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As technology advances, so does the opportunity for vendors to serve business of all sizes. But HCM technology is constantly changing as new companies emerge, old vendors plan for market changes and new generations of employees demand more from their tools. Here’s our coverage.

Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Employee communications specialists take note: According to PeopleDoc, 60.8 percent of employees ignore emails they receive at work, and 40 percent ignore HR messages specifically. Also worth noting: forty-seven percent say their level of happiness rises as emails...
iCIMS acquired recruiting technology platform Jibe with an eye toward strengthening its offerings in employer branding, candidate engagement and tracking the return on recruiting investments. Jibe will power iCIMS’ new recruitment marketing solution, Attract, which is available as either part of its core platform or as the front end of...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. The HR analytics market will grow to $3.6 billion by 2024, a CAGR of 13.7 percent, according to researcher MarketsandMarkets. Its report said increasing demand to automate HR processes, scale  HR personnel efforts with the aid of advanced...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Phenom People announced an integration with recruiting productivity tool ZAPinfo. The company said the integration will reduce sourcing time by automating traditionally manual processes of searching, extracting and deepening candidate profiles from sourcing platforms. Recruiting platform AllyO announced a...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. The global market for HR professional services will be worth $7.5 billion by 2025, representing a 12.4 percent CAGR, reports a study by Grand View Research. Driving the demand are the increasing needs for HR processes and the management of remote teams....
While HR professionals push the notion they can directly contribute to their organization’s strategy and bottom line, they continue to have challenges working with their colleagues in Finance. For one thing, they have differing worldviews when it comes to the state of collaboration. According to workforce analytics company OrgVue’s report Making People...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. ADP’s Wisely service unveiled Wisely Now, which enhances the availability of earned pay while providing new employer protections. Wisely Now helps automate instant payments such as off-cycle and termination pay. It also offers single-instance paper checks that employees...
Hiring platform Montage has merged with Shaker International, a provider of of predictive talent intelligence and assessment solutions. Terms weren’t disclosed, and the combined entity doesn’t have a name yet. The new organization will help its combined client base to embed predictive intelligence into automated hiring workflows. The result, it said, will be...
When UNLEASH America opens its doors for the second year next week, organizers expect to build on what they consider a solid start in 2018. “We expect everything to be bigger,” said China Gorman, managing director, America, for UNLEASH group. While she declined to share specific numbers on attendees...
Trade shows and conferences are an important part of HR technology landscape, to the point where some business leaders wonder if these gatherings in Las Vegas, Orlando, Austin and other points around the map exert an undue influence on customer buying decisions. Most people in HR tech say attending the right conferences is a...