platform Applied, discuss...
'Data Extraction Factory': Meta Staff Express Frustration As Firm Looks To Lay Off 10% Of Workforce
Meta staff across several U.S. offices have taken out protest flyers denouncing a new employee‑tracking system, dubbing the workplace a "data extraction factory." The campaign coincides with the company's announcement that it will lay off roughly 8,000 workers—about 10% of...
Which Is Creating More Challenges for Recruiters Today: Bots, Spam, or Shadow AI?
The video examines how recruiters now face three overlapping threats—bots, spam, and shadow AI—complicating an already complex hiring landscape. While traditional bots generate automated traffic that platforms are increasingly able to filter, a new wave of AI‑driven spam is flooding...
HR Tech Trends: Navigating Today and Shaping Tomorrowv | Tomorrowist
The podcast explores how the HR technology market—already a $40 billion industry— is being reshaped by AI, post‑pandemic workforce changes, and escalating cross‑department collaboration. Host Jerry Juan and analysts Kenny Pile and Cal Langstrom argue that the surge isn’t just about...
Should You Tell Your Employees Not To Work on the Weekends?
The video challenges the common belief that banning weekend work protects employees from burnout. The speaker recounts his own policy of forbidding after‑hours and weekend tasks, thinking it would preserve work‑life balance. Data from Water Cooler revealed a U‑shaped risk curve:...
Hotel Labor & Scheduling Insights | Inn-Flow’s Kelsey Higginbotham | LODGING OnDemand Ep. 64
In this Lodging on Demand episode, Inflow’s Vice President of Customer Operations Kelsey Higginbotham explains how hotel labor decisions often default to gut instinct, especially when occupancy fluctuates, and why that reactive approach hampers both service quality and profitability. Higginbotham...