Today's Human Resources Pulse
Greenhouse completes acquisition of Ezra AI Labs, adding voice‑AI interviewing
Greenhouse announced the completion of its acquisition of Ezra AI Labs, a voice‑AI interviewing platform. The technology enables on‑demand, role‑specific conversations that are scored against a uniform rubric, delivering transcripts and explainable evaluations. The deal expands Greenhouse’s structured hiring methodology to the earliest stage of the recruiting funnel.
Healthcare’s Role Clarity Problem
Healthcare organizations are grappling with growing role ambiguity as team‑based models, workforce shortages, and new technologies blur traditional nursing responsibilities. At Rush University Medical Center, newly appointed chief nursing officer Deana Sievert uncovered inconsistent duties among charge nurses, clinical nurse leaders, unit leaders and clinical nurse specialists across units. The lack of clear expectations fuels duplicated work, staff frustration and prevents clinicians from practicing at the top of their license. Experts warn that without intentional redesign, emerging tools like AI will exacerbate the problem.
CommonSpirit Cuts 1st-Year RN Turnover 41%
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has rolled out a virtual nursing model across more than 1,000 beds, integrating remote nurses into bedside teams to handle non‑clinical tasks. The initiative has cut first‑year RN turnover by roughly 41%‑47% and lowered catheter‑associated urinary tract...
Papaya Global, Tech Mahindra Forge Alliance to Modernize Global Workforce Payments
Papaya Global and Tech Mahindra have signed a strategic alliance to combine Papaya’s AI‑first workforce and payments platform with Tech Mahindra’s implementation and managed‑services expertise. The partnership aims to reduce system fragmentation, improve compliance, and accelerate payroll and payment execution...
Employee Worries over AI Job Loss Clash Against Immature Adoption
CIOs are accelerating AI pilots, with global corporate spend reaching $582 billion in 2025, more than double the previous year. The 2026 AI Index Report finds a third of organizations expect workforce reductions within the next year, yet most AI adoption...
IWD Voices: Jessica Miles – ‘The Next Generation Is Watching What We Build Now’
Jessica Miles, a branding leader in Asia, credits her rapid career progression to authentic mentorship, unrestricted access, and a manager who championed her growth. She emphasizes that senior executives should focus on sponsoring talent from non‑traditional backgrounds rather than seeking...
Newgen Software Names Kashish Kapoor Global CHRO to Drive Talent Strategy
Newgen Software has hired Kashish Kapoor as its Global Chief Human Resources Officer. The veteran HR executive will lead the firm’s worldwide people strategy, focusing on talent transformation, organizational effectiveness, and culture building as the company expands its AI‑enabled product...
Trans Worker Fired for ‘Bringing Morale Down’ Can Proceed with Case, Court Says
An Alabama district court denied Federal Injury Center of Birmingham’s motion to dismiss a transgender employee’s discrimination lawsuit, allowing the case to proceed. The plaintiff, a physical therapist assistant, disclosed her transgender status and was terminated within a week for...
New AI Training for 40,000 Manufacturing Workers
Google.org is committing $10 million to the Manufacturing Institute to equip 40,000 current and future manufacturing workers with AI skills. The funding will create two new AI‑focused courses—AI 101 for Manufacturing and AI for Advanced Manufacturing Technicians—and provide Google’s AI Professional Certificate...
Great Leaders Prioritize Safety by Shouldering Responsibility
Good leaders make you feel safe. They make their employees feel secure. But in creating this environment, it means taking on more responsibility. Comment “HABIT” and I’ll send you an article I wrote not the 12 habits to become a high-performing manager. I think...
9 Healthcare Strikes in 2026
Healthcare unions have staged nine strikes across the United States in early 2026, affecting hospitals in California, Washington, Nevada, New York and beyond. The actions involved more than 30,000 workers, from nurses and technicians to pharmacy and lab staff, and...
7 Things Hidden in Every Job Description
The post argues that most executives treat job descriptions as simple checklists, missing the strategic intent hidden within. It reveals seven recurring signals—company problem, priority skills, culture cues, role timing, red flags, fit score, and keyword themes—that can be decoded...
Hiring Managers Reveal Key to Faster Hiring, Few Use It
A Harris Poll survey for Express Employment Professionals finds 90% of U.S. hiring managers view employee referrals as a shortcut that speeds hiring, with 89% trusting referred candidates’ skills and 80% prioritizing their interviews over equally qualified non‑referred applicants. Yet only...
Goodwin Recruiting Teams with Atlanta United After Record Year
Goodwin Recruiting has entered the Atlanta United Associate Partnership after a record year of industry accolades. The firm was again recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Professional and Executive Recruiting Firms for 2025, and earned spots on Inc....
InvoiceCloud Earns Fifth Win as a National USA TODAY Top Workplace
InvoiceCloud has been named a 2026 USA TODAY Top Workplace, marking its fifth consecutive year receiving the honor. The award evaluates organizations with 150 or more employees and placed InvoiceCloud among only 408 firms of similar size (500‑999 employees) out...
Acentra Health In Newsweek’s Greatest Workplaces for Entry Level 2026 List
Acentra Health was named to Newsweek’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Entry Level” 2026, earning a perfect five‑star rating among 178 companies with 1,000‑5,000 employees. The ranking draws on more than 610,000 employee reviews, extensive desk research and third‑party data to...
Smarter Workforce Platforms Boost Enterprise Value
Information Services Group (ISG) released its 2026 Buyers Guides for Human Capital Management (HCM) and Workforce Management suites, ranking 28 HCM and 36 workforce providers. The research shows HCM and workforce platforms are evolving into core operational layers, embedding AI‑driven...
Global Employee Engagement Falls to Lowest Level Since 2020
Gallup’s 2025 State of the Global Workplace report shows employee engagement slipping to 20%, the lowest level since 2020. The decline is driven primarily by a nine‑point drop in manager engagement since 2022, while individual contributor scores have remained flat....
Enterprise Hits and Misses - Claude Mythos Needs a Reality Check, Neurodiverse Workplaces Aren't There yet, and Event Season Rolls...
The latest diginomica roundup highlights a widening gap between employer confidence and neurodivergent employee experiences, underscoring the need for universal design in workplaces. At the same time, Anthropic’s hype around Claude Mythos collides with a recent leak of its source code,...
Let Social, Not HR, Run Employee Advocacy
My hot take: the reason a lot of employee advocacy programs fall flat is because they're run by HR Employee advocacy — turning employees into brand ambassadors on social — should be run by the social team. Social people know what...
Edition 252: Ali Rohde Jobs
Ali Rohde’s weekly "Jobs" newsletter, now read by over 26,000 professionals, curates senior Chief of Staff, Business Operations, and venture‑capital openings across fast‑growing tech firms. The edition also features a podcast interview about Anthropic’s Mythos AI model exposing thousands of...
Start in Silicon Valley, Scale in Secondary Talent Hubs
I think Silicon Valley is a gr8 place to start a company, but a tricky place to scale a company. The talent is very expensive and hard to keep around when the inevitable bumps come. I'd pick a 2nd city...
With DEI Training, Higher Ed Made a Lot of Mistakes. Now We're Repeating Them.
Higher education’s diversity‑equity‑inclusion (DEI) trainings have long relied on off‑the‑shelf workshops that ignore faculty expertise, leading to shallow, prescriptive sessions. The authors recount a 2016 UNC‑Chapel Hill workshop that reduced complex oppression topics to simplistic exercises, illustrating the broader failure...
What 13 Giant Wealth Management Firms Paid CEOs in 2025
In 2025 the wealth‑management sector posted record asset growth and pretax margins, prompting a wave of soaring CEO pay at its largest publicly traded firms. BNY’s chief earned $83.5 million, while Wells Fargo, Citi and Goldman Sachs CEOs each received compensation near or...
Employees Sue Vanderbilt, Allege University Axed Them for Reporting Harassment
Three long‑time Vanderbilt library employees allege they were terminated after reporting sexual harassment by their supervisor, Scott Martin. An internal Title IX investigation confirmed the harassment and led to Martin’s dismissal in March 2025, but the women say they were placed on...
Top 10 Enterprise Picks for the Best HR Management Software in 2026
The article ranks the top ten enterprise HR management software platforms for 2026, highlighting HiBob, Rippling, Deel, Workday, UKG Pro, Personio, Paycor, BambooHR, Gusto and Sage HR. It outlines core HR functions—payroll, benefits, performance tracking—and evaluates each vendor on pricing, scalability, global...
Employees Can Invest Alternative Assets Into Their 401(k)s. Here's What to Know
The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a safe‑harbor rule that would let 401(k) plans offer alternative assets such as private equity, real estate and cryptocurrencies. The rule, issued under Executive Order 14330, aims to shield plan sponsors from fiduciary liability...
SelfService HR Dashboards with Workday Extend and APIs
Workday Extend now enables developers to embed custom HR dashboards directly within the Workday UI by calling native REST endpoints or Report‑as‑a‑Service (RaaS) reports. The architecture pulls data through Workday’s Integration Cloud, transforms it via XSLT or JavaScript, and renders...
Roku Faces Discrimination Suit Alleging HR Dismissed Racism Complaints
Roku is facing a federal lawsuit filed by former account coordinator Jolie Parham, who alleges repeated racial harassment and disability discrimination that were ignored by the company’s HR department. The EEOC issued a Letter of Determination in January 2026 finding...
Employee Sues Crocs over Firing One Day After Accommodation Request
Crocs faces a federal lawsuit alleging it fired training coordinator Wendy Smith one day after she submitted disability accommodation paperwork. Smith, who suffers from knee and foot arthritis, claims the company removed her seated workstation, gave a brief step stool,...
Walker Art Center Restaurant Cuts Front-of-House Staff as QR Codes Take Over
The Walker Art Center’s in‑house restaurant, Cardamom, is moving to a fully QR‑code ordering system, eliminating its front‑of‑house staff. Sixteen hosts and servers will be laid off while kitchen staff and bartenders remain. Management cites uneven visitor traffic and rising...
Does a Vaccine Mandate Make Sense for an Empty Office?
An Ontario arbitrator ruled that MPAC’s decision to place 39 unvaccinated employees on six months of unpaid leave was reasonable, even after the organization made office attendance optional and halted field work. The grievance, filed by the Ontario Public Service...
87% of CHROs Now Expect AI Fluency on Day One
The Talent Weekly reports that 87% of CHROs now expect new hires to be AI‑fluent on day one, while recent tech layoffs intensify ROI scrutiny on L&D spend. SAP’s survey of 100 large U.S. firms highlights rapid AI onboarding and...
4 Myths About AI in Hiring, Debunked
The article debunks four common myths about AI in hiring, showing that AI can actually reduce bias, improve candidate experience, and focus on skill‑based evaluation. Research cited indicates AI tools are up to 39% fairer for women and 45% fairer...
Recent Grads Say AI Is Making It Impossible to Find a Job
A Gallup poll found 72% of recent graduates consider it a bad time to find quality work, as the labor‑force participation rate slipped from 62.4% to 61.9% between December 2025 and March 2026 – the fastest decline in a decade....
Workplace Violence Prevention Program Tips for 2026 Webinar
On April 16, 2026, CalChamber will host a 90‑minute live webinar titled “Workplace Violence Prevention Program Tips for 2026.” The session, priced at $269 (or $215 for Preferred Members), walks HR leaders and safety managers through California’s strict workplace‑violence standards,...
Labour Ministers Endorse Fast‑tracking Harmonization of OHS Training
Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers have approved an accelerated plan to harmonise key construction occupational health and safety (OHS) training programs. The workplan targets portable credentials, with Working at Heights and Mobile Elevating Work Platforms training standardised by...
Zoom Perspectives: Why ‘Agentic’ Work Is the New Enterprise Standard
Zoom’s 2026 Perspectives event revealed a strategic pivot from a pure communications platform to an AI‑driven "system of action" that unifies meetings, chat, docs, and workflow automation. The company introduced Zoom My Notes and an AI Companion that can capture...
Empower Smart Talent: Let Ideas, Not Hierarchy, Lead
It does not make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do. You have to be run by ideas not hierarchy. The best ideas have...
Southwest Hires Low‑ego Staff, Rejects Rude Senior Candidate
.@SouthwestAir CEO Bob Jordan at @semafor event in DC: "We hire people who are low-ego." He notes that a candidate for a senior job who did well in an interview was rude to a reception and not hired
Ten Great Cybersecurity Job Opportunities
Security Boulevard has launched a weekly cybersecurity jobs report, showcasing ten high‑paying openings across finance, health, legal and tech firms. Salaries span $100,000 to $267,000, covering roles from senior security engineers to chief information officers and a new AI Security...
Thriving Companies Stay Curious, Learning From Employees & Customers
Why Great Organizations Never Stop Learning https://t.co/jnOSQiEP9D Companies that thrive are the ones that stay curious. They continuously learn about and from the people who experience the business most directly, i.e., employees and customers. #learning #leadership #learnthings https://t.co/OtTo7esXXf
Hiring Freezes Risk Massive Experience Gaps Despite AI Hype
Your AI talent planning algorithm is common sense https://t.co/388dvPCeTb Your talent pool is running dry as you freeze hiring, cut workers and worship at the altar of agentic AI utopia. If not careful, enterprises are going to find themselves in...
Who Will Be the Senior Engineers of 2035?
Post‑COVID layoffs and AI adoption have throttled junior hiring, leaving a thin pipeline for future senior engineers. Entry‑level tech postings have dropped 67% since 2022, and firms that embrace AI see junior employment fall an additional 7.7%. As AI takes...
Join the Nation's Strongest Government Cyber Talent Pool
I’ve already recruited over 100 people from @USTechForce 🇺🇸 It’s likely the strongest pool of technical talent ever assembled in government. 2026 is going to be a big year for cybersecurity. If you want to work on high-impact cyber problems,...
High-Impact Managers Prevent Becoming the Forgotten Middle
Here’s what high-impact #managers do to avoid becoming the forgotten middle or to turn the situation around if they already feel stuck. How Middle Managers Can Avoid Becoming the Forgotten Middle (or Turn It Around) https://t.co/q7haZmgvKH #management https://t.co/EC7zM9YCeR
Burnt-Out Managers Are Destroying Teams. These 5 Daily Habits Reverse It
Managerial burnout is surging, with 47% of managers reporting severe stress—higher than the 37% rate among employees. Gallup research links managers to 70% of team engagement and well‑being, meaning their exhaustion ripples through entire groups. The article outlines five daily...
American Airlines Flight Attendants Say They Should Be Paid More For Working London Flights Due to Catering Mess
American Airlines flight attendants are demanding higher pay for London Heathrow routes after the carrier abruptly ended its long‑standing catering contract, creating a service disruption. The airline resorted to double‑catering—loading meals for both outbound and return legs—while a temporary deal...
Taco Bell Turns Top General Managers Into Growth Engine with Golden Bell Program
Taco Bell’s annual Golden Bell awards recognize 150 top general managers and pair recognition with a week‑long retreat in Maui. The company says award‑winning managers delivered 19% sales growth in 2025, helping the chain post 7% same‑store sales growth in...
UAW Signals Alabama Mercedes-Benz Plant May Be Next in Push to Unionize
The United Auto Workers, fresh from securing a four‑year contract for 3,200 Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, is setting its sights on Mercedes‑Benz’s Tuscaloosa, Alabama plant. After a failed organizing vote in May, the union can re‑file a petition this spring...
Courts Likely to Side with EEOC in DEI Probes, Attorneys Say
Attorneys at Duane Morris warn that courts are likely to side with the EEOC in enforcing its DEI‑related subpoenas, citing the agency’s recent push against Nike. EEOC’s 2025 data show heightened focus on disability, religious, pregnancy and retaliation claims, and...