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How a Google accommodations leader’s ‘disability journey’ led her to push corporate America to rethink disability inclusion

HR Brew

After holding several roles in departments including sales and marketing at Google, while also running her own HR consultancy, she transitioned into HR in 2021 before landing her current role, where she supports disabled employees with workplace accommodations, in 2023. Whats the biggest misconception people might have about your job?

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2024 HR Tech M&A Activity: A Year of Resilience and Growth

Lighthouse

If you’re an employer, check out the Awards for ideas on which solutions might be right for your needs. We did some extensive research on this topic in 2024 and recently published a report in partnership with Insperity on the topic of HR outsourcing, payroll, and SMB HR trends. We follow the team at HRTech.sg Highly respect them.

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2022 Was Another Record Year for HR Tech: See 20+ M&A Activities that Shaped the Market

Lighthouse

Last year one of our most popular posts on the blog was a recap of some of the 2021 M&A activities across the HR Tech landscape. We saw some of this in 2021, more in 2022, and we expect it to continue into 2023. Checkr, one of the biggest names in modern background check platforms, scooped up GoodHire.

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2021 Was the Biggest Year Yet for HR Tech: See 30+ of the Top M&A Activities

Lighthouse

When you juxtapose that with the fact that 2021 was the biggest year ever for the HR technology market in terms of investment, we just couldn’t go without sharing the biggest pieces of the last 12 months and highlighting a few for their specific value. Key 2021 HR Technology Mergers and Acquisitions.

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Select the Best Candidate Faster: Employment Background Checks

HR Bartender

One of the things that’s amazing to me about the hiring process is that organizations will spend hours screening, interviewing and discussing candidates, but when it comes time to make a final decision, they rush it. One of the steps in the hiring process organizations should take a look at is employment background checks.

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6 Top Trends in Employment and Identity Screening

Sterling Check

Amid the uncertainty and disruption of 2020 and 2021, Sterling provided background screening and identity verification, as well as Covid testing and a host of other services, to thousands of organizations, staffing firms, and professionals across the globe, helping them hire safely, quickly, and with attention to compliance.

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How Tech Companies Can Navigate “The Great Resignation”

Sterling Check

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics , more than 38 million US workers quit their jobs from during 2021. Perhaps even more worrying, 40% of employees in computer and IT fields have either already quit or plan to leave their jobs by the end of 2021. Follow Up with a Thorough — and Fast — Background Check.