Welcome to CHROFirst’s Weekly Roundup — your essential digest of the latest breakthroughs in HR innovation, AI-powered workforce transformation, employee experience, compensation intelligence, and modern learning ecosystems. This week’s stories spotlight how HR leaders are accelerating people-first strategies using automation, real-time analytics, and advanced AI collaboration tools.
Recruitment & Talent Acquisition
Phenom Launches Advanced Conversational Voice Screening Agent — A Game-Changer for Hiring
Phenom introduces a new conversational voice screening agent designed to modernize candidate evaluation. Powered by AI and natural language understanding, the agent conducts voice-based pre-screenings, assesses candidate responses, and flags fit scores — significantly reducing recruiter workload and speeding time-to-hire.
HR Technology & Automation
WorkWhile Launches Pulse to Redefine Real-Time Labor Management With Live Workforce Insights
WorkWhile debuts Pulse, an end-to-end labor intelligence platform that provides live workforce data, shift-level performance trends, and actionable insights for operational leaders. The tool empowers HR teams to improve scheduling accuracy, reduce turnover, and drive real-time workforce optimization.
Change Management
Generation Digital Launches “The Pathway to AI Success” to Support Canada’s AI Readiness
Generation Digital introduces a national initiative to help Canadian organizations strengthen AI readiness. The program focuses on leadership enablement, ethical AI adoption, change governance, and workforce upskilling — supporting HR and business leaders as they accelerate AI transformation.
Employee Experience
Interact Unveils Agentic AI Enhancement to Its Employee Experience Platform
Interact upgrades its employee experience platform with new agentic AI capabilities that provide proactive support, smarter knowledge delivery, and personalized communication. The enhancement aims to elevate engagement, improve digital workplace navigation, and streamline internal service workflows.
Compensation & Benefits
Payscale Unveils Smart Price and Compass — A New Era of AI-Driven Compensation Intelligence
Payscale introduces Smart Price and Compass, two AI-driven tools designed to modernize compensation strategy. From market-pricing automation to contextual pay insights and predictive modeling, the solutions help HR leaders achieve transparency, fairness, and competitiveness in their compensation frameworks.
Workplace Culture and Wellness
Awardco Launches Workday-Certified Integration to Elevate Employee Recognition and Engagement
Awardco announces a Workday-certified integration, enabling seamless synchronization of employee data and automated reward workflows. This enhancement helps HR teams scale recognition programs while improving accuracy and reducing administrative effort.
Upskilling & Professional Development
360Learning and Workday Partner to Elevate Enterprise Learning With AI-Powered Collaboration
360Learning expands its partnership with Workday to bring collaborative, AI-driven learning experiences to enterprise users. The integration enables skill-tracking, personalized learning pathways, and automated content recommendations to support ongoing workforce development.
Article of the Week
This week’s spotlight article breaks down the essential steps for conducting an effective pay equity analysis — from defining comparison groups to interpreting pay gaps and executing corrective action. HR leaders gain a structured playbook for building workplace fairness, compliance, and transparency.
