Category: Employee Experience

Tech job adverts in the UK drop 50% as AI and offshoring reshape the industry

The UK has seen a dramatic decline in tech job adverts over the past five years, with listings falling by 50% since 2019. This drop is far steeper than the overall job market, where adverts have decreased by 31% in...

Firstup’s new tech knows what workers need—before they do

Corporate inboxes are overflowing, and workers are tuning out. intelligent communication company Firstup says it has the solution: AI-powered workforce orchestration that cuts through the noise and ensures employees get the right message at the right time, without the usual...

Call centre agents: Saving lives and building careers, busting contact centre myths

There’s a common image of a call centre as battery a farm for overworked keen young things, following the scripts to earn a modest crust. That image may include fielding hundreds of phone enquiries each day, dealing with difficult issues,...

GoTo’s AI receptionist will take your call now

As the every-platform-has-to-have-AI battle heats up, more contenders arrive daily in our news inbox. Today’s turnout alone will see another half-dozen services unveiled in the coming weeks. Entering the fray today is GoTo, offering a Connect AI Receptionist, presumably for...

Genesys introduces AI-powered tools to enhance supervisor efficiency

At Enterprise Connect 2025, Genesys introduced a new suite of Genesys Cloud AI capabilities designed to empower supervisors. These advancements aim to help organisations navigate the evolving work landscape within and beyond the contact centre.As businesses worldwide seek to enhance...

Only 25% of businesses ready to comply with the European Accessibility Act

While some businesses continue to roll back their DEI initiatives, the new provisions of the European Accessibility Act aren’t going anywhere soon. New data from enterprise CMS company Storyblok identifies that only 25% of European businesses are fully prepared to...

Cisco unveils agentic AI solutions for Webex and Contact Center

Cisco is ramping up its agentic AI offering with features to improve the customer and employee experience for businesses through its Webex collaboration services.Webex AI Agent is a new product launching at the end of March. It will improve customer...

Phenom and Deloitte partner to enhance workforce transformation with AI

Phenom has announced a strategic alliance with Deloitte, bringing together Phenom’s intelligent talent experience platform and Deloitte’s deep expertise in human capital strategy. By joining forces, the two organisations aim to help streamline talent acquisition and management, allowing enterprises to...

Office ‘hotelification’ can support the RTO drive

In the early days of the tech startup era, all sorts of gimmicks were used to tempt talent to join booming companies. In-house coffee bars, gaming and activity rooms, chillout zones and other ideas were tried as lures to out-do...

Poor UK jobs outlook as Employment Rights Bill hits

The employment situation in the UK continues to take a depressing turn, with hiring delayed as tax rises and other pressures loom.ManpowerGroup’s latest quarterly Employment Outlook Survey (MEOS), a key economic indicator for the Bank of England and UK government,...