by Karen McCandless | Apr 17, 2018 | Trends
A shortage of skilled candidates is the biggest challenge recruiters expect to face over the next 12 months, according to our survey of recruiters from September 2017.
In addition, more than two thirds of companies say that hiring experienced/qualified candidates has become more difficult compared to a year ago, while 29 percent say that retaining good employees has become more difficult compared with a year ago.
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by Lauren Maffeo | Apr 7, 2018 | Trends
Artificial intelligence (or AI, as it’s commonly known) has power to change work in the short and long terms. Advances in techniques like machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) offer huge ways to help small businesses cut costs and differentiate themselves. (more…)
by Lauren Maffeo | Mar 29, 2018 | Trends
“Will robots take my job?”
If you’ve asked this question lately, you’re far from the only one. A current Google search for answers to this question returns nearly 37 million results (as of publication). So, you’d be forgiven for wondering how AI will impact certain sectors: Are robots the new bricklayers in construction? To find the answer for you, GetApp and Gartner (our parent company) asked small business construction leaders how they’re using AI today. (more…)
by Suzie Blaszkiewicz | Mar 29, 2018 | Trends
As a pseudo-synonym for CRM, Salesforce has long-been considered one of the industry leaders in the cloud CRM space. Created in 1999 by former Oracle executive Marc Benioff and co, Salesforce has grown into a behemoth of a company over the past 19 years, creating one of the most well known and respected brands in the software as a service (SaaS) space. (more…)
by Rhiân Davies | Jan 25, 2018 | Insights, Trends
Unilever, Uber, and DB Schenker are just a handful of companies who have joined the digital freight matching arena—an arena that has seen over $180 million in venture capital investments since 2011. With adoption rates of sophisticated transport management software by small and medium sized businesses growing, why are so many of the big players interested in this new model?
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