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As work-from-home and hybrid work situations become more of the norm post-pandemic, even Microsoft is loosening the shackles a bit as it will no longer issue non-compete clauses in new employee contracts and will end enforcement of old non-competes for most employees, excluding senior leadership. (The move was reported...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of our roundup. BambooHR announced an addition to their BambooHR culture suite called Employee Wellbeing which will assist job seekers in finding the ultimate employee experience as employers are taking a closer look at the...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Safeguard Global expanded it workforce management and payroll suite. The expansion results from the company’s acquisition of WorkFor Group in May 2019, and offers solutions designed to address the onboarding, management and payroll needs of without their needing to implement additional technologies. GK Software...
Qualtrics launched Frontline Feedback, a tool that enables customer-facing employees to share customer comments as well as their own observations about products and services. Although the feature’s part of the CustomerXM suite, Qualtrics touts its ability to engage employees by including them in discussions of customer experience. Qualtrics calls Frontline Feedback a collaboration tool...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. First Advantage announced a partnership with Jobvite to streamline screening and monitoring services for the recruiting platform’s customers. The company said the agreement will broaden its reach and improve the hiring process for end users. Alight Solutions, which provides benefits, payroll and cloud...
Although customer service has become more of a factor in HCM technology purchasing decisions, vendors are falling behind in their efforts to satisfy the demands of HR leaders and other decision makers. A survey by Kelton Global, commissioned by Ultimate Software, uncovered a decreasing sense of partnership between employers and vendors. As...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. LMS provider Absorb Software has acquired ePath Learning, a cloud-based learning technology company based in Connecticut. It’s the third acquisition for Absorb this year following August’s purchase of eLogic Learning and May’s acquisition of Torch LMS. Absorb now serves more than 1,100 customers...
Recruiting platform GR8 People launched a set of Real-time Intelligent Personalization tools designed to help employers engage candidates in a more personalized way. With the tool, GR8 People customers can identify and deliver highly customized experiences through their corporate career sites. Talent Board research has shown that such sites are far and...
Namely added a compliance component to its flagship People Operations Platform at no additional charge. Called the Comply Database and powered by ThinkHR, the library offers access to tools, checklists, sample policies and forms. In addition, it provides news and other information mean to strengthen an organization’s compliance efforts. Namely said the Comply Database was...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Dice added Applications Management, a portal that allows employers to easily post new jobs, update existing jobs and manage applications from tech candidates. New features allow employers to prioritize applicants using Dice’s proprietary machine-learning algorithm; quickly preview resumes, cover letters and screener responses;...