Talent Acquisition: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Mar 2026

HR TECHNOLOGY

AI with Inclusion Designing Fair Hiring Algorithms

Mar 12, 2026

Deloitte Appoints Arun Kumar as Vice President Talent Acquisition

Deloitte in India has appointed Arun Kumar as Vice President Talent Acquisition to strengthen hiri...

Appointments

Mar 6, 2026

Deloitte Appoints Arun Kumar as Vice President Talent Acquisition

Siemens Energy Appoints Ashwini Pavithran as Global Head of Talent Acquisition Corporate Functions

Siemens Energy has elevated Ashwini Pavithran as Global Head of Talent Acquisition Corporate Funct...

Appointments

Feb 17, 2026

Siemens Energy Appoints Ashwini Pavithran as Global Head of Talent Acquisition Corporate Functions

Polycab India Appoints Swapnakant Samal as Head Talent Acquisition

Polycab India Limited has appointed Swapnakant Samal as Vice President Human Resources Head Tal...

Appointments

Feb 9, 2026

Polycab India Appoints Swapnakant Samal as Head Talent Acquisition

Appointments

Bank of America elevates Vivek Menon as VP – Talent Acquisition

Bank of America, one of the world’s largest financial institutions has promoted Vivek Menon to Vice President – Talent Acquisition, effective February 2026. In this role, he will support hiring across India for finance, capital markets, and global operations, while strengthening the employer brand, leadership pipeline, and long-term hiring plans in India. Expertise and Extensive […]

Feb 6, 2026

New HR Trends

Talent Intelligence, Not Talent Acquisition: HR in 2026

Why the future of HR is no longer about hiring more people—but about understanding talent better. In 2026, the most progressive organizations will look back at the term “Talent Acquisition” the way we now look at “Personnel Management”—necessary in its time, but insufficient for the complexity of today’s world of work. The future belongs to […]

Jan 30, 2026

Future of Work

The Future of Work 2026: TA Leader’s Perspective on AI and HR

Over the past two decades in HR, and more specifically in Talent Acquisition (TA), my perspective has been shaped by hands-on experience rather than theory. I have worked with hiring managers under growth pressure, cost pressure, and transformation pressure — often simultaneously. What has remained consistent is the tendency to treat hiring as an execution […]

Jan 27, 2026

New HR Trends

Skills-Based Hiring: 2025 Reality and Why It’s More Than a Trend

If there’s one phrase that dominated HR conversations this year, it’s skills-based hiring. The idea sounds almost revolutionary: hire people for what they can do, not just for the degrees they hold or the titles they’ve had. But as we close out 2025, the question is—how far have we really come? The Promise vs. The […]

Dec 29, 2025

Thought Leader

Dave Ulrich on Essential New Skills for Recruitment Professionals

Dave Ulrich is the Rensis Likert Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group. He has published over 200 articles and book chapters and 30 books. He edited Human Resource Management for ten years, served on editorial board of four other journals and on the Board of Directors for […]

Aug 11, 2025

Human Resources

Sterlite’s Ruhie Pande on HR Challenges in Energy & Power Sector

Ruhie Pande is the Group Chief Human Resources Officer and Head of Marketing and Communications at Sterlite. She holds an M.Sc. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Birkbeck College, London. With over twenty years of experience, she drives HR strategy and culture at Sterlite with an empathetic leadership approach. Ruhie has significantly shaped a high-performance […]

Aug 8, 2025

Talent Acquisition

What Gen Z Wants, Is What Smart Employers Need..!

Decoding Campus Hiring: A Strategic Playbook for the C-Suite The emerging Gen Z workforce is transforming the talent landscape, bringing with it a distinct set of expectations and priorities. As campus hiring resumes momentum post-pandemic, organizations are discovering that yesterday’s playbooks no longer work. Gen Z is not just entering the job market—they’re reshaping it. […]

Aug 7, 2025

Talent Acquisition

Role of Hiring Managers: Offer to Onboarding Engagement Journey

In today’s fiercely competitive talent landscape, hiring doesn’t end at the offer stage; it begins there. While Talent Acquisition (TA) teams are the architects of the candidate experience up until the offer, the baton of trust, connection, and continuity must pass decisively to one key stakeholder: the Hiring Manager. The post-offer phase is a critical […]

Aug 4, 2025

Talent Acquisition

AI-Powered Recruitment: Transforming Talent Acquisition in 2025

Artificial intelligence-based recruitment is now the key element of a successful modern talent acquisition that leading IT organizations use to make the hiring processes faster and smoother, and include a better candidate experience to contribute to improved business performance. 84% of business executives consider its crucial importance in preserving the competitive advantage and believe using […]

Jul 30, 2025