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Recruiting song competition.
CareerBuilder.com takes over as exclusive job search center for BET.com.
Boston Scientific Inter-Continental was awarded the Strategic Human Resources Award presented at
the 3rd annual American Business Awards (also known as the Stevies) ceremony in New York City. Veritude sponsored the award.
iCIMS introduces new website, new server (SAS-70 Level 2 Certified Data Center), new branding, new image.
Watchout for Mr Ted.
AIRS Announces Certified Diversity Recruiter (CDR) training and certification program
Peopleclick introduces version 4.4 of its Vendor Management System. enhancements include Advanced
Interview Scheduling and BusinessObjects version 6.5
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse has been optimizing workforce processes across its 360 retail stores in the US with the implementation of retail solution system Workbrain for Retail.
Kronos (Nasdaq: KRON), was awarded "Best Business Operations Application" for its Kronos Workforce Scheduler(TM) application by the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX).
Convergys will acquire Finance & Accounting Outsourcing
business of Deloitte Consulting Outsourcing
Deck Chairs:
Martin Stockton Joins Convergys as Managing Director of Operations, Employee Care, EMEA...Tacoda Systems Inc., which provides behavioral-targeted online advertising technology, promoted three senior
executives to newly created vice president positions:
David Markowitz is now VP of marketing and product management; Anne Hunter becomes VP of revenue operations; and, Bennett Zucker has been promoted to VP of global affiliate and technology sales...
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Survey Sez
Changing Strategic Priorities (or the more things change, the more they stay the same)
Staffing.org periodically asks a representative group of non-HR executives to rank their HR metric priorities. New hire quality and employee performance have always been first on their combined listsOn time performance has been second since 2002. In the
most recent survey time is still second but has jumped up by more than 10%.
HR Metrics Priorities |
2004 |
2005 |
Employee Quality* |
61% |
52% |
On Time |
20% |
31% |
Total Responses |
97 |
129 |
*Includes new hire quality and employee quality
In follow-up conversations it was observed that HR is "soft" on establishing completion dates.
You Should Know
Japan: Enticing people to stay beyond retirement.
Global:
UK:
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Girls computer clubs aim to tackle IT skills shortage. (Silicon.com)
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Cambridge has the healthiest workers in the UK, with almost half of the city's commuters travelling on foot or by bicycle. (PersonnelToday)
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