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Dec 29, 2025

Emerging topics we picked up on in the 39 HR Tech articles we scanned this week: Operational friction mounts as AI screeners require constant supervision and candidates deploy live interview aids, Manulife and Global Teams AI signal shift from 'planning' to 'buying' enterprise AI infrastructure, Coursera moves to acquire Udemy for $2.5B to dominate AI upskilling market. Read the full Week in Review →

 

HR Technology Competitiveness

The article discusses the role of HR technology as a significant factor influencing national competitiveness.

Read at HRTech Series→

 

employee ai strategy

A Gallup study suggests that employees remain uncertain about their organization's artificial intelligence strategy, although those actively using AI tend to apply it for idea generation and information consolidation.

Read at HR Dive→

 
Chatter
The view from Reddit
“Small HR lesson, job ad isn’t for everyone and that’s the point”

After realizing broad job descriptions attract irrelevant applicants, a recruiter shares a successful pivot to highly specific, even slightly off-putting, language to force early self-selection among candidates.

Read at r/recruiting→

 

Would you intentionally use slightly off-putting language in a job ad to discourage unqualified applicants?

“oopsie! you forgot to pay us for the right to interview uwu”

The user details a thinly veiled scheme where a recruiter strongly implies that paying hundreds of dollars for a specific, seemingly unrelated training course is necessary to advance in the hiring pipeline.

Read at r/recruitinghell→

“All I want for Christmas is for the ATA myths to die [NY]”

A frustrated recruiter vents about non-HR personnel confidently spreading misinformation regarding Applicant Tracking System (ATS) capabilities, particularly the myth that the system automatically rejects candidates without human review.

Read at r/humanresources→

 

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