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REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2025 - CX, Assessment & DEIB
Second of our 4 part series reviewing the major events and trends of the year in CX, Assessment and DEIB. What has happened this year that we got on talk about??
- Mobley vs Workday, let's get an update on this, the quintessential CX challenge!
- CX resentment rate...where are we tracking on this?
- What do we know about AI and CX, can we see positive impact of AI on CX?
- ID verification, this is both an CX and Assessment issue. In fact, it may also be a DEIB issu
- How to deal with overcapacity of job applications into traditional hiring funnels?
- How to do this whilst maintaining, improving CX?
- Candidate agency - can enablement of great participation in shaping the experience improve both efficiency and CX?
- What is the state of DEIB...rhetorical question...
- How does the new inclusion work, can we still think about 'protected groups'?
- Divergence between US and UK / EU
- Yet migration of cultural influence from US to UK / EU
- What do we think of AI Interviewing?
- What do we think of other forms of AI powered Assessment?
- Forecasts for 2026 on CX, Assessment and DEIB?
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