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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Webex By Cisco Delivers New Technology To Enable Flexibility For The Hybrid Workforce
Cisco unveiled new Webex Calling innovations in the Webex Suite to improve work flexibility, reliability, and audio quality. Customers no longer risk calls dropping despite network outages and broadband bandwidth issues. Webex Calling users can now automatically remove background noise from external callers, a new feature that harnesses the Webex Suite’s intelligence capabilities to optimize audio. Additionally, Cisco launched new devices for hybrid work – the Webex Room Bar and Cisco Video Phone 8875.
ControlUp Delivers Industry-Leading Digital Employee Experience (DEX) Management Platform
ControlUp, the industry leader in Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management, one of the first platforms to provide a holistic approach to unified communications insights, user sentiment analysis, and advanced SaaS monitoring to help IT teams make smarter decisions when supporting work-from-anywhere (WFA) employees. These expanded capabilities reduce the cost of IT operations by examining the performance, availability, and productivity of multiple, disconnected solutions in support of industries–such as healthcare, insurance, retail, finance, and technology companies–around the globe.
Money Matters More Than Time To Working Adults In New CareerBuilder Survey
CareerBuilder, a global talent acquisition leader and job marketplace, shared findings from their latest survey revealing thoughts on the reality of money in today’s workforce including how money matters more than time as the priority for most working adults with 66% preferring a 10% pay increase over an additional week of paid time off. Of employed adults, 47% selected a good salary alongside job security as the aspects of their current job they most appreciate.
WorkGenius, A Freelance Technology Company, Acquires US Based JBC
WorkGenius, a freelance technology company has acquired US based JBC, a staffing company, in a landmark deal that together, will aim to transform the freelance staffing industry through proven operations, great people, and cutting edge technology.
The combined company will be close to $100m in revenue, with EBITDA in the high teens and more than 250 employees. The company grows north of 50% YoY, driven by a tenured team, unique technology product, strong trends of digitalization in the human capital space, and a shift to flexible workforce models.
Visier Announces Strategic Partnership With Symplr
Visier, the globally recognized leader in people analytics and on-demand answers for people-powered business, announced a strategic partnership with symplr, a pioneer in healthcare operations solutions. This partnership will allow Visier’s people analytics capabilities to be embedded within symplr Recruiting to create a talent analytics feature set greatly enhancing the product experience. The new offering will provide healthcare providers with insights enabling them to be more agile and make better, data-driven staffing decisions.
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