Technology

Coverage of developments in artificial intelligence, products that address issues from diversity to effective performance management, and developments impacting HCM system implementation and support. Also news and information on the growing market for HR technology solutions that address the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.

Blockchain isn’t shaping up to be what people expected, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The technology, which offers security and transparency through the use of databases for recording transactions, is “failing to gain traction," the newspaper said.  For years Blockchain has been viewed by some companies as...
Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Shannon Pritchett, the head of Marketing and Communities for HireEZ. In March, they'll begin offering generative AI functionality, specifically the Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 language model or GPT-3. They'll pair...
hireEZ will begin offering generative AI functionality in a product release planned for March 9. The update will use the Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) language model and hireEZ's machine learning data with the aim of helping recruiters compose and send email messages to candidates more quickly than they...
Microsoft is incorporating technology from AI lab OpenAI into its Bing search engine, a move that’s widely expected to reenergize the company’s search competition with Google. Ready for the battle – or at least acting like it is – Google plans to soon detail a new approach to search...
For years, businesses have tried to glean insight into the performance and productivity of their employees, whether through employee monitoring, tracking, data collection, evaluations or some other method. Since the rise of remote and hybrid work began during the Covid-19 pandemic, these efforts have become increasingly important, even as...
What users want from technology is constantly evolving. So, when it comes to adopting tools to manage workers or provide them with self-service capabilities, HR chases a continually moving target.  Today’s workforce includes four generations: Gen Z, the Millennials, Gen X and the Baby Boomers. To effectively address each one’s...
Recent technological advancements have been changing the world of work, and the state of HR. From encouraging a diverse workforce to streamlining the entire process, there are many ways technology is impacting diversity and inclusion. Allowing for a Diverse Contingent Workforce As someone who has been running a remote-based company, one...
Small and medium-sized businesses will increase their technology spending during 2023, although not to pre-pandemic levels. The growth could set the stage for the increasing use of HR-related software solutions and funding of post-pandemic digital transformation efforts. The technology research and consulting firm Analysys Mason believes that the 145 million...
Workforce engagement company Playvox launched a global collaboration with Salesforce. The companies said the arrangement will help Salesforce Service Cloud customers better manage, among other things, forecasting, scheduling, adherence and capacity planning within Salesforce Contact Center. Users will also be able to make real-time changes based on Playvox's AI...
Nearly three-quarters of IT decision makers and influencers in the U.S. and Canada (74%) believe the data and analytics industry is facing a shortage of talent, according to the data and analytics firm Adastra.   That poses a problem, as 91% view data as an important part of their business. Some...