As quickly as the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread across the globe, HR leaders responded, ushering their organizations with the needed resources to ensure employee safety, health, wellness, and productivity. Jennifer Ho, vice president of HR for Ascentis Human Capital Management Software : Overall, we’re seeing these conversations highlight the importance of having a business continuity plan in place. Six HR leaders share how they are managing through a global crisis. By Debbie Bolla. MORE

Next Gen HCM from ADP honored with “2019 Top HR Product” from Human Resource Executive Link ». Ascentis Launches Revolutionary Smart Time Clock Link ». And then if we have any time at all today, we may want to talk a little bit about new systems that are kind of hitting the market not normally seen as HR but they’re called FM systems announced a plan to acquire a sure software’s workspace management portfolio product. [00:05:26] MORE

Topics: John and Stacey discuss how the coronavirus pandemic is reshaping working norms, Ascentis Announces Touch-Free Time Clocks with Temperature Reading Capabilities, and Cornerstone OnDemand taps former Saba chief Phil Saunders to serve as new CEO of combined company. Ascentis Announces Touch-Free Time Clocks with Temperature Reading Capabilities to Improve Workplace Safety as Employees Return to Work in the New Normal Link ». Right, and Ascentis is an Iowa company. MORE

Ascentis Acquires NOVAtime to Advance Its All-in-One HCM Solution and Market Leadership. Alliant, Property & Casualty and Employee Benefits Products and Services to Clients Globally Acquires Harbor Group Consulting. Sovren Introduces New Products at HR Technology Conference. MORE

One obstacle to modernizing HR processes can be confusion over what kind of product can best fit your needs. The confusion around different HR software options is understandable since there’s a substantial overlap between what various product types offer. MORE

These products help HR and accounting teams automate payroll processes to save time and ensure accurate bookkeeping. Payroll tools are often part of a larger compound core HR product or an HR management suite. These products are point solutions (or modules within Core HR/HCM suites) for tracking and delivering employee compensation. To qualify for inclusion in the Payroll category, a product must: Calculate and pay employee salaries. Ascentis Software. MORE

Eighty percent of senior-level business leaders recognize that employee engagement is critical to achieving their objectives, and companies with highly engaged employees are 21 percent more profitable and 20 percent more productive. Ascentis. MORE

Ghosting also causes lost productivity, as hard-to-fill jobs stay open longer than anticipated.”. Nearly every recruiter is too busy with other tasks to be able to dedicate time to engage every unqualified candidate and explain why they were denied for a specific role,” says Vinita Venkatesh, vice president of product marketing at Mya Systems. A lack of engagement is driving the trend in candidates ghosting employers,” says Jennifer Ho, vice president of HR at Ascentis. MORE

TalentQuest’s innovative Talent Management software suite is fueled by behavioral science and proprietary TQ Talent Insights that offer modern, next-generation Talent Management software that promotes employee engagement and an unparalleled level of productivity — all in a user-friendly, mobile-friendly, cloud-based platform. Solution Provider Profile: Ascentis. What makes Ascentis stand out is that it blends the benefits of having a suite and a point solution. MORE

To qualify for inclusion in the Onboarding category, a product must: Allow for communication between employer and employee before the first day of work. With UltiPro, HR can rapidly process payroll; leverage flexible time solutions; offer a modern approach to learning; facilitate productive performance, succession, and compensation management; and measure employee sentiment using advanced survey technology. Ascentis Software. HR Onboarding Software Definition. MORE

To qualify for inclusion in the Workforce Management category, a product must: Allow users to forecast labor demands and develop workforce contingency plans. Deep, real-time visibility into every function helps maximize the efficiency of HCM operations while increasing employee engagement, productivity and profitability. Increase workforce productivity and engagement by generating conflict-free work schedules and time clocks that can be managed on both Web and Mobile devices. MORE

To qualify for inclusion in the Performance Management category, a product must: Facilitate the employee performance review process. With UltiPro, HR can rapidly process payroll; leverage flexible time solutions; offers a modern approach to learning; facilitate productive performance, succession, and compensation management; and measure employee sentiment using advanced survey technology. Ascentis. Performance Tracking Tools. MORE

Some important questions to answer before choosing your next HR software include (but are definitely not limited to): Which products have all the capabilities you need? Which products are the best fit for your company size? Which products are within your budget? Which products will serve the needs of all the end users in your company? Curious about whether or not the products on your shortlist made the cut? MORE

On HR Tech Weekly : John and Stacey discuss how the coronavirus pandemic is reshaping working norms, plus, Ascentis, Cornerstone OnDemand, Saba, and Phil Saunders. Prior to founding Giraffe, Christian spent years in the technology sector working in Product and Project Management, Sales, and SaaS Implementations roles with companies such as PwC, Uber, and Yext. Coronavirus and the Recruitment Marketing Industry. HRExaminer v10.72 for May 15, 2020. MORE

To qualify for inclusion in the Onboarding category, a product must: Allow for communication between employer and employee before the first day of work. With UltiPro, HR can rapidly process payroll; leverage flexible time solutions; offer a modern approach to learning; facilitate productive performance, succession, and compensation management; and measure employee sentiment using advanced survey technology. Ascentis Software. HR Onboarding Software Definition. MORE

And over the past 15 years, I have contributed to the success of HROfice by Ascentis, VirtualEdge/ADP Recruiting, Jobscience Staffing Software, MightyRecruiter, Koru, and now as Head of Marketing at AllyO, The End-to-End AI Recruiter. MORE