Products

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

Indeed confirmed to the HCM Technology Report that it’s testing a product flavored for the gig economy. According to HRTechFeed, which first noticed the site last week, the subdomain gigs.indeed.com appeared in June. The site speculated that the gig site might put Indeed’s recent purchase of the UK flexible work...
iCIMS rolled out an integration with LinkedIn Recruiter System Connect that provides workflow capabilities as well as connectivity, all with an eye toward increasing the productivity and efficiency of recruiters. The company said the connector between iCIMS Recruit and LinkedIn Recruiter solves some of the most critical sourcing challenges employers face, such as repeated...
Jira Service Desk, a tool beloved by IT departments around the world, is adding templates and workflows designed to meet the needs of HR and other business functions. In a blog post, Jira’s developer, Atlassian, said it expanded the product’s capabilities after a number of existing customers began using it...
Cornerstone OnDemand is working with Facebook’s Oculus to incorporate virtual reality features into workforce learning. The companies announced an agreement under which shared clients will be able to build apps that track VR training completion data within Cornerstone’s LMS. Using functionality developed by Cornerstone and Oculus, customers will be able to...
Kronos announced a basketful of enhancements to its HCM solutions suites, including enhanced people analytics features and a new take on the intelligent time clock. The products were unveiled at the company’s annual Kronos Works conference in Las Vegas. Among the new features: mobile-first enhancements to Workforce Dimensions that improve...
PayScale launched Differentials Engine, a new tool to help businesses incorporate skill and location data into their compensation planning efforts. With the number of technology-driven jobs growing rapidly, PayScale believes it’s more important for employers to understand the value of skills. “Companies want to get the most from their recruiting investments and...
Cornerstone OnDemand is spending a lot of time talking about content and taking steps to help employers better communicate with their younger employees. During this week’s third-quarter earnings call, company executives said a continued emphasis on content and data will set the company apart from its competitors and ensure continued growth. CEO Adam Miller said...
Culture Amp began globally distributing a Diversity & Inclusion Starter Kit. Available at no charge, the kit's designed to help employers develop an inclusive workplace and had been announced earlier this year. The company describes the kit as a collection of tools that will help companies through the process...
Candidate resentment is steadily rising, showing an increase of 40 percent from 2016, according to the Talent Board. And this year candidates are less likely than they were in 2018 to apply to a company, or recommend it to others, if they’ve suffered negative experiences in the past. The Talent Board’s annual...
Symphony Talent acquired SmashFly Technologies, melding its employer-branding and creative services with its new unit’s recruitment marketing and CRM tools. The company said the resulting package will offer talent acquisition teams with “the most strategic and comprehensive suite of solutions on the market.” In some corners of talent acquisition SmashFly may be the better-known...