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Guest Post
November 2025
Picture this. Joan hires at least one hundred new retail associates per month to staff across two hundred and ninety department stores in her jurisdiction. The problem is that she gets about a thousand applicants for that position every few weeks.
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Guest Post
August 2025
Using AI in the hiring process should come with advantages, not just costs. In the United States, companies spend an average of $4.7K to hire just one new employee, and adding untested AI into the process has the potential to either increase or decrease that number.
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February 2026
At Customer Contact Week, HiringBranch CEO Stephane Rivard and Fundraising Direct Operations Director Sarah Wise argued that the answer lies in changing how contact centers hire. Their session showed how skills-based hiring, powered by AI simulations, helps identify fundraisers and agents who can truly communicate, handle objections, and stay resilient, instead of just looking good on a CV.
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April 2025
This post looks at the growing number of tech companies getting cancelled for AI Washing.
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Guest Post
May 2025
As organizations shift toward a skills-based approach, L&D leaders are rethinking traditional training models. Static, one-size-fits-all programs are being replaced by skills-first strategies that prioritize measuring and developing the capabilities employees need to thrive in their current roles — or grow into future ones.
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Podcast
June 2024
What is the difference between assessments, skills-based assessments, and interviews? Which one is better than the other? HiringBranch CEO, Stephane Rivard, discusses when is to use one approach over the other, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of automating skills-based hiring.
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Podcast
July 2023
Are the days of the traditional interview process over? We’re experiencing a paradigm shift in the recruitment world where simulation replaces speculation and soft skills take center stage. Joining us to discuss how AI is transforming the hiring process is the CEO and Co-Founder of HiringBranch, Stephane Rivard. In this episode, we explore how HiringBranch is revolutionizing hiring by creating a platform where candidates can showcase their abilities in real-time simulated scenarios.
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Guest Post
April 2024
Drawing examples from leading companies, Stephane Rivard, CEO and co-founder of HiringBranch, highlights the benefits of AI in HR, such as streamlined processes, cost reduction, and improved candidate screening, encouraging overcoming fear to take action.
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Podcast
December 2024
The host of RecTech Media invited HiringBranch CEO, Stephane Rivard, back on his podcast after learning about the company’s latest $5M funding round.
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Awards and Recognition
Jul 2025
HiringBranch has been officially recognized as the winner of the Lighthouse Advisory HR Tech awards in the Talent Acquisition Technology: Best Advance in Practical AI. Ben Eubanks, the Chief Research Officer at Lighthouse Research & Advisory, explains first-hand why HiringBranch was selected: “What if your company could predict which candidates would be high quality before they ever got through the front door? This is the hope of most employers, but many haven't figured out how to make it happen. HiringBranch doesn't just claim this--they offer a guaranteed improvement on employee KPIs, which proves that their AI is about results, not hype. Companies with high volume needs should definitely take a look."
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Jul 2025
HiringBranch has been named as one of six finalists in the skills assessment category for the 2024 In-house Recruiter Awards! Following careful consideration and review by an expert panel of 12 judges, they were selected as a supplier whose "dedication and innovative approaches stood out from the rest."
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Jul 2025
HiringBranch is extremely proud to be a finalist in the Best Workplace or Talent Assessment Project category at the 2024 e-assessment awards, for our entry, titled Skill Assessment Implementation Leads to 400% Reduction in Bad Hire Rate. For the award submission, HiringBranch zoomed in on bad hire rates within one global organisation that employs more than 100,000 people. Our research team looked at a sample of nearly 1000 employees who were hired by this company and who also took the HiringBranch assessment during the evaluation phase of their candidacy.
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Jul 2025
CIBC Innovation Banking Provides $2.5M of Growth Capital to HiringBranch
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Jul 2025
HiringBranch Joins AWS Partner Network Bringing Skills-Based Hiring AI to AWS Telecommunications, FinTech, and Contact Center Customers
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Jul 2025
HiringBranch Language Model Shows 32-50% More Accurate Soft Skill Measurement Than LLMs
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Jul 2025
HiringBranch Secures $5M to Scale the World's First Soft Skills AI
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Jul 2025
HiringBranch Wins Best Innovative or Emerging Tech Solution Among Top 1% of HR Technology
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Jul 2025
Unbiased Hiring Decisions with the HiringBranch Soft Skills AI™ Assessment
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