The Hiblog

Winning as we: HiBob raises an additional $150M in latest funding round

We're beyond proud to announce HiBob’s latest round of funding—$150M—bringing our total funding to $424M.

The HR conferences you don’t want to miss in 2023

If you’re interested in attending HR conferences in 2023, whether they be HR tech conferences, strategy conferences, or something else, we’ve put together a list of the biggest and best HR events we recommend attending. Check out our list.

How to choose the best HRIS for your business

There are many HRIS options on the market, each of them offering its own advantages and disadvantages and best serving different types of organizations. To help you make the right choice on the first try, we’ve put together a complete guide to choosing the HRIS software that best fits your company’s needs.

Best tips for managers to improve their remote leadership skills

In the last two years, organizations worldwide have permanently adopted WFH and hybrid work models. But do leadership and management teams have the right skills to lead their dispersed teams effectively? Companies are busy drafting policies on how to make remote and hybrid work a success. Meanwhile, managers across industries are navigating the space of remote leadership and upskilling themselves. We sat down with Dr. Laura Hambley Lovett, a workplace psychologist and president/co-founder of Work EvOHlution, to get an in-depth understanding of what tools and skills high-performing managers need to…

How HiBob went permanently “Hi-brid”

HiBob research found that 56 percent of people felt productive working from home compared to 44 percent who reported the opposite. The same study also found that 62 percent of people find that hybrid work allows for a better work-life balance, and 36 percent say they'll quit if companies force them to go back to the office full-time. As the world began emerging from the toughest COVID restrictions, we knew we couldn’t go back to the old normal. In the end, we decided to offer our Bobbers flexibility and go…

Bob’s 2021 product roundup

To build Bob’s 2021 roadmap, we listened to our customers and HR leaders everywhere. We based it on their feedback and made sure our HR, Product, Customer Success, and Engineering teams were all closely aligned. We adjusted to the new world of work In 2020, companies were forced to go global and adapt to dispersed and remote workforces overnight. When we began preparing our roadmap for 2021 at the end of last year, we didn't know what to expect going forward, except that we needed to further develop our suite of…

HiBob expands operations in Benelux and the Nordics

HR tech startup HiBob expands operations in Benelux and the Nordics with the opening of a new office in Amsterdam Focused on delivering its HR tech suite to modern, mid-sized multi-location businesses, HiBob expands in Benelux and the Nordics following rapid client growth in the region. 12 October 7, 2021, Amsterdam  –  HiBob – the company behind 'bob', the HR platform that is changing the work experience for fast-growing, mid-sized businesses and their employees opens European headquarters in Amsterdam.  After years of success in Benelux and the Nordics, HiBob is…

HiBob launches Australian Operations

7 October 2021, Tel Aviv, Sydney - HiBob, creator of the world’s leading workplace experience product suite Bob, announces its launch in the Australian market. The business, which has existing offices in the US, UK, and EMEA, has identified a significant opportunity to support modern, mid-sized Australian companies and to work with local leadership teams to develop and enhance their people engagement and culture strategies, reduce churn and increase productivity by reducing the administrative burden of HR in the highly competitive local talent market. HiBob has appointed Damien Andreasen as…

2020: the year HR took the wheel

COVID-19 highlighted the importance of powerful, skilled HR leadership, and there’s no better time than now to begin transforming the HR function. As we navigate unprecedented times and transitions, HR’s role has proven itself to be mission-critical for business success. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, we had to rely on HR tech tools to pivot once-colocated teams to fully-distributed teams over the course of a few days, or even overnight.  We’re excited to announce our $70 million Series B round led by investors SEEK and IGP, bringing us to a…

5 ways to keep your HR career going and growing

Feel like your career is stalling out? It's natural. Maybe you've been in your company or role for too long; maybe you don't have the kind of clear growth path you need to feel like you're making moves. But feeling stuck is dangerous, and it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Career growth is closely tied to engagement; chances are, if you're feeling out of touch with your best career self, you're feeling distanced from your organization too. Taking advantage of these five tips will help you get back in your groove,…

Six Skills You Need to Strike from Your CV

The future of work is here. Most HR pros know which skills people must have to survive and thrive in this hypercompetitive working world. We all need good emotional intelligence, to adapt to new technologies, to work well in different cultural settings, and to be able to effectively solve complex problems – either alone or in a group. But what about the talents you shouldn’t waste time emphasizing? If you don’t want to wake up one day and realize you’ve become redundant, check out these skills that are no longer…