Products

New product announcements, coverage of trends, strategies and customer demand and experiences from around the industry.

Frontline employers can markedly improve retention by providing more learning and growth opportunities. A survey by Kahoot found that 93% of frontline workers seek more L&D, with nearly two-thirds, 64%, saying they’d extend their employment by six years if they received enhanced career support and training. Such sentiments are particularly...
MeasureUp released iTalentUp, a platform designed to help recruiting agencies and HR departments simplify and streamline the technical assessment process for hiring technology workers. Founded in 1997, MeasureUp is a provider of certification practice tests and assessments for IT professionals. With the launch of iTalentUp, MeasureUp is moving toward providing...
Visier sees the employer’s view of people analytics as expanding from a specialized discipline within HR to a pervasive data strategy where workforce insights inform virtually every one of a company’s people-related decisions and workflows. Since October’s HR Technology Conference, Visier has pursued the idea of Systemic HR, which connects...
Learning company Pearson joined forces with Forage, a platform that offers job simulations to students. Through the partnership, the companies will embed job simulations into Pearson’s MyLab coursework platform and Pearson+, the company’s e-textbook subscription service. Forage’s simulations will be available to MyLab students studying 15 business and economics disciplines...
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. Leigh Miller, senior customer advisor at Gem is my guest today. Gem just published its third annual recruiting benchmarks report, which helps talent leaders compare their results to industry averages. Leigh's going to tell us...
Jonathan Lau Chief Operating Officer, InStride Amid changing generational expectations about work, companies have struggled to retain younger workers. Debates around phrases like “quiet quitting” – and even “loud quitting” – have become pervasive. Many employers are left perplexed, asking themselves: What more can we do to engage and retain...
Paycor added workforce management tools that allow businesses to oversee independent contractors, seasonal workers and volunteers, along with their full-time employees. The idea is to simplify management by consolidating the entire workforce within in a single platform. The launch is a step toward addressing the back-end requirements of non-traditional work...
Paylocity acquired TraceHQ.com, a platform that facilitates oversight of both workforce-management and financial functions in one place. Trace helps enable back-office activities related to managing headcount and procurement, minimizing the “back-office drag” that affects general and administrative costs. Trace’s headcount-planning capabilities will add the integrations and workflow tools that enable...
TalentGuard enhanced its WorkGPT platform with two new tools, Skill Builder and Skill-Based Learning Link Builder. WorkforceGPT Skill Builder generates technical, leadership and soft skills from scratch, including definitions and behavioral indicators across four proficiency levels. The tool allows organizations to customize and expand their skill libraries and encourage a...
Transcript Mark: Today an encore presentation. I’m talking with Steve Rothberg, the founder and chief visionary officer of CollegeRecruiter.com. They help employers of all stripes hire students and recent graduates for part-time, seasonal, entry-level jobs and internships. We’ll talk about how recruiting’s changed in recent years, and we’ll also look at...