April 29, 2011
Talent Management Firm Registers Almost 40% Increase in Revenue Over Q1 2010; Signs 79 New Customers
HRchitect includes StepStone in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems and Top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
StepStone Solutions, a global leader in talent management, today announced continuing strong revenue growth and particularly high levels of new customer acquisition during the first three months of 2011.
StepStone Solutions signed 79 new customers in the period January 2011 through March 2011 and also contracted with 134 existing customers for increased commitments to the company’s products. StepStone Solutions now serves almost 1,700 businesses in about 70 countries, with well over a million active users of its Software-as-as-Service (SaaS) products.
The company signed new customers in the first quarter in Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US.
Matthew Parker, CEO, StepStone Solutions, said: “Our growth and global success in so many regions is a great start to the year. Including acquisitions, our business grew almost 40% over the equivalent period in 2010 as a result of both substantial enterprise wins worldwide, increasing use of our solutions by many existing customers and a continuing low level of customer churn.”
Among the highlights of the first three months of the year were the release of the latest version of StepStone Solutions’ MrTedTalentLink talent acquisition product, with major enhancements to the user experience and the web services API; the winning of a prestigious award — Best Talent Management Software Provider in Greater China 2010-2011; being again named as ‘Leader’ in Gartner’s 2011 Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management; and major successes with global customers such as Banque de France, RKW-Group, Knauf, and Peugeot Citroën.
For more information please visit www.stepstonesolutions.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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August 27, 2010
HRchitect includes StepStone in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems and 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. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!
StepStone Solutions, a global leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Talent Management solutions, has completed the acquisition of privately-owned e-recruitment software provider MrTed. The acquisition adds over 130 customers to StepStone Solutions’ existing customer base of 1,500 global businesses, including names such as France Telecom, Heineken, SGS, Alexander Mann Solutions, Wolters Kluwer, and Randstad. The acquisition accelerates StepStone Solutions’ global growth, extends its product set and widens its existing SaaS capability. For more information see www.stepstonesolutions.com
MrTed’s highly regarded MrTedTalentLink product, a fully SaaS-based offering, is recognised for a high level of innovation and flexibility in its architecture, which allows it to be rapidly configured to support individual user requirements within the context of a standardised, SaaS-based corporate environment. As such it delivers both high levels of user satisfaction and operational efficiency while remaining cost-effective to deploy and manage in the largest, multi-national enterprise talent acquisition projects. MrTedTalentLink has earned top marks from industry analysts. Gartner Group, positioned MrTed in the “Visionaries” quadrant of its 2009 Magic Quadrant for e-Recruitment Software. In its 2009 and soon-to-be-published 2010 studies of talent acquisition systems, Bersin & Associates highlights MrTedTalentLink’s advanced cloud architecture, application portability and dynamic user interface.
“Our immediate experience of working with the MrTed team, customers and products has been very rewarding, with a strong similarity in our cultures and processes,” said StepStone Solutions CEO, Matthew Parker. “The increase that MrTed brings in many areas of capability, combined with the global reach, customer base and market expertise of StepStone Solutions, give us an unmatched ability to serve customers of all types and sizes in every market including Europe, Asia-Pacific and the US.”
“This acquisition makes absolute sense,” said Josh Bersin, president of Bersin & Associates, a leading research and advisory firm focused on enterprise talent management and learning. “Combined, these two companies have significant global market share. We estimate that the talent acquisition market will continue to grow by about 10% over the next year, with much of that growth coming from global expansion. Stepstone Solutions is well positioned to capitalise on this opportunity.”
The MrTedTalentLink product will continue to be developed, marketed and fully supported under the ownership of StepStone Solutions.
“I’m delighted that MrTedTalentLink, our staff and customers have found such a great home under the StepStone Solutions brand,” said Jerome Ternynck, MrTed’s former CEO, who will continue to work with StepStone Solutions in an advisory capacity. “Our customers should be particularly pleased as this acquisition will enhance the value they will get from their investment in MrTedTalentLink through the greater resources of a major player like StepStone Solutions.”
For more information please visit www.stepstonesolutions.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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April 27, 2010
Alliance Combines Leading SaaS Solutions for Talent Acquisition and Enterprise Business Services
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. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!
MrTed Ltd., the global leader of Talent Acquisition Solutions, today announced a partnership with Workday, the leader in enterprise-class SaaS-based Human Resources (HR) and financial solutions. The companies are delivering a rich, pre-configured integration between MrTed’s talent acquisition solution and Workday’s global hr system-of-record.
Workday will provide a hosted and fully supported integration between Workday Human Capital Management and MrTed’s enterprise-class solution MrTed TalentLink. The integration combines Workday Position Management and MrTed’s talent acquisition solution, with a deep level of information exchange between the two applications. This ‘cloud to cloud’ integration enables faster implementations and lets customers take advantage of each application’s unique, configurable features.
“MrTed provides a world-class solution for customers seeking robust global talent acquisition capabilities in concert with their global Workday HR deployment,” said Mike Stankey, president and COO of Workday. “We are extremely pleased to be partnered with MrTed. In addition to delivering significant value to our mutual customers, this integration demonstrates the richness and speed of connectivity that is becoming possible as more enterprise applications are delivered via SaaS and Cloud computing.”
“Workday is delivering a new foundation for managing human resources in global enterprises,” said Jerome Ternynck, CEO and co-founder of MrTed. “MrTed and Workday are not only well aligned from a technology and products perspective, but we also share a focus on helping global customers achieve new levels of performance and productivity across their organizations.”
The new integration is available immediately for customers of Workday and MrTed.
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com.
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April 19, 2010
First COO Brings MrTed Proven Expertise to Continue Its Impressive Growth
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. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!
MrTed Ltd., the global leader of Talent Acquisition Solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Darren Jaffrey to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer, a post created in response to the company’s continued growth and in anticipation of projected expansion worldwide.
As a recognized pacesetter in business development for talent management software and business intelligence technology, Jaffrey brings a new level of experience and drive to MrTed at an important stage in the company’s life.
“Our continued success and our future potential motivated MrTed to create the position of chief operating officer to execute our strategy and growth plans, and we’re very excited that Darren is joining us in that role,” said Jerome Ternynck, CEO and co-founder of MrTed. “Darren is a proven, insightful executive with unparalleled success in industry sectors in which MrTed has great interest. We believe this is a wonderful combination for both Darren and MrTed.”
This addition of Jaffrey to the MrTed executive team is the most recent major step in the company’s continued expansion and accomplishments, particularly with the recent highly acclaimed release of the “Cloud 9” version of MrTedTalentLink, the company’s flagship product, its expanded presence in the United States with a new office in San Francisco, Calif., and several significant new partnerships.
“I look forward to helping MrTed continue to grow and continue its achievements for its stakeholders and its customers worldwide,” Jaffrey said. “Like others in this business, I have watched MrTed from a distance and been very aware of and impressed by its people, its solution and without a doubt, by the clear focus and strategy that have made MrTed a market leader.”
Jaffrey was most recently senior vice president of international operations for Taleo, a talent management software company, where he was responsible for all aspects of customer engagement outside of North America. Previously, Jaffrey was senior vice president of international operations at Vurv Technology Inc., a provider of strategic workforce management solutions worldwide.
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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March 24, 2010
California Office Will Support MrTed’s Growing U.S. Business
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. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!
MrTed Ltd., the global leader of Talent Acquisition Solutions, is expanding its U.S. presence and commitment with a new office in San Francisco that will support the company’s continued U.S. growth and enhance its worldwide presence.
“The timing is perfect for us to establish our presence on the West Coast,” said Jerome Ternynck, CEO and co-founder of MrTed. “Our decision was spurred equally by our existing business in the United States and by our expectations for continued growth throughout North America both on our Entreprise and SMB markets.”
The announcement of a California based U.S. office aligns with MrTed’s plans to deepen its partner relationships with U.S. vendors, a key strategic business development move. It also intends to support the growth of Smartrecruiters, MrTed’s revolutionary Open SaaS initiative that is rapidly becoming the largest force in recruiting software for SMBs.
The new U.S. office for MrTed marks a turning point for the company. It comes amid recognition from industry analysts for MrTed’s keen strategic industry leadership. More specifically, it follows very strong customer and analyst approval of the newest version of MrTedTalentLink, the company’s flagship product, the Cloud 9 Version.
The leading research and advisory consulting firm Bersin & Associates said MrTedTalentLink Cloud 9 “brings the next-generation Talent Acquisition Solution toward the market” and that it will “fully embrace the cloud computing technology and enhance (MrTed’s) partnerships.”
The address for the MrTed U.S. office is 330 Townsend St., Suite 237, San Francisco, Calif. 94107. The local phone number is 415-508-3755.
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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March 23, 2010
Workday 10 Unites Human Capital Management and Talent Management in a Single System
Business Users Gain Access to Rich Analytics with the Ability to Take Immediate Action
If you are looking for a new Talent Acquisition System, 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. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!
Workday now provides global organizations a single system of record for both Talent Management and core Human Capital Management with the delivery of Workday 10, available immediately. More than 130 companies have selected Workday to manage their workforce, with more than 60 percent of customers choosing Workday’s capabilities for managing individual and business performance, often replacing or decommissioning existing Talent Management point solutions.
What’s New
Workday 10 is now generally available for all customers. New Workday Talent Management capabilities are available to current Workday HR customers as part of their core subscription. Workday 10 includes:
- Worker and Talent profiles, giving managers a comprehensive view of skills, performance, job history, compensation and other vital components of an individual’s working track record.
- Goal alignment and linking, enabling top-down and bottom-up connections among organizational, individual and team objectives, as well as visual representation of progress.
- Succession planning, allowing both managers and HR professionals to easily visualize the depth of organizational talent and the readiness of specific individuals to fill key positions.
- Multiple jobs tracking, making it easy to accurately manage individuals whose roles cross organizational or operational boundaries. Workday shows depth of detail for each role and represents the individual in all appropriate organizations, while also providing HR professionals with a complete view of the person’s compensation, benefits, performance and other key information.
- Integration with MrTed, a leading provider of enterprise class, global recruitment management solutions. Workday’s APIs have also been extended to facilitate connections to other recruitment systems.
Workday 10 provides self-service business insight for managers, allowing them to analyze their data from multiple perspectives and to take action based on what they learn.
- Custom analytics now allow managers and business analysts to create live, drillable charts and tables of important information for managing their day-to-day business. For example, a manager could track performance reviews in a given region across multiple dimensions, monitoring anything from completion rates to unusual trends in ratings based on jobs, organizations or even management level.
- Custom charts can then be turned into Worklets – small, configurable windows on the individual’s own Workday page – and shared with other users, while always maintaining role-based data security.
- Business process analytics enable managers and HR professionals to track the effectiveness of processes automated within Workday, giving them the ability to view key statistics such as time to complete a given process as well as overcome individual or organizational bottlenecks.
In addition, Workday 10 includes hundreds of new capabilities for employees, managers and HR professionals. Examples include:
- Retiree access, providing former employees ongoing access to a limited set of benefits and administrative information, as well as the ability to keep their personal data current.
- Total compensation gives employees a complete view of all forms of compensation such as salary, bonus, one-time payments, equity and benefits.
For more information on Workday, please visit www.workday.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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December 16, 2009
Marks Europe’s First SaaS and Cloud Services Business Community
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 of Talent Acquisition Solutions, today announced it is a founding launch partner of EuroCloud, Europe’s new cloud computing network of organizations created to further the SaaS revolution.
“With our strong belief in leveraging cloud computing to design enterprise-level talent acquisition solutions that are also consumer-friendly and easily personalized, we are excited to be involved in a partnership and community like EuroCloud to promote and encourage greater development and use of Software as a Service and Enterprise Cloud services and applications across Europe”, said Jerome Ternynck, CEO for MrTed.
EuroCloud was and is conceived by Pierre-José Billotte, President and Founder of the French ASP Forum, with a team of SaaS and cloud computing players from the UK, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Spain, to gather together leading SaaS vendors, enablers, integrators and industry experts to share best practices and expand business across the continent.
“The cloud model stands for global reach, ecosystem partnerships and integration, and my goal in developing EuroCloud is to encourage SaaS and cloud services and applications across Europe, and to advance their use,” Billotte said.
The leading research and advisory consulting firm Bersin & Associates said in its September, 2009, assessment1 of the state of the talent acquisition market that MrTedTalentLink Cloud 9 “brings the next generation Talent Acquisition Solution towards the market, (as it) will fully embrace the cloud computing technology and enhance its partnerships.”
“The MrTedTalentLink Cloud9 release will see general availability on December 31, letting users kick off the New Year in style with the world’s most advanced talent acquisition software platform,” Ternynck said.
“Organizations throughout Europe are rapidly moving toward cloud computing solutions to expand business, eliminate overly expensive and unfriendly software that isn’t personalized, doesn’t respond quickly enough to changing business demands and is simply outmoded,” Ternynck said. “We are eager to see organizations like EuroCloud propel greater adoption of models of cloud computing that truly represent the next generation.”
EuroCloud’s launch was supported by major companies in Europe and the United States that, like MrTed, do business in multiple international markets, and were selected to join EuroCloud based on the European scope of their business. In addition to MrTed, European Launch Promoters (ELP) include Amazon Web Services, McAfee, Microsoft Corp., Salesforce.com and others. For more information visit: www.eurocloud.org.
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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December 11, 2009
Advanced Cloud Architecture, Application Portability, and Redesigned User Interface Highlight MrTedTalentLink Version 9, Launching December 31
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 today announced that the latest iteration of its flagship product – MrTedTalentLink v9 – will reach general availability on December 31, enabling users to kick-off the New Year in style with the world’s most advanced talent acquisition software platform.
For 10 years MrTed has been at the forefront of innovation in the cloud computing business, and MrTedTalentLink 9 continues the tradition. For the first time users can completely customize the MrTedTalentLink platform according to their unique needs and preferences – a significant achievement that has broad implications in terms of product usability and return on investment – and the architecture and user interface have been redesigned per the latest cloud computing protocols. The new platform reflects the desires of the user community with whom MrTed worked closely for three years to ensure the most flexible, enjoyable talent acquisition experience possible.
Introducing MrTedTalentLink 9
“This is an all-new breed of talent acquisition software that we believe users are absolutely going to love,” said Jerome Ternynck, CEO at MrTed. “We have gone to great lengths to make Cloud 9 a special product that fundamentally changes the way recruiters interact with their talent acquisition platform. The response from early adopters has been tremendously positive. I’m happy to say that MrTed has once again set the standard for talent acquisition software.”
Leading research and advisory consulting firm Bersin & Associates, in their September 2009 assessment of the state of the talent acquisition market said MrTedTalentLink Cloud 9 “brings the next generation Talent Acquisition Solution towards the market, (as it) will fully embrace the cloud computing technology and enhance its partnerships.”
Key Enhancements and Benefits
Advanced cloud computing technology – MrTedTalentLink 9’s new architecture is the result of over three years of research by MrTed. It features a configurable candidate database that can easily integrate data from any source, an independent business logic layer exposed through web services, and an on-demand user interface so recruiters can customize their own workspaces. This open architecture makes it fast and easy to connect with other talent management and HR applications, so users get the full benefit of cloud computing on their desktop.
A world of apps – MrTedTalentLink 9 presents business processes as portable application modules that users can turn on, turn off, or customize to create a truly personalized experience. Cloud 9 includes apps for all major business processes, including internal and external recruitment, outplacement, contingent workforce management, vendor management, candidate processing, time sheeting, offer management, on-boarding and more. Apps are portable and can be used with other systems and interfaces, while external applications developed by other vendors can be integrated inside the Cloud 9 workspace. By leveraging the power of MrTed apps, users can enjoy the benefits of a personalized platform that meets their individual needs and preferences.
Dynamic user interface – MrTedTalentLink 9 users are free to configure and rearrange apps in order to create a personalized workspace and navigation experience. The dynamic interactivity of the user interface allows apps to be resized, dragged, dropped and even layered. Even though the interface processes large amounts of data, Cloud 9’s asynchronous data retrieval keeps the presentation layer running quickly and smoothly—a result that can only be described as enjoyable for the user. Users spend most of their time in a dynamic and personalized workspace, rather than jumping from screen to screen or module to module. In this way MrTedTalentLink more closely resembles a favorite website than like an enterprise software program.
“We’ve all seen or experienced enterprise software that claims to be flexible and user friendly but is not,” said Robert Chwastek, MrTed’s VP Product Development. “What stands out about MrTedTalentLink 9 is the extent to which the product can be shaped to meet each user’s individual requirements. This truly is the most open enterprise software product with which I’ve seen, and that openness is key to increasing user adoption, user productivity and user enjoyment. “
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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December 7, 2009
Shanghai Foreign Service Company chooses MrTedTalentLink as core technology platform
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 of Talent Acquisition Solutions, today announced a significant contract with Shanghai Foreign Service Company Ltd. (SFSC), one of the largest human resources service providers in China and the country’s largest provider of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services.
MrTed will provide technology and support for SFSC’s far-ranging and highly complex recruitment RPO services. This contract opens the door to roll out MrTedTalentLink to more than 13,000 clients across China. The contract is the second in the last quarter between MrTed and a major Chinese organization and also follows the recent release of an independent market analysis by Bersin & Associates that shows MrTed to be the leading provider of talent acquisition solutions worldwide for large employers.
Established in 1984, SFSC is a professional company in human resources service industry that provides advanced solutions for recruitment, employee dispatching, HR agency, payroll management, benefit administration, consulting and training services. With a nationwide service network, complete service products, one-up technical platform, high-level quality management and professional service teams, SFSC provides professionals with a one-stop HR outsourcing service for more than 13,000 clients and quality services for more than 350,000 employees. Currently 85 percent of the Fortune Global 500 in China use SFSC services.
“This contract with SFSC definitely solidifies our global leadership position in the RPO and human resources outsourcing space, as well as our leadership in China,” said Jerome Ternynck, CEO for MrTed. “With the introduction of MrTedTalentLink Version 9 and its cloud computing capability, our Chinese customers have the complete freedom to access and customize the information they need when and where they need it. It’s a quantum leap in terms of competitive advantage.”
Jason Xu, the General Manager of RPO business, SFSC, said the company chose MrTed because, as the recent Bersin & Associates report noted, MrTed is extremely well-suited for large companies that require systems with multiple processes and the ability to manage compliance and operations in multiple languages.
“We are also very excited about the potential for MrTedTalentLink Cloud 9, with its full embracing of cloud computing technology for RPO services and what that could mean for SFSC,” said Xu.
Today, SFSC’s customers include leading multinational companies, wholly owned foreign enterprises, joint ventures of Chinese companies and foreign companies, cooperative companies of Chinese and foreign companies, state-owned enterprises, and private businesses covering high-tech industries in communication electronics, IT, bio-technology, Internet, automotive, petrochemical, medical, financial and the fast-consumables industry.
“This is a significant and very exciting opportunity for MrTed,” said Johnny Wang, Managing Director for MrTed China. “Our collaboration with SFSC further proves our ability to serve a global client base, and particularly highlights our understanding of the Chinese market.”
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com.
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November 11, 2009
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 leading global provider of Talent Acquisition Solutions, has entered a strategic technology partnership with Broadbean Technology, the global leader in advert distribution and response tracking technology.
The partnership will give MrTed’s customers the ability to instantly advertise positions to any job board from their familiar front office interface. This powerful combination will enable organisations to identify new recruitment channels, reduce cost per hire and build their brand across untapped communities.
Broadbean is used by hundreds of staffing companies and employers around the world to manage job posting delivery. The software helps organisations increase the effectiveness of online recruitment advertising by providing exact return on investment metrics on job board performance.
“Our goal is to provide a unified talent acquisition process for our users. Job boards are at the core of talent attraction and the Broadbean integration provides our users with a seamless link between MrTed and hundreds of advertising outlets. Broadbean’s market leading position and innovative technology made them the natural choice for this technology partnership” said Raymond van der Wal, Global Director Services MrTed.
Lee Anne Davey, Client Services Director commented “We are pleased to have this partnership in place with MrTed and it will allow clients to expand their recruitment efforts globally without the need to implement new technology. We have been working with MrTed for over 5 years and share a number of mutual clients. Both companies have invested this year to enhance the service offering and user experience by putting in place the Broadbean Hybrid integration. This strategic partnership will reinforce both parties mission to offer clients the most advanced, effective and scalable recruitment tools on the market”.
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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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.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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September 2, 2009
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 of Talent Acquisition Solutions, has announced the release of its latest white paper, “10 Tips To Squeeze Costs From Talent Acquisition.” This free report offers insights gained from years of experience developing and refining strategies for leading international firms and can be downloaded now.
“Global businesses are under intense pressure to cut costs today, but many don’t know how to reduce talent acquisition expenses without sacrificing quality,” said Jerome Ternynck, CEO and co-founder of MrTed. “Because of our position at the forefront of the global recruitment industry, MrTed understands which tactics generate the best return on investment, and we share many of our recommendations in this paper.”
The talent acquisition solutions that global businesses need are multi-layered. They need to more than just an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) that sort resumes. Global businesses need a comprehensive strategy to maximize existing internal resources, leverage online and social media, reduce redundancies and streamline recruitment processes. Download the free white paper, “10 Tips To Squeeze Costs From Talent Acquisition” today and discover proven tactics to find talent effectively and cut costs along the way.
Among recommendations from MrTed to squeeze costs from global talent acquisition:
• Developing redeployment campaigns to match exiting employees with open positions during a layoff
• Implementing referral campaigns
• Leveraging social media
• Taking advantage of free sourcing techniques
• Centralizing talent acquisition initiatives through a shared services model
• Increasing the use of assessments
• Considering the use of comprehensive outsourcing.
MrTed offers these recommendations and more, along with the degree of difficulty, the cost and the return on investment for each. Download the free white paper, “10 Tips To Squeeze Costs From Talent Acquisition” today and get started streamlining your processes and saving money.
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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July 29, 2009
MrTedTalentLink Users Benefit from Access to Hundreds of Global Job Boards
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 leading global provider of Talent Acquisition Solutions, has joined forces with eQuest, the worldwide leader in job posting distribution and job posting management. This move will enhance the global reach of MrTed’s enterprise customers with the same job posting delivery support that half of the firms in the Fortune 100 already enjoy.
Top global companies in more than 100 countries turn to MrTedTalentLink to drive significant cost savings and efficiency gains as they attract and hire the right talent on demand. With this agreement, MrTed will be able to offer its customers seamless access to eQuest’s global job posting network which includes hundreds of job boards from around the world.
“With so many job boards to choose from, many global firms don’t know which ones will provide the best results at the lowest cost for their specific locations and industries,” said Jerome Ternynck, the CEO and founder of MrTed. “This move allows our customers to post jobs easily around the world and provides visibility into job board performance.”
MrTed users will benefit from eQuest’s array of job board evaluation tools, interactive media services, one-stop job board shopping, job board negotiation services, and access to eQuest’s award-winning products including JobTracker(TM) and Prophesy3. MrTed users will have access to consulting services, as well as the metrics and analytics to support their decision-making process as they calibrate the appropriate job board strategy.
“eQuest is pleased to offer MrTed customers an easy reach to a worldwide audience of talent,” said John Malone, President and CEO of eQuest. “We look forward to working with their global staff as well as their highly impressive customer base.”
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com. For more information on eQuest, please visit www.equest.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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July 13, 2009
Leading Provider of Global Talent Acquisition Solutions Bolsters Position as Solution of Choice for Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
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 leading provider of global talent acquisition solutions, today announced they have made a deal with Exect Partners Group, a Russia-based Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) firm. MrTed will provide the talent acquisition technology platform to power the firm’s Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) practice. The deal extends MrTed’s position as the leading provider of talent acquisition solutions for RPOs as well as organizations with global talent acquisition requirements.
“Effective talent acquisition technology is a primary success factor for firms like Exect who outsource mission critical human resources functions for large companies,” said Jon Holden, the RPO practice lead for MrTed. “Exect is a visionary firm who understands the role of effective and strategic talent management in driving bottom line results for international companies. We’re proud to be part of their vision and look forward to a successful and enduring relationship.”
Exect Partners Group was established in 2008 by Vladimir Soloviev. Mr. Soloviev, a famous Russian business trainer, founded Business Training Russia in 1999. During the last decade, Business Training Russia has firmly established itself as one of the leading business education and training companies in the nation. Mr. Soloviev has entered into a partnership with a small group of partners whose vision is to create a comprehensive Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm focused on human resources services. One of the partners is Roger Holdsworth, founder of both SHL and TalentQ, two of the world’s leading assessment companies. Mr. Holdsworth currently serves as chairs the board of Exect.
Exect identified talent acquisition technology as a critical investment early in the formation of their firm. The company selected MrTed to provide the talent acquisition platform due to MrTed’s deep experience with the RPO model and proven track record managing the complexities of global talent acquisition. “MrTed provided a more flexible solution and were generally more helpful and responsive than other solution providers we evaluated,” said Marcus Guest, Exect’s CEO. “We were particularly compelled by MrTed’s technology architecture, their multi tenancy capabilities and eminent migration to a cloud computing infrastructure”, said Oleg Fedorov, Exect’s CIO.
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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July 8, 2009
New Release Reinvents the Enterprise Software User Experience
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.
The world of talent acquisition software is being revolutionized, starting today. MrTed Ltd, the global leader of Talent Acquisition Solutions, is pleased to announce the upcoming release of MrTedTalentLink Version 9, named Cloud 9, the next-generation talent acquisition solution designed to bring the benefits of cloud computing to the end user.
Built on an advanced cloud computing architecture, Cloud 9 offers an engaging new user experience with a world of application modules (Apps) that can be added to your personalized workspace. Apps are delivered in a dynamic graphical user interface (GUI) that revolutionizes the enterprise software user experience to focus on individual preferences, roles and work styles. Cloud 9 offers users and organizations complete freedom; they can access the information they need when and where they need it.
“With Cloud 9, we have totally redefined the user experience of enterprise software for talent acquisition,” said Jerome Ternynck, CEO and co-founder of MrTed. “We’ve created a revolutionary solution that gives users robust features, incredible flexibility and dynamic user-interface – whenever they need it, wherever they are. We’re changing the world of both talent acquisition and cloud computing today.”
Cloud Computing Technology
Cloud 9’s advanced Cloud Computing architecture is the result of over 3 years of research by MrTed. It features a configurable candidate database that can easily integrate data from any source, an independent business logic layer exposed through web services and an on-demand GUI so end users can customize their own workspaces. This open architecture makes it fast and easy to connect with other talent management and HR applications. Organizations and end-users get the full benefit of cloud computing to their desktop.
A World of Apps
Cloud 9 presents business processes as portable application modules that end users can turn on, turn off or customize to create a true personalized experience. Cloud 9 includes Apps for all major business processes, including internal and external recruitment, outplacement, contingent workforce management, vendor management, candidate processing, time sheeting, offer management, on-boarding and more. The cloud computing architecture allows the Apps to be portable and used with other systems and interfaces. Equally, external applications developed by other vendors can be integrated inside the Cloud 9 workspace. By leveraging the power of the MrTed Apps, end users can enjoy the benefits of a personalized Talent Acquisition Solution that meets their individual role and requirements.
Dynamic Graphical User Interface
Cloud 9 users are free to configure and rearrange Apps and create a personalized workspace and navigation experience. The dynamic interactivity of the user interface allows Apps to be resized, dragged, dropped and even layered. Even though the GUI processes large amounts of data, Cloud 9’s asynchronous data retrieval keeps the presentation layer running quickly and smoothly. The result can only be described as enjoyable for the user. Cloud 9 performs more like your favorite web site than like a multi-module legacy suite. Users can spend most of their time in a dynamic and personalized workspace, rather than jumping from screen to screen and module to module looking for what they need.
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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