Internal Mobility: 7 Research Studies and Findings to Inform Practice | Brian Heger

Talent Acquisition Talent Development

You can also access this resource and many others in Issue 361 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. With many organizations increasingly focused on moving internal talent to opportunities, from full-time roles and lateral moves to short-term projects and gigs, we’ve been spending time in Talent Edge Circle, my private community for internal HR practitioners, discussing ways to strengthen …

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The Power of Opportunity Mindset in Hiring | MIT Sloan Management Review

Talent Acquisition

You can also access this resource and many others in Issue 361 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. One persistent challenge in hiring is the gap between how objective organizations believe their process is and how objective it actually is. A new article by Emilio J. Castilla, professor at MIT Sloan and author of The Meritocracy Paradox, examines this …

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How Remote Work Is Narrowing Early-Career Opportunities | Harvard Business Review

Talent Acquisition Uncategorized

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  Over the last few months, I have shared multiple resources on how AI is reshaping entry-level and early-career roles, from a section of Stanford’s AI Index report on employment declines in AI-exposed junior positions to the World Economic Forum’s report on …

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Are You Biased Toward Job Candidates Who Reply Quickly? | Harvard Business Review

Talent Acquisition

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  A new study, published in Management Science and adapted for a broader audience in this new HBR article, explores how candidate response time, or how quickly someone replies to an employer’s message, can influence hiring decisions. Researchers analyzed 11 million-plus Fiverr …

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AI and the Future of Entry-Level Work: A Framework for Safeguarding and Reinventing Early Career Pathways | World Economic Forum

Talent Acquisition Workforce Planning

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  Entry-level roles have long served as a foundation for building the institutional knowledge, judgment, and tacit skills that underpin long-term organizational capability. But as AI reshapes how work is performed, early-career workers are feeling the effects directly. This new report indicates …

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HR Monitor 2026 | McKinsey

HR Effectiveness Talent Acquisition

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  This past week, McKinsey released its HR Monitor, an annual benchmark survey on the biggest global workforce and HR trends. The 44-page report covers topics such as workforce planning, talent acquisition, employee development, and employee experience. One section I want to …

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Raising the AI Fluency Bar for Every Zapier Hire | Tracy St. Dic.

Talent Acquisition Talent Development

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  In last week’s issue of Talent Edge Weekly,  I shared an open-access resource of employer-validated skill profiles for 30 roles, ranging from Project Management Specialists to Data Scientists. It’s from The Burning Glass Institute and developed through the Skills-First Working Group, …

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The Perils of Using AI to Replace Entry-Level Jobs | The American Association for Physician Leadership

Talent Acquisition

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  A few weeks ago, I shared the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI’s 2026 AI Index Report, one of the most comprehensive annual reports on the state of AI. While there was much to unpack in the 400+ page report, one finding …

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Eight Sample Questions to Help Determine If a Vacant Role Needs to be Filled | Brian Heger

Talent Acquisition

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  As I’ve tracked thousands of layoffs over the past few years through my layoff tracker, over-hiring has consistently been among the most cited reasons organizations give for workforce reductions, resulting in costly cycles of hiring, layoffs, and rehiring. While better workforce …

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How to Evaluate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Based Employment Tools from Vendors | CHRO Association and SIOP Foundation

Talent Acquisition

If you find value in content like this, sign up for my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter.  As more AI-based employment tools enter the market, one challenge many HR practitioners face is knowing how to properly evaluate what vendors are actually selling. A new guide from the SIOP Foundation (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) and the CHRO …

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