Beware the deepfakes

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Francis Scialabba

Deepfakes aren’t just something you have to worry about your uncle falling prey to while browsing his Facebook newsfeed.

As AI continues to evolve, recruiters now have to worry about candidates using deepfake AI filters during interviews. Just ask Bettina Liporazzi, recruiting lead at Make, a remote digital studio that hires internationally (Liporazzi, for one, lives in Argentina).

She was contacted in mid-March by someone claiming to be an out-of-work software engineer. Though Make wasn’t hiring for their skillset, they wanted to connect, in case any relevant roles turned up in the future. After taking a quick glance at their résumé, she invited them to an introductory call.

“I’ll be honest, their résumé looked okay. I didn’t look into it with much detail, especially with how legit the companies were,” Liporazzi told HR Brew. “They reached out to me saying, ‘I’m out of a job,’ and with the market as it is, you are a human being. You want to help people.” But from that point on, something felt off.

For more on the big risks of deepfakes in the recruitment process, keep reading here.—PM

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TECH

New Deel

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Global payroll and HR platform Deel announced Thursday during its virtual customer event several new products and features aimed at streamlining workforce management across the globe. The new tools further integrate payroll, HR, and IT functions into a single platform, targeting inefficiencies caused by fragmented systems, according to the company.

Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz told HR Brew all the company’s acquisitions and developments further the company’s journey to meet the needs of its customers while offering bundling services as a bridge between procuring fit-for-purpose tools and the benefits of an all-in-one platform.

“You could be using Deel as an HR system, but you could be using any other HR system that’s the best fit for you, and every single product that we’ve built is basically a single-product solution if you wanted or an all-in-one solution,” Bouaziz said. “We can either be a point solution: Let us run payroll for you in Australia; Let us run EOR [employer of record] for you in Nigeria; Let us be your compensation system. Let us be your ATS [applicant tracking system]…We can be that point solution for you or we can be that full-stack solution for you, and you’re going to mix and match.”

For more on Deel’s new strategy and what it could mean for payroll pros and others, keep reading here.—AD

HR STRATEGY

Mental health strategies

Emily Parsons

Is your workplace as mentally healthy as you think?

Some 59% of employees say their employer thinks their workplace is “mentally healthier than it actually is,” and 39% worry their mental health condition could negatively impact them at work, according to a 2024 American Psychiatric Association report.

The US mental health crisis is why Stephen Sokoler, founder and CEO of preventive mental health consultancy Journey, wrote The Mental Health Advantage: How the World’s Best Companies Drive Performance and Wellbeing Through Proactive Mental Health.

For more of Sokoler’s thoughts on how to help employees’ mental health, keep reading.—MC

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WORK PERKS

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Francis Scialabba

Today’s top HR reads.

Stat: Some 52% of Gen Z employees report not earning enough to live their desired lifestyle, and only 20% are putting their earnings toward retirement savings. (Yahoo Finance)

Quote: “One way that you drive engagement is making people feel like they had a voice. They had a place to express opinions and drive policies and outcomes that matter in the company.”—Helena Pagano, chief people and culture officer at Sun Life, on how employee resources groups drives engagement (Associated Press)

Read: As federal workers return to the office, many are finding themselves without desks, toilet paper, and other essential resources. (the New York Times)

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