Soft skills are essential for any and all roles, especially if you're in a front-facing team. Soft, though by name might suggest something banal, are crucial for professional development and success.
iMocha has the world's largest skills assessment library, with over 2500 questions across various domains.
One of the biggest changes that the COVID-19 aftermath has led to is the acceleration of rapid technological advancements across industries. For IT professionals, especially, this has compelled them to use technology to reimagine their operations and leverage new tech innovations for facilitating better development and efficient business models, further increasing the importance of identifying the essential components of learning and development for IT employees.
Recently, iMocha raised $14 Million USD in Series A investment round. That meant a lot of things: we're headed in the right direction, we are product-fit, and most importantly, an additional responsibility of investor's trust and client's raised expectations, which iMocha has always valued and respected.
We are ecstatic, overjoyed, humbled to share exciting news with you today. Our series A round, led by Eight Roads Ventures wherein our existing investors, Upekkha and Better Capital also participated, has been a raging success, and we were able to raise $14 million USD in the round.
The year 2021 saw tremendous change and suffering — not only because of the pandemic but also due to heightened concerns over emerging trends in diversity and recruitment priorities. From the start of what turned out to be a year filled with crises and heroic responses, iMocha has put its best foot ahead to help the recruitment industry come to grips with what was happening and begin to define the new normal that we are all now living through.
Brandon Hall Group awards were accounded on 10 December 2021. They honor and revere developments in the field of Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Future of Work, and Sales Performance.
Starting to plan your diversity and inclusion programs for this year? We've got you covered with a comprehensive calendar, replete with dates, history, and nations in which they are celebrated.
We are excited and proud to achieve our recent accomplishment of Microsoft Gold Application Integration Competency status, as a part of Microsoft's Partner Network effort. This is iMocha's second Microsoft Gold Competency, demonstrating the company's ability to develop and integrate AI-powered skill assessment software that is inventive, stable, and efficient for a wide range of business demands.
Many businesses were hit hard by the pandemic, including aviation, travel, and transportation. IT, on the other hand, appeared to have escaped the worst of it. The unemployment rate for IT and software workers has been at an annual high of 4.3 percent since the start of COVID-19. However, in November of the same year, the figures plummeted to 2.4 percent.
Over the last year and a half, many firms have decided to establish a hybrid work environment for their employees. This method was initially chosen as a response to the global COVID-19 outbreak. Due to lower costs, increased efficiency, and employee approval, many companies are now permitting both in-person and remote work for their employees.
