Lighthouse

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Over the last year as companies struggled to find good people to hire and fought at the same time to keep their best staff, I knew there had to be a story there. I began digging into the data and found some surprising and potentially alarming details: there is a real talent shortage globally, and in many cases it’s getting worse. I began writing about my findings and soon realized that this was a problem that begged for solutions, so I gathered stories of companies that are hiring and reta

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Lighthouse

JANUARY 18, 2023

We often hear that learning and development is one of the keys to retaining employees, because they value it so much. But what about those employees who have virtually no interest in learning? In our new learning research, we see that employees who score themselves as low on the belonging spectrum are eight times more likely to say they aren’t interested in any type of workplace learning.

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Lighthouse

JANUARY 9, 2023

Last year one of our most popular posts on the blog was a recap of some of the 2021 M&A activities across the HR Tech landscape. When you juxtapose that with the fact that 2021 was the biggest year ever for the HR technology market in terms of investment, we just couldn’t go without sharing the biggest pieces of the last 12 months and highlighting a few of the notable 2022 transactions for their specific value.

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Lighthouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Employee belonging, burnout/stress, and DEI are all tied together, and they all intersect learning as well. In our brand new research on learning and talent development, we looked at some of the key areas where employee demand is shifting and evolving. In many cases, workers aren’t just asking to be trained to upskill in their jobs anymore. With the talent shortage in place for many frontline roles, rising mental health challenges including stress and burnout, and a need for inclusive empl

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Lighthouse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In today’s workplace with the economy shifting and employers looking to slow hiring, we’re seeing some confusing signals. With some firms laying off workers or freezing hiring, others are still going nearly as fast as they possibly can. The last data from the BLS shows that job openings increased to 10.7 million on the last business day of September, a surprise uptick.

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Lighthouse

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In the last few years, the workplace has transitioned from a focus just on employee surveys to a more continuous listening approach. This transition has also been branded in some cases as “voice of the employee,” since it opens a direct channel from the workforce to company leadership, giving workers a voice like never before. This isn’t just a shiny object.

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Lighthouse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Over the last few years, one of my favorite events has been the HR Tech Connect Summit. This year it happens on November 16-18 in Tampa, FL. This is a smaller, more intimate event than many in the industry. The best part? It allows talent and HR leaders to build deeper connections, see some of the world’s leading workplace technologies, and learn about the latest trends in the space.

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Lighthouse

AUGUST 15, 2022

In the coming month or two we’ll be unveiling the findings of our new Frontline Worker study, but today I want to share a few statistics that are practical and targeted at a common problem every employer faces today. 15-plus years ago when I got married, I thought I knew what it meant to support someone. I also thought I understood the person standing beside me, because we’d been together for a few years before finally walking down the aisle together.

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Lighthouse

JUNE 20, 2022

In the last 24 months, hiring has gone from a “let’s wait and see” to a highly competitive experience that is leaving employers scratching their heads at what to do next. Today, we’re releasing a new research report based on how more than 1,000 employers are facing these challenges. In recent weeks we’ve shared infographics depicting elements of this data, but this deep dive goes into critical areas of importance, including ideas on: Which technologies they plan to

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Lighthouse

MAY 18, 2022

In our daily work with talent leaders and solution providers, we run into some incredible technology. Some of the tools available to organizations right now help them hire, develop, and retain their people, and the platforms and systems are amazing in their ability to support intelligent decisions, personalized actions, and more. According to some sources, the number of HR technology firms is more than 4,000 providers.

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Lighthouse

MAY 4, 2022

Hiring assessments have gone through many iterations and evolutions since the days I was using them to screen high potential hires during my recruiting days. I remember having to stop the hiring process, send candidates a separate link to create an account and complete an assessment, then bringing in an expert to help evaluate the findings and select the right hire… It was kind of a mess!

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Lighthouse

APRIL 19, 2022

When you are selling a house in a buyer’s market, you do all kinds of things to try to create the right atmosphere, conditions, and appeal so that you can stand out from the other sellers. Employers today need to have that same mindset when it comes to recruiting and hiring. In the modern marketplace, candidates hold considerably more power and decision-making control than they did in the past.

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Lighthouse

APRIL 13, 2022

Hiring isn’t just about talent, jobs, and skills. It’s about finding the right person to solve a business need. And when enough of those jobs are difficult to fill or not filled at all, this conversation begins to rise to the highest levels of leadership. In our brand new hiring study, we found that eight in 10 talent leaders agree that hiring is a business-level challenge , not just a talent or HR discussion.

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Lighthouse

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Chatbots, also known as conversational recruiting tools, have become an essential component for the hiring technology stack at many organization. Used for everything from capturing information and light prescreening of candidates to scheduling interviews and more, these tools have a variety of applications across the hiring process. But new research shows that usage and value of these tools goes deeper.

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Lighthouse

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

What’s your take on onboarding? Back in the day, I really enjoyed the opportunity to help new hires set up benefits, meet our team, and get their gear. This really paved the way for a successful employment experience. At the same time, I was always limited in the “fun” parts by the constant checklists, forms, and other requirements.

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Lighthouse

JANUARY 5, 2022

Last year one of our most popular posts on the blog was a recap of some of the 2020 M&A activities across the HR Tech landscape. When you juxtapose that with the fact that 2021 was the biggest year ever for the HR technology market in terms of investment, we just couldn’t go without sharing the biggest pieces of the last 12 months and highlighting a few for their specific value.

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Lighthouse

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Last year I had an idea. I wanted to host a session and call it “mythbusting AI” after those awesome mythbuster guys on TV. Since I was a kid, I’ve loved breaking the things we know to be “true” by challenging conventional wisdom and pushing back against preconceived notions. It’s one of the things I love most about our research, honestly, because our team gets to find the real truths that exist instead of having to use guesswork.

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Lighthouse

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Companies often spend more time managing their petty cash drawer than they do thinking about the strategic importance of their compensation systems and structure. . That quote from a previous iteration of our research on compensation data, technology, and buyer behaviors was one of the big takeaways we had after interviewing dozens of HR and compensation professionals. .

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Lighthouse

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The Great Resignation Reprioritization. The video overview below, hosted by Lighthouse Research & Advisory’s Chief Research Officer Ben Eubanks , dives into our brand new research, offering a peek at just how much is wrong about what we’re hearing in the news and why we need to be looking at this problem in a different way. Tip: click “Play,” then hit “f” to see the video fullscreen. .

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Lighthouse

OCTOBER 4, 2021

If I asked you to predict how long it takes to brush your teeth, how accurate would your guess be? In a scenario like that with few variables and a long history of experience to draw from, it’s relatively easy to make an educated guess. But what if I asked you to predict how long it would take to make your next hire? Or what it would cost? Or even how they would measure up in terms of quality?

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Lighthouse

AUGUST 31, 2021

This is one of the hottest conversations in the workplace, today, and no, I’m not talking about the most challenging hiring environment we’ve ever seen before. I’m talking about remote work. If you work for a software company, chances are you’re one of many people who is working a remote or hybrid schedule these days. But if you’re in some other industries, you’re likely feeling some different emotions because you may not have the option of working virtually.

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Lighthouse

AUGUST 2, 2021

“You need to have a competitive pay and benefits offering. When you go to do that, the employer ends up paying for a lot of things that go unused just because there’s too much to communicate. What’s just amazing about the time and space we’re in now is you can really use personalization to surface opportunities from among and within those programs and benefits at the right time, in a way where it’s really a health and benefits journey of one.”.

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Lighthouse

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In 2020, in spite of the pandemic-related shutdowns and other business impacts, the HR technology industry was within a few M&A deals of the 2019 numbers we were tracking (approximately 50). This represents a vibrant industry full of continuous innovation and providers striving to serve the needs of the HR buyer. It also helps to highlight certain trends and shifts in how the market operates, as we pointed out in our 2019 HR Tech M&A roundup.

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Lighthouse

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Like many parts of the United States this week, we’re snowed and iced in here in Huntsville, Alabama. Stay safe and warm out there! Next week I’m excited to jump into the first virtual event for the year, HR Tech Roundtable, with our partners at HR Tech Connect. The HR Tech Roundtable is an event series I’ve been supporting since the early days of the pandemic, because I knew that the virtual events that only focus on content volume are missing a chance to really connect with a

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Lighthouse

MARCH 29, 2021

When HR technology first became a “thing,” tools were rigid and structured. Today, some tools are still that way, but others have taken the opposite approach: they allow employers to customize and tailor the settings and capabilities around their unique and specific needs. In our 2020 research, we found that 97% of firms that say they are adaptable also say that their HR technology plays a key part in that flexibility.

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Lighthouse

APRIL 6, 2021

This year our team is going deep on research. In a world like we’ve seen in the last 12+ months, it’s easy for all of us to feel a little bit adrift and out of touch with reality. The best antidote is information, so we are committing to regular research into the market across all areas of talent, HR, and learning to help employers like you understand the real truth, how to adapt to change, and what competitive practices exist that you can adopt.

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Lighthouse

APRIL 12, 2021

More and more companies across the globe are attempting to tackle the pay equity issue, but it’s not always easy if you don’t have the right tools to support the process. In some brand new research at Lighthouse Research & Advisory, we found that compensation technology is not only becoming more powerful, but it’s becoming a staple of the HR leader’s toolbox for navigating pay decisions across the board.

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Lighthouse

MAY 10, 2021

Last month our team tackled another HR Analyst Day initiative, talking with more than a dozen providers across learning, talent acquisition, HR, and more to understand the most compelling trends in HR technology. The providers, highlighted below, bring an amazing set of data, experiences, and value to the HR buyers in different company sizes and industries, similar to those we highlighted in our Q4 2020 HR Analyst Day coverage.

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Lighthouse

MAY 27, 2021

Last year, our inaugural HR Tech Awards program was a chance for technology providers to show how they serve their clients. This year, an astounding number of entries were about how technology providers supported their clients through the toughest and most dynamic year on record from a business perspective. As someone who is a vocal advocate for HR, talent, and learning technology, it was tremendous to see the breadth and depth of the tools in the market, and our judging team was overwhelmed by

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Lighthouse

JUNE 18, 2021

Like many parents in the last year, I’ve spent more time with my kids’ learning materials, re-familiarizing myself with the ins and outs of intermediate school math, social studies, and more. One of the concepts that sticks out to me in science is atomic particles, because it has a very clear tie to how we make talent decisions at work. Atoms are the smallest individual components of an element.

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Lighthouse

JUNE 28, 2021

When situations change and people can’t change fast enough, everyone turns to the learning team for answers. But what if they have questions of their own? In the first of a series of reports from our newest research study, we found a number of surprising insights from the audience of 2,000+ learners and learning professionals/executive we reached.

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Lighthouse

JULY 26, 2021

When it comes to discussions about skills in the workplace, it can feel very much like an all-or-nothing proposition. You either get it right and reap the rewards or you get it wrong and never have another opportunity to solve the skills puzzle. I’m hoping the following parable helps illustrate how that’s simply not true. A ceramics teacher stood up in front of her classroom and told the students they would be competing on a pot they would make.

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Lighthouse

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

When a firm has 250,000 global employees, it’s easy to become comfortable with how things operate. However, that’s when things usually end up going poorly. In AT&T’s case, the firm realized that about half of its workforce didn’t have the skills necessary for its increasingly digital infrastructure, and about 100,000 of those employees were in jobs dealing with hardware that wouldn’t even exist in 10 years.

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Lighthouse

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

AI is penetrating into every aspect of HCM, including learning and development. In many briefings with technology providers I’m hearing the same thing over and over again: we designed this experience to be like the Netflix of learning content. That’s a nice sentiment, but Netflix is an entertainment streaming service with highly personalized experiences for users.

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Lighthouse

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In the 1980s, Hans Moravec and other AI researchers discovered a curious finding that we now know as Moravec’s Paradox. Essentially, AI can very easily learn to do things that are “hard” for humans, such as advanced statistics and analysis. On the other hand, things that are very simple for humans, such as identifying colors or recognizing faces, can be incredibly difficult for computers to do.

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Lighthouse

JANUARY 15, 2019

Over the winter holidays you might have missed the fanfare, but the new book, Artificial Intelligence for HR , is now available! We will not be pushing this heavily in the coming months so this is your chance to get the book and learn the insights so you can be prepared for what’s coming to a workplace near you very, very soon. We are actively scheduling keynotes, workshops, and other events around this topic.

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Lighthouse

JANUARY 22, 2019

This week I am going to be doing a SHRM NextChat on Wednesday from 2-3p Central time. This is a Twitter chat where people can ask me any question or jump into the dialogue, and the focus is going to be all around artificial intelligence and the future of work. Here’s the blurb from the SHRM website in case you’d like to participate: Please join @shrmnextchat at 3:00 p.m.

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