Seventy percent of organizations have shifted to skills-based hiring practices in 2026, removing traditional degree requirements and expanding their candidate pools by 15.9 times in the United States and 6.
Independent recruiters shopping for applicant-tracking software in 2026 face monthly subscription prices ranging from €19 to €400 (roughly $20 to $435 USD), with basic setups typically landing around €49 monthly, according to selection guidance published August 8 by French mobility publication Mobil
AI tools are eliminating routine screening tasks and freeing recruiters to focus on relationship-building and strategic decision-making rather than replacing their roles entirely, according to a recruitment tech CEO whose clients report saving hundreds of hours per hire.
More than 60 women aged 40 to 65 told BBC investigators they are receiving automated rejections or no responses after submitting hundreds of job applications, with multiple candidates saying AI-powered recruitment tools appear to be filtering out experienced female workers re-entering the workforce,
Fourteen Forbes Human Resources Council members published onboarding strategies August 4 positioning the first 90 days as the retention decision window, with recommendations spanning 90-day roadmaps, AI-plus-human buddy systems, and pre-boarding protocols that start before day one, according to guid
Article 50 of the EU AI Act takes effect August 2, requiring employers using AI systems for hiring, performance reviews or workforce monitoring to disclose when candidates and employees are interacting with AI and to label AI-generated content, according to an analysis published July 31 by law firm
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HR software provider Netchex published guidance July 30 identifying six core ATS capabilities that small HR teams should prioritize when evaluating applicant tracking systems, according to a blog post aimed at organizations where two or three HR staff manage recruiting alongside benefits administrat
A job application service published a four-step concurrent workflow on July 30 that claims to deliver vetted candidate shortlists within 12 to 24 hours, positioning parallel execution over sequential hiring processes as the key to speed without quality loss, according to Scale.jobs.
Personal AI use by HR professionals runs more than twice as high as workplace AI integration, with 81% of HR teams using AI tools individually but only 36% deploying AI into actual workforce processes, according to interviews with six HR technology leaders recorded at HR Tech Europe in Amsterdam thi
Employee onboarding spans the first 90 days of employment and encompasses five distinct phases from pre-boarding through structured feedback check-ins, according to guidance published July 27 by HR software provider Netchex, which distinguishes the extended integration process from single-day orient
