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Workers with verified artificial intelligence certifications get salary boosts, and nearly half of employees said they’ve worked for a company that didn’t live up to its purported values.
Here’s a closer look at those numbers and some of the others making headlines in the HR world.
By the numbers
2
The number of years before AI may begin creating more jobs than it eliminates, according to research from advisory firm Gartner.
4
The year-over-year jump in percentage points of respondents who named employee training their organization’s top priority in HR Dive’s 2026 Identity of HR survey.
25%
The salary bump that entry-level workers with verified artificial intelligence certifications receive, a Randstad report found.
45%
The percentage of U.S. workers surveyed who said they’ve worked for a company that didn’t show the values it claimed to have, according to the results of a survey by iHire, an employment platform.
$85 million
The amount that a federal district court judge approved as a settlement in yearslong litigation alleging Wells Fargo engaged in “sham” diversity hiring practices, per court records.
