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Analysis of 2,000+ placements finds 84% of Latin American hires were mid-level or senior as U.S. companies reinvest savings into more experienced teams. Hire With Near, a nearshore staffing and recruiting agency that helps U.S. companies hire in Latin America across all departments and industries, released an analysis showing that U.S. companies are using the savings from hiring in Latin America to recruit more experienced talent and build larger teams, not simply to cut costs. Across more than 2,000 placements analyzed in the company’s 2026 State of LatAm Hiring Report, 84% of hires were mid-level or senior, including VP- and C-suite roles. The finding challenges a common assumption that companies hire abroad mainly for inexpensive, junior or short-term labor. Hire With Near’s data shows the opposite. U.S. companies save an average of $35,000 to $64,000 per hire, or 30% to 70% depending on role and seniority, and many reinvest those savings into the kind of experience an...

Cyndra helps companies and agencies launch AI employees that learn internal processes, connect to 1,000+ tools, and complete repeatable work with approvals, memory, audit logs, and human oversight. Cyndra AI announced the launch of its AI employee platform, built for companies that want AI to do more than answer questions. Cyndra lets businesses create role-based AI workers that learn company processes, communicate through workplace chat tools, connect to business apps, and complete repeatable operational tasks with the level of human approval the company chooses. The company built Cyndra around a frustration it kept hearing from operators: AI demos look impressive, but most tools still leave the work sitting on someone’s desk. Chatbots can answer questions. Traditional automations can move data from one field to another. But many business workflows need something more flexible – an agent that understands the process, uses the right tools, remembers context, and knows when to ...

Rising identity fraud, AI adoption, and workforce trust concerns reshape hiring and background screening priorities worldwide HireRight , a leading provider of global background screening services and workforce management solutions, announced the release of its 2026 Global Benchmark Report. This year’s comprehensive report identifies regional and global trends in background screening, talent acquisition, and workforce management, based on the survey responses of more than 1,900 human resource, risk, and talent acquisition professionals worldwide, collected between Feb. 18 and March 6, 2026. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview With Hari Kolam, CEO and Co-founder of Findem: Featuring Findem’s GliderAI “As organizations navigate rapid advances in AI, and increasing workforce fraud risks, the findings in HireRight’s 2026 Global Benchmark Report provide valuable insight into how employers around the world are adapting their screening strategies” Among this year’s su...