Adam DeRose

Baltimore

Senior Reporter at HR Brew

charm city homeowner. covering hr tech & ai at work for @hr_brew/@morningbrew. bylines sometimes in @baltfishbowl. @loyolachicago & @cronkite_asu alum.

Articles

A big consulting firm’s AI solution aims to aid both recruiters and candidates

1 week ago | hr-brew.com | Adam DeRose

When KPMG decided to bring generative AI into its hiring process, the professional services firm looked to strategically address issues to improve the experience since the company hires new employees each year from a large pool of campus recruits, experienced professionals, and senior talent. In August 2023, KPMG launched an internal chatbot system, Kai, short for KPMG AI, in partnership with AI vendor Paradox.
AI-powered interviewing startup aims to improve hiring outcomes and the candidate experience with new tech

3 weeks ago | hr-brew.com | Adam DeRose

AI-powered interviewing platform Ribbon opens up for general availability this week. The start-up—boasting $8 million in funding from Radical Ventures, with participation from Social Leverage, Cadenza Ventures, and GD1—was co-founded in 2023 by an Amazon AI alum and a former head of people ops pro.
LinkedIn has transformed HR over the last 20+ years. Its execs have big plans for its AI-powered future.

1 month ago | hr-brew.com | Adam DeRose

One of Hari Srinivasan’s first projects at LinkedIn was to help design the platform’s profiles. Srinivasan thought about business and trade conferences, where professionals network and exchange ideas and experiences. He imagined the first encounter between two networkers. “When me and you first meet, what’s the first thing we do? We find something in common. We may shake hands. We understand how to pronounce each others’ names,” he said.
This tech company is using AI to supercharge the employee experience

1 month ago | hr-brew.com | Adam DeRose

If you’ve ever read an HR Brew story on AI, you’ve no doubt learned that AI tools can help companies improve employee productivity, but—no surprise—AI technology is also without question impacting many, many other core areas of the HR remit. Australian-based teamwork and collaboration software company Atlassian is taking a “slow and methodical and intentional” approach to bringing AI tools into its employee experience program by partnering with experience management giant Qualtrics.
AI agents are reshaping what enterprise software will deliver and how human workers interact with it

1 month ago | hr-brew.com | Adam DeRose

As more enterprise software platforms build agentic systems, one tech CEO is predicting the business community’s move toward AI agents is changing not only how we work, but how we develop and understand software. Speaking from technical hiring platform HackerRank’s virtual AI DAY, CEO Vivek Ravisankar told viewers we’re living amid a technical shift, reordering how we think about what technology can do and even the essence of SaaS.
Trump labor appointees paint unclear picture for future

1 month ago | hr-brew.com | Adam DeRose

HR leaders, employment law experts, and organized labor are preparing for a shift in political priorities impacting the workplace. Former President Biden often referred to himself as the “most pro-union president in history,” but as a new era of Department of Labor leaders take on top posts at the federal agencies designed to protect workers and oversee union activity, some are expecting an about face. The US senate on Monday confirmed (67-32) Labor Sec.
New research identifies tangible impacts of AI on HR

1 month ago | hr-brew.com | Adam DeRose

AI delivers. At least, that’s what a new report from the Josh Bersin Company found after researching its tangible impacts on HR. The human capital advisory firm used a combination of quantitative and qualitative analyses of organizations using various AI and decision support tools from enterprise software leader SAP from, the study confirms, tangible AI-driven improvements oft boasted by platforms and software companies about the impacts of their new AI-powered tools.
What the heck is an AI agent and how will it impact HR?

1 month ago | hr-brew.com | Adam DeRose

The world of agents is already diverse: Travel agents help us plan dream vacations. Insurance agents (sometimes) test our patience and our faith in humanity. Secret agents [REDACTED]. Literary agents are still working on publishing my first novel…But in the world of business, AI agents are the next hot new tech. AI has already reshaped the workplace. AI-powered copilots can handle employee inquiries. Recruitment platforms can filter through thousands of résumés.
What the heck is an AI agent and how will it impact HR?

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Adam DeRose

4 hours agoIn the past year, artificial intelligence leaders have talked about the advent of agents that can do work autonomously. Now, China says it has developed the world’s first. Last week, Chinese researchers launched an early preview of Manus AI, which they said is “the first general AI agent.” “This …
Employ acquires Pillar to supercharge interviewing with the help of AI

1 month ago | hr-brew.com | Adam DeRose

From cold calls to hot new algorithms, AI is helping TA pros and recruiters focus less on the menial and more on the human connections. AI deployments in the function are focused on increasing efficiency and empowering recruiters to better leverage the people work of TA.