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Many onboarding challenges stem from gaps between what new employees need to feel supported and the experiences organizations provide during their first days on the job. When the training lacks proper pacing, timely support, or ongoing engagement, employees may struggle to become productive and connected team members. Fortunately, AI can help HR teams address many […]
AI skills are becoming the new office rent: a recurring cost of staying relevant at work. For HR leaders, that changes the question from whether employees should use AI to whether the organization can define competent use clearly enough to reward it, train it, and govern it. The old divide centered on remote versus in-person […]
Reviewing candidate applicants used to be about finding the right fit. Now, it’s also about verifying who is actually on the other side of the screen. With AI-driven hiring fraud on the rise, talent teams are seeing a wave of automated applicants entering their hiring pipelines using flawlessly engineered resumes and synthetic identities. It’s a […]
While a single, perfectly polished application won’t tip HR leaders off, the true giveaway of an AI-generated resume isn’t found in a single line, it’s found in the patterns left behind across the entire applicant pool. As hiring pipelines face a surge of automated submissions, Donna Fowler, SVP of Global People & Talent at SEON, […]
Hiring teams reviewing the spring surge of recent graduate applications are facing an unprecedented challenge: AI-powered fake candidates. Fraudulent applicants are increasingly blending into talent pipelines using tailored, AI-generated resumes, proxy interviewers, and synthetic identities. Combined with high application volumes and remote hiring, these bad actors are becoming much harder to catch early in the […]
Employers have long used reductions in force (RIFs) as a high-risk but familiar response to economic pressure, restructuring, or strategic change. Traditionally, employers evaluated RIF-related risk through relatively discrete lenses—compliance with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, potential discrimination claims, and the adequacy of internal documentation. Today, that approach may no longer be […]
An article published recently in the Harvard Business Review (“Employees Are Relying on AI For Personal Support. That’s Risky” by Constance Noonan Hadley and Sarah L. Wright) argues that we are sliding to the point where workers treat AI as a peer. Let’s discuss the challenges and then look to solutions. Challenges When I moved […]
AI is rapidly transforming and becoming increasingly integrated into employer’s decision-making. Employers are leveraging AI tools to streamline hiring, manage employee performance, draft contracts, policies, or other legal documents, and even to answer complex legal questions. But as the adoption of AI in HR accelerates, so do the risks. For employers in particular, which have […]
Generative AI rewards those who embrace constant iteration. Instead of fearing errors, treat them as essential data. Every strange output reveals how the system thinks, providing the edge you need to master the tool. AI offers the rocket fuel that propels innovation forward and enables organizations and teams to overcome challenges and manage risks. This is especially true […]
Gen AI tools are now embedded in daily business operations—from drafting emails and summarizing documents to analyzing data and preparing internal reports—whether they’re sanctioned or not. But as companies and employees adopt these tools, courts are beginning to address an important question: Are AI prompts, uploads, and outputs safe from discovery? Two recent federal decisions […]