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

SAP SuccessFactors continues to hone its approach to “Human Experience Management,” the idea that experience is central to the implementation of successful HCM and recruiting strategies. When rolling out HXM at 2019’s SuccessConnect, the company said that the focus on employee experience was the most meaningful trend it saw in...
iCIMS introduced a new version of itself this week, gathering all of its products into a single package it calls the iCIMS Talent Cloud. The company describes the offering as “a unified, AI-powered platform” that can help employers attract, engage, hire and advance the right talent. Those four verbs—attract, engage,...
Recruiting technology company AllyO has been acquired by HireVue, adding AI-driven chatbots and automated workflows to its core video-interview and assessment capabilities. The company expects the combination of products to help customers increase the pace of hiring and improve the quality of their talent pool. Terms of the transaction weren’t...
Phenom has acquired My Ally, an HR technology company focused on automation, in particular the scheduling of interviews. The company said My Ally would help it deliver “an intelligent, omni-channel interview scheduling experience.” The acquisition, Phenom’s first, comes eight months after the company closed a $30 million round of Series...
Glassdoor launched new features geared toward helping companies showcase the results of their diversity and inclusion efforts. The first of them, the Diversity & Inclusion Rating, lets employees use a five-point scale to rate their satisfaction with the D&I efforts of current or former employers. The resulting score will appear...
Oracle Cloud HCM added new products and features with an emphasis on personalized “journeys” for employees and enhanced data for use by HR teams. The updates came along with new capabilities added to a number of its cloud applications, including Enterprise Resource Planning, Enterprise Performance Management and Supply Chain Management. “After...
SilkRoad Technology completed the first phase of efforts to unify its solutions, and launched enhancements to its RedCarpet onboarding and learning platforms. Under the banner of “OneView,” SilkRoad is pulling together all of its products into a single platform. The initial update is focused on an updated user interface that...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast version of our news roundup. Employers are bracing for a wave of mental health issues as workers struggle to face the pandemic, schooling their children, financial pressures and the pandemic. According to Unum, 85% of...
Workday announced new products to help employers develop and implement effective D&I initiatives. They’re built around the idea of “Value Inclusion, Belonging, and Equity,” or “VIBE,” which the company uses in its own approach to diversity and belonging. The first product, VIBE Central, offers content on best practices, as well...
Modern Hire introduced new tools designed to make the hiring process more personal for everyone involved in the process.   Chief Product Officer Peter Baskin said the features were incorporated directly into Modern Hire’s platform, allowing all customers to take advantage of them. The enhancements include a job-preview feature, email templates...