April 10, 2012
HR Professionals and Senior Business Executives in Europe and Asia Will Gather to Learn About the Latest Workplace Issues and Trends
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 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!
Kenexa (NYSE:KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, today announced the expansion of its 2012 World Conference to include events in Europe and Asia to go along with its annual Kenexa World Conference held in North America.
Senior business executives and human resources professionals from around the world will gather in the United Kingdom on May 17 for Kenexa World Conference London. Then in the fall, Kenexa World Conference Shanghai will take on Sept. 20 in China. Kenexa World Conference Orlando will be held Oct. 17-18 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
“More and more, business is done on a global level, so taking the Kenexa World Conference to London and Shanghai allows more HR professionals an opportunity to discover new ways to enrich the lives of their employees,” said Rudy Karsan, chief executive officer of Kenexa. “Our desire is that everyone who attends our World Conferences regardless of location will come away with a memorable experience and to make connections with peers from around the world.”
Registration for Kenexa World Conference London is now open, and spots are filling fast. The conference will be held at the Grand Connaught Rooms, a premier meeting venue located in central London near Covent Garden.
Dame Kelly Holmes – a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 800- and 1,500-meter run from Great Britain and founder of On Camp with Kelly, a mentoring and education initiative for junior runners – will deliver the keynote address at Kenexa World Conference London. Holmes will offer insight about what it takes to compete against the best.
Attendees of Kenexa World Conference London will be using Kenexa’s latest social and mobile software to power the conference’s online social network and provide real-time feedback and evaluations. Kenexa Participate is the latest social business software that will provide networking capabilities for all conference users. Conference organizers will use Kenexa Hot Lava Mobile to develop and deliver post-event evaluations to all attendees, and analyze results in real-time.
To register for Kenexa World Conference London, or to learn more about it, go to http://www.kenexaworldconference.com/. Details of Kenexa World Conference Shanghai and Kenexa World Conference Orlando will be posted on the Kenexa World Conference homepage as they are made available.
For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com
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April 7, 2012
Human resource professionals to network and exchange talent management strategies and best practices
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!
PeopleAdmin, the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions for higher education and government, recently announced Nina Godiwalla has been selected for the luncheon keynote at PeopleConnect 2012, PeopleAdmin’s 9th annual user conference. The conference will showcase top talent management trends and topics such as recruiting, diversity, onboarding and position and performance management.
PeopleConnect 2012, being held at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin from May 21-23, brings together hundreds of human resources professionals in higher education and government organizations that are looking for ways to improve the employment lifecycle. “Our user conference is the place for the best and brightest human resource professionals to come together, learn, network and get involved,” states Susanne Bowen, CEO of PeopleAdmin. “We look forward to hearing from Nina Godiwalla along with other industry leaders on the latest trends, processes and best practices in talent management.”
Ms. Godiwalla’s keynote at PeopleConnect 2012 will focus on the impact of diversity and inclusion on institutional success. “By sharing my own stories on diversity, I want every human resource professional to walk away with two things: first, the importance of broadening their mindset to include others around them, and second, actionable tips on how to actively create a more inclusive work environment.”
Nina Godiwalla is the CEO of MindWorks, which provides leadership, stress management, and diversity training. A few of her higher education clients include Harvard, Wharton, University of Texas at Austin, University of Chicago and Texas State University. Godiwalla holds an MBA from Wharton, an MA from Dartmouth, and a BBA from The University of Texas, as well as being the bestselling author of “Suits: A Woman on Wall Street,” an insider’s perspective on her experience at Morgan Stanley from the outsider’s point of view of a second-generation Indian woman.
PeopleAdmin customers are some of the premier thought leaders in the industry and will be sharing best practices and talent management strategies at the conference. Higher Education organizations including Georgia Southern, Harvard, Middle Tennessee State University, Oklahoma City Community College, Texas A&M, Thomas Edison, University of Houston and Virginia Commonwealth University will be presenting on a variety of topics including faculty recruitment, performance management, position management, integrating HR systems and service providers as well as reporting.
Attendees will leave armed with the latest tools to better handle the challenges they face and perform talent management processes more efficiently and cost effectively. Additional takeaways include:
- Learn from peers and thought-leading institutions on how they are utilizing PeopleAdmin solutions to improve talent management processes
- Get an inside view of technology developments and new product news at PeopleAdmin
- Participate in hands-on product training and consulting opportunities
- Network with institutions like yours to discuss best practices and build new relationships
For more information on PeopleAdmin, please visit www.peopleadmin.com
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April 6, 2012
HRchitect includes Kronos in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems that organizations 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!
Kronos Incorporated today announced the April release of the Kronos® Retail Labor Index™, a family of metrics and indices that characterize the current state of the demand and supply sides of the labor market within the U.S. retail sector. The April report includes data for March 2012. The analysis and write-up are prepared by Macroeconomic Advisers LLC, and are available on the Kronos Retail Labor Index website.
News Facts
The Kronos Retail Labor Index: (This index is defined as the ratio of hires to applications within a given month, expressed as a percentage. A level of 3.0 percent means that for every 100 applications received, three hires occurred). The Kronos Retail Labor Index was down slightly in March to a still solid 4.3 percent. This was the second consecutive reading above 4.0 percent and only the third reading of 4.0 or higher since October 2008.
Retail Hiring Level: The retailers representing 18,362 distributed locations across the U.S. that make up the Kronos data sample made 33,684 hires (seasonally adjusted) in March 2012, down 11.6 percent from February. While the level of hires in March was below the recent pace of hires (roughly 35,000 over the last six months), it was broadly consistent with the 2011 average and remains above levels seen in 2009 and 2010.
Retail Applications Level: The number of applications received by retailers included in the Kronos sample fell 10.0 percent to 784,941 in March 2012 from an upwardly revised 872,341 in February 2012, all on a seasonally adjusted basis. The level of applications in March was down nearly 250,000 from its level one year ago, when applications reached a near record high. Applications have been trending downward since the second half of last year, and the sharp decline in March brought them to their lowest level since September 2007, just prior to the onset of the recession.
Retail 60-Day Retention Rate: The 60-day retention rate, measured as the number of hires who remain employed for at least the first 60 days divided by the total number of hires made in that month, rose to 83.7 percent (seasonally adjusted) in November 2011 from 82.2 in October 2011. (Note: There is a four-month lag on this indicator as two months are required to measure whether a hire remained employed for 60 days and Kronos customers have two months to return data on separations.)
Supporting Quotes
Chris Varvares, senior managing director and co-founder, Macroeconomic Advisers
“The Kronos Retail Labor Index edged down one-tenth to a still solid 4.3 percent in March, reflecting sharp declines in both hires made and applications received. However, the decline in hires this month followed a strong increase in February to the highest level since October 2008. The strength in February hiring may have contributed to the March drop in applications, as job seekers who found employment did not apply for additional positions in March. In addition, with overall labor market conditions improving, potential applicants are likely seeking job opportunities in sectors outside of retail, consistent with the recent declining trend in applications for retail positions.”
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April 6, 2012
Hard Data Uncovers Top Sources of Interview and Hire, Provides Talent Acquisition Professionals with Recruitment Marketing Strategy
HRchitect featured SilkRoad 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. SilkRoad competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Onboarding Systems in January 2009, and the HRchitect IRONMAN on Mid-Marketing Talent Acquisition Systems on June18, 2010, where they were crowned the winner of each. Brian Platz, EVP and COO of SilkRoad also appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on March 20, 2009. Finally, HRchitect attended the SilkRoad user conference, SilkRoad Connections, in May 2010 and May 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!
SilkRoad technology, inc., a leading provider of social talent management solutions, today released its applicant tracking data that revealed the top sources of hire in a report, Recruiting Marketing Effectiveness: Meaningful Metrics Straight from the Source. Using automated data from SilkRoad’s OpenHire, its applicant tracking system (ATS), SilkRoad aggregated information from more than 700 of its customers.
“The goal of this research is to help companies reveal new ways for their Organizations to better optimize recruitment advertising budgets, and discover new sources of hire that other companies are successfully utilizing,” said Thomas Boyle, director of product marketing, SilkRoad technology. “The information in this report will aid HR in becoming more savvy and strategic in its recruitment marketing.”
With millions of dollars in job advertising spend annually, talent acquisition professionals need access to factual information on the most effective sources of recruitment marketing to build strategies that will attract top talent and convert it into hires. This report provides insights into how forward-looking organizations focused on attracting the right candidates can strategically spend recruitment dollars to maximize return on investment. In Recruiting Marketing Effectiveness: Meaningful Metrics Straight from the Source, the most significant findings were:
- Of external sources, 94 percent of interviews and 86 percent of hires came from online sources
- External and internal sources result in about the same share of interviews (43.5 and 46.7 percent, respectively)
- 63 percent of hires came from internal sources, which were more than twice the share of external sources (27 percent)
- 15.6 percent of interviews and 11.6 percent of hires, among internal and external online sources, come from company career sites
- 36 percent of all external interviews and almost 34 percent of all external hires came from job search engines, proving far more effective than job boards
- Indeed is the leading external source of hires, providing 72 percent more hires than the next largest source.
- In six of seven job categories, internal sources were more likely than others to deliver the largest share of both interviews and hires in every sector (Healthcare, Financial Services, Customer Service, Administrative Services, Sales, Engineering and IT)
Combined, the data in the report gave insight into 222,308 job postings, 9.3 million applicants and 94,155 hires during the year of 2011. To learn more about the top 10 online recruitment marketing sources,download the full report here.
For more information on SilkRoad Technology, please visit www.silkroad.com
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April 5, 2012
Fresh off growth equity transaction, SaaS HR solution provider significantly grows client base and staff; accelerates investment in product development
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, released its Q1 results, reporting major client growth in small business and mid-market segments. This growth is indicative of the expansion forecasted in early 2012 when the company announced that it secured a minority investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity, LLC.
New subscriptions grew by more than 100% versus Q1 2011, with particular strength in new customer acquisitions in the healthcare, energy, and retail verticals. Results compared with Q1 2011 metrics are as follows:
• A 71% increase in healthcare clients signed
• A four-fold increase in energy clients signed
• Double the number of retail customers signed
Some top names among iCIMS’ new clients include: Hooters of America, LLC, Therapeutic Alternatives, TAS Energy Inc., and Sunbelt Rentals, Inc. Another noteworthy achievement was marked by a 55% increase in new small business customer acquisitions and a 50% gain in mid-market clients as compared to 2011.
To accommodate the needs of iCIMS’ growing client base, in Q1 iCIMS released version 11.3 of its flagship product, the Talent Platform. This new release features Social Apply and Social Resume, which allow candidates to apply for positions using their social media profiles and enables recruiters to view candidates’ dynamic resume details within the applicant tracking solution. When paired with iCIMS’ Social Recruit technology, clients can easily post jobs to hundreds of social media outlets with a click of a button. Additionally, iCIMS rolled out a newly integrated I-9 and E-Verify solution for clients leveraging its Onboard product. The technology powers automated and paperless preparation, signing, management, auditing, and storage of I-9s forms, as well as automatic E-Verify submission.
To support its aggressive growth trajectory, the company plans to invest further in marketing, product development, and personnel. In Q1 alone, iCIMS filled more than 30 positions, a 60% increase from Q1 2011 and a 14% increase from the staff count in Q4 2011. The new hires are concentrated in the company’s technology, marketing, and account management departments. To accommodate current and future staff as well as the organization’s expected growth plans, iCIMS relocated the corporate headquarters to a larger, “Class A” facility in nearby Matawan, NJ in March.
“The impressive stats that we have attained in quarter one are not just great start to the New Year, but are also an amazing introduction to our new home here in Matawan,” said Colin Day, Chief Executive Officer, iCIMS, Inc. “The competitive landscape has changed, but our results this quarter illustrate clients’ continued interest in easy-to-use, best-of-breed Talent Acquisition software that is backed by a commitment to an excellent customer experience. With a start like this, we’re optimistic this will be iCIMS’ best year yet,” Day concluded.
For more information on iCIMS, please visit www.icims.com
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April 5, 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 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!
First Advantage, a Symphony Technology Group (STG) company and a leading provider of talent acquisition and electronic data solutions, announced recently the successful implementation of e-signature capability for Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) screening, available the first day allowed by the Internal Revenue Service. First Advantage began proactively working to release this enhancement that allows applicants and employers to digitally sign 8850 forms since the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2012-13 in February. Since the beginning of March, First Advantage has successfully processed thousands of electronically signed 8850 forms and employer adoption is growing steadily.
“We have been strong advocates for the use of electronic signature and are excited to deliver an enhancement that will drive significant benefits for our customers,” stated Dan Filby, executive vice president and managing director of tax consulting at First Advantage. “It eliminates a number of time-consuming steps in the process to certify an employee’s WOTC credit eligibility as well as offering our customers cost savings by reducing shipping costs associated with hard copy forms. The overall benefit to employers will be substantial, and we are thrilled to have been able to deliver it to our clients on the first day.”
For the past 10 years, thousands of companies have relied on First Advantage’s extensive expertise in navigating the tax credit landscape and providing significant opportunities for employers to positively affect their communities as well as their own bottom line.
For more information on First Advantage, please visit www.fadv.com
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April 4, 2012
SilkRoad Point Recognized for Transforming Talent Management
HRchitect featured SilkRoad 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. SilkRoad competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Onboarding Systems in January 2009, and the HRchitect IRONMAN on Mid-Marketing Talent Acquisition Systems on June18, 2010, where they were crowned the winner of each. Brian Platz, EVP and COO of SilkRoad also appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on March 20, 2009. Finally, HRchitect attended the SilkRoad user conference, SilkRoad Connections, in May 2010 and May 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!
SilkRoad technology, inc., a leading provider of social talent management solutions, has been honored with a Netexplo 2012 Award for SilkRoad Point. One of only ten companies recognized worldwide, SilkRoad was selected for Point’s contribution to digital innovation. Point is a revolutionary new social enterprise solution that transforms talent management and performance management in particular, improving how organizations and employees work together.
Netexplo is an independent observatory that studies the impact of digital technology on society and business. Through a global network of lecturers at leading universities, Netexplo discovers and monitors new, innovative companies. Each year, Netexplo selects 100 of the world’s most promising companies and honors just 10 of them with a Netexplo Award. Previous award winners include Twitter and Siri.
“We’re honored to have been recognized by Netexplo, the global leader and authority in innovation and digital technology,” said Brian Platz, co-founder and COO, SilkRoad. “With Point, and all of our talent management solutions, we set out to solve HR and talent challenges facing organizations with our intuitive, scalable, cloud-based technologies. We’re thrilled to be recognized for our innovation and commitment to improving the employee experience alongside the world’s very best companies.”
For more information on SilkRoad Technology, please visit www.silkroad.com
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March 22, 2012
SilkRoad’s Solutions Eliminate Overhead and Streamline the Talent Acquisition Process
HRchitect featured SilkRoad 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. SilkRoad competed in the HRchitect Beauty Pageant on Onboarding Systems in January 2009, and the HRchitect IRONMAN on Mid-Marketing Talent Acquisition Systems on June18, 2010, where they were crowned the winner of each. Brian Platz, EVP and COO of SilkRoad also appeared on the HRchitect WebMingle on March 20, 2009. Finally, HRchitect attended the SilkRoad user conference, SilkRoad Connections, in May 2010 and May 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!
Milestone Technologies, Inc. (MILESTONE) has selected leading provider of social talent management solutions, SilkRoad technology, inc., to streamline its talent management processes. MILESTONE will be implementing SilkRoad’s OpenHire for recruiting management and applicant tracking as well as RedCarpet for onboarding management. Upon implementing SilkRoad’s OpenHire and RedCarpet, MILESTONE expects to realize a more than five percent return on investment in just the first year.
MILESTONE is an IT consulting business with a workforce operating in 30 countries around the globe. With many employees working remotely, the Company recognized that its previous talent management system was unable to scale to meet the needs of the growing business. To address this, MILESTONE selected SilkRoad’s intuitive, cloud-based offerings, which can be easily accessed by employees across the globe, anywhere, at any time.
“It was important to us to find not just a vendor with a good suite of software providing a superior and innovative experience, but also a business partner that supported our overall virtualization strategy. We found that partner in SilkRoad,” said Kasey Konkright, director, recruiting for MILESTONE. “We were looking for a solution that was easy for our managers to use, and at the same time allowed my team the ability to access the tools they need to do their jobs – anywhere, anytime, from any device. SilkRoad offered the best fit for what we wanted. Going forward, we can now attract and onboard the talent we need to keep up with growing demand for our services.”
Created to offer the finest employee experience, SilkRoad’s solutions reduce administrative burdens as well as time and money spent during talent management processes to drive employee engagement and business performance and agility. OpenHire offers easy-to-use applicant tracking software to help find qualified, quality candidates and deliver a positive candidate experience, while RedCarpet provides an efficient HR onboarding program, a task known to be especially challenging for virtual and global workforces.
“We understand the importance of centralizing talent management for companies such as MILESTONE,” said Flip Filipowski, chairman and CEO of SilkRoad. “Most of the Company’s personnel work remotely and our cloud-based solutions will supply MILESTONE’s global employee base with tools and resources that will empower and engage employees while driving high performance in the workplace.”
For more information on SilkRoad Technology, please visit www.silkroad.com
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March 22, 2012
HRchitect includes Kronos in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems that organizations 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!
Kronos Incorporated today announced that Craig Hospital, a non-profit, long-term acute care (LTAC) and rehabilitation hospital in Colorado, has transformed its hiring process with the Kronos®selection and hiring solution to manage the hiring process for its 760 employees.
News Facts
- Finding and hiring the right people to deliver quality care in an industry where the war for talent is fierce and job-hopping is common is a challenge facing many rehabilitation hospitals. Increasingly, these organizations are turning to technology to give them an edge.
- Prior to selecting Kronos, Craig Hospital used an outdated system that required many manual interventions to be effective. Manual data entry was a common practice and productivity took a hit because of it.
- Since implementing Kronos for both hourly and salaried positions, Craig Hospital has eliminated a significant amount of administrative work. Kronos enables the hospital to maximize workforce productivity by automating the entire hiring process, from receiving resumes to completing hires, processing I-9s, and other critical tasks.
- With all hiring information centralized in one database, the HR department can quickly and easily run reports on a variety of measures including time-to-hire and average length of employment.
Supporting Quotes
Stacy Abel, HR director, Craig Hospital
“Workforce Talent Acquisition is a fabulous product and the implementation, training, and support have been top-notch. We are more productive than ever before now that we have eliminated manual processes and are able to hire better people faster.”
Nick Ordon, vice president and general manager, hiring solutions, Kronos
“Craig Hospital is an innovative, award-winning, state-of-the-art rehabilitation hospital known for its high-quality care. A key component of the experience for patients is their interaction with staff, and ensuring that you have the right folks on the team is a matter of competitive differentiation. We are thrilled to be partnering with Craig Hospital to ensure that it continues to provide patients with the quality care they have come to expect.”
To learn more about Kronos, please visit www.kronos.com
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March 22, 2012
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), a global leader of SaaS-based Talent Managementsolutions, today announced that global biopharmaceutical leader UCB has chosen Taleo’s Recruiting and Reporting products to improve its talent intelligence and support a global revamp of its recruitment processes.
UCB is a global biopharma company with a team of more than 8,500 employees, a strong market presence in more than 40 countries, and numerous strategic partnerships across the industry. It aspires to be the patient-centric global biopharmaceutical leader, transforming the lives of people living with severe diseases.
Due to its global scale, UCB is putting talent intelligence at the heart of its HR and recruitment function, to ensure that it can understand and unlock the potential of its global workforce. Taleo has supported UCB’s recruitment function since 2006, allowing the company to have insight into candidates and new hires, and so proved to be a solid partner for the company when it switched to a global RPO model. The global capabilities of Taleo Recruiting mean that it is ideally placed to assist the outsourced function, helping UCB to source, assess, and hire the best talent on a global scale.
Meanwhile, powerful analytic tools will deliver insight from recruiting data captured throughout the hiring process, and allow UCB to create easy-to-read executive management reports that can help the company make critical business decisions.
Jason Blessing, Executive Vice President of Taleo, said, “Access to talent intelligence is essential to understanding your talent pool and new hires. When considering how best to support its expanding recruitment function, UCB looked for a solution that could meet its needs, and that would complement its existing HR software. Taleo is able to offer this, alongside an ability to analyze quality data, meaning that UCB can save money while improving quality of hire.”
Ben Park, Senior Director of Shared HR Knowledge and Operations at UCB, said, “Taleo provides us with a solution for our needs and is an investment for us in an area that is key to the success of our company — finding key talents who will bring value to our patients. They have been a partner to us since 2006, and we are pleased to extend our contract with them and deepen our talent intelligence as a result. As a part of our agreement, all personal privacy rules and registration for the system have been met.”
For more information on Taleo, please visit www.taleo.com
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March 22, 2012
Gives Managers Access to Key Process Steps, Employee Information in Multiple Languages From Their iPhones
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, has released a new version of its Lumesse Mobile app for Apple iOS, with an enhanced user experience, multi-lingual capabilities and improved usability.
The Lumesse Mobile app allows businesses worldwide using Lumesse TalentLink 12 to give managers access to key process steps and employee information in multiple languages from their iPhones (the app is also iPad-compatible). Designed as a true native iOS app to ensure a responsive, high-quality user experience on mobile platforms, Lumesse Mobile is available immediately from the Apple App Store.
The improvements in Lumesse Mobile, mostly driven by user feedback on the initial version, are designed to increase global adoption of Lumesse Mobile among the hundreds of businesses worldwide using the SaaS technology of Lumesse TalentLink 12.
“This is a great example of our promise to be the only global company making talent management work locally,” said Lumesse CEO Matthew Parker. “Our global customers told us they wanted more supported languages to help their local managers, an even better user experience to drive adoption across their business teams and extra capabilities aligned to their business processes. We listened, and we’ve delivered a great new app that we expect to substantially drive take-up of Lumesse Mobile.”
Lumesse Mobile now supports the following languages: English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, French, Chinese, Italian and Spanish. The new user interface is designed to be clearer, brighter and more intuitive, while extra functionality has been added in areas such as the job requisition approval process and the candidate selection process.
The launch of Lumesse Mobile comes shortly after the recent launch of Lumesse TalentLink 12, the SaaS talent management system from Lumesse. Lumesse TalentLink 12, available immediately, offers the clearest roadmap to a new generation of socially-focused, fully unified talent management solutions designed to drive universal user adoption, high-employee engagement and productive full-lifecycle talent management across all types of business processes. Lumesse TalentLink 12 also represents the first phase of the expansion of this market-leading talent acquisition system to a fully-integrated, full lifecycle talent management solution with the addition of HR Core, Performance Management and Career & Succession Planning capabilities. The new talent management functionality continues the true SaaS DNA of Lumesse TalentLink with multi-tenancy, multi-client, effective dating, self-configuration and a highly configurable workflow and user interface at the heart of the system. The talent management capabilities will continue to expand as the 2012 roadmap is executed, and they will be joined by exciting new capabilities in social collaboration and integrated learning based on the award-winning technology acquired in 2011 with Edvantage Group.
For more information, please visit www.lumesse.com
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March 21, 2012
Kenexa To Enhance Its Combination of Software, Content and Services with Daesign’s real-time 3D technology solutions to Improve Customer Business Results
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 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!
Kenexa (NYSE: KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for human resources, recently announced a partnership with Daesign, a specialist provider of games-based simulated environments and Autonomous Virtual Actors (AVA©) to develop deeply engaging talent attraction, assessment, development and engagement solutions for the marketplace.
Daesign is at the forefront of developing interactive “serious games” for use by corporations, including the world’s largest serious games-based learning and development program for the global sales force at automobile manufacturer Renault, sales force assessment and development solutions for insurance giant AXA, management development solutions for energy industry leader Total, and employer branding and attraction solutions for Alcatel-Lucent.
Using a unique and proprietary AVA technology platform coupled with 3D animation production capability, Daesign’s solutions create visually rich and differentiating simulations of the workplace environment. This technology ensures engaging and immersive experiences for candidates and employees, from initial attraction through application, assessment and selection, development and succession. This in turn provides organizations with real competitive advantages in today’s highly competitive marketplace for talent.
Kenexa will combine its unique combination of software, content and services with Daesign’s innovative gaming technology to improve its customers’ performance. Kenexa helps organizations identify the right individuals and create the right environments to enhance the workplace experience for employees and employers.
“Bringing together our expertise in the field of human capital and Daesign’s award-winning solutions will result in business solutions that will enhance our customers’ business and enrich the lives of their employees,” said Rudy Karsan, CEO of Kenexa.
“Daesign’s video-gaming, artificial intelligence, graphical production capability and unique track-record, coupled with Kenexa’s broad range of HR expertise results in truly immersive and engaging user-experiences and unique differentiation for our customers,” said Damian Nolan, Daesign CEO.
For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com
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March 21, 2012
HRchitect includes Kronos in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems that organizations 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!
Kronos Incorporated recently announced that Maryland Live! Casino, a new $500 million gaming and entertainment destination currently under construction at Arundel Mills in Maryland, has purchased a suite of workforce management solutions from Kronos including time and attendance, scheduling, HR and payroll, and selection and hiring to help effectively manage its workforce. These solutions will enable Maryland Live! Casino to control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.
News Facts
- Maryland Live! Casino selected Kronos for a number of reasons including its deep expertise in the gaming industry, and the appeal of using one solution for all of its workforce management needs.
- Once the facility is complete, Maryland Live! Casino will be one of the largest casino and entertainment venues in the U.S.
- Scheduling and paying staff can be an incredibly complex task for casinos. Their large numbers of employees work varying shifts at different positions and require unique skill-sets. Kronos timekeeping and scheduling solutions simplify this process by making it fair and accurate for employees, and easy for managers.
- Maryland Live! Casino has been inundated with resumes since announcing its hiring plans and is on track to receive more than 50,000 applications for its 1,500 open positions. The selection and hiring solution from Kronos will enable Maryland Live! Casino to manage the influx of applications and hire best-fit candidates. This quick and efficient process will ensure that Maryland Live! Casino is fully staffed for its opening in June 2012.
- With Kronos, data from the hiring solution is integrated into the HR and payroll solution. This eliminates the need for dual entry of data or excessive paperwork, and significantly streamlines the on-boarding process.
- Maryland Live! Casino will take advantage of Kronos’ cloud services offering. Kronos will manage and host the solutions enabling Maryland Live! Casino to focus on growing its business while still maintaining complete control of its workforce management solution.
Supporting Quotes
Jody Madigan, chief financial officer, Maryland Live! Casino
“We were impressed by the superior quality product presented to us by Kronos. The dynamic capabilities of the hiring solution allows us to effectively manage the demand for jobs at our new facility, and will be of great value in managing our new workforce at the world-class gaming destination we are developing at Maryland Live! Casino.”
Liz Moughan, director of the retail and hospitality practice group, Kronos
“Maryland Live! Casino is an incredibly exciting new facility that is energizing the state of Maryland. The gaming industry is very unique and complex, but by focusing on having the right processes in place to manage the workforce before it even opens its doors, Maryland Live! has put itself in a very favorable position to succeed.”
To learn more about Kronos, please visit www.kronos.com
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March 18, 2012
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 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!
Kenexa, in collaboration with Capita plc, announces today that it has signed a contract to work in partnership with the armed forces to deliver the Recruiting Partnering Project (RPP). The contract, valued at around £50m a year for 10 years, is expected to deliver benefits in excess of £300m to the armed forces and will release military recruiters back to the front line.
The project represents a major investment in the transformation of military recruiting. While the Army retains ownership of recruitment policy, entry criteria and assessment standards, RPP will deliver the entire process for the attraction and recruitment of soldiers and officers to the Regular and Territorial Army. It will also provide a tri-service information and communications technology (ICT) platform to underpin recruitment for the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force.
In one of the largest contracts of its kind in the industry, Kenexa will bring its commercially proven capabilities in assessment and recruitment technology to help attract and retain the highest quality recruits into the armed forces. Kenexa will design and deliver a new suite of psychometric, skills and situational judgment selection tests to better predict success in training across the wide range of jobs in the armed forces. Kenexa will also provide the enabling technology to maximize the benefits of automated recruitment and selection technology and provide the necessary data to monitor and drive high performance.
Andrew Jackson, Managing Director of Kenexa, Government Solutions said: “With a choice of more than 220 different jobs in the Army alone, finding the right job is crucial. Our proven assessments will help the RPP to better predict success in training and throughout the chosen term careers of the Army’s future officers and soldiers. In addition, Kenexa’s applicant tracking technology will help Capita bring improved automation to the recruitment and selection processes of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force. Our company is thrilled to be part of a partnership that brings together the best of military and commercial expertise and will set new standards in the attraction, recruitment and selection of top quality servicemen and women.”
Rudy Karsan, Chairman and CEO of Kenexa, said: “I am immensely proud that Kenexa has been selected to support Capita’s delivery of assessment and recruitment services to the UK Armed Forces. It is the most important contract Kenexa has won to support the work of the government in the UK and further enhances Kenexa’s reputation in the Human Capital field.”
For more information on Kenexa, please visit www.kenexa.com
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March 13, 2012
Peoplefluent Expands Reach into Canadian Market, Providing RMS Product to Largest Health Club Company in Canada
HRchitect includes Peoplefluent in our list of top Talent Acquisition Systems vendors 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!
Peoplefluent™, offering a unique combination of best-of-breed mobile and SaaS suite solutions for Talent Management, Vendor Management and Workforce Compliance and Diversity, today announced details of its latest expansion into the Canadian market by partnering with GoodLife Fitness. The largest fitness company in Canada, GoodLife employs approximately 10,000 people across the country and boasts almost 300 locations. With continued growth expected, the company will rely on Peoplefluent’s Recruitment Management System (RMS) to improve the efficiency of its hiring processes.
GoodLife, based in London, Ontario and sponsor of the annual GoodLife Toronto Marathon, is undergoing a rapid expansion of its brand. Anticipating further growth, the company upgraded its recruiting solution for its growing staffing requirements. As GoodLife hires almost 300 employees per month, the company was looking for a way to improve hiring processes by implementing a robust and flexible solution that would be able to keep up with expected growth. The company licensed Peoplefluent RMS to achieve improvement in its applicant tracking process, increased onboarding efficiency and greater quality of hire while speeding the candidate decision process.
RMS is the first Peoplefluent product to be used by GoodLife and went ‘live’ in December, ensuring that the company was sufficiently staffed for the annual increase in membership at the beginning of the new year. The first stage of the process will be to help GoodLife improve its applicant tracking process, enabling the company to find the right talent from its candidate pool. Such an improvement will accelerate the entire hiring process for the organization and result in a more efficient time to hire and reduced hiring costs.
Along with improved hiring and onboarding processes, GoodLife will benefit from RMS being able to integrate seamlessly with the advanced analytics engine that is part of the GoodLife Marketing Recruitment Platform. Combining the robust applicant tracking of RMS and its advanced analytics capabilities with the marketing platform has already delivered actionable business insights related to sourcing, hiring procedures and financial reporting.
“As we plan to open more locations and increase our hiring throughout 2012, we needed to partner with an organization that could keep pace with our hiring needs and help us to improve our recruitment strategy,” said Steve Groves, vice president & CIO, GoodLife Fitness. “After considering several different vendors, we realized that Peoplefluent provided the best solutions to help us meet our goals.”
To learn more about Peoplefluent, please visit www.peoplefluent.com
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