In this guest column, Amanda Wright of the web site
Better Buys, details five tactics that, while simple, can go a long way toward
establishing gender equality in your company.
Today, many people believe the gender gap is shrinking due
to the number of companies touting their progressive efforts toward diversity.
But the...
Visier added new features to its Visier People platform to
provide enterprise organizations with insights into their hourly, contract and
seasonal workers.
The package, called Visier People Workforce, connects workforce
data from any available source to generate information business leaders can use
to develop and implement more effective workforce strategies.
Noting that some 60 percent...
Dallas-based
startup Kanarys launched a collaboration platform designed to facilitate discussions
on diversity and inclusion between employers and employees.
Kanarys’ technology gathers and analyzes cultural and demographic data, industry rankings, trends and anonymous employee reviews to provide information companies can use to build inclusive workplaces and improve workplace culture. By using both...
Visier announced a data integration with
TrustSphere, which provides relationship analytics and organizational network analysis.
Through the integration, users will be able to review ONA metrics and wider workforce
data side-by-side.
The integration will facilitate better decision making by Visier customers, the company said. Previously, relationship network data is hard to come...
Visier introduced
an analytics feature that provides up-to-date visibility into the state of their
organization’s diversity and inclusion efforts. The SaaS solution helps identify
opportunities and risks to aid HR and business leaders as they develop
strategies around achieving their organization’s D&I goals.
The product, called Visier People, specifically targets chief diversity officers and...
The workforce that develops artificial intelligence products
is in “a diversity crisis,” says a new report. As a result, algorithms behind
the technology are usually biased themselves.
According to Discriminating Systems, a report from NYU’s AI Now Institute, the employees of companies building AI solutions are, as in most of the technology...
Working with diversity consultant Paradigm, recruiting platform provider Greenhouse has launched a "holistic" technology solution to help companies integrate inclusive practices throughout the entire recruiting and hiring process.
Though branded as "Greenhouse Inclusion," Greenhouse said the product was created "in partnership" with Paradigm's diversity and inclusion experts. It's meant to...
Another company has ratcheted up its approach to the market for tools that make the language used to woo candidates more attractive. Textio, the Seattle developer of "the world's first augmented writing platform," released Textio Hire, an extension of its original product for job posts. Textio Hire uses data...
