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• payroll software

  Payroll software automates the process of paying salaried, hourly and contingent employees. Continue Reading

• Video interview platforms make headway against consumer tech

  Some recruiters prefer the familiarity of popular video tools, like FaceTime and Skype, but they may be missing out on the rich candidate profiles and analytics of dedicated systems. Continue Reading

• New HR tools and techniques align employee, company goals

  Emerging HR tools and techniques look at augmenting the power of purpose in business by aligning employees' sense of purpose with organizational goals. Continue Reading

• Three ways the employee Net Promoter Score is an HR supertool

  Employee experience borrows a number of tools from customer experience, and eNPS is one of the most powerful. Here's a look at what it is, why it matters and how to use it. Continue Reading

• Expert talks tech for voluntary benefits for employees

  Employees are increasingly choosing voluntary benefits, such as pet insurance, tuition assistance and identity protection. In this Q&A, an expert talks about the new benefits landscape. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • benefits administration
  • talent pool
  • employee retention
  • applicant tracking system (ATS)

  • succession planning
  • Dovetail Software
  • voluntary benefits
  • IHRIM (International Association for Human Resource Information Management)

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• talent activation

  Talent activation is a human resources strategy for improving team leadership and workgroup collaboration that involves using surveys and questionnaires to solicit employee feedback on a regular basis.Continue Reading

• manager self-service

  Manager self-service is self-service platform that enables managers to get immediate access to employee information and initiate employment-related actions.Continue Reading

• cognitive diversity

  Cognitive diversity is the inclusion of people who have different styles of problem-solving and can offer unique perspectives because they think differently. Unlike demographic diversity, which focuses on achieving a mixture of statistical ...Continue Reading

• recruitment management system

  A recruitment management system (RMS) is a set of tools designed to manage the recruiting process.Continue Reading

• GDPR employee data rules to affect U.S. HR tech vendors

  In this podcast, an HR tech expert discusses how GDPR rules governing employee and personal data for the European Union require all companies doing business in the EU to comply.Continue Reading

• organizational network analysis (ONA)

  Organizational network analysis (ONA) is a quantitative method for modeling and analyzing how communications, information, decisions and resources flow through an organization.Continue Reading

• A definitive list of talent management software features

  Go beyond the marketing hype, and dig beneath the surface to identify the not-so-obvious features you need to assemble a talent management suite that can grow with your company.Continue Reading

• HR plays to win with gamification for learning

  At some companies, corporate education has become a tool for engagement and employee experience. See how gamification is putting the 'fun' in learning fundamentals.Continue Reading

• employee experience

  Employee experience is the depth and breadth of how a worker perceives his job and the company for which he works, across the entire employee life cycle.Continue Reading

• multi-country payroll outsourcing (MCPO)

  Multi-country payroll outsourcing (MCPO) is the business practice of using software to manage employee payroll operations in different countries.Continue Reading