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HRExaminer Watchlist: Intelligent Overlay Rooted in Assessment: IBM

HR Examiner

It provides industry benchmarks across 3,000+ job profiles and 2,000+ associated skills that have been developed over 30 years and can be personalized and curated with Watson. IBM’s current HR Intelligence-driven initiative is rooted in Kenexa, a company acquired in 2012. And like Google, that is only the beginning.

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Raising the Stakes: LinkedIn Acquires lynda.com

Brandon Hall

billion and IBM acquired Kenexa for $1.3 In fact, according to Brandon Hall Group Learning and Development Benchmarking research, 95% of companies use online videos for learning. This acquisition further emphasizes the power of video in helping recruit, develop, engage and retain employees.

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#Employee Feedback Is The Killer App #HR

TalentHQ

New research by MRInetwork shows that 90% of recruiters surveyed believe that “candidates are now in charge” – the highest this metric has been in five years. Traditional survey vendors like Gallup, IBM (Kenexa), CEB, Sirota, Qualtrics, and others are likely to produce these tools. And the problem is getting harder.