The 10 Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week

“AI’s capability is so great,” writes HR expert Dr. John Sullivan in a recent blog post, “that TA leaders that can’t drive the transition will be replaced.”

So, what’s a talent leader to do? John recommends getting onboard the AI train quickly, while laying out some guidelines to help those at the reins of recruiting teams get started. His suggestions include:

• Embrace all things data and find a recruiting metric that really works: “Recruiting leaders,” he writes, “must finally decide on a precise, narrow definition of recruiting success.”
• Get prepared for a budget battle: “Because all executives will expect recruiting — and every other business function — to make a rapid transition to AI,” he reminds his readers, “there will be intense competition for AI resources.”
• Expect resistance: Recruiters, like all of us, can be skeptical of change. “Begin to identify any potential resistance,” he writes, “by surveying executives, hiring managers, and recruiters in order to identify the potential resistance areas from each group, as well as which individual counterarguments will be effective against them.”

To learn more about John’s suggestions for leading recruiting teams in an AI-driven future, be sure to check out the top spot below in this week’s list of must-read articles for talent professionals. And further down the list, you can also learn why return-to-office plans may be stalling; how to create more successful virtual learning programs; and how NASA finds an astronaut.

Here are the must-read articles from this week:

1. Recruiting Leaders, Your Future Is Dim – Guidelines for Your Transition into AI (Dr. John Sullivan)

2. The Return to the Office Has Stalled (The Wall Street Journal)

3. Deloitte and PwC Identify Lockdown Skills Deficit Among New Recruits (Personnel Today)

4. The Forever Labor Shortage (Business Insider)

5. How Recruiting Has Changed in the Past 20 Years, According to 5 Talent Leaders (LinkedIn Talent Blog)

6. Create Successful Virtual Learning Programs (ATD)

7. My Company Pays ERG Leaders $10K in Equity Per Year. Here’s Why (Fast Company)

8. Learning and Development Programs Face Major Budget Challenges (HR Dive)

9. ‘The Second Loneliest Job in the Business’ — 5 Things That Are Top of Mind for Silicon Valley CHROs (LinkedIn)

10. A CEO Posted a Picture of Herself Breastfeeding During a Video Meeting and Went Viral (Fortune)

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Selecting the Astronauts of Tomorrow with NASA Astronaut Selection Manager April Jordan (Redefining Work)