by Doug Patten | 2025-10-26 | Compliance, Generative AI, HR, Recruitment, SMBs, Talent Acquisition
Every HR leader knows the frustration of a broken promise in technology. Applicant Tracking Systems were supposed to revolutionize recruitment and save time, improve candidate quality, and making hiring decisions smarter and more objective. Instead, for many...
by Doug Patten | 2025-09-27 | Compliance, Generative AI, HR, products, Recruitment, SMBs, Talent Acquisition
The companies pulling ahead in today’s competitive landscape aren’t the ones hoarding the most applications or chasing every new technology trend. They’re the organizations that have learned to cut through the noise, standardize around a few powerful...
by Doug Patten | 2025-09-07 | Compliance, Generative AI, HR, SMBs
If you’re an SMB leader, “compliance” probably feels like playing whack-a-mole with a blindfold on. Wage transparency requirements pop up in one state while I-9 re-verification deadlines loom in another, and multi-jurisdictional leave laws seem to...
by Doug Patten | 2025-08-17 | Enterprise Solutions, Generative AI, HR, Recruitment, SMBs, Talent Acquisition
If it feels like work has gotten messier, you’re not imagining it. Most companies – especially small and mid-sized ones – are juggling higher customer expectations, tighter budgets, and a nonstop stream of “must-do” tasks that crowd out real progress. The...
by Doug Patten | 2025-08-10 | Generative AI, HR, Recruitment, SMBs
The conversation around AI in HR often gets stuck in a false choice — replace people with machines or risk falling behind. But that framing misses a critical reality: the organizations seeing the biggest long-term benefits aren’t automating humans out of the...
by Doug Patten | 2025-08-04 | Generative AI, HR, Recruitment, SMBs, Talent Acquisition
In today’s labor-tight, regulation-heavy, and resource-constrained environment, organizations — especially small and mid-sized ones — are being asked to do more with less. Nowhere is this reality more crushing than in HR departments, where one or two people are...
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