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.

People analytics platform PredictiveHR has acquired the Recruiting Services Division of Method3, an RPO and IT staffing services provider. Boston-based PredictiveHR said the acquisition will strengthen its existing offerings and help it provide both predictive people analytics and recruiting services to its customers. Method3, headquartered in Camp Hill, Pa., will retain its IT Technology...
HRmarketer, which for years has provided a marketing and employee advocacy platform for the HR and recruiting industries, has rolled out advos, a redesigned and newly built version of its HRmarketer product. Designed for companies selling products and services into the HR community, advos combines marketing planning, collaboration, advocacy, business intelligence and...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. HRWins tracked nearly $1.5 billion of VC investments into HR technology during 2019’s second quarter, outpacing any last year’s periods. By mid-year, the total was just $1 billion shy of all the funding rounds closed during 2018. You...
Employee survey and workforce analytics company Perceptyx received a “significant” investment from financial firm TCV. The company said it will use the funds to speed up its development and expansion efforts. Perceptyx provides its customers with analytics that can be used to improve the employee experience, predict business challenges and influence strategic...
Multinational employers would rather upskill their existing HR teams members to analyze workforce data and put it to use. That goal becomes increasingly realistic as more products become available to help make data and analytics accessible. According to Innovation Generation: the Big HR tech Disconnect, a report from Thomsons Online Benefits, the number...
While the momentum of workplace automation continues to gather speed, relatively few North American employers have developed a formal digital transformation strategy. And while one report indicates those that have are leaving HR out of the loop, another shows that companies that prioritize workforce issues turn in stronger financial performances. As we recently reported,...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. ADP launched RPO Advertising Services, a toolset designed to help talent acquisition and HR teams increase the exposure of their job openings. The product is designed to give employers more insight into the performance of job postings and...
As the integration of technology solutions continues to spread across organizations, collaboration between senior executives has become increasingly close. The trend is especially apparent among financial and technology leaders. At the same time, some HCM technology vendors say both the financial and technology organizations are becoming more visible during purchasing discussions, which often...
Organizations must put L&D technology to full use if they want to develop a strong learning culture, HR professionals say. Most companies have much work to do, and the deployment of mobile learning solutions has been surprisingly slow. While the great majority of HR professionals report using some form of...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Background check provider HireRight announced an integration with iCIMS that will speed the process of screening candidates. The new Prime Background Screen integration offers employers a more streamlined option to trigger and review background screening requests and results. With...