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32 stories across 13 beats, Sep 28–Oct 4, 2026 — each wired to the companies it names.
LinkedIn's next-generation recruiting agent learns how each recruiter hires, adds verification and candidate-interest signals, and manages talent pools across ATSs including Greenh
Gusto Business Compliance, now available to all Gusto customers, handles state tax registrations, annual reports and government mail when a small business hires in a new state. HR
Engagedly's 2026 Top 100 HR Influencers is an unranked cohort grouped into ten specialties, plus a separate "Essential 10" of globally defining voices. By DHRMap's count, 24 of the
From SHRM HR-X Live! in Chicago to HR Tech in Las Vegas, these are the ten HR and HR-tech conferences that matter most in 2027 — with dates, venues, who each one is for, and how to
Pearson, the global learning giant, is acquiring Workera, a Silicon Valley startup specialising in AI-powered skills verification and enterprise assessments. According to HR Tech F
New York-based Warp has introduced Warp Agent as part of Warp 2.0, aiming to automate onboarding, tax compliance, benefits administration and employee pay and policy questions. The
A blog post on SAP Community outlines solution architecture best practices for SAP SuccessFactors deployments, referencing a 2026–2027 planning horizon. The piece contains no produ
Adventist HealthCare has named Opal Howard as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, according to a PR Newswire announcement. Howard steps into the top HR
Florida's minimum wage rose to $15 an hour on September 30, 2026 — up from $14 — completing a multi-year, voter-approved schedule of annual $1 increases. The tipped employee minimu
Miter has reportedly raised a $40M Series B, according to The SaaS News. Details on lead investors, product roadmap, and intended use of funds have not been disclosed in the availa
From I-9 reverification duties to a 1,721% spike in agent orchestration demand, HR teams are being squeezed from both ends.
Three policy shifts landed at once — and together they're drawing a tighter box around what HR teams can automate, pay, and verify.
SAP has detailed a career site integration between SmartRecruiters and SAP SuccessFactors, according to a post on SAP Community. The integration reportedly aims to unify the end-to
Workday, Inc. disclosed on September 29, 2026 via SEC Form 8-K that it is reducing its global workforce by approximately 2.5%, with cuts concentrated in its Product and Technology
Layoffs at the HCM giant, a flood of recruiting-AI capital, and a labor market softening all hit on the same day — and they're telling the same story.
Nvidia's newly introduced AI agent safety guardrail is drawing attention from HR technology observers, with HR Executive reporting that the development is prompting fresh governanc
HR-tech platform Phenom has partnered with nonprofit Opportunity@Work to bring skills-based hiring to state government employers, according to a Business Wire announcement. The col
Ahron, an AI-driven HR automation startup, has raised €2.2M in early-stage funding, according to Tech.eu. The company is building tools designed to reduce manual HR workload throug
A practitioner guide published via SAP Community walks SAP SuccessFactors users through building dynamic historical headcount reports using the platform's Story Reports module. The
From autonomous service desks to multi-agent payroll compliance, agentic AI moved from promise to product this week — and HR governance is scrambling to keep pace.
Autumn is the busiest stretch of the HR conference calendar. From Gartner's CHRO gatherings in London and Orlando to HR Tech, UNLEASH Paris and the CIPD in Manchester, these are th
Agentic AI is attracting fresh capital and new frameworks, but the compliance and management questions are arriving faster than the answers.
ADP's September National Employment Report shows U.S. private-sector payrolls rose by 90,000 jobs — a macroeconomic data point with broad labor-market relevance but no direct HR te
Alight (NYSE: ALIT) has acquired Abett, a healthcare and benefits data technology company, to bolster its data infrastructure across health, wealth, and leave benefits administrati
Consulting and advisory firm Armanino has acquired Sability, a human capital management consultancy, according to Consulting.us. The deal reportedly expands Armanino's HCM services
AI and machine learning hiring surged 20% in September even as the broader white-collar job market held flat, according to a report cited by The Economic Times. The divergence unde
Personnel Today is soliciting participation from HR professionals for its annual talent acquisition benchmarking survey. No findings, vendor context, or technology angle have been
Metaview has raised a $60 million Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total funding to $110 million. The company, which says more than 7,000 companies now hire with it,
SAP is reportedly consolidating its talent acquisition architecture around SmartRecruiters as the core recruiting engine, with Career Site Builder acting as the recruitment marketi
HiringCafe has closed a $6.8 million pre-seed round led by Spark Capital to scale its AI-powered job discovery platform and roll out an autonomous 'AI Talent Agent' that hunts for
BoomerangHR has reportedly closed a $12.7M funding round in talent acquisition technology, according to WorkTech citing WorkTech. The raise stands out against a backdrop of tighten
Armanino, a national consulting and advisory firm, has acquired Sability, a specialist HCM and workforce management consultancy and named UKG implementation partner. The deal expan
The week's HR-tech moves — funding, launches, and the vendors behind them — every week.
