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Organizational Resilience and HRtech: Designing a Workforce That Can Absorb Disruption

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Organizations today operate in an environment where disruption is no longer an occasional event but a continuous business condition. Technological innovation, reorganization, economic uncertainties, or talent shortages or losses, either can have drastic destabilizing effects on business. But even organization with an exemplary approach to workforce planning can suffer people attrition and talent shortfalls or unexpected variance in business priorities. These challenges underscore the importance of evolving workforce planning to create organizations that remain resilient in the face of disruptions and continue to drive business momentum, rather than just anticipating future staffing needs and requirements. Traditionally, workforce planning has focused on head count, hiring needs, employee costs, and future gaps. These activities are important but not necessarily representative of how the capabilities of an organization are dependent on specialized knowledge, teams of people, densities ...
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Corra Group Offers International Background Screening for Employers Hiring Across Borders

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International hiring can bring additional screening considerations, and Corra Group offers international criminal, identity, employment, education, and watchlist searches. As employers recruit employees and contractors from around the world, candidates may have professional, educational, and residential histories spanning multiple countries. Corra Group , a background check company offering a range of employment screening services, provides international background screening and verification for employers hiring candidates with international histories. International screening can differ from domestic screening in the types of records available, search methods, identification requirements, languages, and information sources. The availability and turnaround time for records can also vary by country and region. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), international criminal searches can present additional challenges because countries have different processes for a...
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What HR Teams Should Do Differently In An AI-Driven Work Era

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There is a question a lot of people are quietly asking themselves right now, at every level of an organization: am I automating my way out of a job? HR leaders are asking it too, and that is worth saying out loud, because people teams are carrying something particular. We are being asked to design the organization’s entire approach to AI — the framework, the guardrails, what gets shared and what does not — while upskilling ourselves at the same time, in roles that are changing underneath us as we work. And the data suggests most organizations have not yet caught up with their own change. A survey of more than 1,000 HR and people leaders conducted for Oyster’s 2026 Global AI Talent Report found 95% of HR and people leaders said employees use AI tools daily in roles where AI was never part of the job description. Among companies that added AI requirements to existing roles in the past year, 62% changed neither the title nor the pay. Among those extending AI expectations into non-techni...
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Keep onboarding handoffs visible without building an employee database

A new colleague is due to start on Monday. The laptop is ready, the manager assumes the welcome call is booked, and nobody has confirmed who will explain the team’s approval process. A shared task list can expose that gap before the first morning. It works best when it records the preparation around onboarding, with a clear owner for each handoff. Define the handoff before choosing a view List what must happen and what counts as finished. “Prepare equipment” is vague; “confirm that the laptop is ready for collection and send the collection instructions” gives the next person something they can use. Assign one person to each task, even when several colleagues contribute. Use a due date that leaves the recipient time to act. For a small team, begin with a task database containing the task name, owner, due date and status. If several onboarding cycles overlap, a separate project database can hold each cycle and connect it to the relevant tasks. This walkthrough of project manageme...
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Chime Expands Partnership with Workday, Bringing Easier Access to Banking and Financial Wellness Benefits to Millions of Employees

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Employees can choose Chime without manually entering account details within Workday’s Enhanced Direct Deposit experience Chime® announced an expanded partnership with Workday, the trusted agentic platform for HR, finance, and IT, making it easier for millions of employees to choose Chime for direct deposit within Workday — and connect their paycheck to tools that help them save, build credit and get ahead. Catch more HRTech Insights: HRTech Interview with Dave Hilton, CPO at O.C. Tanner Through Workday’s Enhanced Direct Deposit (EDD) experience, employees of Workday customers can select Chime for direct deposit, without manually entering account details. The experience is free for employers 1 and requires no additional setup. Employees who select Chime for direct deposit will gain access to Chime’s suite of financial tools, including fee-free banking 2 , high-yield savings earning 4% APY with qualifying deposits 3 , early pay, and credit-building tools. “A paychec...
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Chegg Announces University Partnerships to Expand Student Access to Internships and Career Support

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Chegg partners with the College of Charleston, Radford University, and Salem College to expand student access to its internship and career platform, with discussions underway with additional U.S. institutions. Chegg, a learning and employability company, announced pilot partnerships with the College of Charleston’s School of Business, Radford University, and Salem College to help students discover, prepare, and secure internships. Catch more HRTech Insights: HRTech Interview with Dave Hilton, CPO at O.C. Tanner During the six-month pilots, Chegg will work directly with participating institutions to give eligible, currently enrolled students access to its Internships.com platform. The platform brings together internship discovery, application creation and submission, interview preparation, skills development and professional networking, helping students navigate every step of the internship process in one place. Students can explore opportunities across sectors including ...
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Eagle Point Software Acquires Global eTraining, Expanding Learning Capabilities and Accelerating Innovation

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The combination brings together complementary technologies and expertise to deliver greater value to organizations across AECO, design, and manufacturing industries. Eagle Point Software , maker of the Pinnacle Series applied learning platform, announced it has acquired Global eTraining, an Alberta, Canada-based provider of online learning for architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturing professionals. Both companies deliver learning tied directly to the work AECO and manufacturing professionals perform every day, and share a commitment to helping clients develop their people and achieve better business outcomes. “We have a great deal of respect for what Global eTraining has built and accomplished,” said John Biver, CEO of Eagle Point Software. “What makes this opportunity exciting is how well our organizations complement one another. We share a commitment to our customers and a belief in the importance of helping people get the most out of their techn...
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