In this guest column, Cecile Alper-Leroux, vice president of HCM Innovation at Ultimate Software, discusses how by working together, HR and IT can use predictive analytics to create a new workplace paradigm that recognizes people as a company’s most important asset.
By suggesting a probable future for your employees, predictive analytics...
Brazen Technologies launched new features intended to leverage its chatbot technology to better engage candidates “conversationally.”
Based on Brazen’s “conversational recruiting” model, the new live chat and text messaging chatbot features work with the company’s chat-event and scheduled-chat modules. The company says the features will help reduce job-application abandonment rates...
More business leaders see onboarding as a strategic activity, according to a report released by SilkRoad at the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. At the same time, they’re not so ready to put their money where their mouths are.
Silkroad—which provides onboarding software and services—said corporate leaders increasingly see...
Small and mid-sized business throughout the Americas are moving more of their activities to the cloud, indicating that business for cloud-based HCM solutions providers will expand rapidly in emerging markets like Central and South America.
Consultants who can help companies move to the cloud also are in a position to...
SmartLinx
Solutions added features to its SmartLinx Go mobile app to give healthcare
workers the ability to check real-time schedules, attendance and pay resources.
The company’s pitch is that such features will increase engagement by helping employees balance work and life. SmartLinx Go was originally launched in February 2019.
SmartLinx
said the new features...
For all the talk we hear about the importance of culture and
balance, a new report’s found the majority of employees will remain in place
under less-than-ideal circumstances.
iHire’s 2019 Talent Retention Report says that while candidates and employees highly value culture and engagement, money carries more weight when they’re deciding whether...
Businesses that want to leverage their workforce as a true strategic asset should include contingent workers in their overall strategy. Otherwise, they won’t take advantage of the skills, knowledge and energy that’s come along with their complete talent pool.
Organizations that take such a holistic view outperform competitors that follow...
Employers spend increasing amounts of money on advanced technologies like AI, automation and robotics, However, they often miss opportunities to leverage those investments because they don’t involve employees in the process of identifying solutions, and they fail to provide the training employees need to take advantage of them.
Only 19%...
Facebook is shutting down its free plan for Workplace from Facebook as of February 10. In a blog post, Vice President and Head of Workplace Karandeep Anand said the company wants to prioritize and focus on delivering Workplace's vision of developing a sense of community within businesses.
"This change will...
Oracle updated Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM’s Employee Care Package as businesses begin planning the reopening of their workplaces post-Covid-19. The updates include new testing and vaccine-tracking capabilities, as well as automated guidance for employees returning on-site.
The features are packaged as a Return to the Workplace Journey, which is Oracle’s...
