MasTec Selects SilkRoad technology’s GreenLight for Learning Management…from SilkRoad Technology

June 17, 2009

 

HRchitect featured SilkRoad 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. SilkRoad participated in the Onboarding Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow2009 event. SilkRoad competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Onboarding Systems in January 2009 where they were crowned the winner. Brian Platz, EVP and COO of SilkRoad also appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on March 20, 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.

SilkRoad technology, inc., the leading provider of talent management solutions, announced today MasTec has selected SilkRoad’s GreenLight learning management solution.  With GreenLight, MasTec will be able to manage all online training programs and course creation. GreenLight is the fourth Life Suite solution MasTec has added to their talent management solution set.

As a leading specialty contractor for communications companies, utilities and governments throughout the United States, MasTec believes their greatest asset is their people. Their commitment to the development and retention of their employees is evidenced in the steps they take to provide employees with the materials, knowledge, and skills they need to succeed.

“Our team at SilkRoad has been extremely reliable and helpful throughout our implementation with OpenHire, RedCarpet, and WingSpan, and we are very much looking forward to implementing GreenLight,” said John Wolhfert, Director, Human Resources Infrastructure, MasTec. “MasTec is very committed to providing our employees with the tools they need to succeed; we have found SilkRoad’s Life Suite to be invaluable to our organization, and have been very pleased with how well the solutions work together to manage the employee life cycle.”

SilkRoad’s learning management solution, GreenLight, allows organizations to centrally manage the entire process of creating, delivering, and tracking online and offline training programs for a global workforce. Delivering incredible flexibility, the learning process has never been easier. GreenLight enables organizations to create, capture, assemble, publish, deliver and store content, as well as share learning objects and manage learner performance data.

Including the basic management of classroom and standards-based eLearning training interventions, the GreenLight solution will manage and track student marks and progress for SCORM or AICC compliant Web-based training, instructor-led courses (training events) and on-the-job training (assignments). In addition, this powerful tool enables organizations to create a unified experience and consistent brand for their employees through sophisticated multi-language content management and user-configurable “skins.”

For more information on SilkRoad, please visit www.silkroad.com

 
Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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SilkRoad Partners with Simply Hired…from SilkRoad Technology

April 24, 2009

 

Partnership with World’s Largest Job Search Engine Expands SilkRoad Clients’ Reach

 

HRchitect featured SilkRoad 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 top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SilkRoad competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Onboarding Systems in January 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Brian Platz, EVP and COO with SilkRoad, also participated in the HRchitect WebMingle on March 20, 2009.

 

SilkRoad technology, a leading provider of talent management solutions, announced today they have partnered with Simply Hired, the world’s largest job search engine and advertising recruitment network, indexing more than five million job listings worldwide.

 

SilkRoad’s partnership with Simply Hired will allow SilkRoad customers to expand their reach to potential candidates. Jobs indexed by Simply Hired through OpenHire, SilkRoad’s recruiting management solution, will provide customers the ability to distribute and include their jobs in the organic listings on Simply Hired’s network of over 5000 new locations, including social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Plaxo. This partnership will allow SilkRoad customers to reach both active and passive job seekers in new and innovative ways.

 

In addition, OpenHire customers will benefit from the automated tracking integration with Simply Hired. By automatically populating the source code when a candidate applies for a job through OpenHire, this will ensure more accurate ROI measurements by recruiters wanting to track their online recruiting efforts. OpenHire clients can take advantage of Simply Hired’s free Job Rank reports, which contain information about how well a company’s jobs are performing in the Simply Hired searches, including the number of clicks for that listing, the positing of the listing within the search results, similar searches, and the names of competitors with similar titles.

 

“We are looking forward to working with SilkRoad’s OpenHire customers to assist them in distributing their jobs to an even broader range of outlets,” said Simply Hired’s Tejas Saraiya, Director of Marketing and Product. “Simply Hired’s integration with OpenHire will make it even easier for companies to reach not only active candidates, but also those passive candidates which are often times so hard to reach.”

 

Simply Hired aggregates jobs from thousands of sources including major job boards, company websites, news outlets, and niche vertical sites, allowing job seekers “one-stop searching.” In addition to helping people to find their next job in the most efficient way possible, Simply Hired provides a “Who do I Know™” function that allows searchers to look up possible contacts at potential new companies via LinkedIn; a venue to research salary information; links to maps to help determine commuting details and other job seeker tools.

 

Companies have been using OpenHire to find and track top talent since 1998. Their patented job board integration, career site portals, intelligent searching, screening tools, and candidate communication tools make it easy to streamline workflow and lower recruiting costs, all while improving efficiency. These features, combined with Simply Hired, will allow SilkRoad customers to reach the maximum number of candidates in the most efficient way possible.

 

“We are very excited to be working with Simply Hired,” said SilkRoad COO, Brian Platz. “They have found an innovative and forward-thinking way of taking something that is typically an arduous task for job seekers, and making it simple and efficient. This is the same goal we work towards when providing talent management solutions to our customers.”

 

For more information on SilkRoad, please visit www.silkroad.com. For more information on Simply Hired, please visit www.simplyhired.com

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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Concentra Implements SilkRoad technology’s OpenHire…from SilkRoad

April 14, 2009

 

HRchitect featured SilkRoad 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. SilkRoad competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant in January 2009 on Onboarding Systems, where they were crowned the winner. Brian Platz, COO and EVP of SilkRoad appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on March 20, 2009.

 

SilkRoad technology, inc., the leading provider of talent management solutions, announced today Concentra has implemented SilkRoad’s OpenHire recruiting management and applicant tracking system. With OpenHire, Concentra ensures they have the ability to power their Human Resources websites to inform both current and potential candidates about the benefits and advantages of working for Concentra. As a national health care company offering comprehensive services to injured/ill patients and their employers through their nationwide network of medical centers, Concentra believes you should expect more, regardless of whether you are a patient or an employee.

 

OpenHire is the second of three SilkRoad technology solutions being implemented by Concentra. During the latter part of 2008, Concentra implemented SilkRoad’s Eprise as a content management system to power four of their employee benefits and career sites. They are currently in the process of implementing RedCarpet for onboarding and have future plans to use RedCarpet “life events” as well.

 

“We’re very pleased with our decision to go with SilkRoad,” said Greg Miller, vice president of talent management at Concentra. “We were using another provider whose system was costing us more and providing us less in terms of functionality, ease of use, and customer service. We look forward to being more efficient, effective, and responsive with the SilkRoad solutions.”

 

OpenHire, part of SilkRoad technology’s Life Suite of Web-based talent management solutions, is a market-leading recruiting and candidate management solution that turns the challenging task of attracting and hiring top quality talent into a more efficient, manageable and trackable process. OpenHire offers the best candidate sourcing, qualification screening, process management, career site portal and resume tools in the industry. OpenHire includes advanced intelligent search functionality and reporting to support the latest Equal Employment Opportunity and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs reporting regulations.

 

OpenHire’s intelligent search feature reads and understands both resumes and job descriptions, automatically identifying individuals best suited to a specific position and returning a list ranked by probability of placement. The comprehensive OpenHire career site portal is directed specifically at providing information to candidates on careers and job openings, as well as a means to deliver an organization’s talent brand.

 

For more information on SilkRoad, please visit www.silkroad.com

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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SilkRoad technology Supports ResumePal Universal Job Application Standard…from SilkRoad Technology

April 13, 2009

 

Works Seamlessly with Market-Leading Recruiting Management System OpenHire

 

HRchitect featured SilkRoad 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. SilkRoad competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Onboarding Systems in January 2009, where they were crowned the winner. Brian Platz, EVP and COO with SilkRoad, participated in the HRchitect WebMingle on March 20, 2009.

 

SilkRoad technology, inc., a leading provider of talent management solutions, has joined Jobfox and other human resource technology companies to introduce ResumePal, the recruiting industry’s first universally accepted online employment application. ResumePal will work seamlessly with SilkRoad’s recruiting management system, OpenHire.

 

ResumePal revolutionizes the way applicants and employers connect by eliminating time spent completing forms and allowing employers to get more accurate candidate information. By completing a one-time online career profile, job seekers are able to apply at thousands of companies accepting the standard by submitting with two clicks, instead of spending hours completing separate applications for each job listing.

 

SilkRoad provided input into the creation of ResumePal and will be incorporating the standard into its market-leading OpenHire recruiting management solution. OpenHire helps recruiters practice intelligent recruiting, reduce costs, work more efficiently and streamline their workflow.

 

“This universally accepted profile will save applicants the time and frustration of filling out multiple forms across numerous websites, and will also help recruiters get better information from candidates,” said SilkRoad COO, Brian Platz. “ResumePal is another step for SilkRoad in helping companies find, hire and retain the best employees.”

 

Benefits of using ResumePal include:

·         Smarter matching for employers- ResumePal instantly routes the job seeker to the jobs matching their skills throughout the organization.

·         Reduced applicant abandonment- It reduces the amount of seekers that routinely abandon corporate career sites that require them to fill out individual online applications.

·         Dynamic candidate information – Updates to candidate profiles are automatically propagated directly to employers’ applicant tracking solution, keeping applicant information up-to-date.

·         Reduced advertising spend- By routing applicants directly to their best job matches employers are able to maximize the return on their recruiting budgets.

·         Faster results- Comprehensive candidate matching is brought straight to the employer’s applicant tracking solution, providing match results for employers instantly and continuously.

·         Apply one time – Job-seekers apply one time and are then matched to every appropriate job at that company.

 

For more information on SilkRoad, please visit www.silkroad.com

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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SilkRoad technology Sponsored Report Indicates Growing Uptake of Onboarding…from SilkRoad Technology

February 12, 2009

 

Aberdeen Group report surveys 600+ HR executives; Complimentary copy made possible in part by SilkRoad sponsorship

 

HRchitect featured SilkRoad Technology 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. SilkRoad Technology also participated in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Onboarding Systems in January 2009, where they were crowned the winner and also participated in the Talent Acquisition Systems pageant in November 2008.

 

Sixty-eight percent of corporate human resources executives recently surveyed indicated that their companies have a formal onboarding process in place, according to a recent Aberdeen study sponsored in part by SilkRoad technology, inc., the leading provider of talent management solutions. The study, “Fully On-Board: Getting the Most from Your Talent in the First Year,” found that top-performing companies with formal onboarding procedures in place saw a 31 percent average improvement in new employee engagement and a 24 percent average decrease in time-to-productivity for new employees.

 

Effective onboarding of new employees is so crucial that more than half of the 600 human resources, talent management, and line of business executives surveyed and interviewed in December 2008 and January 2009 for the study indicated that the current state of the economy would increase the importance their organization placed on onboarding in 2009.

 

Two-thirds of survey respondents also indicated that their organizations start the onboarding process even before the new employee’s start date of employment to smooth the transition process. Top concerns related to onboarding included retaining new employees, increasing their productivity and improving the reputation of the company as an employer of choice.

 

A complimentary copy of the Aberdeen report has been made available by SilkRoad and other sponsors at: http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=5729.

 

“We have long joined others in the HR industry to tout the importance of formalized onboarding programs, and this study underscores how they can contribute to improvements in efficiency and engagement,” said SilkRoad technology CEO Andrew J. “Flip” Filipowski. “One of our products, RedCarpet, provides massive increases in new hire satisfaction and day one readiness for many of our clients, ultimately keeping employee morale and productivity high while automating time-consuming HR tasks.”

 

SilkRoad provides a suite of Web-based talent management solutions, including RedCarpet, an onboarding and life events management solution that automates the socialization and transition of employees into their new roles while alleviating the burden and cost of paperwork and task management, saving companies time and money. Other SilkRoad products include OpenHire, a market-leading recruiting management solution, WingSpan for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight for learning management, and Eprise for employee intranets and content management.

 

“It is very clear that for a majority of Best-in-Class organizations, onboarding is the continuation of the recruitment process well into the first year of a new employee’s tenure with the company,” noted the co-author of the report, Kevin Martin, vice president and principal analyst, Human Capital Management at Aberdeen. “If they haven’t done so already, these organizations seek to integrate onboarding with recruitment and performance management. At these companies, onboarding not only improves hiring quality and efficiencies, but also increases the new employee’s ability to contribute productively in a timely manner.”

 

For more information on SilkRoad Technology, please visit www.silkroad.com

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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SilkRoad Technology Crowned HRchitect Beauty Pageant Winner…from SilkRoad Technology

February 9, 2009

 

SilkRoad technology, the leading provider of talent management solutions, announced the company was named winner of the January 23, 2009 HRchitect onboarding systems “Beauty Pageant.” SilkRoad entered its market-leading onboarding and life events product, RedCarpet, into the pageant alongside three other companies, including AllegroHR, KMS, and Verifications

 

SilkRoad Technology, the leading provider of talent management solutions, announced the company was named winner of the January 23, 2009 HRchitect onboarding systems “Beauty Pageant.” SilkRoad entered its market-leading onboarding and life events product, RedCarpet, into the pageant alongside three other companies, including AllegroHR, KMS, and Verifications. After showcasing the company’s service differentiators, value proposition and technology, SilkRoad’s RedCarpet was selected as the winner.    

 

HRchitect recently developed the series of “Beauty Pageant” webinars as a way to educate consumers on the human resource technology choices available. Each webinar focuses on a different category of human resource technology, including onboarding, succession planning, and compensation management. During each “pageant” human resource technology providers give company overviews, cover functionality and usability, and answer questions from the audience. After all presentations, the audience votes for its favorite contestant.

 

“As a leading provider of talent management solutions, we are always eager to help companies recruit and retain the best talent,” said Brian Platz, COO of SilkRoad technology. “We enjoyed participating in the webinar and are honored the audience selected our product as the best of show.”

 

“As the leading Talent Acquisition Systems consulting firm, we wanted to find a fun and easy way to educate consumers on the HR technology options available,” said Rick Fletcher, President and Founder of HRchitect. “This has been a great way to get the HR decision makers the information they need to make great choices for their organizations, and congratulations to SilkRoad for its well-deserved win.”

SilkRoad provides Web-based talent management solutions, including OpenHire™, a market-leading recruiting management solution, RedCarpet™, onboarding and life events management solution, WingSpan™ for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight™ for learning management, and Eprise™ for employee intranets and content management.

 

The webinars are free, and future sessions are listed at: http://www.hrchitect.com/News/Pageant. If you would like to view SilkRoad’s recent onboarding beauty pageant please click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/118289254.

 

For more information on SilkRoad Technology, please visit www.silkroad.com

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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SilkRoad Technology Honored by NCTA…from SilkRoad Technology

December 1, 2008

 

HRchitect featured SilkRoad Technology 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 Top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SilkRoad Technology also participated in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Talent Acquisition Systems on November 14, 2008.

 

SilkRoad technology, a leading provider of talent management solutions, announced recently that it was recognized as the “Top Venture Capital Invested Company of the Year” by the North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA) at its 15th annual NCTA 21 Awards gala, November 13th, which celebrated the patriotic theme “The Election of 2008.”  The awards program annually honors companies and individuals from North Carolina’s technology industry for excellence in leadership and innovation. More than 450 industry executives and thought leaders attended the event. The awards program was presented in conjunction with Grant Thornton LLP, a leading accounting, tax and business advisory organization, which also directed the awards selection process earlier this year in collaboration with past and present NCTA chairpersons.  

 

This year SilkRoad’s growth and widespread recognition as an industry leader spurred investors to contribute $54 million in venture capital for the expansion of worldwide direct sales and marketing efforts, strategic acquisitions and new product development. The $54 million in capital has already allowed SilkRoad to expand their global operations by opening offices to support direct sales and marketing efforts in Singapore and Sydney, Australia, and to acquire VTN technologies and its well-known Olé online learning environment.  

 

NCTA’s 21 Awards program is segmented into five categories: technology industry, stage of development, functional, leadership and excellence.   

 

For more information on SilkRoad Technology, please visit www.silkroad.com

Matt Lafata, HRchitect

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