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WASHINGTON, DC, JULY 12, 2022 – Urban Alliance, a national nonprofit that connects young people to paid internships, workforce training and career pathways, received a $10 million investment from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. This is the
Venture CapitalKadmos raises €29m in Series A funding round led by Blossom Capital to streamline payment processes for cross-border workers
Kadmos’s end-to-end solution means employers can cut expenses and administrative work while workers can save transaction and remittance costs when receiving salaries and forwarding savings to their families The Series A funding builds on si
Company NewsVisier Launches Workplace Dynamics to Help Organizations Create Resilient, High Performing Teams in the Face of Economic and Labor Market Headwinds
A unique combination of active and passive listening provides continuous workplace insights throughout the organization; helps people leaders and individuals level up and thrive during uncertain times VANCOUVER, BC , July 11, 2022 /PRNews
Venture CapitalGenuent and TekPartners, Announce Merger to Become INSPYR Solutions, a Leading Professional Staffing and Solutions Provider
Houston, Texas and Boca Raton, Florida (July 8, 2022) – Genuent Holdings, LLC (“Genuent”) and TekPartners, a subsidiary of P2P Staffing Corporation (“P2P”) announced today that the companies have merged to become INSPYR Solutions (“Company”
Venture CapitalPartners Personnel Announces Significant Minority Investment in Staffing Engine Inc.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. and BOULDER, Colo. , July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Partners Personnel announced today that it has made a significant minority investment in Staffing Engine Inc ., which has built a suite of Conversational AI bots a
Venture CapitalWorkvivo Raises $22m Series B from Tiger Global as Employee Experience Market Booms
The new round sees Workvivo’s valuation more than triple. The company has year-on-year growth over 150% in the $300 billion employee experience market. Workvivo has more than 300 customers in 90 countries across the globe. Boston and Cork,
Venture CapitalRC Capital Completes Growth Equity Investment in OnCall Staffing to Address Healthcare Staffing Needs
PHILADELPHIA , July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OnCall Staffing ("OnCall"), a leading provider of staffing and moonlighting solutions to healthcare systems and practices, announced a partnership with RC Capital, a healthcare‐focused growth eq
Venture CapitalVault-Firsthand Acquires Leading Virtual Event Platform CareerEco
Acquisition accelerates corporate access to talent and broadens adoption of edtech solutions NEW YORK , July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vault-Firsthand today announced the acquisition of CareerEco , the pioneers in the virtual events mark
Venture CapitalMunich-based Seatti scores €3 million to optimize approaches to hybrid work
SaaS startup Seatti has picked up €3 million for its pioneering platform that is helping companies unlock the potential of hybrid working, boosting productivity and flexibility for employees and businesses alike. Remote and hybrid working
Venture CapitalCreativeLive Expands Online Photography Course Portfolio with Wildist.co Acquisition
Acquisition demonstrates Fiverr’s commitment to growing its subsidiaries and expands CreativeLive’s strongest content category by adding outdoor and adventure photography courses NEW YORK--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- CreativeLive , a Fiverr (NYSE:
Company NewsLever Launches Talent Maturity Model to Help Organizations Understand their Current State of Recruiting
Model includes five stages of maturity, understanding an organization's levels of efficiency, effectiveness, and sophistication in hiring processes SAN FRANCISCO , June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lever , a leading Talent Acquisition Suite
Venture CapitalTaskHuman Raises $20M in New Funding To Grow Its 1:1 Coaching Platform
A manager at a New York-based company recently decided to take a job at another firm. He and his new employer had settled on compensation, title, and start date, but there was one more important item on his list: The company he was leaving
Venture CapitalSharebite, the Leading Food Benefits Platform, Announces Closing of $39 Million Series B Round
Following a daily order volume increase of 30x in 2021, Sharebite raises new funding round led by Prosus NEW YORK , June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharebite , the leading food benefits platform designed for the modern workforce, announced
Venture CapitalLinkedIn Acquires EduBrite to Further Its Skills-first Vision
Today, we announced that we have entered into an agreement to acquire EduBrite , a platform that specializes in creating, hosting and deploying professional certificates. By integrating EduBrite’s rigorous certification assessment engine i
Venture CapitalScreenloop Raises $7M for its Hiring Intelligence Platform that Builds the Best Teams and Removes Unconscious Bias
The seed round was led by Stride VC, alongside Ludlow Ventures, All Iron Ventures, Passion Capital and Paul Forster, Founder of Indeed Screenloop’s hiring intelligence platform is an end-to-end solution to enhance the experience for candida
Venture CapitalPave Raises $100M Series C and Acquires Option Impact
Pave’s acquisition of Option Impact from Morgan Stanley increases our customer count to 5,700. This makes Pave the largest compensation provider for private companies in the world. Learn more here about the acquisition and new round of
Venture CapitalGloat’s next chapter begins with a $90 million Series D
What our new partnership with Generation means for shaping a brighter future of work Today, many of the issues facing businesses and employees are starker than they’ve ever been. People are leaving companies where their careers have no pat
Venture CapitalNomad Health Raises $105 Million for Healthcare Staffing
NEW YORK —- Nomad Health , the leading digital marketplace for temporary healthcare jobs, today announced the closing of a $105 million financing co-led by Adams Street Partners and Icon Ventures. New equity investor HealthQuest Capital co
Company NewsGoogle's Employees Return to the Office Today. This Former Exec Says Hybrid Work Won't Last.
After two years of mostly remote work and months of changing plans about when to bring people back to the office, Google's hybrid work arrangement begins today. That means that most employees will be expected to be in the office three da
Venture CapitalWorkMotion announces $50 million Series B funding round
HR-tech for global employment firm to expand capabilities to make international onboarding easier 23rd June 2022 – WorkMotion , a leading European HR-tech firm for global employment, today announced a Series B funding round of $50 million
EarningsKANZHUN LIMITED (BOSSZHIPIN)Announces First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
BEIJING, June 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – KANZHUN LIMITED (“BOSS Zhipin” or the “Company”) ( Nasdaq: BZ ), a leading online recruitment platform in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31,
Venture CapitalJobGet, the #1 App for Hourly Workers, Announces $52M Funding and New Executive Additions
June 23, 2022 - JobGet, the #1 mobile app for hourly workers, today announced that it has raised $52M in Series B funding including $12M in venture debt financing. JAZZ Venture Partners and Sanabil Investments co-led the round, with partici
Venture CapitalStaffing Software Leadline Gets $5 Million
NAPLES, Fla. — As the shortage of recruiter resources and lack of accessible technology continues to impact talent acquisition strategies, Leadline, a high-growth recruitment SaaS company, announced the launch of an expanded new software pl
Venture CapitalAxonify Acquires Nudge to Bring Digital Employee Experience to the Next Level
Acquisition positions Axonify to better address frontline turnover and labor shortage while providing workers with the knowledge, skills, resources and motivation needed to thrive WATERLOO, Ont. , June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Axonify ,
Venture CapitalShiftKey Makes a Strategic Investment in Workforce Management Platform OnShift
Dallas – June 22, 2022, – ShiftKey, the largest platform for connecting independent licensed healthcare professionals with open shifts at healthcare facilities in the U.S. announced today that it has completed a strategic investment in Cle
Venture CapitalCleveland-Based Tech Startup Unify Jobs Raises $4.5M Seed Round
Announcing FlashHired, a Trailblazing Platform Enabling Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Hiring CLEVELAND , June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unify Jobs, an equitable hiring technology company, has raised a $4.5M seed round led by North C
Venture CapitalShare Mobility raises $12M to help companies offer transportation to their employees
Share Mobility , which provides transportation solutions for companies, today announced that it closed a $12 million Series A led by Iron Gate Capital and Renewal Funds with participation from Employment Technology Fund, JobsOhio, Seamless
Venture CapitalPersonio nabs $200M at a $8.5B valuation as its HR for small businesses hits the big time
Personio — a startup out of Munich, Germany that styles itself as a Workday and ServiceNow focused on the small and medium businesses of the world — went on a funding tear through the COVID-19 pandemic after its recruiting, payroll, people
OpinionDigital HR Strategy: 6 Steps to Success
“ Harness the power of digital and get your technology working hard for you to deliver exceptional outcomes for your people, business and customers ” By Sonia Mooney In our post pandemic, disrupted, digital world, the pace of change is fast
Venture CapitalWilco exits stealth with $7M seed, launching 'flight simulator' to help software engineers take control of their career growth
The game-like platform helps software engineers accelerate their professional growth and develop expert intuition through real-world engineering challenges in a "fantasy" startup TEL AVIV, Israel , June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wilco , a
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