Despite increasing social, political and even investor pressure, just 19% of the world’s largest companies have disclosed data about the makeup of their workforce, according to a survey by the Workforce Disclosure Initiative, an international investor coalition.
Partly funded by the British government, the WDI pushes to improve the data...
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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...
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...
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 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...
HR leaders say their budgets have increased between 2020 and 2021, and much of their new-found funding will be invested in technology. What’s not clear is whether newly implemented solutions will be used to expand the scope and capabilities of HR’s work, or simply help practitioners more effectively address...
HR organizations have gained a notable amount of visibility and influence since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early 2020. Specifically, 87% of senior executives say the function now has a greater voice than it did before, while 72% of HR leaders believe the crisis has increased their value and...
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More workers are willing to consider moving as long as their employers offer reasonable remote-work arrangements, and many companies are open to the idea of such a distributed workforce. However, employees aren’t willing to trade compensation for location. In other words: If they...
