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• How HR can improve the candidate experience in recruitment

  Everything from your applicant tracking system to how the company welcomes and trains new hires has an effect on job seekers and employees. Here's why it all matters.  Continue Reading

• Group-chat software sees explosive growth and intense competition

  Microsoft Teams and Workplace by Facebook are facing off against rivals such as HipChat and Slack in a high-stakes competition for market share in group-chat applications.  Continue Reading

• Experts lack consensus on discrimination risks of video interviewing

  When used too early in the hiring process, video can lead to discrimination based on race, age or sex, but it can have positive benefits with the right guidelines in place.  Continue Reading

• Mobile HR deployment slowed by security worries, lack of BYOD policies

  Vendors keep hammering the mobile HR message, but organizations are slow to buy into the pitch. One major reason is HR's failure to serve the biggest user base: employees.  Continue Reading

• A revolution in employee performance review software to loom over HCM

  The traditional annual review in HR is being supplemented with cloud-based software to enable continuous coaching and feedback, regular check-ins and agile goal setting.  Continue Reading

• Talent assessment tool helps restaurants save in hiring and training

  Restaurant operator American Blue Ribbon Holding uses cloud-based OutMatch pre-employment tests to predict candidates who will increase sales and remain on the job longer.  Continue Reading

• HCM marketplace spurs choice and eases integration of applications

  In moves that grow sales, empower users and expedite implementations, an increasing number of HCM vendors are offering cloud-based stores for a wide variety of HR applications.  Continue Reading

• Foot Locker seeks a good fit with Infor pre-employment assessment tool

  Foot Locker is among a growing number of companies using cloud-based pre-hire assessment to screen job applicants for character traits and cultural fit.  Continue Reading

• HR video apps spreading beyond training to recruiting, engagement

  Users say cost savings, faster turnaround and better corporate branding are some of the benefits from using video at more stages of the talent management process.  Continue Reading

• ViziRecruiter online recruitment software adds visuals to job posts

  ViziRecruiter software parses text in a job description and automatically turns it into an ad with colors, icons and pictures intended to be more attractive to candidates.  Continue Reading

• Report underscores workforce management tools as essentials of HCM

  A study of workforce management software by Nucleus Research evaluates vendors on elements such as worker scheduling, mobile, payroll and compliance with the federal health law.  Continue Reading

• Why your HR department needs PII security -- now

  The HR department is home to a plethora of employees' sensitive personally identifiable information. Here's how to make sure that valuable information stays safe.  Continue Reading

• Performance review tool powers continuous feedback at DigitalOcean

  Amid rapid growth, cloud-based infrastructure company DigitalOcean improves employee performance management with Reflektive software and measures engagement with Culture Amp.  Continue Reading

• Forrester stresses link between analytics in HR and business results

  In this Q&A, a Forrester Research analyst explains how using analytics can uncover connections between people management and business outcomes and improve areas such as hiring, retention and training.  Continue Reading

• Talla uses NLP software and machine learning to manage to-do lists

  Talla the Task Assistant can be installed for free on Slack and uses machine learning and natural language processing to help employees schedule tasks.  Continue Reading