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Jill Barth

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Jill Barth is HR Tech Editor of HR Executive. She is an award-winning journalist with bylines in Forbes, USA Today and other international publications. With a background in communications, media, B2B ecommerce and the workplace, she also served as a consultant with Gallagher Benefit Services for nearly a decade. Reach out at [email protected].
Benefits

Open enrollment is changing—is your benefits communication keeping up?

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HR teams often lack communication resources during the busy open enrollment season. This HR leader offers no-cost ways to simplify benefits information and get the most out this crucial time.
Benefits

The unexpected winners in AI hiring. Plus, industry news from UKG and more

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The U.S. labor market is slowing, but attention to AI talent is surging, even as other areas contract, creating both challenges and opportunities for HR leaders.
Emerging HR Tech

3 ‘wicked messes’ facing CEOs—and how HR can clean them up

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HR must help CEOs by guiding workforce strategy, clarifying talent costs, building AI literacy across leadership and evolving culture alongside technology. “You need to become much more of an enterprise leader, a true strategic navigator,” said Peter Aykens, chief of research at Gartner.
Company culture

Massive Amazon layoffs spark criticism, debate over culture and HR accountability

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“The announcement that we made a few days ago was not really financially driven, and it's not even really AI-driven, not right now at least,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in an earnings call. “It's culture.”
HR Technology

How Danone redeployed 90% of employees affected by workforce changes

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“When you embed workforce planning into existing business routines, you don’t need a new process,” said Vincent Favre, organizational design leader at Danone.
HR strategy

‘No is a full sentence.’ Advice on HR priorities from world-class CHROs

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According to two top CHROs, world-class HR ties strategy to measurable business impact and cuts what doesn’t matter.
Emerging HR Tech

‘Can a machine do this?’ HR’s focus must shift from the workforce to the work, Gartner says

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“Before we can answer questions about the workforce, we need to answer questions about the work, because work is changing,” according to Gartner's Harsh Kundulli.
Culture

Re-onboarding after layoffs: How HR can retain talent and prevent burnout

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Nearly a third of layoff “survivors” report costly mistakes from insufficient training. Structured re-onboarding helps HR realign employees, rebuild confidence and prevent errors.
Emerging HR Tech

10 ways CHROs can strengthen people strategy in a changing workplace

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Leading transformation isn’t just about technology, according to this expert. It’s about preparing employees, strengthening skills and guiding the workforce through uncertainty.
Emerging HR Tech

Why HR should care about AI data centers. Plus, news from Eightfold, iCIMS and more

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The growth of AI infrastructure and massive data centers is reshaping workforce realities in ways that touch every part of an organization.
HR Technology

Humanizing hiring at scale: Lessons from 1 million AI interviews

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Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as impersonal or dehumanizing. But new data from recruiting tool Sapia.ai suggests that in many instances of hiring, the opposite may be true.
Emerging HR Tech

Time to scale: Oracle leaders say 2026 is ‘the year of operationalizing’ AI

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Oracle leader Chris Leone told his keynote audience that AI adoption, particularly when it comes to agent building, is poised to grow.
Emerging HR Tech

How AI use can help frontline workers beat burnout, according to new UKG research

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Despite burnout-busting evidence, anxiety about AI runs high among frontline employees, according to a new report from UKG. Work needs to be done, one leader says, to "explain the 'why' behind AI."
Emerging HR Tech

What Dayforce execs say it takes to create an ‘AI culture’​

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"As leaders, we want to make people feel like they can grow, learn and develop within the company," said Amy Cappellanti-Wolf, the company's chief people officer.
Recruiting

Federal shutdown leaves HR teams without critical labor market insights

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"Missing a key data point like the BLS jobs report really throws a wrench in recruitment planning," says Art Zeile, CEO of Dice, an HR tech platform and career marketplace.
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