#hr-practices

#hr-practices

Some 99% of hiring managers in the U.S. say they've used AI in some form during the hiring process, a 2025 report reveals. AI can whiz in and speed up cumbersome workflows (or make them disappear altogether). But after Fast Company spoke to several hiring managers and chief human resources officers to understand how HR is using AI to hire today, it became clear that for every benefit that AI offers there's a human cost.

She, like others, was daunted by new laws around pay transparency and the start of salary ranges being posted for open jobs-mandates that, she said, made her nauseous at first. But since ignoring the changes was not an option, she wanted her peers in HR to buck the decades-old trend of silence around salaries and prepare for a time when it would become part of business as usual.

In today's fast-moving work environment, organizations expect teams to do everything at once: perform flawlessly in the moment and constantly improve for the future. But is it wise to ask teams to chase both performance and learning outcomes at the same time? Jean-François Harvey Jean-François Harvey is an associate professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at HEC Montréal.

A reduction in support and responsibilities signifies that a manager is trying to extinguish an employee's ability to grow, indicating the use of quiet firing tactics.

If you are potentially subject to raids, and are not communicating something out to your employees about this, to me, that's negligence.

Feeling a sudden emotional upheaval upon receiving a performance improvement plan is normal, reflecting a mix of grief and denial that requires thoughtful coping.