AI Won’t Fix Your Hiring Problems. Your Recruiters Will.

AI is everywhere in recruiting right now — sourcing bots, resume screeners, outreach tools. But teams that bolt AI onto a broken process just get faster at making the same mistakes. This piece argues that AI is a force multiplier, not a fix, and introduces the “judgment gap” — the space between what AI can surface and what a recruiter still has to do with it. Grounded in a real process overhaul that took onsite-to-offer rates from 15% to over 40%.

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Debbie Carter – friend, colleague and lasting influence

Debbie Carter – friend, colleague and lasting influence

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Remember Debbie Carter’s remarkable contribution to learning and development, from shaping Training Journal to championing inclusion, kindness and professional integrity. Colleagues and friends reflect on the humour, generosity, determination and […]

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AI is exposing L&D’s value problem

AI is exposing L&D’s value problem

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Generative AI is accelerating content creation, but Dr Ravinder Tulsiani argues that speed and volume are not the same as value. For L&D, the real opportunity is to move beyond […]

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TJ Newsflash 05 August – Debbie Carter’s legacy, learning architects and podcast returns

TJ Newsflash 05 August – Debbie Carter’s legacy, learning architects and podcast returns

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The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: AI spending, workforce readiness, regulation and management dominate, alongside hybrid work, caregiving pressures […]

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Debbie Carter: A voice in learning

Debbie Carter: A voice in learning

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Debbie Carter’s editorials, research, events and leadership reveal a distinctive voice in learning and development: commercially aware, people-centred, curious and unafraid of change. Drawing on Debbie’s published writing and memories […]

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Succession planning: The leadership risk businesses still underestimate

Succession planning remains a major weakness for many businesses, despite widespread recognition of its importance. Research shows that while 39% of firms have an embedded and regularly reviewed succession strategy, 61% lack a comprehensive approach and 22% have none at all. As experienced leaders retire in growing numbers, particularly across infrastructure, energy and engineering sectors, businesses risk losing critical expertise, disrupting operations and delaying growth.

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Former Training Journal Editor Debbie Carter dies aged 69

Former Training Journal Editor Debbie Carter dies aged 69

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Training Journal remembers Debbie Carter, whose five-decade career shaped the publication, strengthened the L&D profession and opened doors for younger talent. Forthright, principled and joyful, she was an editor, mentor, […]

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