Google Hire to reconnect recruiters with former applicants

Remember that highly qualified candidate you didn't hire? Well, now might be the time for a talent recall.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • March 29, 2018

When misused, artificial intelligence can discriminate

A report from the World Economic Forum explains how algorithms can deny sick people healthcare, reject low-income individuals' applications for credit and heighten racial bias.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • March 29, 2018

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What HR pros need to know about AI in the workplace

HR professionals may be wary of using certain AI technologies in their work, but research indicates the broader workforce is forging ahead.

By HR Dive staff

Employers are swapping passwords for fingerprints, face recognition

Passwords might soon be passé, but biometrics come with risks.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • March 27, 2018

Workday partners with Slack to provide workers real-time access to HR

The move represents yet another attempt to streamline HR processes and free up managers to focus more directly on people, analysis and strategy.

By Kathryn Moody • March 22, 2018

Can technology drive organizational culture?

Company culture is being set and reset every day, and tech tools can be a key part of managing that.

By Pamela DeLoatch • March 15, 2018

WeWork, Capital One welcome Amazon's Alexa to the enterprise

Embedding Alexa in businesses looks like a boon for Amazon. Already dominant in the enterprise with AWS, this move broadly expands its potential market. 

By Naomi Eide • March 14, 2018

HR supports digital transformation, but lacks the resources to make it happen

Those in the field can at least start by leading a culture shift, ensuring that workers' mindsets are receptive to change.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • March 5, 2018

5 exiting employee strategies to keep your data safe

Lack of attention to policies and procedures for departing employees can breed policy blind spots, write BIA's Brian Schrader, Esq., CEO, and Adam Feinberg, CCFS, CEDS, executive vice president, services.

By Brian Schrader and Adam Feinberg • Feb. 27, 2018

Employees think AI is good, but employers' silence creates fear

Although 82% of employees see AI as an opportunity to improve their jobs, about 34% are concerned that it could someday totally replace them.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Feb. 20, 2018

Uncommon.co is latest AI solution to enter recruiting space

Beta test runs with Lyft, Aflac and Gap yielded job candidates who were 12 times more likely to be invited to an interview, the company claims.

By Riia O'Donnell • Feb. 15, 2018

As rules change, HR managers ask: Should employees have access to data on themselves?

In today’s employee tracking ecosystem, HR departments have been forced to become both people managers and data ethics stewards.

By Kathryn Moody • Feb. 13, 2018

Technology drives benefits broker success, but adoption varies widely

Employees rely on the broker-employer partnership to find the best healthcare plans, but not all brokers use up-to-date technology, a new study shows.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Feb. 12, 2018

Workers say they feel like they're sending resumes to a 'black box'

Job seekers rate personal contacts, as well as outreach methods like face-to-face meetings and phone calls, as more helpful in finding a job.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Feb. 12, 2018

An impending perfect storm: The collision of the aging workforce, automation and income inequality

With a growing spread of generations at work and automation set to claim more jobs, Bain's new report asks: Is an economic collision on the horizon?

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Feb. 9, 2018

Is HR losing influence on the C-suite?

Departments that aren't digitally savvy are quickly falling out of favor, a new study says.

By Kathryn Moody , Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Feb. 8, 2018

Onboarding may be a 'pervasive pain point'

Nintex's examination of broken processes in the workplace asked why employees opted to leave their jobs and found that bad onboarding was a big reason.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Feb. 8, 2018

Employers need a digital culture, not just digital tools, to compete

Results from a Microsoft survey indicate that, without the right cultural mindset, new tech tools may cause conflict rather than enable innovation.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Feb. 7, 2018

Employees lack data literacy even as the 'analytics economy' dawns

More than half of workers don't have the education to make decisions based on insight from data, a survey from Qlik shows.

By Kathryn Moody , Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Jan. 31, 2018

To survive the age of disruption, create a 'lab mindset' at work, says Mercer

With technological advances set to disrupt industries, Mercer offers four ways to survive — and thrive — in the future of work.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Jan. 26, 2018

AI in recruitment isn't a prediction — it's already here

For the most part, AI and machine learning are taking the grunt work off HR's plate, though experts say that's not the extent of what's possible.

By Riia O'Donnell • Jan. 18, 2018

How the least digital part of your organization will lead digital transformation

The discussion of technologies powering digital transformation is consistently evolving. However, amidst all the discussion is the growing realization that leading this transformation is the least digital part of every organization: people.

By Morne Swart, Vice President, Global Product Strategy and Transformation, SumTotal Systems • Jan. 17, 2018

Recruiters are moving on from the traditional interview

Instead, video interviews, job auditions and even virtual reality assessments are gathering momentum, a new report by LinkedIn says.

By Riia O'Donnell • Jan. 11, 2018

iCIMS acquires TextRecruit, pointing to mobile's power in recruitment tech

As companies shift their processes to meet demands of the applicant pool, texting seems a natural progression.

By Riia O'Donnell • Jan. 11, 2018

Upgrades to enterprise software could free up workers in 2018

Personalization, machine learning and push notifications promise to make routine tasks less time intensive, TechRepublic says.

By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Jan. 10, 2018

Your 2018 benefits resolution? Getting the most out of what you have

Go ahead, add that shiny new voluntary benefit to attract candidates. But don't forget about execution.

By Ryan Golden • Jan. 10, 2018