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.
5 Bold Workplace Predictions for the Rest of 2026
HR leaders face a wave of change in 2026 as AI, immigration policy, and employee benefits reshape the workplace. Companies will demand AI‑native talent and implement formal AI governance, while AI tools will overhaul recruiting, emphasizing quality over quantity. Tightening H‑1B visas will shift talent pipelines toward TN visas and Canadian routes, prompting new cross‑border strategies. Additionally, fertility and childcare benefits will become core offerings to attract and retain working parents.
5 Bold Workplace Predictions for the Rest of 2026
The article outlines five bold workplace predictions for the remainder of 2026, emphasizing that basic AI literacy will no longer suffice. Companies will increasingly demand employees who are "AI native," meaning they can seamlessly integrate generative AI into everyday tasks....
This VC’s Best Advice for Building a Founding Team
In a Build Mode podcast, General Catalyst MD Yuri Sagalov shares practical guidance for founders assembling their first team. He warns against micromanaging investors, recommends partnering with hands‑on VCs, and stresses vetting them through portfolio references. Sagalov also advises a...
Faces of HR: How Monique Mahler Is Rewriting the Legal Leadership Playbook
Monique Mahler, now Chief Human Resources Officer at Snell & Wilmer, has risen from a front‑desk receptionist to a global HR leader overseeing people strategy across 17 U.S. and Mexico offices. Her career, built on mentorship and a people‑first philosophy,...
What a Viral Essay on AI and Jobs Got Right—And What It Missed
A viral essay on AI and jobs argued that generative AI will automate routine tasks while boosting demand for high‑skill work, citing recent productivity gains. The piece resonated because it blended anecdotal evidence with selective data, sparking widespread debate. While...
Book Briefing: 'Revealing' By Leslie John
Harvard Business School professor Leslie John’s upcoming book, *Revealing*, argues that oversharing is an undervalued leadership tool. She contends most professionals default to undersharing due to fear of risk, yet strategic disclosure can improve trust and decision‑making. The book provides...
Movers & Shakers: Uncommon, Adam & Eve\TBWA, BBC Creative, Dentsu, YouGov and More
Campaign’s weekly "Movers & Shakers" roundup spotlights senior hires, exits and promotions across the UK advertising and media landscape, featuring notable moves at Uncommon, Adam & Eve, TBWA, BBC Creative, Dentsu and YouGov. The piece serves as a snapshot of...
Organisational Changes at Openreach to Take Effect From 1st April 2026
Openreach will implement a sweeping organisational overhaul on 1 April 2026, coinciding with the appointment of Katie Milligan as its new chief executive. The restructure introduces a dedicated Chief Customer Experience role, filled by Surinder Khatter, to head a newly created CX...
The Case for Being Exclusive at Work
The article argues that deliberately excluding certain customers and employees through values‑based repelling and explicit audience definition can strengthen brand loyalty, reduce misalignment, and cut costs. Broad messaging often leads to disengaged staff, wrong‑fit customers, and wasted resources. Patagonia’s “Don’t...
Former US Presidential Candidate Has an Alarming Prediction for Your Job — Salaries Are About to Go Down
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang warned that artificial intelligence will sharply reduce salaries across the workforce, affecting both white‑collar and service‑sector jobs. In a Substack post he cited examples from dry cleaning to coding, predicting millions of layoffs within 12‑18...
Why Traditional Upskilling Strategies Fall Short in Cybersecurity
Traditional cybersecurity upskilling programs are losing relevance as threats and technologies evolve rapidly. Ha Hoang, CIO of Commvault, argues that organizations now need hybrid talent that blends security fundamentals with automation, cloud, and data‑governance expertise. Conventional certification‑centric paths are too...
Where Purpose Meets Performance: Elutia Earns 2026 Great Place to Work Certification
Elutia Inc., a drug‑eluting biomatrix pioneer, earned the 2026 Great Place to Work certification, confirming a high‑trust, high‑engagement culture. The company highlights a workforce that is 54% women, with 62% of leadership roles held by women, and a median employee...
UKG and Ellucian Announce Strategic Higher Education Technology Partnership
UKG and Ellucian announced a strategic partnership that links UKG’s Workforce Operating Platform with Ellucian’s ERP and student information systems. The integration enables real‑time data exchange, streamlined workforce operations, and AI‑driven insights for faculty, staff, and student employees. Mutual customers,...
Dayforce Unveils New Brand Campaign That Shrinks the Weight of Work
Dayforce, a global HCM provider, launched the “Tiny Briefcase” brand campaign to illustrate how its AI‑powered platform reduces the burden of fragmented HR systems. The visual metaphor shows professionals weighed down by oversized bags that transform into a tiny briefcase,...
40% of Professionals Struggle with Accountability When Reputational Risk Rises, New Research Finds
Interactive EQ’s 2026 Behavioral Intelligence Index, based on 5,000 simulations with 1,700 professionals, reveals that 40% of workers shy away from accountability when reputational risk rises. The study shows middle‑manager performance can plunge up to 70% in high‑pressure, visibility‑heavy scenarios....
9 Companies Hiring Now in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s Greater Philadelphia corridor remains a biotech hotbed, housing over 1,200 life‑science firms including AstraZeneca, GSK and Johnson & Johnson. Eli Lilly announced a new injectable weight‑loss manufacturing plant in the Lehigh Valley, projected to create roughly 850 jobs by 2031....
Why HR Leaders Can No Longer Ignore AI Search and Brand Visibility
HR leaders must adapt to AI‑driven search as generative large language models reshape how candidates and buyers discover HR solutions. Hallam’s new whitepaper shows that brands in the top half of traditional Share of Search are 2.5 times more likely to...
Accenture Links Promotion Prospects to Employees’ Use of AI
Accenture announced that regular use of artificial‑intelligence tools will be a visible factor in promotion decisions for senior roles. The firm is now logging weekly AI‑tool access, including its proprietary AI Refinery, as part of talent discussions. It has already...
C-Suite Turnover: Plenty of Volatility at the Top
CristKolder’s 2025 C‑Suite Volatility Report shows 78 CEO changes and 120 CFO swaps across Fortune 500 and S&P 500 firms last year. The consumer sector led CEO turnover at 24.4%, while energy was most stable at 9.0%. External recruitment fell sharply, with...
Leadership Is Forged on the Shop Floor, Not in Classrooms
My MBA gave me tools; the shop floor gave me wisdom. 🛠️ Classrooms teach strategy. Real leadership? That’s forged in the world. Leadership happens when you: • Manage uncertainty without a case study. • Lead people who don’t speak in slides. • Decide with incomplete...
Digitising Work: Preserving Dignity and Desirability
#Dignity and #Desirability in Work #Digitisation @ABPsychologists https://t.co/mQ785u4nrv #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Law Firm Introduces AI Chatbot for Job Interviews
London boutique Mishcon de Reya has deployed an AI‑powered chatbot to conduct first‑round graduate interviews. The tool, built by Bright Network, pulls data from each applicant’s submission to generate a customized conversation and produces a transcript for the firm’s early‑careers...
AI-Generated Deepfakes Threaten Authenticity in Hiring
#Deepfakes in the #talentpool: How #AI is reshaping hiring @HR_Exec https://t.co/fnus5j0LpD #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Sacking Employee over "Extremely Inappropriate" Gestures Was Fair
The Fair Work Commission upheld Pacific National Services' dismissal of a train driver who performed Nazi‑salute gestures from Mittagong station, deeming the conduct serious misconduct. Deputy President Bryce Cross rejected the employee’s claim that the gestures were an "all clear"...
How Universities Can Rise to the Challenge of an Unpredictable Future Workplace
Universities UK launched the Future Universities campaign to align higher education with a rapidly changing labour market. Government forecasts predict that by 2035, 88% of new jobs will require graduate‑level skills, creating a need for more than 11 million additional graduates....
AI Boosts HR Efficiency, Yet Demands Human Empathy
The Paradox of #AI in #HRStrategy: Efficiency, Empathy, and the Human Factor https://t.co/LiIGmm7GKI #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Employees' 'Mindset Behaviours' Can Signal Burnout, Retention Risks
The "Mindset Matters" report reveals that five employee mindset behaviours—social connection, emotional communication, ability to switch off, health prioritisation, and sustained energy—serve as early indicators of psychological strain. Drawing on Better Being’s wellbeing index and SuperFriend’s thriving workplace metrics, the...
New HR Metric Measures How Employees "Truly" Connect to Work
Researchers from Canada have introduced a new HR metric called Love of the Job (LOJ) that gauges employee passion, commitment, and intimacy toward their work, colleagues, and organization. The nine‑item scale adapts Sternberg’s triangular theory of love and is positioned...
UPS CHRO Shares the Most Important Predictors of AI Success
UPS Chief Human Resources Officer Darrell Ford is steering a multi‑year HR transformation that now emphasizes artificial intelligence. The initiative prioritises clean, high‑quality data—targeted for completion by the end of the quarter—as the foundation for AI‑driven talent decisions. Simultaneously, UPS...
IRS CIO Says Agency Lost 40% of Tech Workers Last Year
The Internal Revenue Service’s Chief Information Officer disclosed that the agency shed roughly 40% of its IT workforce and almost 80% of its technology leadership last year, marking the deepest attrition in two decades. The cuts stemmed from voluntary separations,...
Fourth Circuit Court Vacates Injunction Against DEI Executive Orders
On February 6, 2026 the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a nationwide preliminary injunction that had blocked two Trump‑era executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in federal contracting and grantmaking. The court ruled the plaintiffs...
Toyota Union Lowers Annual Bonus Demand
Toyota Motor Corp's labor union lowered its annual bonus demand to 7.3 months' pay, a 0.3‑month reduction from last year’s record level, as the automaker faces higher U.S. tariffs. The union also called for wage hikes in the spring “shunto”...
Beyond Buzzwords: Using OPM’s Human Capital Standards for Federal HR Modernization
The article explains how OPM’s Human Capital Management (HCM) standards—namely the Human Capital Business Reference Model (HCBRM), the Human Capital Federal Integrated Business Framework (HC‑FIBF), and the Human Capital Information Model (HCIM)—provide a detailed, tiered framework for federal HR IT...
Why Hiring Has Slowed Without Mass Layoffs
White‑collar job openings in the United States have slowed sharply, falling about 15% year‑over‑year, even as mass layoffs remain limited. Professor Peter Cappelli attributes the cooling to investor‑driven cost‑cutting, lingering economic uncertainty, and a surge of AI washing that inflates...
‘Mass Layoffs’ at PeaceHealth Include Hospice Staff
PeaceHealth announced a systemwide reduction of 94 positions, affecting less than 1% of its Washington workforce and including hospice staff, nurse practitioners, and administrative roles. The cuts trigger Washington's WARN Act, requiring a 60‑day notice before mass layoffs. This is...
Why Leaders Are Putting a Renewed Focus on PTO Policies
A new WTW survey shows 73% of U.S. employers will enhance paid‑leave programs within two years. Leaders cite employee experience, talent attraction, and retention as primary drivers. Caregiver leave is projected to jump from 22% to 39%, while parental and...
Techreviewer Finds Ongoing IT Skills Gap
Techreviewer’s 2025 IT Labor Market report shows a paradox: while 71.6% of surveyed firms consider their talent pool strong, 53.7% still struggle to find suitably skilled candidates. Hiring demand remains positive but volatile, with 43.3% reporting growth versus 26.8% seeing...
Too Much Experience Can Cost You the Job
Storytime: I went on an interview for a leadership role I was genuinely excited about. The hiring manager shared that the position had four direct reports in the U.S. I told her that was great and mentioned that I currently...
Fremantle UK Taps BBC Studios as People Director
Fremantle UK has created a People Director position and appointed Lisa Hardy, formerly of BBC Studios, to lead it starting March. Hardy is known for shaping culture across large, diverse media teams and will now drive the company’s people and...
Appspace, ContactMonkey Elevate Employee Emails
Appspace and ContactMonkey have launched an integration that lets internal communications teams pull visual updates from Appspace directly into ContactMonkey email campaigns. The link enables drag‑and‑drop, magazine‑style newsletters while keeping content centrally managed in the Appspace Story library. Real‑time read...
TEI Study Finds Organizations Achieved 176% ROI With Dayforce
Dayforce announced a Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact study showing a 176% return on investment and $6.8 million net present value over three years, with payback in less than six months. The analysis, based on a composite organization of 7,500 employees,...
AI Connected to Slightly More Hiring, but Growth Favors Older Workers with Less Exposure
Payroll data from Gusto shows that small businesses that increase AI‑exposed work see modest revenue gains and a slight rise in hiring. For every 10‑point boost in AI exposure, monthly revenue climbs about 2.2% after six months, while headcount grows...
Folks Unveils 2026 State of HR Report
Folks, a Canadian HR software provider, has released its 2026 State of HR Report, surveying over 400 small and medium‑sized businesses across Canada. The study spotlights recruitment as a top priority while documenting a surge in artificial‑intelligence use and broader...
Collage Integrates Payroll, Powered by Nmbr
Collage, a Canadian all‑in‑one HR, benefits and payroll platform, has launched Collage Payroll in partnership with Nmbr, the country’s first embedded payroll provider. The new feature lets businesses manage HR, benefits, time‑off and payroll from a single login, eliminating the...
Turnover Costs: Direct + Indirect Impacts Revealed
Cost of Turnover: Direct and Indirect #EmployeeTurnover Costs @perceptyx https://t.co/DN32GkyPrz #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Global Payments Builds Salesforce
Global Payments announced a 300‑agent salesforce expansion in 2026, following its recent acquisition of Worldpay. The company will invest $1 billion this year to accelerate growth of its Genius processing brand and AI capabilities. Adjusted net revenue rose 1% to $2.32 billion...
Apply Now: $102.7‑million Grant to Help Employers Retain Workers While They Train
The Canadian government has launched a $102.7 million Worker Retention Grant for employers already participating in the Work‑Sharing program. The grant subsidises up to 70 percent of an employee’s full‑time wage while they upskill during reduced‑hour periods. It targets sectors that account...
Dayforce AI Simplifies Workforce, Lets You Focus
Shrinking workforce complexity with Dayforce AI so that you can do the work you are meant to do! https://t.co/96YMPZh4O1
Remote Working Down, Mid-Level Contraction, and Eastern Migration: The Signals We're Seeing in Games Job Data
Sorcery.gg’s hiring data shows a modest 4% global contraction in games‑industry jobs in 2025, driven largely by a 25% drop in U.S. openings. Meanwhile, China posted a 25% increase, overtaking the U.S. as the top source of new roles. Mid‑level...
Employ Inc. Appoints New CEO
Employ Inc., a provider of people‑first intelligent hiring solutions, announced Jerry Jao as its new CEO. Jao, the founder of AI‑driven SaaS firm ReSci and former board member of FIGS, brings extensive experience scaling AI technology and strategic initiatives. Having...