MrTed Signs Massive Talent Acquisition Software Contract with Chinese Government…from MrTed

September 23, 2009

 

Thousands of Recruiters Nationwide Will Leverage MrTed in the Largest-Ever Deployment of Cloud-Based Talent Acquisition Software

HRchitect includes MrTed and SmartRecruiters in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Jerome Ternynck, CEO of MrTed appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 22, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

MrTed Ltd, the global leader in Talent Acquisition Solutions, today announced it has signed a major contract with the Chinese Talent Association (CTA) of China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) to build up a nationwide online Talent Acquisition System (TAS) and develop value-added services to help companies throughout the country improve the process by which they attract and hire the right talent, and help millions of talents in China to find the right job. 

CTA is responsible for managing all national talent policies, standards and regulations on behalf of the Chinese Government. The project with MrTed supports an unprecedented nationwide initiative to develop and leverage online talent acquisition services to increase speed and accuracy of hiring for tens of thousands of companies across all industries throughout the country. As the only true provider of on-demand global talent acquisition solution in China, MrTed is ideally positioned to better serve organizations seeking to identify and hire the most coveted talent by providing a solution that is easily configurable, rich in features, easy to implement, and seamlessly integrated to other enterprise-class business systems.

“The improvement of the national employment situation is one of the key objectives for the MOHRSS in the next 5 years. We are honored that the Chinese government eventually choose MrTed as the long-term and strategic partner for achieving this critical mission,” said Johnny Wang, Managing Director for MrTed China. “We will support CTA to setup the largest Talent Acquisition platform in China, thousands of recruiters in all major cities and districts across China will make use of MrTed’s flagship solution, MrTedTalentLink. As the market leader in China, MrTed was already positioned to serve the needs of leading global companies here, and now MrTedTalentLink is positioned to become the underlying hiring platform for the entire nation.”

“With China emerging from the global downturn faster than other economies, the need to attract, hire and retain the best talent is expected to increase.  That China has elected to centralize and standardize management of this critical process with MrTed clearly demonstrates the government agency’s appreciation for the best global talent acquisition solution.  It also underscores MrTed’s unique ability to help the world’s largest organizations to master the complexity of recruiting locally on a global scale,” said Jerome Ternynck, CEO and co-founder of MrTed. “We are very excited to work with the Chinese government on this very important project, and we are proud to be part of the largest-ever deployment of cloud-based talent acquisition software.”

For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com.

 
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Plateau Positioned in “Leaders Quadrant” of Leading Industry Analyst Firm’s 2009 Corporate Learning Systems Magic Quadrant…from Plateau

September 23, 2009

 

Company’s Focus on Customer Success Makes Plateau Highly Attractive to Customers Deploying Global Learning and Talent Management Solutions

HRchitect featured Plateau in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Plateau participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow2009 event. Jeff Kristick, Sr. VP Marketing of Plateau Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on April 3, 2009.  If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Plateau Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class SaaS solutions for talent management, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Plateau in the Leaders Quadrant of its recently released “Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (CLS).” This year’s report evaluated 17 vendors in the corporate learning systems market based on Gartner‘s assessment of their “Ability to execute” and “Completeness of Vision.”

“We are pleased that Gartner recognizes Plateau, which we believe is for our market strength and leadership in consistently conceiving and delivering thoughtful, flexible learning and talent management solutions that allow customers to solve real workplace challenges,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau Systems. “Our recent launch of Plateau Talent Gateway further demonstrates Plateau’s thought leadership and highlights our ability to understand how emerging technologies, like social networking, are relevant to learning and how they can translate into business value for our customers. As the first talent management solution to fuse a complete talent profile with a social networking and portal platform, and link it directly to Plateau’s Talent Management Suite, Plateau Talent Gateway has the potential to transform the learning industry and further bolster Plateau’s position in the market.”

Gartner identifies Leaders as those vendors who “not only meet the market’s current requirements, which are continually changing, but also anticipate future requirements. Vendors must also articulate how they will address these requirements as part of a vision for an expanded CLS. In addition, Leaders have a track record of financial performance and an established market presence. Their installed base gives them a strong presence in the CLS market, and they demonstrate continued growth in customers and revenue. The market perceives Leaders as thought leaders, with well articulated plans for product development, marketing and channel support. Leaders have the highest combined scores for Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. These strategic providers will continue to drive the market forward by broadening their CLS functions and integration. Buyers can expect that, as a group, Leaders will be considered as part of most new product purchases and will continue to have high success rates in winning new business.”

According to Gartner, “The CLS market has shifted from a relatively narrow software market focused on supporting training or e-learning to the creation of broader social learning platforms. These platforms make learning more integral to the actual work that people do. In particular, advanced learning and development (L&D) programs now focus on increasing business performance and creating communities of learners who teach each other, often on the job within the task that the learner needs to perform.”

Dovetailing with Gartner‘s views on how social networking is transforming learning, Plateau Talent Gateway brings the best of social networking, portal, and Web 2.0 technologies together in a single solution and provides 80 drag-and-drop tools including blogs, wikis, discussion groups, digital asset libraries, expert location and RSS feeds — made available through configurable, standards-based JSR 286 portlets. Organizations are deploying this collaborative solution to drive workforce productivity and innovation, facilitate information-sharing and employee collaboration and extend formal, informal and just-in-time learning activities inter- and intra- enterprise-wide.

Today, more than 10 million users across 250 organizations, including the largest corporate, non-profit and government learning institutions, have adopted Plateau’s learning and talent management solutions to optimize employee performance and increase workforce productivity.

For more information about Plateau, visit www.plateau.com.

 
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Kenexa Unveils New Leadership Solutions Offering…from Kenexa

September 19, 2009

 

HRchitect featured Kenexa in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems and top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Kenexa participated in the Talent Management Systems panel and the Talent Acquisition Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow event. Ron Hanscome, VP of Product Strategy with Kenexa appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 26, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Kenexa (NASDAQ: KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, today announced the unveiling of Kenexa Leadership Solutions. The unique and comprehensive product suite enables organizations to evaluate critical dimensions of leader performance, and develops current and future leaders to drive ongoing business performance.

Dr. Tommy Weir, Vice President of Kenexa Leadership Solutions, stated, “The core principles of Kenexa Leadership Solutions center on responsibility, high performance and engagement. Our solutions have been built on the belief that responsible leadership drives superior organizational performance.”

The suite of solutions, which consists of an audit into the quality and impact of an organization’s existing leaders; a comprehensive suite of online leadership assessments to successfully hire, onboard, develop and promote the very best leaders; and a set of development tools to enhance the skills and mindset of organizational leaders, has been designed to address core business needs by increasing the quality of leadership in organizations.

Rudy Karsan, CEO, Kenexa, added, “There is increasing fear that business leaders lack the experience and competencies required to cope in a more demanding and more complex business environment. This fear has caused businesses to re-examine their current talent management and succession planning strategies to ensure leaders are able to achieve the organization’s strategic initiatives and objectives. Kenexa is the only company in the marketplace that can provide a holistic suite of tools to multiply business success through your current and most promising leaders.”

For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com

 
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Hodes iQ Wins HRchitect’s Beauty Pageant for Talent Acquisition Systems…from Hodes iQ

September 18, 2009

 

HRchitect includes Hodes iQ in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Hodes iQ competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Talent Acquisition Systems in August 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Jeremy Shapiro, Senior VP with Hodes iQ appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on September 18, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Hodes iQ, Bernard Hodes Group’s award‐winning talent acquisition and management product, recently announced that they have been named the new Talent Acquisition Systems HRchitect Beauty Pageant contest winner.

HRchitect, a leader in HR systems strategic consulting and a premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management systems consulting firm, has been orchestrating and hosting the beauty pageant style competition since 2008 on a variety of topics related to the HCM industry. Each pageant features the top vendors in their respective category and contestants are asked to showcase their company along with their unique product features and value proposition in the marketplace to audience members. The concept allows attendees to see presentations in a fun and informative format where the audience votes on the winner at the conclusion of the webinar.

“Hodes iQ did a fantastic job in their first HRchitect Beauty Pageant appearance,” said Matt Lafata, vice president of sales and marketing for HRchitect and the host of the Beauty Pageants. “Their usage of pageant imagery in their presentation, coupled with the fact that they highlighted their own clients as part of that imagery, made for a very entertaining and informative presentation about their company and product offering.”

The competition took place on Friday, August 21 and Hodes iQ was crowned the new winner against such companies as SilkRoad, HRsmart, Taleo and iCIMS. The Talent Acquisition Systems pageant had record participation according to HRchitect, the largest in the pageant’s history.

“We are very excited to have been recognized as the winner for presenting the best solution for talent acquisition systems,” said Jeremy Shapiro , senior vice president, Hodes iQ. “It’s our first time participating so we are extremely honored to have won against some solid players in the market.”

The pageant format allows registered attendees to review and analyze competing products in a neutral landscape, allowing each vendor to highlight their unique product features and how they differentiate themselves from their competitors. With today’s economical challenges, it’s important for HR professionals to clearly measure products in an apples‐to‐apples comparison and to make business driven decisions on what they feel would best fit their organization’s needs now and in the future.

For more information on Hodes iQ, please visit www.hodesiq.com

 
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Taleo Launches the World’s Largest Talent Management Community; New “Talent Grid” Combines the Power of Cloud Computing and Social Networking…from Taleo

September 13, 2009

 
Three New Exchanges Connect Over 175 Million Candidates, 4,100 Customers, Millions of Users and Dozens of Partners in Thriving Talent Management Ecosystem

HRchitect featured Taleo in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Taleo participated in the Talent Management Systems panel and Talent Acquisition Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. Al Campa, Chief Marketing Officer with Taleo will appear on the HRchitect WebMingle on November 6, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Less than a year after announcing its Cloud Community strategy, Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), today delivers on that vision with the launch of its Talent Grid.   A set of three online exchanges, the Talent Grid provides a forum for Taleo customers, partners and job seekers to discuss and share best and “next” practices, discover innovative solutions and interact to match up the world’s top jobs with the best talent.

The first and only cloud-based community of its kind, the Talent Grid offers Taleo customers unprecedented value and the ability to drive superior business performance.  This is made possible by harnessing the power of collaboration.  By pairing social networking with Talent Management, Taleo’s Talent Grid will bring together thousands, perhaps millions, to recruit talent, seek jobs, share knowledge, solve problems and offer insights. 

The Talent Grid includes: the Knowledge Exchange, an online customer community; the Solution Exchange, a partner ecosystem; and the Talent Exchange, a marketplace where candidates and companies can connect. All three communities are built on and connected by a collaborative Web 2.0 framework. The Talent Grid is accessible as a convenient extension of Taleo’s on-demand Talent Management software solutions for enterprise, medium-sized and small businesses. 

“At Taleo, we recognize the power of great Talent Management to transform and lead business performance,” said Michael Gregoire, Chairman and CEO of Taleo.  “Beyond innovative software, the true catalyst for putting Talent Management at the center of business change will come from the world’s domain experts.  We are delighted to galvanize the world’s largest Talent Management ecosystem of experts—our customers, partners, employees and candidates.  Together, we have built a Talent Grid that will empower businesses of all sizes to transform their workforces and their business performance.”

Knowledge Exchange:  Social Network for Talent Management
Taleo’s new online customer community brings together Talent Management best practices, metrics, methodologies and domain expertise from customers and experts in dozens of industries around the world. The Knowledge Exchange facilitates customers’ ability to share and discuss a wide range of talent management topics, product ideas and best practices, and tomorrow’s next practices, in a quick social manner. In pilot since April, the Knowledge Exchange is already buzzing with customer interaction, networking and idea generation from early participants who’ve driven hundreds of active discussions, uploaded content, presentations, videos and even shared sample code.  

“The Knowledge Exchange has already saved us five support calls at TeleTech.”  Brenda Reid, Director, Global Talent Acquisition, TeleTech

“This is addictive,” Amanda Anderson, Manager of Recruitment Technology, Hyatt Hotels

Solution Exchange:  Applications Marketplace for Talent Solutions
Taleo’s powerful integration platform and large ecosystem of “pre-integrated” partner solutions offers customers the ability to rapidly extend the value of their Taleo investment with a highly diverse set of products and services including sourcing, compliance, assessment, learning, tax credit screening, background checks, and various emerging technologies.  Taleo’s Solution Exchange provides a marketplace where customers can quickly explore, evaluate, demo, compare and activate solutions that extend the value of their Taleo products–without ever leaving the site.  Debuting with more than 70 solutions at launch, the Solution Exchange is available for Taleo customers and partners today. Early participants say:

“Taleo’s vision and execution with the Solution Exchange is compelling. It’s a great environment for collaboration and the primary reason we’re investing with Taleo first.”  Mark Newman, CEO and Founder of HireVue

 “The ability for us to rapidly turn on pre-integrated solutions without the time and costs involved with custom integration and professional services engagements is of significant value to us.” Customer, Ken MacFerrin, Director, Global Staffing and Talent, InfoPrint Solutions Company

Talent Exchange:  Candidate Sourcing Marketplace
The Taleo Talent Exchange is a collaborative online marketplace where candidates and companies connect.  The Talent Exchange has the potential to bring together more than 500,000 new jobs and 13 millions applicants each quarter into one community.  Here, companies can highlight job openings and source opt-in candidates directly to their Taleo Recruiting solution.  Likewise, candidates can create a Universal Profile  — a robust, differentiating experience summary – that they can share across prospective Taleo employers on the Talent Grid. The Talent Exchange is available today for candidates and customers.  

“Recruiting the best talent to deliver exceptional service is crucial to our success.  We have talked about ways to “trade talent” within our own resort community before, so we are excited to learn about and implement the new Talent Exchange.  We think it’s tremendously innovative.” Kyle Martin, Manager of Talent Acquisition, Vail Resorts 

“This might very well become a one-stop shop for job-seeking needs,” Consulting industry candidate 

Why Taleo 
Taleo’s open, cloud-based technology platform, unified talent management solution, and unique scale provide the technical foundation and critical mass required to power the Talent Grid. Key assets underpinning the Talent Grid include:
 
• 175 million candidates
• 500,000 new job postings per quarter
• 4,100 global customers, including 46 of the Fortune 100
• 2.9 million users
• 70 partners
• Open integration platform
• World’s most scalable cloud-based technology infrastructure 

Plug Into the Talent Grid
Access is available at no cost to Taleo customers. Keynotes, working sessions and plenty of live access to the Talent Grid will be showcased Sept. 14-17 at Taleo’s annual user conference, TaleoWORLD in Las Vegas. For more information, visit: GRID.TALEO.COM.

For more information on Taleo, please visit www.taleo.com

 
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Hodes iQ Launches Latest Upgrade, Hodes iQ 5.1…from Hodes iQ

September 12, 2009

 

HRchitect includes Hodes iQ in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Hodes iQ competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Talent Acquisition Systems in August 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Jeremy Shapiro, Senior VP with Hodes iQ will appear on the HRchitect WebMingle on September 18, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Hodes iQ, Bernard Hodes Group’s award-winning talent acquisition and management product, this week launched their latest in a series of planned upgrades, with the release of Hodes iQ 5.1. This latest version of Hodes iQ showcases a collection of updates that refine functional areas of the Hodes iQ 5.0 version, in addition to offering product enhancements that make Hodes iQ both faster and easier for recruiters to use.

Among its upgrades are several enhancements to its industry leading features like Hodes iQ’s Talent Scout engine which allows users to more efficiently source new candidates into their talent pipeline with expanded search capabilities. Hodes iQ 5.1 also expands on its current Web 2.0 offerings with the addition of RSS feeds, social networks integration and updates to their natively integrated best-of-breed job distribution and sourcing technology.

“Right now, we know companies need to do more with less, and that’s what we’ve done with this new release,” said Jeremy Shapiro, senior vice president, Hodes iQ. “They can better maximize the candidates they already have, and the recruiter feedback has been extremely positive.”

The Hodes iQ talent acquisition and management system is designed to fit either large or small organizations through a scalable and configurable approach. Hodes iQ believes in giving clients access to the best solutions in the industry and for nearly a decade has provided customers with the ability to effectively recruit, source, and measure candidate response and hiring results. Hodes iQ enables clients to streamline their recruitment functions and utilize their careers Web site more aggressively to find talent.

All Hodes iQ customers have received these upgrades at no additional cost, and hundreds of companies are now taking advantage of these enhanced tools and features.

For more information on Hodes iQ, please visit www.hodesiq.com

 
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Halogen Announces the Industry’s First Talent Management Suite for the Manufacturing Sector…from Halogen

September 9, 2009

 

New offering enables manufacturers to execute strategic HR programs and meet industry requirements for efficiency and compliance

HRchitect featured Halogen Software in our 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Halogen Software today announced the industry’s first and only talent management suite designed specifically for the manufacturing sector. This new offering will enable manufacturers to execute strategic HR programs and meet industry requirements for efficiency and compliance. Halogen developed the solution based on industry best practices and significant experience from over 200 manufacturing customer implementations.

The competitive manufacturing environment demands companywide focus on productivity, efficiency and quality, and a workforce that is skilled, engaged and accountable. Many manufacturing organizations have implemented programs such as ISO 9001, Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing to achieve operational excellence and drive performance and quality. These industry drivers are leading a number of manufacturers to implement strategic talent management programs that align with compliance standards and quality initiatives – automating processes such as employee appraisals, learning management, pay for performance and succession planning.

“Industry market segments have very unique needs,” said Leighanne Levensaler, director of talent management research, Bersin & Associates. “Manufacturing is a particularly complex industry, and Halogen’s latest offering is well positioned to address the quality, productivity and compliance needs of this sector.”

Halogen eAppraisal Manufacturing is built from the ground up to meet the specialized employee performance and talent management needs of the manufacturing industry. Each feature and function is based on extensive research and confirmed as an industry best practice.

“Halogen eAppraisal Manufacturing will help us engage our workforce and drive our quality initiatives, making us more competitive as a manufacturer and as an employer,” said Frances Dunsmore, Human Resources Manager, GL&V Inc. USA, a leading global provider of technological solutions used in water treatment, recycling and purification, as well as in pulp and paper production.

For more information on Halogen Software, please visit www.halogensoftware.com

 
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Jobvite Raises $8.25 Million in Series B Funding…from Jobvite

September 9, 2009

 

Software-as-a-Service social recruitment innovator secures investments from ATA Ventures and CMEA Capital

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Jobvite, provider of next-generation recruitment solutions, announced today the completion of its Series B financing totaling $8.25 million. The round was led by ATA Ventures, a new investor. CMEA Capital, who led Jobvite’s Series A financing, also participated in this round. The company will use the new funding to accelerate product innovation and meet growing customer demand.

Jobvite has experienced strong sales growth over the past year, increasing its customer base by more than 300 percent. Jobvite customers include Accuweather, TiVo, Zappos.com, Mozilla and Yelp. Inundated by resumes throughout the economic downturn, companies are selecting Jobvite’s unique product for hiring high-quality passive candidates and cost-effectively managing their entire recruiting process.

The company pioneered social recruitment with the first on-demand application that enables the whole company to participate in hiring and allows recruiters to tap employees’ existing professional and social networks to increase referral hiring. Earlier this year, Jobvite introduced industry-first API-level integration with the leading social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter to match jobs to referral prospects.

“This recession is fundamentally changing recruitment, pushing companies to become more cost-effective, innovative and strategic. Companies are looking to the technology industry to make this possible,” said Dan Finnigan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Jobvite. “Our growth this year proves we’re serving a big need and delivering immediate ROI to our customers. With this new investment, the strong additions made to our team this year, and the on-going advancements in our technology, I’m looking forward to what Jobvite will do for our customers.”

Jobvite also appointed Hatch Graham, Managing Director of ATA Ventures, to its Board of Directors.

“Jobvite has assembled an outstanding team, built an exceptional, growing roster of customers and proven the demand for its innovative products,” said Hatch Graham. “I’m impressed by Jobvite’s vision for the future of the rapidly transforming, multi-billion dollar recruiting sector and delighted to be a part of the opportunity. Now is the perfect time for expansion.”

“We’ve liked the way Jobvite has brought the benefits of SaaS and social networking together to solve real problems for its customers over the past year. We see a growing market opportunity as more companies look to reduce expenditures while ensuring the quality of their greatest asset: their people,” said Jim Watson, Managing General Partner, CMEA Capital. “The management team has proven it has the ability to both innovate and execute. That’s why we’re increasing our investment.”

Jobvite secured $7.2 million in Series A funding in 2007 from CMEA Capital, bringing its total funding to date to $15.45 million.

For more information on Jobvite, please visit www.jobvite.com

 
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Mylatch.com Redefines Job Search and Talent Acquisition…from Mylatch.com

September 8, 2009

 

Online job-searching and talent acquisition platform leverages the best of traditional and social media tools to deliver easy-to-use, powerful and cost-effective talent-employer matching

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

In the nation’s road to an economic recovery, the quest for and by top talent is more crucial than ever. The advent of social networking has changed the recruiting world forever; however, the majority of employers do not have a comprehensive social media recruitment strategy in place. Similarly, job-seekers are unsure about how to effectively leverage social networks in their job search. Traditional tools bring some value, but they have also created a disjointed market, leaving employers and job-seekers frustrated with trying to manage massive amounts of data from hundreds of resources with comparatively little results – until now.

Thanks to Mylatch.com (http://www.mylatch.com), a new breed of job search and talent acquisition tool, the process is now simple, effective and comprehensive. Mylatch.com has developed a unique platform that deeply integrates the most powerful social networks with the most sophisticated online tools available to help job-seekers and employers create the best matches online.

From this single comprehensive site, job-seekers can search for open positions, create and distribute their personal brand using a webCV, leverage social networks real-time in their job search and interview online with employers. For employers, Mylatch.com provides an opportunity to brand for talent acquisition, use a combination of traditional and social media recruiting tools, research candidates and interview candidates online in stages through innovative video evaluation tools.

“Mylatch.com is changing the game in terms of what today’s job boards offer,” says Pratik Roychoudhury, Mylatch.com’s founder/CEO. “In today’s world of collaboration and networking, companies should not have to shell out dollars to post jobs and search resumes. With Mylatch.com, such services are completely free, and the search is more relevant and targeted. Its features are designed to help companies lower recruiting costs and streamline talent acquisition.”

One of the site’s many innovative features allows job-seekers to find insider connections to target companies from their LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter networks, and enables employers to engage all employees in a viral referral-recruiting process using Facebook.

“It’s important, too, for employers and job-seekers to realize that while Mylatch.com capitalizes on all the latest online technologies, the search engine isn’t about replacing those crucial face-to-face interviews,” says Roychoudhury. “However, our features streamline the process reducing the number of candidates invited for an on-site interview thereby boosting recruiting ROI. Job candidates know that if they’re receiving a face-to-face interview through Mylatch.com, the employer is seriously considering them. It’s a great time-saver for all parties.”

For more information on Mylatch.com, please visit www.mylatch.com

 
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Bersin & Associates Completes In-Depth Research Bulletin on the Buyer’s Need for an Adaptive LMS…from Learn.com

September 8, 2009

 

HRchitect includes Learn.com in our list of top Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced recently that Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, has completed an in-depth research bulletin, titled The Latest in Enterprise Learning & Talent Management – Learn.com: Update on a Fast Growing LMS Company. In this bulletin, Josh Bersin, President and Founder of Bersin & Associates examines the changing market for learning management systems, and discusses how Learn.com has evolved its strategy to continue its growth and success.

Bersin & Associates, a leading authority for the LMS and HR systems market, highlights one major customer satisfaction issue in this bulletin (Volume 4, Issue 31) that continues to come up – the need for an “Adaptable LMS”.  The research points to the challenge of automating training and knowledge-related business processes, which is compounded by the fact that most companies have unique training processes and business requirements and each tracks its own key performance indicators. As a result of these challenges, LMS systems have had to deal with hundreds of configuration options, customizations and customer driven changes. The research suggests that this is the single biggest challenge buyers have in their LMS implementation and deployment process and that almost all LMS systems receive poor marks in these areas.

“LMS systems have had to deal with hundreds of configuration options, customizations and customer driven changes. Vendors have struggled with this for years and, even today, the single biggest challenge buyers have in their LMS implementation is the customization of the system to meet their particular business requirements. This is where Learn.com has some unique advantages,” said Josh Bersin, President and Founder of Bersin & Associates.

The Bersin & Associates Research Bulletin highlights some of Learn.com’s Adaptability Advantages as: 

-      The Learn.com platform is a true SaaS platform, enabling customers to login, customize the system, administer their environment and manage the system without the need to implement any in-house software. All customers run on the same “version” of the platform in a “multitenant” environment. Learn.com benefits from this since all of the company’s customers run on the same version of the LMS software.

-      The user experience is fully configurable (CSS-enabled)

-      The platform includes content management, collaboration and other generalized tools that go beyond learning. This means that the platform is really an end-to-end “portal system” in addition to an LMS.

-      The platform has a unique capability to build “sub-LearnCenters” in a tree-like structure. This means that, once an organization implements Learn.com, they can build “sub-portals” which can either inherit all the setup and configuration options or operate with a totally different look, feel, workflow and set of business rules – all without ever having to customize the software source code.

“Since Learn.com is the only LMS that provides such extreme flexibility without the need for custom programming, our clients get a custom solution in less time, for less cost, with greater reliability and scalability.  The more than 2,500 system administrators of our Global clients agree that Learn.com’s extreme adaptability to any business need for both internal and external audiences is a major contributor to their successful initiatives.  The bottom line is simple – our clients get better results,” said Jim Riley, Chief Executive Officer at Learn.com.    

To download a copy of this report please visit www.learn.com/adaptive

For more information on Learn.com, please visit www.learn.com

 
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Kenexa Unveils HR Thought Leadership Series…from Kenexa

September 7, 2009

 

Kenexa PODS Episodes to Feature Views on Hot Topics in Human Resources

HRchitect featured Kenexa in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems and top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Kenexa participated in the Talent Management Systems panel and the Talent Acquisition Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow event. Ron Hanscome, VP of Product Strategy with Kenexa appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 26, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Kenexa (NASDAQ:KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, today unveiled its newly updated and enhanced podcasting Web site, Kenexa PODS. The site features complimentary audio recordings of Kenexa’s thought leaders on compelling global human resource topics. Recent podcasts include “The CEO Shift,” “Using Exit Interviews as a Tool for Talent Retention,” and “What is Your Recruiting Strategy?”

“Kenexa PODS are one more way that demonstrates our deep commitment to our Extreme Service Hierarchy,” said Rudy Karsan, Kenexa’s CEO. “Kenexa’s thought leaders aim to inspire, motivate and engage others through their commentary. We hope HR professionals and others who are interested in ongoing learning will benefit from these podcasts.”

HR professionals, line managers and other interested individuals can listen to these complimentary podcasts at www.kenexapods.com, download them to any iPod or MP3 player or subscribe via their favorite podcasting tool. The site offers four series, each with its own episodes delivered by experts in those areas. 

  • “Minds at Work” inspires individuals by revealing shared experiences at work and across all areas of life. The narrative episodes include introductory comments and readings or interviews with experts.
  • “Kenexa HR Thought Leadership,” aimed primarily at HR professionals, provides cutting-edge insights on organizations, their people and their development and examines what high-performing organizations are doing today.
  • “Recruiting Strategies” provides insight on how today’s top HR and recruiting strategists are attracting the best talent from around the globe and examines how to leverage Web 2.0 and social media to create a best-of-breed recruiting strategy.
  • “Lessons in Organizational Change” examines real-world examples of how organizational initiatives have resulted in positive change for specific companies. It features Kenexa case studies and interviews with clients.

Consistent with its global presence, Kenexa will include a German-language podcast series as well as a series specifically focused on Southwest Asia later this year. To listen to, subscribe to or download a podcast, please visit www.kenexapods.com.

For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com

 
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Accero Updates Accero Cyborg 6.0 to Meet Requirements of NACHA/IAT…from Accero

September 5, 2009

 

Accero clients NACHA/IAT compliant

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Accero, (formerly Cyborg Systems), a leading Payroll, Human Resources and Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions provider with blue chip clients in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, announced today updates to Accero Cyborg 6.0 (and other supported versions) to meet the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) rules governing International ACH Transactions (IAT).

The rule, to be instituted on September 18 2009, will require every ACH payment entering or exiting the United States be identified and formatted as an International ACH Transaction (IAT) for review by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Clients currently using Accero’s suite of products are ensured compliance through the following modifications and additions:

·         New Cross-Reference to Payroll form

·         New IAT Inbound and Outbound information forms

·         Modified Direct Deposit entry form

·         Modified ACH output formatting

·         Updated reports

In addition to bringing Accero Cyborg 6.0 into compliance with the new rules, Accero’s Fast Forward, Self Service and Reporting Administration products have also been updated and are now in compliance with NACHA/IAT requirements.

“Accero is laser-focused on providing our customers with affordable, easy to use and fully compliant Human Capital Management tools,” said Tom Malone, CEO of Accero. “Our enhancements relative to NACHA/IAT ensure that our customers can continue supporting their employees’ ACH requests secure in the knowledge their Accero product is in full compliance with the new regulatory requirements.”

Accero is a leading provider of flexible, cost-effective Payroll, Human Resources and Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services that streamline and improve internal processes and provide actionable HCM related business intelligence, resulting in a rapid ROI. The company has been providing HCM software to mid-sized and large companies, including many in the Fortune 500, for more than 35 years.

For more information about Accero, please visit www.accero.com

 
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BrightMove Releases BrightMove Quantify for Recruitment (RPO) and Human Resources (HRO) Outsourcing…from BrightMove

September 4, 2009

 

If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

BrightMove is excited to announce the release of BrightMove Quantify. Quantify is an end to end Outsourcing Management platform for Recruiting which allows HRO and RPO firms the flexibility to manage and monitor customer metrics from within one portal.

“With an increasing eye on ensuring customer value proposition and metrics, outsourcing providers need a solution designed specifically for supporting multiple customers and measurements that are unique to their industry. This new breakthrough in functionality allows our customers the flexibility to monitor and manage to virtually any Service Level measurement real time” commented Michael Brandt, COO at BrightMove, Inc.

Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) have quickly moved from cost reduction solutions to a key part of a company’s organizational effectiveness and performance. BrightMove understands this need and is one of the first organizations to design a solution specifically to address the needs of the Outsourcing community. BrightMove Quantify is an end to end outsourcing solution designed to help firms manage, measure, track and support multiple customers and their specific service level needs.

With BrightMove Quantify customers have: 

  • Configurable SLA dashboards for managing customer metrics and internal metrics.  
  • One source customer management allowing staff to quickly navigate in and out of customer installations.  
  • Alerts and dashboard reports that allow recruiters to identify specific needs across all customers (requisitions, candidates, hiring managers that need attention) without being directly logged into that customer.  
  • Centralized login management for all customers  
  • Reporting to identify true Time to Hire that excludes customer specific times  
  • Universal and Customer Specific Resume repositories allowing recruiting to search resume pools specific to the customer or from a centralized pool of resumes  

Brandt also mentioned, “Outsourcing vendors are tired of managing multiple installations and not being able to track and measure performance”, Brandt goes further to say, “We want BrightMove Quantify to help our customers see recruiting trends real time in a whole new way. We also want them to help their customers realize a greater ROI through more accurate metrics designed specifically for measuring the HR outsourcing world.”

For more information on BrightMove, please visit www.brightmove.com

 
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SuccessFactors to Unveil Next Generation of Products and Corporate Strategy at San Francisco and Virtual Online Events…from SuccessFactors

September 4, 2009

 

Presentation to Reveal One of the Most Important Milestones in SuccessFactors’ History

HRchitect featured SuccessFactors in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

SuccessFactors, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFSF) today announced it will host a lunch event to unveil the company’s next generation of solutions and corporate strategy in San Francisco, CA, on Thursday, September 10.

Led by Lars Dalgaard, Founder and CEO of SuccessFactors, this event is one of the most important milestones in SuccessFactors’ history. The presentation will reveal extensive research and insights gained from over 2,850 customers, the largest Cloud deployment on record and more than 5.4 million global users, as well as the next generation of SuccessFactors’ offerings to drive customers to achieve maximal business results.

SuccessFactors will also host a virtual event that will stream this presentation live at 1:00pm PDT / 4:00pm EDT. To register, please visit this link:

To attend the San Francisco event starting at 12:00pm PDT, please register here:

For more information on SuccessFactors, please visit www.successfactors.com

 
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Plateau Talent Gateway Harness the Power of Social Media/Networking to Deliver Business Value…from Plateau

September 4, 2009

 

New Offering Provides a Broad Set of Collaboration Tools that Allow Customers to Maximize their Talent Management Investments and Initiatives

HRchitect featured Plateau in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems and Learning Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Plateau participated in the Learning Management Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow2009 event. Jeff Kristick, Sr. VP Marketing of Plateau Systems appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on April 3, 2009.  If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.

Plateau Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class SaaS solutions for talent management, announced the availability of Plateau Talent Gateway, the industry’s first comprehensive set of flexible, portable web-based communication, social, and knowledge-sharing tools that customers can utilize to make talent management more accessible and available across the enterprise. By embedding the most current and relevant social networking, portal, content, and Web 2.0 tools and making them available to users directly from within the product, Plateau Talent Gateway allows organizations to drive workforce productivity and innovation, facilitate information-sharing and employee collaboration and extend formal, informal and just-in-time learning initiatives across the enterprise.

“Plateau Talent Gateway is a natural extension of our current product set and validates Plateau’s commitment to delivering thoughtful and practical solutions that allow our customers to extract maximum value from their existing talent management assets,” said Paul Sparta, Chairman and CEO of Plateau Systems. “Social networking technologies are significantly impacting the way people interact in the workplace, from creating online communities and sharing knowledge, to locating subject matter experts. With the Talent Gateway, we have introduced a solution that allows customers to easily transform those powerful tools into solutions that address real workforce issues like employee on-boarding, job transitioning, project collaboration, and informal learning. By making it possible for customers to harness the power of social networking in the workplace, we are increasing the value of their talent management investments.”

Tangible Benefits
Delivered as part of Plateau’s core Talent Management Suite, Plateau Talent Gateway provides a rich set of collaboration and social networking tools that customers can utilize to realize a number of direct benefits, including: 

  • Increased innovation – Plateau Talent Gateway provides a venue where employees and partners can find experts, share knowledge and connect on key topics. Dedicated sites can be easily created and configured to serve virtually any purpose – from employee on-boarding to new product launches and project team creation. All sites can all be configured, personalized and managed by end-users.
  • Improved productivity – Forrester Research estimates that: “Formal learning works for 20% of learning needs, while informal learning handles the other 80%.” Recognizing that the majority of learning occurs outside of formal learning programs, Plateau Talent Gateway provides an environment where user-driven content can be shared, enhanced, commented on and rated, with the goal of increasing workforce efficiency and productivity. Users can quickly post questions, documents, best practices, and easily locate experts and information to make them more productive. This comprehensive informal learning functionality complements and extends the powerful formal learning capabilities found in the Plateau Talent Management Suite.
  • Greater collaboration and knowledge transfer – With the economy slowing the hiring rate at many companies, employers are being required to do more with less and are having to cross-train employees to take on expanded responsibilities. Plateau Talent Gateway provides access to extensive collaboration and social networking tools that can be used to facilitate job transitioning and project collaboration. Its end-user driven environment is designed to capture all forms of best practices, facilitate discussion forums, create online communities and locate experts.

“When looking for a system to support social learning – or any other corporate community – it is important to select a system that can support an evolving strategy. With its underlying portal technology, open architecture, and generous set of out-of-the-box portlets and web services, Plateau’s new Talent Gateway is the very definition of flexibility,” said Josh Bersin, CEO and president of Bersin & Associates. “Plateau customers now have the option to build a true learning and talent portal – a friendly, one-stop face for their learning and talent platform. Or, they can bring learning and talent processes to any other platform in the organization’s infrastructure – closer to where work happens.”

Standards-based Portlets
End-users can quickly and easily organize the Plateau Talent Gateway by utilizing more than 80 drag-and-drop communication tools including blogs, message boards, wikis, discussion groups, digital asset libraries, document libraries, and RSS feeds made available through configurable portlets.

Plateau Talent Gateway is built to the JSR 268 specification, which allows users to deploy the portlets in the Plateau Talent Gateway and in any other Java-based portal that supports this standard. They can also embed JSR 268-compliant portals in the Talent Gateway. This standards-based approach simplifies development and promotes asset reuse, underscoring Plateau’s commitment to delivering flexible and open solutions that expedite time to market and reduce maintenance costs.

For more information about Plateau, visit www.plateau.com.

 
Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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