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 | 2025-09-21 | Compliance, HR, Recruitment, SMBs, Talent Acquisition
The announcement hit mid-sized tech companies like a seismic shift: a one-time $100,000 fee per new H-1B petition. For businesses that have relied on international talent to fuel growth and innovation, this represents far more than a simple fee increase –...
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 | 2025-09-01 | Compliance, HR, SMBs
Most teams don’t overspend by writing big checks — they overspend by death-by-a-thousand-apps. A scheduling tool here, a résumé parser there, a compliance widget somewhere else. None are individually “wrong,” but together they create a tangled web of...
by Doug Patten | 2025-08-24 | Compliance, HR, Recruitment, SMBs, Talent Acquisition
A fast-rising wave of state and local policy is reshaping how organizations use AI in people decisions, and small to medium-sized businesses need to pay attention now. California’s proposed “No Robo Bosses Act” (SB 7) would curb over-reliance on...
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...
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