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Curious what the team's working on this month? (Besides our spooky costumes 🎃👻) Earlier this week, Haris shared that one of his biggest complaints about #HRtech is it isn't built to be multiplayer—that is, it's built just for HR teams, not as a collaborative space for all stakeholders. And that ties in well with what we're focusing on this month: Building a better process for headcount planning. Headcount Planning is a huge lift that, when done right, requires input from Finance, Executive Leadership, and other outside-HR stakeholders. Learn about some of the features we're adding and enhancing to make this process better than ever, now on the blog. (link in the comments👇)

As organizations grow and adapt to changing market conditions, it becomes critical for leadership to align compensation frameworks with headcount needs to drive performance, retain top talent, and maintain financial efficiency. In this session, Haris and Laura will share tactical approaches that can help you better align your compensation strategies with headcount forecasts. You’ll learn how to navigate the complexities of budget constraints, market competitiveness, and internal equity—all while ensuring that your workforce planning drives both growth and sustainability.

When HR tools aren't collaborative—or built with other key players in mind—managing your workforce:  ⌛ Takes longer than necessary 👯 Becomes redundant & more manual 💧 Is less strategic & diluted Growing, modern businesses should be demanding more from their sofware "solutions." At the very least: 1️⃣ Collaborative features are a must. 2️⃣ They should integrate & play well with other tools. 3️⃣ Software should be flexible & customizable. 4️⃣ HR tools should empower manager and collaborators—even if they aren't on the People Team. 🔗 Find Haris Ikram's full thoughts on the topic using the link in the comments.

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🎮 HR tools are stuck in single-player mode. But workforce planning and management? That’s a multiplayer game. 🎮 In Haris Ikram's latest blog, he discusses why traditional HR software solutions aren’t cutting it and what HR tools should be doing to keep up with modern workforce management demands. Let’s build tools that enable real collaboration across teams. 💡 Link in the comments to read more.👇 #WorkforcePlanning #HRSoftware #WorkforceManagement #HRTech

OpenAI put the "B" in Big News last week. 💰💰💰 They’ve been disrupting and leading the charge in more than just AI for a while now, and their fundraising announcement has us thinking about how this might (it definitely will) impact their employees. What does a huge valuation mean for compensation? What would a shift to for-profit change? Would switching from PPUs to traditional equity be a net positive? Haris Ikram compares equity vs. PPUs in our latest blog (link in the bio 🔗). 👇 We’d love to hear your thoughts on how an announcement like this could change the total rewards and equity conversation for OpenAI employees, AI companies, and anyone else. 👇

Generally speaking: A company announces a successful fundraise ➡️ Their valuation jumps. And what does that mean for their employees? There's no denying that cash is king, but when you play it right, investing your time into a company can have payoffs way bigger than salary alone. At CandorIQ, we've built a total rewards platform and partnered with companies like Carta to provide more equity visibility for employees, their managers, and HR leaders. In our latest blog we breakdown some of the most common questions employees have about equity compensation: 🙋♀️ What is it? 🙋 Is it worth it? 🙋♂️ When does it pay off? Give it a read and pass it along to someone who would find it helpful! (🔗 Link in comments.)

Any The Modern People Leader fans out there? 🖐️ A couple of weeks ago, we sponsored the first ever MPL Live in Austin. Daniel and Stephen hosted a great event with HR leaders from all over. The first session of the event is now available on their podcast and you don't want to miss it (link in the comments). Katie Burke, Former CPO at HubSpot & Gianna Driver, CPO at Lattice discuss the current state of HR, generational differences in the workforce, and how AI is impacting organizations. Give it a listen and ket us know what you think of the ad from your favorite compensation and headcount planning software. 😎 🔗 Link in comments

Alex Seiler just stopped by our booth at #HRTech and reminded us it's HR Appreciation Day—how appropriate! This week in Vegas has only grown our team's appreciation for the HR practitioners we get to partner with and build product for. It's all too often a thankless field that requires engrained empathy, resourcefulness, and a master's degree in spreadsheets (kidding, kind of...). We're grateful for all the partners, clients, and friends of CandorIQ who've made this conference a success. From the booth demos, to our happy hour, and all the great conversations in between—thanks for coming by! 🎉 Shonna Waters, PhD Elisa Johnson, ICF ACC Alex Seiler Jennifer Jacobson Gail C. Ganesh Raj Kumaraguru Tracie Sponenberg Runae Lee Andrew Godefroy Brandon Jeffs Rekha Gurnani Chowdhury Lydia Wu Michael Broccolo Haris Ikram Anthonie Lorsithong W Kenneth Pilcher Emma Biskupiak #HRAppreciationDay

#HRTech, we’re so excited to be here! 🙌 If you’re at the show, come on by booth 9425 and say hello. We’d love to meet you!