HR Tech Weekly Roundup: Key Insights in HR Technology

Welcome to today’s edition of the HR Tech Weekly Roundup, where we bring you the most important news, trends, and innovations in the world of human resources technology. As HR tech continues to evolve, staying informed is essential for professionals striving to optimize their workforce strategies and drive meaningful change. In this roundup, we highlight key updates, cutting-edge solutions, and expert insights that are shaping the future of HR. Let’s take a look at top news!

Perceptyx 2025 Report Finds Emerging Mid-Life Work Crisis

Perceptyx, the global leader in employee listening and actioning for a better workplace, published its 2025 Benchmark Megatrends Report. The report found that middle-aged employees in the middle of their career are not only more focused on development than before, but have specific expectations and needs for their growth trajectory, which organizations may be overlooking. The Perceptyx Benchmark dataset comprises responses to employee surveys from more than 20 million workers across multiple industries over three years, and is one of the most comprehensive sources of insight into global employee sentiment. This year’s report revealed that career growth and development have taken on heightened importance in employee retention, engagement, and productivity. Four of the top five drivers of intent to stay relate directly to career growth. Employees planning to remain with their organization are 3x as likely to believe they can achieve their career goals and more than twice as likely to see meaningful development opportunities and a clear path forward with their current company.

Outdated HR Systems Cost U.S. $1Billion Annually: Workday

A new report from Workday, the AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, reveals that outdated federal human resources systems are costing taxpayers nearly $1 billion in lost productivity every year. According to the report, 89% of federal HR leaders believe these outdated systems are significantly hindering agency performance and mission delivery. The report, Future-Ready Feds: Modernizing Human Capital Management to Empower Government Service, highlights a critical inefficiency: Federal HR leaders dedicate almost half their time (48%) to system workarounds, error correction, data reconciliation, and manual tasks. Key challenges include security risks, limited analytics, and data sharing issues. Surprisingly, despite these clear problems, only 48% of leaders consider HR modernization a high priority, and 83% report lacking a modernization roadmap.

CompTIA Unveils Cybersecurity Certification for OT

CompTIA, the leading global provider of vendor-neutral information technology (IT) training and certification products, announced it will begin development of a new certification focused on critical cybersecurity skills in operational technology (OT). CompTIA’s proposed SecOT+ certification will bridge critical knowledge and skill gaps between OT and IT. The certification will equip OT positions such as floor technicians and industrial engineers, and cybersecurity engineers and network architects on the IT side, with a common skills toolkit to manage, mitigate and remediate security risks in manufacturing and critical infrastructure environments.

Insurance Pacesetters Innovate Skills and Career Pathways

The Josh Bersin Company, the world’s most trusted HR advisory firm, is releasing a new research study, Intelligent Adaptation in Insurance—Predicting the Unpredictable. The report explores how the most advanced leadership organizations in the global $10 trillion insurance sector are evolving their leadership models, transforming hiring strategies, and adapting to rapidly shifting consumer forces. Key findings show the industry is moving beyond traditional risk mitigation to proactive, data-driven, digitally integrated partnerships. Insurers are embedding services across industries, expanding consumer touchpoints, and creating direct engagement channels—while tackling historic underinvestment in AI, blockchain, and IoT.