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HR Summer School Is Back — And the Timing Couldn’t Be Better
There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that HR professionals know well. It’s not the kind that comes from running a marathon. It’s the kind that comes…
June 1, 2026HR Strategy
The 2026 Lighthouse Tech Awards: Best in Class Winners
Every year, the HR technology market gets louder. New tools. New features. More AI. Bigger promises. But for HR leaders trying to make real decisions…
March 24, 2026HR Strategy
2025 HR Tech M&A Activity: Mega-Deals, Agentic AI, and the Learning Shakeup
2025 was a year of big swings in HR technology M&A. Private equity wrote checks measured in billions. Platform vendors went on acquisition sprees. And…
January 30, 2026insight
The Overlooked HR Process That Touches the Most Important Moments in Employees’ Lives
Employment verifications don’t usually make the priority list for HR leaders. They’re rarely urgent until they suddenly are, and then the stakes…
November 24, 2025Learning & Development
AI Is Changing Work. Learning Leaders Are the Ones Showing Us the Way
Across conferences, classrooms, and client conversations this year, one theme keeps resurfacing. People are excited about the possibility of AI, but…
November 19, 2025HR Strategy
Compensation is Changing: Here’s How AI, New Data Sources, and Skills are Evolving [New Report]
AI is Changing Work (and Compensation isn’t Immune) Since 2019, our team has analyzed the changes in compensation technology and data usage along with…
November 19, 2025Culture
New Research Highlights Core Elements of Employee Experience
Any HR leader, if prompted, could tell you that employee experience (EX) is simply what an employee encounters at work. But what does that really mean…
October 15, 2025HR Strategy
AI in HR Summit Recap: Humans are People to be Served, Not Problems to be Solved
Just a few hours ago, our team wrapped up an amazing livestream session featuring experts from multiple organizations and perspectives, and the entire…
August 28, 2025HR Strategy
AI is Contributing to a Connection Crisis at Work
In nearly a decade of researching and writing about artificial intelligence in the workplace, I have seen the technology evolve from a curiosity to a…
August 11, 2025HR Strategy
Frontline Workforce Insights: New Data and On Demand Access to Livestream
Last week our team ran a livestream for hundreds of employers with frontline workers. During that session, we explored topics ranging from talent…
July 3, 2025Learning & Development
The Great Learning Disconnect: What Your Employees Aren’t Telling You [Report]
Psychology research shows that when we face an overwhelming number of challenges, it’s easy to lose hope and feel helpless. In reality, today’s…
June 30, 2025insight
Speed, Trust, and the Candidate AI Takeover: 2025 TA Trends [New Report]
The talent landscape in 2025 is defined by contradiction: there’s no shortage of people looking for meaningful work—and yet employers across industries…
May 27, 2025HR Technology
UNLEASH Op Ed: Four HR tech innovators CHROs need to know about
Approximately 300. That’s the number of HR technology products I personally see in a given year across the briefings and events I attend and the HR…
April 24, 2025HR Strategy
HR Tech Awards 2025 Winners Announced
In our daily work with talent leaders and solution providers, we run into some incredible technology. These tools available to organizations right now…
April 18, 2025HR Strategy
An Evolving Landscape: Thoughts in Advance of Publishing the Third Edition of Artificial Intelligence for HR
Later this year (September, to be more specific), the third edition of my book Artificial Intelligence for HR will be released. As the first book in…
April 7, 2025HR Strategy
UNLEASH Column: Is AI Causing Cognitive Decline?
Note: Our team is working closely with UNLEASH this year on a series of activities, including a quarterly column penned by yours truly. This is the…
February 26, 2025HR Strategy
Solution Provider Review: HiBob
Bob, the modern Human Capital Management (HCM) platform from HiBob, is designed to streamline HR processes, enhance employee engagement, and support…
February 7, 2025HR Strategy
PEO as a People Strategy: Research Shows Value, Impact, and Opportunity [Report]
Have you ever watched a professional juggler? It’s pretty incredible. With their practiced hands and expert skill, they can add a seemingly endless…
February 1, 2025HR Strategy
2024 HR Tech M&A Activity: A Year of Resilience and Growth
The HR technology market in 2024 was a story of resilience and growth amidst a rapidly changing global landscape. With the U.S. election dominating…
January 14, 2025insight
HR Tech Awards: In Partnership with UNLEASH and Now Open for 2025 Submissions
One of the most exciting programs that our team runs every year is the HR Tech Awards. Over the last five years we’ve awarded dozens of companies for…
January 7, 2025HR Technology
Driving Retention and Skills Transformation with Phenom’s Employee-First Solutions
Phenom: Redefining Talent Acquisition and Development with AI Phenom is transforming talent management by creating AI-driven solutions that connect…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
ERIN: Transforming Employee Referrals into a Strategic Hiring Advantage
ERIN: Empowering Employee-Driven Hiring Solutions ERIN, the Employee Referral Invitation Network, is revolutionizing the way companies approach…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
GoCo: Simplifying HR for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
GoCo: A Game-Changer for HR Efficiency and Employee Experience At GoCo, our mission is clear: to help small and mid-sized businesses reduce the time…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How 15Five Transformed Employee Engagement and Retention at Kreg Tool
15Five: Empowering HR Leaders to Drive Impact Through Strategic Performance Management 15Five is a strategic performance management platform designed…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How a Leading University Transformed Talent Management and Achieved 96% Performance Review Completion with Cornerstone TXP
Cornerstone: Empowering Organizations with a Future-Ready Talent Experience Platform Cornerstone is a global leader in talent experience technology…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How AbsenceSoft Helped WaFd Bank Streamline Leave Management and Elevate Employee Experience
AbsenceSoft: Simplifying Leave and Accommodations Management AbsenceSoft is a leading SaaS solution that automates and streamlines leave and…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Alight Helped a Leading Automobile Manufacturer Increase HSA Participation and Save Over $750K in Taxes
Alight: Transforming the Employee Experience with AI-Driven Solutions Alight is a global human capital technology and services provider, empowering 36…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Betterworks Helped Crakmedia Boost Retention and Build a Thriving Culture Amid Rapid Growth
Betterworks: Enabling Performance Through Alignment and Connection Betterworks empowers HR leaders to address the complexities of modern workforce…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Bonusly Helped Marmon Foodservice Technologies Increase Retention by Over 50%
Bonusly: Building High-Performing Cultures with Recognition Bonusly is an employee recognition and feedback platform designed to amplify wins, connect…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How DailyPay Helped a Leading Retailer Double Employee Retention Rates for New Hires
DailyPay: Redefining the Pay Experience for Financial Wellness DailyPay is transforming the way people get paid by offering a first-of-its-kind…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Delta Air Lines Partnered with Mercer to Build a Skills-First Talent Strategy
Mercer: Redefining the Future of Work Through Human-Centered Transformation Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan, is a global leader in talent, health…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Dolphin Hotel Management Transformed Hiring with Paycor’s Recruiting Solution
Paycor: Empowering Leaders to Build Winning Teams Paycor is a leader in Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, designed to empower leaders with the…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How DuraServ Used isolved to Transform HR Insights and Gain Actionable Workforce Analytics
isolved: Transforming Employee Experience and People Analytics For nearly 40 years, isolved has been at the forefront of transforming employee…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How HiringBranch Helped a Fortune 50 Company Reduce Bad Hires by 400% and Save Millions
HiringBranch: Revolutionizing High-Volume Hiring with AI-Powered Soft Skills Assessments HiringBranch transforms high-volume hiring by enabling…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How HR Hero by BLR Helped General Revenue Corporation Streamline Compliance and Save Time
HR Hero by BLR: Simplifying HR with Compliance and Training Solutions BLR, a trusted provider of management software and corporate training for nearly…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How iCIMS Helped SiteOne Boost Completed Applications by 55% and Revolutionize Recruitment Strategies
iCIMS: Building Winning Workforces with Talent Acquisition Technology iCIMS is a global leader in talent acquisition technology, empowering…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Kudos Helped a Leading Organization Boost Retention to 95.6% Through Employee Recognition
Kudos: Transforming Workplace Culture Through Recognition Kudos is a comprehensive employee recognition platform designed to empower organizations to…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Longchamp USA Boosted Retention and Streamlined Compliance with Mineral’s HR Solutions
Mineral: The HR and Compliance Partner for Growing Businesses Mineral, a Mitratech company, is the trusted HR and compliance leader for…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Mercer Helped Moët Hennessy Drive Pay Equity and Build a More Inclusive Workforce
Mercer: Redefining the Future of Work Through Pay Equity Mercer is a global leader in talent management, committed to building brighter futures through…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Oviva Healthcare Achieved a 301% ROI and Reduced Employee Turnover by 10.5% with HiBob
HiBob: Redefining HCM for a Global, People-First World HiBob’s modern HCM platform, Bob, empowers companies to navigate today’s global and hybrid…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Papaya Global Helped SentinelOne Streamline Global Payroll and Enable Seamless Expansion
Papaya Global: Transforming Global Payroll and Workforce Management Papaya Global is a trailblazer in global payroll, payments, and workforce…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Paycor Empowered All City Management Services (ACMS)
Paycor: Empowering Leaders with Comprehensive HCM Solutions Paycor revolutionizes human capital management (HCM) by delivering a unified platform that…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Paycor Helped Dolphin Hotel Management Win the War for Talent
Paycor: Empowering Leaders with Comprehensive HCM Solutions Paycor revolutionizes human capital management (HCM) by providing a unified platform…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Paycor Transformed Workforce Management for All City Management Services (ACMS)
Paycor: Empowering Leaders to Build Winning Teams Paycor is a leader in Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, delivering a unified experience for…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Quantum Workplace Helped Seacoast Bank Build a Culture of Listening and Engagement
Quantum Workplace: Empowering Employee Success Through Engagement and Performance Quantum Workplace is redefining how organizations drive employee…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Rippling Empowered Morning Consult to Scale with Seamless Automation
Rippling: Unified Global Workforce Management Across HR, IT, and Finance Rippling is transforming how businesses manage their HR, IT, and Finance…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Sensiba San Filippo Enhanced Inclusive Hiring with Mitratech’s DEI Solutions
Mitratech: Empowering Businesses with Comprehensive Workforce Solutions Mitratech, with a 35-year history, is a trusted leader in providing technology…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Smartsheet Built an Equitable Employee Experience with Fuel50
Fuel50: Driving Workforce Agility and Talent Mobility Fuel50 is a global leader in talent mobility, delivering an AI-powered Talent Marketplace that…
December 27, 2024HR Technology
How Sterling Enhanced BioReference Health’s Background Screening Efficiency and Candidate Experience
Sterling: Empowering Safer Workplaces and Smarter Hiring Decisions Sterling is a global leader in background screening and identity verification…
December 27, 2024Learning & Development
How Learning and Skill Development Affect Business Agility, Employee Belonging, and Productivity [Report]
There’s an old proverb that essentially states “the shoemaker’s children have no shoes.” The more modern version is “the cobbler’s children have no…
November 6, 2024HR Strategy
Recruitment Process Outsourcing in the Age of AI: Streamlining Value and Impact
This past week I was in the great city of Chicago speaking at the RPO Association annual conference. I had the privilege of delivering a keynote on the…
October 11, 2024Talent Acquisition
Revamp Your Employer Brand: Why Vision and Value Matter in Talent Acquisition
Today, standing out as an employer isn’t just about posting the right job or offering competitive pay—it’s about creating a compelling story that draws…
October 10, 2024HR Strategy
HR Technology Conference 2024: Busting the “There’s Nothing New or Interesting” Myth
Every year our team attends HR Tech in Vegas, and inevitably every year I hear from someone on the show floor or post-event with the exact same…
September 23, 2024HR Strategy
What a Family Disney Trip Taught Me About Learning Experiences [Livestream Event]
When was the last time you had an “aha” moment that really excited you? For me it was during a recent family trip to Disneyland. I was keynoting at a…
September 9, 2024HR Strategy
4 Critical Skills for the Modern Payroll Practitioner
Of all the disciplines within HR, payroll is often given short shrift. It’s arguably the most essential component of how employees interact with the…
July 3, 2024HR Technology
How Findem Helped RingCentral Achieve a 3x Candidate Response Rate and Build a Diverse Global Workforce
Findem: Redefining Talent Acquisition with AI and 3D Data Findem is the only AI-powered talent acquisition solution driven by unique 3D data, providing…
June 26, 2024Events
Cornerstone Connect 2024: Acquisitions, Product Releases, and More
In the last year, most of the conversations I’ve had with employers around trends have come down to two big themes: skills and AI. Today, I had a…
June 10, 2024Talent Acquisition
Quality of Hire is Critical: How to Make it Count
Recently there’s been a considerable amount of discussion on LinkedIn about this concept called “talent density.” Essentially it means that employers…
May 31, 2024Talent Acquisition
2024 Talent Acquisition Trends: What’s New and What’s Next [Report]
Every year I look forward to our team’s survey and analysis of the talent acquisition market, because it’s a space that moves quickly and has a…
May 16, 2024Talent Acquisition
Talent Acquisition Trends Study: Top Insights Employers Must Know [Webinar]
When speaking with a talent acquisition leader recently, he mentioned that some of the challenges his team is facing have been the same ones that he’s…
May 9, 2024HR Strategy
HR Tech Awards 2024: Winners Announced
In our daily work with talent leaders and solution providers, we run into some incredible technology. Some of the tools available to organizations…
May 1, 2024Talent Acquisition
IAMPHENOM 2024: Supporting High-Volume Hiring with Tailored Solutions
Our latest research studies on learning and hiring are separate efforts that overlap on one critical aspect: skills. I’ve heard both of those sides of…
April 24, 2024Talent Acquisition
2024 Talent Acquisition Trends Research Livestream: What to Expect
The first study our team ever began to do year over year was focused on talent acquisition. We gathered data from employers on their biggest priorities…
March 18, 2024HR Strategy
6+ Generative AI Applications in Talent Acquisition Today [Infographic]
Generative AI. It’s the topic in what seems like every conference agenda, presentation, and headline today. But so much of it is focused on things like…
February 20, 2024Talent Acquisition
4 Research-Backed Actions to Engage and Convert More Candidates
The data points are clear: candidate expectations today have evolved, and if you’re not staying on top of those changes, you may be missing out on the…
February 6, 2024HR Strategy
Case Study Report: The Value of Company Culture in the Age of AI
In a world where technology reigns supreme, we must not forget the heart of our organizations—the culture. The beating heart of company culture guides…
January 24, 2024Talent Acquisition
RPO Buyer Study: Key Findings and Preferences [New Research]
Each year we partner with the RPO Association to produce a research study to examine and understand how the recruitment process outsourcing market is…
January 24, 2024Talent Acquisition
Recruiting Automation: Employer and Candidate Preferences [Infographic]
The world of recruitment is undergoing a seismic shift, thanks in no small part to advancements in artificial intelligence and automation. Recent data…
January 22, 2024Talent Acquisition
Speed Counts in Hiring: How to Shorten Cycle Times and Increase Candidate Satisfaction [Infographic]
Today, creating a positive candidate experience is not just a nice-to-have; it’s a must-do. Recent data points from Lighthouse Research & Advisory…
January 16, 2024HR Strategy
Hiring Assessments: Do Employers and Candidates See Eye to Eye? [Infographic]
Updated January 2024 with new data from Q3 2023 Hiring assessments have gone through many iterations and evolutions since the days I was using them to…
January 13, 2024HR Strategy
2023 Recap: A Turbulent Year with Significant M&A Changes in the HR Technology Market
Our annual reporting on M&A in the HR technology space is one of our most popular pieces of content year after year (see our 2022 version here). We…
January 3, 2024HR Strategy
The Evolution of Pay Equity and Transparency in the Modern Workplace [Infographic]
Increasingly, our research is showing that pay equity and pay transparency are critically linked. In other words, employers that score highly in one…
January 2, 2024HR Strategy
What is the Complexity Coefficient and Does it Apply to Your Organization?
In our research on high-performing organizations, the term “complexity coefficient” is one that we use to describe companies that are outliers from the…
December 18, 2023HR Strategy
Should You Expect Candidate Data with Your Next Recruiting Technology Purchase?
Several years back, economist and human behavioral science expert Dan Ariely ran an experiment on options and choices (one of hundreds of experiments…
December 4, 2023Talent Acquisition
First Look at 2023 Talent Acquisition Research: Pay Transparency, Ghosting, and More
Updated December 2023 with new candidate data from Q3. Of all the aspects of human capital management, talent acquisition has seen a tremendous…
December 3, 2023HR Technology
Trusaic 2023 HR Tech Awards Case Study
About the Company Trusaic is a workplace equity technology company committed to advancing social good by helping organizations achieve pay equity…
November 26, 2023Talent Acquisition
Fast, Fair, and Functional: A New Look at Structured Interviews [New Research]
For talent acquisition leaders, it sometimes feels as if there is a set of opposing forces fighting for control over hiring processes: We need a…
November 8, 2023HR Technology
SmartRank 2023 HR Tech Awards Case Study
About the Company SmartRank is a Non-Traditional Productivity-ATS that completely automates the job applicant screening process, stack-ranks and…
November 2, 2023HR Strategy
The Next Generation of Talent Rises and Falls on Potential [New Report]
Can I be transparent for a moment? Earlier this year, the team at Plum reached out to us about writing a piece for a different audience than we…
October 31, 2023Talent Acquisition
What’s in Store for Talent Acquisition in 2024? Join Our Livestream to Find Out
The period of time over the last year or two has led to some of the most interesting (and challenging) talent acquisition swings in the market in my…
October 26, 2023HR Strategy
Frontline Workers are Different: Here’s How to Engage and Retain Them [New Report]
Employers across the globe have felt the challenges associated with talent shortages in recent years, and frontline employers have felt those pains…
October 25, 2023HR Strategy
isolved HCM Connect Conference: Serious Growth, Aggressive Roadmap, and a Critical AI Strategy
This week I spent time in beautiful Palm Springs at the isolved Connect user conference. If you’re not familiar with the name, isolved HCM’s hot pink…
October 19, 2023HR Strategy
Ceridian Rebrands to Dayforce, Launches Range of New Features and Strategic Efforts
Fall for analysts like us in the HR technology space equates to travel season, with industry conferences and technology user conferences happening on a…
October 4, 2023HR Strategy
2023 Compensation Data and Technology Buyer’s Guide and Landscape Report [New Research]
Every other year our team takes a deep dive into the world of compensation. We look at all of the top technology providers. We gather data from a wide…
October 1, 2023HR Strategy
7 Compensation Practices of High-Performing Organizations [New Research]
Over the last few months we’ve been working on our 2023 Compensation Data and Technology Trends research that we update every two years. In this year’s…
September 11, 2023Talent Acquisition
The State of Hiring in Financial Services: What’s Now and What’s Next [Report]
Within the context of this new report, we look at some of the specific data that apply to the financial services sector based on responses from talent…
August 28, 2023HR Technology
Schoox 2023 HR Tech Awards Case Study
About the Company Schoox is workplace learning software with a people-first twist. For organizations with frontline, remote, and corporate learners who…
August 26, 2023HR Technology
SkyHive 2023 HR Tech Awards Case Study
About the Company SkyHive is a Certified B Corporation and software provider of global workforce intelligence technology, optimizing labor market…
August 26, 2023Talent Acquisition
The State of Hiring: How the Manufacturing Industry is Responding [Report]
“It’s the strangest thing I’ve ever seen in more than 25 years of recruiting.” This comment is probably one you have either heard or spoken yourself in…
August 16, 2023HR Strategy
Key Takeaways from the 2023 Performance, Engagement, and Culture Enablement Livestream
Recently we posted about our PEACE livestream session that we were hosting in conjunction with Quantum Workplace, HiBob, and Confirm. This session…
August 11, 2023HR Strategy
Performance, Culture, and Employee Retention [Infographic]
Making work meaningful isn’t a pipe dream. It isn’t something that can’t happen. But it also doesn’t happen without intention and effort. Our latest…
August 2, 2023Events
What’s New in Employee Retention, Performance, and Culture? [Livestream]
On Thursday, August 10th, our team will be hosting a special livestream to look at our brand new data on Performance, Engagement, and Culture…
July 31, 2023HR Technology
HiBob 2023 HR Tech Awards Case Study
About the Company HiBob is on a mission to enable companies to thrive through change using people-first strategies. The HCM platform, Bob, simplifies…
July 26, 2023HR Technology
Jobvite 2023 HR Tech Awards Case Study
About the Company Jobvite, an Employ Inc. brand, is a purpose-built proven talent acquisition (TA) solution built to innovate, scale, and solve the…
July 26, 2023HR Technology
15Five 2023 HR Tech Awards Case Study
About the Company 15Five is the holistic performance management company. 15Five equips HR teams with a complete, single-platform solution to improve…
June 26, 2023HR Technology
Cornerstone 2023 HR Tech Awards Case Study
About the Company Cornerstone powers the future-ready workforce with a next-generation talent experience platform designed to unite technology, data…
June 26, 2023HR Technology
Harri 2023 HR Tech Awards Case Study
About the Company Harri is the revolutionary global leader in Frontline Employee Experience. The Harri platform is built for companies that have…
June 26, 2023HR Technology
Phenom 2023 HR Tech Awards Case Study
About the Company Phenom has a purpose of helping a billion people find the right job. Through AI-powered talent experiences, employers are using…
June 26, 2023HR Strategy
Biased, Burdensome, and Burnt Out: The Unlimited PTO Story [New Research]
Not too far in the past, a company that offered its workers an unfettered amount of paid leave would have seemed illogical at best. After all, the…
May 30, 2023insight
HR Tech Awards 2023: Winners Announced
In our daily work with talent leaders and solution providers, we run into some incredible technology. Some of the tools available to organizations…
May 24, 2023Talent Acquisition
Critical Success Factors For Attracting and Hiring in the Modern Environment [New Report]
Hiring moves quickly. That’s true in a practical/process sense, but it’s also true from a broader trends perspective. What works today is different in…
May 17, 2023HR Strategy
3 Learning Trends for 2023: Talent Shortage, Manager Enablement, and Mental Health [New Report]
At the Learning Technologies UK event last week, I found in many conversations with learning professionals that they can get bogged down and frustrated…
May 8, 2023Talent Acquisition
Lighthouse Listens: 6 Innovative Talent Acquisition Technologies
As part of our ongoing research efforts, our team meets with technology providers across the HR, talent, and learning space on a regular basis. Last…
April 20, 2023HR Strategy
Women are 50% Less Likely to Have Visibility into Internal Career Opportunities [New Research]
Recently, the Japanese multinational Fujitsu was commended by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry for its efforts to encourage the…
April 18, 2023HR Strategy
IAMPHENOM 2023: Back and More Innovative than Ever
In our latest talent acquisition research study (join our upcoming livestream to be the first to see the findings), we see a dramatic growth in the…
March 28, 2023Talent Acquisition
49% of Employers with Recruitment Process Outsourcing Relationships Plan to Change this Year
In our partnership with the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association (RPOA) in 2022, we jointly published a research report that examined how…
March 6, 2023HR Strategy
It’s HERE! My New Talent Scarcity Book is ***Free*** For a Limited Time
Over the last year as companies struggled to find good people to hire and fought at the same time to keep their best staff, I knew there had to be a…
February 1, 2023HR Strategy
How to Manage Frontline Employee Turnover
Frontline Workplaces: Experiencing High Turnover? The Cause May Be Your Manager It’s no secret that industries with frontline workers are struggling to…
January 24, 2023HR Strategy
The Costs and Benefits of Employee One-on-Ones
In most cases, losing weight comes down to eating right and exercising. Creating great relationships means being attentive and caring of the other…
January 11, 2023HR Strategy
2022 Was Another Record Year for HR Tech: See 20+ M&A Activities that Shaped the Market
Last year one of our most popular posts on the blog was a recap of some of the 2021 M&A activities across the HR Tech landscape. When you juxtapose…
January 9, 2023HR Technology
Eightfold.ai 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company With a deep-learning AI platform and massive datasets (on more than a billion careers, representing much of the working world)…
December 21, 2022HR Strategy
What Frontline Workers Care About in 2023 [Infographic]
With all of the news focusing on layoffs and potential economic challenges, it might surprise you to hear that employers hiring frontline staff are…
December 16, 2022Learning & Development
New Research: What Learners Want Most in 2023 [Infographic]
When it comes to hiring, employers spend a good bit of time learning and understanding what their candidates are looking for. We want to make sure our…
December 12, 2022Learning & Development
Employee Burnout and Belonging: Top Learning Trends for 2023 [Infographic]
Employee belonging, burnout/stress, and DEI are all tied together, and they all intersect learning as well. In our brand new research on learning and…
November 28, 2022HR Strategy
3 Frontline Worker Trends: Salary, Shortage, and Support
In today’s workplace with the economy shifting and employers looking to slow hiring, we’re seeing some confusing signals. With some firms laying off…
November 14, 2022HR Technology
Talroo 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company Talroo is helping organizations like Uber, McDonald’s, UPS, The Home Depot, Target and more, find and hire their essential…
November 8, 2022Talent Acquisition
Lever 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company For a long time, hiring was a transactional process: moving from resume to interview, interview to offer, offer to first day in the…
October 21, 2022HR Strategy
The State of Voice of the Employee and Enterprise Employee Feedback Survey Platforms
In the last few years, the workplace has transitioned from a focus just on employee surveys to a more continuous listening approach. This transition…
October 17, 2022HR Strategy
Recruitment Process Outsourcing: Services, Value, and Buyer Intent
This week I had the pleasure of serving as the opening keynote for the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association (RPOA) annual conference, sharing…
October 4, 2022Talent Acquisition
BrightHire 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company BrightHire is the world’s leading Interview Intelligence platform. We transform the quality of hiring for high-growth companies like…
September 28, 2022Events
HR Tech Connect Summit 2022: A few tickets left
Over the last few years, one of my favorite events has been the HR Tech Connect Summit. This year it happens on November 16-18 in Tampa, FL. This is a…
September 25, 2022Talent Acquisition
Seekout 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company SeekOut is an AI-powered Talent 360 platform for Enterprise Talent Optimization that enables companies to quickly hire, grow, and…
September 21, 2022HR Technology
Sparrow 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company Sparrow makes it simple for employers to care for their people with the first true end-to-end leave management solution where…
September 16, 2022HR Strategy
isolved Connect 2022: A Case Study in Customer Engagement
Nearly 40% bigger than last year, the isolved Connect 2022 user conference was held in Nashville and demonstrated that in many ways, client events are…
September 11, 2022HR Strategy
3 Reasons People Quit (and 3 That Make them Stay)
Research shows that managers believe 70% of the reason people leave a job is due to pay. However, actual data points indicate that nearly 70% of the…
August 22, 2022HR Technology
Enboarder 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company Enboarder, the world’s only People Activation Platform specifically designed to inspire action and truly engage employees, was…
August 21, 2022Talent Acquisition
HireEZ 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company HireEZ’s mission is to make outbound recruiting easy. We’re dedicated to helping recruiters proactively bring jobs to people and give…
August 21, 2022HR Technology
Socrates 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company Socrates.ai is a leading employee experience platform that builds on humanity in the best way possible – via real conversations in…
August 16, 2022HR Strategy
How to Increase Employee Support by 6,000% [New Research]
In the coming month or two we’ll be unveiling the findings of our new Frontline Worker study, but today I want to share a few statistics that are…
August 15, 2022Talent Acquisition
Reejig 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company Reejig is a leading workforce intelligence platform that enables large-scale organizations to find, retain, and upskill talent at…
July 22, 2022HR Technology
Fuel50 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company From its humble beginnings in New Zealand in 2013, Fuel50 is one of the leading HCM SaaS solutions in the US and is seeing rapid…
July 21, 2022HR Technology
Guild Education 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company Guild Education is a social impact company that empowers American workers to unlock life-changing opportunities for personal and…
July 21, 2022HR Technology
Sense 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company Sense is a leading AI-powered talent engagement and communication platform that helps recruiting and talent teams to personalize…
July 16, 2022Learning & Development
Schoox 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company Schoox transforms learning into business growth. Our learning platform and course marketplace help companies accelerate business…
July 11, 2022HR Strategy
Predicting Pay and Skills From Job Market Intelligence Data on #HRTechTalks
In today’s world, things change and evolve so quickly. Take pay for instance. It’s changing faster than the surveys and other data sources can keep up…
June 27, 2022HR Strategy
isolved 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company isolved is a people-first human capital management company whose sole vision is to enable customers to exceed their goals through…
June 21, 2022Talent Acquisition
PandoLogic 2022 Awards Case Study
About the Company PandoLogic, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Veritone, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI), a leader in enterprise artificial intelligence, is the…
June 21, 2022Talent Acquisition
Employers Turning to Technology to Solve Hiring Woes [New Report]
In the last 24 months, hiring has gone from a “let’s wait and see” to a highly competitive experience that is leaving employers scratching their heads…
June 20, 2022HR Strategy
HR Tech Awards 2022: Winners Announced
In our daily work with talent leaders and solution providers, we run into some incredible technology. Some of the tools available to organizations…
May 18, 2022HR Strategy
3 Reasons Candidates Ghost Employers, Plus 4 Things They Desire [Infographic]
When you are selling a house in a buyer’s market, you do all kinds of things to try to create the right atmosphere, conditions, and appeal so that you…
April 19, 2022Talent Acquisition
More Tech, More Headcount, More Budget: Early Findings from our New Talent Acquisition Research
Hiring isn’t just about talent, jobs, and skills. It’s about finding the right person to solve a business need. And when enough of those jobs are…
April 13, 2022HR Strategy
9 out of 10 Workers Would Stay at Your Company if They Had this Benefit [Report]
For a long time, employers have offered paid time off (PTO) as a way to provide flexibility to the workforce to meet their personal needs. However, new…
March 31, 2022Learning & Development
Cornerstone to Acquire EdCast, Reshaping the LXP and Learning Tech Markets
As reported by Yahoo Finance, Cornerstone plans to acquire learning experience platform (LXP) EdCast. In our analysis of the learning technology…
March 17, 2022HR Strategy
Do People Really Want to Quit Their Jobs? What the Research Indicates
“What do you mean he’s leaving?” I was in a bit of a panic. We were on the verge of delivering a large project to the customer, and I’d just gotten…
March 14, 2022Talent Acquisition
Conversational Recruiting: Finding Value in Conversions, Consistency, and Cost Reduction
Chatbots, also known as conversational recruiting tools, have become an essential component for the hiring technology stack at many organization. Used…
February 28, 2022HR Strategy
Tech Brief: Compensation Tool
Squirrel is a real-time wage and salary data solution offered by Compensation Tool, an industry-leading benchmarking and salary survey management tool…
February 23, 2022HR Strategy
Can You Really Save 200,000 Minutes of Onboarding Time? [Webinar]
What’s your take on onboarding? Back in the day, I really enjoyed the opportunity to help new hires set up benefits, meet our team, and get their gear…
February 7, 2022HR Strategy
New Research: Employees Score Companies with a Failing Grade on Mental Health Support
Employers are trying. They really are. In the new report published this week based on responses from 1,000 employers and 1,000 workers, we saw…
February 2, 2022HR Strategy
The Remote Work Gap: How to Add Flexibility in a Non-Flexible Industry or Job
This is one of the hottest conversations in the workplace, today, and no, I’m not talking about the most challenging hiring environment we’ve ever seen…
January 30, 2022HR Strategy
Do You Want to Retain the Largest Age Group in Your Workforce?
Data from Pew shows that Millennials make up one in three employees, and based on new data we have from our Great Reprioritization study, we see that…
January 28, 2022HR Strategy
Tech Brief: Gloat
Gloat is an Internal Talent Marketplace used by the world’s leading enterprises. The platform helps enterprises democratize career development, unlock…
January 28, 2022Talent Acquisition
Tech Brief: iCIMS
The iCIMS Talent Cloud is a single recruiting platform that delivers transformative solutions across every stage of the talent journey, empowering…
January 28, 2022HR Strategy
Tech Brief: Olumo
Olumo helps organizations build a people-focused culture by gathering anonymous people data on a consistent basis, asking questions surrounding over 56…
January 28, 2022HR Strategy
Tech Brief: PTO Exchange
PTO Exchange is a benefits platform that allows employees to apply the value of their unused paid time off (PTO) to a range of priorities, like…
January 28, 2022HR Strategy
Tech Brief: Utmost
Utmost, the first Extended Workforce System, offers solutions for the enterprise and its extended workforce – from temporary workers to consultants…
January 28, 2022HR Strategy
Tech Brief: Alleo
Alleo enables hybrid and virtual meeting participants to get more work done synchronously during the meeting diminishing after meeting asynchronous…
January 27, 2022HR Strategy
Tech Brief: Sorbet
Sorbet is a fintech company transforming the most broken benefit – Paid Time Off (PTO) – into a win-win for businesses and their employees. Sorbet…
January 26, 2022HR Strategy
Talent Mobility: The Key to Engagement, Retention, and Performance [Infographic]
Our research over the last six years has indicated several practices that set high-performing employers apart from the rest. One of the big ones?…
January 24, 2022HR Strategy
How Guardant Health Leverages Procaire by Praisidio for Employee Retention [Case Study]
In a company staffed with technical specialists, losing even one employee can have an extremely high cost. Software professionals, data scientists, and…
January 17, 2022HR Strategy
Two Out of Three Employees Want this Talent Practice Right Now
I recently spoke for IAMHR, an event that Phenom put on, and they did a writeup of the session and some of my research. I’m reposting here because 1)…
January 12, 2022HR Strategy
New Findings on Worker Preferences, HR Jobs, and More #HRTechTalks
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January 11, 2022HR Strategy
Data Preview: The Great Resignation? Nope, It’s The Great Reprioritization (New Research)
The Great Resignation Reprioritization The video overview below, hosted by Lighthouse Research & Advisory’s Chief Research Officer Ben Eubanks, dives…
January 7, 2022HR Strategy
2021 Was the Biggest Year Yet for HR Tech: See 30+ of the Top M&A Activities
Last year one of our most popular posts on the blog was a recap of some of the 2020 M&A activities across the HR Tech landscape. When you juxtapose…
January 5, 2022HR Strategy
Frictionless Recruiting with MapRecruit on #HRTechTalks
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January 4, 2022HR Strategy
Getting Comfortable with Data: featuring Salary.com on #HRTechTalks
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December 17, 2021HR Strategy
2021 HR Tech Awards Case Study: ChartHop
Read the full case study Problems The Technology Solves Organizational management has traditionally been a broken, manual and time-consuming process…
December 10, 2021HR Strategy
Mythbusting AI: A Year in the Making
Last year I had an idea. I wanted to host a session and call it “mythbusting AI” after those awesome mythbuster guys on TV. Since I was a kid, I’ve…
December 7, 2021HR Strategy
The Power of a Single System to Manage, Track, and Report on Employee Skills
Years ago a storm came through the town where I lived and damaged a building on my father’s property. He needed it repaired, so I volunteered for the…
December 7, 2021HR Strategy
2021 HR Tech Awards Case Study: Fuel50
Read the full case study Problems The Technology Solves Fuel50 is a transparent talent and opportunity marketplace to meet the business needs for…
November 10, 2021HR Strategy
New Data Show the (Surprising) Buyer Priorities for Compensation Management Systems [New Research]
Companies often spend more time managing their petty cash drawer than they do thinking about the strategic importance of their compensation systems and…
November 8, 2021Talent Acquisition
Missed Our State of Hiring Event? Get it On Demand
Last week our team put on a virtual event for 500+ HR and talent leaders called The State of Hiring in Today’s Talent Market. It was an amazing…
November 2, 2021HR Strategy
How Internal Mobility Solves for Risk, Cost, and More
Talent mobility can help your company tap into the trillions in GDP growth coming in the next 25 years. That’s a big claim, but the connection is real…
October 19, 2021Learning & Development
2021 HR Tech Awards Case Study: Schoox
Read the full case study Problems The Technology Solves Learning Engagement. Schoox offers an intuitive, social and mobile interface that learners…
October 10, 2021Talent Acquisition
4 Powerful Differences in Data-Focused Talent Acquisition Teams
If I asked you to predict how long it takes to brush your teeth, how accurate would your guess be? In a scenario like that with few variables and a…
October 4, 2021HR Strategy
Machine Learning Allows Employers to Leverage Skill Data in Ways We Never Dreamed
In 2019, our team at Lighthouse Research & Advisory set out to determine if artificial intelligence (AI) is better than humans at some HR tasks. We…
October 1, 2021HR Strategy
2021 HR Tech Awards Case Study: Hibob
Read the full case study Problems The Technology Solves Hybrid work has become the new normal and has thrust HR to the head seat at the board room…
September 10, 2021HR Strategy
2021 HR Tech Awards Case Study: Tivian
Read the full case study Problems The Technology Solves Most organizations express a firm commitment to equality and inclusion, where all employees…
August 10, 2021insight
Compensation Technology Research 2021: Resources, Screenshots, and More
One of our most in-depth research pieces in the last few years focused on compensation management technology: the tools that companies use to create…
August 3, 2021HR Strategy
Personalization and Wellness: How AI Supports Wellbeing at Scale
“You need to have a competitive pay and benefits offering. When you go to do that, the employer ends up paying for a lot of things that go unused just…
August 2, 2021HR Strategy
Skills Provide an Objective Data Foundation and a Common Business Language
When it comes to discussions about skills in the workplace, it can feel very much like an all-or-nothing proposition. You either get it right and reap…
July 26, 2021Talent Acquisition
2021 HR Tech Awards Case Study: Phenom
Read the full case study Problems The Technology Solves Candidate Experience Phenom solves candidate pain points by equipping employers with the tools…
July 10, 2021HR Strategy
Rising Construction Industry Demand for HR Technology
Recently I had the opportunity to speak to an audience that serves and supports the construction industry. The team pulled some of the insights from my…
July 6, 2021Talent Acquisition
The Candidate Experience: Perspectives on Video Interviews, Assessments, and Hiring
[Updated July 2021 with new insights] In some ways, hiring looks very similar to what it did twenty years ago. People search for positions, indicate…
July 5, 2021HR Strategy
Tech Brief: IntelliHR
intelliHR offers leading edge cloud-based People Management Software-as-a-Service with advanced big data collection and analytics capabilities at its…
July 2, 2021HR Strategy
Solution Provider Review: Immedis
Immedis delivers touchless global payroll that is secure, compliant, accurate and timely. Processing payroll in over 150 countries, the Immedis…
June 30, 2021Talent Acquisition
Solution Provider Review: Talroo
Talroo is a data-driven job and hiring event advertising platform that helps businesses reach the candidates they need to make hires. Through AI…
June 29, 2021Learning & Development
These are the Learning Technology and L&D Skill Gaps that Exist [New Research]
When situations change and people can’t change fast enough, everyone turns to the learning team for answers. But what if they have questions of their…
June 28, 2021HR Strategy
Skills Power Every Talent Practice: Building Your Skills Business Case
Like many parents in the last year, I’ve spent more time with my kids’ learning materials, re-familiarizing myself with the ins and outs of…
June 18, 2021Events
HR Tech Awards 2021: Winners Announced
Last year, our inaugural HR Tech Awards program was a chance for technology providers to show how they serve their clients. This year, an astounding…
May 27, 2021Talent Acquisition
Solution Review: dotin
dotin Inc., through its patented intelligent SaaS-based AI platform, helps enterprises in sourcing, screening, upskilling and engaging talent in…
May 21, 2021HR Strategy
Solution review: Engagedly
Engagedly is a tool for talent-focused organizations. It enables talent development through mentoring, coaching, and feedback tools that are highly…
May 21, 2021Events
HR Analyst Day: April 2021 Overview
Last month our team tackled another HR Analyst Day initiative, talking with more than a dozen providers across learning, talent acquisition, HR, and…
May 10, 2021HR Strategy
Compliance Challenges? You’re Not Alone: Featuring ThinkHR/MammothHR on HR Tech Talks
Since the start of this year, multiple new laws have passed that change responsibilities for employers, and that’s just a small sample of the overall…
April 12, 2021insight
Solving Pay Equity and Comp Challenges: Featuring Curo Compensation on HR Tech Talks
More and more companies across the globe are attempting to tackle the pay equity issue, but it’s not always easy if you don’t have the right tools to…
April 12, 2021Talent Acquisition
Report: We Asked 800+ Employers about Virtual Recruiting [New Research]
This year our team is going deep on research. In a world like we’ve seen in the last 12+ months, it’s easy for all of us to feel a little bit adrift…
April 6, 2021HR Strategy
Embracing Flexibility in Your Talent System: PeopleFluent on HR Tech Talks
When HR technology first became a “thing,” tools were rigid and structured. Today, some tools are still that way, but others have taken the opposite…
March 29, 2021Talent Acquisition
New Research: Virtual Hiring, Recruiter Skills, and Internal Mobility
This year our team is going deep on research. In a world like we’ve seen in the last 12+ months, it’s easy for all of us to feel a little bit adrift…
March 29, 2021HR Strategy
Health Intelligence: Going Beyond Health Analytics with Springbuk on HR Tech Talks
Employers often put little thought into the data wrapped around their health benefits. But what if leaders could use health analytics to connect…
March 15, 2021HR Strategy
HR Tech for Midsize Companies: Featuring Namely on HR Tech Talks
If you’re a large enterprise, there are HR tools for you. If you’re a small company, there are HR tools for you. But what if you’re in a midsize…
March 15, 2021HR Technology
Tech Brief: ChartHop
The concept of organizational agility – the ability to anticipate, adapt to, and react swiftly and decisively to change – has been part of the business…
March 15, 2021HR Technology
Tech Brief: Intrepid Learning
In today’s rapid pace of change, employers are challenged to reskill and upskill their people faster than ever before to meet business demands. Yet…
March 15, 2021HR Technology
Tech Brief: Visier
Data, in itself, has little value. However, the analysis of the data for improving decision-making is incredibly powerful at an enterprise level…
March 15, 2021Talent Acquisition
Connecting Healthcare Operations and Recruiting at Mercy on We’re Only Human
“It’s about understanding that workforce isn’t a recruiting job. It isn’t a leadership job. It’s everybody’s job. If you have needs in the workforce…
March 9, 2021HR Technology
Tech Brief: Cangrade
Our brand-new Global Talent Acquisition Priorities 2021 study about talent acquisition trends shows that virtual hiring is a top priority for the…
March 8, 2021HR Strategy
A More Holistic View for Hiring Talent: Featuring iCIMS on HR Tech Talks
Historically, hiring has been an external activity, and the tools were primarily focused on workflows and candidate intake. The modern hiring…
March 1, 2021Talent Acquisition
Job Boards and the Human Touch in Recruiting: Featuring ClearedJobs on HR Tech Talks
Putting the Human Touch into Recruiting Technology – When recruiting talent, balancing technology and the human touch is critical. Job boards aren’t…
March 1, 2021HR Strategy
3 Keys to Creating and Becoming a Best Place to Work: Angie Redmon on We’re Only Human
“What different actions can we take going forward? So whether it was an implementation to our benefits plan or whether it was rolling out a new piece…
February 19, 2021Events
Break the Ice: Join us for HR Tech Roundtable on Feb 25th
Like many parts of the United States this week, we’re snowed and iced in here in Huntsville, Alabama. Stay safe and warm out there! Next week I’m…
February 17, 2021HR Strategy
20+ High Impact HR Technology Acquisitions, Mergers, and More from 2020
In 2020, in spite of the pandemic-related shutdowns and other business impacts, the HR technology industry was within a few M&A deals of the 2019…
February 12, 2021HR Strategy
3 Simple Secrets to Better Employee Experience: A PayPal Case Study
In the last couple of years, “employee experience” has become this ubiquitous term that is a catch all for pretty much everything related to employees…
February 1, 2021HR Strategy
Workday to Acquire Peakon: Why This Matters
Today Workday announced its intent to acquire Peakon, one of the leading voice of the employee tools in the market today. This adds new capabilities…
January 28, 2021HR Strategy
Empowering Your Internal Experts for Better Learning Outcomes on We’re Only Human
I really do believe this is a moment for learning and training that could see a transformation that benefits learners. Simon Greany, Elucidat We’re…
January 22, 2021HR Strategy
Measuring Productivity in the Modern Workplace: Prodoscore on We’re Only Human
“We can’t forget about being human.” Tom Moran, Chief Strategy Officer, Prodoscore We’re Only Human — Episode 102 When workers gathered to work on…
January 15, 2021HR Strategy
Making Culture Tangible and Inclusive: Featuring Questback on HR Tech Talks
One of the biggest challenges people have with culture is that it’s often vague or unclear. Or, as is often the case, there is a gap between reality…
January 11, 2021HR Strategy
7 HCM Trends for 2021: Prioritizing People-Centric HR
2020 is going to be the year that the world never forgets, but in a swirling pool of chaos there are some important components that we can’t miss…
January 7, 2021Talent Acquisition
Virtual Recruiting (What Works and What Doesn’t): Featuring Yello on HR Tech Talks
2020 has been a roller coaster for most firms and for the economy as a whole. Unemployment swelled to 20 million people and has already fallen to 12…
January 4, 2021Talent Acquisition
Automating and Personalizing Hiring: Featuring Phenom on HR Tech Talks
The world of hiring is very different from what it was a year ago. Yet one thing remains constant: it’s about connecting people with opportunities that…
December 31, 2020Events
Case Study: Early Talent Hiring with Yello
The following case study features Yello, a recruiting technology firm that focuses on early talent and college recruiting through a combination of…
December 31, 2020insight
Learning | Interrupted: How Learning is Shifting to a Benefit and Culture Priority
Employees need development and growth. It’s a constant driver of engagement, and in many studies, skill growth shows up in the top slot for predicting…
November 10, 2020Events
HR Analyst Day 2020: Final Day and Closing Thoughts
If you missed it, check out what happened during HR Analyst Day: Day One and Day Two. This week I am partnering with Jessica Miller-Merrell of…
November 5, 2020HR Strategy
HR Analyst Day: Day Two Recap (File Management, Talent Development, and More)
If you missed it, check out what happened during HR Analyst Day: Day One. Also see the final day wrap up and insights here: HR Analyst Day 2020 closing…
November 3, 2020Events
HR Analyst Day: Day One Recap (AI, Virtual Hiring, and More)
This week I am partnering with Jessica Miller-Merrell of Workology on HR Analyst Day, which is a bit of a misnomer because it’s actually running most…
November 2, 2020HR Strategy
Talent Marketplaces are Here: Key Players, Usage, and Unanswered Questions
Several years ago, World Bank Group was in trouble. The organization had been through a series of challenges and was in the midst of a hiring freeze in…
October 28, 2020Events
Join Us October 22nd for the Next HR Tech Roundtable
This year has been, in the words of a good friend, a “dumpster fire.” So many things have gone wrong, yet the changing environment has led to some new…
October 12, 2020HR Strategy
What the Phenom Acquisition of My Ally Signifies for Automation in Recruiting
My Ally is a recruiting chatbot tool that schedules 20,000 interviews a month. Phenom offers a talent experience platform and serves hundreds of…
September 30, 2020HR Strategy
Is There a Relationship Between HR Technology and Organizational Agility? [New Research]
In the last few months we’ve seen some incredible stories, both positive and negative, around the impact of HR technology on the business and people…
September 17, 2020Events
How to Support Parents at Work: A Livestream Conversation
As the father of four kids ages 10 and under, the last few months of quarantine life have been interesting… And challenging. It’s one thing to say that…
August 25, 2020Events
HR Tech Award Winners 2020 Announced
This has been a year unlike any other, but one thing that has been steadfast in the last few months is the support that the HR technology industry is…
August 14, 2020HR Strategy
What 10+ Studies Say About the COVID and Post-COVID Workplace
Over the last two months our team has been talking with different technology firms and business leaders about what’s happening and what is next. The…
August 10, 2020HR Strategy
How to Develop and Verify the Skills Your Workforce Needs [Video]
I have a vision of the workplace where HR knows as much about the skills of the workforce as finance does about the dollars and cents on the balance…
August 3, 2020HR Strategy
Engaging and Developing your Remote Workforce: Winning the Productivity Game [HR Tech Roundtable]
Recently I wrote about a new series of events we’re supporting called the HR Tech Roundtable. We have another coming up and I’d like to personally…
July 23, 2020HR Strategy
HR Tech Roundtable: A New Virtual Event for HR and Talent Executives
In the book Never Eat Alone, Keith Ferrazzi talks about the power of building powerful personal and professional networks: one person, one…
May 29, 2020HR Strategy
Job Posting Volume Down, Industry Impacts, and Recession Preparation: An RPO Perspective
One of the areas of focus for us at Lighthouse this year is recruitment process outsourcing, or RPO. This service component of HR outsourcing has…
April 14, 2020HR Strategy
#HRTech Companies Offering Free Resources and Information During COVID-19 Crisis
Note: updated 4/20/20 at 7:00am CST with additional resources (24th update since publication on 3/20/20) Our team has been careful in recent days to…
March 20, 2020HR Strategy
Compensation Technology Landscape and Buyer’s Guide Report [New Research]
Many employers spend more time and effort managing their $100 petty cash drawer than they do planning, strategizing, and managing a multimillion dollar…
March 11, 2020HR Strategy
Insights from Hilton, Merck, and Unisys Talent Leaders and More at #IAMPHENOM20
This week i was able to spend some time in Philadelphia with the Phenom People team at IAMPHENOM with 1,000 recruiters and talent leaders, and between…
March 5, 2020HR Strategy
Everything You Need to Know About Reskilling (Including Some Surprising Stats)
When a firm has 250,000 global employees, it’s easy to become comfortable with how things operate. However, that’s when things usually end up going…
February 24, 2020HR Strategy
Insights from Cox Enterprises, Emerson Electric, Delta Airlines, and More [Podcast]
When I started writing nearly 11 years ago, I never imagined it would become the tool to reach the large audiences that it is today. Some of that…
February 18, 2020HR Strategy
The Shift from Candidate Experience to Retention and Diversity as Hiring Priorities
Over the last year, a significant shift has happened in how employers look at talent. There have always been forward thinking organizations that…
February 10, 2020HR Strategy
20+ HR Technology Acquisitions, Mergers, and More from 2019
In 2019 there were dozens of mergers and acquisitions in the world of HR technology. This represents a vibrant industry full of continuous innovation…
January 28, 2020Events
Announcing the HR Tech Awards Powered by Lighthouse Research & Advisory
We are announcing our new HR Tech Awards program and are excited about how it will impact the industry and support the HR tech buyer community. Learn…
January 6, 2020HR Strategy
New Research: HR Practices of High-Performing SMBs
Recently we published our larger report on SMB HR Technology, Staffing, and Outsourcing trends. One of the interesting components of the data we…
November 24, 2019HR Strategy
New Research: Is AI Better Than Humans at Employee Surveys?
In the past few years I have been digging very deep into AI and how it can help (and hurt) the employee experience. What I’ve been itching to do…
November 11, 2019HR Strategy
New Research: SMB HR Tech, Staffing, and Outsourcing Trends
Did you know that within the United States, more than 99% of all businesses have 999 or fewer employees? That means when we talk about enterprise…
November 5, 2019Events
Workday Rising: Machine Learning, Skills, and the New Face of HCM #wdayrising
https://twitter.com/beneubanks/status/1188881526404071424 If I could encapsulate my takeaways from the Workday Rising conference in 140 characters or…
November 1, 2019Events
HR Technology Conference 2019: AI Grows Up, The Data Play, and More #HRTechConf
This fall has been incredible with plenty of travel across the globe, and the coming weeks promise more of the same. One of the events that I…
October 11, 2019HR Strategy
10 Reasons Humans are Terrible at Hiring (and How AI Can Help)
Last year, Amazon shuttered an algorithm the team was developing because it realized it was biased. The algorithm was developed by the company’s…
September 4, 2019Talent Acquisition
Talent Acquisition Chatbots: Providers, Metrics and Everything You Need to Know [New Research]
We have heard so much about chatbots in the last few years, but what can they really do, and do they really add value? In this new report from our…
August 11, 2019Events
Just What is “Advisory” Anyway? How We Work with Clients
Recently we’ve been getting more requests for help from a broad variety of employers and vendors in the industry. They have typically seen our research…
July 9, 2019HR Strategy
13+ HR Case Studies: Analytics, Culture, Learning, Recruiting, Technology, and More
As someone who has worked in the HR profession, I know well the full value of stories, examples, and case studies. At the end of the day, practitioners…
June 4, 2019Talent Acquisition
Breaking News: Insights on the Montage Talent and Shaker International Merger
Lots of HR technology news happens daily, and I don’t always write about it. However, the news today that Montage (@montagetalent) and Shaker…
May 21, 2019HR Strategy
Why All the AI Research You’re Reading is Dead Wrong
When I was writing my book, Artificial Intelligence for HR, I thought very hard about doing a study on AI adoption by HR professionals. I wanted to…
May 13, 2019HR Strategy
The Gravitational Pull of Suite vs the Innovation of Best of Breed
It never fails. Almost every time I speak to audiences about talent, technology, AI, or another related topic, I get a question very similar to this…
May 7, 2019Learning & Development
New Research: 81% of Learning Pros Say Disruption Drives Upskilling and Reskilling Demand
We keep hearing that artificial intelligence, bots, and other components of technology will force employers to rethink skills in the workplace. But…
March 18, 2019HR Strategy
How AI Can Positively Influence Diversity and Inclusion
Last month news broke that an AI-powered facial recognition technology used by law enforcement was actually biased against, well, pretty much everyone…
March 5, 2019Talent Acquisition
4 Types of Interviewing Technology to Enhance the Candidate Experience
Choosing the Right Talent It’s important to create a great candidate experience, because first impressions mean everything. Assessments, interviews…
February 18, 2019HR Strategy
Onboarding Technologies: What They Can Do For You?
Onboarding is a period of time that varies by company but provides new employees with the necessary information and training to be successful in their…
February 13, 2019HR Strategy
#Think2019: Making People the Strongest Link in the Business
Check out the podcast episode below or scroll to read some additional insights from the event. For links to resources mentioned in the podcast please…
February 13, 2019HR Strategy
New Research: The Evolving Employee Communications Technology Landscape
Are You Ready for Changing Workplace Communications? Click here to get the research In today’s world, communicating in the workplace is more…
February 11, 2019HR Strategy
New Research on Diversity and Inclusion Technology [Podcast]
(Subscribers click through to check out this episode) Our team has been researching diversity and inclusion with a specific look at how training can…
February 5, 2019HR Strategy
Diversity Leads to Innovation, Innovation Leads to Revenue
Imagine walking into your new job full of nervousness and anxiety only to observe that no one in the building resembles yourself. Puzzled, you begin to…
February 4, 2019HR Strategy
Companies Lose 25% of New Hires a Year: How Onboarding Can Save Your Business
The process of onboarding is one of the most critical stages of the hiring process and costs an estimated $400 per person. It is the time that goals…
January 28, 2019Events
#SHRM #NextChat: The Future of #AI for #HR Twitter Chat
This week I am going to be doing a SHRM NextChat on Wednesday from 2-3p Central time. This is a Twitter chat where people can ask me any question or…
January 22, 2019HR Strategy
Hint: Your CEO Doesn’t Care About Employee Engagement
It seems that we can’t turn around today without having a conversation that touches on employee engagement. Yet despite all the attention, it hasn’t…
January 20, 2019HR Strategy
Artificial Intelligence for HR: The Book is Live! (#AI for #HR)
Over the winter holidays you might have missed the fanfare, but the new book, Artificial Intelligence for HR, is now available! We will not be pushing…
January 15, 2019HR Strategy
New Report: Career Planning as a 2019 Talent Imperative
Today’s workers have more transparency and choice of jobs than any generation before, which means retention is a critical component for employers…
January 8, 2019Talent Acquisition
AI Concepts: What is Moravec’s Paradox and Why Should You Care?
In the 1980s, Hans Moravec and other AI researchers discovered a curious finding that we now know as Moravec’s Paradox. Essentially, AI can very easily…
December 17, 2018Talent Acquisition
Do We Really Need a Certification in Talent Acquisition?
Imagine graduating from school with a degree in marketing only to find out that a significant portion of what you know is already outdated or…
December 7, 2018Learning & Development
How Learning is Changing: An Interview with Skillsoft’s Chief Content Officer
Ask almost any business leader, and they’ll tell you that they want their organization to have a culture of learning. However, in today’s discussion…
December 3, 2018Learning & Development
#AI in #Learning: 8 Learning Content Recommendation Signals for Personalized Experiences
AI is penetrating into every aspect of HCM, including learning and development. In many briefings with technology providers I’m hearing the same thing…
November 26, 2018HR Strategy
2019 HCM Trends: Market Size, Investment Priorities, and More
As we edge closer and closer to 2019, I’m receiving more and more questions from employers and vendors in the community about what trends I’m seeing…
November 20, 2018HR Strategy
Algorithms, Bias, and Decision-Making: Podcast Insights from IBM Leaders
To prevent biased algorithms you need to make sure you have unbiased training data on hand. You also need algorithms to be developed by a diverse set…
November 1, 2018HR Strategy
The #AI Enabled Future of Work Requires Essential Human Skills
In my new book on Artificial Intelligence for HR (debuted at #1 on the New and Noteworthy books on Amazon), the final chapter is dedicated to the…
October 30, 2018HR Strategy
Analytics for Diversity: How IKEA Uses Data to Improve D&I Outcomes
Recently I had the opportunity to speak at a SHRM Diversity Conference. I spoke on bias, HR technology, and how AI might be able to help us avoid some…
October 23, 2018Learning & Development
Artificial Intelligence in Learning: The Resounding Message from #DoceboInspire
I’ve written quite a bit on AI and its impact on the employee experience, but one area that I have talked less about is the learning side of the…
October 12, 2018HR Strategy
Saba Buys Lumesse: Fills Critical Gaps for Technology and Customer Acquisition
Things are moving quickly in the HCM technology industry. Last week I reported in from Saba Insight, the company’s annual user conference. This week…
October 1, 2018Events
Key Takeaways from Saba Insight 2018 (#sabainsight18)
2018 is the year that learning and performance are finally intersecting. I’m talking with a variety of vendors that are tackling this, and one of them…
September 27, 2018Talent Acquisition
Using Technology to Level Up Recruiting
My first love as an HR pro was recruiting. Within my first two or three weeks on the job my boss gave me my first recruiting assignment: find a UH-60…
September 20, 2018Events
HR Tech 2018: Let’s Connect!
The HR Technology Conference is the biggest show in the HR tech space for a reason: powerful practitioner content and case studies, great vendor…
September 6, 2018insight
3 Ways Compensation Policies Can Cause Employee Turnover
Did you realize that the way your company approaches compensation policy can actually create (or reduce) employee turnover? If keeping your people is a…
July 30, 2018HR Strategy
4 Fundamental Qualities that Separate Humans and #AI
Note: one of the research efforts we have undertaken here at Lighthouse is the We’re Only Human podcast. This show is now two years old and features…
July 23, 2018insight
3 Lessons on Creating a Culture of Employee Recognition
Employee recognition is a powerful tool to engage workers. Yet all too often recognition initiatives fail. One of the key reasons this happens is…
July 16, 2018HR Strategy
The Best Business is Built on Relationships: A Visit with ExponentHR
We’ve been keeping busy here at Lighthouse, and this past week I was on the road for my last travel of the summer. I visited the SHRM conference in…
June 25, 2018HR Strategy
20+ Onboarding Hacks to Improve the Employee Experience [Free Report]
One of the talent areas that most businesses can improve is onboarding. In some cases the experience is poor, but even for those doing a good job, it’s…
May 23, 2018HR Strategy
Wal-Mart: Our Fastest Growing Business Line is Delivering Experiences [Case Study]
What if you go out to deliver someone’s groceries to their car and there is a screaming toddler and a frazzled young mom at the wheel? What do you do…
April 26, 2018HR Strategy
A Video Primer on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on HR
When the Industrial Revolution waned and knowledge workers became more common, what kinds of skills set apart the great employees from the not-so-great…
April 17, 2018HR Strategy
4 Millennial Myths that Should Not Impact Your Talent Strategy
While there is a growing number of publications on generational differences, much is incorrect or misleading. Typically information falls into one of…
April 11, 2018HR Strategy
Nearly Half of 2017 HR Tech Funding Events went to AI-Focused Companies
This year I’ll be releasing my new book, Artificial Intelligence for HR, focusing on how AI can enable HR to be more human, not less. This post…
April 4, 2018HR Strategy
5 Common Challenges with Internal Talent Mobility
One of our specialties at Lighthouse Research is diving into internal talent mobility. We’re talking with vendors that sell the technology. We’re…
March 27, 2018HR Strategy
How to Get the Employee Experience on the CEO’s Agenda [eBook]
Short version: we’re releasing a new eBook and a companion webinar focusing on the employee experience and how to get executive attention and…
March 19, 2018Performance & Engagement
Thinking of Changing Performance Reviews? Focus on These Core Components
Performance reviews are dead, or so we have been told. The data shows a shrinking support for the traditional method: only 15% of companies have not…
March 13, 2018HR Strategy
Hackathons Solve for HCM Issues: Learning, Recruiting, Retention [Case Study]
“This message will appeal to people in our recruiting process who gravitate towards a culture of hackathons and innovation. It will also turn away…
February 26, 2018Talent Acquisition
3 Differences Between Great and Mediocre Recruiting Video
In the third and final installment in this series, we explore the difference between great and mediocre recruiting video content. The subject of the…
February 20, 2018HR Strategy
Virtual HR Training Event: HR Metrics and Change Management
In the last few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Toronto and the Caribbean to speak about metrics, evidence, and leading change. It’s been…
February 14, 2018HR Strategy
What Is Your Workforce Thinking? Leveraging AI for Employee Sentiment Analysis
Below is a short excerpt from the book I’m working on that will highlight the impact of AI on the HR profession. My goal is to focus heavily on use…
February 7, 2018HR Strategy
HR Tech Vendor Demo Makeovers: A Conversation with George LaRocque
If you didn’t already know it, one of the information channels we provide at Lighthouse is a podcast called We’re Only Human. The focus of the…
January 30, 2018Talent Acquisition
3 Tips on How to Improve Talent Acquisition Video Performance [Video]
In part two of this three part series, we are exploring how to improve the performance of video in the recruiting process. If our true goal is to…
January 24, 2018Learning & Development
3 Innovative Non-LMS Learning Technologies to Know
Lots of technology exists today to support the HCM function, and one of the areas that is fairly mature is the learning management system, or LMS…
January 16, 2018Talent Acquisition
Recruiting Research: 3 Key Points in 3 Minutes [Video]
Recently we at Lighthouse have published two separate pieces focusing on some groundbreaking video recruiting research we performed. Those items can be…
January 11, 2018HR Strategy
The Impact of Algorithm Bias on Human Resources Practices
Diversity has always been a hot topic in the HR profession, but it has exploded into national news with all of the announcements and discoveries of…
January 8, 2018HR Strategy
Creating an Employee Experience Based on Solid Communication Principles
Imagine for a moment that you’re a business leader at a midsize firm. Your company is facing stiff competition. The corporate leadership has seen…
January 3, 2018HR Strategy
The Practical, No-Kidding View of Artificial Intelligence for HR
[Update 2019: The book is now live and is receiving rave reviews! Check it out here.] I’m in the middle of writing a book. Yes, a BOOK! I’m writing a…
December 27, 2017HR Strategy
What We Know About HCM: 2017 Edition
This has been a year of discovery for us at Lighthouse Research, and 2018 is going to be a year of growth and expansion in both our coverage and…
December 26, 2017Talent Acquisition
The ROI of Video in the Candidate Experience
What’s the ROI of video? While it seems like a challenging question to answer, I’ll start you off with two scenarios: Your talent acquisition team…
December 18, 2017HR Strategy
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on HR [Video]
In case you missed it, artificial intelligence is everywhere and it’s rapidly coming for your job. Or maybe that’s just a bit of hyperbole to make you…
December 12, 2017HR Strategy
The Value of the Employee Experience [Free eBook]
Think about your life. Most of the memories that immediately come to mind are based on powerful, emotional experiences. The idea that experiences form…
December 5, 2017HR Strategy
Leadership Lessons from a Third World Country [Video]
A few weeks ago I was one of several speakers that presented Ignite-style videos at the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. My presentation was the…
November 27, 2017HR Strategy
[New Research] Radically Rethinking Your Learning Content Strategy [Free Report]
Anyone who believes that yesterday’s learning content can engage today’s modern learner is sorely mistaken. More than ever employers need to think…
November 14, 2017HR Strategy
The Videos Job Candidates Actually Want to See (Not Your Branding Video) [New Research]
Candidate experience is on everyone’s lips these days, but the discussion is rare when companies actually ask candidates what they want and attempt to…
November 6, 2017Events
Innovation @ Work: How to Lead a HR Hackathon
Last week I had the pleasure of joining nearly 300 HR leaders from around the globe at the inaugural HCI Innovation@Work event in Scottsdale, Arizona…
October 31, 2017Learning & Development
Think Your Employees are Learning? Make Them Prove It
“This is the training course I took in 2007 for advanced Excel shortcuts. And this was one of my favorite classes where we learned how to deal with…
October 24, 2017Talent Acquisition
4 Research-Based Insights: What Candidates Want from Video Interviews
In some ways, hiring looks very similar to what it did twenty years ago. People search for positions, indicate interest, and are filtered down until…
October 16, 2017Talent Acquisition
Today’s Top Talent Acquisition Priorities [Free eBook]
Earlier this summer we published a graphic detailing some of the top priorities for talent acquisition leaders this year. We received so much positive…
October 9, 2017Events
Looking Forward to the 2017 HR Technology Conference
Next week brings another great HR Technology Conference to Las Vegas, and I’m excited for the week’s events. Check out my calendar below to see who I’m…
October 4, 2017Learning & Development
The Next Skill for L&D Professionals: Learning Experience Design #doceboinspire
Thanks to Docebo for bringing me to their first Docebo Inspire event in Boston this week. That made the idea for this blog post possible! On my flight…
September 18, 2017HR Strategy
4 Strategic Drivers of General Motors’ Adoption of Recognition Technology [Case Study]
“After looking at the available research, we realized we had a deep need for strategic recognition.” Sandra Garcia, Global Compensation Center of…
September 12, 2017HR Strategy
How High-Performing Companies Manage Employee Performance [New Research]
Recently we wrapped up an amazing new project, the Lighthouse Research & Advisory Performance Management, Engagement, and Business Results study. This…
September 11, 2017Learning & Development
3 Keys to Creating Engaging Learning Experiences
By now you’ve most likely heard about and begun thinking about the employee experience, because you can’t turn around without reading an article or…
September 6, 2017Talent Acquisition
7 Examples of Artificial Intelligence in Talent Acquisition Technology
[Update 2019: The book is now live and is receiving rave reviews! Check it out here.] Over the past month I’ve been working with a variety of vendors…
August 30, 2017insight
Case Study: How One Healthcare Agency Uses Appreciation to Improve Business and Patient Outcomes (#greatness17)
This week I had the distinct pleasure of seeing Dana Ullom-Vucelich, Chief HR and Ethics Officer with Ohio Living, speak about her company’s employee…
August 8, 2017HR Strategy
The Business Value of HR Technology [Research Preview]
We recently released our research summary from the 2017 Lighthouse Research Business Value of HR Technology Study. It has been fascinating to examine…
August 1, 2017HR Strategy
The Talent Slow Fade: A Case Study of Motley Fool’s Approach to Engagement
The Motley Fool is a multimedia financial services company supporting clients with stock market trends and information. The firm is based in Virginia…
July 6, 2017HR Strategy
Global HR Practices: Compliance, Growth, and Productivity [New Research]
Today, we operate in a global business environment. Companies are expanding, growing and reaching new talent around the globe in order to meet the…
June 26, 2017HR Strategy
Talent Mobility as a Key Business Practice
Talent mobility. It’s an evolving talent practice that delivers incredible value for the workforce and the business, and it gives the organization a…
June 16, 2017Events
Key Takeaways from Female Founders in Growth Stage Technology (#WIGST17)
Last week I had the honor of attending the inaugural Women in Growth Stage Tech event in Chicago, and it was quite the experience. Designed to appeal…
June 12, 2017HR Strategy
Insights from the CHRO Panel at #WorkHuman 2017
This week I’m honored to be at the WorkHuman conference put on by Globoforce. The session this morning was chock full of great insights from an all…
May 31, 2017Talent Acquisition
Employee Retention: Tomorrow’s Recruiting Metric
As HR is increasing its presence as a strategic part of the business, key performance indicators, or KPIs, are becoming a key part of the language for…
May 3, 2017HR Strategy
Networking, Development, and Passion: Why I Want to Attend WorkHuman 2017
About the Author: Jarrett Lee is a Research Associate Intern at Lighthouse Research. His research focuses on case studies of companies that…
April 17, 2017HR Strategy
Diversity Sourcing Strategy: 3 Tactics of Highly Diverse Companies
In my last blog, I wrote about the importance of diversity and inclusion, the relationship between diversity and business performance, and some best…
April 12, 2017Learning & Development
3 Stories of Transformational Learning from #Perspectives17
This week I have had the pleasure of attending and speaking at Skillsoft Perspectives in Las Vegas. It has been a great event and I enjoyed the content…
April 12, 2017HR Strategy
Diversity, Inclusion and the Case for Better Business Performance
Through researching diversity studies I discovered the importance of and difference between diversity and inclusion, the relationship between diversity…
April 6, 2017HR Strategy
Talent Mobility Maturity Framework: Connecting Skills with Business Needs
Lighthouse is currently in the midst of some research on talent mobility, and it has been exciting to see how the philosophy around mobility is…
April 4, 2017HR Strategy
The Personalization Effect: Mitigating Employee Data Privacy Concerns
Privacy. Data. Concern. In a presentation at the IBM HR Summit last fall, I expected the discussion around talent analytics to go in a few directions…
March 20, 2017HR Strategy
3 Companies that are Delivering Engaging Workplace Experiences
About the Author: Jarrett Lee is a Research Associate Intern at Lighthouse Research. His research focuses on case studies of companies that…
March 14, 2017HR Strategy
Developing a Talent Analytics Function: Build, Buy, or Borrow
I’m currently in the midst of a research project examining how some of the best and brightest companies in the world hire people analytics talent. This…
March 7, 2017HR Strategy
Eliminating Performance Ratings: 3 Ways to Improve the Employee Experience
About the Author: Jarrett Lee is a Research Associate Intern at Lighthouse Research. His research focuses on case studies of companies that…
February 28, 2017HR Strategy
2017 Talent Acquisition Priorities (High and Low)
Each year brings new opportunities and priorities for HR and talent leaders. This year we began the inaugural Global Talent Acquisition Sentiment…
February 22, 2017HR Strategy
New Research: 2017 Workforce Analytics and Strategy Report
We recently completed some very interesting research here at Lighthouse focused on workforce analytics and strategy, a powerful combination for today’s…
January 31, 2017Talent Acquisition
2017 Talent Acquisition Sentiment Study
There are a lot of moving parts in the world of talent acquisition. Our research at Lighthouse has shown us that many leaders know what they need to…
January 25, 2017HR Strategy
The Future of Work: A New Paper
This past week I was notified by my client, Ultimate Software, that the paper I cowrote with Trish McFarlane is now available. Titled “The New…
December 5, 2016HR Strategy
3 Reasons Innovation is more Important than Employee Engagement
I’m a firm believer in the value of innovation as a key to long-term growth and success. Take P&G for instance. The company’s R&D practices used to be…
October 24, 2016Talent Acquisition
The Gig Economy Impact on Talent Decisions
I was somewhat nervous. See, a few weeks ago I had the opportunity to deliver my first ever Ignite-style presentation. In short, you get five minutes…
October 17, 2016Talent Acquisition
Hiring In the Age of Disruption: Key Trends Business Leaders Need to Know
Following is a guest post developed for the team at KellyOCG around some of the key disruptive trends I’m following. Hope you enjoy! There is more…
October 12, 2016Talent Acquisition
Fractured, Fragmented, and Fragile: Building Your Technology Stack
An interesting conversation with a friend working in a key HR role for a 20,000-plus employee firm recently has had me thinking a lot about the…
October 11, 2016Events
Disruption Comes to the Analyst Community #InfluenceHR
This morning I had the pleasure of joining my HR Federation friends onstage at InfluenceHR to talk about how disruption is affecting the HR technology…
October 3, 2016HR Strategy
Trending: Vendors Drinking Their Own Champagne
I’ve talked to several technology companies in the last few weeks that are drinking their own champagne, and it’s one of the most interesting “meta”…
September 26, 2016HR Strategy
Disruption–The Biggest Concern for CHROs and Talent Leaders
CHROs, like other CxOs, recognize that the barriers between previously separate industries are collapsing, as companies in one sector apply their…
September 12, 2016HR Strategy
Killing the Traditional Performance Management Approach
In the last few years, there have been tons of stories about how companies are ditching performance management as it has long been practiced and…
August 29, 2016HR Strategy
Predictive HR Analytics (In Plain English)
One of the challenges of talking about predictive analytics, big data, and other similar concepts is that it quickly becomes complex, causing the…
August 22, 2016Talent Acquisition
How to Use Recruiting Funnel Metrics for Talent Forecasting
You’ve heard me talk about some of the trends in recruiting measurement recently, and today we’re going to continue the conversation. However, I’m…
August 15, 2016Talent Acquisition
Recruiting Effectiveness: Quality vs Quality of Candidates
While interviewing a talent acquisition leader for an upcoming podcast, I realized that part of our conversation was a direct tie-in to other…
August 8, 2016Talent Acquisition
Using Source of Hire Data to Validate Talent Acquisition Efforts
What if you had a way to not only see what sources your candidates were coming from, but which ones delivered you the best people that you ended up…
August 4, 2016Talent Acquisition
3 Trends Impacting Talent Acquisition Measurement
Note: I have an upcoming report detailing these issues in more detail and would love to send it to you. Just sign up here to receive your own copy of…
July 29, 2016Learning & Development
Building a Business Case for HCM Technology
Talent leaders that are attempting to select, purchase, and implement HCM technology are often challenged by a lack of experience with the process of…
July 20, 2016Events
#Inforum2016: Data, Machine Learning, and IoT
This week I’m honored to be a guest at the Inforum 2016 event in NYC. The Infor team has put together a great event and there are more than 8,000…
July 11, 2016Talent Acquisition
Defining Talent Acquisition Measurement Priorities and KPIs
In our recent Modern Measures of Talent Acquisition study, we asked talent leaders what their most critical priorities are when it comes to measuring…
July 5, 2016Learning & Development
Delivering a High-Quality Employee Experience
As I traveled home from yet another conference last week, I reflected back on the many conversations I had with talent leaders and vendors and how they…
June 27, 2016Learning & Development
Building a Skills-Based Organization
I’ve had numerous conversations in the past week about skills in the workplace and their impact on how work gets done (or doesn’t get done). From a…
June 17, 2016Talent Acquisition
How to Measure Candidate Experience Metrics
Candidate experience matters. Despite companies saying it is increasingly difficult to find and hire quality candidates, many of them are not measuring…
June 13, 2016insight
Recruitment Marketing & Talent Analytics: The Future of Talent Acquisition
Important things are happening in talent acquisition as we begin 2016, for sure: More companies see the competitive edge gained by providing a positive…
February 3, 2016insight
Enough with the Big Data BS
If I have to sit through another bullshit presentation, session, or webinar on “Big Data” and its supposed implications for HR, I’m going to lose it…
January 28, 2016Talent Acquisition
Legacy HCM Systems Beware: The Talent Acquisition Platform Cometh
Is there a single system in the world of HCM that’s more widely hated than the applicant tracking system? According to Key Interval’s Optimal HR Tech…
November 10, 2015