Performance management platform Betterworks is branching out of
the enterprise world with a new “Team Edition” designed for individual teams
and, by the way, small and medium-sized businesses.
The company describes the product as “an economical, self-service package of selected performance management tools.” Up to 100 users can use Team Edition to...
JazzHR has become the latest recruiting platform to add
texting functionality to its product.
As we’ve
reported, a number of companies, both new and existing, have introduced
text-messaging tools into their recruiting platforms. They sell text as an
increasingly important talent acquisition channel because so many younger
workers rely on it and text messages...
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Background check provider HireRight announced an integration with iCIMS that will speed the process of screening candidates. The new Prime Background Screen integration offers employers a more streamlined option to trigger and review background screening requests and results. With...
Beamery’s new Career Sites product is designed to help
employers more easily customize job-site content and customize the candidate’s search
experience depending on their location, language and browsing and application
histories.
Career Sites will help enterprises provide an “e-commerce-like experience,” the company said. For example, candidates can join talent networks, subscribe to job...
BenefitMall launched enhancements to its EmployerFocus product
that it says will increase the efficiency of benefits administration for both
brokers and clients.
The new features are designed to simplify the chores involved with benefits enrollment and management and offer increased flexibility, the company said.
Included in the update are an augmented Open...
Dallas-based
startup Kanarys launched a collaboration platform designed to facilitate discussions
on diversity and inclusion between employers and employees.
Kanarys’ technology gathers and analyzes cultural and demographic data, industry rankings, trends and anonymous employee reviews to provide information companies can use to build inclusive workplaces and improve workplace culture. By using both...
Alegeus, a
consumer-directed healthcare solutions provider, and Picwell, a
decision-support firm, have partnered to offer consumers a broader range of
support options during open enrollment.
Under the agreement, Alegeus clients can integrate Picwell’s white-labeled technology into their existing enrollment Benefit Administration platform or embed its capabilities within their open enrollment communications and campaigns.
Picwell...
Culture Amp and Symphony Talent launched new analytics
tools, one to help predict an employee’s future, the other to improve the
tracking of recruitment campaigns.
At its annual Culture First global conference in San Francisco, Culture Amp announced a “prediction engine” designed to forecast employee performance and turnover risk. Called Foresight Engine,...
Qualtrics launched a Guided Action Planning feature and five
experience-management solutions for its Qualtrics EmployeeXM product. The new tools
are meant to strengthen XM’s ability to capture feedback quickly and help
managers close feedback loops by taking action on issues that concern employees
most.
The customizable Guided Action Planning gives managers “best practice guidance”...
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Given the momentum behind AI's use in HR technology, practitioners should speed up their learning process, according to HR.com’s Research Institute. The institute’s 2019 State of Artificial Intelligence in Talent Acquisition reported that while AI isn’t widely used for...
