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Executive-led remote workforce solutions designed to help businesses reduce operational burden, improve execution, and scale more efficiently Encore Global Team (EGT), a new remote workforce solutions company, officially launches today with a mission to help small and medium-sized businesses scale more effectively through structured remote hiring, operational support, and remote team integration. Founded by a team of experienced business leaders, Encore Global Team was created in response to the growing challenges SMBs face with rising hiring costs, operational inefficiencies, talent shortages, and increasing administrative burden. EGT provides businesses with carefully vetted remote professionals supported through structured onboarding, workflow alignment, and ongoing performance support. Unlike traditional staffing agencies or freelance marketplaces, Encore Global Team positions itself as a long-term operational partner focused on building resilient, high-performing teams that de...

The dynamics of hiring are shifting fast. After waves of layoffs across industries, many organizations face an overwhelming number of qualified candidates, but no clear way to identify the right ones. More candidates should make hiring easier. But in practice, it often makes it harder. Strong candidates slip through as often as they stand out. To overcome this, hiring managers look to technology to help them. In the past year alone, AI adoption in recruiting jumped from 26% to 53% .  But adoption doesn’t equal impact. Over one-third of organizations still avoid using AI in hiring altogether. If they do use it, most apply it to simpler tasks like filtering resumes and writing job descriptions or interview questions. Those tasks can speed up the process, but don’t necessarily improve it. They don’t address the core challenge most organizations face: how to consistently identify the right candidates and make high-quality hiring decisions. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview...

As organizations move away from relying solely on IT-managed directories, Exclaimer expands its HRIS integration strategy to automate accurate, compliant employee communications Exclaimer , the leading provider of email signature management solutions, announced the launch of its UKG Ready integration, expanding the company’s growing HRIS integration capabilities as organizations increasingly shift employee data ownership from IT-managed directories to HR systems of record. According to SHRM’s 2025 State of the Workplace Report, fewer than half of HR professionals, just 43%, rate their organization’s HR technology as effective, with fragmented, poorly integrated systems cited as a leading barrier. Separate research from HR.com found that 81% of organizations experiencing poor HR system integration say it actively prevents them from achieving key HR goals. As a result, organizations are actively restructuring how employee data flows across their technology stacks, and HR sys...

Healthcare innovator brings experience in alternative health plans, technology strategy, and population health solutions John Montague has joined Alliant Insurance Services  as Vice President within its Employee Benefits Group. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he will partner with clients to design and develop innovative strategies that improve outcomes, enhance transparency, and support long-term organizational goals. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview With Hari Kolam, CEO and Co-founder of Findem: Featuring Findem’s GliderAI “John’s extensive background across healthcare technology, population health, and alternative health plan design brings tremendous strategic value to our clients,” said Kevin Overbey, President, Alliant Employee Benefits. “His ability to combine technological innovation with practical, client-focused solutions provides a powerful advantage for organizations looking to streamline the benefits process and improve long-term performance.” Montagu...

ndustry-leading capability brings rubric-based, auditable AI evaluation to pre-recorded video interviews, eliminating the long-standing trade-off between speed and consistency in high-volume hiring. VidCruiter , a leading video interviewing platform trusted by more than 125,000 hiring professionals worldwide, announced the launch of AI Interview Scoring, a category-defining capability that fundamentally changes how organizations evaluate candidates at scale. The release marks one of the most significant additions to the VidCruiter platform to date, delivering a consistent, explainable, and fully auditable way to score pre-recorded video interview responses with AI. For years, high-volume hiring has forced recruiters into an unwelcome compromise: move quickly and accept inconsistency between reviewers, or evaluate rigorously and grind the process to a halt. AI Interview Scoring eliminates that trade-off. The system applies the same client-approved rubric to every candidate response fo...

Recognized for Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute Fountain , the AI-native platform for managing the global frontline workforce, announced that it has been recognized as a Niche Player in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Talent Acquisition Suites. A copy of the report is available here. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview With Hari Kolam, CEO and Co-founder of Findem: Featuring Findem’s GliderAI “Frontline work is the largest segment of the global workforce, but it’s been underserved by traditional hiring systems,” said Sean Behr, CEO of Fountain. The announcement marks Fountain’s first inclusion in the report and comes as Fountain prepares to launch Cue, a new system designed to run frontline hiring and staffing in real time. Fountain’s inclusion also comes at an inflection point in hiring, which is shifting from systems that track workflows through a series of steps to systems that execute outcomes. Purpose-built for frontline and hourly hiring at s...