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FirstWork is a technology company that specializes in human resource management software for businesses with frontline workforces. Their platform, designed to be mobile-first, leverages artificial intelligence to enhance communication, streamline hiring and training processes, automate payroll, and provide real-time compliance validation. By consolidating these functions under a single, AI-powered system, FirstWork aims to help businesses increase operational efficiency, reduce administrative burdens, and improve worker retention.

Bluebirds is an AI-based data platform to find customer contacts that switched jobs.

Remotebase is a specialized hiring agency that focuses on connecting companies with highly skilled remote software engineers. The company handles the entire process of sourcing, recruiting, onboarding, reviewing, and training these engineers, ensuring that businesses can quickly and efficiently build high-performing engineering teams. Remotebase also provides workspaces for these engineers, making it a comprehensive solution for companies looking to expand their technical capabilities remotely.

Workstream is a prominent HR, payroll, and hiring platform tailored for the hourly workforce. It provides automated solutions that streamline various human resource processes, enabling franchise and business owners to efficiently manage hiring, retention, and payroll tasks from a single platform. With features such as workflow automation, advanced analytics, SMS communication, and machine learning, Workstream enhances the hiring experience and supports businesses in adhering to their onboarding procedures. The platform is trusted by 46 of the top 50 quick-service restaurant brands, including major names like Burger King, Jimmy John’s, and Taco Bell, allowing them to reduce labor costs and simplify operations effectively.

TalentHack is a health platform that connects directly with the fitness professionals and industry. They exist to redefine what a career in fitness can be, by providing opportunities to propel you forward. It takes hours for companies to find a single potential lead, let alone a candidate. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, NY, United States

Arist is a company that offers a remote learning platform specifically designed to deliver bite-size courses via text messages and social media channels such as SMS, Slack, and MS Teams. This approach caters particularly to frontline employees who may lack access to traditional learning management systems. Arist enables enterprise learning and development (L&D) and human resources (HR) teams to rapidly create, deliver, and analyze these courses on various topics, including diversity and inclusion, compliance, sales enablement, and safety training. By facilitating efficient training, Arist helps organizations save over $200 per employee annually while achieving high adoption rates and clear outcomes in behavior change and performance improvement, with a notable Net Promoter Score exceeding 90.

Founded in 2017, WorkPay Technologies offers a cloud-based platform for managing payroll, benefits, HR, and employee self-service needs. Its solution caters to small and medium-sized businesses across Africa.

Workstream offers comprehensive compensation planning, performance management, and talent management solutions that support organizations throughout the employee lifecycle, from recruitment to retirement. Its TalentCenter provides an integrated platform for various services, including Recruitment, Benefits, Performance, and Development, facilitating strategic alignment and informed decision-making. By focusing on more than just process automation, Workstream helps organizations execute their strategies effectively. The services are available through a monthly subscription under a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, enabling companies to enhance workforce productivity, engagement, and satisfaction while managing essential people processes efficiently. With a presence across North America, Workstream serves notable clients such as Chevron, The Gap, Kaiser Permanente, Marshfield Clinic, and United Airlines.

Dover is a recruitment services provider based in the United States, specializing in an automated hiring platform designed to facilitate efficient candidate sourcing and scheduling for organizations. The company aims to assist businesses in achieving their hiring objectives across various roles, including engineering, product, marketing, sales, legal, and finance. Dover's platform utilizes advanced technologies to understand the necessary skill sets for each position, thereby enhancing the engagement in outbound recruiting with minimal human intervention. Additionally, the company offers a suite of free tools that help organizations source candidates, manage applications, and maintain organization throughout the recruiting process. Through these services, Dover enables companies to optimize their hiring practices and improve operational margins.

Rippling provides an integrated platform that combines HR, IT, payroll, and spend management to streamline the entire employee lifecycle. It automates onboarding, offboarding, payroll processing, benefits administration, and tax forms, and centralizes employee data and access management (devices, software, and email accounts) to reduce administrative work. The platform supports compliance monitoring, real-time financial visibility, and dynamic spend policies, enabling seamless IT provisioning, access control, and unified management. By removing manual tasks and enabling faster onboarding, Rippling helps companies save time, cut costs, and focus on growth.

Lattice is a People Success Platform that integrates various tools, workflows, and data to assist business leaders in fostering engaged, high-performing employees and cultivating positive company cultures. The platform encompasses continuous performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics, providing HR, People, and Operations teams with essential insights to enhance workplace environments and achieve significant business results. Lattice has received recognition as one of the fastest-growing private companies and is celebrated as a top workplace, with a high employee satisfaction rate. Serving nearly 5,000 customers globally, including notable organizations like Slack, Asana, Solera Health, and Guild Education, Lattice aims to streamline performance management processes through real-time employee feedback and efficient performance review cycles, targeting medium-sized companies for goal management and achievement.

Pomello is a cloud-based platform that assists organizations in selecting and retaining job candidates who align with their unique company culture. Based in Redwood City, California, Pomello generates custom culture reports for each candidate, facilitating faster recruitment by assessing candidates' strengths and weaknesses in relation to the existing team culture. The company emphasizes the importance of cultural fit alongside skills in the hiring process, helping organizations identify candidates who share similar priorities and values. Pomello's technology, which originated from research at Stanford University, leverages 30 years of insights in Organizational Behavior and integrates seamlessly into existing recruitment processes. Its CultureDNA platform offers predictive culture analytics through cultural surveys, providing leadership teams with valuable data and insights aimed at enhancing employee engagement and optimizing overall performance. As of November 2017, Pomello operates as a subsidiary of OutMatch, Inc.

Interviewed is a company that specializes in developing an employee assessment tool aimed at improving the hiring process for employers. By utilizing job simulations, Interviewed provides candidates with a realistic "day-in-the-life" experience of the roles they are applying for. This innovative approach allows hiring managers to observe candidates in action as they demonstrate their skills in real-world scenarios, such as managing simulated customer interactions while using a customer relationship management system. The assessments evaluate critical competencies including speed, accuracy, communication abilities, technical skills, adaptability, multitasking, and emotional intelligence. By streamlining the evaluation process, Interviewed enables employers to select the most suitable candidates efficiently and fairly, enhancing the overall quality of hiring while reducing associated costs.

Human Interest is a retirement savings provider focused on small and medium-sized businesses, offering a 401(k) platform that simplifies administration and compliance through end-to-end technology. The platform automatically creates employee accounts, syncs payroll deductions, and provides personalized investment guidance, enabling SMBs to offer affordable, easy-to-manage retirement plans; the company has served thousands of businesses across the United States and was founded in 2015 in San Francisco by Paul Sawaya and Roger Lee.

Founded in 2015, Instawork operates a career marketplace for hospitality professionals. It automates traditional recruitment processes for small businesses, connecting them with qualified hourly workers based on their schedules and availability.