Survale unveiled significant platform enhancements at the HR Technology Conference, including the launch of Professional Edition, expanded benchmark research programs, and advanced AI capabilities designed to transform how organizations measure and improve talent experiences. The new Professional Edition offers a streamlined toolkit for organizations of all sizes to collect and analyze feedback from candidates and employees through customizable surveys and dashboards. The company confirmed its ongoing role as the home of the CandE Candidate Experience Benchmark Research and Award Program, which it acquired from ERE Media and has powered since 2017.
Building on this foundation, Survale is officially launching the new EmployE Employee Experience Benchmark Research and Award Program for 2026, extending the proven CandE methodology to cover the entire employee lifecycle from onboarding through retention. Survale's latest AI features represent a significant advancement in talent feedback analysis. The platform now offers advanced sentiment analysis that moves beyond simple positive/negative categorization to provide deeper contextual understanding of freeform comments. The "Ask Survale" functionality enables users to pose natural language questions to their data, quickly uncovering actionable insights and identifying key issues affecting talent satisfaction.
Additionally, new Legal Alerts utilize AI to surface comments that may describe legally sensitive interactions or feedback. Jason Moreau, CEO of Survale, emphasized that these announcements represent an extension of the company's commitment to providing a holistic talent experience platform. The integration of these tools allows organizations to seamlessly connect candidate and employee journey data, using AI-powered insights to optimize people, processes, and technologies throughout the talent lifecycle.
The expanded benchmark programs enable participating organizations to collect and analyze feedback while benchmarking their results against global aggregates, providing critical insights to improve employee sentiment, satisfaction, engagement, and retention. This comprehensive approach addresses the entire talent experience from initial candidate attraction through long-term employee retention, giving employers the research and technology needed to build and maintain competitive workforces. The Professional Edition's streamlined toolkit makes these capabilities accessible to organizations of all sizes, democratizing advanced talent experience measurement that was previously available only to large enterprises with substantial resources.
The implications of these announcements are substantial for organizations seeking to improve their talent management strategies. By extending benchmark research from candidates to the entire employee lifecycle, Survale provides a unified framework for measuring talent experience across all touchpoints. The advanced AI capabilities represent a shift from basic sentiment tracking to contextual understanding and predictive insights, enabling organizations to proactively address issues before they escalate. These developments matter because they address the growing importance of talent experience in competitive labor markets, where employee retention and satisfaction directly impact organizational performance and bottom-line results.
