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Playvox, a provider of workforce engagement management solutions, expanded its Workforce Management Capacity Planner. Within the Capacity Planner, customers can prepare and forecast for the long-term with regards to staffing and business expenses. The expansion will also help organizations find solutions for issues related to labor shortages, business scaling and rising costs.
The majority of gig workers face a variety of unique and pressing financial challenges as well as a lack effective tools to help them achieve financial stability. According to new research led by nonprofit Commonwealth and supported by Green Dot Corporation, most of today’s gig workers have little or no savings for emergency expenses on top of income instability.
This week in #HRTech: @playvoxcx expands workforce planning, gig workers still face challenges Click To TweetRemote connectivity and workplace digitalization provider TeamViewer announced a new integration for Slack. It allows users to launch web-based TeamViewer remote access and augmented reality support sessions from within the Slack environment.
Workhuman welcomed Zoe Peterson-Ward as chief customer officer. Her career spans over 30 years, with her most recent role being at Salesforce, where she led customer success. As CCO, Peterson-Ward will lead the global team to help Workhuman customers design recognition and engagement programs.
Partner4Work (P4W) expects to award as much as $8.6 million in funding to organizations that provide workforce services for adults, young adults and dislocated workers.
Last Week’s Top Stories
SAP SuccessFactors H2 Release Aims at ‘Future-Ready Workforce’
SAP SuccessFactors introduced features designed to help organizations “create an agile and future-ready workforce.” Select customers will have access to three new features: skills ontology, growth portfolio and dynamic teams. Read More.
iCIMS Updates Talent Cloud With Data, Automation, Integration
iCIMS added new features to its Talent Cloud in an effort to help talent teams gain talent intelligence, automate more tasks and prod existing employees to design their next career opportunity internally. Going forward, the platform will include a framework for job applications and a 360-degree view of candidates and jobs. Read More.
Most Workers See AI as a Colleague, Not a Threat
A majority of employees – around 60% – see artificial intelligence as a co-worker as opposed to a job threat new research found, challenging the contention that businesses get value from AI at the expense of their employees. The study by the MIT Sloan Management Review and the Boston Consulting Group surveyed 1,741 managers and performed interviews with 17 executives from over 100 countries. Read More.
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