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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.

Listen to a podcast of this story. More than a third of American workers are frustrated by the technology they use to do their jobs. Fewer than half believe their companies prioritize solutions that would make their jobs easier. In fact, 20% say technology makes their work more difficult. This state...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of our roundup. Lattice raised $60 million, raising its total valuation to about $1 billion. The latest round was led by Tiger Global. The company said the funds would be used to expand its team...
The Covid-19 pandemic has spurred businesses to think of the employee experience more holistically, as a dynamic that’s impacted not only by their managers, teammates and HR, but by how workers interact with departments across the organization and the very tools they use to get their jobs done. As a...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of our roundup. More U.S. companies are hiring chief diversity officers, with members of the S&P 500 bringing on as many as a dozen a month, according to a report by Russell Reynolds Associates. Meanwhile,...
HR technologies are blurring the line between workforce-focused areas and activities that involve work itself. Meanwhile, vendors pay increasing attention to how their products contribute to employee experience in ways that go beyond simple interface design. In the words of industry analyst Josh Bersin, this all adds up to...
The HCM Technology Report has been acquired by RecruitingDaily, the world’s leading community of recruiters and talent acquisition professionals. Noel Cocca, RecruitingDaily’s founder and CEO, said his company has wanted to expand its reach to serve HR professionals and business leaders interested the increasingly complex ecosystem of technology solutions used...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of our roundup. Visier announced a strategic partnership with PeopleFluent, which will make Visier’s analytics available as part of its talent management platform. Visier’s tools are currently in beta testing for PeopleFluent customers. The wider...
The market for multi-process HR outsourcing will grow at a 5% to 7% rate between 2020 and 2022, driven by employers’ need to prepare their operations for future services and demands. According to consulting firm the Everest Group, enterprise-level organizations need to ensure their HR functions are focused on speed,...
Corporate executives and their company’s talent leaders are out of synch in a number of areas that can impact the effectiveness of their organization’s talent acquisition efforts. According to research from recruiting platform provider Beamery, front-line talent leaders believe operational issues have the most impact on their work, while executives...
Mark Feffer: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I’m Mark Feffer. My guest today is Ward Christman, founder of HR Tech Advisor and co-founder of HR Tech Alliances. He advises HR technology firms on strategic alliances, partnerships and sales. We’re going to talk about the state...