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Transcript Mark: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology Report. I'm Mark Feffer. My guest today is Ryan Agresta, the CEO of Candidate.co. His platform makes it easier for employers to find talent and build more inclusive teams. Its model adds a human touch to talent acquisition by...
We spoke with Derek Belch, founder and CEO of the immersive learning platform Strivr, to get an idea of where advanced learning technology is heading, and also a feel for the company’s approach to partnerships. Strivr’s had a busy year, building an ecosystem of partners and pursuing integrations. We...
Gloat introduced My Team, an expansion of its workforce agility platform that will help managers provide employees with feedback on their performance in real-time rather than the standard one year.  With My Team, Gloat hopes to aid in the feedback process so that managers can have more productive and personalized...
Talent intelligence platform retrain.ai closed a fresh $14 million financing round led by AI-focused investment firm Radical Ventures. The infusion brings the company’s total funding to $34 million.  “Radical’s investment will help accelerate immediate value, with proceeds fueling retrain.ai’s growth into international markets where we will continue to pursue our...
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Salary.com signed a reseller agreement with Mercer, the global HR consulting and asset management firm. Under the agreement, Mercer surveys will become available to Salary.com's 8,000 survey and B2B software subscribers. Kevin Plunkett, Salary.com’s vice president of partnerships, said increasing demands for wage transparency, coupled with the tight labor market,...
Beamery closed a $50 million Series D funding round, taking the company to a valuation of over $1 billion and representing a 25% valuation uplift over its previous round. The company's talent platform is designed to provide employers with the intelligence necessary to make more effective decisions about their workforce,...
High volume ATS provider Fountain released new recruiter tools meant to help support scheduling and interviewing of hourly workers. The update includes the ability for candidates to book time on recruiters’ calendars and to help with arranging both in-person and online interviews. The result, Fountain hopes, will be less...
15Five received a “strategic investment” from ServiceNow, adding to the $52 million Series C round the company announced in July. The amount of the investment wasn't disclosed. The companies said the funding underscores ServiceNow’s commitment to investing in technology and projects that “reinvent work and drive productivity.” It was only in...
Our weekly roundup of deals, product announcements and other HR technology news. Listen to a podcast of our roundup Phenom expanded its partnership with UKG to include certifications for Job Sync and Hosted Apply. The companies hope their relationship will improve candidate experience by creating a better application process, while adding...