Employers see the need to invest more in recruiting technology this year, but the different worldviews of HR, HR operations and IT is complicating decisions on how that money will be spent.
A survey by iCIMS found that 70 percent of HR operations and technology leaders plan to spend more...
ManpowerGroup combined its RPO, TAPFIN managed service
provider and Right Management unit into a new brand, Talent Solutions, which
will provide customers with end-to-end workforce services.
The company said Talent Solutions will provide global services
ranging from talent marketing and acquisition to upskilling, development and
retention, along with technology and workforce insights.
Stefano Scabbio,...
Assessment platform OutMatch introduced several enhancements
to tailor its experience according to the local language and cultural needs of
its users.
The company said the enhancements bring OutMatch into compliance
with the latest WCAG requirements, keeps it abreast of GDPR needs and improve
native-language detection. (WCAG, or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, are
published by the...
Glassdoor introduced a range of enhancements for both
employers and candidates. Among them is a candidate messaging feature that
allows companies to connect with job seekers through the its applicant
management system.
Glassdoor also revamped its Employer Center, which serves as its hub for talent acquisition teams, to simplify navigation between posting jobs,...
Modern Hire, the company formed by the May 2019 merger of Montage and Shaker International, said it will focus on growth during 2020. One of its differentiators: ethics in AI.
The company said it added more than 60 enterprise clients including DHL, IBM and American Family last year, while client...
Phenom People closed $30 million in Series C funding, bringing the total invested in the company to $61 million. The company will use the funds to continue scaling and growth.
The round was led by WestBridge Capital with participation from AllianceBernstein and contributions from existing investors including AXA Venture Partners,...
Cornerstone OnDemand bought Clustree, a French technology company with an extensive AI-based skills engine and skills ontology.
Clustree’s engine, which Cornerstone says is the world’s
largest, uses machine learning to help companies match their employees’ skills
with specific job roles. Its ontology is based on the consolidation of more
than 1 billion job...
Indeed has added a "skills test bundling" feature as well as the ability for job seekers to take and add skills assessment results to their profiles.
The feature, which is free, is being rolled out in the U.S. With it, employers who post a position on Indeed can add tests that...
Workforce management platform PageUp launched a new solution
that introduces automation features to the tool set recruiters and hiring
managers use to build their candidate pipelines.
The solution, PageUp Recruitment Marketing, uses content management, marketing automation and candidate relationship management tools to reduce the time and costs involved in recruiting efforts. It...
Jobvite has revised the algorithms behind its product suite
in an effort to enhance search results and speed the job-search process for both
recruiters and candidates.
Without offering specifics, Jobvite said its strategy
incorporates multiple algorithms and data sources that reflect customers’ company-wide
hiring preferences as well as those of individual recruiters.
The algorithms...
