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via HR Dive
At SHRM26 in Orlando, Johnny Taylor told 20,000 attendees that only 10% of Fortune 500 CEOs value HR, and proposed the 'Chief Work Officer' as the profession's survival strategy — a message TA leaders cannot afford to ignore.
via HR Dive
A SHRM26 speaker warned that AI hiring tools systematically overlook nontraditional candidates — veterans, career switchers, and adult learners — who could fill your hardest-to-staff roles.
A new survey of 1,000 US hiring managers found 23% plan to reduce graduate hiring this year, with AI consolidation and deep frustration over workplace readiness both driving the pullback.
via HR Executive
As EU AI Act enforcement approaches, the question is shifting from whether you use AI in hiring to whether you can explain, inspect, and stand behind every decision it influences.
via Bedell Cristin
A law firm's guidance for HR professionals names the three AI recruitment risks most organisations are overlooking — and each one creates liability that sits with the employer, not the vendor.
via PwC
PwC's analysis of over one billion job ads reveals a fundamental restructuring that changes who you hire, how you assess them, and what you pay.
via iCIMS
The era of employer branding as a marketing function is over — iCIMS data shows the discipline is being rewired around candidate experience, data-driven measurement, and company-wide accountability.
via iCIMS
New research from iCIMS and Aptitude Research reveals that while 74% of candidates now use AI in their job search, most organisations are still struggling to scale AI across their hiring workflows.
via Eightfold AI
Eightfold AI has been named a Strategic Leader in the 2026 Fosway 9-Grid for Talent Acquisition for the fourth consecutive year, as the analyst firm highlights a market shift toward skills intelligence and agentic workflows.
The ICO has warned that most UK employers using AI to screen and rank candidates are running automated decision-making systems without proper safeguards — and the compliance gap is wider than most realise.
via SHRM
SHRM's latest research reveals that recruiting challenges remain acute for nearly 7 in 10 HR professionals, with skills-based hiring and internal mobility emerging as the most promising paths forward.
via HR Tech Feed
As Washington state advances broad restrictions on AI use in employment decisions, Colorado has quietly scaled back its pioneering law — creating a regulatory patchwork that TA leaders must navigate state by state.
via HR Tech Feed
Job advertising is undergoing a fundamental shift from paying for clicks to paying for hires, and TA leaders who still measure their recruitment marketing by application volume are using the wrong metrics.
ManpowerGroup's 2026 Talent Shortage Survey of 39,000 employers across 41 countries finds AI skills have overtaken engineering as the hardest capabilities to find, with 72% of employers reporting hiring difficulty.
via HireVue
HireVue's new AI Interviewer conducts dynamic two-way voice interviews 24/7 with every applicant — using validated hiring science, not just speed — to surface candidates who can actually do the job, not just those who look good on paper.
via Nexxt
A Nexxt survey of 1,500 job seekers reveals an application surge — nearly 80% plan to apply more in 2026, 45% are using AI tools to optimise their job search, and one in three say they have used or plan to use AI in their current role — all of which means TA teams face higher volumes with lower signal quality.
via TecHR Series
SmartRecruiters has unveiled a significant expansion of its Winston AI hiring companion — adding agentic interviewing, chat-driven candidate engagement, and an agentic CRM tier — alongside a deep integration connector with SAP SuccessFactors that embeds SmartRecruiters directly into the SAP HCM ecosystem.
via TecHR Series
Greenhouse's new MCP (Model Context Protocol) gives enterprise hiring teams a permission-aware way to connect AI agents directly to their ATS — without letting governance or security fall by the wayside.
via HR Dive
New KPMG research reveals a stark imbalance: executives are twice as likely to invest in new technology as they are in training employees — and it's costing them the returns they expect.
via iCIMS
iCIMS's Spring 2026 release introduces a frontline-specific AI hiring suite that promises a 75% reduction in time-to-fill and a 90% cut in manual hiring tasks — and it's already delivering for early adopters.
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