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.

Willo, a Glasgow-based video interview company, announced an expansion of operations in the U.S. According to Insider.co.uk, the U.S. market already accounts for more than 65% of the business's revenue. Founded in 2018, Willow aims “to connect people with opportunity using technology." The company helps candidates and recruiters by simplifying...
Technology companies are facing a diversity problem after the recent, widespread layoffs seen throughout the economy, according to The Washington Post. As a whole, they're struggling to maintain their commitment to diversity while taking cost-cutting measures to prepare for a possible economic downturn. During the pandemic, many firms -- including some...
From monitoring with AI to leveraging specific data, there are many different ways to promote DEI with technology.Get an AI-driven Diversity Monitoring SystemOne of the most effective approaches is an AI-driven diversity monitoring system. This system can track and measure diversity metrics in the workplace, such as gender, age,...
Listen to a roundup of our podcast. BambooHR deepened its integration with Checkr to help streamline background checks of prospective employees. With this update, users can now request background checks from the candidate's profile within BambooHR's application tracking system. Once a background check has been completed, a tile will appear...
Technology employers are making serious cuts to their DEI teams, a notable component of the wider downsizings that have taken place over the last several months. According to Layoffs.fyi, more than 150,000 workers were laid off by tech companies in 2022, with over 80,000 more following in 2023. So...
New Year’s didn’t come with a lot of drama this year. As 2022 slid into 2023, most people were simply glad to see something like normal edge back into their work lives. As for the changes we’ve seen recently, sometimes past is prologue.  This year’s most important trends are clearly...
Dalia, a recruitment marketing automation platform, completed a $5 million Series A round. The investment will be used to expand the company’s product suite, which seeks to maximize career site conversion rates. Founded in 2019, Dalia streamlines recruitment marketing by helping employers reach and convert their lost job seeker traffic...
Technology is evolving rapidly, but sometimes not fast enough for our needs. There are still tools that would save time, money and energy for HR teams and companies holistically that have yet to be developed. From empowering HR with ethnographic data science to equipment return software, HR and business...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of our roundup. SilkRoad Technology announced the addition of survey capabilities to its RedCarpet Onboarding solution. The new features will enable clients to build and deploy surveys to measure engagement, culture transition and readiness at...
Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. Today I'm speaking with Purbita Banerjee. She's a senior vice president and Head of Product Management at Korn Ferry. We're going to talk about the dynamics of today's workforce, labor shortages in HR, tech, and...