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OnPay Named Best Online Payroll Service for Small Businesses by business.com

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OnPay earns a 9.3 out of 10 Editor’s rating for its transparent pricing, comprehensive features, and expert customer support OnPay , a leading payroll, HR, and benefits administration provider, announced it has been recognized as the Best Online Payroll Service for small businesses in business.com’s annual review of the industry’s leading platforms. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview With Hari Kolam, CEO and Co-founder of Findem: Featuring Findem’s GliderAI The software was highlighted for its standout balance of simplicity, robust features, and transparent pricing. To determine its recommendations, the business.com editorial team evaluated over 70 payroll processing services. Solutions were rigorously tested across 20 distinct factors — including payroll processing workflows, tax filing accuracy, customer support quality, and overall value. “Small business owners shouldn’t have to compromise between software that’s easy to use and tools that are powerful enough to ...

University of Phoenix Announces Collaboration with OpenAI to Advance AI-Powered Learning, Workforce Innovation and Research

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Collaboration will accelerate AI integration across teaching and learning, student services, operations, workforce readiness and collaborative research to help prepare working adult learners for the AI economy Artificial intelligence is transforming nearly every profession, creating a vital need for working adults to continuously develop new skills while they are already in the workforce. Recognizing this challenge, University of Phoenix announced a collaboration with OpenAI designed to help working adult learners build the AI capabilities they need to succeed in a rapidly changing economy. With OpenAI, University of Phoenix will explore high-value AI applications across teaching and learning, student support, career services, institutional operations and collaborative research, all with a singular focus on helping working professionals develop practical AI skills they can immediately apply in their workplaces. The collaboration builds upon University of Phoenix’s comprehensiv...

Everyone Is Behind on Hiring Automation. That Might Be the Best News HR Has Heard All Year.

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New research from Phenom and Aptitude Research reveals that no industry has cracked the code on inline candidate qualification. Closing that gap doesn’t require a massive investment. The career site is beautiful. The job postings are optimized and the employer brand looks great. Then a job candidate clicks “Apply” and the whole experience falls apart as qualification is forced into a flat form that ultimately swallows the application whole into an unknown blackbox. While AI and automation have raised the bar for what hiring can look like, that gap between front-end polish and back-end qualification is the central story of the 2026 State of Hiring Automation Report, a joint project between Phenom and research firm Aptitude Research. The headline finding is either alarming or deeply encouraging: no industry is scoring above 30% on hiring automation and inline qualification criteria. It’s like everyone is stuck in roughly the same place. Retail, healthcare, hospitality, financial servi...

Suited Appoints Former Skadden Recruiting Leader Carly Appel as Vice President, Legal Talent Solutions

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Veteran BigLaw recruiting expert will lead the company’s expanded talent intelligence platform for both law firms and legal professionals. Suited , the talent intelligence platform helping leading law firms make better hiring decisions,  announced that Carly Appel has joined the company as Vice President, Legal Talent Solutions. Appel joins Suited after nearly two decades at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she most recently served as Director of Attorney Recruiting, helping lead hiring at one of the legal industry’s most selective and respected organizations. Having worked with Suited as a client for the past six years, she brings a unique combination of BigLaw recruiting expertise and firsthand experience with the company’s platform. In her new role, Appel will partner with law firms to modernize both campus and lateral recruiting strategies while helping shape the growth of Suited’s talent intelligence platform, empowering both firms and legal ...

How is HRTech Transforming Skills into Strategic Business Assets? 

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The modern workplace is undergoing a fundamental transformation as organizations increasingly recognize that workforce capabilities are more valuable than traditional job titles. For decades, companies have structured their workforce around fixed roles, defined responsibilities, and hierarchical reporting lines. Employees were hired predominantly for specific positions, and career progression was based on standardized job descriptions. But today, rapid technological change, changing customer expectations, and digital transformation are shifting the emphasis away from positions and toward capabilities. Organizations now understand that employee skills are strategic resources that have a direct impact on innovation, productivity, adaptability, and long-term business success. Simultaneously, global skill shortages have been one of the biggest barriers to organizational growth. Across all sectors, companies are finding it hard to find the expertise they need in artificial intelligence, c...

Jessica Smith Announces ‘HR Reframed — The HR Leader Edition’ Masterclass for HR Business Partners and Talent Leaders

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Jessica Smith, a distinguished HR innovation leader with 13+ years of experience, is pleased to announce a new live masterclass Jessica Smith, a distinguished HR innovation leader with 13+ years of experience, is pleased to announce HR Reframed — The HR Leader Edition, a six-week, live cohort masterclass for senior HR leaders closest to the business. The program is designed for senior HR leaders who advise the business on talent and people strategy and who are most at risk of being left behind in the AI transition, while also being positioned to lead it. Participants will learn what AI is already automating across HR functions, build with AI as part of their own role, and leave with a personal 90-day plan ready to execute—specifying what to automate, what skills to build, and how to show up as a strategic leader. The masterclass is intended for Senior HR Business Partners with 10+ years of experience, HR Directors and VPs, and Directors and VPs of Talent Management, Organizational E...