August 26
This month, we’re bringing power features directly to your screen - no matter where you are or what device you’re using. Perform core tasks on the fly with Quick Actions and get instant, context-based support via the Watch & Learn Help Center integration in our new Sticky Footer, all without leaving your page. Plus, with Corporate Awards on Mobile, you’ll never miss a team achievement - track award winners and recognize your teammates directly from your mobile News Feed.
Explore the full breakdown of all our new releases below!
New Features and Enhancements
What's New
Sticky Footer: Instant Actions & In-Context Help
We’ve added new capabilities to help you simplify your daily tasks and get instant guidance anywhere in Spark.work. These options are always accessible via the new sticky footer at the bottom of your screen:- Quick Actions: Execute key tasks from any page without navigating away:
- Request Time Off
- Request Feedback
- Submit a Request
- Give Recognition
- Watch & Learn: Access contextual Help Center articles directly for the section you are currently viewing (e.g., Watch & Learn about Dashboard).
- Saves time by allowing users to complete everyday actions without navigating through menus or switching pages.
- Helps users find relevant information without leaving the page.
Awards & Winners in Mobile News Feed🏆
What’s New
You can now track corporate award winners right in your mobile app’s News Feed. Be the first to know who got recognized and celebrate your colleagues' success wherever you are.
Impact
Improve engagement: Keeps employees connected to company achievements.
What’s New
You can now track corporate award winners right in your mobile app’s News Feed. Be the first to know who got recognized and celebrate your colleagues' success wherever you are.
Impact
Improve engagement: Keeps employees connected to company achievements.
Other Enhancements
Leaves and Attendance
You can now submit a single hourly time-off request for a date range, automatically applying the same number of hours to each working day.
Impact
Saves time by eliminating the need to create separate hourly requests for each day.
Single Hourly Request for Multiple Days
What’s NewYou can now submit a single hourly time-off request for a date range, automatically applying the same number of hours to each working day.
Impact
Saves time by eliminating the need to create separate hourly requests for each day.
Enhanced Visibility for On/Offboarding Processes & Surveys
What’s New
What’s New
- Share On/Offboarding Tasks & Phases: Share specific tasks or entire onboarding/offboarding phases with colleagues so they can follow progress without being added as task assignees.
- Receivers get a notification when tasks are shared with them and can easily find all shared items in a dedicated section.
- Share On/Offboarding Survey Results: Share completed onboarding or offboarding survey responses with respondents or other colleagues to give them access to the feedback.
- Improved collaboration: Helps teams stay aligned throughout onboarding and offboarding processes.
- Better-informed decisions: Gives relevant stakeholders access to employee feedback when it matters.
EXPERIENCE
Survey Lifecycle Enhancements
What's New
The survey lifecycle has been enhanced with a new Upcoming status for better scheduling control. Surveys with future start dates can now be published in advance and automatically become Active when they are available to respondents.
Impact
Improves survey scheduling by preventing early invitations and ensuring respondents can access surveys only when they become available.
Survey Lifecycle Enhancements
What's New
The survey lifecycle has been enhanced with a new Upcoming status for better scheduling control. Surveys with future start dates can now be published in advance and automatically become Active when they are available to respondents.
Impact
Improves survey scheduling by preventing early invitations and ensuring respondents can access surveys only when they become available.
EVALUATE
Custom Metrics in Performance Appraisals
What's New
In addition to the 4 standard evaluation metrics (Position Fit, 360 Review, KPI, and Value Engagement), custom metrics configured in Appraisal Settings are now also available for scoring during the appraisal process. Organizations can easily enable, disable, and weight these custom metrics within Appraisal Groups to tailor evaluations to their specific needs.
Impact
Custom Metrics in Performance Appraisals
What's New
In addition to the 4 standard evaluation metrics (Position Fit, 360 Review, KPI, and Value Engagement), custom metrics configured in Appraisal Settings are now also available for scoring during the appraisal process. Organizations can easily enable, disable, and weight these custom metrics within Appraisal Groups to tailor evaluations to their specific needs.
Impact
- More relevant evaluations: Employee scores reflect the factors that matter most to each organization.
BUG FIXES
The following customer-reported issues have been resolved:
Perform > Culture > Values & Mission:
Perform > Culture > Values & Mission:
- Vision and Mission localization is not applied on the Culture page.
- Applicant is not automatically linked to the Job Opening when an existing candidate matches by Email and SSN.