HRchitect Tech Vendor News: Cornerstone OnDemand Revolutionizes Enterprise Software with New Consumer User Experience

June 18, 2013

New social collaboration and mobile capabilities transform Cornerstone’s talent management suite into a centralized destination that facilitates the ways today’s employees want to work

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 4, 2013 – Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ:CSOD) today announced new solutions that transform the Cornerstone talent management software suite into a single, collaborative destination for employees and facilitate the ways people want to work. This includes the introduction of Universal Profiles, which aggregates user information and activities from within the Cornerstone system; a new, completely redesigned Cornerstone Connect social collaboration platform; new social performance and employee recognition tools; and expanded native mobile functionality across the suite.

The consumerization of the enterprise and rise of Millennials in the workforce have driven shifts in employees’ needs and attitudes, as evidenced by the increased prevalence of BYOD (bring your own device) and BYOA (bring your own application) in the workplace. In addition, the workplace is becoming multi-generational, multi-geographical, multi-cultural, location-agnostic and device-independent.

“We saw an opportunity to reimagine work by combining all of the enterprise-class talent management capabilities that organizations require with the collaborative functionality employees want, all packaged in an easy-to-use, consumer-style interface,” said Adam Miller, founder and CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand. “Individual applications for things like social collaboration and project management have limited, if any, integration with other enterprise software solutions. So while they may allow employees to perform basic tasks, they ultimately lack the ability to have a bigger impact on the business. We solved that problem.”

For talent management leaders, the changes in the workplace are further complicated by a workforce that not only demands flexibility in where and how they work, but one that also wants continuous training and development, faster career progression, and constant feedback and recognition.

“The right approach to talent management is as critical as ever to making sure organizations are ready to support the new world of work,” said Miller. “This means creating a work environment where employees are given easy access to the resources they need to develop, collaborate, advance and be engaged in their jobs in order to perform at their very best.”

Available this month, Cornerstone’s new features and enhancements help to ensure that social collaboration and mobile productivity are central building blocks for an organization’s overall talent management strategy. Putting everything employees need to know to do their jobs in one, always-available place with real-time connectivity not only helps people work smarter, but also helps organizations maximize work performance and improve employee engagement.

Key to this approach is the new Universal Profile. Similar to a personal profile from popular social sites, Universal Profile serves as the center of an employee’s universe within the Cornerstone suite. It offers a consolidated view of personal information such as contact details, work experience, skills and expertise, and activities in the Cornerstone system. It also serves as an access point for connecting with colleagues, completing tasks, searching for subject matter experts, and giving and receiving social feedback.

Additional product updates include:

·        Cornerstone Connect. An all-new, completely redesigned Cornerstone Connect takes social productivity to the next level. Connect is the only social business solution that embeds activity streams and real-time collaboration within a talent management application, enabling talent activities to naturally blend with the daily activities of executives, managers and employees.

·        Project and Task Management. Employees now have the most resourceful tools for accomplishing tasks, projects and goals, all seamlessly embedded within Cornerstone talent activities for learning, performance, succession and recruiting.

·        Social Performance and Feedback. Trigger the right employee behaviors with measurable recognition that drives results on a daily basis. With social feedback, employees have the power to provide feedback and badges to their peers and colleagues for work contributions. It’s an immediate and impactful way to reward work beyond annual performance reviews.

·        Cornerstone Mobile extends its native functionality to provide employees with access to mobile learning, collaboration and performance on the devices they love. This includes a mobile version of Cornerstone’s popular Observation Checklist for tracking real-time competencies and skills in the field, as they are performed. Cornerstone Mobile supports all iOS and Android devices, including smartphones and tablets, ensuring that employees at all levels have access to the people and information they need to succeed, no matter where they are.

Miller will showcase these new solutions as part of his opening keynote address at Cornerstone Convergence 2013, the company’s annual client conference, which is being held June 3-5 in San Diego, Calif. The keynote will be streamed live via the Cornerstone Convergence Web the site this morning from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. PT / 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET at the following link:www.cornerstoneconvergence.com/live-stream.

To learn more about how Cornerstone is helping organizations reimagine their talent strategies in the new world of work, visit www.csod.com/reimagine-work. Also read additional commentary about these latest product updates from Reyhan Jhaver, Cornerstone’s director of product management, on theCornerstone blog.

For more information about Cornerstone Convergence 2013, visit www.CornerstoneConvergence.com. To follow Convergence on Twitter, go to twitter.com/CSODConvergence or search #CSODConf.

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HRchitect Tech Vendor News: HIREVUE WINS MOST INNOVATIVE RECRUITING PRODUCT AT 2013 RECRUITING INNOVATION SUMMIT

June 18, 2013

HireVue Wins Most Innovative Recruiting Product at 2013 Recruiting Innovation Summit

CodeVue, the Leading Digital Interviewing Provider’s Revolutionary Technical Recruiting Platform, Helps Employers Identify, Screen and Engage Top Technical Talent Faster

SALT LAKE CITY (June 3, 2013) – HireVue, the leading on-demand digital interviewing platform provider, is pleased to announce that its groundbreaking CodeVue™ technical recruiting solution was awarded the Most Innovative Recruiting Product at ERE’s 2013 Recruiting Innovation Summit in San Francisco on May 15.  CodeVue was selected by conference attendees for its transformative approach to helping employers recruit, screen and validate the skills of technical talent.

With unemployment rates for technical talent below 2.5 percent, the timing couldn’t be better for a recruiting solution like CodeVue. Companies across all industries and of every size need more innovative resources to attract both active and passive candidates in this competitive market.

CodeVue is a cloud-based digital recruiting platform designed to rapidly identify, engage and screen technical talent through online digital interviews. HireVue’s first-of-its-kind technical recruiting solution enables tech talent to conveniently showcase their coding skills through a series of challenge questions during the already candidate-friendly digital interviewing process that HireVue has become known for. Recruiters and hiring managers then review the results of these responses (or challenges) and, in combination with their video responses and input from other stakeholders, are able to make better informed, data-driven hiring decisions regardless of their technical background.

During the Recruiting Innovation Summit’s “Unveilings – Innovative New Recruiting Products” sessions, some of the industry’s most forward-thinking recruiting professionals had the opportunity to experience recruiting technologies with the potential to fundamentally change the recruiting world.  CodeVue was named by attendees as the Most Innovative Product, elected the winner among revolutionary technologies from the market’s leading solution providers.

“HireVue continues to develop and deliver the technologies that support positive employment brand, improve the interview process and help employers engage with the right talent faster, despite persistent talent shortages. With the launch of CodeVue, we’ve taken digital interviews to a new level, empowering recruiters – whether technical or not – to screen and validate candidates’ skills and connect with the individuals that will allow them to remain innovative and competitive,” said Mark Newman, founder and CEO of HireVue. “We are honored to be recognized as an innovator by ERE, the Recruiting Innovation Summit, and some of the industry’s most cutting edge recruiting professionals for the impact that our solutions have on the talent acquisition process and our clients’ overall business success.”

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HRchitect Tech Vendor News: Jobvite Takes Recruiters Rock 2013 Summer Roadshow Cross-Country

June 6, 2013

Social recruiting leader shares expertise on evolving with the job market, during coast-to-coast tour; Tickets and dates available in major US cities

Burlingame, Calif. – May 29, 2013 – Jobvite, the leading recruiting software platform for the social web, today announced the dates for its Recruiters Rock 2013 Roadshow, kicking off next month in Boston, and continuing through August, touching down in major cities across the United States. Each free, half-day event is packed with recruiting and hiring best practices, tips and tricks on attracting quality talent and an easy, step-by-step breakdown on how recruiters can improve their social recruiting strategy. The Roadshow will offer separate tracks where both existing and prospective customers will learn how to build and nurture the company talent pool to create a lasting employment brand.

During the Roadshow, attendees will learn how Jobvite technology can quickly and easily help recruiters tackle the multitasking nature of their job. Specific, key takeaways include:

  • The importance of building a talent pool – and how to get started.
  • What your employment brand says about you, why you should care, and how to improve your marketability.
  • How to streamline hiring workflows – from scheduling interviews and assigning tasks to evaluating candidates and coordinating approvals.
  • The lowdown on reporting – why it matters and what’s available today.

“Attracting, engaging and hiring top talent is a science, and during the Roadshow we will share innovative methods to help recruiters succeed,” said Jobvite Chief Marketing Officer Kimberley Kasper. “From building rich talent pools to engagement and reporting, attendees will learn how to arm themselves with the necessary tools to find the best talent for their companies.”

The Roadshow’s Customer track will feature ways existing customers can best maximize their investment in Jobvite technology, focusing on:

  • Streamlining hiring workflows (interview scheduling, tasks, candidate evaluations)
  • Reporting (what’s available today and what’s coming)
  • How to build and nurture a talent pool with Jobvite Engage
  • The value of building an employment brand

During the Roadshow’s Prospective Customer track, potential customers will learn sourcing and recruiting best practices, with significant insight into:

  • The importance of building a talent pool
  • The productivity value of having a centralized recruiting tool
  • Jobvite product demo to show how we can help in these areas

Join Jobvite on the road and reserve your seat today. Tickets are available and dates and locations for the Recruiters Rock 2013 Roadshow are as follows:

For more information on the Recruiters Rock 2013 Roadshow, please contact recruit@jobvite.com.

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HRchitect Tech Vendor News: Skillsoft Marks 10th Anniversary of its Groundbreaking Learning Growth Model

May 20, 2013

Skillsoft Marks 10th Anniversary of its Groundbreaking Learning Growth Model

If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM 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!

NASHUA, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Marking the 10-year anniversary of its Learning Growth Model®, Skillsoft introduced an updated whitepaper that illustrates the transformation of training into learning and includes the most recent innovations in the learning industry. Initially developed in 2003 to help organizations chart a realistic direction on their path to learning optimization, the five-stage model aligns learning with strategic business goals, leading to increased cost savings, productivity, performance, employee retention and competitive advantage. A new infographic was also developed that outlines the latest version of the Learning Growth Model and is available at: 
http://on.fb.me/14HOiic
. Skillsoft is a pioneer in the field of technology-delivered learning with a long history of innovation and delivering solutions for its customers worldwide, ranging from global enterprises, government, and education to mid-sized and small businesses.

The Learning Growth Model is detailed in Skillsoft’s whitepaper, The Skillsoft Learning Growth Model: A Blueprint for Integrating Learning into the Life of the Enterprise in Five Manageable Stages. The whitepaper presents a clear business value for linking learning to organizational business goals to increase the value and impact of the learning program. Organizations can learn how to transform learning from skills-focused training to business-focused learning that aligns with strategic business goals and provides a greater business value. A key phase in this process is reaching strategic transformation, which is the minimal position for all organizations that seek to align learning to business goals and are focused on building the optimum transfer of learning into the workplace.

“Developing talent is an organizational imperative as the demand for innovative, leading edge talent is intensifying with no sign of slowing down. Industry experts estimate that 55-80 percent of what people learn is lost or not applied to the job. This puts pressure on organizations to justify the time and resources they dedicate to learning,” said John Ambrose, senior vice president, strategy, corporate development and emerging business, Skillsoft. “By closely correlating a learning program with tangible business goals, organizations can improve knowledge retention and document a return on their learning investment. Our whitepaper and infographic are excellent tools for guidance through this process, which transforms basic training into integrated learning.”

The five stages of the Skillsoft Learning Growth Model are:

Stage 1 – Supplement. In this stage, elearning is introduced to address scalability challenges and reduce costs. New elearning resources address a backlog of demand for skills-based training that could not be delivered via traditional methods due to high costs. Reduced travel costs, design and development costs, instructor time and learners’ time away from work all contribute to significant cost savings.

Stage 2 – Targeted. During stage two, targeted learning begins to support specific initiatives and job roles. This stage expands earlier results and provides elearning in new workplace areas. Elearning resources replace redundant classroom training, which further reduces learning costs. Executive support typically increases during this stage of the Learning Growth Model.

Stage 3 – Strategic. Learning is aligned to strategic business objectives and begins to connect to talent management to increase the value and impact of learning during stage three. This is the most pivotal stage in the Learning Growth Model and marks the transformation from skills-focused training to business-focused learning and is a major point of change into a new learning paradigm.

Stage 4 – Integrated. Stage four is marked by increasing talent and accelerating organizational agility. Organizations that reach this stage have successfully woven learning into the fabric of the organization. Learning is focused on accelerating business results, deepening the talent pool and creating an agile, empowering, productive and creative organization.

Stage 5 – Optimized. Organizations at the optimized stage have fully matured and are focused on deepening talent and broadening learning to the extended enterprise. Elearning is branched out to the organization’s supply chain, customers, etc. Learning has become globally ubiquitous and seamlessly integrates into the workplace.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

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HRchitect Technology Vendor News: Saba Appoints Mark Robinson as Chief Financial Officer

May 16, 2013

Proven Executive to Leverage Experience in Building Businesses for Growth and Success

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. – May 7, 2013 – Saba (OTC Pink: SABA), the premier provider of people-centric enterprise solutions, announced today the appointment of Mark W. Robinson as Chief Financial Officer. Saba anticipates that Mr. Robinson will assume his new position with the Company on or prior to June 3, 2013. In this role, Mr. Robinson will report to the Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Robinson brings to Saba 25 years of executive leadership experience in building a range of technology companies. He joins Saba after spending nearly five years with Calypso Technology, Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer for this multinational software and professional services company. Prior to joining Calypso Technology, Inc., he served as Chief Financial Officer of Discus Dental, a manufacturer of consumer goods and medical devices. He was previously Chief Financial Officer of Q Comm International, a leader in prepaid telecommunication products. He also served in several other management roles at companies including Prometrix/KLA-Tencor and Hewlett Packard Corporation.

“Mark brings deep experience from technology companies and important leadership skills that will help drive the planning and execution of our immediate and long-term financial strategies,” said Shawn Farshchi, interim Chief Executive Officer of Saba. “He is joining at a pivotal point in our evolution. His experience will prove invaluable as we aim to expand our reach into new markets and penetrate key segments.”

Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Robinson said, “This is an exciting time to be joining Saba. The company is executing on its cloud product strategy for next-generation talent management solutions, is led by a talented team and is positioned to address very attractive markets. I am energized by the challenge and look forward to contributing to the company’s success.”

Mr. Robinson earned his M.B.A. and B.S. in Finance & Marketing from The University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

About Saba

Saba (OTC Pink: SABA) enables global organizations to build a transformative workplace that leverages the advent of social networking in business and the ubiquity of mobile to empower an organization’s most mission-critical assets – its people. The company provides a set of people-centric enterprise solutions to various businesses and industries worldwide. Saba delivers cloud-based learning, performance, planning and collaboration solutions to transform the way people work.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM)Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: Diverse Organizations Select Ultimate Software’s UltiPro for Business Advantages of Unified HCM

May 15, 2013

WESTON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading cloud provider of people management solutions, announced today that three companies — Advanced Health Media, Credit Union of Texas, and Karl Strauss Brewing Company — have chosen Ultimate Software’s cloud-based UltiPro solution to consolidate HR processes, deliver better and faster reporting, improve accuracy of workforce information with one master system of record for employees, and increase overall efficiencies.

Many organizations rely on multiple systems, paper forms, and disparate databases to manage, track, and plan a range of vital HR and talent management functions. Some businesses also use external services and payroll service bureaus, which can add additional levels of complexities and difficulties. Frequent business challenges include redundant effort; cumbersome and often inaccurate reporting; inconsistent or incomplete data that requires reconciliation; and confusion among stakeholders about which source of information is truly accurate. As a result, the productivity of HR declines, systems administration takes precedence over strategic initiatives, and the lack of efficiencies impacts the overall business.

Many organizations are using UltiPro’s comprehensive HCM functionality and capabilities to address these issues as well as expand the strategic contributions of their HR teams.

Advanced Health Media, LLC, is the leading global provider of technology-enabled services designed to manage compliant interactions with healthcare professionals for the highly regulated pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries. The service provider had been using multiple systems provided by a payroll service bureau, but often experienced issues with a lack of integration, inaccurate or delayed reporting, as well as extra costs. The company selected UltiPro in March 2013 so that its information related to recruitment, onboarding, payroll, benefits, performance management, succession management, and time management will be in sync, easily reportable, and immediately accessible to all.

“We need one solution to efficiently and effectively manage our HR and payroll,” said Renée De Franco, senior vice president of human resources at Advanced Health Media. “UltiPro provides the right strategic HR, payroll, and talent functionality for our business — without requiring the administration needed to transfer data back and forth among multiple systems. We’re really looking forward to the ease of use, the instant access to information, as well as the cost and time savings by not having to double-check information and fix problems when we had multiple systems for HR management.”

Credit Union of Texas, with over $1 billion in assets, is ranked as one of the top 10 credit unions in the state of Texas by asset size and serves more than 142,000 members. The nonprofit’s HR processes had been distributed across six separate systems — each with its own software, log-in, and database. Because the interfaces between these systems were limited, the same data had to be manually entered into the multiple programs and spreadsheets. The credit union selected UltiPro in March 2013 to solve its HCM challenges.

“Multiple systems create much more work than is necessary,” said John-Paul Morgante, vice president of human resources at Credit Union of Texas. “The inefficiency and lack of quality for reporting was an even higher concern. For example, with these systems, three people had to compile data just to generate companywide HR reports. With different log-ins and passwords, employees and managers also get frustrated when using a half-dozen different systems. UltiPro’s intuitive platform will provide a smoother, more enjoyable experience for our end users. By automating our processes in one single solution, UltiPro will deliver significant benefits to our teams, managers, employees, and the overall business.”

Karl Strauss Brewing Company is a San Diego-based craft brewery, ranked #44 on the list of top craft breweries in the U.S. In addition to being available at the company’s seven Brewery Restaurant locations, its beers are sold at over 3,000 restaurants, bars, and retail stores across California. According to Molly Brooks, HR director at Karl Strauss Brewing Company, the primary driver for seeking a unified HCM platform was healthcare reform. With its previous system, the HR team and managers could not address companywide reporting needs related to new and upcoming legislation. The company chose UltiPro in April 2013.

“With an expanding workforce and more locations, we needed a single, easy-to-use HCM solution to centralize employee data so we can generate accurate reporting quickly and ensure compliance,” said Brooks. “With the right technology in place, we can make a significant impact on our organization. We’re looking forward to having UltiPro as our one system of record, and business benefits will include better reporting, more operational efficiencies, and improved communication.”

“In addition to automating and streamlining processes, UltiPro’s unified HCM provides organizations with end-to-end functionality that delivers strategic data to upper-level executives and managers that can strengthen decision-making,” said Chris Phenicie, chief sales officer for UltiPro Workplace at Ultimate Software. “With our cloud-based technology, diverse organizations — across all industries and of all sizes — can see business benefits very quickly. We’re very pleased that UltiPro will support Advanced Health Media, Credit Union of Texas, and Karl Strauss Brewing Company as each organization builds an efficient, people-centric environment and, as a result, becomes better positioned to meet its unique business goals.”

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM)Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: HIREVUE ANNOUNCES Q1 2013 RESULTS

May 15, 2013

HIREVUE ANNOUNCES Q1 2013 RESULTS INCLUDING TRIPLE DIGIT REVENUE GROWTH AND SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF GLOBAL CLIENT BASE

New customer demand and expansion across global markets fuels digital interviewing leader’s 11th consecutive quarter of growth

SALT LAKE CITY – May 8, 2013 – HireVue, the leading on-demand digital interviewing platform provider, today announced 100 percent sales growth and a 78 percent increase in new customers for the quarter ended April 30, 2013, as compared to the same quarter 2012. The company also announced the appointment of Rick McCord to its leadership team as Vice President of Global Sales.

“Experiencing 100 percent sales growth in Q1 – particularly on the heels of a record 2012 – is an outstanding testament to our incredibly talented team and to the technology we’ve built here at HireVue,” said Mark Newman, founder and CEO, HireVue. “We’re laser focused on investing in our most important asset – our customers – to help them reimagine and modernize the way they recruit talent and ultimately transform their business.”

Newman added, “I’m also extremely pleased to welcome Rick to the leadership team. Rick’s unparalleled sales acumen and experience scaling sales organizations will further help to position us for continued growth and expansion. Rick will be leading one of the most seasoned and talented global sales teams in HR technology, and we’re thrilled to have him on board.”

Fiscal and business highlights for the quarter ended April 30, 2013:

  • Year-over-year sales growth of 100 percent from both new and existing customers.
  • 78 percent increase in new customers added, year over year, with the addition of top global organizations including:
    • BASF Corporation
    • Carnival Corporation
    • Ciber, Inc.
    • Planet Hollywood International, Inc.
    • Recruitmilitary LLC
    • University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics
  • Record candidate satisfaction ratings based on candidate experience surveys during the quarter, which revealed that 97% of candidates appreciate the convenience of on-demand digital interviews. Further, 95% of candidates appreciate that it’s a fair and consistent process while another 90% agree that digital interviews are an effective way for companies to get to know them as individuals.
  • 476% interview volume growth year over year.
  • The appointment of Rick McCord as Vice President of Global Sales. McCord brings more than 25 years of experience to HireVue, having served previously as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services for Domo Inc, a leading provider of business intelligence software. His leadership helped drive Domo from its founding days to becoming one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies. Earlier in his career, McCord served as Vice President, Americas, Sales for LANDesk and as Vice President of Global Channel Sales and Alliances at Altiris, which was acquired by Symantec.

“I am thrilled to join HireVue. As a former HireVue customer, I saw first-hand the impact digital interviewing had on our business and our ability to succeed. We were able to reduce time to hire and improve the quality of hire while focusing our efforts on top-notch candidates. I look forward to sharing my story with others in our drive to grow HireVue,” said McCord.  “As a sales executive, I understand the challenges associated with sourcing and selecting the best talent quickly and returning hiring managers to revenue-generating tasks. HireVue is doing just that, by enabling the sourcing and recruiting process to happen anywhere, anytime – and allowing companies to get to the best talent before the competition. It’s truly a game-changing technology that is having an impact all the way to the C-suite.”

For more information on HireVue, please visit www.HireVue.com.

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To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM)Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 16 years in business working on over 2000 successful engagements for more than 900 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: Talent Acquisition Enters New Frontier: iCIMS’ Latest Release Reflects the Changing Dynamic of the Job Search

May 13, 2013

-Talent Platform 13.1 enhancements reflect desire of employers to not only recruit for open positions, but promote their employment brand and build relationships with potential candidates-

MATAWAN, N.J. (May 6, 2013) – iCIMS, Inc., a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition software solutions for growing businesses, is announcing the launch of the latest version of its core product, Talent Platform 13.1. This release is a standout; it features progressive new functionality that reflects the growing desire of companies to utilize technology to not only help in advertising jobs but to build relationships with potential candidates and increase brand awareness.

“Talent acquisition has become so much more than just tracking applicants,” said iCIMS Chief Marketing Officer, Susan Vitale. “It’s about building relationships, creating brand awareness, and communicating your company culture and values. This convergence of marketing and recruitment is exciting at an industry level and helps build interest on the candidate side, which ultimately assists employers in recruiting and onboarding great talent. That’s what our suite of solutions strives to do.”

Enhancements to iCIMS Talent Platform include optimized career portal branding, new bidirectional email, comprehensive metrics dashboards, and an upgraded Onboard solution.

“The talent acquisition lifecycle really starts on a company’s career portal, where both active and passive candidates search for job openings and research companies,” said Vitale. “This is where a company needs to put its best foot forward. Our 13.1 release allows clients to create a public-facing career portal that has a clean, modern look configured with brand assets that give not only candidates, but the public at large, a look into a company’s culture and brand.”

One of the most highly-anticipated new features of the Talent Platform is Bidirectional Email.  This new feature, which came directly through customer feedback, allows recruiters, hiring managers, and HR professionals to send email communications from the platform to candidates, while automatically recording the two-way conversation in the platform for historical data tracking. The communications interface has also been modernized across notes, appointments, and email composition. As a foray into Big Data, iCIMS is also now offering a new Metrics Dashboard, which allows users to view and drill down into insightful data across products, including key stats around career portal activity, candidate sources, and high level workflow summaries.

The company’s 13.1 release will also coincide with the much anticipated release of its upgradedOnboard solution. Onboard allows HR professionals to automate the transition from candidate to productive new hire, which is key to new hire retention. According to a 2011 Aberdeen Group report on employee productivity, the right onboarding process has been found to increase new hire retention by 50% and double the level of new hire engagement. iCIMS’ configurable Onboard solution provides options for companies to house dynamic content, like tailored welcome messages, pictures, and onboarding videos. This greatly enhances the transition experience, giving new hires the ability to engage and learn about the company while completing important online forms before their first day.

“Along with enhancing our core Talent Platform, we have also improved our integrations with background check solution providers,” commented iCIMS Chief Technical Officer Paul Melici. “It is so important companies ensure they are in line with state and federal mandates when bringing on a new hire. Our new standard integration package in 13.1 automates the process so background checks are easy, repeatable, and scalable.”

The iCIMS Talent Platform can be integrated with over 125 different service providers, likeSterling, Orange Tree, First Advantage, Aurico, TalentWise, and Accurate, to facilitate a company’s recruitment initiatives. All of these enhancements are expected to strengthen iCIMS’ already stellar customer service, which recently garnered two coveted industry awards including the Bronze Stevie® Award for “Customer Service Department of the Year” in the Computer Software category and a top three ranking in HRO Today Magazine’s “Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings” in the Talent Management Software category.

To find out more about iCIMS’ suite of talent acquisition solutions, visit 
http://www.icims.com/
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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: Gene Gainey Joins HealthcareSource as Senior Vice President of Sales

May 13, 2013

Woburn, MA – April 22, 2013 – HealthcareSource®, the leading provider of talent management solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that Gene Gainey has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Sales. In this role, Gene is responsible for driving sales operations and accelerating sales growth for the company’s Quality Talent Suite™, a suite of software solutions designed to source, hire, assess, develop and retain the best workforce possible in order to reduce costs and improve patient experience.

Prior to joining HealthcareSource, Gene held sales leadership positions at Globoforce, Learn.com/Taleo, Global Knowledge and Centra Software, where he successfully built and expanded sales organizations to maximize efficiency, achieve sales growth and help clients leverage Human Capital Management (HCM) technology to address business issues.

“We were looking for someone with a proven track record of scaling sales organizations who will institute winning strategies to take advantage of the substantial market opportunity in healthcare talent management,” said Peter Segall, president and CEO of HealthcareSource. “Gene brings a highly relevant set of skills and experiences that fit these criteria to a tee. I’m excited to have him join the team and look forward to the results of his contributions.”

With the addition of Gene, HealthcareSource continues to expand its sales organization, more than doubling the size of the team in the past year. Gene joins a seasoned sales management team and will provide executive leadership as the team continues to grow.

A 25+ year veteran of the technology industry, Gene has also worked for leading companies including Siebel Systems, Dun & Bradstreet Software and Zenith Data Systems. Gene holds a B.A. in accounting from North Carolina State University and resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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HRchitect HRtechnology Vendor News: Randstad Sourceright Introduces RPO-Integrated Assessment Program

April 10, 2013

If you are looking for a new Human Capital Management (HCM) System, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 16 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HCM 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!

Consultative Approach, Strategic Alignment and Deep Provider Network Drive Candidate Quality and Predictability with a Unique RPO Focus

Randstad Sourceright, a global talent leader, recently announced details of its Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Integrated Assessment Program.  Designed to provide strategic capability beyond single-purpose and ad-hoc utilization of assessments to support given roles, the program provides a comprehensive approach to ensure that assessments drive measurable value in addressing overall talent acquisition and business needs for each client.

A key to the program’s effectiveness is the focused combination of three strategic elements. These include consultative support through dedicated assessment experts; an RPO alignment strategy to ensure that assessments directly address business goals, metrics and reporting needs; and an industry leading assessment network drawing from the strengths of today’s top providers.  As an integrated process in the RPO relationship, assessment strategy is driven by a continuous review and improvement framework, helping to ensure that the assessment strategy evolves to increase predictability of candidate fit and quality against changing business and market needs.

“Through our RPO-Integrated Assessment Program, Randstad Sourceright continues to reinforce the strategic approach that drives all aspects of our RPO solutions,” said Brooke Mellor, Director of Randstad Sourceright’s Assessments Center of Expertise. “By leveraging our deep expertise, a great assessment provider network and a strategic process-driven approach, Randstad Sourceright provides clients with an advantage in achieving and maintaining candidate quality with better predictability.”

“A focus on business impact is central to all facets of our RPO solutions, and assessments are no exception,” said Rebecca Callahan, Randstad Sourceright’s president of RPO. “Through our Assessments COE, Randstad Sourceright is proud to reinforce its commitment to translating RPO value into a business and talent advantage for our clients around the world.”

The RPO-Integrated Assessment program was developed and implemented by Randstad Sourceright’s Assessment Center of Expertise (COE), one of the four primary COEs implemented by Randstad Sourceright over the past two years. The Assessment COE is dedicated to improving candidate quality and effectiveness by centralizing knowledge, guidance and expertise in assessment utilization and ensuring that clients have the right assessment solution for their talent and business needs.

Randstad Sourceright’s enhanced assessment capabilities are preconfigured with its RPO solution as part of its best practices methodology. The global talent leader will help its clients determine the skillsets they require of their candidates and ensure they identify the individuals who will add value to their organizations. Adding a layer of standardization to screening practices, the assessments ensure consistent and objective evaluation of candidates’ skills, fit and capabilities to improve compliance with regulatory requirements.

Randstad Sourceright’s COEs are led by industry experts and thought leaders in key areas of talent acquisition, providing the structure, mission and focus needed to drive continuous improvement and ensure quality results for clients around the world. The company’s primary COEs include: Sourcing and Recruiting; Employment Branding and Social Media; Assessments; and Compliance and Diversity.  To learn more visit:


http://www.randstadsourceright.com/solutions/recruitment-process-outsourcing-rpo/rpo-centers-of-expertise/

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HRchitect’s HRtechnology Vendor News: Jobscience Brings Cloud-based Recruitment Lifecycle Management to Spin Systems

April 5, 2013

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 16 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!

Spin Systems Uses Jobscience’s Relationship-centric App to Source Talent, Hire Candidates and On-board Employees

Jobscience Inc., the leader in Social Relationship Management for HR, recently announced that it has enabled Spin Systems to centralize its talent acquisition processes, while simultaneously moving their recruiting system to the Cloud. Spin Systems recruiters can now easily find and access information about a candidate at any point within the engagement process, from any computer at any location.

“Before deploying Jobscience Recruiting, we were using a client-based windows application that required users to go to a computer where the software was installed in order to use the application,” said Ms. Carissa Braithwaite, Human Resources Manager, Spin Systems Inc. “We needed a cloud-based application and were using Salesforce.com for CRM, so we were delighted to find that Jobscience leveraged the robust Force.com Cloud platform.”

With Jobscience, Spin Systems can approach talent acquisition similar to customer acquisition, which is a game-changer in Human Capital Management. Corporate hiring teams are empowered to treat employees like customers and move candidates through the recruitment management lifecycle in an expedited, seamless, closed-loop fashion – leveraging best-practices and workflows from CRM industry-leader salesforce.com.

“Jobscience is a great system that allows us to keep track of every resume, email, phone call and interaction with candidates – all the way through the hiring process,” added Braithwaite. “There have been times we’ve needed to retrieve key information AFTER a hire and the Jobscience application made it quick and easy to find the communication.”

Whether a company is sourcing talent for future growth plans, actively filling open positions, or managing rehires, Jobscience places the ‘individual’ in the center of the workflow, creating a relationship-based system. Other recruiting applications center the workflow around a ‘transaction,’ such as a job requisition. But Jobscience’s relationship-based approach enables recruiters to create and manage a pipeline of talent in a searchable and active database with a complete view of candidate engagement.

“We are facing a situation we have never seen before – a time when we do not have enough talent to back-fill the number of people leaving the economy at the rate they are leaving,” said Ted Elliott, CEO and Founder of Jobscience. “Jobscience is helping companies through this change by transforming their talent acquisition strategy and processes so they can continue to hire candidates with the skill sets they need to be successful.”

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TalentBrew Adds Location-Based Job Functionality; First of Several Enhancements to TMP Worldwide’s Industry Leading Recruiting Platform…from TMP Worldwide

September 16, 2012

 

First-to-Market Functionality in TalentBrew Recruitment Platform Improves the Way Job Seekers Find Relevant Jobs by Leveraging Location Information and Displaying Related Content

 

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 15 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!

 

TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications, LLC, a leading global technology-enabled talent acquisition company  that leverages software, advertising and creativity to deliver award winning products and services, announced today details of the latest release of its TalentBrew recruiting platform. Recent enhancements include a first-to-market focus on street address and office locations, providing TalentBrew users with an improved candidate searching experience and the ability to view information beyond the job description on either a desktop or mobile device.

TalentBrew enables job seekers to do more than just find a job; it empowers them to concentrate on building their careers by matching them to the most pertinent positions. With the latest release of TalentBrew, TMP has further enhanced the way candidates are presented with job opportunities. TalentBrew can now include unique information related to the hiring employer’s specific location such as maps, commute times and images that allow job seekers to see additional content about each opportunity before they apply. A key component of the new location features is that it does not require a client or their applicant tracking system (ATS) to send an address for every job description; using the latest technologies and drawing from its significant innovation, TalentBrew generates and delivers the address mapping.

The new release also empowers job seekers with an advanced search function that enables them to search for jobs based on their proximity to a certain zip code or city. Using TMP’s updated global city and zip code database, job seekers can search for opportunities within a maximum distance of either miles or kilometers, ensuring they only receive results for positions within that designated radius. Such advancements save job seekers time, as they can consider positions only in their desired location and preferred commuting range. Employers also benefit, as they can be sure they attract applicants who already live in, or are willing to relocate to, their specific areas.

“TMP is dedicated to being at the forefront of the latest trends in technology and to offering the best possible candidate experience. We do this by continually enhancing TalentBrew to provide our clients with tools and improvements that connect them to a higher level of talent across the web,” said Matt Lamphear, senior vice president of Interactive Products at TMP Worldwide. “Location information is not what is next – it is now. Employers can improve talent acquisition strategies by leveraging location-based and location-aware tools more often, and this enhancement is a major step.”

For more information about TalentBrew, please visit
http://www.talentbrew.tmp.com

 

To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 15 years in business working on over 1800 successful engagements for more than 800 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

 
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HireVue Secures $22 Million to Modernize and Reinvent the Recruiting Process…from HireVue

August 31, 2012

 

Cloud-Based Digital Interview Platform Makes Archaic Interviewing Process Up to Ten Times Faster, Consistent and Data-Driven

 

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 15 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!

 

Leading on-demand digital interviewing platform provider, HireVue, Inc. announced the close of $22 million in funding including a $17 million Series C equity round, led by Investor Growth Capital, and an expansion of the company’s debt facility. Granite Ventures, who led HireVue’s previous round, Peterson Ventures, who led HireVue’s A-round, new investors Rose Park Advisors, and the law firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati also supported this round.

Fueled by the emergence of social and mobile recruiting, many companies now receive more than 100 applicants for a given position, and 68 percent of employers report that more than half of those candidates are not qualified for the position, according to the Talent Board’s Candidate Experience Report. What’s more, employers are confined by age-old means of screening and interviewing those candidates to narrow the field and find the right talent.

To streamline their hiring processes, more than 10 percent of Fortune 100 companies currently use the HireVue on-demand digital interview platform, and have reported a vastly improved and more convenient experience for their candidates while being able to screen exponentially more people in less time. The HireVue cloud-based platform takes recruiting into the 21st century, making interviews available on-demand. Qualified candidates simply respond to interview questions at their own convenience from a computer, tablet or smartphone, and employers can then watch interview responses anytime, anywhere. Since responses are captured digitally, they can be objectively compared, rated and shared with other members of the hiring team.

“HireVue’s on-demand digital interviews are a game-changer for anyone who’s hiring. Already being used by hundreds of global companies and small businesses, HireVue’s quickly becoming the new digital standard for making interviewing a consistent, data-driven process,” said Phil Dur, Managing Director at Investor Growth Capital. “Leading this round of funding is an incredible opportunity for us to be an integral part of a company with tremendous growth potential.”

“HireVue is effectively changing the way that people around the world are getting hired,” said David Bradford, chief executive officer at HireVue, Inc. “Bringing in this diverse, world-class group of funding partners further validates the need for a solution like HireVue’s and solidly fuels the company’s aggressive plans to modernize recruiting and expand our services to a global job market. With the U.S. unemployment rate at more than 8 percent, despite millions of open jobs, I cannot think of a better time to address this critical problem.”

In previous rounds, the company raised a total of $6 million and has built its management team along with sales and support organizations to take the company to a new level of growth and expansion of its services. HireVue currently employs more than 60 professionals, and provides its services to more than 300 companies, including: Walmart, Nike, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, eBay, Nestle, GEICO, Dow Jones and more. The influx of investment capital will be focused on strategic investments in research and development (R&D), sales and marketing, client services, and global expansion.

As the series leader, Investor Growth Capital is a global venture capital firm backed by Investor AB, with offices in Menlo Park, New York, Beijing, and Stockholm. The firm manages an evergreen fund with more than 100 portfolio companies worldwide and assets exceeding $1.5 billion.  Founded in 1916, Investor AB, the sole limited partner in IGC, is the largest listed industrial holding company in Northern Europe whose investments include AstraZeneca, Ericsson and NASDAQ OMX, amongst others.

Rose Park Advisors, a new investment partner for HireVue, is a specialized investment firm focused on identifying investment opportunities by applying the concept of disruptive innovation. Harvard Business School’s Clayton Christensen, The New York Times best-selling author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, and architect of the disruptive innovation framework founded the firm in 2007, along with his son Matt Christensen.

“HireVue has effectively digitized and modernized the way that people around the world will vie for and secure their next job,” said Matt Christensen, CEO and Portfolio Manager of Rose Park Advisors. “We saw an opportunity to be a part of something we believe has enormous potential as a ‘disruptive innovation’ and we jumped at the chance to take HireVue to the next level.”

Granite Ventures and Peterson Ventures both participated in HireVue’s previous funding rounds. Granite Ventures is largely focused on funding early-stage technology companies in sectors where they believe partners have deep domain expertise, broad industry knowledge and significant investment experience. Peterson Ventures partners with entrepreneurs and founders of great companies, providing strategic input, operational assistance, and access to an influential and expert network of partners. Based in Salt Lake City, Peterson Ventures has invested in many successful companies including JetBlue, Asurion, and Instashred. Also contributing to this round is Robin Ferracone, CEO of Farient Advisors, a leading independent executive compensation and performance consulting firm. Ferracone is a veteran HR executive and the former president of Mercer Consulting’s HR practice.

To learn more about HireVue, please visit www.hirevue.com

 

To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 15 years in business working on over 1800 successful engagements for more than 800 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

 
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Jobscience Offers First Mass Resume Parser for Talent Management…from Jobscience

August 28, 2012

 

Resume Power Uploads Thousands of Resumes in Minutes – Saving Time and Improving Candidate Data Quality

 

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 15 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!

 

Jobscience, Inc., the leader in Social Relationship Management for HR, today announced Jobscience Resume Power™, the industry’s first high-speed mass resume parser integrated into a Talent Management solution. Jobscience Resume Power saves sourcing specialists and recruiters considerable time by avoiding manual data entry and eliminates the high cost of outsourcing bulk resume loads to a professional services organization. Data quality is dramatically improved as complete resume content, candidate engagement history and the originating channel is captured and tracked.

“The reality is that many resumes never make it into a Talent Management system because it can be such a time consuming process,” said Ted Elliott, CEO and founder of Jobscience. “The popularity of social recruiting has added to the complexity of centralizing candidate data from disparate channels. But with Resume Power, companies have a cost-effective way to upload, parse and track every resume, whether it came from LinkedIn, Facebook, a job board, email or a job fair. This improves the quality of their database and results in faster/better candidate placements.”

This breakthrough technology allows recruiters to upload and parse individual resumes or folders of hundreds or thousands of resumes in just minutes rather than days. Paper resumes collected from job fairs and networking events can be quickly loaded into the same system as digital applicants, avoiding inefficient data entry processes.

“Capturing accurate data about candidates and where they came from is paramount to our business,” said Nicola James, Managing Partner at Thomas Brooke International. “We generate referrals and get resumes from a number of different sources and it’s time-consuming but important to input high-quality data into a centralized system.  Jobscience Resume Power simplifies and speeds up this process. We can efficiently upload complete information into Jobscience – resume, source, specific job, application stage – where we can track each candidate’s engagement history, improving the quality and accuracy of our candidate information. This helps us know where our top candidates are coming from, so we can most effectively leverage those resources, and also in building and maintaining meaningful relationships with candidates right from the start.”

How it Works

Jobscience Resume Power allows users to easily upload individual resumes or folders of resumes from their hard drive into the Jobscience Recruiting application. Uploading is accomplished through a simple drag and drop interface that also allows users to select attributes that apply to a resume, such as job, disposition, and applicant source.

Once uploaded into the Jobscience Recruiting application, the entire content of the resume is parsed and saved as structured data. Parsed resumes can be immediately searched using keywords or hierarchical position taxonomies to fill current job openings or begin new sourcing and recruiting projects.

Jobscience Resume Power can also help eliminate the challenge of getting information from paper resumes into a digital system. Paper resumes are first scanned with an OCR (optical character recognition) scanner and then uploaded into the Jobscience system. OCR scanned resumes retain the drag and drop uploading, attribution selection and parsing capabilities.

Jobscience Resume Power is a standard feature of Jobscience Recruiting and Jobscience Team Edition available now at no extra charge to customers.

For more information on Jobscience, please visit  www.jobscience.com.

 

To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 15 years in business working on over 1800 successful engagements for more than 800 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

 
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OneWire Unveils Enhancements to Recruiting Solution, Improving the Way Employers Connect with Finance Talent…from OneWire

August 27, 2012

 

Company Streamlines Job Search Tools, Improves Results View and Updates Interface, Helping Finance Candidates Connect to Jobs and Employers Faster

 

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 15 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!

 

OneWire®, where finance professionals get hired, today announced the release of the latest version of its cloud-based recruiting platform, built to help hiring employers more easily connect with candidates. The new release streamlines the way employers and recruiters find top talent and improves several candidate-facing features, such as a new homepage and stronger job searching functionality.

One of the primary enhancements to the platform is a new candidate results view, which provides employers with more candidate details upfront in the search results.  By showing candidates’ work history and education information in a standardized quick view, recruiters can review and compare candidates more easily.  The search functionality has been further enhanced with new filtering tools that allow users to sort candidates by a number of facets, including degrees, locations and years of experience.  These candidates can now be advanced more easily through the recruiting workflow.  Users can move one or multiple candidates from one step to another through a simplified set of tools.

In addition to improvements for employers, OneWire’s candidate interface is now more user-friendly and intuitive.  The homepage has been redesigned to place the job search function front and center,   prompting candidates to immediately begin searching for opportunities. Using an improved job search engine that provides search fields for both keywords and location, jobseekers are empowered to more quickly find relevant positions and initiate the application process.  Sign In and Sign Up forms have been updated to reflect these enhancements, streamlining the entry process for candidates.

“OneWire has emerged as the leading source for finance professionals to find relevant positions and connect with employers,” said OneWire president and co-founder Brin McCagg.  “A main part of that success is constantly improving our platform to meet the needs of both candidates and employers and ensuring they have a simple and intuitive experience.  This latest release provides employers with an easier way to find top talent, and it empowers candidates to more efficiently search for the positions and companies that will take their careers to the next level.”

Candidates can join OneWire’s talent community at no charge. Connect with the right finance jobs today by setting up a profile at www.onewire.com.

 

To learn more about HRchitect and how we can help your organization, please visit www.HRchitect.com. HRchitect is the leader in HR systems strategic consulting.  As the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management Systems consulting firm, we offer end-to-end HR technology consulting services focused around strategic planning, evaluation/selection, project management and implementation of HR systems, Talent Management Systems, Talent Acquisition Systems, and Workforce Management software. After more than 15 years in business working on over 1800 successful engagements for more than 800 clients across the globe, HRchitect is a name you can trust as your one-stop shop for all your HR technology consulting needs.

 
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