Question for HR and recruiting professionals. I lost my job in April and have been interviewing since. During one phone screen, I paused briefly to give thoughtful answers. The recruiter repeatedly interrupted, asked if I was still there, and warned me not to use AI. Is this becoming common? Would you want to know if this was a candidate’s screening/interview experience?

We have our candidates do their first interview via video. We send them prompts and they record their answers. But lately I've been having trouble telling those applicants who record their own answers and those using AI apart. How can I tell the difference?

What would you say is the biggest reason your employees quit? I think it's clear that the reason our company has such high turnover is because the salaries we offer aren't keeping up with inflation. But the owner swears that if we just give our team more recognition, we'd stop having such high turnover. It's crazy to me that he thinks giving someone a shoutout in the all hands meeting is going to mean more than a raise.

Ai may write the resume, but Ai will not be able to do the job for you. I've seen hires with stellar documentation and when the time came to do the job they were as lost as common sense.

Paid Bereavement Leave —-I have worked for my employers very small and large … All had some type of paid bereavement leave. I have luckily never had to use bereavement leave until this week when my mom passed away.:( out of state. With the last minute stress and cost of everything, I was so sad to learn that my company didn’t offer any bereavement. I will do all that I can to change that. I consider myself an empathetic person, but now I’ll even be better.