December 14, 2011
Facility Will Bring Jobs to Cary, N.C.
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.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
Kenexa (NYSE: KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, today announced plans to expand its recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) operations with the opening of a Center of Excellence facility in Cary, N.C. The new facility adds 45 jobs to the area and supports Kenexa’s clients throughout North America.
The development of the Center of Excellence is a result of continued growth for Kenexa’s RPO business. By opening the facility in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh, Kenexa strengthens its position as a global leader in providing expert recruitment services for its clients. Kenexa’s Centers of Excellence are located around the world, with facilities in Shanghai, China; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Krakow, Poland; Vizag, India; and Frisco, Texas.
The Center of Excellence in Cary will include recruiters, coordinators and staffing consultants to enhance Kenexa’s award-winning recruitment services.
“We’re pleased to open this new Center of Excellence as it strengthens our global delivery footprint while giving Kenexa access to significant recruiting talent in the Raleigh-Durham area,” said Phil Stewart, president of Kenexa’s RPO business unit. “Our new Center of Excellence will also strengthen our relationships with many of our clients.”
Information about Kenexa’s RPO offerings can be found at http://www.kenexa.com/rpo.
For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com
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November 9, 2011
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 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
Lumesse, a global leader in integrated talent management solutions, has been voted ‘most flexible in implementation’ and ‘most cutting edge’ in a live technology shootout at HRO Summit Europe. Lumesse also tied for first place in the ‘most innovative’ category with another vendor. Vendors taking part in the live shootout in front of an audience of HR professionals had just a few minutes to demonstrate the latest capabilities of their products and then faced questions from the audience on the technology showcased.
“This is a great endorsement for our talent management technology by the sort of knowledgeable and professional audience that the HRO Summit attracts,” said Lumesse CEO Matthew Parker. “In a crowded market it can be difficult for customers to cut through the competing claims, but a live shootout like this shows which vendors have the answers to the questions that real users want to ask.”
The technology shootout took place in Barcelona on 3 November 2011 at the HRO Summit Europe, the eighth year this prestigious event has taken place. Over 200 HR professionals attended HRO Summit Europe over 3 days in Barcelona, with almost 30 vendors represented.
“It was very brave of the vendors concerned to go in front of a live audience, especially with real time electronic voting, to present their technology,” said Faye Holland, Managing Director, European & Asia Pacific Operations, SharedXpertise, the event’s organiser. “Lumesse distinguished itself with a great demo of technology relevant to the audience and a good understanding of real user needs in a global context.”
“As a leader in the recruitment outsourcing market we’re not surprised to see Lumesse TalentLink win these nominations from an expert audience – it has great capabilities for RPOs and MSPs like hyphen, especially in terms of helping provide a great candidate experience and a rapid turnaround for customers in finding great staff,” added Rory Jeffcock, Client Services Director at hyphen Recruitment Outsourcing.
For more information, please visit www.lumesse.com
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October 10, 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 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
ADP, a leading provider of human resource outsourcing, payroll services, tax and compliance services, benefits administration and integrated computing solutions for vehicle dealers, today announced that it has acquired privately held The RightThing, a leading recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider. The RightThing is also the parent company of AIRS, a widely recognized leader in recruitment training and technology. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
The RightThing acquisition not only broadens ADP’s market-leading HR Business Process Outsourcing (HR BPO) capabilities, but also complements its existing applicant tracking and talent management solutions, enabling ADP to build an even more robust end-to-end talent acquisition portfolio to help clients establish a highly effective process for managing their workforce.
“With the addition of The RightThing’s industry-leading RPO services, technology and management team, ADP will not only expand into a strategic adjacent market, but will also immediately become a principal player in the RPO industry,” said Regina Lee, President of ADP’s National Account Services, Major Account Services, GlobalView and ADP Canada business units. “Expansion into complementary markets -such as RPO- will be of great benefit to our clients and is a critical element in our plan to grow our business. This acquisition underscores ADP’s commitment to help our clients drive business success by helping them better manage talent, make quality hires and control costs associated with the recruitment process.”
HR organizations are increasingly focused on utilizing cost effective, scalable recruiting models such as those provided by the RPO industry. The RightThing solutions and services are among the most respected in the industry. The RightThing is ranked as a top RPO provider, according to Everest Research, and has been recognized by HRO Today magazine as a leading enterprise RPO provider for the past several years.
“The RightThing, a leader in the RPO market, brings a standardized model that helps buyers realize significant efficiency in their recruitment function. ADP will be able to make great use of this inside its holistic, integrated HR BPO solution,” said Rajesh Ranjan, Research Director at Everest Group, an advisory firm on global services. “It’s a good match of culture, service model and scale.”
“Becoming a part of ADP is a terrific opportunity that enables us to gain access to the vast global resources needed to significantly expand our reach,” said Terry Terhark, Chief Executive Officer of The RightThing. “The combination of ADP and The RightThing will create immediate and strategic benefits for both businesses in the areas of operational delivery, service breadth, and leading-edge solutions. In addition, we expect to deliver a unique value proposition to clients that are looking for proven HR outsourcing solutions.”
For more information on ADP, please visit www.adp.com. For more information on The RightThing, please visit www.therightthing.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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September 27, 2011
Relationship Expands Kenexa’s Footprint in the Australian Talent Acquisition Market
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 May, 2010 and the Kenexa World Conference in 2009 and 2010.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
Kenexa® (NASDAQ: KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, and The Brooklyn Group, Australia’s leading relationship-driven recruitment provider, today announced an alliance that expands Kenexa’s presence in the Australian RPO market. Kenexa selected The Brooklyn Group for its expertise in transaction, project and enterprise recruiting services as well as its local leadership.
Phil Stewart, RPO President of Kenexa, said, “As the Australian economy outperforms its global counterparts, the competition for recruiting and retaining the best employees will increase. This market represents significant opportunities for both companies. Together, we’ll help global and local companies in Australia design and execute their recruitment strategies, leveraging their brands, recruiting technologies and performance.”
Brian Russell, Chief Executive Officer of The Brooklyn Group, commented, “Kenexa is a proven partner to many multi-national companies operating in the Australian market. The company’s breadth of products and services will enable local companies and businesses expanding in Australia to create working environments where employees can flourish.”
Kenexa Brooklyn will be headed by Brett Douglas, Director of The Brooklyn Group, who has significant outsourcing experience. Douglas previously formed Futurestep’s outsourcing organization in Australia.
The relationship with The Brooklyn Group is a logical extension of Kenexa’s growing footprint, especially in the strategic Australian market. Kenexa has already touched the lives of more than 110 million people worldwide, including more than 85 million candidates in applicant tracking systems, more than 10 million employees surveyed annually, more than 15 million assessments administered annually and more than 52,000 employees placed annually through its recruitment process outsourcing offering.
Stewart observed, “Kenexa possesses the unique combination of software, science and business process optimization. Our primary focus is helping our clients hire and retain more productive workforces and through our relationship with The Brooklyn Group we’re looking forward to intensifying our presence in the region.”
For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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August 25, 2011
Company Recognized for Customer Satisfaction and Breadth of Service
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 May, 2010 and the Kenexa World Conference in 2009 and 2010.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, don’t rely solely on “recommendations” or published reports. Do yourself a huge favor and talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
Kenexa (NASDAQ:KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, today announced it has been ranked in the elite Enterprise Top Five in HRO Today magazine’s annual RPO Baker’s Dozen. The ranking is a direct result of RPO customer surveys, which were compiled from 266 companies submitting more than 500 surveys from which 466 survey respondents were verified. Kenexa has been on the RPO Baker’s Dozen since the ranking’s inception seven years ago.
Kenexa holds a unique position among RPO providers. The company is a single provider for multi-country RPO programs with an intense focus on delivering a higher quality of candidate. To support this mission, the company leverages its wide range of offerings such as assessments and talent management solutions to create a single global recruitment solution strategy.
Kenexa RPO Practice Leader, Phil Stewart, commented, “As the RPO category becomes even more competitive, the ability to effectively deliver comprehensive solutions that leverage all of the tools in the HR and recruiting toolbox is what differentiates a vendor. Kenexa has proven that time and time again, especially as we win significant new business and grow our existing relationships. It’s an honor to be recognized by the RPO buyers’ community through a top spot on the annual Baker’s Dozen.”
Elliot Clark, CEO of SharedXpertise, publishers of HRO Today magazine, said, “The annual Baker’s Dozen gives buyers the opportunity to share their experiences with the top providers in the RPO sector. Once again, Kenexa has taken top honors as a leading enterprise RPO that is delivering quality of service and earning high marks for customer satisfaction.”
For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com
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March 23, 2011
Global RPO Leader Gives Companies Innovative Option for Rapid Recruiting of High-Quality Candidates
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 May, 2010 and the Kenexa World Conference in 2009 and 2010.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. After 14 years, HRchitect has unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is always available to help!
Kenexa (NASDAQ:KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, today announced the release of ZOOMRecruit, a new rapid recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) option for companies that need to hire top talent quickly–often in less than a year.
Developed in response to the accelerated hiring blitz that many companies are undergoing thanks to a recovering U.S. economy, ZOOMRecruit makes it easier for companies to source candidates quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. The solution provides two levels of RPO support – project-based RPO and sourcing. The project-based RPO solution delivers all of the components of Kenexa’s complete RPO solution, including sourcing and recruiting, employment branding and employee assessments, for a short, defined period. With the sourcing only solution, Kenexa sources and recruits top candidates and then submits them to the requesting company for next actions.
“As our economy begins to heat up, many companies need to hire talent quickly to backfill positions that had been reduced. Companies need these hires yesterday to keep up with growing demand. Kenexa has developed an innovative RPO solution that is in keeping with our promise to provide flexible, customized solutions for our clients,” stated Phil Stewart, president, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Kenexa. “ZOOMRecruit allows for a company to benefit from a full-blown RPO solution in a relatively short period of time – a year or less – and often targeted to a very specific staffing need. Ramping up a company’s workforce has never been easier.”
Powered by Kenexa 2x BrassRing®, the new product combines Kenexa’s global RPO solution, which is renowned for delivering a higher quality of candidate, with BrassRing’s world-class recruiting technology. ZOOMRecruit also has the flexibility to integrate with a company’s existing applicant tracking system (ATS).
Stewart continued, “As one of the most respected RPO providers around the world, we have a long history of creating groundbreaking solutions that evolve to meet market demand. ZOOMRecruit will deliver the same cost reductions and high-quality candidates that our existing RPO solution provides.”
ZOOMRecruit is available immediately for new and existing Kenexa customers.
For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com
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November 18, 2010
Taleo’s Talent Management Platform Wins the RPO Technology of the Year Award for Ease of Integration
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. Kevin Marasco, VP Brand Marketing with Taleo appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on November 6, 2009. HRchitect attended the 2010 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 early 2010.
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. 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 leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, was awarded the RPO Technology of the Year Award from the Human Resources Outsourcing Association (HROA). The HROA includes outsourcing partners such as IBM, Hewitt and Accenture. This award distinguishes Taleo from other talent management providers and speaks to the strength and scalability of Taleo’s technology for the largest and most complex organizations in the world, that tend to work with HRO partners. “The awards honor the people, ideas and companies injecting new energy into global talent acquisition and management,” said Richard J. Crespin, Global Executive Director of the HROA.
Taleo has long been one of the foundational technologies in the Recruiting Process Outsourcing space. “Thanks to Taleo, our team is able to input and retrieve critical information from within the Taleo application and partner ecosystems, eliminating the need for visiting multiple sites to capture data and ensure the data is stored in one central repository,” said Chris Scowden, IBM Global Process Services.
Awards recipients were chosen by an open vote of the buyer-members of the Association. The awards recognize practitioners, providers and advisors who have brought renewed enthusiasm and innovation to HR outsourcing over the past twelve months.
For more information on Taleo, please visit www.taleo.com
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August 12, 2010
Recognized for Managing a High Number of RPO Programs in Multiple Global Regions, including South America
HRchitect featured Kenexa in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems and top Talent Management Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Ron Hanscome, VP of Product Strategy with Kenexa appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on June 26, 2009 and Derek Bluestone, VP Product Marketing appeared on June 17, 2010. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation. Simply put, do not invest in any kind of HR technology without consulting with the experts first. HRchitect is here to help!
Kenexa (NASDAQ:KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, has been ranked as a top global market leader in HRO Today magazine’s annual RPO Baker’s Dozen. The results were based upon an annual survey completed by more than 600 HR executives who are current buyers of RPO services. RPO providers were rated on the breadth of their service, the size of the programs they manage and the quality of service provided. Kenexa has been on the Baker’s Dozen since the ranking’s inception six years ago.
Kenexa holds a unique position among RPO vendors. The company has more than 100 psychologists and researchers on staff and has assessed more than 18 million individuals in hundreds of job families. Kenexa has also surveyed more than 10 million employees in 88 languages. As a result, the company has the normative job data and solid methodologies to deliver a higher quality candidate than its competitors.
“Kenexa offers the most comprehensive global RPO solutions in the marketplace by leveraging our deep domain expertise in sourcing, employment branding, recruitment technology and employee assessments,” said Phil Stewart, RPO Practice Leader, Kenexa. “We’re honored that the buyers who were surveyed for the 2010 RPO Baker’s Dozen chose to rank us as a top global market leader. We’re the only RPO vendor with an active presence on six continents plus an established foothold in the South American market through our team in Buenos Aires.”
According to Elliot Clark, CEO of SharedXpertise, publishers of HRO Today magazine, said, “Kenexa’s performance on this year’s HRO Today RPO Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Survey demonstrates their strong commitment to superior service. Kenexa also showed as one of the top performers on the Global Market Leaders list with excellent overall scores and a high number of RPO programs in multiple global regions.”
For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com
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September 4, 2009
If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
BrightMove is excited to announce the release of BrightMove Quantify. Quantify is an end to end Outsourcing Management platform for Recruiting which allows HRO and RPO firms the flexibility to manage and monitor customer metrics from within one portal.
“With an increasing eye on ensuring customer value proposition and metrics, outsourcing providers need a solution designed specifically for supporting multiple customers and measurements that are unique to their industry. This new breakthrough in functionality allows our customers the flexibility to monitor and manage to virtually any Service Level measurement real time” commented Michael Brandt, COO at BrightMove, Inc.
Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) have quickly moved from cost reduction solutions to a key part of a company’s organizational effectiveness and performance. BrightMove understands this need and is one of the first organizations to design a solution specifically to address the needs of the Outsourcing community. BrightMove Quantify is an end to end outsourcing solution designed to help firms manage, measure, track and support multiple customers and their specific service level needs.
With BrightMove Quantify customers have:
- Configurable SLA dashboards for managing customer metrics and internal metrics.
- One source customer management allowing staff to quickly navigate in and out of customer installations.
- Alerts and dashboard reports that allow recruiters to identify specific needs across all customers (requisitions, candidates, hiring managers that need attention) without being directly logged into that customer.
- Centralized login management for all customers
- Reporting to identify true Time to Hire that excludes customer specific times
- Universal and Customer Specific Resume repositories allowing recruiting to search resume pools specific to the customer or from a centralized pool of resumes
Brandt also mentioned, “Outsourcing vendors are tired of managing multiple installations and not being able to track and measure performance”, Brandt goes further to say, “We want BrightMove Quantify to help our customers see recruiting trends real time in a whole new way. We also want them to help their customers realize a greater ROI through more accurate metrics designed specifically for measuring the HR outsourcing world.”
For more information on BrightMove, please visit www.brightmove.com
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August 26, 2009
HRchitect featured SilkRoad in our May 2008 release of The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management and also includes them in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. SilkRoad participated in the Onboarding Systems panel on June 10, 2009 as part of theHRshow. SilkRoad competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Onboarding Systems in January 2009 where they were crowned the winner. Brian Platz, EVP and COO of SilkRoad also appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on March 20, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
Pinstripe, Inc., a privately-held HR firm and one of the nation’s top ten recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) providers, and SilkRoad technology, a leading provider of talent management solutions, today announced a partnership to provide Pinstripe clients access to SilkRoad’s Life Suite of HR Solutions.
According to the terms of the partnership, SilkRoad will integrate selected technology solutions into Pinstripe’s client service platform. The first implementation, RedCarpet for onboarding and life events, facilitates a positive new hire onboarding experience contributing to employee motivation, satisfaction, productivity, engagement and retention. The service also offers a life events, and offboarding component to better manage and ease these challenging employee transitions.
“SilkRoad is a wonderful complement to Pinstripe’s innovative approach to recruiting and talent management. As the recruiting industry’s leading innovator this is a natural evolution of our client service offering,” states Pinstripe CEO Sue Marks. “By joining forces, we are able to provide our clients a cutting-edge employee onboarding platform that directly impacts new hire satisfaction and day one readiness,” Sue explained. “The technology also empowers us to better manage employee transitions and offboarding on behalf of our clients — keeping moral and productivity up during times of change,” she continued.
“We are thrilled by our partnership with Pinstripe,” said Brian Platz, COO of SilkRoad technology. “Pinstripe is known for applying the latest technology solutions to their RPO and recruiting partnerships. Their selection of our software is an endorsement of the quality of our product and underscores our leading market position. With Pinstripe’s commitment to staying one step ahead of the technology curve, we expect this to be the beginning of a long and innovative partnership,” he concluded.
For more information on SilkRoad, please visit www.silkroad.com
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July 13, 2009
Leading Provider of Global Talent Acquisition Solutions Bolsters Position as Solution of Choice for Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
HRchitect includes MrTed and SmartRecruiters in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider. Jerome Ternynck, CEO of MrTed appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on May 22, 2009. If you are looking for a new Talent Management System, or any HR system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
MrTed Ltd, the leading provider of global talent acquisition solutions, today announced they have made a deal with Exect Partners Group, a Russia-based Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) firm. MrTed will provide the talent acquisition technology platform to power the firm’s Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) practice. The deal extends MrTed’s position as the leading provider of talent acquisition solutions for RPOs as well as organizations with global talent acquisition requirements.
“Effective talent acquisition technology is a primary success factor for firms like Exect who outsource mission critical human resources functions for large companies,” said Jon Holden, the RPO practice lead for MrTed. “Exect is a visionary firm who understands the role of effective and strategic talent management in driving bottom line results for international companies. We’re proud to be part of their vision and look forward to a successful and enduring relationship.”
Exect Partners Group was established in 2008 by Vladimir Soloviev. Mr. Soloviev, a famous Russian business trainer, founded Business Training Russia in 1999. During the last decade, Business Training Russia has firmly established itself as one of the leading business education and training companies in the nation. Mr. Soloviev has entered into a partnership with a small group of partners whose vision is to create a comprehensive Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm focused on human resources services. One of the partners is Roger Holdsworth, founder of both SHL and TalentQ, two of the world’s leading assessment companies. Mr. Holdsworth currently serves as chairs the board of Exect.
Exect identified talent acquisition technology as a critical investment early in the formation of their firm. The company selected MrTed to provide the talent acquisition platform due to MrTed’s deep experience with the RPO model and proven track record managing the complexities of global talent acquisition. “MrTed provided a more flexible solution and were generally more helpful and responsive than other solution providers we evaluated,” said Marcus Guest, Exect’s CEO. “We were particularly compelled by MrTed’s technology architecture, their multi tenancy capabilities and eminent migration to a cloud computing infrastructure”, said Oleg Fedorov, Exect’s CIO.
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com
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May 20, 2009
If you are looking for a new Talent Acquisition System, or any HR or Talent Management system, talk to HRchitect first. We have unparalleled knowledge of the HR and Talent Management vendor community and can save you time and money in selection and implementation.
myStaffingPro, a leading applicant tracking system, has expanded upon their current product offering with the introduction of the phone interview guide module. The module enables interviewers to administer phone interviews directly from myStaffingPro.
Product developer Jim Stover commented, “The market demanded a paperless phone interview solution for companies of all sizes; and myStaffingPro accepted the challenge to provide one.”
myStaffingPro has been delivering custom phone interview guides to Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) companies for nearly 10 years. The product development team combined all of their experience and knowledge to create a user-friendly phone interview process that can be implemented for any company. Stover added, “Always ahead of the technological curve, our development team has used the latest technology to provide an exciting solution.”
The administrative interface features a phone interview setup screen where administrators can configure the phone interview script. Once implemented, interviewers have 24/7 access to launch, administer, and record the applicant’s responses to the phone interview questions. The integrated interview guide provides a smooth phone interview process that promotes consistency.
For additional information on myStaffingPro’s Phone Interview Guides, contact Julia Friemering at 800-939-2462 or visit http://mystaffingpro.com/solutions/solutions.asp.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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May 12, 2009
New product transforms talent acquisition process through scalable, cost-saving hiring solution
The Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) division of Spherion Corporation (NYSE: SFN) today announced it has launched RPO One(SM), an industry-leading, standardized RPO product that will allow companies to recruit top talent quickly via a highly scalable, cost-effective hiring solution. In today’s uncertain business environment, companies are looking for a talent acquisition model that meets the immediate demands of their business, while adjusting to the ebbs and flows of the economy. RPO One is designed to streamline the entire recruitment process, offering clients a timely, steady and fluid supply of talent to meet their evolving business needs.
RPO One is an all-encompassing solution that incorporates the most critical elements of the candidate hiring process, including: an innovative and highly advanced Applicant Tracking System (ATS); a comprehensive reporting package; and standardized workflow and service level agreements. Additionally, its fast-track implementation process of only six weeks, enables companies to realize the bottom-line benefits of RPO at record speed.
Spherion’s RPO One product enables companies to manage potential hires with a best-of-breed applicant tracking system. By instituting this technology, companies will experience immediate recruitment benefits from their RPO engagement. Depending on the organization’s needs, Spherion can also manage the ATS investment that the client has previously incorporated in their talent acquisition process. The built-in ATS provides a sharpened focus on recruiting and allows the organization to identify the best candidates in an accelerated timeframe.
“In today’s challenging hiring market, many organizations are engaging in RPO to take their recruitment process to the next level,” said Rebecca Callahan, senior vice president of Spherion’s Recruitment Process Outsourcing division. “RPO One will innovate and organize a company’s talent acquisition strategy while significantly lowering costs. Additionally, HR organizations will see a marked improvement in the quality of candidates and a notable reduction in the time it takes to fill positions.”
With RPO One, the entire recruitment engine – from sourcing and screening to hiring and on-boarding – has been standardized in order to provide more consistency in the hiring process. This will enable companies to see accelerated results during an RPO engagement and direct benefits to their bottom-line.
Spherion RPO provides end-to-end delivery of RPO services, as well as management of select areas of the recruiting process, for companies’ unique hiring needs. Leveraging a dedicated team of seasoned recruiters, Spherion RPO helps clients find the best candidates across a comprehensive range of positions. Working with a company’s talent management leadership, Spherion RPO helps clients optimize their talent acquisition process through a scalable recruiting solution that results in higher quality talent, improved time-to-fill, enhanced sourcing capabilities and significantly reduced hiring costs.
To learn more about Spherion’s RPO services, visit: www.spherionrpo.com.
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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April 5, 2009
Bayard Advertising Agency, Inc., an integrated branding and communications agency serving B2B and B2C clients in a broad array of industries, announces the launch of WorkLight LLC, a Bayard Company. WorkLight provides Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), specifically offering Resume Screening, Telephone Screening, Targeted Candidate Delivery and Full-service RPO Talent Acquisition. Mark DeChant serves as WorkLight’s Managing Director.
“Our business economy now requires that talent acquisition be more precise and surgical. The addition of WorkLight to Bayard’s recruitment product mix meets this requirement and is a natural extension to the consultative, branding and result-oriented focus that has always been Bayard’s approach,” notes Louis Naviasky, Chief Operating Officer, Bayard Advertising.
DeChant joins WorkLight after more than 14 years of experience in recruiting, marketing, and business development. He was formerly an area sales manager for CareerBuilder, where he developed recruitment advertising and outsourcing solutions for Fortune 1,000 clients.
“It takes a significant time investment to conduct a proper sourcing, screening, interviewing, and reference-check campaign,” said DeChant. “Our WorkLight Certified Recruiters(TM) deliver targeted candidates directly to the hiring manager, which allows our clients’ HR professionals to focus on strategic initiatives instead of administrative tactics.”
For more information on Bayard Advertising, please visit www.bayardad.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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March 6, 2009
Talent Acquisition Leader Reports Record Sales and Profits, As Customers Look to Lower Costs Associated With the Still-Critical Process of Employee Recruiting
HRchitect includes MrTed in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors that businesses should consider.
Cost-cutting companies in 2008 swarmed to recruiting software leader MrTed, resulting in a sharp increase in both sales and profits for the award-winning provider of talent management solutions. For the year, MrTed grew sales by 30%, while profits follow with 30% year-over-year. The dramatic spike in both areas comes amid a rise in global unemployment and a widespread slowdown in the business software market. Despite the sagging economy, many enterprises and government agencies continue to recruit and hire; only now they are looking to do so more cost-effectively than in years past. For these companies that means automating key recruiting processes and deploying software that is inexpensive to deploy as well as to maintain – each of which is an area of strength for MrTed.
Hiring Less Expensively
A pioneer in delivering software-as-a-service talent management solutions and the largest non-U.S. recruiting software vendor, MrTed is expert at helping businesses lower recruiting costs and improve recruiting efficiencies. The company’s MrTedTalentLink solution is used by hundreds of large enterprises and numerous Fortune 1000 organizations. And late last year MrTed launched SmartRecruiters, a 100% free applicant tracking system (ATS) for the small and midsized business (SMB) community. MrTed’s wide variety of web-based recruiting applications automate the key business processes that drive employee hiring, and its solutions are delivered via the on-demand model, which significantly lowers the cost of hiring for companies and eliminates the need for internal resources to manage the recruiting system.
“The idea that companies are hiring and therefore need recruiting systems seems counterintuitive in a time of layoffs, but progressive enterprises clearly recognize that finding and hiring the best people—particularly in a down economy—is integral to a successful business recovery,” said Jerome Ternynck, CEO at MrTed. “While other talent management vendors tinker with performance and payroll applications of diminishing value, MrTed remains committed to delivering best-of-breed talent acquisitions software that help companies lower recruiting costs so they can grow their businesses. Our record growth in the past year is a strong indicator that MrTed has identified the correct balance between systematic collaboration with users, resource allocation to fuel product innovation, and the regular release of stand-out talent management applications.”
Key Growth Areas
Growth was the theme across MrTed’s business in 2008. Multiple segments of the company, including its enterprise and channel sales businesses, grew rapidly. At the same time, MrTed expanded its reach into a new market with the introduction of SmartRecruiters, a product designed specifically for U.S. SMBs. Following are a few of the highlights:
• Fortune 1000 business on the rise – MrTed continued to grow its base of Fortune 1000 customers last year, as more industry leaders chose MrTedTalentLink to ensure the highest-quality candidate experience and optimum recruiter effectiveness. MrTed’s solutions allow enterprise organizations to lower the cost of, rather than cutting back the process of, tracking, assessing and managing the candidates who will meet talent requirements across the business.
• More RPOs choose MrTed – Several recruitment process outsourcer (RPO) firms adopted or expanded their use of MrTedTalentLink, based on the strength of its cost/benefit rationalization combined with its power to help RPOs replicate processes across widely varying, customer-defined recruiting continuums. The solution can accommodate the broad array of technologies, methodologies and reporting which are often dictated by RPO’s diverse base of client companies. RPOs praise MrTedTalentLink’s ‘one-to-many’ infrastructure for enabling the cost-cutting and economies of scale that deliver financial benefit. Chris Hornsby, business solutions manager at RPO, Ochre House, said: “We wanted to be in a position to offer our clients a tailored solution underpinned by our in-house consulting, implementation and ongoing support capability. MrTed provides us the ability to offer such solutions.”
• SMBs take notice – Over 400 SMBs have signed-up to use MrTed’s feature-rich, Open SaaS, pay-per-use ATS, SmartRecruiters, since the product was launched in October 2008. Targeted to the six million U.S. businesses with as many as 2,500 employees, SmartRecruiters serves the new generation of web-savvy SMB recruiters with a free, easy-to-use, open architecture. MrTed’s SMB users understand the value gap between the practical, efficient SmartRecruiters approach and the licensing and hosting fee burden of the traditional ATS. “SmartRecruiters is designed to disrupt the ATS market in the same way Google has with many of its free services,” said Peter Gold, founder at Hire Strategies, a UK-based a consulting business that helps large employers maximize social media as part of their talent management strategy. “The launch of SmartRecruiters, and its instant success in the market, demonstrates MrTed’s savvy grasp of SMB needs.”
“Undoubtedly these are challenging times for businesses, if enterprises ever were going to rationalize their recruitment function, now is the good time to do, and on that subject we are extremely optimistic,” noted Ternynck. “The combination of strong domain expertise, our best-of-breed Talent Acquisition Solution for Enterprise and RPO market and our exciting new solution for the SMB market has MrTed well-positioned to support clients to standardize and automate processes to increase the efficiency and reduce costs”.
For more information on MrTed, please visit www.mrted.com
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
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