AI’s influence on HR appears to be growing, especially when it comes to onboarding.

Some 69% of HR pros used AI in their onboarding processes in 2022, according to a survey from talent acquisition platform Eightfold AI, and 81% of HR pros have “explored or implemented AI solutions to improve process efficiency within their organization,” a report from research and consulting firm Gartner found.

The HR department at Genies, a tech startup that creates digital avatars, is aligned with those figures. Since 2022, it has used two chatbots built from OpenAI’s GBT-4 technology to educate employees about its predominantly Gen Z users and guide them to HR resources, according to Makena Jordison, the company’s chief of staff.

All aboard. In an effort to ensure its app is catering to its target audience, Genies has always spent time educating its new hires on Gen Z. Since releasing its first chatbot, this process has been made much easier.

Keep reading here.—MC

Get a fresh take on talent acquisition with Ashby’s Offer Accepted podcast. Each episode digs into tactical advice and strategies from the industry’s top minds for upleveling your career and TA function.

Offer Accepted is your biweekly source for forward-thinking recruiting initiatives and unique perspectives. Check out insightful discussions and learn from the best in the talent biz, including:

• Growth by Design Talent co-founder Adam Ward on how to take the recruiting function from a service provider to trusted advisor
• SignalFire VC Partner Heather Doshay on the art, science, and importance of structured interviewing (+ how to implement it)
• Figures CEO and co-founder Virgile Raingeard on using compensation tactics to empower team performance

Subscribe to get new episodes delivered straight to your inbox.

Still looking for a new year’s resolution? How about making sure the women in your workforce aren’t paying too much for their healthcare?

Women who receive insurance through their employer pay an estimated $15 billion more each year for out-of-pocket medical costs than men, according to Deloitte data—but for about $133 per employee per year, employers, Deloitte suggests, may be able to help close the gap.

The gender healthcare gap “is not attributable to any one thing,” Eileen Clark, CHRO at Imagine360, a provider of full-service health plans, told HR Brew. “You can argue that there is a pay factor issue…and there is certainly enough data to show that women do require and take advantage of more [medical] procedures.”

Imagine360, where, according to Clark, the workforce is 79% women, uses a reference-based pricing (RBP) model to make sure employees don’t pay too much for healthcare.

Keep reading here.—AS

Welcome to HR 101. Class is now in session. Today’s discussion will focus on the history of the battle to close the gender pay gap.

But first: Hey, Alexa, play “The Man,” by Taylor Swift.

The history. Women’s fight for equal pay is centuries old. An 1869 New York Times letter to the editor questioned why female employees of the federal government were not being paid the same as their male colleagues. The letter’s author noted that, at the time of publication, the Treasury Department employed about 500 women, all of whom were earning half as much as their male colleagues.

The following year, Congress passed an amended bill that promised equal wages to all future federal clerks, regardless of gender. The proposed amendment was met with fierce backlash, according to Politico. One House member objected that it “will finally place the whole administration of government under female management.” The horror.

Keep reading here.—AS

Today’s top HR reads.

Stat: 59% of US employees surveyed by Aflac reported experiencing burnout in their current position. (Fast Company)

Quote: “We’re not going to yoga our way out of this.”—Jodie Green, CEO and president of the Clinician Burnout Foundation, on the high rate of suicide among physicians, and the wellness tools that aren’t doing enough to help (Crain’s Chicago Business)

Read: Some American workers are leaving the office and the US behind as they search for their next jobs. (CNBC MakeIt)

Boardroom buzz: A new podcast offers spicy takes on what it really takes to build successful companies, all from a people perspective. Check out unfiltered interviews with Silicon Valley legends Molly Graham and Steve Cadigan.*

^{*A message from our sponsor.}