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PwC | September 19, 2020

People management, particularly retention, is becoming more difficult during mergers and acquisitions, according to C-suite leaders and senior managers responding to a late 2019 PwC survey. In 2019, 10% of respondents reported "significant success" in employee retention during M&As, compared to 45% in 2016 and 56% in 2010. The results, released in June, also found that 64% of organizations reported having full-time employees in HR dedicated to the transition. The report noted an in...

Indeed | September 18, 2020

Indeed will host a national virtual job fair tour, using its "hiring events" platform to try and fill 20,000 positions across the U.S., it announced Sept. 14. The tour goes through October, and is free for job seekers and participating employers. The program will provide employers "proprietary video interviewing technology" to "remove technical hurdles and speed up the interviewing timeline," according to a statement emailed to HR Dive. Employers wishing to particip...

CareerBuilder | September 17, 2020

Today global HR technology leader CareerBuilder announced several updates to its Talent Acquisition suite, as part of a three-year, $300 million investment. These updates aim to further support the changing needs of companies and job seekers in the current state of The Great Rehire and the long-term future of hiring, by focusing on Talent Acquisition, a $35 billion market that is growing at a rate of 11 percent. "Seventy-four percent of companies foresee spend for HR technology increasing o...

PR Newswire | September 16, 2020

More than 84 percent of employees have instant access to their pay and benefits information no matter where they are currently working, according to results from the 2020 "Getting Paid In America" survey conducted by the American Payroll Association (APA). This is up two percent over last year's results. "New hires and employees today expect a digital, mobile, and streamlined experience throughout the employee lifecycle, and a self-service HR portal is a key component of...