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With evolving workforce structure HR leaders face mounting pressure to optimize recruitment strategies, enhance workforce planning, and drive long-term employee retention. Achieving these goals requires more than intuition—it demands actionable insights derived from data. This is where talent intelligence emerges as a game-changing solution. Talent intelligence leverages data analytics, often powered by AI, to offer a holistic view of both internal and external talent pools. It provides HR professionals with insights into market trends, the most effective candidate sourcing channels, and key drivers behind employee motivation, competencies, and engagement. With this intelligence, leaders can proactively address skill gaps, forecast future talent needs, and align their workforce strategies with overarching business objectives. However, despite 72% of organizations increasing their investment in talent intelligence, only a small percentage fully understand its potential and the ecosys...

200+ HR leaders share strategies to navigate talent, tech, and culture challenges The Predictive Index (PI) , the data-driven HR platform used to hire top performers, develop effective managers and retain your people, unveiled its latest report, HR Field Guide to the Future, an insightful resource designed to equip HR leaders with the tools to navigate the most pressing talent and workforce challenges. Drawing on insights from over 200 HR and business leaders, this guide focuses on five critical areas impacting the future of HR through 2030. The report provides actionable strategies for HR teams to assess risks, prepare their workforce and better understand the costs of inaction, covering topics such as: Read More :  How Embedded Finance Can Supercharge Payroll Solutions Dealing with talent shortages:  While 55% of companies excel at peer mentoring, most lack programs for addressing skills gaps and AI training. Human + technology integration:  Organizations are d...

Organizations aim to maintain a productive workforce while ensuring high levels of employee engagement. Simultaneously, advancements in information technology (IT) have transformed how companies approach these objectives. Predictive analytics, which involves using data, statistical algorithms, and machine learning techniques to identify the likelihood of future outcomes based on historical data, is emerging as a crucial tool at the intersection of employee engagement and IT behaviors. This intersection offers transformative opportunities for organizations to optimize workforce management, enhance employee satisfaction, and achieve business goals. Understanding Employee Engagement Employee engagement refers to the emotional and cognitive connection employees have with their work, their teams, and their organization. Engaged employees exhibit higher productivity, lower turnover, and greater enthusiasm for contributing to their organization’s success. However, measuring and fostering ...

Greg Hart appointed CEO and Member of the Board, effective February 3, 2025 Jeff Maggioncalda to retire as CEO Coursera, Inc . today announced that Jeff Maggioncalda has decided to retire as President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a Member of the Board. Greg Hart has been named President and CEO, and Member of the Board, effective February 3, 2025. Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board Andrew Ng said, “Greg is an exceptional and proven leader with over 25 years of experience in leading technology-driven businesses across multiple industries. At Amazon, he led the development and launch of Alexa, an early, innovative and much-loved consumer AI product, and scaled Prime Video globally. Greg has a track record in creating consumer demand, driving growth, and improving operational performance at scale. Following an extensive and thoughtful succession planning process, the Board is confident that Greg is the right leader to deliver Coursera’s next chapter of growth and adva...

Energage , the HR technology company behind the Top Workplaces employer recognition program, announced a strategic partnership with Retensa, a global leader in employee retention research. The collaboration combines Energage’s workplace culture expertise with Retensa’s AI-powered exit interview platform, ExitPro, to help organizations proactively retain top talent. “We’re thrilled to partner with Retensa, a leader in employee retention technology, to further our mission of helping organizations build better workplaces” In today’s competitive job market, understanding why employees leave is critical for reducing turnover. Retensa’s ExitPro platform leverages AI and global data from exit interviews across 59 countries in 21 languages to help organizations identify patterns, predict departures, and act before valuable talent is lost. Catch more HRTech Insights : HRTech Interview with Jeff Smith, PhD, Chief Product Officer at 15Five “We’re thrilled to partner with Ret...

Enhanced Affinix suite delivers a seamless candidate experience, and transforms recruitment data into actionable business insights TrueBlue , a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions, announced that PeopleScout, a global talent solutions provider, unveiled strategic enhancements to Affinix, its proprietary total talent software technology suite, underscoring the company’s commitment to innovation as it elevates employers’ connection to top talent. To stay ahead of rapidly changing market conditions and technological advancements, PeopleScout continues to evolve its AI-powered recruitment tools to provide unmatched flexibility and insight for talent leaders seeking to transform their recruitment strategies. “At TrueBlue, we are committed to helping our clients address their most pressing talent challenges through our differentiated proprietary technology,” said  Taryn Owen , President and CEO of TrueBlue. “As we advance Affinix with AI-powered capabilities, more a...

Michelle Volberg, Founder and CEO at Twill chats about the state of hiring in B2B SaaS in this short Q&A with HRTech Series: _____________ Hi Michelle, tell us about Twill and what inspired the platform? Twill emerged from a simple observation during my time in executive search: the best candidates often come through trusted networks. We noticed that engineers from companies like Google, Meta, and Amazon were excellent at recommending other great engineers for big tech jobs, and sales professionals were really great at recommending other sales execs for sales jobs. What started as a sales placement firm evolved into a tech platform that harnesses these professional networks to connect companies with pre-vetted tech talent. The inspiration came from seeing how effective personal recommendations were compared to traditional recruiting methods. What about today’s state of B2B SaaS hiring especially needs an overhaul? The rise of AI tools has actually made hiring more challengin...

Over two-thirds of senior HR leaders aim to prioritize mental health and stress management over the next three to five years aconso , an innovator in HR document management systems and a leading provider of cloud-based HR software solutions, today launches a new global report that reveals the growing challenges faced by senior HR leaders in addressing employee wellbeing amid rising workloads, limited budgets, and evolving workforce dynamics. The report, From Manual to Meaningful: Unlocking HR’s Potential Through AI and Digital Transformation, which surveyed 650 global senior HR leaders, reveals that 69% of respondents identify employee wellbeing, mental health, and stress as a top priority over the next three to five years. However, though there is a desire to enhance the employee experience, barriers remain. While 56% of HR leaders view employee well-being as a critical long-term consideration, 72% feel constrained by limited budgets and resources. These constraints, comb...

Acquisition will allow HR leaders to extend AI-powered manager effectiveness programs from 15Five into native workflows such as Slack, Zoom and Google Meet Strengthens 15Five’s position as the market-leading platform for pinpointing and resolving the manager skill gaps with the greatest business impact 15Five , the performance management platform that drives action and impact for thousands of organizations, announced it has acquired Kona, the AI-powered assistant and coach for remote managers. “People managers are the critical lynchpin for maximum employee performance, engagement and retention” Virtual work continues to accelerate, with virtual meetings up 60% since 2020, according to Harvard Business Review, making it even harder for HR teams to diagnose and resolve the manager skill gaps in their organization that matter most. Founded in 2019, Kona joins virtual meetings in platforms such as Zoom or Google Meet, providing tailored, privacy-conscious coaching and ena...

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed many facets of modern business, including workforce management. In this evolving landscape, contextually aware AI assistants are emerging as valuable tools for managing human resources, productivity, scheduling, and employee engagement. By utilizing real-time data, predictive analytics, and machine learning, AI assistants for workforce management have the potential to improve decision-making, streamline HR processes, and optimize employee experiences. However, developing these intelligent systems presents unique challenges, particularly in terms of understanding context, handling data privacy concerns, and addressing ethical implications. The Role of AI Assistants in Workforce Management AI assistants for workforce management are designed to handle a range of tasks, from scheduling and performance tracking to managing employee engagement and supporting well-being. Contextually aware AI assistants take this a step further by ad...

The Experience Accelerator proudly introduces AI-powered Avatar Coaching Technology designed to help young professionals learn to adapt, grow, and succeed in today’s ever-changing work environment. With personalized, scalable coaching, AI-powered Avatar Coaching bridges the gap between education and real-world workplace success. As AI and automation reshape industries, traditional entry-level roles are disappearing, leaving many early-career professionals unprepared and unsupported. Meanwhile, traditional education struggles to equip graduates with the real-world skills needed to flourish, let alone prepare them for the sweeping transformation AI is driving. AI-powered Avatar Coaching bridges this gap by offering personalised, scalable coaching that fosters growth-oriented, adaptable mindsets—anytime, anywhere. Supporting Young Professionals and Businesses The workplace is undergoing a rapid transformation. AI and automation aren’t just changing how we work – they’re redefining w...

Acquisition enhances Deloitte’s Cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) and human capital management (HCM) capabilities, driving greater efficiency and innovation Deloitte announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of SimplrOps, a boutique enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology company known for streamlining and automating Workday, SAP and Oracle operations and implementations. As a systems integrator, Deloitte has collaborated with SimplrOps to deliver differentiated services that help organizations unlock the full potential of their cloud investments. By simplifying and automating Cloud ERP and HCM operations and implementations, SimplrOps’ platform maximizes system performance, accelerates time to value and provides clients with real-time actionable insights. “As we fully integrate SimplrOps’ technology into our offerings, we are poised to deliver improved performance that helps our clients maximize ROI in their technology investme...

As the employment landscape changed dramatically in recent years and the emergence of AI, it is becoming ever more important to familiarize with the various methods for personal and professional development at the workplace. There are several ways that we learn skills, and develop our goals and perspectives: 1. Studying – Learning on our own from courses, books, videos and more. 2. Coaching – Having someone train us to develop a particular skill. 3. Mentoring – Having someone share their insights to inspire our overall direction. 1. What is a Coach? A Coach helps improve performance in delivering a task such as presentation, sales or leadership skills. Organizations hire coaches on a short-term basis to help improve an employee’s abilities. For example, hiring a Coach to train a CEO on how to communicate with the media. A Coach is also specialized in asking thought-provoking questions to make the employee explore their mindset, opinions and any reasons that prevent them from...