HR Quarterly
Spring 2026 issue: Talent Through Turbulence
This issue of the magazine explores how HR leaders are navigating AI disruption, strengthening their recruiting engines, and rebuilding the career ladder.
The Big News: HR Quarterly is now all-digital! SHRM members can access it exclusively on a dynamic, web-based platform, featuring richer visuals and videos that bring the content to life!
Featured Articles
Entry-level work is eroding under AI, putting the career ladder at risk. Here how HR can restore early growth paths and keep talent climbing.
Former CEO Frank Blake reflects on the people decisions and everyday leadership choices that motivate people to do their best work.
How AI is dulling cognitive skills — and what HR can do to preserve your workers’ critical thinking and judgment skills.
New SHRM research reveals the six practices that separate the top performing recruiting teams from the rest.
Four talent experts answer: What’s the biggest shift organizations must make to future-proof their talent strategies?
How HR leaders can win approval for their people investments in an era of tight budgets and CEO scrutiny.
Growing reliance on AI tools is reducing the level of independent judgement required to preserve employees’ exempt status.
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Departments
Why employers need to stop treating management as a promotion and start treating it as a profession.
Answers to SHRM member questions about employee discipline, surveys, body odor, and more.
Key takeaways from COVID-19 litigation to prepare workplaces for future public health emergencies.
How a global firm transformed HR from a process function into a profit-focused strategy partner.
New SHRM research shows how employers and HR are evolving their approach in response to AI and rising costs.
Crunch Fitness’ head of people and culture on the one piece of advice that drove her career.
New SHRM analysis finds that where GenAI is performing more tasks, employees are demanding less labor.
A Q&A with Emily Dickens on how SHRM’s E² Initiative is helping rebuild the path from education to meaningful work.
Columnist Steve Browne tells the story of what a top-down culture taught him about the real source of innovation.