HR Snacks

The onboarding experience is a defining moment for new hires. Excitement and enthusiasm to begin a new job can be dampened by tedious and scattered onboarding processes. Making sure onboarding is done compliantly is also critical for employers, especially as the new administration looks to tighten up employee verification standards.

Join me and my guest, a self-proclaimed I-9 nerd, Chapelle Ryon, as we discuss the critical trends across employee onboarding in 2025 and what shifts in compliance policy to expect with the new administration. This episode is definitely H-O-T T-O G-O 🔥

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The Employer of Record (EOR) category is one of the fastest growing segments in HR tech over the past few years. There's been a mountain of investment $$ poured into the space and a handful of hyper-growth unicorns emerge with massive potential exits on the horizon. So why have EOR providers picked up so much steam lately? Well there's no better person to ask that than Nicole Sahin , the founder of Globalization Partners and the person credited with establishing the EOR category.

Join us on this HRSnacks episode as Nicole breaks down the EOR model, how it's fundamentally changed access to global hiring, and the exciting AI advancements G-P is releasing in 2025 that will further streamline global compliance.

Pour yourself some eggnog before it expires in your fridge, sit back, and enjoy this first Snack of 2025!

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If you've been to an HR conference this year, there's a good chance you heard speakers and exhibitors talking about agentic AI. It's the next buzzword du jour for an industry that seems to be cycling through these at an increasing rate. But behind the buzz and hype are really practical and exciting applications for AI in the workplace that'll continue to shape the division of labor/tasks between people and AI.

Come join me on this episode as my guest, Matthew Shannon, rhapsodizes about this next wave of genAI and how it's being applied in the HR tech industry. Will this episode be woefully out of date in 3-6 months when the next wave of AI advancement drops? Most certainly, but there is no such thing as evergreen content when it comes to AI. So sit back, relax, and maybe think about cancelling those prompt engineering courses you're signed up for as we look into the present and future of AI in HR tech.

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Early in my career I was required to read Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People". I didn't discover any shocking revelations—most of the concepts in the book are pretty straightforward, albeit dated. But it did help me realize the importance of building solid relationships in the workplace and how that relational equity can impact my career and accomplishments.

The role of HR is heavily weighted towards complex labor law compliance and back office functions like payroll, but HR is also expected to drive many strategic initiatives that impact productivity, engagement, and employer reputation. That's why my guest this episode, Jocelyn King, SHRM-SCP, suggests that the first job HR leaders have is to build influence and trust with the C-suite. We also talk about making the leap from HR leader to tech startup founder, something that's pretty rare in the HR tech industry.

Enjoy this espisode of #HRSnacks and remember, that a person’s name is, to that person, the sweetest sound in any language.

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When looking at the success or failure of product adoption and utilization across the HR tech and Work tech space, it's easy to point to the software and technology as the root cause. Organizations often times purchase expansive HCM systems (sold to them with the promise of all-in-one functionality) and delay the activation of certain modules because it's "too much to take on at once".

Narrator: Those modules never did get turned on.

While slick UI and intuitive UX design certainly help product utilization, the biggest factor for success when launching a new system is the implementation strategy and execution. Not just the software implementation, but the internal implementation. My guest, John Baldino's been helping companies navigate successful implementations since Hanson was topping the charts with their debut hit "MMMBop". Join us to get John's thoughts on implementation, HR's main focus across market segments, and his affinity for pirate garb.

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Compliance is a huge and rather nebulous bucket that encapsulates the adherence to the laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that govern the physical workplace, the treatment of employees, and employee practices. And just like a good 7-layer dip, there are different layers of labor laws and regulations spread across federal, state, and local levels. Oh, and did I mention each state has it's own unique set of labor laws? For instance, California has 21 state labor laws while Montana has 7. Wait...did I mention that these labor laws also get updated and changed regularly to the tune of 150 mandatory changes and updates over the past 12 months??

It's no wonder these compliance challenges and complexities are creating a strong demand for service providers to step up and provide practical tools, applications, and guidance for HR teams and organizations to mitigate risks and maintain reputation and trust with employees, customers, investors, and the public.

Mark Brandau , who's the Chief Marketing Officer at Brightmine , joins me on this episode to discuss the biggest compliance challenges facing organizations and how AI and automation are playing a bigger part in keeping companies compliant.

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HR professionals are over tasked, under tremendous pressure to drive tech-enabled efficiencies, and are on the front lines of a paradigm shift in organizational structure and the way we work...which consequently has led to burnout and over a third of professionals considering a career change out of HR.

My friend, Kyle Lagunas, along with other HR leaders and analysts have surfaced these concerns over the past year—Kyle had a New York Times article written on this very topic—and now recent research conducted by iSolved validates these concerns and the morale dilemma facing HR. In this episode we discuss these concerns and the importance of HR tech adoption and thoughtful implementation. Enjoy, my little blueberries!

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It's critical for business leaders, HR leaders, and HR tech solution providers to keep abreast of how life is impacting work, work is impacting life, and how tech is impacting both. That's why I was so excited to have Sarah White on this episode of HR Snacks discuss some of the key findings and insights from Aspect43's latest Insights at Work Research report. We discuss the unique research approach that provides a more holistic overview across business leaders, HR leaders/practitioners, and employees. We also dive into the top organizational concern that might come as a surprise to some—compliance—and why it's so top of mind right now for HR tech buyers.

This HR Snack was artisanally crafted in the Pacific Northwest and served to you farm-to-table with 100% organic insights and responsibly sourced hot takes. Enjoy 👨🏻🌾

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The nature of being in the people profession exposes HR to practically every workplace fad whether it's employee well-being, AI and automation adoption, skills mapping, work redesign...the list goes on and on. Navigating these fads is quite taxing and overwhelming for HR teams but fear not—my guest Mark Stelzner dives into the best practices of evaluating HR fads and the common pitfalls to avoid when implementing them.

Enjoy the guilt-free indulgence of this HR Snack that packs a lot of great insights on how to navigate all the fads and noise in the HR space.

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It's hard for companies to truly stand out in B2B tech markets and this is especially true for HR Tech. Categories across the industry are saturated with companies making the same market claims, touting the same product promises, and flaunting the same features and technology. There are ways to stand out in noisy markets and it starts with a simple two-word phrase "saying no".

JESS VON BANK from Mercer joins me in part 2 of our previous conversation (Ep. 31) to discuss how companies can differentiate and what AI applications and categories that have her excited at the moment.

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