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2024 HR Tech M&A Activity: A Year of Resilience and Growth

Lighthouse

The HR technology market in 2024 was a story of resilience and growth amidst a rapidly changing global landscape. From groundbreaking mergers and acquisitions to the introduction of innovative solutions that redefine talent management, payroll, and employee experience, 2024 has proven to be a year of transformation. With the U.S.

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The past 25 years have been an uphill journey for the HR function

HR Brew

But its values have remained the same, said the VP of people at pool service software firm Skimmer and co-host of the Real Job Talk podcast for mid-career professionals. Back then, people had rolodexes on their desks, she said of the pre-applicant tracking system days. And nearly everything was manual. It wasnt as branded as it is now.

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Boomerang employees could be the secret to recruiting high-quality talent in a cooling labor market

HR Brew

While the term may not be in the limelight anymore—Google searches for “boomerang employee” and similar phrases peaked in 2022—data from multiple labor market analytics platforms supplied to HR Brew suggests that boomerang employees, as a trend, are sticking around. Boomerang employees become really easy to hire in that environment.

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Take it From a Futurist: How Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Will Change HR Practices

Cornerstone On Demand

In this series , we interview experts in HR, recruiting and the future of work to get their take on what's next. All-too-common roadblocks like a shortage of resources, unchanging attitudes among leaders and a lack of understanding keep organizations from exploring the full potential of these technologies.

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Beyond Human Instinct: 20 AI Recruiting Software Making Waves

Peoplebox

Whether it’s screening thousands of candidates for high-volume hiring or improving candidate experience with personalized responses, AI recruiting software can do it all. We poured over hundreds of AI recruiting tools, so you don’t have to. Top 20 AI Recruiting Software At a Glance No. Let’s get started.

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Recruiters: Use Cognitive Aptitude Tests to Expand Your Candidate Pipeline

HR Bartender

They recently launched an app called JobFlare (iOS, FREE) that allows users to play “brain games” that are scientifically created to test the cognitive abilities that are considered the key predictors of job success. Possible Solution: Hiring Candidates Who are “Work Experience Light”. It’s a well-written resource.

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Wait. Is AI making TA more challenging?

HR Brew

Not sure if TA pros would suggest that strategy, but it is definitely one that applicants have adopted since the OpenAI platform changed the game. This is because AI tools are fraught with concerns about candidate selection or assessment and bringing bias into the hiring process. Everyone in the process still has leg work to do.