“The days are long, but the years are short.” ― Gretchen Rubin, New York Times Best-Selling Author Many of us have heard some rendition of this saying. Plenty of us have thought the idea with no prompt whatsoever. The version […]
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#HRTechChat: A Deep-Dive Into PandoLogic Owner Veritone’s Acquisition of Broadbean
At the very tail end of May 2023, the enterprise artificial intelligence software and services vendor Veritone announced the acquisition of Broadbean, a global recruitment technology company. Given that PandoLogic joined the family of Veritone companies in mid-summer 2021, we […]
Case Study: Rutherford Investment Company Partners with isolved to Evolve from Operational to Strategic HR
What You Need to Know We often discuss digitization as a way to facilitate operational HR—the nitty gritty fundamentals, the necessities, the boxes that need to be checked. The assumption inherent in these conversations is that greasing the path for […]
Analyst Insight: Insperity Empowers People Leader at CoreRx to Demonstrate HR’s Strategic Value to the Organization
Six years ago, Kevin Rierson became the very first HR person at CoreRx. In business for 11 years at the time, CoreRx, which now employs approximately 200 people (with some seasonal ebb and flow), is what’s known in the pharmaceutical […]
Anatomy of a Decision: Frontline Employee Experience Platform Harri Drives Operational and Financial Excellence for Jersey Mike’s Subs
What You Need to Know At what point does a business pause to consider the costs of managing HR processes on paper and in digital spreadsheets? Where does the push come from to trigger an analysis of manual processes vs. […]
Professional Employer Organizations: Getting From Operational to Strategic
When it comes to HR, most small businesses reach a point of reckoning. They finally realize they can’t wing it anymore, whether that be with accidental HR people or inadequate technology — or, for the latter, none at all beyond […]
#HRTechChat: Michelle Randall, Chief Marketing Officer at Playvox
This episode of the #HRTechChat video podcast welcomes Playvox Chief Marketing Officer Michelle Randall. The sole focus of Playvox’s cloud software for human capital management for is the call center industry. When it comes to workforce management, especially scheduling, call […]
#HRTechChat: Marta Weinstock, Senior Director of Operations at Rutherford Investment Company
Marta Weinstock, my guest for this episode of the #HRTechChat video podcast, is senior director of operations at California-based Rutherford Investment Company. Part of her charter at Rutherford Investments is to get human capital management as efficient as possible. Under […]
#HRTechChat: James Galvin, CEO and Co-Founder of Starcircle
The talent acquisition of today is nonlinear. By this, we mean it’s all one thing, not a siloed process with many activities taking place in an orderly fashion or readily apparent, repeatable sequence. James Galvin should know. Our guest for […]
#HRTechChat Showcase: Original Zen and the Art of Integration Strategy
Some may appreciate the play on the title of a mid-1970s philosophical novel, “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” others the Eastern twist on Western theology. Regardless, original Zen and the art of integration strategy is the absolutely essential […]
Case Study Vignette: Insperity Partners with CEO of Quickly Expanding Midmarket Client PRS to Help Him Achieve Strategic Plan for the Workforce
With swift organizational growth come challenges and revelations along the way that, together, are the ingredients in a recipe that can elevate conventional conceptions of what a professional employer organization (PEO) can be. The story at PRS is that tale: […]
Analyst Insight: Visionary Leader at Professional Services Firm Genpact Leverages Cornerstone + EdCast for Ambitious Data Awareness Initiative
About Genpact A GE-spinoff professional services firm, Genpact delivers two comprehensive services for its clients. Running digital operations on behalf of their Fortune 1000 clients is one. The other is using data, technology, and artificial intelligence to help these clients […]
Market Alert: UKG Disrupts competitive landscape in Global HCM with Acquisition of Immedis
What Happened In early June 2023, UKG, provider of full-suite software for human capital management, announced its intent to acquire Immedis, provider of global payroll technology and services. Following the completion of the acquisition will come the availability of UKG […]
#HRTechChat: Make Work Better with Betterworks’ Doug Dennerline & Jamie Aitken
Both my guests for this episode have appeared on the #HRTechChat video podcast previously — here, here and here — and it only made sense to host the two of them this time, at the same time. Why? Betterworks CEO Doug […]
#HRTechChat: Adam Famularo, CEO of WorkFusion
For many, it is natural to see advancements in artificial intelligence and worry over their impact on people in the world of work. Even so, years from now we may well look back on “the past of the future of […]
Research Note: The Cloud Connectors – Asking the Right Questions and Getting From Here to There With a Sound Integration Strategy
What You Need to Know Somewhere along the way, potential buyers of software for business got into the habit of asking their prospective solution providers a misguided question, and it goes something like this: “Does your software integrate with the […]
Research Note: The Professional Employer Organization: Operational Solution and Strategic Partner for HR Departments in the Midmarket
Chosen correctly and engaged with optimally, a professional employer organization (PEO) can increase a midmarket HR department’s tactical capacity and enhance these HR leaders’ strategic impact on the organization. Drawing on interviews with subject matter experts at Insperity, as well […]
Analyst Insight: Rolebot – Helping Employers Engage with Passive Talent — the Best Talent — at Scale
What is passive talent? They are defined as high-performing already-employed people who are not actively seeking a new job. Ideally, however, your recruiters will actively seek out passive talent in ways that get them to change their mind and consider […]
Analyst Insight: City of Memphis Deploys UKG as Point Solution to Track Time and Attendance
When navigating the bureaucracy of a public sector organization, there are no cookie-cutter scenarios. Alex Smith, former chief human resources officer for the City of Memphis, knew her organization was no different. As an appointee with the current Mayoral administration […]
#HRTechChat: Megan Coen, Vice President of HR Services at isolved
We talk a lot about the technology for human capital management. Amidst all the understandable hubbub, you’d think we’d find a panacea in the state of the art in technology for HCM. Today’s technology for HCM is indeed a marvel, […]