The HRTech Wire · auto-curated
Friday, November 13, 2026
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AI is reshaping both sides of the hiring equation, with job applicants turning to it to research employers, Avature convening its US conference around people-and-AI-agent collaboration, and a growing debate over who sets the rules when machine applicants enter the pipeline. Tech layoffs surpassing 200,000 jobs this year underscore the workforce disruption accompanying the AI investment surge, while ZipRecruiter's revenue growth and Mount Thor's $45M Series A signal continued investor appetite in HR tech. On the compliance front, Delta Air Lines, Wabash National, and Osmose Utilities each settled EEOC discrimination suits, keeping workplace accountability squarely in focus alongside the industry's technology transformation.
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AI agentsJob Board Doctor· 3:27 AM PST
Recruitics joined the Linux Foundation's Agentic AI Foundation as a Silver member on November 3, and CTO Austin Anderson was named to lead a new Jobs and Hiring special interest group. The company's draft Open Job Context Protocol (OJCP) would let job boards publish a file describing up to six agent tools, from job search to application submission, with signed agent requests, fit scores and third-party identity checks. The column notes the steering committee includes Workday, and that three of its eight members are auto-apply tools.
