Welcome to the week. Here's our roundup of deals, product announcements and other news from the HCM technology community.
The number of recruiters using mobile devices in their work is growing notably. According to TechTarget, employers find mobile recruiting delivers “tangible benefits that can make all the difference in attracting...
A guest column by Piers Lea, chief strategy officer at Learning Technologies Group, plc
In a recent article on the critical role of L&D in business success, HCM Technology Report Editor Mark Feffer stopped short of declaring 2019 “the Year of Learning.”
But naturally, as someone who’s devoted their career to...
Cornerstone OnDemand is offering small businesses a free 14-day trial of its learning management system, PiiQ. The trial provides access to a library of some 1,500 courses covering subjects from compliance to technical and soft skills, the company said.
Cloud-based PiiQ is designed to help employers prioritize internal training and...
Despite the continual talk of
learning’s importance to engagement, 70 percent of American employees are at
least somewhat likely to jump to a new company if they think they’ll find
better development opportunities there. Instructure sees an opportunity.
So, Instructure announced a new Bridge Employment Development Platform to help employers address what it...
Cornerstone OnDemand launched several products focused on internal communications and employee learning. They're all designed with an eye toward increasing engagement by helping companies develop learning-heavy cultures.
Leading the list is Cornerstone Conversations, which will be added to Cornerstone Performance suite this fall. Conversations is designed to encourage productivity, growth...
iCIMS acquired recruiting technology platform Jibe with an eye toward strengthening its offerings in employer branding, candidate engagement and tracking the return on recruiting investments.
Jibe will power iCIMS’ new recruitment marketing solution, Attract, which is available as either part of its core platform or as the front end of...
Social
learning platform Degreed closed a $40 million debt facility with AllianceBernstein
and raised $35 million in equity funding from existing investors Owl Ventures,
Jump Capital, Signal Peak Ventures and GSV Accelerate.
The company said it will use the financing to continue product development, fund international expansion and further develop its capabilities in...
Amazon will spend
more than $700 million to upskill a third of its American workforce. The
company said its goal is to help employees move into new jobs—both technical
and non-technical—across nearly all of its operations.
The “Upskilling 2025” effort will create programs for employees of all professional backgrounds, at all of...
A minority of technology CEOs plan to develop their workforce, says a report from KPMG. Given Amazon’s plans to upskill a third of its workers over the next six years, industry HR leaders have an opportunity to refocus leadership’s attention and prepare their organizations to integrate advanced systems.
According to...
Employers are putting their money where their technology is,
investing more in systems than they are in upskilling, according to new research
from Adecco.
The report comes just weeks after KPMG said only 42 percent of technology industry leaders plan to upskill their workforce, even though most analysts, if not most employers,...
