Human Experience Tech w/ Olumo, PerchPeek Disrupts the Relocation Market, & Support for the Ukraine

Hello Resourceful Humans,

Welcome to the fourth edition of Progressive HR Newsletter. Progressive HR is an organization that supports the ideal that our world is full of talent, we are only beginning to understand the potential for human innate perspectives, skills and resourcefulness. Progressive HR involves: #HRTech, #WorkTech, #NewWorkWays, #NewWorkMindsets, and #Web3.0

The goal of this newsletter is to provide you with the latest in progressive HR news. This is important because the world is changing fast...faster than it ever has before. Technology is the catalyst for how we interact with the workforce in this new work paradigm. It is changing the way HR does our job and the role we have in the world of work. Technology is changing the way the workforce interacts with their work on a day to day basis. Even outside 'WORK' as no-code and low-code tech invites workers to create options for income outside 'the employment contract'.        

🎥 Progressive HR Live recap

Recap of "HX Tech: The Modern Approach to Employee Listening" with guest Robert Brown, CEO of Olumo. "People do not want an employee experience, they want a human experience"...Robert is a trending voice in employee listening and we discussed his POV and how HX tech will impact worker voice in organizations on Progressive HR Live Season 2 Episode 3. Here is a clip from that conversation 👇 👇 👇

Thank you to the Progressive HR network that engaged with the Live Elizabeth Burks, Madhuri Kumar, Maria Duran-Ortiz, Taylor Schnettler, Valentin Veliz, Rakhi Ihiga, Marcel Badertscher... and many more.

For more clips of Robert's episode check out HX Tech vs. EX Tech, Olumo HX Tech Demo, and More about Olumo Human Experience Tech on the Progressive HR YouTube Channel.

📱 Current news in HR Tech, Workplace Tech and Web 3.0

Employee enablement is the buzz! Zavvy, a Munich based start-up wants to modernize our approach to on-boarding, training and employee connections via employee enablement. Launching their platform last week with $4M in funding, Co-Founders Joshua Cornelius and Mehmet Yilmaz are ready to "deliver unique experiences on autopilot".

Stable Flexible Jobs WorkWhile recently raised a $13 million Series A. The platform connects hourly workers to open shifts, as well as benefits such as next-day pay, access to telehealth services, and pay transparency. The company has an interesting model of on-boarding users. Co-Founders Jarah Euston and Amol Jain.

Ready to pay payroll in Crypto? Deel is now enabling businesses to fund payroll in USDC. Per a recent blog post titled Cha-Ching! Businesses can now fund payroll in USDC, "companies that hold their money in USDC can make a payment directly to Deel via their Coinbase account to cover payroll and payments for their global team. Once the business has paid the money into Deel, contractors can withdraw in over 150 currencies, including Crypto."

What do Reese Witherspoon and NFTs have in common?...DEIB Hello Sunshine is partnering with WOW (World of Women) to bring more women into the world of NFTs and promote Diversity and Inclusion in the crypto world. Their main goal is to educate women about the NFT space. Check out this quick read piece in NFT Evening.

Disrupting the Employee Relocation Market Paul Bennett,  Dr. Ace Vinayak, Oliver Markham and the team at PerchPeek raised series A $11M funding to support global mobility and help talent re-locate to 47 countries around the world. The platform looks to provide a "high-value" benefit for organizations to offer top relocation support for employees as they look for new job opportunities around the world.

Viva Employee Experience Glint will become a core part of the Microsoft Viva employee experience platform in 2023.

🖨 🎬 Content from the progressive HR and FOW community

Check these articles from Janice Robinson Burns , Chief People Officer with Degreed. Tech for Good& Perks and Benefits that make life easier (byline John Corrigan) & When the Great Resignation Hits the C-Suite. To quote Janice from When the Great Resignation Hits the C-Suite..."Employees are craving investment in the human aspects of work. They want connection and purpose, not a transactional employer-employee relationship." Thank you Janice for all these great reads!

📢 Details on upcoming Progressive HR Live broadcasts

“You have to put people in the center and rethink work. Everyone is a knowledge worker in today’s world. Human-led design of technology is the future, and HR will lead that future."

- Vijay Navaluri, Co-Founder & CCO of Techforce.ai

Please join us for more of this very interesting and timely discussion on "Modern HR, the Creator Economy & Citizen Developers" on 3/1 at 12PMEST/9AMPST for Progressive HR Live.

You can join this conversation by heading my to my profile Coreyne Woodman-Holoubek when the stream goes live, or you can sign up for a reminder on the event page here.

Cate Chapman, Editor at LinkedIn recently asked in her editorial "It's the benefits baby"...What benefits do you think fit best with hybrid or WFH jobs? Answers focused on flex work, fertility benefits, team building tech (I added this one) and more.

One benefit that was not mentioned is specifically what Brittany Palmer and I will be talking about in Progressive HR Live "Leveling Up Inclusive Employee Benefits"...that is the benefit of offering your employees virtual travel experiences from home. Beeyonder provides live virtual tours, both within an interactive group or private, this not only includes employees with disabilities, but families with young children - such as my own - that cannot travel or shy away from travel due to COVID.

We discuss Brittany's mission to bring inclusive benefits to employers, as well, take a few virtual tours during the Live show on Tuesday 3/29 at 12PMEST/9AMPST. You can join this conversation by heading my to my profile Coreyne Woodman-Holoubek when the stream goes live....LinkedIn event page coming soon. If you would like an invite when the event page goes live, just direct message me on LinkedIn or add "YES" in the comments on the post attached to this newsletter.

💥 LinkedIn posts that caught my attention - Supporting the Ukraine

Dipti Salopek answers a question that many are asking right now. How can we help the Ukraine? We want to support the Ukraine through personal donations but are unsure where to give. Snyk has partnered with Deed to pull together a page of charities focused on relief efforts. 

Karoli Hindriks, shared that Jobbatical is offering free consultation for companies working to bring their Ukrainian employees to Spain, Estonia, Portugal, and Germany. Jobbatical is also reducing fees to the minimum for visa application processes for Ukrainian citizens relocating on an employment visa. 

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To that effect this report from Uplers aims to facilitate head-hunting for ReactJS experts in India. The report includes data around the top locations or cities to hire the developers from, common job titles used, the educational background of the developers, and above all, the level of expertise they possess having worked with the top employers in the industry. 

In addition, Uplers addresses the value propositions and salary expectations of Indian programmers.  Considering the current talent landscape when it comes to hiring the most in-demand developers, i.e., React Developers, one must not ignore the fact that India is a promising marketplace. 

👉 Author's note: As you likely know I am a fan of Uplers – recently awarded HR Asia Best Companies to Work For - I believe in their mission and vision to bring opportunities for remote work to global tech talent populations.

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Coreyne Woodman-Holoubek is an HR Executive and thought-leader with over 18 years of global business and human resource leadership expertise cultivated in the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain. She is the Founder of Progressive HR, the host of Progressive HR Live on LinkedIn and the Creator of "HR Stand Out & Make a Difference on LinkedIn". Coreyne is passionate about emerging HR technology and the future of work; and is a sought-after creator, influencer and media personality for HR tech and the future of work conversations across the globe.

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