Have you ever tried to get close with someone but you just couldn’t click? For HR leaders, does your chief information officer immediately come to mind? The CHRO–CIO relationship seems more important than ever. Both roles are critical for leading AI adoption, and the two being siloed can spell bad news for their company. As an example, recent Gartner research found that just one-in-five CIOs focus on mitigating negative impacts to employee work or wellbeing when making generative AI investments. But a recent iCIMS report, surveying more than 1,000 HR leaders and 500 CIOs at companies with 1,000 or more employees globally, found CHROs and CIOs aren’t seeing eye-to-eye with talent acquisition’s role. Growing close. HR leaders recognize tech’s growing role in talent acquisition (TA) strategy. A majority of CHROs (85%) say the TA tech used “is more of a priority today than it was two years ago.” And 22% said integrating AI into hiring processes was their single top priority for talent acquisition, while 20% said improving TA analytics and reporting was at the top of their list. Already, 60% of HR leaders say they’re using AI across the entire hiring process. Why HR and IT need to get along.—PM |