In a recent blog post, industry leader Josh Bersin announced the following: “The Agents are coming, the Agents are coming.”
No, he’s not talking about the FBI or Matrix-style men in black suits. He’s talking about something called “agentic AI.”
“Our friendly AI assistants are starting to feel more empowered,” he writes. “Instead of just answering questions and composing poetry, they’re now able to ‘do things’ on our behalf.”
Instead of, say, having AI help you find plane tickets and accommodation for your next vacation, an agent would actually be able to book and pay for your travel on its own — all based on your preferences. Are you more of an aisle or window-seat person? Your agent would keep that in mind.
Josh also gives some examples of what agents could look like in recruiting and L&D. Could an agent create and deliver learning content to your employees with one simple prompt? Or woo cream-of-the-crop software engineers? Josh sees it just around the corner.
To learn more about recruiter and L&D AI agents, be sure to check out Josh’s post at the top of our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals. And further down our list, you can also find out how to manage a massive number of candidates for a single job posting; why one company threw performance reviews in the trash; and why Lars Schmidt created his very own “jagged resume.”
Here are the must-read articles from this week:
1. AI Agents: The New Workforce We’re Not Quite Ready For (The Josh Bersin Company)
2. What a CFO Needs to Know About Recruiting Budgets (Forbes)
3. 7 Techniques to Help with the Increasing Number of Job Applicants (This Week in Recruiting)
4. Why Is ‘Prompt Engineering’ Not as Easy as It Should Seem to Be? (Glen Cathey on LinkedIn)
5. Lessons Learned: 5 Tactics for More Engaging L&D Offerings from Former Classroom Teachers (LinkedIn Talent Blog)
6. Why We Threw Performance Reviews in the Trash — And You Should Too (Camilla Miehs on LinkedIn)
7. Practical Advice for Recruiters in the Web3 Industry (Luke Eaton on LinkedIn)
8. Can AI Improve One of the Most Expensive (and Boring) Parts of Work? (Fast Company)
9. Have You Heard of a Jagged Resume? Here’s Why Lars Schmidt Created One for Himself (Lars Schmidt on LinkedIn)
10. Too Timid to Tell the Boss You’re Quitting? There’s a Service for That (The Wall Street Journal)
Here is the must-listen podcast:
Upping Our Strategic Thinking Game (L&D Must Change Podcast)
