For its weekly Briefing, UNLEASH asked four HR analysts whether employers who screen out candidates for not knowing unwritten rules are selecting for capability or for the social conditioning that comes with privilege. The analysts largely agree that these filters […]
Market Alert: Paychex Brings Agentic AI to Small Business Recruiting with WISE Hire
What’s Actually Happening Paychex has introduced WISE Hire, a recruiting solution that extends WISE, the agentic AI platform Paychex announced in May 2026 as the intelligence layer across its HCM portfolio. WISE Hire uses AI agents to handle the routine, […]
Market Alert: Zoominfo Launches Talent Autopilot, Pairing an AI Recruiting Agent With Its Verified Data
ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: GTM) launched Talent Autopilot, an AI agent that helps recruiters find and reach candidates whom keyword search misses. It’s the most advanced product yet from ZoomInfo Talent Solutions, the company’s existing recruiting business, and it extends ZoomInfo’s core […]
Case Study: Retention With Intention – How Anders Built a Data-Driven Talent Strategy
Founded in St. Louis, MO in 1965, the accounting and advisory firm Anders has grown into a thriving 500-employee business serving clients across the United States. In addition to tax, audit, and assurance services, Anders has since expanded its advisory […]
Case Study: From Paper to a Unified Experience – How an NYC Restaurant Group Modernized HR With Harri & ADP
“HR is more than ‘Fill out these forms and don’t get into trouble,’” said the HR Director of an NYC restaurant group 3Sixty Insights interviewed. He will be anonymously referred to as “JS” in this case study. In November 2024, […]
Reworked Article: 6 Years of Payroll Data Show AI Is Already Breaking Job Architecture
A six-year ADP-Stanford study shows AI is repricing your job bands. Here’s how to run the same math on your own numbers Diagnosing a broken technical system pays less today than it did in 2022. Advising the client on […]
Unleash Article: Ask the Analyst – What Evidence Does HR Need to Make Reskilling the Outcome Instead of a Compromise?
UNLEASH’s “Ask The Analyst” article explores a critical workforce strategy question facing HR leaders: when workforce planning and business conditions point toward reducing headcount, what evidence can HR provide to demonstrate that reskilling and redeploying existing employees may be a […]
Moving Beyond AI Hype: How Voice Screening Agents Are Reshaping Talent Acquisition
AI in Talent Acquisition Requires More Than Automation Artificial intelligence continues to be one of the most discussed areas of innovation across HR technology. While vendors continue to introduce AI-powered capabilities designed to transform recruiting, the most important question remains: […]
Research Note: Voice Screening Agents in Talent Acquisition – Balancing Speed, Scale, Candidate Experience, and Trust in AI-Augmented Hiring
Introduction Talent acquisition teams are under increasing pressure to hire faster, improve candidate experience, reduce recruiter burnout, and navigate a more complex hiring environment shaped by AI, automation, and evolving workforce expectations. Across industries, organizations are managing higher application volumes, […]
Benchmark Report: Why Half of Businesses Want to Invest in Service-Enabled HR That Actually Works
HR technology alone isn’t enough. New research from 3Sixty Insights reveals why organizations continue to struggle with HR technology adoption, customer support, and compliance—and why nearly half are willing to pay more for better service. Based on a survey of […]
HRD: HR Facing Rising Compliance Strain – Report
For HR leaders, compliance demands are expanding rapidly while governance and technology investments lag behind, according to a recent report. Three in four (75%) respondents say their compliance needs have changed, according to a survey of 500 U.S. professionals across […]
Webinar: Beyond Borders – HR Solutions for Paying and Managing Non-U.S. Talent | June 24th @ 12pm Eastern
Join 3Sixty Insights Principal Analyst Nicole Roberts as she participates in Flex HR’s Beyond Borders: HR Solutions for Paying and Managing Non-U.S. Talent webinar, a discussion focused on the challenges and opportunities of managing a global workforce. The session will […]
Market Alert: Phenom Acquires Plum to Anchor a Full-Spectrum Assessment Stack
What Happened On April 28, 2026, Phenom announced the acquisition of Plum, a provider of psychometric-based talent assessment. The deal, Phenom’s second in ten weeks and third in roughly four months, brings Plum’s proprietary Role Model™ technology into Phenom’s agentic […]
Infographic: Behavioral Signals in Hiring – How Fama Helps Identify Misconduct Before Day One
This infographic outlines the rising risk of workplace misconduct and the growing limitations of traditional hiring methods in identifying it. With misconduct rates increasing year over year and even small incidents driving significant impacts on productivity, retention, and culture, organizations […]
How Social Media and Behavioral Insights Are Helping Employers Detect Misconduct Before Day One
All business leaders have been there: a candidate looks great on paper, so you invest in hiring them, but once on board, they fail to meet expectations. 50% of today’s workers are digital natives, and with this number expected to […]
Analyst Insight: From Automation to Orchestration – How Phenom Is Rebuilding the Hiring Stack as Adaptive AI Infrastructure
Phenom Looks Toward Hiring Infrastructure Phenom unveiled a sweeping architectural overhaul at IAMPHENOM 2026 in Philadelphia and showed off results that showcase the true effectiveness of AI in HR workflows. Phenom opened this year’s IAMPHENOM user conference by pitching a […]
Analyst Insight: Platform Evolved Into a Partner-Led HCM Ecosystem Serving 200K+ Employers and 9M Workers
Introduction Since 3Sixty Insights’ founding in 2017, we’ve seen a number of vendors come and go. One vendor in particular has consistently stood out to us as one to watch: isolved. 3Sixty Insights has referenced or partnered with isolved on […]
Research Agenda: Bridging Leadership and Labor – 3Sixty Insights’ 2026 Combined Workforce Agenda
The future of work is no longer a theoretical concept touching artificial intelligence, remote work or skills transformation. Instead, it has become an operational reality at a time when managers are stretched beyond capacity, employee engagement is declining, compliance complexity […]
Workday VNDLY Is Defining the Future of Total Workforce Management
At its town hall yesterday, Workday outlined a clear strategic shift for VNDLY, its vendor management system that helps organizations manage external or contingent workforces (contractors, freelancers, etc.). VNDLY is being revamped from a traditional vendor management system into an […]








