Selim Onder

Your premier source for career news

Subscribe my newsletter for latest news and updates. Let's stay updated!

Workplace Trends

HR Leaders Chart AI-Driven Workforce Strategy in Malaysia

by Emilia Reyes

A biology teacher demonstrates the human skeleton model in an engaging classroom setting. Photo: Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels At the Learning & Development Asia 2026 – Malaysia conference, HR, L&D, and business leaders gathered to discuss how to build a future-ready workforce in the face of rapid AI-driven change. The central question was how organisations can create workforces that are more productive, adaptable, accountable, and human. According to the speakers, technology is…

READ FULL ARTICLE

Over half of UAE HR professionals and two in five in KSA trust AI tools as their primary career advisor, which may seem contradictory. A new workforce sentiment survey shows that 80% of HR practitioners in UAE and 81% in Saudi Arabia consider human intuition essential for hiring, even as AI tool usage rapidly expands globally today. Over half of UAE HR professionals and two in five in KSA trust…

READ FULL ARTICLE

HR shifts focus from roles to building adaptable skills

by Catalina Sepulveda

Marketing specialists now require AI-assisted content creation and data analysis skills despite retaining the same job title. Human resources departments have long structured employee management around fixed roles—recruiting for specific job titles, evaluating performance against rigid criteria, and charting career paths along predictable trajectories. Yet those roles have become unstable even when the titles remain unchanged. A marketing specialist today may still carry the title "marketing," but the required skills…

READ FULL ARTICLE

All Posts

HR Leaders Chart AI-Driven Workforce Strategy in Malaysia

At the Learning & Development Asia 2026 – Malaysia conference, HR, L&D,...

Emilia Reyes • Oct 7, 2026 • Workplace Trends

HR Leaders Chart AI-Driven Workforce Strategy in Malaysia

A biology teacher demonstrates the human skeleton model in an engaging classroom setting. Photo: Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels At the Learning & Development Asia 2026 – Malaysia conference, HR, L&D, and business leaders gathered to discuss how to build a...

future-ready workforce in the face of rapid AI-driven change. The central question was how organisations can create workforces that are more productive, adaptable, accountable, and human. According to the speakers, technology is transforming the workplace faster than many companies can...

California bans sole reliance on AI for employee firings

California SB 947 bans sole reliance on AI for employee firings, requiring...

Millaray Vargas • Oct 3, 2026 • Salary Insights

California bans sole reliance on AI for employee firings

T he California legislature building in Sacramento, where the No Robo Bosses Act was passed. This week, California enacted legislation that prohibits employers from relying exclusively on artificial intelligence when terminating or disciplining employees. Requirements for AI Use in...

Termination The No Robo Bosses Act, identified as Senate Bill 947, bars companies throughout California from depending only on “automated decision-making systems” for actions such as employee discipline or termination. Under the new statute, a human official must verify any...

Burnham unveils tough new youth employment and welfare plans

Andy Burnham unveils tough new youth employment and welfare plans to tackle...

Millaray Vargas • Oct 1, 2026 • Salary Insights

Burnham unveils tough new youth employment and welfare plans

A ndy Burnham delivers his first major speech as Labour leader in Liverpool, outlining four key policy pillars for youth employment reform. Andy Burnham has made supporting young people a central focus of his premiership, pledging to overhaul education...

and welfare systems to address youth unemployment and workplace integration. In his first major speech as Labour leader in Liverpool, Burnham framed the issue as urgent, linking it to the upcoming final report from Alan Milburn, former health secretary and...

AI transforms human resources in Middle East

AI transforms human resources in Middle East with rising adoption for managing...

Emilia Reyes • Sep 26, 2026 • Resume Rewrites

AI transforms human resources in Middle East

M rigank Tripathi presented a keynote speech on October 23-24 at Dubai's DWTC. Worldwide, AI is reshaping human resources, and adoption in the Middle East is rising as firms see its value for managing talent and engagement. Driving this...

shift is PeopleStrong, Asia’s top HR Tech company. During the HR Summit & Expo, held on October 23-24 at Dubai's DWTC, Mrigank Tripathi, President of Growth at PeopleStrong, presented a keynote speech titled 'HR Trends in the Middle East: How...