HRD Tech Roundup - November 11th 2019
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Businesses great and small benefit from HR Tech innovation this week, as Namely partners with JazzHR and ThinkHR to help small and medium-sized business find top talent, Facebook partners with SmartRecruiters and ApplicantPro, HackerRack integrate with Workable, and more.
- Author: Michael Hocking
- Date published: Nov 8, 2019
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Welcome to the HRD Tech Roundup – your one-stop update of everything happening in the world of HR Technology.
Businesses great and small benefit from HR Tech innovation this week, as Namely partners with JazzHR and ThinkHR to help small and medium-sized business find top talent, Facebook partners with SmartRecruiters and ApplicantPro, HackerRack integrate with Workable, and more.
So, what’s been happening?
Key Players Announcements:
- Facebook is expanding its enterprise HR partner base with ATS integrations with SmartRecruiters and ApplicantPro. The partnership aims to help small businesses hire more easily with Jobs on Facebook (via HR Technologist).
- Namely has announced strategic partnerships with JazzHR and ThinkHR. Through these partnerships, Namely plans to address the biggest problems small and medium-sized businesses face in finding top talent and remaining compliant (via PR Newswire).
- HackerRank has announced a new integration with applicant tracking system Workable. This brings HackerRank’s flagship CodeScreen technical assessments to the recruiting platform of Workable (via HR Technologist).
More HRD Tech News
- Sterling has announced a new partnership with LinkedIn Talent Hub to act as an initial integration partner in their applicant tracking system. The integration gives customers the ability to manage their hiring workflows directly through their ATS (via Sterling).
- Topia has announced the release of the Topia Go mobile application. The app delivers a consumer-grade experience that helps employees to manage their relocation and assignments while on the move (via PR Newswire).
- Workforce Logiq has acquired ENGAGE Talent. Workforce Logiq clients will now be able to gain access to proprietary benchmarks and real-time intelligence to use in their recruiting efforts (via HCM Technology Report).
- Outmatch has announced the launch of OutMatch Development Reports. The latest addition to their Talent Discovery Platform helps talent management teams to increase the capabilities of new and existing talent (via PR Newswire).
- Symphony Talent has acquired SmashFly Technologies. The acquisition combines Symphony Talent’s creative and employer brand services and talent marketing technology with SmashFly’s recruitment marketing technology (via HR Technologist).
HRD Tech Founders Q&A
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