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By Deepa Majumder
Employee self-service was meant to make HR easier. But in many companies, employees still have to jump between portals, policies, forms, and HR systems just to get one simple thing done. Need to check a leave balance? Find the HRIS. Need a benefits answer? Search SharePoint. Need to know whether a request was approved? Open another system or ask HR. That is self-service, but it still puts a lot of work on the employee. An AI agent for HR changes that experience.
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By Deepa Majumder
“What's the difference between our PPO and HDHP?” “Can I add my spouse?” “How much can I contribute to my HSA?” “When is the deadline?” “Did my enrollment actually go through?” As you see, open enrollment creates a predictable surge of questions for HR.
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By Deepa Majumder
“How much PTO do I have left?” “Where can I find my latest payslip?” “Am I eligible for this benefit?” These are simple employee questions, but resolving them can mean checking the HRIS, searching policies, retrieving live data, chasing approvals, and updating records. At scale, that administrative work adds up.
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By Deepa Majumder
HR teams have no shortage of AI tools in 2026. The harder question is which ones can actually help employees get HR work done. Many platforms can summarize a policy, answer a benefits question, or generate an HR response. Fewer can understand an employee's request, retrieve the right information, connect to live HR systems, take an approved action, route an approval, and involve HR when human judgment is required. That distinction matters when evaluating the best AI agents for HR.
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By Deepa Majumder
Employees rarely think about which HR system contains the answer to their question. They simply ask: “Why is my paycheck lower this month?” “How much PTO do I have?” “Where can I download my payslip?” “Can I take Friday off?” “What benefits am I enrolled in?” For an HR team using ADP, much of the information needed to answer those questions may already exist in payroll, time, benefits, or employee records.
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By Deepa Majumder
The service desk is becoming a natural proving ground for AI agents. That makes sense. IT support contains exactly the kind of work AI agents are increasingly designed to handle: repetitive employee requests, fragmented knowledge, predictable troubleshooting steps, approvals, system lookups, and actions that need to happen across multiple applications.
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By Deepa Majumder
An employee wants Friday off. Another needs a payslip. A new hire is waiting for system access. Someone else has moved house and needs to update their details. None of them really wants to “use Workday.” They want the request resolved.
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By Deepa Majumder
IT support has a familiar problem. An employee says, “I can’t access Salesforce,” but solving that request may involve much more than answering a question. Someone has to understand what access is needed, check whether the employee is eligible, collect missing information, trigger an approval, update an identity platform, record the request in the ITSM system, and tell the employee when it is complete. For years, service desk chatbots solved only the first part of that journey.
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By Deepa Majumder
ServiceNow AI is no longer just about Virtual Agent. Today, its AI stack includes Virtual Agent, Now Assist, AI Agents, AI Agent Studio, and Otto—covering everything from conversational self-service to autonomous task execution. For IT and HR leaders, the real question is not whether ServiceNow can use AI.
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By Deepa Majumder
HR teams are expected to improve employee experience, support managers, develop talent, and solve people problems that genuinely require human judgment. Yet a large part of the working day can still disappear into answering PTO questions, checking payroll details, coordinating onboarding, finding policies, following up on approvals, and responding to the same employee requests again and again.
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By Workativ
AI strategy, AI for business, artificial intelligence, AI automation, AI transformation, AI and revenue growth, top-line growth, business transformation, AI innovation, generative AI, enterprise AI, AI business strategy, digital transformation, AI opportunities, future of AIMost companies are using AI to automate existing work, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. But what if that’s only the beginning?
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By Workativ
AI has changed how much software can do—but has the SaaS model kept up? As enterprises adopt more AI tools, they are also dealing with software sprawl, rising AI costs, complex implementations, and the challenge of turning AI capabilities into measurable business results. This is where Outcome-as-a-Service (OaaS) comes in. In this video, we explore why organizations may be moving from simply buying access to software toward paying for measurable outcomes and execution.
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By Workativ
AI adoption is everywhere. But why are so many companies still struggling to turn AI into real business value? The problem often isn't the technology, budget, or talent. It's the gap between AI strategy and AI execution. In this video, we break down why AI projects get stuck in “pilot purgatory,” the biggest mistakes companies make, and how to build an AI approach focused on measurable business outcomes.
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By Workativ
As companies grow, HR compliance gets more complicated and small process gaps can turn into expensive problems. Worker classification, multi-state hiring, poor record-keeping, inconsistent policy enforcement, and outdated compliance processes can expose mid-size companies to back pay, overtime claims, penalties, audits, and legal disputes. In this video, we break down 5 of the biggest HR compliance mistakes mid-size companies make and what you can do to avoid them.
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By Workativ
HR automation is changing fast in 2026. AI Agents, Agentic AI, employee self-service, deep system integrations, and end-to-end workflow automation are changing how HR teams handle everyday work. In this video, we break down 5 HR automation trends every HR manager needs to know in 2026—plus one bonus trend that most people aren't talking about yet. If you're an HR Manager, HR Director, CHRO, HR Operations Leader, or HR Tech professional, these are the trends worth watching as HR automation moves from simple task automation toward intelligent, connected workflows.
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By Workativ
Choosing the right HR automation software isn't about picking the platform with the longest feature list—it's about choosing the one that's built to solve your HR challenges. In this video, I walk you through some of the leading HR automation platforms in 2026, including Workday, UKG, ADP, SAP SuccessFactors, Moveworks, Leena AI, and Workativ.
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By Workativ
In this step-by-step tutorial, I'll show you how to build a No-Code HR AI Agent using Workativ AI in under 20 minutes. Instead of creating a simple HR chatbot, you'll learn how to build an AI agent that can answer employee questions, automate HR workflows, retrieve live HR data, and complete tasks across your HR systems. We'll create a complete HR AI Agent from scratch, connect it to BambooHR, deploy it inside Slack, and test real employee scenarios like Parental Leave, Benefits, and Newborn Dental Plan Enrollment.
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By Workativ
Choosing between Leena AI and Moveworks? In this video, we compare two of the leading HR AI platforms to help you decide which solution best fits your organization. We'll cover: Features and capabilities HR AI automation and workflow execution Employee self-service experience Integrations and scalability Best fit for enterprise vs. mid-market companies Pricing considerations and ROI A powerful alternative built for growing businesses.
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By Workativ
What is an HR AI Agent, and how is it different from a traditional HR chatbot? If you're an HR Manager, CHRO, HR Executive, or business leader exploring AI for HR, this video explains everything you need to know before investing in an HR AI solution. In this video, you'll learn: What an HR AI Agent actually is HR Chatbot vs HR AI Agent: What's the difference? How AI HR Assistants automate repetitive HR work Real HR workflow examples like parental leave, employee benefits, and onboarding What HR AI Agents can and can't do How to evaluate the right AI solution for your HR team.
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By Workativ
Buying an HR AI Tool? Don't sign the contract until you've asked these 5 critical questions. Many companies invest in an HR chatbot or AI HR assistant only to realize later that it doesn't integrate with their HR systems, takes months to deploy, or simply answers questions instead of automating HR workflows. In this video, you'll learn the 5-point checklist every CHRO and HR leader should use before choosing an HR AI solution.
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A simple AI + Automation SaaS platform to build a Virtual Assistant for workplace support. No coding required!
Workativ Assistant is a cognitive workplace automation SaaS suite designed to transform the way companies provide IT support to employees. To reduce Helpdesk costs and improve productivity levels for employees and IT Help Desk teams, Workativ Assistant helps companies purpose-build an efficient Virtual Assistant with out-of-the-box automation capabilities. Employees can then use the Virtual Assistant to resolve repetitive issues and service requests autonomously without the need to contact Helpdesk.
Workativ Assistant fully automates a request, e.g., the onboarding of a new employee, creating and managing distribution lists, unlocking accounts, and much more.
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