Welcome to the HR Tech Roundup. We have gathered the top HR trends for 2021 with different HR categories like Employee Engagement, e-Learning, Training and Development, Employee wellness, Career Development and Artificial Intelligence.
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Poly Adds People Strategy Expert And HR Professional Kim Mota To Executive Team As Senior Vice President Of People Experiences
Poly announced that Kim Mota has joined the executive leadership team as Senior Vice President of People Experiences. Kim Mota has been with the company for three years and has over 20 years of HR experience. Before assuming her current role, she held positions as Vice President of HR Business Partners and Vice President HR Strategy & People Operations at Poly, where she oversaw everything from people strategy to global share solutions and talent acquisition. Along with leading the human resources and people management functions, she joins the executive leadership team to drive the company’s business strategy.
Genesys Continues Momentum For Employee Engagement With Recognition As A Leader In Workforce Optimization By Independent Research Firm
Genesys, a global cloud leader in customer experience orchestration, has been named a Leader in “The Forrester Wave: Workforce Optimization Platforms, Q4 2021” for its best-in-class Genesys Cloud CX Workforce Engagement suite, recognized for its aggressive roadmap and solid strategy.
AbsenceSoft Expands Leadership Position In The Absence Management Market With Presagia Acquisition
AbsenceSoft, the leading SaaS platform for absence management, announced that it has acquired Presagia, a cloud-based leave management solutions provider based in Montreal. By adding Presagia’s strong expertise and capabilities to AbsenceSoft’s best-of-breed product suite, AbsenceSoft expands its ability to improve employer and employee experiences in the highly complex and ever-changing leave law landscape. The combined entity creates an opportunity to provide a comprehensive, powerful and easy-to-use absence management platform with extensive compliance, automation, integration and analytics capabilities.
Grant Thornton Enhances Benefits To Support Evolving Workforce Needs
Grant Thornton LLP, a leading audit, tax and advisory firm, is enhancing its benefits and rewards programs to meet the shifting needs and preferences of the COVID-era workforce. The firm is also absorbing employee premium increases associated with its medical benefits for the 2022 calendar year — a move that will help offset inflation and economic uncertainty for its workforce.
New Skillsoft Study Reveals Learning And Development Disconnect Between Women In Tech And Employers
Skillsoft, a global leader in corporate digital learning, released new research exploring the current state of women in tech including the challenges and barriers to inclusion they face and how employers can better support them. Findings from Skillsoft’s 2021 Women in Tech Report reveal that while female employees have gained hard-fought ground in the workplace, a large gap still exists when it comes to opportunities for professional development and career advancement.