During HR Tech in Vegas this week, I attended a session held by Marcus Sawyerr, President and CEO of YOSS USA, on AI Powering the New Workforce. YOSS is a freelancer platform co-created by The Adecco Group and Microsoft. It is a robust end-to-end solution that gives both enterprises and freelancers the right tools and services to maximize productivity, manages their projects … [Read more...] about #HRTechConf: A Look at How AI is Powering HR and the Future Workplace
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7 Ways to Use Chat Bots to Elevate #HR
Recruiters are overwhelmed by too many open positions. Candidates are frustrated with hiring processes that they view as too slow. So how can chatbots help your HR team? This week begins SXSW and one of the sessions and topics I'm most interested in is the subject of chat bots for HR and recruiting. Chat Bots As Tools for HR and Recruitment First, let’s define what a chatbot … [Read more...] about 7 Ways to Use Chat Bots to Elevate #HR
The Future of HR Technology Starts with Blockchain
Blockchain isn’t the newest technology, but it's becoming more mainstream and has the potential to disrupt everything we do online and in the real world, including traditional HR processes. What Is Blockchain? What is blockchain? A blockchain is a digitized, decentralized, public ledger of all cryptocurrency transactions. Constantly growing as ‘completed’ blocks (the most … [Read more...] about The Future of HR Technology Starts with Blockchain
Google Hire Tells Us We’re All in the HR Industry
Over the last six months, I have written about one emerging HR technology company the most, and it's one that you wouldn't expect. That is Google. And since their last two announcements of Google for Jobs and Google Cloud API, prior to the most recent launch of Google Hire I didn't want to write about the launch of their products or new services related to human resources. … [Read more...] about Google Hire Tells Us We’re All in the HR Industry
Will Robots Kill Jobs? Yes. Will Robots Create Jobs? Yes.
A new study from the Centre for Economics and Business Research in the UK suggests that robots aren't going to steal our jobs -- they're going to give us new ones. The study was co-sponsored by Redwood Software and examines the impact of Brexit on UK robotics research. They found that Britain does indeed lag behind other major world economies in both automation and robotics … [Read more...] about Will Robots Kill Jobs? Yes. Will Robots Create Jobs? Yes.