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    Andy Zelt

    25-year payroll and HR operator. AI practitioner. Still building.

    Andy founded Axiom Human Resource Solutions in 2011. He's spent 25 years inside payroll and HR — not selling it from the outside, but actually doing the work. Now he's betting that AI changes everything about how HR firms operate, and he's building that future himself.

    25 Yearsin payroll & HR
    400+ Clientsactive
    Founder & CEOAxiom HRS
    Latest Writing

    What I'm Thinking About

    AI, HR, the future, and whatever else is on my mind.

    I write here when something is worth writing down. A lot of it is AI-forward — what I'm building, what I'm learning, what I think is coming. Some of it is random. None of it is corporate.

    AI in HR
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    Why Most HR Firms Are Thinking About AI Wrong

    Everyone's talking about AI in HR. Most are hiring someone to deal with it. That's the wrong move — and I'll explain why from the inside.

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    AI
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    What 150+ Hours of AI Training Actually Taught Me

    Prompt engineering, n8n, agent orchestration, voice agents — I didn't outsource any of it. Here's what I learned and what actually matters for operators.

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    UKG Ready
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    UKG Ready: What Mid-Market Buyers Get Wrong Before They Sign

    After 400+ implementations, I've seen the same mistakes made at the buying stage. A few things worth knowing before you commit.

    Coming Soon4 min read
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    The full picture

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    25 years of doing the work. The AI chapter. What comes next.

    The About page has the whole thing — where Axiom started, why AI, and what an 11-year-old black lab has to do with any of it.

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    No sales pitch. Just the actual story.