UKG Ready Adds New Generative AI, Self-Service, and App Integration Features

By Business Wire On Nov 14, 2024

AI-powered job descriptions and interview questions streamlines hiring process
Making data easier to consume, coupled with new employee self-service capabilities, improves overall customer experience
New features and several recent additions help small and mid-sized businesses create great workplaces

UKG, a leading provider of HR, payroll, workforce management, and culture solutions, today announced several enhancements to make the all-in-one UKG Ready HR suite more intelligent and even simpler to use. Designed to scale along with companies as they grow, the UKG Ready enhancements are intuitive and user-friendly to help HR leaders and businesses maximize efficiencies, support compliance, and achieve business goals through actionable insights.

Artificial Intelligence Brings Simplicity and Time Savings to Hiring Processes

UKG and HR.com research shows that retaining key talent (60%) and hiring qualified employees (56%) are two primary concerns for small to mid-sized businesses. UKG Ready Job Genius and Interview Guide, powered by UKG Ready Bryte AI™, will soon simplify the recruiting process for HR leaders and hiring managers using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to compose compelling job descriptions based off the skills, qualifications, and requirements provided by the hiring manager. UKG Ready Job Genius and Interview Guide will also recommend a series of relevant interview questions based on the same set of criteria to support efficient hiring practices while saving HR and hiring manager’s time.

“Teams at small and midsized businesses are constantly on the go, so for any AI or GenAI application to help, it needs to be highly intuitive and part of the flow-of-work,” said Holger Mueller, vice president and principal analyst at Constellation Research. “Companies should partner with organizations that understand the importance of this and can help HR and operations teams of all sizes get more done by making AI enhancements user-friendly and simple to use.”

Deeper Integrations to Meet Growing Business Needs

Leveraging the UKG Ready suite’s open and extensible solution, customers will soon benefit from the ability to quickly and efficiently upload their general ledger information into NetSuite Inc., a cloud-based enterprise software that provides business management solutions. This integration, built directly into the UKG Ready solution, will provide real-time financial insights, help to ensure data accuracy, and increase efficiencies. In addition, through an integration with Employee Navigator, a benefits administration and HR software provider, benefits brokers whose clients use the UKG Ready tool will be able to more easily manage employee benefits, set up competitive plans, and maintain compliance on behalf of their clients.

UKG will also introduce pre-built, ready-to-use frameworks to the UKG Ready tool that seamlessly connect critical applications and reduce development to simplify the integration process and provide immediate functionality.

“Our biggest win with the UKG Ready suite is having an easy-to-use, single source for all HR and workforce data to help us work efficiently and maximize productivity,” said Thang Ho, director of IT at the Associated Students of California State University, Chico, which uses the solution to manage every aspect of its complex workforce, including HR, timekeeping, payroll, and compliance. “The solution is remarkably flexible and adapts to our evolving needs, giving us confidence in knowing that we selected a solution, and a partner in UKG, that we can rely upon for years to come.”

These enhancements build on additional solutions in UKG Ready, including UKG Bryte AI, UKG Great Place to Work^® Hub, and UKG One View™, Expense Tracking, and Project Costing. By delivering new features to one centralized solution, UKG is empowering small and mid-sized companies to become great places to work since they can focus more on their employees and less on administrative tasks.

“The UKG Ready suite is so popular with tens of thousands of organizations because it makes the hard stuff simple and puts people at the center of business success,” said Chris Kiklas, vice president of UKG Ready product management at UKG. “These enhancements we’re announcing at Aspire deliver an AI-powered experience without having to learn new technology, and were designed to support business growth with easy-to-use, scalable solutions to help small and midsized organizations create great workplace experiences.”

The UKG Ready solution has earned more than a half-dozen recent accolades for ease-of-use, innovation, and helping small and mid-sized businesses reach their goals. This includes a coveted spot on the 2024 Constellation ShortList™ for SMB HCM Suites with a North American Focus, earning four 2024 Top Rated Awards from TrustRadius in the HR management, payroll, time tracking, and workforce management categories, and being named a Leader in the Nucleus Research SMB HCM Technology Value Matrix 2024.

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