HR & People Operations

Turnover bleeds your margin faster than HR can hire.

Every resignation drains the recruitment, training, and premium-labor budgets your CFO already tracks. actAVA puts governed HR agents to work across the employee lifecycle, from sourcing to offboarding. They run on your policies, under human approval, with a full audit trail.

The cost of ignoring HR shows up in your margin.

High turnover reads like a staffing shortage. The numbers tell a different story. Replacing one bedside RN runs about $60,000, national RN turnover sits at 17.6% and keeps climbing, and for the average hospital nurse turnover alone erases $5.2 million a year. That is a people-operations problem with a price tag, and human teams can no longer manage it at the scale it demands.

What turnover costs
$60K

Cost to replace one bedside RN (2026).

17.6%

National RN turnover rate, still climbing.

$5.2M

Lost per hospital each year to nurse turnover.

Every 1% swing in turnover is worth about $295,000 a year to a single hospital.

Move that number with agents that predict flight risk, speed hiring, and close the experience gaps that push good people out the door. Retention becomes a system you run, not a fire you fight.

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The actAVA platform

HR agents built for the whole employee lifecycle, on a model that learns your policies.

Build, evaluate, optimize

Stand up multi-channel HR agents across chat, voice, text, and background work. HIPAA, access controls, and audit logs come built in. Test every agent before it reaches an employee, then improve it from your team's review.

Explore KORA

Run any model, own the intelligence

Route work to CURA, to frontier models, or to both. Model-agnostic orchestration holds cost down and keeps the intelligence yours, so switching a model never means rebuilding a workflow.

Explore CURA

Deploy pre-built agents

Launch from prebuilt HR and People agents on day one, from candidate sourcing to offboarding. Human approval gates, policy grounding, and HRIS integration ship with every one of them.

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The agent library · HR & People

Our human resources, staffing, and people management agent library, yours to extend

They span the full lifecycle, from hiring and onboarding through HR operations, performance, learning, compensation, workforce planning, employee experience, internal mobility, manager enablement, offboarding, and DEI. Every agent runs under human approval, policy grounding, and audit logging.

  • AI
  • Compliance
  • HITL · Human in the loop
AIPeople Analytics

Attrition Risk Prediction Agent

Score flight risk at employee and team level. Identify drivers (comp, manager, growth, burnout). Recommend retention interventions.

AITotal Rewards

Compensation Benchmarking Agent

Pull market data, analyze comp positioning, identify outliers, and generate benchmarking reports for any role, level, or location.

AIDiversity, Equity & Inclusion

DEI Dashboard & Insights Agent

Track diversity metrics across hiring, promotion, retention, and pay. Identify disparities, surface trends, and measure inclusion program effectiveness.

AIHR Business Partner

Employee Career Coach

Personalized career coaching: assess strengths, explore paths, set development goals, and navigate career decisions.

AIPeople Analytics

Employee Sentiment Intelligence agent

Analyze employee sentiment from surveys, Slack, reviews, and feedback channels. Surface trends, predict issues, and recommend actions

AIPeople Operations

HR Help Desk Agent

First-line resolution for all employee HR questions: benefits, PTO, payroll, policies, procedures. Auto-escalate complex cases.

AITalent Acquisition

Job Requisition Generation

Compress the 3-5 day requisition creation cycle into a single guided conversation — generating comp-benchmarked, approval-routed, audit-ready job requisitions in under 30 minutes.

AIPeople Manager

Manager Copilot (1:1 Prep)

Prepare structured 1:1 agendas with risk scores, sentiment analysis, talking points, coaching tips, and career status

AIPeople Operations

Offboarding Orchestration Agent

Automate the offboarding workflow: access revocation, equipment return, knowledge transfer, final pay, benefits continuation, and compliance.

HITLHR Business Partner

Performance Review Draft Agent

Generate comprehensive review drafts from feedback data, goals, and accomplishments. Reduce manager writing time by 80% while improving quality.

AIPeople Operations

Preboarding Orchestration Agent

From offer acceptance to Day 1: trigger IT provisioning, send welcome materials, assign buddy, schedule orientation, collect forms.

AILearning & Development

Skills Gap Analysis Agent

Map current workforce skills against future needs. Identify gaps at individual, team, and org level. Prioritize learning investments.

AITalent Acquisition

Candidate Sourcing

Scheduled multi-platform candidate sourcing across LinkedIn, GitHub, Indeed, Dice, and niche boards — delivering ranked, tier-coded pipelines to Google Sheets with summary emails.

AIPeople Operations

Exit Interview Intelligence Agent

Conduct structured exit interviews, analyze themes across departures, identify systemic issues, and generate actionable retention insights.

AIHR Business Partner

Goal Setting & OKR Assistant

Help employees and managers write effective goals and OKRs. Ensure alignment to company objectives, proper SMART formatting, and measurability.

AIDiversity, Equity & Inclusion

Inclusive Language Agent

Review job postings, policies, and communications for non-inclusive language. Suggest alternatives that attract diverse talent and promote belonging.

AITalent Acquisition

Internal Job Matching Agent

Match employees to internal openings based on skills, interests, and career goals. Proactively surface opportunities before external posting.

CompliancePeople Operations

Leave Management Agent

Calculate entitlements (FMLA, state, company), check eligibility, generate action checklists, create leave tickets, track return dates.

AIPeople Operations

New Hire Q&A Agent

Answer any new hire question about benefits, policies, logistics, tools, culture. Available 24/7 via Slack or portal.

ComplianceTotal Rewards

Pay Equity Analysis Agent

Analyze compensation across demographic groups, identify statistically significant gaps, model remediation scenarios, and generate audit-ready reports.

AILearning & Development

Personalized Learning Path Agent

Create individualized learning journeys based on role, skills gaps, career goals, and learning style. Curate content from multiple sources.

AIPeople Operations

Pulse Survey Design & Analysis Agent

Design targeted pulse surveys, deploy at optimal frequency, analyze results with statistical rigor, and generate action-oriented reports.

AIPeople Manager

Team Health Dashboard Agent

Real-time team health scores: engagement, burnout risk, productivity trends, comp equity, skills coverage.

HITLPeople Analytics

Workforce Planning Simulator

Model scenarios: hiring freeze, layoffs, reorgs, expansion, M&A. Show impact on headcount, cost, productivity, and skills.

HITLPeople Manager

30-60-90 Day Check-In Agent

Automated pulse checks at 30/60/90 days. Assess ramp progress, flag disengagement, alert manager with coaching tips.

AILearning & Development

AI Learning Coach

On-demand learning support: answer questions, explain concepts, quiz knowledge, provide practice exercises, and adapt to learning pace.

AITalent Acquisition

Alumni Network Agent

Build and maintain an alumni network: facilitate connections, share job opportunities, enable boomerang hiring, and maintain employer brand.

AITotal Rewards

Benefits Enrollment & Guidance Agent

Guide employees through benefits selection with personalized recommendations. Handle open enrollment, life events, and plan comparisons.

AIPeople Manager

Continuous Feedback Assistant

Prompt, draft, and deliver real-time feedback between managers and employees. Build a culture of continuous recognition and growth.

HITLTotal Rewards

Merit & Bonus Cycle Agent

Automate merit increase and bonus calculations, enforce budget guidelines, model scenarios, and generate approval packages.

AIPeople Manager

New Manager Coach

AI coaching companion for first-time managers: scenario-based advice, role-play practice, conversation scripts, and management frameworks.

HITLExecutive Leadership

Org Design & Structure Agent

Analyze organizational structure, identify span-of-control issues, model reorgs, and optimize reporting relationships.

HITLHR Business Partner

Promotion Readiness Agent

Assess promotion readiness against leveling criteria, identify gaps, build development plans, and create calibration-ready promotion packets.

AIPeople Manager

Recognition & Rewards Agent

Facilitate peer and manager recognition, automate rewards fulfillment, track recognition patterns, and ensure equitable distribution.

ComplianceTalent Acquisition

Resume Screening

Three-phase resume screening — parse & score against role rubrics, run batch-level bias analysis, and route candidates with HITL approval gates and EEO audit trails.

ComplianceLearning & Development

Compliance Training Agent

Manage mandatory training assignments, track completion, send reminders, generate compliance reports, and flag overdue employees.

HITLPeople Manager

Difficult Conversation Prep Agent

Help managers prepare for tough conversations: performance issues, layoffs, team changes. Provide scripts, legal considerations, and practice.

AIPeople Analytics

Headcount Forecasting Agent

Forecast hiring needs based on growth plans, attrition trends, productivity targets, and budget constraints.

AITalent Acquisition

Interview Scheduling Coordinator

Find available slots across multi-timezone panels, book calendar events, send candidate confirmations, Slack-brief interviewers, and handle rescheduling or cancellations.

AILearning & Development

Mentorship Matching Agent

Match mentors and mentees based on skills, goals, working style, and development needs. Facilitate program structure and track outcomes.

AIPayroll

Payroll Inquiry Agent

Answer payroll questions instantly: pay stubs, tax withholdings, deductions, direct deposit, pay schedules, and bonus calculations.

ComplianceHR Business Partner

PIP Management Agent

Structure performance improvement plans with clear milestones, track progress, ensure documentation compliance, and guide managers through the process.

AITotal Rewards

Total Rewards Statement Agent

Generate personalized total rewards statements showing the full value of compensation, benefits, equity, and perks for each employee.

HITLEmployee Relations

Workplace Conflict Resolution Agent

Guide employees and managers through workplace conflict resolution with structured frameworks, mediation scripts, and escalation paths.

HITLHR Business Partner

Calibration & Talent Review Assistant

Prepare talent review materials, identify rating inconsistencies, support calibration sessions with data-driven insights.

AIPeople Operations

Employee Data Change Assistant

Process employee data changes: name, address, emergency contacts, tax withholdings, reporting structure. Validate and route approvals.

AIHR Business Partner

Gig/Project Marketplace Agent

Match employees to internal gig opportunities, stretch assignments, and cross-functional projects based on skills and development goals.

AITalent Acquisition

Interview Prep & Brief Generator

Generate structured interview kits per panelist — competency-mapped, STAR-format questions, scoring rubrics, and a Panel Overview Brief — with automated distribution.

HITLLearning & Development

Leadership Development Agent

Identify high-potential leaders, create development plans, track leadership competency growth, and support succession planning.

AIPeople Analytics

Workforce Cost Modeling Agent

Model total workforce costs including compensation, benefits, overhead, and contingent labor. Analyze cost per unit of output.

HITLTalent Acquisition

Candidate Communications

Draft personalized candidate emails — outreach, nurture sequences, status updates, rejections — calibrated by seniority tier with A/B subject lines and HITL approval gates.

AIPeople Analytics

Clinical Workforce Intelligence Agent

Healthcare-specific: monitor clinical staffing health, overtime, agency usage, safe staffing ratios, and attrition risk. CNO-ready reports.

AIPeople Operations

Policy Document Intelligence Agent

Index and reason over entire policy library. Answer nuanced policy questions with citations. Flag outdated policies.

CompliancePeople Operations

I-9 & Work Authorization Agent

Manage I-9 verification workflows, track expiring work authorizations, generate compliance reports, and prevent costly violations.

AITalent Acquisition

Offer Generation & Negotiation Agent

Build three-tier offer packages (Conservative/Target/Competitive) with live comp benchmarks, internal equity checks, negotiation scenario modeling, and approval-routed offer letters.

AITalent Acquisition

Recruiting Analytics & Pipeline

Pipeline health checks, bottleneck triage, source-of-hire ROI, time-to-fill forecasts, and diversity funnel analysis — delivered as PDFs, board-ready PPTX decks, and ad-hoc reports.

ComplianceTalent Acquisition

Background Check & Credentialing

Role-based background checks via Checkr/Sterling/HireRight, state licensure verification, OIG/SAM exclusion checks, NPDB queries, and audit-ready credentialing reports.

ComplianceDiversity, Equity & Inclusion

Diversity & Bias Audit Agent

EEOC 4/5ths rule adverse impact analysis, JD language bias scanning, interview scorecard pattern review, and OFCCP-aligned audit reports with automated escalation.

AITalent Acquisition

High-Volume / Frontline Hiring

24/7 multilingual SMS/chat-based apply-to-hire flow for hourly roles — knockout screening, live calendar booking, offer routing, and HRIS handoff in a single candidate session.

The cost of inaction

Turnover has a price tag your CFO already knows.

It takes about 80 days to fill an experienced RN vacancy. While the seat sits empty, premium labor and lost productivity stack up, and the bill lands in four places. Premium labor is the heaviest slice, and it grows the longer the role stays open.

Where the $60K goes
Premium labor up to $37K+, lost productivity $10K–$20K, recruitment and hiring up to $20K, and onboarding and training $10K–$15K.
$295K

Annual impact per 1% change in nurse turnover, the “1% rule”.

80 days

Average time to fill an experienced RN vacancy.

$60K+

To replace one bedside RN, split across four cost drivers.

90-day value realization

Start quickly.

Map your agent roadmap and digital workforce budget.

Build agents with actAVA's team working alongside yours.

Integrate your HRIS and launch from the prebuilt library.

Run safely.

Set AI policies, guardrails, and evaluation rubrics.

Score agent performance and tune behavior before scale.

Govern and orchestrate every action across systems.

Grow intelligently.

Watch model costs in real time.

Shift spend across functions as demand moves.

Prove ROI on a dashboard your CFO trusts.

Next step

HR agents you can govern, prove, and own.

Put your people operations on a system that protects margin and holds up to audit. See the agents run on your policies, with human approval on every action that counts.