Monday, May 11, 2026

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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...