At HR Tech 2026 in Las Vegas, we spoke with more than 300 HR leaders at ClearCo’s booth. Few were shopping for another piece of HR software. Most were asking a harder question: whether their HR tech stack could keep pace with the demands of 2027. Five signals surfaced repeatedly: talent tools bolted onto payroll, no unified view of the workforce, rising candidate fraud, learning and engagement operating on the margins, and hiring volume that is outgrowing the team.