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

HireVue announced an integration with Microsoft Teams that allows users to leverage the meetings solution as an interview platform, complete with planned questions and real-time feedback capabilities.  The deal allows HireVue to take advantage of Microsoft Teams’ wide user base. The product has grown in popularity as more organizations seek...
Paylocity has become the latest HR technology vendor to expand its video capabilities in a bid to deepen connections and communication among dispersed workforces. Specifically, the company’s added new video messaging capabilities to its Community, Performance Journals, Surveys, Recruiting and Onboarding modules. However, the videos are pre-recorded for on-demand playback....
Surveys by benefits providers have uncovered much nervousness about financial health on the part of employees, as well as a notable focus on making educating decisions about the options they select during this year’s open enrollment. Not surprisingly, the reason for all this is Covid-19. With some 6.9 million cases...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Cornerstone OnDemand said it’s built a skills engine into its portfolio of products. The Cornerstone Skills Graph is meant to help organizations implement “strategic skilling,” Cornerstone’s description of matching skills and people, learning content and job roles. The...
Talk of reskilling has been going on for years as employers sought to drive workforce efficiency and employees aimed to make themselves more attractive as candidates for promotion or new jobs.  Setting the tone for this was the changing dynamics of work and how it gets done. According to Gartner,...
Limeade launched enhancements to help employers improve listening, facilitate onboarding, connect workers with leadership and aid in their return-to-work. The features have been incorporated into the company’s Well-Being, Engagement and Inclusion solutions. Citing research by Deloitte, Limeade said that companies’ top employee priorities are well-being and belonging. However, only half...
Beamery said it saw significant growth during the second quarter, despite the challenges faced by talent acquisition teams because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of new customers signed by Beamery grew during the period, and includes organizations in the financial services, entertainment, technology, pharmaceuticals and defense sectors, the company...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of our roundup. Jobvite launched a consulting service to help talent acquisition leaders better leverage recruitment data. The AI Innovation Lab leverages predictive analytics, data science, machine learning, and AI to help companies improve TA...
Recruiting platforms Brazen and WayUp will jointly pursue campus recruiting teams with a solution that combines early-candidate data with virtual event capabilities. It's the latest move among HR and recruiting technology vendors to adapt their approach for a world that discourages face-to-face contact. Brazen’s platform connects employers with candidates using tools...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of this roundup. Salesforce launched a suite of survey tools to help businesses collect real-time feedback data from employees and customers. Called Feedback Management, the tools are integrated into Salesforce and compiles information from multiple...