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Jan 21, 2026

 
AI-driven HR strategy shifts

New 2026 data identifies five key HR shifts where leaders in the U.S. and Canada are demonstrating superior performance in workforce management and talent strategies.

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Businessolver is enhancing its benefits support with artificial intelligence and advancing its HR analytics capabilities for 2025, while achieving an 83 client Net Promoter Score.

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Excluding human resources leaders from organizational artificial intelligence implementation decisions constitutes a significant strategic error that could negatively impact employee relations and overall value extraction.

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Should HR leaders have veto power over organizational AI implementation strategies?

 
Workforce management software adoption

A long-term care provider significantly reduced its time-to-hire metric by 66% and generated $2.2 million in new revenue by implementing UKG Rapid Hire software.

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Celayix and isolved are collaborating to offer integrated workforce management solutions specifically tailored for companies in the security industry.

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Embedded Payroll Growth

The integration of payroll functionality directly within software platforms is positioned as the next significant area for growth within the Small and Medium Business Software as a Service sector.

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Chatter
The view from Reddit
“Hiring in tech has become impossible. Every resume is AI-generated slop and I can't find the signal anymore.(Rant)”

A hiring manager in tech laments that the prevalence of AI-optimized resumes has rendered traditional screening signals useless, leading them to consider counter-intuitive methods like embedding hidden prompts to filter out automated submissions.

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Would you trust an AI-generated resume if the candidate passed a practical skills test?

“7 months unemployed and I swear the hiring process broke my brain. Is it just me?”

After seven months of searching for a mid-level operations role, the applicant details the demoralizing cycle of ghosting, bait-and-switch salary negotiations, and excessive unpaid take-home assignments, questioning the sanity of the current hiring landscape.

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“My weekly conversation with management about their new timekeeping ideas [N/A]”

The poster sarcastically details the recurring, legally misguided attempts by management to circumvent wage and hour laws regarding overtime and mandatory clock-out times, despite clear legal precedent.

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