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Emissary | March 12, 2020

Emissary, the easiest way to embed texting into your recruiting process, is announcing several new partnerships and integrations with a variety of applicant tracking system vendors across the HR technology landscape. These new integrations empower recruiting teams to make communicating with candidates faster and more efficient. With an average response time of 60X vs email, texting is quickly becoming a primary recruiting channel that enables talent acquisition teams to scale up their efforts by...

HR Dive | March 31, 2020

U.S. employers could see their healthcare costs increase between 4% and 7% in 2020 due to COVID-19 treatment and testing costs, according to the results of a Willis Towers Watson actuarial analysis of self-funded employers released March 26. The results assume a 30% infection level of COVID-19, but Willis Towers Watson noted that the actual cost increase depends on how sick those infected with the disease become. Costs may increase further should the pandemic's U.S. impact be more severe: a ...

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Salesforce | January 27, 2022

Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, today published its new Global Digital Skills Index, revealing a growing global digital skills crisis and an urgent need for action. The Salesforce Index is based on over 23,000 workers in 19 countries reporting their readiness to acquire key digital skills. Nearly three-quarters of respondents (73%) don't feel equipped to learn the digital skills needed by businesses now and even more (76%) don't feel equipped for the future. Despite ...

Signify | August 10, 2020

Eindhoven, the Netherlands – Signify (Euronext: LIGHT), the world leader in lighting, today announced that it has repurchased 82,008 shares in the period August 3 to August 7, 2020. The shares were repurchased at an average price of EUR 26.41 per share and an aggregate amount of EUR 2.2 million. These repurchases were made as part of the company’s repurchase program, which was announced on July 30, 2020. Signify will use the shares to cover obligations arising from its long-term ince...