HR Technologies to Watch – Q2, 2016

Recently I told a group of HR and recruiting professionals that they should keep up with the ever-changing HR technology market by participating in 3-4 software demos a week. You might wonder why I said this… well, partly for professional development, partly because I don’t want them to be blindsided by advancements in HR tech, and, partly because I’m a geek and I want them to bear witness to the cool things that are happening in our market. I told the group that if they had trouble determining where to start to email me, and I’d build a list for them. Well, then 40 emails happened. Turns out, when you offer to do something like this, people take you up on it. Weird. So, I built a list of firms I’m tracking in Q2. This is a fraction of the nearly 21,000 HR & recruiting software products in the world. And, I’ll probably add to the list from week to week in Q2. If you’re a practitioner, find something that resonates with you or a particular pain that you’re having and check the company out. Do a demo – share what you learned with your peers. To make this easy for you, I’ve included a link to both their corporate website as well as their Twitter account.
A few house cleaning things before we get started…

1. These technologies are listed in alphabetical order. Turns out, I love all my children.
2. This list, well, like most lists, is NOT exhaustive. Tons of great HR & recruiting tech exists in the world. Tons.
3. Some of these might be firms that I’m an advisor or consultant to. I didn’t denote them within this list as some of the advisory roles are not public yet. If you’re interested, email me and I can walk you through those plays specifically. I have no problem telling you whom I care about, etc. Most of my advisor roles are noted within my LinkedIn bio.
4. The categories are mine, not theirs, meaning, the software firms on the list might see themselves differently than I have noted them. Turns out, it’s kind of hard to categorise HR software. They’ll set the record straight with you during the demo.

Without further ado, here’s the list:

Remember, a demo a day keeps mediocrity away. Well, there you go. I’ll try to create a new list in July or so. With errors, please comment below and I’ll review / update. If you think we (Royal We?) should look at a particular HR technology, within the comment section, give us the URL and your reasoning. Thanks in advance.
And if you love the Twitters, I’ve built a list of these firms.
Image: Orlando Campbell

This article first appeared on LinkedIn Pulse on May 1st, 2016.