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📊 HR Trends: Serial Layoffs Are a New Job Market Norm
This article explains that serial layoffs—where employees face multiple rounds of layoffs across different employers—are becoming increasingly common. This pattern adds stress to job seekers and emphasizes the need for HR to support emotional resilience, offer clear career pathways, and build strong employer branding to attract and retain talent. Read more.
🎧 HR Insights: Go Rogue — Why You Should Ditch the Interview Script
On HR Daily Advisor’s “HR Works” podcast episode, Shannon Gabriel (VP of Leadership Solutions at TBM Consulting) recommends replacing scripted interviews with open-ended, unscripted conversations. She believes this method uncovers a candidate’s true values and potential, while authentically reflecting company culture.
💡 HR Tips & Tricks
Tip of the Day: When onboarding new hires, assign them a short-term 'buddy project'—a light cross-team task outside their main role. This helps them build relationships, understand different functions, and feel integrated quickly.
Trick of the Day: Create a “hidden office champion” system: randomly pick one employee per quarter and ask them to share informal feedback on workplace mood and ideas. It’s anonymous to leadership but encourages real voices to come forward, sparking improvements before issues escalate.
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🧾 HR Case Files - Sapia.ai Launches Skills Intelligence API
Sapia.ai introduced its Skills Intelligence API, now available for immediate integration. It embeds science-backed, structured chat interviews and explainable AI scoring into any HR system—including ATS, CRM, or job boards—enabling fair, inclusive, and scalable candidate evaluation.
Key Takeaways
The API supports conversational interviews, explainable scoring (via SAIGE™), and real-time insights.
It’s built from a data set of over 7 million interviews and 3 billion words, ensuring bias mitigation and validation.
Integration is quick—minutes, not months—and aligns with enterprise security standards like ISO 42001, SOC 2, and EU AI Act compliance.
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Resource of the Day - Three Actions for CHROs to Increase Pay Transparency
This article presents three recommended actions for CHROs to enhance pay transparency. While the detailed steps aren’t accessible, the advice underscores the rising importance of clear and open salary policies to boost trust, equity, and retention in organizations.
Event of the Day
Scheduled for October 7–9, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas, the SPARK Talent conference will bring together HR leaders and innovators from companies like PepsiCo, GE Healthcare, Coca-Cola, and Hyatt.
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