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

HR Brew

If that doesnt make you feel old, just think about how much HR has changed over the span of their lifetimes. When Liz Bronson started her HR career as a recruiter in the early 2000s, her days consisted of a lot more phone callsand paperwork. So much is different, she told HR Brew, and so much isnt.

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How recruiters can navigate a split labor market in 2025

HR Brew

Since she started recruiting for HR positions in 2007, Laura Mazzullo, founder of East Side Staffing, has seen the HR function endure three particularly bad years: 2008, 2020, and 2024. Its not a great time to be a white-collar job seeker, Mazzullo previously told HR Brew.

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Top 10 Benefits of Using HR Software for Growing Businesses

EmployeeConnect

Manual HR processes, scattered spreadsheets, and paper-based records become inefficient, error-prone, and time-consuming. This is where HR software steps in as a crucial growth enabler. For growing businesses, the right HR software can be the difference between reactive firefighting and proactive, scalable HR management.

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What’s keeping HR up? 5 key takeaways about changing priorities

HRExecutive

The pace of AI adoption may be driving up HRs concern, as 52% of respondents said their HR functions have not adopted new AI technology in the past year. Among the most important HR technologies in use, AI was cited by only 5%, with the focus more on HRIS, payroll and performance management tools.

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Future of HR: Navigating Transformation in the Digital Age

Speaker: Jeremy York

This session combines strategic foresight with actionable takeaways to help HR leaders prepare their organizations for the challenges and opportunities ahead.

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The Pros and Cons of Outsourced HR Services: Is It Right for Your Business?

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Image by tonodiaz on Freepik The Advantages of Outsourced HR Services 1. Cost Savings Outsourcing HR functions can be a cost-effective solution for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises. The Disadvantages of Outsourced HR Services 1.

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Organizations: Maximize Productivity with Effective Scheduling

HR Bartender

Many organizations have already aligned staffing with other HR functions like compensation, benefits, training, etc. Organizational Productivity: Staffing and Scheduling Must Work Together. Staffing and scheduling are two different things. Scheduling shouldn’t be considered a stand-alone activity.

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2020 Report: The Future of HR

The landscape of HR is shifting from everyday HR functions to strategic HR initiatives like recruiting, people & labor cost management and more. To gauge the present and future of HR, Paycor interviewed more than 500 leaders of medium and small businesses.

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Are There Gaps in Your HR Policies?

Putting the right HR policies in place can help your organization grow smoothly and help your company culture thrive. Use this essential HR checklist to cover the basics and make sure there aren’t any gaps in your HR functions.

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Practical Improvements in Organization Design

Speaker: Jon Ingham, Executive Consultant, Strategic Dynamics Consultancy Services

HR functions need to balance their investment in talent management with more focus on organisation design. HR managers, business partners, organisation design advisors and other professionals in the HR function should be looking to support more strategic activities by making practical improvements in organisation design.

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Ethical & Data Driven AI in HCM: 3 Considerations for Enterprise Leaders

Since entering the public business domain, AI has proven to be a powerful tool for optimizing HR functions — from streamlining recruitment processes, to helping identify top talent, and even boosting employee engagement. to "what should we do?"

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You Can Do This: Drive Company Value with a HR Application Network

Speaker: Steve Pruneau, HRIS Solution Architect

This webinar will outline the cost and benefits of HR suite solutions that deliver integrated HR, Payroll, Employee Time, and Benefits. It will compare the HR suite approach to a true application network approach that can bring best-in-class boutique applications for each HR function and reduce vendor lock-in.

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Connecting the Dots Between Your HR Systems Strategy and Strategic HR

Speaker: Stacey Harris - Chief Research Officer & Managing Partner, Sapient Insights Group

This session is critical for anyone looking to increase the value of their existing HR systems or preparing to embark on a purchasing effort in the near future for their HR organization.

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The Power of Recognition: How HR & Business Leaders Can Partner to Develop a Strategy for Recognizing Employees

Speaker: Keri Ohlrich, CEO & Kelly Guenther, COO, Abbracci Group

A formal strategy designed with business leaders and HR is what will be most impactful and sustainable. Recognition needs to be regarded as a critical business and HR function. How does HR and business leaders hold themselves accountable for ensuring the program created is implemented?

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Today’s Curriculum for the Higher Ed HR Leader

Speaker: Joseph Clay, Business Transformation Strategist at Oracle, and Jeffrey Haynes, Director with Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP

One thing they all have in common: Their head of HR must align the HR function to best support the institution as it navigates this current landscape. While VPs of HR in higher education share many of the same challenges as their corporate peers, they are a “different animal”, with unique issues and far fewer resources.