Section archive
Tag: AI
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The Rise of Internal Talent Marketplaces: 2026 Mid-Year Report
Two years ago, the internal talent marketplace was a novel concept — a nice-to-have module from a handful of vendors. Today, it is a strategic imperative. By June 2026, over 60% of Fortune 500 companies have deployed or are actively implementing internal…
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Q2 2026 HR Tech Funding: AI Startups Lead a Record-Breaking Quarter
The second quarter of 2026 saw a record $4.2 billion in HR technology venture capital funding, a 47% increase over Q2 2025 and the largest quarterly total since HR tech investment began tracking at scale in the early 2010s. The growth was…
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The Great Skills Taxonomy Build-Out: How Companies Are Mapping Their Workforce
As organizations move from the promise to the practice of skills-based HR, a massive effort is underway to build, maintain, and operationalize enterprise skills taxonomies. This is not a one-time project but an ongoing data infrastructure challenge that requires continuous investment, cross-functional…
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AI in Performance Management: How 2026’s Leading Platforms Use Machine Learning
Performance management is undergoing its most significant transformation since the shift from annual reviews to continuous feedback. In 2026, artificial intelligence is not just supporting performance management processes — it is fundamentally reshaping how goals are set, how feedback is gathered, how…
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Q2 2026 HR Tech Predictions — Mid-Year Outlook
As we enter the second quarter of 2026, the HR technology landscape is undergoing a decisive shift from experimental to operational. Where 2024 was about pilot programs and 2025 was about scaling, 2026 is about proving sustained value. Mid-year predictions for the…
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AI-Powered Employee Support — Chatbots That Actually Help
The wave of AI chatbots that swept through HR departments in 2024 and 2025 was, by most accounts, underwhelming. Employees remembered their frustrating experiences — circling back to the same questions, being bounced between menu options, escalating to a human only to…
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AI in the Workplace: The 2026 Skills Landscape and How Workers Are Adapting
By January 2026, AI was no longer the “future of work” — it was the “present of work.” The question had shifted from whether AI would transform workplaces to how workers and organizations were adapting to an AI-integrated reality. The data painted…
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December HRIS Vendor Roadmaps — Focus on AI-Powered Updates and Marketplace Expansion
December in the HR technology world is typically seen as a quiet month — companies wind down for the holidays, release calendars thin out, and procurement slows. But this year, major HRIS vendors have been using December for something increasingly common: year-end…
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Employee Wellness Programs Get AI Makeover for 2026
The employee wellness industry, long characterized by static benefit catalogs and one-size-fits-all wellness platforms, is undergoing its most significant transformation since the category’s inception in the 1980s. As organizations prepare for 2026, the dominant trend reshaping employee wellness programs is artificial intelligence…
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AI-Powered Compensation Benchmarking Goes Real-Time
The compensation benchmarking landscape is undergoing a transformation that could reshape how HR leaders set pay for the next decade. As Q4 closes in on 2025, a growing cohort of HR technology vendors is moving beyond annual or quarterly salary surveys to…