Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news
Despite all the talk about improved performance management systems, just 2 percent of HR leaders world-wide say their existing systems deliver exceptional value, according to Mercer’s 2019 Global Performance Management Study. That’s nearly unchanged from six years ago,...
HR departments are widely underrepresented when corporate
leaders are immersed in discussions about workplace-transformation strategy.
Yet these same executives worry about employee expectations, adoption and other
issues that fall squarely in HR’s wheelhouse.
According to an ISG study of “workplace of the future”
initiatives, HR is often only “tangentially involved” even in discussions...
Culture Amp and Symphony Talent launched new analytics
tools, one to help predict an employee’s future, the other to improve the
tracking of recruitment campaigns.
At its annual Culture First global conference in San Francisco, Culture Amp announced a “prediction engine” designed to forecast employee performance and turnover risk. Called Foresight Engine,...
JazzHR has become the latest recruiting platform to add
texting functionality to its product.
As we’ve
reported, a number of companies, both new and existing, have introduced
text-messaging tools into their recruiting platforms. They sell text as an
increasingly important talent acquisition channel because so many younger
workers rely on it and text messages...
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...
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...
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.
Alight Solutions agreed to acquire NGA Human Resources, a
provider of digital HR and multi-country payroll services. NGA provides
currently serves more than 250 clients, representing 3 million employees. Its
platforms include hrX, which provides employers with a centralized point to
access payroll...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news.
Google will shut down its Hire by Google service in September 2020. While calling hire “successful,” the company said it’s opted to focus its resources on other Google Cloud products. G Suite customers can continue to use the...
Paychex plans to introduce new products and services this
quarter to improve business operations and ensure compliance.
The products include Paychex Solo, a package designed to meet the specific needs of sole proprietors; enhancements to Paychex Flex Payroll; I-9 and E-Verify capabilities; and HR Conversations, a new performance management tool.
The...
