Archive for the ‘News’ Category

EmployeeScreenIQ Partners with GreenLightJobs

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Cleveland, Ohio-based employeescreenIQ, an employment background screening provider, and Santa Monica, California-based Greenlightjobs, a recruitment website specializing in the digital media and entertainment space, have announced a partnership that will allow hiring professionals using Greenlightjobs’ proprietary recruitment technology to utilize background checks for employment applicants around the world.

According to Nick Fishman, Chief Marketing Officer of employeescreenIQ, “This partnership allows us to broaden our market share into the media and entertainment industries and work with greenlightjobs and their marquis client base. We are excited for the benefits this partnership brings to our mutual client base and the marketplace in general.”

According to a press release, the partnership will enable both companies to leverage existing business relationships and integrate the employment background checks process through greenlightjobs’ job board technology, and securely transport the necessary data from employeescreenIQ without duplicate data entry, allowing for greater efficiency and ultimately reducing a company’s overall time-to-fill metric.

“This partnership positions our companies competitively, offering unique products and services to our clients,” said Lisa Kaye, Founder & CEO, Greenlightjobs.com

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BLS: 5.4 Candidates for Every Job Opening

Monday, June 15th, 2009

A new report demonstrates just how competitive the job market has become. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported there were 5.4 job seekers for every employment opening in April.

That’s up from 4.8 workers for every position in March and 1.7 workers in December 2007.

“While recent labor market reports have indicated that the pace of job loss is slowing, new jobs are not yet being created, and unemployed workers are facing an increasingly uphill battle in the search for work,” Heidi Shierholz, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute, told BizJournals.com.

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Kenexa Earns Three Creative Awards

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Kenexa, a global provider of talent acquisition and retention solutions, was awarded three Creative Excellence Awards for its work in Employment Branding.

Creative Excellence Awards is an awards program sponsored by Recruitment Marketplace and established to recognize outstanding achievement in recruitment advertising and marketing. Awards were presented at the SHRM Staffing Management Conference & Exposition held in Las Vegas, Nev. April 28 – 30, 2009.

Kenexa placed first in “Best Self Promotion Multimedia Campaign” awarded for its internal efforts on Kenexa’s employment branding campaign that included messaging, artwork, a new career site, a cultural video, prints, thank you cards, signage and giveaways for employees including calendars, t-shirts and coffee mugs.

Kenexa also placed first in “Best Temporary Employment Print Ad” awarded for client work done on behalf of a leading direct marketer of value-priced novelties, toys and party supplies, and a leading direct marketer of home décor products, and “Best Radio Ad” for a placement on behalf of United Healthcare Group, a diversified health and well-being company operating in four segments: Health Care Services, OptumHealth, Ingenix and Prescription Solutions and headquartered in Minnesota.

A panel of creative and professional talent in marketing and human resources judges all entries. Each judge independently scores an entry based upon specific category criteria and an automated entry system scores every category — judges do not know which organization developed the entries they are judging.

“We are honored to be recognized by Recruitment Marketplace and to accept these awards on our clients’ behalf,” said Rudy Karsan, CEO, Kenexa. “These awards are a great reflection of the clients we work with, our commitment to the industry, and the efforts and expertise of our marketing and employment branding team. We look forward to producing more award-winning work for our current and future clients.”

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Interview Exchange and JobTarget

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Interview Exchange, a provider of online recruiting and hiring management solutions, and JobTarget, a provider of recruitment advertisement and job posting management solutions, announce the integration of JobTarget’s OneClick™ job posting distribution interface with Interview Exchange’s applicant tracking and hiring management systems.

Interview Exchange system architecture (SaaS: Software as a Service) is created using recruitments best practice principles through research and feedback from customers. This software includes sourcing (online as well as offline), screening and hiring management tools that are accessible via user defined dashboard to streamlines the entire recruiting process efficiently.

This new integration of JobTarget’s OneClick system will give HR staffs and Hiring Managers a way to identify niche job boards for their job postings and post jobs to one or multiple job boards with just ‘one click’ – post button.

Naray Viswanathan, PhD President at Interview Exchange said, “We are dedicated to providing industry leading solutions and unparalleled support to our customers. This new partnership between Interview Exchange and JobTarget OneClick service with complete job-posting integration is a great value-add for our customers”.

Ethan Bloomfield, Vice President of Business Development said, “JobTarget is thrilled to be working with Interview Exchange and its clients. By partnering we will be providing Interview Exchange’s customers a complete end to end hiring system – from recruitment advertising to hire.”

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HRMarketer Acquires Outcalt

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Fisher Vista, LLC, owner of HRmarketer.com, a marketing software and services firm in the human resources industry, has acquired Outcalt & Associates, Inc., the owner of HRVendors.com and the HR Vendor Phonebook and Directory.

Fisher Vista will acquire all stock of Florida-based Outcalt & Associates in an all-cash transaction. HRVendors.com and the HR Vendor Phonebook will be merged into HRmarketer.com’s full-service menu of services and technology; however, both will retain their current product names. The phonebook has more than 4,500 vendors listed in the 2009 edition.

According to a press release, acquiring the Phonebook and web-based, lead-referral service HRVendors.com boosts HRmarketer.com’s ability to help its clients reach HR professionals and decision-makers via web sites, print media and e-mail–as well as enabling HR vendors to dramatically increase their online visibility, web site traffic and sales leads.

Dr. Joe Outcalt, founder and president of Outcalt & Associates, will be retained by Fisher Vista to assist in managing the business.

“Dr. Outcalt built a wonderful and highly respected business over the last 30 years and we are both fortunate and privileged to have this opportunity to continue his tradition,” said Mark Willaman, Fisher Vista founder and president. “This acquisition strengthens our position as the ‘go-to’ marketing firm in the HR industry. Whenever the economy and human resource marketplace returns to more robust growth, HRmarketer.com will be stronger and better-positioned as a leader in the industry.”

“After thirty years of service in the personnel/human resource industry, I’m excited to see the next generation of HR professionals move a proven system forward for the benefit of all,” said Dr. Outcalt.

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Kenexa in China

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Kenexa Corp., a company that specializes in talent management software, says it has formed an alliance with R&J Management Consultants that expands Kenexa’s presence in the Chinese market.

According to an article on Philly.com, the resulting entity will be known as Shanghai Kenexa and have more than 140 employees and six locations.

Kenexa sought to partner with R&J Management Consultants, which is based in Shanghai for its expertise in recruiting services and local leadership.

“As the Chinese economy continues to grow, the competition for recruiting and retaining the best employees will increase,” said Rudy Karsan, Kenexa’s chief executive. “This market represents significant opportunities for both companies. Together, we’ll help global and local companies in China fill their openings with qualified talent and maximize their performance.”

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Hoovers Gets LinkedIn

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Hoover’s, Inc. has added LinkedIn contact data to its subscriber site. This new addition provides integration between Hoover’s information on 31 million companies and 37 million people with LinkedIn’s professional network of business contacts.

When viewing a targeted company or person on the Hoover’s site, customers can now view contacts in that company that are already in their own LinkedIn network.

“We realize, especially in this economy, that closing a sale or business deal can be heavily reliant on finding and using the right connections within your professional network,” said Nirmal Shani, Head – sales & marketing solutions, Dun & Bradstreet India. “This LinkedIn integration builds upon our commitment to providing customers with the best ways to discover how to connect to the companies and business decision makers on our site.”

Hoover’s subscribers can learn how many people they are connected to at any given company through the LinkedIn Connections integration, and can access those individual’s LinkedIn profiles with a single click.

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Classifind Job Search Site Launches

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Classifind.com.au, an Australian aggregator of classified listings, has launched a job search website.

The Classifind job search site displays updated listings from 4 of the 5 major job boards in Australia as well as several smaller niche job search boards.

This site launch has updated the look and feel of the site as well as adding new and improved search functionality and job categorization. Job seekers can search for a new job using a number of different criteria as well as registering for job alerts by email or SMS so they are automatically sent the newest jobs matching their requirements.

Another addition to the jobs channel is the inclusion of the Classifind Job Index charts. There are over 6,000 charts showing employment availability numbers across a wide selection of criteria which can be used to identify trends in the employment market and highlight areas of positive movement and opportunities when looking for a new career.

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Recruitment Sales Leads Service

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

RecruitmentAlerts.com is announcing a new recruitment sales leads service currently offered in Europe, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

This service claims to significantly improve business development efficiency by only focusing on companies that have actively launched a new employment requirement in the previous twenty-four hours.

Subscribers to the recruitment sales leads service receive automated email alerts when a company within their targeted segment launches a new role on their web site or other relevant source. The RecruitmentAlerts.com system tracks these changes daily and alerts subscribers to relevant updates. This allows the subscribers business development team to focus all business development calling solely on active recruitment needs at their target prospects.

According to Michael Kelly, Founder of RecruitmentAlerts.com, “The Recruitment Industry worldwide is currently facing it’s biggest challenge in decades. The goal of RecruitmentAlerts.com is to make it easier and more efficient for our Clients to win new business from companies that are actively recruiting. Gone are the days of dumb cold calling to lists of prospects that have no recruitment requirements.”

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New Resume Writing Service

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

A new resume writing service has been launched by University Language Services especially for students.

University Language Services crafts professional resumes, cover letters and thank you letters for current students, recent graduates and graduate students. ULS has served students since 1983, translating academic transcripts, diplomas and personal documents from and into 150+ languages from its international headquarters in New York City and affiliated offices around the world.

The service can be found here.

Every resume crafted by University Language is:

· Customized based on an experience assessment by a trained resume writer
· Affordable for current students and recent graduates
· Fast: 3 business days, or sooner with RUSH service

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