Tag: hr
Beamery raises $138M at an $800M valuation for its ‘operating system for recruitment’
Online job listings were one of the first things to catch on in the first generation of the internet. But that has, ironically, also meant that some of the most-used digital recruitment services around today are also some of the least evolved in terms of tapping into all of the…
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Politics and personal time: Making room for both at work
Roxanne Petraeus Contributor Roxanne Petraeus is the CEO and co-founder of Ethena, a compliance training platform for modern teams, and is a former Army combat veteran. We have a monthly company book club at our company. It’s in the evening and our whole team attends (yes, we’re really into book…
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6 VCs share their bets on the future of work
As tech companies like Twitter and Facebook gear up for longer-term remote work solutions, the future of work is becoming one of the more exciting opportunities in venture capital, Charles River Ventures general partner Saar Gur told TechCrunch. And as loneliness mounts with shelter-in-place orders implemented in various forms across…
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What recruiters are saying about the tech job market right now
Given the endless drumbeat of layoff announcements — with deep cuts by Airbnb and Uber garnering much of the industry’s attention this week — it’s reasonable to wonder: what happens to all of the talent that’s being laid off? How does the changing supply and demand balance impact pay? Is…
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Namely, a former high flier, slashes staff as demand for its HR software dries up in the pandemic
Namely, an eight-and-a-half-year-old, New York-based company that sells payroll, talent management and other HR services to mid-size businesses across the U.S. via subscription software, has let go of upwards of 40% of its employees. The cuts are across the board, from high-ranking staffers, including a CFO who was brought on…
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Factorial raises $16M to take on the HR world with a platform for SMBs
A startup that’s hoping to be a contender in the very large and fragmented market of human resources software has captured the eye of a big investor out of the US and become its first investment in Spain. Barcelona-based Factorial, which is building an all-in-one HR automation platform aimed at small…
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