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Vensure Employer Solutions (Vensure), a leading provider of HR/HCM technology, managed services and global business process outsourcing, recently announced the completion of its 100th acquisition with the purchase of CreAI, an HR technology company specializing in artificial intelligence solutions for workforce management. This milestone marks another step in Vensure’s strategic growth plan. Since its first […]
Uncertainty has become one of the defining features of modern workforce planning: hiring freezes one quarter, urgent ramp-up requests the next, new technologies transforming skills requirements overnight, budget scrutiny rising, and candidate expectations shifting just as quickly. As internal teams struggle to keep pace, HR leaders are rethinking whether their existing recruitment structures are built […]
What separates organisations that talk about strategy from those that actually execute it? That’s the question at the heart of HRchat Podcast episode 863 with Rupert Morrison – economist, entrepreneur, and author of the new book Strategic Value Creation. Rupert is best known as the founder of OrgVue and his newest venture, Arahi, where he’s […]
The AI conversation has become louder than ever, but the real question is: what do workers actually feel as this transformation unfolds? To cut through the noise, I spoke with Dr. Mary Hayes, Director of Global Research at ADP Research Institute, who has been tracking employee sentiment toward AI across industries and countries. Her team’s […]
The Next Chapter of Screening When I recently spoke at an industry event on the future of pre-employment screening, I joked that our industry isn’t usually known for excitement. We deal in data, compliance and risk, not exactly the stuff of a TED Talk. But the truth is, right now, screening is going through one […]
When the ground beneath work is shifting as fast as it is today, panic is a natural reaction but not a productive one. In a HRchat episode 861, I sat down with Karla Eidem, North American Regional Managing Director at the Project Management Institute (PMI), to explore a better path: grounding change in strategy, skills, […]
What 25 Recruiters Reveal About Resume Screening In today’s fiercely competitive job market, job seekers frequently encounter alarming claims about Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). The oft-repeated statistic—“75% of resumes are rejected by ATS before a human ever sees them”—appears across social media, career blogs, and videos, yet it rarely cites any credible source. To separate […]
In episode 860 of the HRchat Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with David Duckworth, Co-Founder and COO at Ben, a fast-growing benefits and rewards platform reshaping how organisations design, manage, and deliver benefits to their people. Our conversation explored how HR leaders can rethink employee benefits in the era of hybrid work, automation, […]
What Upwork’s Bubty Acquisition and Visa Reform Mean for Global Talent In episode 859 of the HRchat Podcast, I sat down with Pavel Shynkarenko, founder of Mellow, to unpack some major shifts shaping the freelance economy and the global world of work. Pavel is a veteran in HR and financial technologies with more than 20 […]
Author: Julius Probst, PhD A longer version of this article was initially published on Recruitonomics. After the post-pandemic boom, advanced economies are now in a synchronized economic downturn that is hitting young workers hardest. Central banks, reacting to the inflation surge in 2021 and 2022, hiked interest rates from near zero to above 4% in […]