Data-driven decision-making, employee experiences and the rise of HXM. The function of HR is becoming far more strategic to businesses.

With the career plans of a large proportion of the workforce uncertain, organisational leaders can prepare to accelerate programs to modernise key functions such as HR and finance.

HR tech firm Globalization Partners has raised $200 million as part of a capital raise led by Vista Credit Partners, a credit and financing firm for the enterprise IT market.

The company states, “We foster an inclusive environment in which all employees feel valued, respected and accepted."

With 2022 guaranteed to show continued growth and development in HR tech software, Nick Bailey from WorkForce Software lays out several key insights for the year to come.

Green Light Worldwide's momentum in New Zealand is heating up as the company bolsters its local presence and prepares for a fresh wave of growth in the IT market.

UNIFY Solutions finds disgruntled former employees pose one of the greatest cybersecurity risks to businesses of all sizes.

"Leading organisations can drive performance by providing flexibility on all aspects of their work, and recognising their workforce comprises of people, not just employees.”

A new report reveals 65% of employers focus more on the employee experience in 2021 than two years ago, largely due to COVID-19.

"Employees can be the difference between a successful attack and an unsuccessful one with proper security awareness training and testing.”

The ripple effects of the pandemic, economic shifts and new ways of working are increasing pressure on organisations to become more data-driven.

Southern Cross Health Insurance (SCHI) has turned to Workday to automate the human resources process, which manages its 800 employees.

Ceridian will inherit Ascender’s solutions, customers and partner ecosystem across 30 countries.

"NZ has led the APAC region with its talent review processes, and are considered at the forefront for identifying and supporting staff with high potential for growth and development.”

"If we didn’t have the right tools in place, we wouldn’t have had the level of agility to give our executive team the data they needed to make such rapid workforce decisions — or text people within five minutes to provide them with critical information."

The company helps organisations to expand internationally without the need for branch offices or subsidiaries.

Workday has this week released several new HR offerings designed to assist organisations with optimising their workforces in the post COVID-19 environment.

"We use video in so many facets of our lives - and even more so now - how has recruiting and hiring not caught up?"

As a celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD), we’re running a series of interviews with women in technology.  FTS Group's Julia Merten and Veritec’s Corryn Webb, share their thoughts.

Data security, number of people with disabilities in workforce to triple, the push for transparency, and everything automated.

Sarah McCann-Bartlett has been named the CEO after an extensive search.

To resolve these challenges with the limited resources available, healthcare organisations - and their HR departments - need to work smarter.

“One of the reasons performance management initiatives are failing is the increasing demands placed on the outputs of the process."

Betts’ role will sit in the executive management team, where she will be responsible for the driving the group’s employee engagement, retention and acquisition strategies.