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New product announcements, coverage of trends, strategies and customer demand and experiences from around the industry.

In this guest column, Vivian Maza, chief people officer at Ultimate Software, looks at the best ways to cultivate and engage a remote workforce. As the workplace has evolved over the last decade, there’s been a top trend shaping the way people work: They spend less time in traditional offices. Employees...
The market for applicant tracking systems will grow from about $1.1 billion to $1.8 billion between 2017 and 2023, a compound annual growth rate of 8.3 percent, according to researcher MarketsandMarkets. The key driver behind the growth is the increasing penetration of the Internet of Things and related technologies, such...
Consulting company Paradigm Strategy's partnered with another brand name to advance further into the world of building inclusive workplaces. Working with the firm, SurveyMonkey released a new survey template for companies to take a data-driven approach to measuring inclusion. The new Belonging & Inclusion template is designed to help companies...
All the work being done to incorporate AI solutions into recruiting technology isn’t impressing the people who matter most: candidates. That’s what Korn Ferry discovered when it surveyed 431 professionals across a range of industries last month. Essentially, the issues are trust and a desire for a human touch. While...
ADP and Microsoft have indicated their intention to continue looking for ways to join their technologies so that companies can create systems that allow simpler management of both business and HR tasks. That word came Tuesday, when ADP launched ADP Workforce Now, an HCM platform that works with Microsoft Dynamics...
LinkedIn is preparing to launch Talent Insights, a self-serve product that provides talent professionals with direct access to data and analytics on talent pools and companies. When it becomes available in October, users will be able to tap into data and insights and better understand labor market trends, the...
Employers are increasingly gathering a wide range of data on employees, including their personal social media use as well as their workplace behavior. Employees aren’t happy. According to the HR Metrics & Analytics Summit, 80 percent of organizations use employee records and data to measure performance. “A fair number” use...
Cornerstone OnDemand is adding more learning options through several new partnerships and integrations. The result will be, in the company's words, a “Netflix-style" experience that leverages its learning system to provide more personalized training. According to a survey by the company, 89 percent of its customers say a culture of...
Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub shouldn't surprise anyone who's been watching the online-recruiting world over the last few years. On Monday the Redmond-based giant announced an agreement to acquire the 28 million-member software development community for $7.5 billion in stock. Microsoft said it expects the deal to close by the end...
Intuit’s QuickBooks will soon offer enhanced payroll services including direct deposit for contractors and same-day payroll deposits for employees. The additions, Intuit said, are designed to help small businesses cope with their workers’ demands for fast and flexible payment options, which are gaining importance in a continually tight labor market...