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Field notes on AI screening and high-volume hiring

How AI screening actually works in production: resume scoring, voice interviews, and high-volume hiring, written from live pilots.

AI screeningHR tech

Manufacturing's 40-45% Attrition Nobody Screens For

Manufacturing hiring in India is surging, but shop-floor attrition is running 40-45% in several clusters. Most of that gets treated as a wage problem.

Jul 29, 2026 4 min read
Voice AIAI screening

India's Hotels Need 150,000 Workers. Most Are Talk Jobs.

India's hospitality sector needs 100,000-150,000 skilled workers a year through 2029, against roughly 12,600 formal training seats.

Jul 28, 2026 4 min read
ComplianceHR tech

Ontario's AI Hiring Law Has No Definitions Yet

Ontario now requires employers to disclose AI use in job postings, but never defines screen, assess or select. What that ambiguity means.

Jul 28, 2026 4 min read
AI screeningHR tech

Candidates Don't Apply on a 9-to-5 Schedule

A recruiting team works business hours. The candidates you most need to screen fast — shift workers, tier-2 freshers — mostly are not free then.

Jul 27, 2026 4 min read
AI screeningHR tech

Last Festive Hiring Surge Was 25%. This One's Bigger.

Adecco India clocked festive gig and logistics hiring up 25% last season, with delivery roles up 35-40%, and forecast another 18-20% growth ahead.

Jul 27, 2026 4 min read
Voice AIAI screening

For BPO Hiring, the Voice Screen Is the Job Test

In most hiring a voice interview stands in for judgment about a candidate. In BPO hiring it is the job, which changes how screening should work.

Jul 26, 2026 4 min read
AI screeningHR tech

India's Gig Hiring Surge Is About to Hit a Wall

India's gig and quick-commerce workforce adds roughly a million workers in 2026 — the same application flood campus hiring already solved for.

Jul 26, 2026 4 min read
ComplianceHR tech

New Jersey: Your Old Discrimination Law Already Applies

New Jersey's AG guidance says the state's 80-year-old anti-discrimination law already covers algorithmic hiring tools — no new statute needed.

Jul 25, 2026 4 min read
ComplianceHR tech

UK Regulator: 'Rubber Stamp' Reviews Aren't Oversight

The ICO reviewed 30+ UK employers' AI hiring tools and found human review was often a rubber stamp, not a real check. What counts instead.

Jul 25, 2026 4 min read
AI screeningHR tech

Naukri AI REX Explained: What It Does (and Its Limits)

What is Naukri AI REX? See how it automates candidate sourcing, where it falls short for high-volume hiring, and how AI screening fills the gap.

Jul 24, 2026 4 min read
ComplianceHR tech

No Federal AI Hiring Law, Four State Theories

The US has no federal AI hiring law in 2026 — the EEOC pulled its guidance in Jan 2025. Four states filled the gap with four different legal theories.

Jul 24, 2026 4 min read
ComplianceIndia

New York's AI Labor Law Tests If You Can Explain Hiring

New York's AI Labor Information Act does not regulate disclosure. It requires employers to report annually how AI changed who actually got hired.

Jul 23, 2026 4 min read