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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Worksome Announces Worker Classification Capabilities To Help Orgs Seamlessly Integrate Flexible Talent
Worksome, an enterprise platform helping corporations compliantly hire and manage contract workers, released its latest product update, known as Worksome Classify. The addition comes as the U.S. faces increased regulatory scrutiny of companies that hire flexible workers, mimicking similar probes currently pending in the E.U. The feature leverages technology to analyze each worker’s contract to ensure alignment with the myriad legal classification tests and helps maintain corporate compliance, removing a major barrier to flexible hiring for most U.S. and European employers.
Pipeline Announces Strategic Investment And Partnership With Workday Ventures
Pipeline, an award-winning startup focused on using artificial intelligence (AI) to increase financial performance of companies by closing the intersectional gender equity gap, announced that it has received a strategic investment from Workday Ventures and joined the Workday Software Partner program.
Infor And ICIMS Announce Strategic Partnership To Improve Talent Experience For Services Industries
Infor, the industry cloud company, and iCIMS, the talent cloud company, announced a strategic partnership that will deliver next-gen talent capabilities throughout North America to key services industries, including healthcare organizations.
Zoom Introduces Category-Redefining Contact Center Solution
Today, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. announced Zoom Contact Center, an omnichannel contact center solution that is optimized for video and integrated right into the same Zoom experience. Now available, Zoom Contact Center, previously Zoom Video Engagement Center, combines unified communications and contact center capabilities with the useability of the Zoom platform. Zoom Contact Center supports customer service use cases and workflows using channels like video and voice, with SMS and webchat currently in beta.
Phenom Adds CFO, CHRO To Meet Surging Global Demand For Talent Experience Management
Phenom, the global leader in Talent Experience Management (TXM), announced the appointment of Chief Financial Officer Davinder Athwal and Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief Evangelist Jess Elmquist. The creation of these roles demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to helping a billion people find the right job.
Crosschq Teams Up With NBA All-Star Klay Thompson To Provide 2nd Chance Opportunities To Job Seekers Everywhere With The 941 Project
Crosschq, pioneers of the Talent Intelligence Cloud powering a revolution in data-driven hiring and people analytics, announced a partnership with the Thompson Family Foundation to support the Foundation’s recently launched The 941 Project. This initiative will provide employment education, interview training, career development support, and networking opportunities to workers who have suffered career setbacks but have the desire to return to work. Crosschq, Dapper Labs, Kaiser Permanente, Fanatics, Waiakea, Cash App, and Mercedes Benz, along with fair-chance hiring organizations CareerCircle, and Defy Ventures, have committed to being founding partners of The 941 Project.
Go1 And Pluralsight Team Up To Tackle Global Tech Skills Shortage
Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company, announced it has partnered with Go1, one of the world’s largest corporate education content hubs. Together, the companies will deliver a curated content experience designed to help Go1 customers learn the most in-demand technology skills, including those featured in the Pluralsight Technology Index. Premium Go1 subscribers can now access custom content from Pluralsight Skills, enabling them to build skills in specialized technology roles including IT/DevOps, Data Analytics, and Machine Learning.
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