HR startup Degreed raises funding at $1.4 billion value
Degreed, a software company serving human resource departments, provides training and career development programs.
Technology
60 Seconds with Tech Adviser of the Year Chelsey Koster
Koster shares how technology is helping employers and employees tackle COVID-19, and what role it has played in her own COVID-19 response.
How companies can keep their edge as recruiting ramps up
Employees and employers alike are entering uncharted recruiting territory.
Employers feel confident their workforce has the skills to succeed post-COVID
Employees have improved their technical, analytical and project management skills during the pandemic.
Alight Solutions AI platform helps employers gauge benefit use
The tool is designed to help employees better engage with HR.
Benefits Think How to upskill employees for the digital age
It’s critical companies and their employees see skills development as a constant process rather than the one-and-done event it used to be. Here’s how to go about it.
Kristen Griffin
University of Phoenix
Artificial intelligence could be adding to the bias at your company
Algorithms might just absorb the same prejudices employers are trying to avoid if they don’t acknowledge racial biases.
Best of the week: Tech is taking over benefits
This week’s top stories explore how technology is shaping the way employees are working during the pandemic.
HR will need to address burnout when recruiting
Potential employees will be interviewing your organization as much as you are interviewing them post pandemic.
Culture of inclusion defines digital onboarding firm Alloy
The company has changed the dynamics of its meetings, created diversity metrics and deployed software to make job descriptions gender-neutral.
8 tech tools to improve employee productivity
These tools will help make the work from home process easier.
Too much tech may be stunting productivity
Thirty-five percent of marketing leaders are overhauling their technology offering and 60% expect moderate to severe cuts to their tech budgets in 2021, a survey shows.
AI can identify age discrimination in recruiting
Although racism and sexism have been the focus, artificial intelligence also can weed out biases that fuel age discrimination.
Little things go a long way with these fintechs’ employees
Small, often intangible quality-of-life perks are a big part of what makes some fintechs the best ones to work for.
How this startup helps minorities reach financial wellness
As communities begin to build back their finances after the pandemic, this company wants to close the gap in equitable lending.
UnitedHealthcare takes on hearing loss with new benefit
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how people interact with their benefits, their jobs and their medical needs.
Benefits Think Technology can help employers avoid hiring biases
Objective and fair recruitment and hiring can be facilitated by scientific implementation of progressive technology.
Joel Philo
Infor Talent Science
Best of the week: Recruiting ramps up
Employers are trying new methods to recruit and retain a successful workforce.
The biggest recruiting trends this year
Among hiring managers’ priorities are faster turnaround times for hires, streamlined communication between companies and applicants and a simplified process.
AI simplifies the remote recruiting process
A bad hire can end up costing employers about five times the employee’s annual salary, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.
