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Microsoft | September 02, 2020

Microsoft and the City of Houston are working together to launch Accelerate: Houston, "a new program designed to address economic recovery through skilling both underserved communities and re-skilling the many Americans impacted by COVID-19," according to the Aug. 24 announcement. Microsoft, local business partners and a host of educational institutions are combining to offer digital literacy workshops for veterans and transitioning workers, programs for local schools, and training for...

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION

IGB | November 25, 2020

VONQ declares that it is acquiring IGB, an leader in job distribution, programmatic advertising and recruitment analytics. VONQ, an European recruitment technology organization with past sponsorship from Randstad Innovation Fund, is an industry leader serving almost 1,000 corporate clients including Deloitte, Shell and Microsoft. This move accelerates VONQs drive into new business sectors and its energy towards turning into the worldwide pioneer in SaaS job marketing solutions. VO...

WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT

MiaRec | March 10, 2022

MiaRec Inc., a global provider of customer and workforce engagement software, has announced the launch of a new solution for Microsoft Teams. MiaRec's call recording and workforce engagement platform integrates several tools including call recording, voice analytics, quality management and advanced reporting into a single unified solution. MiaRec for Microsoft Teams will allow for rapid plug-and-play deployment providing organizations the ability to scale the new solution as t...

APSCo | August 11, 2020

With research revealing a stark increase in UK talent migrating to EU countries since the referendum, the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has warned that the lack of viable options for highly skilled professionals will exacerbate the UK’s loss of valuable talent. Joint research between the Oxford-in-Berlin partnership and the WZB Social Science Centre, also in Berlin, which studied OECD and Eurostat data, revealed a 30% increase in migration from the U...