ORLANDO — As scary as it may seem, big data is taking over in a lot of ways, including at the workplace.

And Benjamin Taylor, chief data scientist at HireVue, a candidate and interviewer recommendation engine that harnesses the power of big data, has a message for HR professionals: It's time to embrace it.

"HR has some of the worst data," Taylor said during a session Wednesday at the HCI Human Capital Summit, noting that stacks upon stacks of resumes, performance reviews, evaluations and other statistics that gobble up time.

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