Personegy earns 2026 Lighthouse award for Talent Acquisition solution. - March 23, 2026 Why it matters. The accolade validates Personegy's ability to accelerate large-scale hiring while preserving candidate experience, a critical advantage for sectors facing chronic labor shortages. It signals to enterprises that AI-enhanced RPO solutions can deliver tangible efficiency gains and competitive hiring outcomes. Key takeaways. * - Personegy cuts interview scheduling to under 10 minutes. * - Application completion time now under five minutes. * - Recruiters save up to 15 hours weekly. * - Candidate experience scores reach 90-95%. * - Award validates AI-driven frontline hiring solution. Summary. NXTThing RPO has been named a 2026 Lighthouse Tech Award winner for Talent Acquisition: Best Frontline-Focused Solution, recognizing its Personegy platform. Personegy combines AI-driven screening, mobile-first applications, and automated scheduling to move candidates from application to interview in under 60 seconds. The platform has delivered interview scheduling for over 90 % of qualified applicants within ten minutes, reduced application times to under five minutes, saved recruiters up to 15 hours per week, and boosted candidate experience scores to 90-95 %. The award underscores the solution's measurable impact on high-volume, frontline hiring. Pulse analysis. The race to fill frontline positions at scale has become a strategic priority for retailers, hospitality chains, and logistics firms, especially as labor markets tighten. Traditional applicant tracking systems often buckle under the volume of applications, leading to bottlenecks that increase time-to-fill and erode candidate experience. To address this, vendors are pairing recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) expertise with artificial-intelligence platforms that automate screening, scheduling and communication. This hybrid model promises both the speed of automation and the nuanced judgment of seasoned recruiters, a combination that investors and corporate boards are watching closely. NXTThing RPO's Personegy platform exemplifies this convergence. Built as a mobile-first, AI-enabled hiring engine, it moves candidates from application to interview in under 60 seconds and schedules interviews for more than 90 % of qualified applicants within ten minutes. Enterprises that have deployed the solution report application completion times under five minutes and recruiter time savings of up to 15 hours per week, while candidate experience scores climb to the 90-95 % range. The 2026 Lighthouse Tech Award, judged by independent HR practitioners, validates Personegy's measurable impact and positions NXTThing as a benchmark for frontline-focused talent acquisition. The recognition signals a broader shift toward integrated RPO-AI offerings across the HR technology landscape. Companies seeking to scale hiring without sacrificing quality are likely to prioritize solutions that deliver quantifiable efficiency gains and maintain a human touch. As AI algorithms become more sophisticated, vendors that can seamlessly embed them within existing ATS ecosystems will capture a larger share of the multi-billion-dollar recruitment market. For investors and decision-makers, the award serves as a data-driven endorsement that high-volume hiring can be both rapid and candidate-centric, accelerating digital transformation in workforce management. HRTech Cube NXTThing RPO Named 2026 Lighthouse Tech Award Winner for Talent Acquisition: Best Frontline-Focused Solution NXTThing RPO, a leading provider of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and talent acquisition solutions, today announced it has been named a 2026 Lighthouse Tech Award winner for Talent Acquisition: Best Frontline-Focused Solution. The award recognizes NXTThing RPO and its Personegy platform for delivering measurable results in high-volume and frontline hiring environments. Presented by Lighthouse Research & Advisory, the Lighthouse Tech Awards recognize HR technology providers delivering practical innovation and measurable business impact across the global HR technology landscape. NXTThing RPO earned the distinction for its ability to combine elite RPO service delivery with Personegy, its AI-enabled hiring platform, designed to streamline high-volume recruiting while maintaining strong candidate and hiring manager experiences. "NXTThing stands out by blending an elite RPO service with their proprietary Personegy platform, which is purpose-built to move front-line candidates from application to interview in under 60 seconds," said the Lighthouse Research & Advisory Awards Judging Panel. "They act as a recruitment accelerator that provides both the high-speed automation and the human recruiters needed to handle massive hiring surges without crashing internal teams." Personegy was built specifically to address the challenges organizations face in frontline and high-volume hiring. The platform integrates mobile-first applications, AI-driven screening, automated interview scheduling, candidate relationship management, and seamless ATS connectivity to accelerate hiring while improving recruiter productivity and candidate engagement. The technology has already delivered significant results for enterprise employers managing large-scale hiring operations. In one client example, organizations have achieved: * Interview scheduling for over 90 % of qualified applicants within 10 minutes * Application completion times reduced to under five minutes * Recruiter time savings of up to 15 hours per week * Improved candidate experience scores reaching 90-95 % "NXTThing has always believed that hiring at scale requires both smart technology and experienced recruiters working together," said Jamie Minier, President of NXTThing RPO. "Personegy was built to simplify the hiring journey for candidates while giving recruiters the tools and visibility they need to move faster and make better decisions. We are honored to be recognized by Lighthouse for helping organizations transform how they hire frontline talent." The Lighthouse Tech Awards are judged by an independent panel of HR practitioners, consultants, and educators who evaluate each submission for innovation, practical application, and measurable business impact. The awards serve as a trusted guide for employers evaluating HR technology solutions in a rapidly evolving marketplace. NXTThing RPO continues to invest in solutions that help organizations scale recruiting operations, improve candidate engagement, and deliver more predictable hiring outcomes across frontline and high-volume hiring environments. Want to join the conversation?

NXTThing RPO wins two Silver medals in Brandon Hall Group's Excellence in Technology Awards. Personegy platform recognized for transforming high-volume hiring at Follett Higher Education and Caliber Collision. The 2025 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Awards(TM) are given for work in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Sales Enablement, Future of Work, and Education Technology. NXTThing RPO, a leader in innovative and advanced recruiting technologies, earned two Brandon Hall Group Silver awards for the company's Personegy hiring platform: one for excellence in the Best Advance in Candidate Experience Management Technology category for its impact on high-volume hiring for Follett Higher Education and one for excellence in the Best Advance in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Technology category for its impact on high-volume hiring for Caliber Collision. These recognitions celebrate NXTThing RPO's deployment of Personegy, the company's next-generation recruiting platform designed to simplify frontline and high-volume hiring at scale. Personegy has helped transform two large, decentralized hiring environments into streamlined, technology-enabled recruitment models, helping both organizations meet seasonal and year-round workforce demands while improving speed, quality, and candidate experience. Impact at Follett Higher Education. Follett Higher Education, which staffs more than 1,000 campus stores nationwide, partnered with NXTThing RPO to modernize its seasonal hiring model. Personegy replaced a decentralized, store-driven process with a centralized and automated workflow designed for speed and consistency across locations. "Partnering with NXTThing RPO completely transformed our seasonal hiring strategy. Their ability to scale, combined with automation and candidate care, enabled us to significantly reduce time-to-hire, improve our first day show rates, and relieve our store managers from the burdens of recruitment so they could focus on driving the business," said Lori Hensler, CHRO, Follett Higher Education. "What sets NXTThing apart is their true partnership mindset. From candidate experience to sourcing innovation, they brought fresh thinking, consistent execution, and transparency to every step of the process. We didn't just solve a hiring challenge, we elevated our entire approach to talent acquisition." Specific outcomes included mobile-first quick apply, automated interview scheduling, more than 250 candidate-experience automations, faster time-to-hire, turnover reduction of more than 40 percent, and a 50 percent return of store manager time back to in-store operations. Impact at Caliber Collision. Caliber Collision, one of the largest collision repair providers in the United States with more than 1,800 locations, needed a scalable solution to support more than 12,000 open roles at any given time. Before Personegy, candidates faced long application times, slow interview scheduling, and inconsistent experiences across disparate systems, contributing to high turnover in frontline roles. "What used to take days now happens in minutes, and the automation frees up our recruiters to focus on building real connections with candidates," said Jim D'Amico, Vice President Talent Acquisition, Caliber Collision. "Since adopting the platform, we've seen faster hires, fewer drop-offs, and a noticeable improvement in candidate satisfaction. Combined with NXTThing's recruiting expertise, we now have technology and services working together to deliver outstanding results." Personegy delivered a bilingual mobile quick-apply flow, automated scheduling, integrated CRM-to-Workday workflows, and powerful automation tools that returned an average of 15 hours per week to each recruiter. Candidate satisfaction rose into the 90-95 percent range, and turnover dropped by more than 20 percent across several functions. "Receiving two awards from Brandon Hall Group really means a lot because it highlights the real improvements our clients are experiencing," said Jamie Minier, President of NXTThing RPO. "Follett and Caliber may be very different organizations, but both needed a hiring process that was quicker and more candidate friendly. Personegy helped them get there, and our teams partnered closely to make it work. These wins show the power of strong partnerships and the effort our team puts into every project." "The Excellence in Technology Awards celebrate the most forward-thinking innovations shaping the future of learning, talent, and human capital management. This year's winners exemplify how technology can unlock new possibilities - improving performance, enabling smarter decision-making, and transforming how organizations support and develop their people," said Rachel Cooke, Brandon Hall Group Chief Operating Officer and leader of the Excellence Awards program. Entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts, and executives based upon these criteria: fit the need, program design, functionality, innovation, and overall measurable benefits. Excellence Award winners are scheduled to be honored at Brandon Hall Group's HCM Excellence Conference, February 9-12, 2026, at the Hilton West Palm Beach, Florida. Select winners will also serve as presenters in breakout sessions, sharing their leading practices during the conference. "Our Technology Awards are built on a rigorous evaluation framework that measures true innovation, functional excellence, and quantifiable business impact. The organizations recognized this year reflect the highest standards in the industry," said Mike Cooke, Brandon Hall Group Chief Executive Officer. About NXTThing RPO. NXTThing RPO, part of Employ Inc., delivers innovative recruitment process outsourcing solutions across industries including manufacturing, life sciences, and retail. With expertise in high-volume hiring, executive search, and recruitment marketing, NXTThing RPO partners with organizations to optimize talent acquisition strategies and elevate the candidate experience. For more information, visit https://nxtthingrpo.com/contact/ About Brandon Hall Group(TM). Brandon Hall Group(TM) is the home of the HCM Excellence Awards(R)- the most prestigious and sought-after awards in Human Capital Management. For more than 30 years, these awards have recognized organizations for innovative and effective HCM practices across learning, talent, leadership, DEI, HR, sales performance, and technology. Known as the "Academy Awards of Human Capital Management," the programs attract entrants from organizations of all sizes around the world.