Building an employee experience was difficult enough even before everyone trekked into the office. But at that point employers at least had some control over the environment in which their employees worked. That changed with Covid and the shift to remote work. In a scant matter of months, organizations...
Salesforce announced Slack GPT, a new conversational AI experience natively integrated into Slack. According to the company, the offering will include the ability to use generative AI app integrations and different language models. In addition, it will work with Einstein GPT to help organizations “tap into” employee knowledge and...
Learning company Go1 acquired Blinkist, a mobile-first learning app that summarizes key ideas from professional books and podcasts. The company says the acquisition will be the foundation of a “new model of corporate learning” that will seek “engage learners throughout their day-to-day lives.”
Go1’s roots are in its work as...
Abundantly, developers of a “reimagined” employee recognition platform, released an AI-enabled content creation tool. Called Amplify, the product generates content whenever employers are creating materials for personalized employee recognition.
For managers and employees who want to create an effective recognition experience, crafting a meaningful message can be difficult and time-consuming....
A majority of enterprises see cost savings from HR technology transformations, but fewer than half can demonstrate clear business value from their investments.
According to Information Services Group’s 2023 ISG Survey on Industry Trends in HR Technology and Service Delivery, 87% of large businesses are achieving savings of 10% or...
Employee experience platform Simpplr secured $70 million in Series D funding. The investment was led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from existing investor Norwest Venture Partners.
Simpplr says it’s benefitting from the trend of companies deciding the complexities of work and life require “radically different” ways to connect, engage and...
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Our guest is Donald DeSantis, the co-founder and chief product officer of Nava Benefits. Nava’s a company of benefits and technology professionals on a mission, they say, to bring high-quality, affordable healthcare to America. We’re going to talk about the nuts and bolts of that business and...
Technology and professional power skills saw the biggest increase in course consumption during the first quarter of 2023, according to the learning company Udemy. The figures appeared in its Q1 2023 Workplace Learning Index, a quarterly report that highlights skills that are growing in demand among professionals.
Analyzing data from...
True, a platform of talent management products and services, will acquire Jopwell, which focuses its hiring tools on Black, Latinx and Native American students, as well as early-to-mid-career professionals.
The companies said Jopwell complements the executive-level recruitment focus of True Search and its sister organization, AboveBoard. True says the acquisition...
As the gig economy continues to grow, businesses are leveraging technology to maximize the benefits of their contingent workforces. We've gathered insights from industry leaders who share their top strategies for using technology to support and enhance the experience of contingent workers, from smart scheduling to seamless integration through...
