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What 500 executives predict about AI and hiring in 2026

12/19/2025
The panic about AI stealing jobs might be overblown. According to a report from Wakefield Research, a market research firm, 41% of U.S. executives believe AI will remove barriers and reduce the complexity of hiring and managing global teams in 2026—fundamentally changing how and where companies compete for talent. Only 22% think AI will replace too many jobs too quickly.

ICE at the door? Court provides new reason to deny entry

12/15/2025
Immigration laws require employers to cooperate by making sure employees have the proper documentation when hired and moving forward. But those laws set standards for how ICE can gain entry to non-public areas of your business.

Salary history bans show measurable progress in closing pay gaps

11/24/2025
Using large-scale labor market and job-posting datasets, researchers found that removing past pay from negotiations not only increases transparency and boosts starting salaries but also delivers outsized gains for women and nonwhite workers whose prior earnings often reflect structural inequities rather than true market value.

Best practices regarding the role of social media in hiring and firing decisions

11/17/2025
Age, sex, religion, disability and marital status are just some of the characteristics commonly revealed by the most cursory—or even accidental—social media search. But just because you can access sensitive information easily doesn’t mean you should. Here are some suggestions for a social media policy that makes sense and avoids legal problems.

End of automatic visa extensions makes I-9 compliance more difficult

11/10/2025
Effective Oct. 30, USCIS is no longer granting automatic extensions. That means your employees can no longer legally work unless they submitted their renewal requests by Oct. 30.

Drowning in applications? Here’s how to stay afloat

11/10/2025
A recent CNBC article quotes executives who cite receiving “300–500 applications in one day” and another who references “150–200 in 24 hours.” This amounts to hours of additional time spent sifting through résumés in search of the perfect candidate. To help save you some time, we’re offering a few tips to streamline the process—without skipping crucial steps along the way.

Updated H-B1 visa rules offer clarification

11/03/2025
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced updated guidance regarding the new $100,000 fee for employers who want to sponsor workers under the H-1B visa program.

Wells Fargo pays hefty penalties for fake interviews

11/03/2025
It comes with the territory to lose out to a more qualified applicant. That’s the way the competitive job market works. But when you learn you’ve been ghosted after that promising interview because the candidate had been pre-chosen, it’s all that much worse.

Download old E-Verify records by Jan. 4

10/27/2025
E-Verify announced that employers have until Jan. 4, 2026, to download records for E-Verify cases last updated on or before Dec. 31, 2015. On Jan. 5, 2026, USCIS will dispose of these E-Verify records that are more than 10 years old.

Government shutdown sparks private-sector recruiting opportunities

10/27/2025
For employers looking to hire experienced experts in varied fields, the adage “in adversity, there is opportunity” may ring true. One obvious place to look is in the current federal workforce, courtesy of the government shutdown.