Burges Karkaria, former Chief Technology Officer of Enterprise at Intel Corporation, has joined Bay Area startup Censia–a leading provider of talent intelligence, recruiting and workforce management technology–as CTO. "We are thrilled that Burges Karkaria has joined us as Censia's new Chief Technology Officer," says Joanna Riley, CEO and co-founder of Censia. "Burges is a leader in enterprise AI and will steer our AI-enabled enterprise products roadmap and deliver new products and systems of innovation. These will provide companies with a comprehensive suite of AI-powered talent acquisition and talent management tools that will enable data-driven people decisions at scale and open the doors to digital transformation to companies of all sizes." Karkaria, who served on Censia's board of advisors for two years prior to joining the organization, will focus on developing additional product capabilities for enterprise and core product partners, delivered primarily via headless API.

U.S.-based enterprises'' adoption of AI for recruitment soared in the last year, jumping from 22% in 2018 to 47% this year based on last years' Harris Interactive Talent Intelligence and Management Report 2018. These and many other fascinating insights are from a recent study completed by Harris Interactive in collaboration with Eightfold titled Talent Intelligence And Management Report 2019-2020, which provides insights into how CHROs are adopting AI today and in the future. A total of 1,350 CEOs and CHROs from the U.S., France, Germany, and the U.K. responded to the survey. One of the most noteworthy findings is how U.S-based CEOs and CHROs lead the world in prioritizing and taking action on improving their teams' and their own AI skills. The more expertise they and their teams have with AI, the more effective they will be achieving operational improvements while taming the bias beast.

The talent crisis is getting worse because trial-and-error approaches to talent programs don't deliver results. More employees than ever, 83%, want a new job yet only 53% want to leave for a new company. The majority of employees, 57%, say diversity and inclusion initiatives aren't working, and 40% say their companies lack qualified diverse talent. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasing the odds of success and getting enterprises beyond trial-and-error approaches they've limped along with for decades. The recent study, Talent Intelligence, and Management Report, 2018 by Harris Interactive in collaboration with Eightfold.ai The report is downloadable here (26 pp., PDF, opt-in).