HR Technology Highlights – HR Tech Daily Round-Up For 19-Feb-2022

By HRTech Staff Writer Last updated Feb 18, 2022

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.

Catch more in this HR and HR Tech highlight:

Evolve IP And Cisco Deepen Partnership To Deliver Evolve Anywhere With Webex

Evolve IP, a leading international service provider of Work Anywhere solutions, announced that it has partnered with Webex, a leading provider of cloud-based collaboration solutions, to develop Evolve IP’s new unified communications solution, Evolve Anywhere with Webex. Powered by Cisco, the fully integrated UCaaS solution brings together enterprise-grade calling and cutting-edge features provided by Evolve IP Global Voice with Webex’s advanced messaging and meetings capabilities, all within a single app.

Google Launches Fund With Goal To Drive $1 Billion In Aggregate Wage Gains For American Jobseekers

Today, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo together announced the launch of a $100 million Google Career Certificates Fund. Through its support of Social Finance, the Fund aims to drive $1 billion in aggregate wage gains for more than 20,000 Americans through the Certificates, which equip people with job-ready skills in fields like Data Analytics, IT Support, Project Management, and UX Design within 3-6 months—with no degree or experience required. Social Finance will deploy Google capital and Google.org grants to Merit America, Year Up, and other nonprofit training providers. The nonprofits will provide the certificates with wraparound services such as professional coaching, interview prep, job placement assistance, and living stipends to support essentials like childcare and transportation.

CareAcademy Expands Home Health Training Library With State-Approved Continuing Education Courses For Occupational And Physical Therapists

CareAcademy, the leading care enablement platform for home care and home health organizations, announced the release of 240+ hours of continuing education for state-licensed occupational and physical therapists. This offering deepens CareAcademy’s training solution for the home health industry—a critical component to recruiting and retaining healthcare workers as staffing needs continue to accelerate.

LearnUpon Certified As Smartchoice Preferred Provider By Brandon Hall Group

“LearnUpon’s intuitive platform makes it easy to support any audience – whether it’s employees, partners, or customers – with training anytime, anywhere,” said Michael Rochelle, Chief Strategy Officer and Principal HCM Analyst at Brandon Hall Group. “LearnUpon empowers the world’s most innovative companies to build better experiences by supporting learning across their entire business network.”

NelsonHall Names Unisys As A Leader In Advanced Digital Workplace Services Assessment

Unisys Corporation announced that technology advisory firm NelsonHall has recognized the company as a leader in the Evaluation and Assessment Tool Vendor Evaluation for Advanced Digital Workplace Services for the fourth year in a row. The report credits Unisys with year-over-year ratings gains in all three categories evaluated: build, run and overall services.

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