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M&A Friday! This Week’s HR Deals

Advos

Our weekly recap of funding, mergers & acquisition, and partnership news from the human resource, recruitment and employee benefits marketplace is below. Skillsoft Partners with CompTIA for Cybersecurity Analyst Certification. Happy Friday. Sign-up for our weekly Hot in HR newsletter to get these updates via email.

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How Skillsoft is encouraging employees to ‘experiment’ ethically with gen AI

HRExecutive

But what is—relatively—new is the advent of artificial intelligence , and it can be an important equalizer in the effort to advance women in tech, says Skillsoft Chief People Officer Ciara Harrington. HRE: Especially given Skillsoft’s tech focus, how are you incorporating AI into your HR strategy?

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What the UKG layoffs say about resource redeployment in HR tech

HRExecutive

Bersin describes the layoffs as a redeployment of resources to new strategic areas, saying, “Sometimes you have to get smaller to grow—and that’s the new business lesson of AI.” Utilizing Skillsoft’s AI Skill Accelerator, the program provides training in generative AI technologies.

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Skillsoft Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

Brandon Hall

Skillsoft has been there from the beginning. Twenty years ago, Skillsoft started shipping CD-ROMs and manuals for Microsoft training and has evolved into a market leader in learning and talent development. Skillsoft worked diligently to reinvent itself to remain highly relevant. Learning doesn’t just happen at work.

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Meet Kazoo’s CEO, Patrick Manzo

Kazoo

Patrick comes to Kazoo after spending the last three years at Skillsoft , where he most recently served as Chief Revenue Officer. Before Skillsoft, I worked with a couple of startups in strategic advisory roles, one of which was in the human capital space. This was when I was the Chief Revenue officer at Skillsoft.

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We’re Only Human 51: IBM #Think2019 with Special Guest Madeline Laurano

UpstartHR

IBM announced some major partnerships last week, but one of them is a new partnership with Skillsoft to bring the best of content and IBM’s talent frameworks together. Resources mentioned in the episode: . Episode with Mark Onisk of Skillsoft. IBM/Skillsoft Announcement: [link]. Madeline’s website: [link].

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3 Stories of Transformational Learning from #Perspectives17

Lighthouse

This week I have had the pleasure of attending and speaking at Skillsoft Perspectives in Las Vegas. In addition, Skillsoft is doing some amazing work to develop new capabilities, and the keynote included a highlight of an emerging use case for leveraging virtual reality for manager training and coaching.

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