Globoforce to Present with Biogen Idec at IHRIM’s 2010 Global Forum Grant Beckett of Globoforce and Biogen Idec’s Susan McGowan to Share Proven Strategies and Best Practices on Re-Igniting a Global Workforce
New SmartRecruiters Features Make Hiring More Efficient For Small Businesses Easier candidate management and new career site interactive tools add new value for users
Allen Interactions Offers Free Webinar Series Creating e-Learning that Makes a Difference
SilkRoad Technology Selected as a Red Herring Top 100 North America CompanyAwards Honor Companies with Leading Innovations and Technologies
Employers Using an Arsenal of Tools To Combat Workplace Stress: SurveyToll of Stress Impacting Health Care Costs, Absenteeism and Workplace Safety
New CareerBuilder Survey Finds the Economy May be Making Workers HealthierWorkers Share Details of Their Lunch and Smoke Break Routines
The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) Signals Moderate Job Growth The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) increased again in June for the eleventh consecutive month. The index now stands at 96.7, up from May’s revised figure of 96.1. The index is up 9.8 percent from a year ago.
New study spotlights opportunities and barriers for working women worldwideAn innovative new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit opens a window on to the economic landscape that women face globally and highlights which countries offer the most and the fewest opportunities.
For Many Managers, Career Advancement Means Breaking the Deadly Cycle of Micromanaging Micromanaging Leads to a Negative Reputation and Fewer New Opportunities Within Organizations; Micromanagers Should Switch That Energy to Adopting the Discipline to Delegate Effectively, According to John Beeson, Succession Planning and Organizational Development Expert
HR Technology Demonstration Spots Already Almost 50% Filled at HR Demo ShowInnovative Approach that Makes Software the Star
Being Rapidly Embraced by Leading Vendors
Aflac Offers What Employers Call Essential: Dental Coverage for EmployeesVoluntary Insurance Product Delivers Valuable Benefits to Employees at No Cost to Employer
Utility Companies Find Value in Time Off ProgramsEven as a very slow and modest upturn in the U.S. economy is becoming evident, utility companies across the country continue to search for ways to reward employees, despite the shrinking pay increase budgets and pay freezes seen throughout the industry.
Fifteen Promising Leaders in Philanthropy Selected for Career Pathways ProgramFifteen promising philanthropic leaders have been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Council on Foundations’ 2010-2011 Career Pathways (Pathways) program. The effort is designed to recruit and foster diverse talent and excellence in the sector’s most senior levels.
RecruitingBlogs.com Acquires Major Domain PortfolioContinues Expansion in the HR and Recruiting Industry
Laid-Off Workers Find New Jobs Twice as Fast with RiseSmart‘s Transition Concierge™, Study ShowsNext-generation outplacement solution slashes average duration of unemployment
from 35 weeks to 18 weeks, benefiting workers and employers.
Ultimate Schedules Conference Call for Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), the leading provider of unified, end-to-end human capital management (HCM) SaaS solutions in North America, will be hosting a conference call on Tuesday, July 27 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time to discuss its financial results for the second quarter of 2010.
HROA Announces Details of Sixth Annual Awards Gala“Must Attend” Destination Honors HRO Industry’s Movers and Shakers
The Green Job Bank Releases New Duplicate Job Posting Detection Technology The green job search site is first to develop an algorithm that detects duplicate job postings
Natural Training New Website Lauch Natural Training has just launched a new website at www.naturaltraining.com and is celebrating by giving away free training for a year!
Top Ten Steps for Hiring Talented Property Management Professionals With a proven track record in successfully matching the needs of hiring companies with the career objectives of Job Hunters, and delivering timely and cost efficient results, ATARID.com, niche recruiter has earned the respect and recognition of property management companies and homeowner associations alike.
SilkRoad Technology Partners with Business Expense Recovery Solution Expert TaxBreakStrategic Partnership Will Maximize SilkRoad Customers’ ROI For New Hires
LifeCare(R) Poll Finds 81 Percent of Workers Feeling Overwhelmed or Burned Out This release shares the findings of a new poll asking American workers to cite the sources of stress they are feeling and whether or not they have sought professional assistance as a result.
CyberShift Selected as 2010 Red Herring Top 100 North America Award WinnerRecognized for Outstanding Achievement in Software and Technology
Baby-boomer Suicides spur Author to Offer Free E-Book, "How to Make Money While You Look for a Job" The author, laid off for the third time (most recently at Microsoft), offers the full 123-page e-book free, after reading headlines about increasing baby-boomer suicides. She hopes that teachers and facilitators around the country will use the seven-step workbook to teach people in their communities the basics of starting a small service-based business.
PR Teams Should Call Upon All Levels For Planning, Says Punch Teams that encourage junior and senior members alike to be forthcoming in developing strategy are better placed to succeed in the contemporary PR world, according to Digital PR, Search and Social agency Punch Communications.
Apply to Over 750+ Companies at Job-Applications.com Leading Employment Site Announces “Interview Tips” and “Commonly Asked Questions” for All 750 Companies so You Are Well-Prepared to Land Your Next Job
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Abraneo Technologies and Jedox Partner to Bring Proven Business Performance Management Solutions Abraneo Technologies and Jedox Partner to Bring Proven Business Performance Management Solutions Through the Cloud
Abraneo Technologies announces its partnership with Jedox, developer of Palo, the leading commercial open source-based OLAP solution for financial planning and analysis. Palo is simply the best, most cost-effective, easy-to-use performance management software available today for budgeting, reporting and analytics.
New Service Offers Recruiters Direct Access to an Exclusive Pool of Leadership Talent Executive Select (www.ExecSelect.com) is the only source for accessing an exclusive talent pool of highly qualified business leaders: Alumni of the world’s top-ranked graduate business schools. Executive Select is the outgrowth of an exclusive partnership between these top schools and MBA Focus, which provides recruitment technology to elite MBA program career services offices and recruiting products to leading, global employers.
Global Cash Card Partners with MasterCard Worldwide to Offer GEM Prepaid Payroll Program for PayrollGlobal Cash Card Partners with MasterCard Worldwide to Offer GEM Prepaid Payroll Program for Payroll Professionals
New program provides a more convenient and cost-effective means for payroll distribution, as well as education and membership benefits through the American Payroll Association
Reduce Pain of Employee Turnover by Outsourcing Building MaintenanceBuilding and facility managers today face a host of frustrations. Those topping the list include dwindling budgets, employee turnover, and project delays. Wise outsourcing of building maintenance can provide a number of short and long range benefits, especially when it comes to employee turnover. According to Troy Norberg, General Manager of Tru-Serve, Inc., a Minneapolis-St. Paul area property and building maintenance company, “Many building managers don’t consider the actual costs of employee turnover when comparing the cost of outsourcing facilities maintenance.”
SmartJobBoard Announces a New Mobile VersionSmartjobBoard, job board software company, is pleased to announce the availability of mobile version plug-in. This new functionality allows accessing the job board site from anywhere using a mobile phone. It can be used to attract users that prefer to use their mobile Internet.
New Recruitment Service Lets Jobseekers Pursue Jobs Confidentially on LinkedIn Using Linked-in to clinch new and better job opportunities may affect current employment. Laura Freeman offers the simple solution that Linked-in-based job-seekers have been waiting for – a free and secure recruitment service to match them up with their ideal jobs or employers. Job-seekers can now pursue other jobs confidentially without irking their current employers.
Lexington Health Care Chooses OnShift for Nurse Scheduling and Employee Communications Lexington Health Care Chooses OnShift for Nurse Scheduling and Employee Communications in all Facilities
Lexington Health Care sought to improve quality of care while decreasing labor costs in all 10 of its facilities in the Chicago area. OnShift enabled the company to reduce overtime by 71% in less than 60 days.
CyberShift Expense Helps Organizations Manage Increasing Array of Ancillary FeesAs Airlines Unbundle More Services from Ticket Prices,
Companies Find it Harder to Identify True Cost of Travel
William R. Wright Jr. Joins Aflac Investment TeamAflac Incorporated today announced that William "Bill" R. Wright Jr. has joined the company's investment team as senior vice president, Investment Strategy and Risk Management, reporting to Aflac Incorporated President and Chief Financial Officer Kriss Cloninger III.
Questionmark Perception Version 5.2 Adds Multilingual Interfaces for Assessment AdministratorsAssessment software provider Questionmark has announced that the latest version of the Questionmark™ Perception™ assessment management system, which features new multilingual administrative, scheduling, browser-based authoring and reporting interfaces available in English, German and Dutch.
Utilities Pay Increase Budgets Continue to Decrease in 2010Although many economists have predicted the U.S. may see a very modest economic improvement in 2010, pay increase budgets have continued to decline over the past year.
Profiling Successful Salespeople: Myths, Folklore…and ProgressCurrent economic conditions have resulted in some notable changes to our workforce.
Business Training Library Selected as WHEDA’s Online Training ProviderBusiness Training Library, the leading provider of online and on-demand employee training solutions for small and mid-sized businesses nationwide, is pleased to announce that they have been selected as the online training vendor for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA®).
Locating Hard-to-find Talent: a Job for Professionals IRC’s commitment to clients in challenging global recruitment market
Total Career Success – Col. Timothy J. Geraghty, USMC (Ret.), Author of Peacekeepers at WarCol. Timothy J. Geraghty, USMC (Ret.), author of Peacekeepers at War, will be featured on Total Career Success, an Internet career advancement show on VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network, at 11 a.m. Central on Monday, July 5. Peacekeepers at War is Colonel Geraghty’s personal, gripping account of an important historical event whose shock waves are still reverberating today. On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. peacekeepers in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles away. In this long-awaited book, the Marine commander of the U.S. Multi-National Peacekeeping Force that was destroyed by terrorists in Lebanon tells his story for the first time.
The Surprising Truth About Remote TeamsRecent research suggests that teams perform better when one team member is remote. Daniel Barnett, founder of business management platform WORKetc, talks candidly about how this research can help small business perform better and reveals his Top 5 Tips for Managing a Remote Team.
Kroll Fraud Solutions’ New HITECH Hotline Eases Burden of Data Breach Notification for HealthcareHealthcare facilities face an increasingly complex landscape of breach notification requirements for protected health information (PHI). The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act ups the ante, pressing entities to notify within 60 days of discovery. Kroll’s expanded data breach solutions lend necessary expertise, manage compliance and allow the facility to maintain focus on healthcare continuum.
Setting Your Business In Motion - Innovative Networking Organization Opportunities unfold in Anaheim to support business owners and entrepreneurs in a professional environment creating employment, careers, workshops and resources to connect, educate, and strengthen your business. A powerful marketing medium and valuable networking resource all in one multi-million dollar 36,000 Sq Ft facility designed to give a platform for business owners to build, empower and connect. The Business Expo Center is celebrating its Grand Opening on July 29, 2010 from 3:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
Healthcare Services Organization Selects UltiPro® to Manage HCM for 40+ Locations Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), the leading provider of unified, end-to-end human capital management (HCM) SaaS solutions in North America, announced today that Impel Management, a Texas-based company that provides business operational support to medical practices, has selected UltiPro’s employee management suite—including HR, payroll, time and attendance, and performance management—to boost efficiency, improve business processes, and simplify reporting with unified HCM.
Lawmakers’ Inaction on Unemployment Extension and Jobs Bill Puts Recovery at RiskFollowing is a statement by Elizabeth Lower-Basch, senior policy analyst at CLASP, regarding Congress adjourning this week without passing emergency unemployment insurance legislation and failing to act on a broader jobs creation bill that included provisions to aid vulnerable families.
CyberShift to Demonstrate Workforce and Expense Management Solutions at Canadian Payroll AssociationCyberShift to Demonstrate Workforce and Expense Management
Solutions at Canadian Payroll Association Annual Conference
ObviO Software Inc. Announces the Release of ObviO Enterprise Management System (EMS) ObviO Enterprise Management System to streamline Accounting, Project Management and Material Resource Planning
ACE Capital Group Promotes a new President Today, Chen C. Wang, Founder and CEO of ACE Capital Group, announced the promotion of Mark L. Narovlansky.
4th of July Savings for Job-seekers Looking Part-time, Full-Time or Freelance Telecommuting JobsOnline telecommuting job service FlexJobs announces a huge discount on subscriptions from today through the 4th of July holiday weekend (Monday, July 5th). Job-seekers can find telecommuting jobs -- full-time to freelance -- safely, easily, and with big savings at FlexJobs.com. Use Promo Code "NEWSITE" for up to 67% off.
Jackson & Coker Recruiter Christa Scollard Named "Recruiter of the Year" LocumLife magazine designates Jackson & Coker’s Christa Scollard as among the top “Recruiters of the Year” for third year in a row.
Bullhorn Extends Mobile Support to iPhone 4 and iPad Mobile Staffing and Recruiting Capabilities Offer the Broadest Support for Professionals On the Go
ADP ENTERS AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE WORKSCAPE, INC.Acquisition Will Significantly Expand ADP’s Presence in the Benefits Marketplace
MICROSOFT AWARDS OAKWOOD FIVE-YEAR CONTRACTLeading Provider of Worldwide Temporary Housing Signs Deal with Microsoft
Social Networking On the Job is WidespreadEmployee use of social networking websites during work hours is widespread, but is not necessarily interfering with productivity, according to 40% of the respondents surveyed by Right Management. Right Management is the talent and career management expert within Manpower, the global leader in employment services.
Speediware Corporation Announces the Addition of Organizational Charts to SpeedEEOBuild an OrgChart as you create an affirmative action plan for your organization
Securian expands group life insurance distribution with brokerage purchaseSecurian Financial Group is purchasing Ochs,
Inc., a St. Paul, MN-based employee benefits brokerage with a client base
composed primarily of public sector employers in Minnesota. The transaction
is effective July 1, 2010.
Job Market In Second Half of 2010 to Stay the Course, According to Quarterly Job Forecast Job Market In Second Half of 2010 to Stay the Course, According to Quarterly Job Forecast from CareerBuilder and USA TODAY
SHRM Report: July 2010 Hiring Expectations Grow to Near Three-Year HighJob growth in the manufacturing and service sectors is expected to continue in July, according to a monthly survey of human resource professionals at more than 1,000 companies across the country.
Why Loyalty Matters, Even in a RecessionDespite a slight drop in the national unemployment rate, the situation is still grim for millions of Americans and thousands of businesses, many of whom fear a double-dip recession.
Online Job Demand Basically Unchanged in June, The Conference Board Reports Job demand remained essentially unchanged in May and June but up over 500,000 nationally during the first 6 months of 2010
Demand for sales workers continues to climb
Job demand is strong in several States in the Northeast including NY, NJ and PA
NOTE: The June release incorporates new seasonal adjustment factors
HR Professionals Can Now Let Employees Test Drive Online College For Free Before They Commit EducationDynamics Introduces Test Drive College Online to HR Professionals at Society of Human Resource Management Conference
CareerBuilder Unveils Its Five Newest Employer and Job Seeker ToolsFrom a solution that solves the “black hole” issue to a revolutionary salary portal, CareerBuilder continues to innovate its offerings
AlwaysCare Benefits Meets Market Need with Affordable New Group Critical Illness, Accident Plans More Americans than ever are surviving critical illnesses and injuries, yet even with health care coverage, they are finding it difficult to survive financially. To help health plan Members fill the widening medical and non-medical financial gaps related to serious illness or injury, AlwaysCare Benefits, Inc., a Starmount Life Insurance company, has launched affordable new Group Critical Illness and Accident insurance plans with benefits that help cover the “other” expenses.
The RightThing Partners with mResource to Offer Integrated Mobile Recruiting PlatformFirst of Kind Technology Combines Web 2.0 and Interactive Text Messaging on a
Single Reporting Platform
24 Hour Fitness Cuts Labor Costs by 1M Dollars 24 Hour Fitness Cuts Labor Costs by 1 Million Dollars Using ScheduleSource's Front-End Scheduling Optimization Engine
The Shelter Group is a great example of a company that understands the potential of onboarding softManagement consulting firm sees tremendous opportunity in Spigit’s crowd-sourcing software to enhance corporate innovation management and capital allocation processes.
New Case Study: The Shelter Group Reinforces Culture While Driving Down Costs New Case Study: The Shelter Group Reinforces Culture While Driving Down Costs with Cytiva's SonicOnboard
Emplicity PEO Services Founder Vic Tanon Named to OC Metro's 40 Under 40 Still in his 30s, Tanon has grown his PEO services company to more than $80 Million in revenue with 2,000 employees
Survey: Employment Background Checks Spike in Popularity Among U.S. EmployersEmployeeScreenIQ releases survey findings that reveal attitudes about emerging trends, resume fraud, credit checks, legal issues and more
RiseSmart’s Mobile App for Laid-Off WorkersLeading provider of next-generation outplacement solutions helps displaced workers find new jobs faster with Transition Concierge To-Go™.
New Article Provides Tips for New Managers in Developing Superior Performance Review SkillsImpact Achievement Group article series on new manager training
emphasizes key strategies to grow into management
Insurance Company Selects UltiPro® Workplace for Unified HCM Business IntelligenceUltimate Software (Nasdaq:ULTI), the leading provider of unified, end-to-end human capital management (HCM) SaaS solutions in North America, announced today that Access Insurance, a leading provider of auto insurance that has twice been named one of the fastest-growing private companies in the nation by Inc. magazine, selected UltiPro Workplace for comprehensive HCM—including HR, payroll, recruitment, performance management, salary planning, and time management—in April 2010.
Darin Hartley Joins the ASTD Certification Institute Board of DirectorsThe ASTD Certification Institute proudly announces that Darin Hartley, a 20-year veteran of the training industry, has joined its Board of Directors. The ASTD Certification Institute is an affiliate of the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) whose purpose is to set professional industry standards for the learning and performance profession. Hartley will serve a three year term on the board of directors until 2012.
Benefitfocus Unveils Free Healthcare Reform Certification ProgramEducational videos explain important provisions of new law
Medical Insurance Costs Increase for Service OrganizationsDespite legislation recently passed to bring costs in line, providing medical insurance continues to grow increasingly expensive for service employers across the country.
COMMON LANGUAGE ESSENTIAL TO MEASURE TALENT SUCCESS PageUp People, leading Talent Management solutions provider, has released results from a recent market survey on competency and job profile information, indicating that corporations, despite understanding the importance of competency data, are still yet to implement best practice measures.
VitalSmarts Marketing Department Wins American Business AwardSMVitalSmarts, a Provo-based corporate training company, won a Stevie Award in The 2010 American Business Awards in the category of Marketing Department of the Year.
Aflac Makes Black Enterprise Magazine's List of 40 Best Companies for DiversityLeading Provider of Supplemental Insurance Honored for Sixth Consecutive Year
Chantel Sheaks of Buck Consultants Among Top 25 Consultants Selected by Consulting MagazineChantel Sheaks, a principal based in Buck Consultants’ Washington, D.C., office, has been named to Consulting magazine’s Top 25 Consultants for 2010.
Employee Engagement Soars for DSM Personalized Nutrition’s Employee Wellness ProgramTwo new case studies from DSM Personalized Nutrition show how the company’s nutrition-based employee wellness program achieves superior employee engagement for two very different organizations.
Unplanned Absence Costs Organizations 8.7 Percent of PayrollUnplanned Absence Costs Organizations 8.7 Percent of Payroll, More than Half the Cost of Healthcare, According to New Mercer Study Sponsored by Kronos®
The Hartford Enhances Group Life Insurance Coverage By Expediting Payment Of Death BenefitsThe Hartford Enhances Group Life Insurance Coverage By Expediting Payment Of Death Benefits
Innovative life insurance program sets new industry standard while addressing
the significant financial hardships that funeral expenses can cause
Manufacturers Release Comprehensive Strategy for Global Competitiveness Plan Outlines What is Needed to Create Jobs, Boost the Economy and Put the Country on a Course for Growth
Are your pants on fire, liar liar? PsychTests Releases Results of their Honesty StudyPsychtests.com, one of the web's foremost sources of personality, career, and IQ assessments, are revealing the results of their popular Honesty test. While the majority of test-takers appeared to be, in general, reasonably honest, men and women and people of different age groups differed in terms of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but.
Aflac Sells Greek Sovereign Debt, Reduces Perpetual Securities ExposureAflac Sells Greek Sovereign Debt, Reduces Perpetual Securities Exposure, Further Enhances Risk-Based Capital Ratio
OCI ANALYTIC STUDY DEMONSTRATES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A RETURN TO WORK PROGRAM OCI ANALYTIC STUDY DEMONSTRATES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A RETURN TO WORK PROGRAM ON SHORT TERM DISABILITY CLAIMS
OCI shows a 26% savings and an 8 to 1 ROI on STD RTW Program for a Regional Health System
NEW HR-XML CONSORTIUM WORKGROUP TO ADDRESS ONBOARDING SCHEMASThe HR-XML Consortium announced the launch of a new project focused on developing universal XML schemas for Onboarding processes. The group’s goal is to develop a standard that HR solution providers can follow in order to easily transfer data from one application or system to another.
SumTotal Launches ToolBook 10.5 for Greater Mobile Accessibility to Learning Content Award Winning Authoring Solution Celebrates Twentieth Anniversary
Deacom Appoints Amanda Mackedanz as Senior Product Consultant for ERP Solution Deacom, Inc. announces that Amanda Mackedanz has joined the company as a Senior Product Consultant.
Halogen Delivers Industry's Most Integrated and Flexible Job Description Management New Job Description Builder first and only solution to include job descriptions as part of performance management workflow; enables HR to streamline and control job description creation and updates
Terryberry Strives to Help Employers Engage and Retain Generation Y Workers Terryberry Strives to Help Employers Engage and Retain Generation Y Workers with New Employee Recognition Tools
The Michigan-based employee award and recognition company scheduled to reveal new features of its popular Give-a-WOW! online peer-to-peer recognition program at the Society of Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Annual Conference in San Diego.
ALICIA KEYS SELECTS “HEAD BLOGGER” FROM MONSTER.COM IN ONE OF ITS BIGGEST SEARCHES EVERI AM A SUPER WOMAN.COM SET TO LAUNCH IN FALL 2010 AS NEW PROVOCATIVE AND VIBRANT DESTINATION FOR WOMEN
Tennessee Employers Encouraged to Participate in SalarySurveyOnline.com Benchmarking SurveysEffective Resources, Inc. is conducting its second annual benchmarking survey of salary, wages and benefits offered to Tennessee employers via their secure survey website, SalarySurveyOnline.com.
Florida Employers Encouraged to Participate in SalarySurveyOnline.com Benchmarking SurveysEffective Resources, Inc. is conducting its tenth annual benchmarking survey of salary, wages and benefits offered to Florida employers via their secure survey website, SalarySurveyOnline.com.
Nurtur Unveils the Third Dimension in Healthcare at the SHRM 2010 Conference in San DiegoSmartJobBoard, vendor of the job board software platform, has recently launched version 3.1 of its software. This release represents a range of exciting new features intended to expand the software capabilities.
HireRight Introduces Applicant Center, New Employment Screening Portal Designed for Job CandidatesOffers Applicants a Personalized Experience and New Level of Transparency in the Screening Process
New Book Details Path To A Better World In 9 YearsManagement of Knowledge proposes solutions to all human suffering, hunger, poverty, misery and despair.
Kinetic Data’s Request Management Tool Offers Unmatched Flexibility for HR Departments Kinetic Data’s Request Management Tool Offers Unmatched Flexibility for HR Departments Whose Complex Needs Go Beyond the Limited Capabilities of
“Off the Shelf” Products
Vendor brings game-changing software to annual SHRM event with a self-managed HR portal that allows personnel to save time and gain independence from IT.