Taleo Gives Enterprises More Ways to Find and Develop Tomorrow’s Leaders…from Taleo

February 22, 2012

 

Latest Release of Taleo Enterprise Adds a Retooled User Interface That Simplifies and Unifies Access to Talent Intelligence and New Capabilities for Learning

HRchitect featured Taleo in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Taleo appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on November 6, 2009. HRchitect attended the 2010 & 2011 TaleoWorld conference and HRchitect’s Matt Lafata, one of the industry’s leading talent management systems analysts, attended Taleo’s annual Sales and Services meeting in 2010 & 2011.

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!

 

Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO), the global leader of SaaS-based Talent Management solutions, today unveiled the latest release of Taleo Enterprise, which gives organizations powerful new ways to source top performers and develop them into the next generation of leaders. Taleo also redesigned the user interface of its popular enterprise-class Talent Management suite. The result is a simple, unified environment that makes it easy to access talent intelligence across all Talent Management dimensions, from recruiting and learning to performance management and succession planning.

“This latest release of Taleo Enterprise delivers a new set of tools built into a newly unified user experience. Taleo continues to aggressively enhance its Talent Management platform to help companies attract and engage top talent, build better teams and optimize development strategies,” said Jason Blessing, executive vice president of products at Taleo. “Organizations across the globe continue to realize that talent has become a strategic weapon for corporate success.”

Key highlights of the latest release include enhancements to sourcing, learning and ease of use.

Taleo Recruiting helps keep pipelines filled with qualified candidates
Taleo Recruiting incorporates new features that help organizations proactively build pipelines filled with qualified candidates. With new contact management tools, organizations can reach beyond the existing application pool to source and pre-qualify top prospects before they become active candidates. Enhanced support for talent pipelines enable recruiters to continuously engage qualified talent before hiring needs become critical. Sourcing internal candidates is also easier because Taleo has streamlined access to internal talent pools and manager nominations. And managers can now assign preferred successors to open positions via Taleo’s improved Talent Browser.

“Taleo’s new pipeline management capabilities will enable us to proactively source business-critical candidates and to quickly hire and onboard exceptional talent, increasing business productivity,” said Keith Abernathy, manager of human resources for Moss Adams.

Taleo Learn reveals how development impacts performance
The new release includes improvements to Taleo Learn that address the crucial need for enterprises to find the most effective ways to develop top performers. For instance, Taleo provides faster access to relevant learning content and opportunities by giving employees, managers and HR practitioners the ability to search their organization’s learning catalog (based on the competencies they need to develop) and launch their learning activities directly from their development plans. Offering a vastly more comprehensive learning environment, Taleo links learning activities to specific goals and now includes learning histories in employee profiles. And to help managers better understand how learning impacts performance, Taleo now combines data from Taleo Learn, Taleo Performance and Taleo Recruiting into the world’s largest Talent Management data warehouse. Across the board, managers can rely on Taleo Learn to ensure their employees have the foundational, job-specific skills that lead to results.

Retooled interface unifies and simplifies the Taleo user experience
Anchoring the latest release of Taleo Enterprise is a redesigned user interface that streamlines the Taleo experience across all Talent Management modules, from recruiting to succession. The redesign includes new versions of the Talent Browser and Employee Snapshot, which combine to create a single place for managers and HR professionals to instantly gain a comprehensive view of their organization and their talent, and then take action to ensure they meet their business objectives. The Employee Snapshot is now available across multiple views — including Talent Pools, Succession Planning, and Talent Browser — so managers and HR staff can instantly access an employee’s most vital information without having to navigate to other pages. Throughout the suite, Taleo provides native reporting so users can pull data and generate reports on demand to immediately gather useful insights.

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

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SourceRight Solutions, a Randstad Company, Appoints Karen Turner as Vice President of Product Development and Strategy…from SourceRight Solutions

February 22, 2012

 

New Role Expands Company’s Integrated Approach to Strategic Innovation

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SourceRight Solutions, a Randstad company, today announced that Karen Turner, an accomplished business innovator with more than a decade of talent acquisition and workforce management experience, has been appointed vice president of product development and strategy.  In her role, Turner will be responsible for overseeing product development and strategy, product development lifecycles and partner development.

The newly designated product development and strategy group will provide a strategic function for guiding the innovation that has always been central to the company’s processes, but has traditionally been managed within lines of business. An integrated and centralized approach to development marks the continuation of the integrated innovation process—one that has led SourceRight to become a leader in blended workforce solutions spanning both RPO and MSP capabilities.

Turner has more than fifteen years of broad entrepreneurial and management experience in the industry. Prior to her current role, she was vice president of Strategic Talent Optimization, SourceRight’s Blended Workforce solution encompassing both recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) for traditional FTE talent and managed services provider (MSP) solutions for managing contingent and free-agent talent.  Earlier, she was responsible for designing, creating, delivering and managing the company’s contingent workforce services (CWS) line of business.

Prior to joining the company in 2006, Turner spent several years in the recruiting and staffing industry, holding various senior management positions in the fields of sales, marketing and strategic solutions. Turner is active in such organizations as HROA, SHRM and SIA, and she is considered to be an industry expert in talent acquisition and workforce management.

“Innovation has always been integral to our approach for delivering value to clients,” said SourceRight vice president of corporate development, Kelly Cartwright. “With her deep talent acquisition solutions background, Karen provides the level of expertise and experience needed to continue on our path of growth and success by driving innovation across our company.”

“With global operations, a blended workforce capability, and a focus on innovation, SourceRight and Randstad are uniquely positioned to meet the evolving needs of companies as they compete for talent in a complex, global business environment,” commented Turner.  “Through our product development function, I look forward to guiding a focused process that applies the tremendous knowledge and experience of SourceRight and Randstad to drive continued value for our clients and advance our leadership in the marketplace.”

For more information on SourceRight, please visit www.sourceright.com

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Retail Sector at Risk Through Lack of Engagement, New Study Claims…from Kenexa

February 21, 2012

 

New Research shows that improving engagement can enhance customer satisfaction and increase sales; leadership development, compensation, innovation and work-life balance hold the key to improving engagement  

HRchitect featured Kenexa in our 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. Derek Bluestone, VP Product Marketing appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 17, 2010. HRchitect’s Matt Lafata, one of the industry’s leading talent management systems analysts, attended the Kenexa Analyst Day in 2010 & 2011 and the Kenexa World Conference from 2009-2011.

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Employee engagement in the U.S. retail sector has sunk to its lowest levels since 2009, according to a new study which claims that engagement is directly linked to customer satisfaction, staff retention and financial performance.

The Kenexa High Performance Institute – a division of Kenexa (NYSE: KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources – has conducted global, evidence-based research into employee engagement for more than 25 years. Its latest report – “The World of Retail: How Employee Engagement Can Help the Registers Ring” – examines employee engagement trends in the retail sector since 2007 in six nations: the U.S., Brazil, China, Germany, India and the United Kingdom. The results show a marked drop in employee engagement in all six nations in 2011. Retail engagement scores in the U.S. trail only the U.K. and Germany.

“The economic downturn has hit retailers everywhere hard, as costs have been cut, plans have been put on hold and brands have gone out of business,” said Rena Rasch, research manager of the Kenexa High Performance Institute. “The sector has also seen an increase in employee theft and shoplifting, which has been attributed to low pay, poor benefits and a perception among employees that their companies don’t care about them.”

The new study reveals that employee engagement has a direct correlation with customer satisfaction and organizational performance.

“The simple truth is that engaged employees make a difference, particularly those in customer-facing positions,” Rasch said. “When engagement is low, customer satisfaction and organizational performance tend to be low. But when engagement levels rise, these factors also improve because employees are more motivated to contribute to the organization’s success and more willing to put in extra effort to accomplish tasks that are central to the goals of the organization. In other words, by improving employee engagement, retailers can enhance customer satisfaction and increase sales volume.”

According to the study, a low level of employee engagement also results in higher staff turnover. More than 50 percent of unengaged retail employees plan to leave their employer in the coming year, compared to only about 10 percent of highly engaged workers.

“Employees who are not engaged are much more likely to consider leaving their organization,” Rasch said. “As the global economy slowly emerges from the recession, opportunities for employees will open up elsewhere and retailers could find themselves competing for talent. This could prove costly for those with a less engaged workforce.”

The study also reveals that, out of six industry sectors surveyed globally, retail has the lowest level of employee engagement. The other sectors include high tech manufacturing, healthcare, banking and financial services and the public sector.

“The retail sector has faced a perennial struggle with employee engagement, partly because it employs many part-time, low skilled and seasonal workers,” Rasch said. “However, retailers are at risk if leaders and HR practitioners don’t act to bolster employee engagement in their organizations.”

The Kenexa High Performance Institute’s report includes four recommendations to help retailers improve employee engagement:

  • Develop effective leaders. Leaders need to inspire confidence in their employees through their actions and their demeanor. They must be trustworthy, honest and caring.
  • Help employees to balance their work and life priorities. Retailers should provide practical support, such as flexible work schedules, as well as emotional support and understanding.
  • Ensure compensation levels are fair. More than the amount of compensation, what matters most is each employee’s perception of pay fairness. Explain how their pay was determined and show the link between their pay and their performance.
  • Foster a climate of innovation. Employees want exciting work. They like trying new things, sharing their ideas and being listened to. The chance to be innovative challenges and motivates them to perform at their best.

“Offering employees fair compensation, exciting work and flexibility are proven approaches for improving employee engagement,” Rasch said. “However the most effective way to enhance employee engagement is to improve your leadership and management. Our research shows that employees who believe that their leaders and managers are effective have an engagement level that is three-to-five times higher than those who feel their leaders and managers are ineffective. Anyone in a position of authority should look in the mirror, evaluate their own practices and develop their leadership skills and competencies.”

The World of Retail: How Employee Engagement Can Help the Registers Ring can be downloaded free from: www.khpi.com/Current-R-D/WorkTrends

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

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Sage Launches Innovative Connected Service to Empower Businesses and Their Employees…from Sage

February 21, 2012

 

Sage Source is reinventing the online workspace to help employers provide the tools their employees need to achieve work life balance

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Sage North America today announced the release of Sage Source, a forward-thinking new connected service designed to provide services and benefits to small and midsized businesses and their employees while encouraging work life balance.

Sage Source is an easy-to-use, personalized, web-based workspace through which companies can offer their employees secure access to an ever-growing library of value added services (“gadgets”), from personal payroll history to company announcements and shopping discounts.  It is a cloud-based service accessible via internet connection 24 hours a day. Sage Source requires no training or IT administration, and is easy for businesses and their employees to start using right away. Sage Source extends the value of traditional, on-premise Sage products by making data securely available in the cloud.

Sage Source empowers small and midsized businesses by enhancing benefits packages to include offerings, such as group buying discounts, typically only offered in the past by larger organizations. It enables improved communication between a company and its workforce, and embraces advances in technology to help employees achieve work life balance.

Sage Source’s customizable views ensure each employee has access to the information that is most relevant to them. Employees can view their pay stubs, read the latest news, download company forms, book travel, shop for the best deals, and more all from the same centralized online environment. Allowing employees to stay connected to the tools they use every day simplifies daily tasks and increases productivity.

“Sage Source is an innovative new application that provides businesses with the tools they need to be competitive in any industry and maximize their return on employee investment (ROEI),” said Johnny Laurent, vice president and general manager of Sage Employer Solutions. “Providing employees with exclusive business products and services helps fulfill a company’s commitment to taking care of its employees; strengthens employee loyalty; and improves workforce engagement, motivation, and productivity.”

Sage Source will be introduced to Sage customers in a phased approach by product, starting with Sage HRMS customers and will become available to customers of other product lines over the coming months. For more information visit SageSource.com.

An industry-leading, customizable HRMS solution, Sage HRMS helps companies optimize their HR business processes as well as maximize their Return On Employee Investment (ROEI)™. Developed by HR professionals for HR professionals, Sage HRMS delivers a tightly integrated set of comprehensive features and functionality that increases efficiency and improves productivity at every level in the organization. With Sage HRMS, you can successfully meet and respond to HR management challenges in the areas of payroll, benefits, employee self-service, attendance, recruiting, training, workforce analytics, and more. By automating and streamlining your day-to-day HR business processes using Sage HRMS, you and your staff are freed up to spend more time and energy on the business asset that is most vital to your company— your employees.

For more information on Sage, please visit www.sagenorthamerica.com

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Checkers and Rally’s team with JobApp to drive operational efficiencies…from JobApp

February 21, 2012

 

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Talent management technology-provider JobApp Network said that Checkers Drive-In Restaurants is utilizing its services to up its talent quotient and reduce turnover.

According to JobApp, after less than nine months of utilizing its core talent acquisition solution, Checkers’ own internal analysis showed a 40.9% reduction in restaurant team member turnover. And, said JobApp, turnover results from the team members at JobApp restaurants were significantly better compared to Checkers’ control group restaurants.

Eliminating paper through JobApp allowed Checkers to process 14,000 applications across its 298 corporate locations in November 2011 and entirely eliminate paper from the hiring and onboarding processes.

“Over the past four years, Checkers and Rally’s has been investing heavily in systems, including Guest Satisfaction, Speed of Service and other operational tools along with Back Office solutions that are delivering record-level results in Guest Satisfaction and other operating metrics,” said Adam Noyes, chief restaurant operations and supply chain officer.

According to Noyes, the JobApp tool has helped drive awareness to an available employment pool, and has systematized the manual system, providing Checkers managers with tools to select the very best employees. “We also partnered with JobApp on full integration with our other operating systems, so it is a win-win for our team and for our guests,” he said.

Restaurant manager surveys conducted by Checkers across more than 50 restaurants indicated that restaurant managers also clearly perceived that JobApp brought a better quality of applicant and reduced time-to-hire.  In fact, the vast majority of its restaurant managers indicated an average time savings of approximately two hours per week and 92% of restaurant managers strongly recommended rolling JobApp out across the entire system.

For more information on JobApp, please visit www.jobappnetwork.com

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iCIMS Launches 11.3 Release, Includes New Social Recruiting Capabilities…from iCIMS

February 21, 2012

 

Latest version enhances best-in-class core functionality and social recruitment capabilities

HRchitect featured iCIMS in our 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. Adam Feigenbaum and Susan Vitale from iCIMS previously appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle.

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!

 

iCIMS, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service talent acquisition software for growing businesses, announced today that the latest version of the platform – 11.3 – is now available. The iCIMS “Core Release” boasts a strengthened, faster foundation complemented by scalable social media features ensuring clients are up to date with current recruitment marketing trends.

The 11.3 Core Release is the third of three themed releases iCIMS developed in 2011. By segmenting the releases into three themes, iCIMS is able to create a series of refined strategic enhancements, providing a user-friendly Talent Platform suitable to each industry represented in its rapidly growing client base.

Focused on the tenants of speed, ease of use, and flexibility, iCIMS dedicated the Core Release to improving search, security, and performance processes, as well as providing further scalability for each company’s diverse needs. One of the most anticipated features included in the upgrade is iCIMS’ new System Configuration functionality. Empowering users of the platform to make on-demand changes on their own, the System Configuration features allow administrators to configure the platform based on their organizations’ unique workflows and hiring preferences.

The 11.3 release also advances iCIMS’ innovations in the evolving world of social recruitment. New features like Social Resume allow recruiters to access real-time views of candidates’ social media profiles, to highlight current achievements and experience, while 11.3′s Social Apply functionality allows candidates to expedite the application process by pulling relevant information from their current Facebook or LinkedIn profile into the fields of their job application. When paired with iCIMS’ Recruitment Marketing Solution, clients can easily post jobs to social media outlets with minimal effort and enhance their employment branding, ultimately attracting more top talent to their organizations.

“The 11.3 Core Release not only improves the core of the iCIMS Talent Platform, but also provides a solid foundation to constantly adapt and evolve with the explosive social media market,” said Paul Melici, iCIMS Chief Technology Officer. “We are anticipating that this release will enable our clients to attract and monitor more candidates and in real-time.”

For more information on iCIMS, please visit www.icims.com

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Jobscience Takes the Gold in Talent Acquisition Technology for the 2011 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards…Jobscience

February 18, 2012

 

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, a leading Talent Relationship Management provider, recently announced its recruiting application has won the coveted Brandon Hall Gold Award for Excellence in the Talent Acquisition Technology category.

“Social networking is a game-changer for recruiting and will impact the way entire organizations are built,” said Ted Elliott, CEO of Jobscience. “Companies that leverage the social connections of their employees will be the market leaders of the future because of their ability to attract skilled talent while they are passively searching for jobs and engage them before the competition. Our technology solution approaches talent acquisition like customer acquisition and turns recruiting into a marketing exercise. We help our customers create ‘employment brands’ and tap into the leading social networks as well as their internal connections — to create talent pools. These talent pools empower companies to quickly access and acquire the top talent in the market.”

The Jobscience Recruiting application, built on Force.com, leverages customer relationship management (CRM) concepts, workflows, and best practices, which enable companies to gain, retain and grow employees through the full TRM lifecycle for talent optimization. Whether a company is sourcing talent for future growth plans, actively filling open positions, or managing rehires, the CRM approach of creating and managing a pipeline of talent in a searchable and active database is the key to a closed-loop talent strategy that creates a 360 degree view of the employee lifecycle.

“2011 provided us with a unique viewpoint of how organizations are driving business results and performance improvement through technology,” said Mike Cooke, CEO of Brandon Hall Group. “This was the year in which technology providers and their clients have been able to transform the power of mobile, social, talent, learning, sales and marketing technologies, with proven, validated results. Most impressive to our judges was an underlying theme around collaborative relationships, a deep understanding of client needs and how technology can be leveraged to create opportunities and operating efficiencies for organizations of all sizes. I am proud to announce these first-rate solution providers as award winners in the most competitive year yet.”

A panel of veteran, independent senior judges evaluated the entries along with Brandon Hall Group’s industry expert analysts and leadership. The winners are listed at www.brandon-hall.com.

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

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iCIMS Partners to Integrate with NetSuite’s Cloud Computing Platform…from iCIMS

February 18, 2012

 

SaaS ERP & Talent Acquisition Solution Providers Partner to Better Serve a Common Market

HRchitect featured iCIMS in our 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. Adam Feigenbaum and Susan Vitale from iCIMS previously appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle.

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!

 

iCIMS, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition software solutions for growing businesses, today announced a strategic partnership with NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N) and current plans to integrate  iCIMS’ Talent Platform with NetSuite’s cloud computing platform. The iCIMS Talent Platform provides industry-specific solutions to over 1,000 global organizations and facilitates the human resources process with an emphasis on social recruiting, talent acquisition, and onboarding.

NetSuite’s SuiteCloud is a comprehensive offering of cloud-based products, development tools, and services designed to help customers and commercial software developers take advantage of the significant economic benefits of cloud computing. The complete SuiteCloud offering includes NetSuite’s multi-tenant, always-on SaaS infrastructure, and the NetSuite Business Suite of application: Accounting/ERP, CRM, and Ecommerce.

“I am excited to announce this new partnership with iCIMS. They have proved themselves to be a superior player in the talent acquisition field, recognized for having a robust, scalable, and easy-to-use platform that provides a candidate and user experience that is second to none,” said Guido Haarmans, Vice President Developer Programs, NetSuite.  “It was the combination of these features, and their reputation for renowned customer service and support that made iCIMS the obvious choice to be NetSuite’s first commercial partner in its space.”

“We are both aggressively growing SaaS solution providers, committed to providing leading-edge technology that can easily and affordably scale to meet the needs of any sized organization,” said Ron Kasner, Chief Corporate Development Officer, iCIMS. “Given these synergies, along with a similar company culture built around customer orientation, the alliance between iCIMS and NetSuite is a natural fit.”

For more information on iCIMS, please visit www.icims.com

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Halogen Closes 2011 Fiscal Year with Significant Market Momentum…from Halogen Software

February 18, 2012

 

Growth in annual recurring revenue, international expansion and winning partnerships mark the best fourth quarter on record for talent management leader

HRchitect featured Halogen Software in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, 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!

 

Halogen Software, a leading provider of talent management software closed its fourth quarter and 2011 fiscal year with significant market momentum and strong year-over-year growth. Marked by a 37% year over year increase in annual recurring revenue (ARR), including 86% growth in ARR from international deals, and strong customer retention and satisfaction, Q4 of 2011 is the company’s best fourth quarter on record.

Just a few of the new customers that joined Halogen in the fourth quarter include: The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Fisher Communications, The University of Ottawa, RigNet, Genesis Health System, Agriculture Federal Credit Union, Bruker Nano Services Division and Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau, United Coffee, Artificial Solutions Iberia, Interra International, EC English Holdings and Addex Petroleum Services.

David Barbee, Director of HR for RigNet, explains why his company selected the Halogen eAppraisal™ and the Halogen eRecruitment™ modules for his organization’s talent management needs. “I’ve had previous experience using Halogen and brought it to RigNet because the end-user interface is intuitive and the overall functionality is better than any other product I’ve seen on the market,” said Barbee. “We like everything about Halogen – the organized process, the centralized access to employee and candidate data, the reminder system and the ability to easily track and manage appraisals, recruiting activities and more.”

Halogen’s recognition as an industry leader in talent management systems customer satisfaction is also a factor in the talent management leader’s business momentum. Customers see Halogen as a long term partner with both the best solutions and a brilliant customer experience that can help them build a world class workforce.

The human resources leader at Spain’s Artificial Solutions explains why they selected Halogen. “When we started researching a talent management solution, we were looking for a tool that would streamline the process, while being cost effective and simple to use,” said Óliver García Alemán, Head of HR and Organization, Artificial Solutions. “We have a number of offices across Europe, so being able to identify our people’s talents as well as making our appraisal, training and recruiting processes more structured and efficient benefits everyone. With Halogen our talent data is centralized in one system. This makes it easier to ensure consistency and accountability across groups, and to clearly link individual goals to our corporate objectives.”

Halogen’s success in the fourth quarter of 2011 capped off a year that featured product leadership and operational excellence:

  • The company released Version 11 of its Talent Management Suite and launched Halogen eRecruitment™, the first applicant tracking system (ATS) to fully integrate the recruiting process with all other talent management programs; making Halogen the first and only talent management vendor to provide a complete end-to-end solution organically built to drive performance.
  • Halogen’s suite allows HR and their organizations to experience talent management from a new perspective that aligns their workforce with their business strategy – something Halogen calls Big Picture Talent Management™. The suite is designed to ensure each talent management touch point – from recruitment to retirement – reinforces the organization’s culture and values and drives top level goals and objectives.
  • In response to the global demand for its talent management solution, the company announced the opening of a UK office that will allow it to more easily market and sell its solutions internationally.
  • The company was positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Employee Performance Management Software”, which examined 20 vendors offering employee performance management software and positioned them in quadrants based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute.
  • Former Blackbaud Inc. CFO Timothy V. Williams joined Halogen’s Board of Directors.
  • Halogen announced strategic  partnerships with:  video learning provider ej4 via its seamless integration with Halogen eLearning Manager™; industry-leading sourcing technology vendor SmartPost, via its integration with Halogen eRecruitment; PDS, a leading developer of human resource, benefits, recruiting and payroll systems; and Logica Finland, a recognized leader in delivering Human Capital Services in the Finnish region.
  • Hundreds of Halogen customers from around the world participated in Halogen’s Sixth Annual User Conference in Atlanta, Georgia – the company’s largest user conference to-date.

 

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

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Jobvite’s 2012 Customer Summit To Discuss Optimizing Social Recruiting Efforts and Celebrate Customer Success…from Jobvite

February 16, 2012

 

Keynote Address by Guy Kawasaki, Industry Expert and Renowned Venture Capitalist

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!

 

Jobvite, the leading recruiting platform for the social web, today announced it will host its 2012 Customer Summit in early May. Hundreds of current and prospective customers, media and analysts will join Jobvite executives in this annual event to discuss trends in social recruiting, industry best practices and how to optimize the use of Jobvite and win the war for talent. This year’s event will feature a keynote address from industry visionary and renowned venture capitalist, Guy Kawasaki.

Jobvite’s annual customer summit is designed for attendees to learn how social recruiting is being used as it relates to larger hiring trends, to brainstorm how to maximize social recruiting investments and to network with industry analysts and experts on successful use cases of social technology implementation. Breakout sessions aimed at both experts and beginners will discuss using social media to build employee engagement and referral rates, designing a premium career site, creating custom reports and mastering evaluation sets in interview types. Attendees will learn best practices, tips and tricks, and hear case studies from companies currently using Jobvite. More than 800 employers use Jobvite’s platform to tap into social media and find, recruit and hire top talent efficiently and affordably.

“Optimizing the recruitment and hiring process, particularly in social media, has been a key factor in the success of Jobvite’s customers, which make up some of the world’s fastest-growing companies,” said Dan Finnigan, president and chief executive officer of Jobvite. “Our annual event brings together the top minds in the recruiting industry to network and learn together, developing new ways of engaging with potential talent and integrating them quickly and efficiently within their respective organizations. It’s a must-attend for anyone looking to make the most of their recruiting.”

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

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iCIMS-Sponsored Analyst Report Shows HR Technology is a Key Enabler of Organizational Success…from iCIMS

February 14, 2012

 

Aberdeen Group research reveals that recruitment technology drives significant business results

HRchitect featured iCIMS in our 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. Adam Feigenbaum and Susan Vitale from iCIMS previously appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle.

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!

 

iCIMS, the leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition solutions for the SMB market, recently co-sponsored the Aberdeen Group’s January 2012 Human Capital Management Trends report. In the study, Aberdeen found that Best-in-Class companies are using recruitment technologies to stimulate employee engagement, boost employee productivity, and improve customer satisfaction. The report outlines how efficient talent management processes drive measurable business improvements.

Aberdeen researched nearly 300 companies to determine how well they were performing on the core business of Human Capital Management: finding, engaging, and retaining talent. The report divided the 300 survey respondents into Best-in-Class (top 20%), Industry Average (middle 50%), and Laggard (bottom 30%). At Best-in-Class companies, 81% of employees rated themselves as “highly engaged,” 71% of positions had a ready and willing successor identified, and there was a 13% year-over-year improvement in hiring manager satisfaction.

A recruitment technology platform was found to be a key enabler of success for Best-in-Class organizations. A recruitment technology platform is currently in use at 62% of Best-in-Class companies, as opposed to 54% of average companies, and 46% of laggard companies.

“Excellence in human capital management results from a combination of strategies, capabilities and enabling technologies,” said Mollie Lombardi, co-author of the study and Research Director at the Aberdeen Group. “The Best-in-Class display a number of common core characteristics, one of which is an investment in world-class technology throughout most aspects of talent and workforce management.”

“iCIMS is honored to be sponsoring an Aberdeen Group study,” said Susan Vitale, Chief Strategic Officer, iCIMS. “The report reaffirms that strategic human capital initiatives require a robust technology infrastructure. iCIMS offers easy-to-use software with powerful reporting capabilities, backed by the industry’s best customer support, making it the ideal solution provider for organizations interested in achieving best-in-class performance in 2012 and beyond.”

The report notes that in 2012, the pressure of economic uncertainty is forcing organizations to operate more efficiently. Organizations looking to achieve the results needed to balance cost savings with quality investments. Recruiting will be measured on both its ability to fill positions as quickly and cost-effectively as possible, and its ability to increase the quality of the hires made.

For more information on iCIMS, please visit www.icims.com

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G4S Chooses Lumesse TalentLink for U.S. Talent Acquisition…from Lumesse

February 11, 2012

 

Talent Management Firm Met Requirements for Powerful, Configurable SaaS Solution Accessible Across the U.S.

HRchitect includes Lumesse 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 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!

 

Lumesse, a global leader in integrated talent management solutions, today announced that G4S has selected Lumesse to implement a new TalentLink (Talent Acquisition/e-recruitment) solution throughout the U.S.

G4S is the world’s leading international security group working to safeguard the welfare and prosperity of millions of people globally. It is headquartered in the United Kingdom with international offices in 125 countries, employs 635,000+ people and maintains a focus on hiring highly committed, talented and specialized staff.

In the U.S., G4S provides a unique combination of personnel, project management, investigative services, risk management and technology security solutions delivered by a number of specialist business units and needed a single applicant tracking solution to support the hiring requirements across all employee levels within each business.

Last year, G4S conducted a complete review of its multiple U.S. recruitment processes, which led to the decision to implement a local version of its award winning career center technology and to identify the best partner in the U.S. to automate its existing paper-based candidate processing and management activity.

Lumesse demonstrated its ability to seamlessly integrate with the G4S career center, support G4S’s commitment to legislative excellence and provide fully configurable functionality to automate and manage multiple recruitment processes. Equally it gave G4S senior management the confidence to deliver a solution that local hiring managers and recruiters could use effectively.

Lumesse has already begun implementing TalentLink for G4S.

Jenni Myles, chief HR officer, G4S Americas, said, “There were several key objectives of the G4S evaluation, which included providing the best and most engaging candidate experience, exceeding legislative compliance, reducing the time-to-hire to drive efficiency into the hiring process, redeploying saved management hours and reducing the cost per hire.  The Lumesse TalentLink solution will fully meet our needs. It will give us an innovative approach to recruitment that will make a real difference in filling all positions, as well as reducing the administrative burden in the recruitment process. One of the most exciting opportunities will be to demonstrate to our customers how advanced and robust our recruitment process is and to show how we will continually ensure to provide the very best people in the volumes they require.”

According to Lumesse CEO Matthew Parker, “With Lumesse TalentLink, G4S will benefit from improved employer branding, faster turnaround, improved candidate communication and reduced cost-to-hire in a highly competitive market for volume and specialized security skills. As a true SaaS solution, it offers a highly-effective way to deploy an enterprise-class talent acquisition solution to a global organization.”

For more information, please visit www.lumesse.com

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Intercontinental Hotels Group Mobilizes Internal Talent With Taleo in Biggest Ever Recruitment Drive…from Taleo

February 7, 2012

 

Taleo Calls on Businesses to ‘Look Within’ to Find the Right People to Drive Growth in Difficult Times

HRchitect featured Taleo in our release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Taleo appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on November 6, 2009. HRchitect attended the 2010 & 2011 TaleoWorld conference and HRchitect’s Matt Lafata, one of the industry’s leading talent management systems analysts, attended Taleo’s annual Sales and Services meeting in 2010 & 2011.

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!

 

Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO) the global leader of SaaS-based Talent Management solutions, is heralding the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) as the front runner in global talent mobility, as the leading global hotel company looks to recruit 400,000 people over the next four years.

Promoting IHG as an example of best practice, Taleo is calling for employers to ensure that they have the ‘talent intelligence’ to mobilize and deploy their existing staff, rather than relying wholly on external recruitment drives. As the economic crisis continues to put financial pressure on companies of all sizes, an in-depth understanding of the skills and career aspirations of existing staff allows businesses to minimize recruiting and onboarding costs, while still filling the roles needed to support their objectives.

Already responsible for 4,500 hotels and 666,000 hotel rooms around the world, IHG is opening new locations at an average of one a day around the world. IHG boasts the industry’s largest hotel development pipeline, currently progressing 1,100 hotels (more than 180,000 rooms). This rapid expansion has created the positive challenge of ensuring that IHG has the right people in place to manage the growth, and over the next four years, the Group plans to hire around 400,000 people. By implementing Taleo Recruiting, IHG has the talent intelligence able to source, assess, hire and onboard the best talent.

“We need people who are brand aware — what we call ‘brand-hearted’ — who can deliver our vision to our customers and our team so that our hotels are successful,” says Claire Guberg, IHG’s Global Talent Systems Manager. “We believe that the best way of getting that level of awareness is to look internally for the key positions that we need around the globe. Taleo’s software allows us to create a pool of people that we can search to find out where in the world they would like to work, and within which functions, helping us to quickly check we’re approaching the right people when it comes to new opportunities.”

One of the primary ways that IHG helps drive internal mobility is with its biannual Careers Week. This event encourages existing IHG personnel — no matter their level or job function — to go into the Taleo system and create a profile. IHG’s Career Week makes a significant impact in collating the information they need to successfully manage their internal talent. The most recent event, held in September, saw 5,000 people across 89 countries create a profile — the highest number yet. IHG also found that increasing numbers of their staff would be comfortable applying for an internal opportunity and know how to do this.

In real terms, this is delivering a significant impact on the success of IHG’s internal mobility program. Internal hires of general manager vacancies have increased to 84 percent from 61 percent in 2010, supported by an increase from 10 percent to 26 percent for corporate roles and 7 percent to 8 percent for hotel vacancies.

Jason Blessing, Executive Vice President at Taleo, says, “IHG is one of the best examples of an organization using talent intelligence to drive talent mobility. They have put in place the processes and technology to ensure that managers are truly able to recruit from a global internal talent pool. The returns that the company has enjoyed as a result, in terms of reduced recruitment costs, better brand awareness and loyalty among employees and overall increases in productivity and profitability, are absolutely remarkable.”

Claire Guberg concludes, “In order to achieve business growth on the kind of scale that we’re looking at, you can’t handle the recruitment process manually — it would jeopardize the quality of the process and the candidate experience. Taleo Recruiting allows us to spend less time on managing the processes and more time being dynamic and proactive in how we recruit.”

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

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iCIMS® Announces Impressive Q4 and Year-End Results …from iCIMS

January 31, 2012

Leader in the Talent Acquisition SaaS industry delivers a record-breaking Q4 and boasts impressive year-end numbers to set the stage for a successful 2012

HRchitect featured iCIMS in our 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. Adam Feigenbaum and Susan Vitale from iCIMS previously appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle.

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!

iCIMS, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition solutions, today released its Q4 and year-end results demonstrating 20% revenue growth over the course of 2011. In Q4 alone, iCIMS signed an impressive 75 clients, representing a 47% increase in the number of customers signed in Q4 of the previous year.

In addition to significant growth in revenue, 2011 marked a significant milestone in company history – the achievement of 1,000 clients using its flagship product, the iCIMS Talent Platform. Talbots Inc., Aramark Corporation, Citgo, Modell’s Sporting Goods, NPR, PUMA, Mobile Mini, Inc., Suncor Energy, Waters Corporation, and The Children’s Place were just a few of the prominent brands that helped iCIMS reach the 1,000 customer mark. In total, iCIMS signed nearly 300 clients in 2011, creating 35% new customer growth since 2010. Furthermore, iCIMS surpassed its previous record for the number of clients acquired in one year, collecting an average of one new customer for every business day in 2011.

New client acquisition trends in 2011 demonstrated iCIMS’ continued stronghold in the SMB market. To further expand its reach, iCIMS unveiled iCIMS NOW, an application tracking system that is preconfigured to meet the needs of businesses with fewer than 100 employees. Since iCIMS NOW’s initial implementation in August 2011, the customer base for the product has continued to double each month. Recently, iCIMS began offering brief, complimentary guided product tours of iCIMS NOW for contacts at small businesses who are looking for a low-cost, high-value, introductory talent acquisition solution.

iCIMS’ continued success was recognized by a number of local and national organizations. Most recently, iCIMS was ranked #362 on the Deloitte 2011 Technology Fast 500, recognizing North America’s fastest growing technology companies in terms of percentage of revenue growth over a five-year period.  iCIMS was also ranked #30 on the 2011 NJBIZ magazine’s list of New Jersey’s Fifty Fastest Growing Companies, and was recognized by the Inc. 500 | 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies for the sixth consecutive year.  Recognition continued at the industry level, with iCIMS being named a Champion in the Info-Tech Research Group’s Vendor Landscape Report for Talent Acquisition Systems.

iCIMS’ consistent year-over-year profit increases and milestones achieved in 2011 garnered attention from the investment community. This month, iCIMS received a $35 million minority growth equity investment  from Susquehanna Growth Equity, LLC (SGE). The company plans to use the funding to increase investments in marketing, product development, and staffing to fuel its rapid growth strategy.

As part of the company’s overall strategic expansion plans, iCIMS filled a total of 117 open positions this past year, representing a 20% increase in global headcount versus 2010. Approximately 40 new employees joined the organization in Q4 2011 alone, and the company plans to add approximately 80 new hires before the end of 2012. The company’s recruitment efforts will focus on hires in marketing, sales, and technology in both the U.S. and abroad.

“iCIMS’ record-breaking achievements in 2011 have ushered the organization into an exciting 2012. Our recent minority growth investment from SGE is a direct result of these impressive accomplishments,” said Colin Day, CEO, iCIMS.  “The iCIMS team looks forward to executing our aggressive growth plans this year, delivering more value to our existing customers, and expanding our reach in the SMB market,” Day concluded.

For more information on iCIMS, please visit www.icims.com

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New PageUp People Global Gateway Interface Allows Large Employers to Overcome Recruiting Challenges Inherent to Multinational Operations…from PageUp People

January 30, 2012

 

New Interface Enables Organizations to Maintain Local Recruiting Preferences While Ensuring Data Visibility and Security

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!

 

PageUp People™, a Multinational Talent Management solutions provider, today announced details of its newly launched Global Gateway designed for companies operating across multiple countries, and more specifically, in emerging, high growth markets. With the majority (77%) of revenue growth expected  to come from emerging, or high growth markets over the next five years, multinational employers are scrambling to bridge the gap between legacy talent management solutions designed for highly developed countries and western cultures and the technology challenges and cultural and language variances in these emerging markets. Specifically designed to meet the unique recruitment needs of emerging, high growth countries, the new Global Gateway is now included in PageUp People’s recruitment management solution.

The PageUp People Global Gateway enables employers to balance local and global issues, address technical constraints and different cultural practices, and support high volume hiring. The new interface is ideal for multinational employers headquartered in mature markets such as Australia, the United States or U.K., that need to ensure compliance and adoption of corporate recruitment policies while accommodating emerging market regional HR practices and preferences. Among other regional-specific requirements, the Global Gateway supports all languages, including double byte, such as Chinese, Korean and Thai and Vietnamese. With workflows and functionality optimized for the less frequent user – in many cases, the HR generalist versus a corporate recruiter – the Global Gateway makes it possible to have distinct regional processes and talent pooling while maintaining the necessary corporate level oversight.

Karen Cariss, CEO of PageUp People, said, “With a 15 year history of helping employers overcome the challenges of recruiting across multiple countries, PageUp People has developed unique expertise in providing flexibility to fully support regional configuration requirements specific to each market and culture, while maintaining data integrity and talent intelligence visibility across multiple operating units. We are thrilled to now offer the culmination of this experience to all our clients with the Global Gateway as part of our overall recruiting management solution.”

For more information on PageUp People, please visit www.pageuppeople.com

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