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Together, the companies are creating new possibilities for collaborative workplace appreciation and connection O.C. Tanner, the global leader in employee recognition and workplace culture solutions, and Kudoboard, the leading digital group celebration platform, announced a preferred enterprise partnership and platform integration. Together, the companies will create new possibilities for organizations looking to amplify memorable employee experiences that inspire participation, deepen relationships, and make appreciation more visible across their cultures. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview with Emma Lavelle, Chief Operating Officer, UneeQ The partnership combines O.C. Tanner’s award-winning Culture Cloud® platform and workplace culture expertise with Kudoboard’s collaborative celebration technology. The integration enables organizations to create engaging, team-led experiences that foster appreciation, connection, and belonging using the most complete w...

Job openings in the U.S. are up 19% year-over-year, hiring has stayed flat for three consecutive months and application volume is running 5% below where it was a year ago, according to the ICIMS Insights July Workforce Report. Read those numbers together and you might conclude the labor market is stalling. I do not think that is what is happening. What I see in the ICIMS data, drawn from hundreds of millions of applicants and millions of platform users, is a market where organizations still want to grow and hire. They are just being far more deliberate about where they invest in people. And that deliberateness shows up clearly when you look at which roles are growing. Part of what driving this is a capital allocation question that every organization is working through right now: how much to invest in AI infrastructure versus the teams needed to operate today. That tension shows up in behavior, in which new roles get approved and which get shelved. The result is that when organizatio...

HireQuotient , which recently announced its strategic partnership with Paylocity, announced the results of a recent EasySource deployment for a PE-owned North American media and retail company. HireQuotient delivered another strong return on investment (ROI) for a PE-owned North American media and retail giant. Chief People Officer of the organization, Ann Jadown shared her amazement at closing 15 critical roles with a 65% reduction in time to close and a 70% reduction in manual effort. It is noteworthy that besides saving substantial recruiter bandwidth, Ann Jadown shared that her firm saved more than $50,000 in direct recruiting costs through HireQuotient’s EasySource AI platform. Structural Recruitment Challenges in the North American Retail and Media Sector The North American retail and media ecosystem operates under distinct macro-level hiring pressures that severely degrade recruitment efficiency when relying on legacy manual workflows. Addressing these operational bottlen...

ProLiant , a provider of payroll and human capital management solutions, announced that it is now an Employee Navigator licensee, making it the only HCM provider licensed to offer Employee Navigator directly to its clients. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview with Emma Lavelle, Chief Operating Officer, UneeQ ProLiant has been a trusted Employee Navigator integration partner for nearly a decade and our payroll integration has grown considerably together. “Becoming an Employee Navigator licensee gives our clients and broker partners another way to access the technology and support they need. Our goal is to strengthen the broker relationship while creating more flexibility and continuity for shared clients.” – Adam Clayton, ProLiant CFO The move builds on nearly a decade of ProLiant’s proven integration with Employee Navigator, including two-way API connectivity and Single Sign-On (SSO). Under the new licensing model, employers that do not already receive Employee Nav...

Murray has extensive experience in PEO advisory, human capital management, and workforce strategy Carissa Murray has joined Alliant Insurance Services  as Assistant Vice President within its Employee Benefits Group. The San Diego, California-based consultant will work with employers across the Western Region to evaluate and implement workforce solutions that address organizational needs, mitigate risk, and support sustainable growth. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview with Emma Lavelle, Chief Operating Officer, UneeQ “Carissa brings a highly consultative approach to helping organizations make informed decisions about their workforce and benefits strategies,” said Kevin Overbey, President, Alliant Employee Benefits. “Her broad understanding of the PEO marketplace and commitment to client advocacy will provide significant value to employers navigating an increasingly dynamic business environment.” With a decade of experience in human capital management and the PEO in...

For decades, HR tech got better and better at measuring whether employees consumed learning, but much worse at measuring whether that learning actually changed what people did at work. Course completion rates, attendance, assessment scores, content engagement, and employee feedback surveys are now standard indicators of learning success. But these metrics measure participation, not transformation, for the most part. The employee can complete a training module, do well on an assessment, and have a positive learning experience, but not apply new knowledge when real workplace situations arise. This gap is important because it separates learning activity from behavior change that has real meaning. The challenge is only mounting as organizations speed up their adoption of artificial intelligence. Employees can use AI assistants, automation tools, and generative AI apps regularly without necessarily changing how they make decisions, collaborate, solve problems or execute workflows. The wide...