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This Week

 

This week, IHRIM Launches New HRIP Certification Exam Platform, Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation Announces WorkforceReady, Paycor Acquires Ximble Scheduling, Absorb Software Announces Acquisition of Torch LMS, SmartRecruiters raises $50M, OpenSesame Raises $28M, and Modern Health, a mental well-being benefits platform, Raises $9M.

 

• IHRIM Launches New HRIP Certification Exam Platform Link »


• Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation Announces WorkforceReady Link »


• Paycor Acquires Ximble Scheduling Link »


• Absorb Software Announces Acquisition of Torch LMS Link »


• SmartRecruiters raises $50 million to help companies hire the best talent Link »


• OpenSesame Raises $28 Million Link »


• Modern Health, a mental well-being benefits platform, Raises $9M Link »

Transcript

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SPEAKERS

John Sumser

Stacey Harris

FULL TRANSCRIPT

00:00:14 :16 – 00:00:15 :21

Good morning

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We must be calling from some dewey green meadow in Ireland where this is HR Tech Weekly, one step closer with Stacey Harris and John Sumser.

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Good morning Stacy.

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Good morning John. I really wish we were calling from some dewey green place in Ireland. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in Ireland. It’s a lovely place. I would love to go back. But no I’m calling from a very beige conference room in Atlanta.

00:00:45 :17 – 00:00:48 :04

Ah, is beige the color of Atlanta?

00:00:53 :03 – 00:01:02 :10

Maybe we should talk about that. The heat is rising off the ground right now. Is pretty close to it. Yeah. The room that I’m in is all based on my headquarters.

00:01:02 :24 – 00:01:08 :24

So that’s good it keeps you neutral if you need there. So what does the mailbag today.

00:01:09 :24 – 00:01:29 :09

Well it’s not a busy week. I think you know people are starting that you know wrap up there’s been a lot of holidays obviously this week. So I think that news cycle is a little bit slow and then there’s a lot of people sort of. Getting ready for vacations and graduations. So there’s put a couple of things. And we saw some leftovers from last week to talk about too. Well I’m sure we’ll have a full conversation this week

00:01:30 :04 – 00:02:00 :20

A couple of sort of association or sort of nonprofit announcements some ihram the group that I’ve been on the board for now for the last year the International H.R. Information Management Association. They launched a new HIPAA certification exam platform this this week. I talk a little bit about why certifying the HIPAA professional which is the H.R. information professional might be important these days. The Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation announced to workforce ready

00:02:01 :03 – 00:02:10 :00

To help prepare underrepresented job seekers for today’s career. That’s in partnership with fixed exchange. I think that. Really fascinating we think about sort of

00:02:10 :15 – 00:02:21 :12

You know are the vendors that we’re working with sort of putting their money where they’ve been talking. Right. So I’d love to talk a little bit more I know you’re going to be at Cornerstone actually thinking how this conversation about that.

00:02:21 :12 – 00:02:52 :06

Yes. We also have some interesting news coming out of the chair and M.S. space paper for those Windows Server and SMB going into the mid-market space corps HMS payroll application that’s in sort of expanding their their suite for quite some time now acquiring. I’m not sure my status right symbol or our symbol I am the L E scheduling. So that’s a scheduling tool. I think that will really expand their capabilities so we can talk about that

00:02:52 :18 – 00:03:18 :23

Absorb software which is a learning application announced the acquisition of torch elements which is continuing the consolidation of the illness. And we’re also seeing in the learning space that open sesame raised twenty eight million in gross equity and then a really big amount for smart recruiters raising 50 million dollars to help companies