Industry News

Coverage of business deals, partnerships, new products, people moves, marketing strategies, regulatory issues and other developments that HCM solutions providers, HR leaders, financial executives and investors need to know.

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are becoming more visible and impactful, according to research firm McLean & Company. The firm found that each organization's success relies should no longer be  measured solely by financial performance, but also business they contribute to a sustainable and equitable future.   As a result,...
Ongoing changes to the economy and labor market are pressuring organizations' approaches to talent acquisition. TA teams that do not adapt to these rapid shifts risk structural misalignment increased stress and burnout as talent pools shrink and candidate behaviors change, according to McLean & Company, a researcher  and industry...
Legal, compliance and HR software provider Mitratech acquired two companies, Circa and Trakstar. Circa provides Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and DEI software with the aim of helping organizations change how they approach talent acquisition and management. Trakstar is a talent acquisition management platform providing data-backed tools...
HR budgets are tightening while the expectations of effectively supporting the changing workforce continue to grow. So as 2023 proceeds HR remains under the gun to do more with less.  Oracle is pitching itself as a solution for companies that want technology vendors to be more like partners who will...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Avionte unveiled its 24/7 MOBILE JOB BOARD, an application that works with the company’s 24/7 Mobile Talent solution to create a recruiting tool. The product allows users to search jobs by location, pay, skills match, and job ID....
From simplifying how to draft emails to upgrading via a gaming strategy, here are insights from executives and HR leaders on how technology has improved work for employees. Streamlining the Onboarding Experience Software like Slack, Zoom and Monday.com has enabled us to be flexible with hiring, and allowed new hires...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. HR platform Deel partnered with talent acquisition solution provider RAMP Global to help organizations grow teams at scale, across a range of areas and skills. According to the company, RAMP Global supports HR, procurement and finance departments by...
TalentGuard Unveils AI-Powered Skills Management Solution
Workforce skills management company TalentGuard unveiled WorkforceGPT, the company’s new product to help organizations with reskilling, upskilling, career pathing, performance management and succession planning. The product uses a version of OpenAI’s GPT model alongside customer and market data to “reinvent” how organizations build roles and manage skills within their workforce. The...
Glue Launches New Platform for Employee Engagement
The employee engagement company Glue launched a new platform to help “uncover” connection opportunities for the distributed workforce. The offering uses machine learning, recommendation, optimization, network analysis and modeling to better engage employees. “We hear over and over—from people leaders, employees, and exec teams—that building relationships is the hardest part...
Employers and company leaders are making a concerted effort to listen to their employees even with an impending economic downturn. Nearly all organizations reported having a formal listening program in place (95%), and seven out of 10 of those are planning to further accelerate listening programs, according to a...