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AI, talent shortages, and distrust: These are the biggest challenges HR pros are bracing for in 2025

HR Brew

HR Brew asked people pros to share the biggest headaches they’re bracing for in 2025, and unsurprisingly, issues like return to office, hybrid work, AI, and talent shortages are top of mind. KeyAnna Schmiedl, chief human experience officer, Workhuman “By 2025, transparency will be a cornerstone of building trust.

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Hot dog chain Portillo’s staffs its restaurants with corporate employees during the holiday season

HR Brew

If I’ve learned anything from watching The Bear , it’s that working in a restaurant is hard—maybe even as hard as it is for talent pros to staff service roles. And this strategy isn’t groundbreaking, at least not to Illinois-based restaurant chain Portillo’s. Employee experiences. Quick-to-read HR news & insights.

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Leveraging contingent talent to solve workforce challenges and drive innovation

HRExecutive

This strategy enables companies to bridge critical skills gaps, maintain business continuity and even foster long-term growth. Contingent talent: the key to filling skills gaps As organizations continue to adopt new technologies and business models, skills gaps are only likely to widen.

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How 3 seasoned talent acquisition pros balance tech and human interaction

HRExecutive

As HR leaders face challenges in adapting to the evolving world of work, integrating AI and other advanced technologies into talent acquisition processes has become a critical focus. It’s critical to have the recruiters come with you,” said Joanna Clark, head of talent acquisition strategy and transformation at Wells Fargo.

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Using the Candidate Experience to Gain a Competitive Advantage

Speaker: Kevin W. Grossman, TAS, HCS | Talent Board and the Candidate Experience (CandE) Awards President

Recruiters are stressed as a result of the numerous strategies for recruiting, hiring, and retaining employees. Whatever the world looks like, Talent Board's candidate experience research shows that maintaining a quality candidate experience is difficult for companies large and small across industries year after year.

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What Is Headcount Planning?

Intoo USA

At its core, it enables organizations to optimize their most valuable asset—talent. Connecting talent acquisition to broader financial planning ensures hiring activities match fiscal realities across the business. Why Is Headcount Planning Important in Business? Headcount planning is a vital business process for several key reasons.

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Getting frank with Portillo’s HR pro

HR Brew

These employees connected with their work differently after the experience, since they built relationships with restaurant staff and learned about their work. “It Our people team leverages data-driven insights, empathy, and creativity to design and implement initiatives that enhance the team member experience.

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Getting Employee Experience Right Is Hard – But It Doesn’t Have To Be

Employee experience has expanded from a basic focus on well-being to a more comprehensive approach that covers all aspects of an employee's journey. But as important as it is to develop and retain top talent by giving employees positive experiences, tension can exist between balancing experience desires and achieving business outcomes.

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How the Candidate Experience Is Your Competitive Advantage

Speaker: Kevin W. Grossman, TAS, HCS | Talent Board and the Candidate Experience (CandE) Awards President

Recruiters are getting stressed out since recruiting, hiring, and retention strategies are all over the place. Talent Board Candidate Experience research shows that sustaining a quality candidate experience is difficult for companies big or small. This shows that the candidate experience is your competitive advantage.

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Enriching the Employee Experience

Speaker: Isaac Mallory, Director of Sales & Business Development at HR Performance Solutions, and Jennifer Dickey, HR Consultant and speaker for HR Performance Solutions

In today’s employment market, the power has shifted from employer to employee as the competition for top talent grows. It’s time to turn the tables around and explore what can be done in creating ‘The Sticky Employee’ in this highly competitive talent market. The top talent differentiator – you can do more with less.

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Onboarding, Data, Experience: Critical Components in the Modern Hiring Environment

Read the full results of the study conducted by Lighthouse Research & Advisory in partnership with HiBob to discover how to transform your talent acquisition strategy by harnessing the power of data and integration.

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People Strategies for an Uncertain Future

Through interviews with HR and Future of Work thought leaders, third-party research, insights gained from Visier’s experts, and benchmarking data, we have uncovered three critical areas where leaders must rethink their talent approaches. What you’ll learn: How to quickly respond to ever-evolving talent needs.

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Living Your Brand Promise in Your Employee Experience

Speaker: Kathy Steele, CEO, Red Caffeine

Unemployment is low, competition for talent is high and losing a good employee is very costly. How to create an effective internal brand communication strategy. Tips on creating an employer brand that is fair, transparent, consistent with your business values and a part of your retention strategy. So what makes employees stay?

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Two Sides of the Same Coin: Recruiting & Retention

Speaker: Caitlin MacGregor, CEO and Co-Founder of Plum

Failing to modernize an organization’s approach to attracting and retaining talent by focusing on candidate and employee experiences could result in quiet quitting, turnover, vacancies, and lost opportunities that have the potential to impact overall profitability.

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Digital Transformation: The Best Strategies for HR Directors

Directors everywhere are searching for ways to find, retain, and develop talent. Their journey toward HR digital transformation, with the help of Leena AI, was one of many initiatives undertaken to keep employees at the center of everything the company does and has helped them deliver one of the best employee experiences in the world.