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The Devil You Know: Do We Really Need HR Technology?
Posted on August 20, 2025 2 Comments
When you strip away the marketing jargon and compliance theater, what you’re left with is a bloated tech stack full of point solutions designed to solve problems the rest of the business already solved.
Call it what it is: HR tech isn’t lagging behind; it’s running in the wrong race.
Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roadmaps.
Posted on August 15, 2025 2 Comments
Among the legacy vendors making the shift from applicant tracking to artificial intelligence is iCIMS, a technology that CHROs tend to love and recruiters tend to tolerate. It’s the Goldilocks of the ATS ecosystem: not too hot, but not too cold, either – much like their AI capabilities.
Swagger Like Us: Why the Future of TA Belongs To Talent Intelligence
Posted on August 12, 2025 4 Comments
When done right, talent intelligence combines the best of internal and external data to help people leaders see what’s coming, conduct scenario analysis, make faster, smarter and more informed decisions, and gives the employers getting it right a distinct competitive advantage before most companies even realize they’re running a race.
The State of HR Industry Analysts 2025
Posted on July 25, 2025 7 Comments
The future of work is not just about people. It’s not just about skills. It’s not even about AI. It’s about staying ahead of the narrative. Because in a world of endless transformation, one thing stays constant:
There will always be another trend. And there will always be another analyst to monetize the hell out of it.
HR Tech Isn’t Dead—You’re Just Building It Wrong
Posted on July 23, 2025 2 Comments
For Ashby to close a $50M round in mid-2025 speaks volumes. The market may be freezing over, but Ashby is clearly the exception—and potentially the prototype for what a next generation of emerging TA tech companies should look like as they attempt to succeed at scale.
Snark Attack 