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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Flexspace Launches On-Demand Workspace Platform To Offer Teams Seamless Access To Third Party Collaboration Spaces
Flexspace announced the launch of a corporate solution for hybrid-remote companies providing employees a seamlessly integrated platform to discover, book and manage flexible workspace on-demand directly from the existing workflows. The company also announced a $6 million seed investment round, led by M13, with participation from R-Squared Ventures (who led the pre-seed round), Magenta Venture Partners, and individual investors including former and current Silicon Valley executives from Uber and WeWork.
Workato Expands Leadership For The Next Phase Of Growth In People And Culture
Workato, a leading enterprise automation platform, announced the appointments of Carle Quinn as Chief People Officer; Kerry Moore as its first Vice President of Talent & Diversity; and Keith Tyndall as Vice President of Corporate and Brand Marketing. Quinn, Moore and Tyndall join Workato during a phase of hyper-growth for the company as the platform continues to experience rapid adoption across key industry verticals, requiring support from a diverse portfolio of talent within leadership. After a year of record momentum, which included raising over $420 million in total funding to date with a $5.7 billion valuation, and recently being named to the 2022 CNBC Disruptor 50 List, Workato’s expansion of hiring signals newfound growth in 2022. “We are fortunate to have experienced an over 200% increase in employee headcount in 2021 and pride ourselves, from the executive level down, on being an eclectic group of individuals,” said Workato Founder and CEO, Vijay Tella. “We’re thrilled to welcome new talent across departments to support Workato’s continued growth. Carle, Kerry, and Keith each bring unique expertise to our team as we continue to cement ourselves as the leading enterprise automation platform.”
Wework And Betterhelp Partner On Mental Health Awareness Month Initiative To Provide Free Access To Therapy Nationwide
WeWork a leading flexible space provider, and BetterHelp, the world’s largest therapy platform, announced a paid partnership to provide access to a free month of professional therapy to U.S. WeWork members, and underscore the importance of mental health and normalized access to tools for improving emotional wellbeing. In addition to the free professional therapy, the two companies are hosting wellness events around the country to promote the importance of meditation, health and nutrition, and mindfulness.
Momentum And Itsma Invest In Learning & Development With Enhanced Talent And Expanded Offerings
Momentum, the global growth consultancy and pioneer of account-based marketing (ABM), has enhanced its learning and development programs with two new hires and an increased focus on training programs. Guy Phillips, Global Director of Learning & Development (L&D) has re-joined Momentum based in the UK, and Paige Johnson, CPTM, Head of L&D, will be leading global service development efforts from the US. These strategic hires allow Momentum to centralize the delivery of its world-class training programs. Since acquiring ITSMA in July 2021, Momentum has made strategic investments to enhance the learning experiences that ITSMA delivers, including ABM Certification and Mentoring. To date, thousands of B2B marketers have participated in ITSMA’s rigorous ABM training, and the number of ITSMA certified ABM leaders will surpass 500 this summer.
Living Security Partners With Gradient Cyber To Bring Leading, Managed Security Awareness And Training Solutions To Small And Midmarket Enterprises
Living Security, the leader in Human Risk Management, announced a strategic business partnership with Gradient Cyber to deliver best-in-class security awareness and training solutions to small businesses and midmarket enterprises. This collaboration brings together Gradient Cyber’s 24/7 security operations as a service (SOCaaS) capabilities with Living Security’s state-of-the-art human risk management solutions to deliver turnkey security awareness and training programs for organizations that often lack the time and resources to do it themselves.
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