Reveille and Hyperbole  
The Empower Network (TEN), the leading provider of corporate staffing solutions, and H3.com, a cash reward referral hiring tool, announced that they have formed a strategic alliance designed to optimize employee referral programs.

The Employment Guide(R) announceD the launch of its transportation-specific website, Careers In Gear. The site will be officially introduced at this year's Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), held in Louisville, Kentucky, over March 23-25, 2006.

Society of Professional Journalists Region 11 Conference
Six years into the new millennium, what are the issues driving the profession and what challenges do students, newbies and seasoned journalists face in the 21st century?T here is something for everyone at this two-day conference -- from newsroom multimedia convergence to techniques to help put reporters at ease with their subjects. Brush up on your skills, hear the latest in the battle for better access to public records or schmooze with colleagues. March 31-April 1, 2006  Hilton Pasadena $135 168 S. Los Robles Ave. Pasadena, CA  Register

ACA Talent (turn your speakers down), a leading provider of Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions, is now utilizing a unique software solution that allows for enhanced recruitment sourcing and branding strategies via e-mail as part of our technology toolkit. The new software embeds images and links inside e-mail messages, allowing them to automatically appear when the e-mail is opened, unlike most systems which require users to accept or allow image downloads and are usually marked as spam by e-mail filters.

www.executivesontheweb.com the UK's job board for executive and management appointments announced a new record of 5,000+ client paid executive jobs posted on its website in February 2006.

Authoria released details of its financial performance in fiscal year 2005. Authoria remained profitable in 2005, with revenue growth of 62 percent over the previous fiscal year -- a growth rate more than triple that of the talent management market as a whole, as measured by leading analysts. Authoria introduced Authoria Recruiting, a collaborative application that optimizes the process of finding, recruiting, and retaining the "best-fit" talent for an organization.

HireRight, the leader in on-demand employment background screening solutions, announced the general availability of its Global Sanctions and Enforcement Check, a background search that helps companies comply with federal regulations and obtain global visibility to an applicant's history. This search also provides organizations with a robust resource for maintaining Financial Services-related regulatory compliance and reducing general hiring risk through additional search depth and global breadth.

Business and employee management service provider Salary.com has announced its transition to the Accipiter Solutions AdManager platform. The company formerly used an in-house solution, but has shifted to Accipiter's AdManager because of its GeoTargeting system, User Registration module, and pricing.

In a free Xtalks webinar on March 28, 2006, Casey Graves, 2nd VP, HR Support, Aflac, and Carl Abercrombie, 2nd VP, IT Business Partnership Management Office, Aflac ., will provide an overview of how HR and IT work together.

deverus is a service company that helps emerging background-check companies to diversify, compete and grow, using the latest technology and business process expertise. Competitive, new search services include: Instant OFAC Terrorist Search; Adverse Action Letter Management; and Instant Fraud Detection and Validation of Employee Profile Data. The Instant OFAC Terrorist Search instantly checks against the government's terrorist watch list database. The Adverse Action Letter Management enables Human Resource departments to outsource this service; and the Fraud Detection Tool quickly reveals the validity of a potential employee's social security number.

Online careers site Monster and Development Dimensions International (DDI) have unveiled a new suite of candidate assessment products that are seamlessly integrated with Monster job postings. Scheduled to be available to employers beginning in May 2006, the Monster Performance Assessment System is designed to expedite and enhance the applicant screening process by identifying candidates with the greatest potential for success in a given position.

DirectEmployers Association, a non-profit consortium of over 200 leading U.S. employers which owns and operates the JobCentral National Employment Network, will post member-company job listings automatically from their corporate web sites to the jobs section of the recently released Google Base site.

Financial services veteran Gregg Carlson has formed the Carlson Search Group, an executive search firm that focuses on mid- to senior-level retained searches for financial services companies. The firm has offices in Des Moines and Minneapolis. Mr. Carlson has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry as both an executive search consultant and human resource executive.

Deck Chairs
Oak Brook, IL-based executive search firm Witt/Kieffer has added Linda B. Hodges as a vice president to launch its national IT practice....Donald A. McCunniff, formerly serving as vice president human resources, Engine Systems & Services, a division of Honeywell, has been named as senior vice president human resources of Armstrong Holdings, Inc...Melody Jones, previously serving as global head human resources of T. Rowe Price, has been named as chief human resources officer of The Corporate Executive Board Company...Michele Riess, previously serving as head of human resources for shared services of Automatic Data Processing Inc., has been named as senior vice president human resources of Gartner, Inc.

You Should Know
Canada:
Aging boomers to slow growth, study says As people retire, workforce shrinks
Canadians need to brace for a major restructuring and slowdown in the country's economy a decade from now, according to research by economic forecasters at Global Insight (Canada) Inc.  The aging of Canada's population means the most the economy can expect to grow in any given year will be less than a measly 2 per cent, they predict. For now, Canada's economic growth potential is about 3 per cent a year -- the most the economy can grow without overheating and causing inflationary pressure. (Globe and Mail)

Googlemania hits Waterloo
Internet search giant Google Inc., whose plans for expansion in Canada have been a closely guarded secret over the past year, offered a brief glimpse of its strategy yesterday as it attempted to woo several hundred computer science grads.  After buying Waterloo-based Reqwireless, a firm that makes e-mail software for wireless devices, Google will likely look to acquire more Canadian companies that fit with its aspirations to expand its operations into the southern Ontario tech hot spot. (Globe and Mail)

Turning the brain drain into the brain gain
Jason Brogan knows all about the brain drain. After graduating from the University of New Brunswick, the Minto-raised software engineer moved to Boston to get his career on track. "I moved out of necessity because I wanted to start my career," said Brogan, who went to work for Polaroid's research and development department in Waltham, Mass. "It was good to leave as a life experience "... I worked with brilliant scientists from around the world." But after five years in the eastern hub, the call of home lured him back. (CanadaEast)

65 means freedom to start a whole new career
A growing number of Canadians are looking at working past retirement age, some to start a new business or pursue a dream job. For a growing number of well-established Canadians, "the retirement dream" involves work -- and not just hobby jobs but substantial second careers.  At 68, Canada's new ambassador to the United States, Michael Wilson has been far too busy to even contemplate the prospect of traditional retirement -- although he did schedule a ski vacation before taking up his new duties in Washington, D.C., this week. (Globe and Mail)

Finland:
Finance Ministry predicts improved employment, healthy growth this year
The Ministry of Finance is predicting a good year ahead for Finland, with GDP growing at a rate of 3.7 percent.
The ministry's cyclical report, which was issued on Tuesday, predicted that the growth rate might be even faster in the early part of the year, slowing down in the second half. All indicators are seen to point in the right direction: in addition to healthy, and broad-based economic growth, the international situation is good, thousands more jobs are being created, state finances are in surplus, and the state debt is declining.
With tax cuts adding to consumer demand, the stage is set for a very good economic year for Finland.  Employment is set to improve at the same rapid rate. Last year's figure of 50,000 new jobs is not expected to be duplicated, but job growth is nevertheless expected to reach 30,000 - an increase of 1.4 percent. Combined with last year's 50,000 new jobs, the employment level should rise to nearly 69 percent. At the same time, the unemployment rate is expected to fall to below eight percent.  Structural unemployment nevertheless remains a problem, and job creation appears to be very structural and regional. The paper and electronics industries are shedding jobs, sending many people to the unemployment lines. In other areas, at shipyards and in the metals industry, for instance, there is a slight labour shortage, which is expected to get worse.  The trend is likely to slow down in 2007, but the government's goal of 100,000 new jobs during the current parliamentary term appears to be close to becoming a reality. (HS.FI)

Ghana:
Brain Drain Hits Military... all its branches have been affected
The Ghana Armed Forces says the string of resignations that have hit the service is not limited to the Air Force.  Officials at the military command say other units of the service are also suffering from the brain drain.  A report carried by the Enquirer newspaper on Monday says officers of the Air Force who benefit from expensive training programmes in the United States of America and elsewhere quit the service for greener pastures thereafter. (Ghana GeneralNews)

Global:
What Have You Done For Me Lately? Trade associations strive to provide a worthy organization for members to value
When that yearly invoice for membership dues lands on a distributor, manufacturer or rep's desk, a trade association's future is in the balance. The member looks at the invoice and considers whether it is worth it for them to continue their membership. It is this moment where association executives wish they could be mind readers. What is going on in that member's head? What aspects of the association would they consider worthy of their dues, and which would not? Looking at the future of trade associations, members and association executives know that the associations will continue to be a presence in their respective industries for a long time. As stated, the concern for association management is that they must continue to provide a valuable and active service for their members. With a shaky economical climate, they find that more stress is placed on the association's value to the members. Those members, in looking at their dues invoice, parallel a "What have you done for me lately?" attitude. (Industrial Distribution)

15 million classifieds, no waiting
Vast.com, another all-in-one search engine for classified advertising, launched Wednesday. Founded by Raval Navikant, Vast.com offers 15 million listings scraped from 50,000 Web sites, according to the site. But, tongue in cheek, Vast.com also says: "Vast is built and kept up-to-date by an army of a billion highly trained monkeys." Vast may be big, but it's not complete or even attractive. Its design barely deserves the word "sparse." What sets the spider-built-site apart is its invitation to Web developers to freely steal its secrets. Visitors are invited to "steal" Vast's entire data set. "You can rebuild all of Vast.com, if you'd like, offer targeted classified search results to your users; build visualizations or mappings; or process the data to find interesting correlations," a posting says. (MarketWatch)

Rockstar fights brain drain
$25 million to some staff ROCKSTAR'S parent company has shelled out more than $25 million in stock incentives to keep some of the company's brightest and best working with the outfit. Take-Two fears that Rockstar will suffer a brain drain if they don't pay a lot of money to keep the current staff in place. (Inquirer)

Background Checks That Never End
A new security outfit takes a close look at potential hires, and then keeps on looking  Popular online grocery company Fresh Direct, which delivers provisions to armies of apartment-dwelling New Yorkers, suffered a troubling blow in late 2004. One of its drivers was charged with, and later pled guilty to, stalking and harassing female customers. The background investigation that Fresh Direct's screening firm had performed on the employee hadn't revealed previous misdemeanor and felony convictions on the driver's record. (Businessweek)

Blogger Firings Down, Hirings Up?
Have you noticed that it's been awhile since we last heard about a company firing an employee blogger?  The Technorati and Indeed.com data appears to back this hypothesis up. My gut is that there has been a decrease in blogger firings because a) the ensuing publicity is terrible, b) more companies have a tolerance for bloggers and c) they may be hiring bloggers instead. I don't feel it necessarily reflects that more organizations have blog policies in place - although they should. (WebProNews)

UAE:
'Middle East Talent Management Forum',
Fleming Gulf is organizing the first international conference on talent management in the Middle East; Allan Schwayer himself, the talent management guru, the author of 'Talent Management Systems' will be present in Emirates Towers on 26th & 27th of April to open the conference with his presentation: 'The Age of Talent: From Human Resources to Talent Management'. (AMEInfo)

UK:
The biggest HR challenge facing companies this year is implementing culture change
The biggest HR challenge facing companies this year is implementing culture change, according to new research carried out by leading employee benefits and technology provider, thomsons online benefits. This finding was one of a number of insights revealed in the third annual "Employee Rewards Watch", a study of 468 UK firms. The biggest HR challenges cited in the two previous years research of controlling costs and complying with employment law had dropped to second and third positions respectively. (OnRec)

US:
 'Brain drain' alarm overblown
The "brain drain" isn't as prevalent as previously assumed, according to a study of about 1,800 young, college-educated Mainers. Released Tuesday by the Finance Authority of Maine, the survey of college graduates found that about half of the respondents chose to remain in Maine or to return here to live and work and that more than half who graduated from an out-of-state college returned. Also, half of all 18-year-olds who attended college outside the state ended up transferring to a Maine institution to complete their degree and half of the state's "best and brightest" students attended college in Maine. "Overall, 75 percent of the graduates in 1997, 1998 and 1999 ended up earning their degree from a Maine institution," said David Silvernail of the University of Southern Maine's Center for Education Policy, Applied Research and Evaluation, which conducted the survey. (BangorDailyNews)

DOD pushes ahead with HR reforms
The Department of Defense officials say they are moving ahead with a planned human resources overhaul, despite a courtroom setback. The Pentagon will place 11,000 non-union employees into a new pay structure in late April. But a legal ruling over the labor relations portion of the proposed reforms is till blocking efforts to extend the human resources changes to employees represented by unions, GovExec.com reported this week. (UPI)

Mega-Networking Chamber Mixer Draws Over 2000 Attendees
wenty-five Orange County chambers of commerce, tourism bureaus and business organizations brought together professionals representing hundreds of industries and companies throughout Orange County to provide the ultimate networking experience. Over 2000 professionals from around Southern California came together March 9, 2006 for Orange County's Largest Mixer III at the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center in Costa Mesa, CA."It was an amazing event. There are a lot of local companies here that we can market to," remarked Ryan Wallace of Jobing.com "I've been to a lot of networking events in the area and this one surpasses anything that I've seen so far. It's been a great experience." (

 

Survey Sez:
MapInfo Uncovers Baby Boomer Demographics and Lifestyles Traits;

From Retirement Locations to Ethnic Backgrounds to Wealth Status, MapInfo Uncovers Fascinating Insights into One of the Country's Most Influential Demographic Groups

    1     Florida                       139,372
    2     California                    100,081
    3     Texas                          65,477
    4     Arizona                       56,913
    5     Virginia                       42,838
    6     Pennsylvania               36,194
    7     New York                    34,835
    8     New Jersey                 31,036
    9     Illinois                         31,000
   10     Georgia                      30,390

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