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Modern CHROs Face Five Paradoxes, The Josh Bersin Company Study Warns

A new report titled The Five CHRO Paradoxes: Turning Tension into Advantage by The Josh Bersin Company argues that the role of the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) is...

PROG Holdings to Acquire Purchasing Power, Expanding Its Reach in Employee-Based Consumer Finance

PROG Holdings, the parent company behind Progressive Leasing, Four Technologies, and Build, has announced plans to acquire Purchasing Power, a major provider of voluntary...

hyrUP Acquires Evolve Partners to Strengthen National Executive Search Capabilities

hyrUP, a well-known executive search and recruiting firm in Accounting, Finance, Technology, and Operations, has acquired Evolve Partners. Evolve is a boutique search firm...

People Leaders Are Under Strain: New Study By McLean & Company Sounds the Alarm

Global HR advisory firm McLean & Company has revealed in a new report that roles for “people leaders” managers and team leads responsible for...

CHROFirst’s Weekly Roundup: Recruitics, PeopleReign, Lakeside Software, Tabulera–Workday, Workhuman, O’Reilly, TalentLMS & More

Welcome to CHROFirst’s Weekly Roundup — your go-to briefing on the latest advancements in HR technology, talent intelligence, digital employee experience, compensation modernization, workplace...

RChilli Uses Agentic AI to Re-Architect Recruitment in Oracle HCM, Redefining How Enterprises Hire

RChilli has announced a deeper venture into embedded, agent-driven recruiting with its AI agents now integrated seamlessly within Oracle HCM’s recruiting ecosystem. The move...

Helio AI Raises $1M Seed Round to Accelerate Global Expansion of Its AI Recruiting Agent

Helio AI, a U.S.-based recruiting platform built by a Georgian founding team, has secured a $1 million seed round to advance its AI-powered hiring...

Only 1% of Companies Reach Frontline Workers Effectively: New Interact × Ragan Research Exposes Massive Internal-Communications Gap

A new joint report from Interact and Ragan Communications, The Employee Experience Blueprint: What's Working, What's Not and What's Next, has uncovered a shocking...

INE Broadens Training Portfolio with New Cross-Skilling Programs

INE announced a big update to its training catalog. It revealed new courses, certifications, and hands-on labs for IT and cybersecurity professionals. This addition...

Epassi Announces Nickyl Raithatha as Chief Executive Officer

Epassi Group, a European leader in digital employee benefits technology, announced that Nickyl Raithatha will join as Chief Executive Officer. Nickyl will assume the...

Workhuman Launches “Topics™” to Help Leaders Map Employee Recognition to Strategic Goals

Workhuman, a global leader in employee recognition and rewards, announced the launch of Topics™, a powerful update to its existing Human Intelligence® platform. Topics...