Here’s What the Data Is Telling Us. The AI skill gap is quickly becoming the biggest workforce challenge heading into 2026 and 2027. But the capability-building challenges underneath it are more complicated than most leaders want to admit. We put two questions to our community on the Talented podcast. The results were striking, not because […]
Skills assessments are is often treated as a single step in the hiring process. In reality, they run through the entire hiring workflow. They appear in different forms depending on the hiring stage, the role being evaluated, and the level of hiring risk a team is willing to take. If you look at the broader […]
Why Skills Assessment Has Become a Hiring Priority Hiring teams are not struggling because they lack candidates. They are struggling because traditional hiring signals no longer predict performance reliably enough. A polished resume does not guarantee execution. Strong interview performance does not always translate into strong on-the-job performance. And as hiring volumes grow, these gaps […]
How AI Is Redefining HR Roles, Not Just Supporting Them When Joseph Cole from Glider AI spoke with Deeraj Malhotra, VP of HR at Birlasoft, the conversation quickly moved beyond AI hype to something more practical: how HR roles are actually evolving inside organizations. For a long time, HR was designed to keep things running […]
Built from common patterns seen across multiple manufacturing hiring environments. The challenge A mid-sized manufacturer operating multiple production lines across two plants was facing growing pressure to keep skilled roles filled. Seasonal demand swings made staffing unpredictable. Downtime was expensive. Supervisors were measured on output, quality, and safety, not on how smoothly hiring ran. Yet […]
Recruiting has always been a field built on learning. Markets shift, candidate behavior changes, and hiring strategies evolve faster than most teams can document. That is one reason the HR podcast format has become valuable for recruiters looking to stay sharp. The best HR podcast for recruiters does more than fill time during a commute. […]
Recruiters often see change before it gets labeled a trend. A shift in candidate expectations. A hiring manager asking for different skills. Questions about AI, flexibility, or internal mobility showing up more often than they did a year ago. That is the future of work arriving in practical form. A strong HR podcast can help […]
Employee engagement is often framed as something that matters after hiring. Recruiters know it starts much earlier. It begins in the way roles are positioned, how expectations are set, and whether candidates are matched to the realities of the job. That is why an HR podcast about employee engagement can be surprisingly valuable for recruiting […]
Leadership in HR rarely gets simpler. The questions just get bigger. How do you hire for changing skills needs? How do you improve manager quality? How do you make stronger talent decisions when uncertainty is part of the job? These are not problems solved in one meeting. They often require ongoing learning. That is where […]
HR technology can be noisy. There is always a new platform, a new promise, or a new debate about what technology may change next. For recruiters, that can make it difficult to separate what matters from what is simply getting attention. That is where a strong HR podcast can help. The best conversations about HR […]
HR professionals are expected to keep learning while managing work that rarely slows down. Between hiring demands, employee issues, compliance changes, and shifting workplace expectations, staying current can feel difficult. That is one reason podcasts have become part of how many professionals learn. The best HR podcasts for professionals do more than fill time during […]
Most people think skills assessment is just a way to test candidates. That is the basic idea. But in actual hiring, it means something more practical. A skills assessment is not just about checking whether someone can solve a problem in isolation. It is about reducing uncertainty before making a decision that is costly to […]
