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What Zenefits Teaches Us About the Limits of Disruption

Workology

Zenefits is hot tech startup that provides HR software to small businesses. Like its founders, Zenefits’ first clients were embedded in Silicon Valley tech culture and were frustrated by how complicated HR can be and how much of the industry still works in pen and paper (that frustrates me too, guys).

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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals

Advos

Expensify and Zenefits Announce Strategic Partnership to Streamline Expense and HR Needs. Award-Winning Background Screening Provider Partners with Enterprise Level Software Solution for an Ultra-Smooth Integration Built for Staffing Professionals. The Week’s HR Deals #Acquisitions #Funding #Partnerships Click To Tweet. PARTNERSHIPS.

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How AI-Powered Background Screening Solutions Support SMBs

Zenefits

They’re exploring interview video calls, digital-only job applications, and more modern background screenings. Regardless of if an SMB is hiring for a brand-new type of role or running MVR reports on current employees, now more than ever, it is important your candidates and employees have a positive experience with their background screening.

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Measuring HR: Bringing People Analytics to Human Resources

Zenefits

More than screening for skills and experience, data analytics has the ability to spot key experiential information that may someday be widely used to predict a candidate’s potential for success. Measureables: return on investment for recruitment sources; better, faster screening; minimal recruiter downtime; more successful hires. .

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EEOC Announces ADA Guidance for Using AI in Screening and Assessment

Zenefits

The use of screening and assessment technologies continues to grow. Companies are moving beyond simple resume/application screening software to more advanced assessment tools. Others use chatbots or other interactive technology for pre-screening or ‘first interview’ assessments. Timed testing may also tend to exclude.

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HR Consulting Firms for Small Businesses: 15 Leading Experts

Astron Solutions

Zenefits — Best for streamlined onboarding. With unique screening technologies and a proven approach, this consulting firm can provide the recruitment resources your team needs to grow smarter than ever. Working with experts to learn the ropes of candidate screening is always a smart move for growing businesses. Main Takeaway.

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Should Employers Rethink Their PTO Policies Under COVID-19?

Zenefits

Additionally, employees at almost 3,000 companies submitted about 63,000 requests to take vacation from April to May, according to data from Zenefits. In response to the pandemic and the underutilization of PTO, Vested adjusted its policy to encourage employees to take more time off and spend less time at their computer screens, Torres said.