News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
For years, HR has been obsessed with dashboards. Every new platform promised another colourful visualisation. Every board meeting demanded another report. Every quarterly review seemed to generate another metric to monitor. But what if we’ve been optimising the wrong thing? That was the central message from Ankita Poddar, speaker, blogger, mentor and Senior Human Resources […]
What Happens When HR and TA Lack AI Savviness? Jason Putnam, CEO, Vetty Artificial intelligence is no longer theoretical for employers. It’s already embedded in the hiring process, just not always on the employer’s side. Job candidates are rapidly adopting AI tools to write resumes, prepare for interviews, and accelerate applications. Meanwhile, many organizations are […]
In HR, we’ve spent years chasing the “next big thing.” Remote work. Hybrid policies. AI adoption. Four-day weeks. Skills-based hiring. The list keeps growing. But what if we’ve been asking the wrong question? In a recent conversation with Barry Winkless, Head of the Future of Work Institute at Cpl and author of Future Work World, […]
AI is delivering efficiency, but not relief AI is finally delivering on its promise. Across HR, payroll, financehr, and operations, automation is reducing manual work, simplifying complexity, and accelerating processes that once required constant human intervention. In HR and payroll, especially, tasks that once took days now take minutes. Compliance checks are faster. Errors are […]
The Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) will bring together background screening leaders, compliance professionals and HR decision-makers in London this May as its Europe & Africa Summit returns for an expanded two-day edition. Taking place on 18–19 May 2026 at the Barbican Centre, the Summit is widely recognised as the region’s leading forum for the […]
For years, the dominant narrative around careers and technology has been one of replacement: automation arrives, experience becomes obsolete, and older workers are pushed aside. But when you look closely at the data, that story doesn’t hold up. In a recent HRchat Podcast conversation, I spoke with Dr. Ben Zweig – economist, data scientist, and […]
For decades, outsourcing was framed almost exclusively as a cost-saving mechanism – a way to increase capacity, reduce labor expenses and handle non-core work more efficiently. Today, that definition no longer fits today’s business needs. In an era defined by rapid change, talent scarcity and AI-driven disruption, outsourcing has evolved into a strategic lever for […]
With the 2025 HR conference season at an end, it’s only natural to reflect on what we heard, what we learned, and what we expect to see in the months ahead. No surprise, AI took up a lot of the oxygen in the room at nearly every event we attended this year, but it’s not […]
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 […]
AI is here – not as a distant disruptor, but as a daily presence in how organizations plan, communicate, and make decisions. The real challenge isn’t technological adoption; it’s cultural transformation. In episode 856 of the HRchat Podcast, my co-host David Creelman and I sat down with Dr. Jessica Kriegel, Chief Strategy Officer at Culture […]