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Hyperbole HireAbility, a leader in integrated recruiting software and services, announced that it signed a partnership agreement with D2S Technologies(r), whose flagship product is COMTrac Central, a web-based
application specifically designed for end-to-end contingency staffing management and e-procurement. Under the agreement, D2S has integrated HireAbility's ALEX(sm)
resume processor into COMTrac Central. New and existing COMTrac clients can elect to add this top-of-the-line automated resume processor to their accounts, simply and easily.
viaPeople, Inc., a leading human asset management software and consulting services company, announced today the introduction of a new methodology for understanding the bottom-line impact of employee performance. viaPeople has proven that "behavior matters"
by linking employee behavior to financial contribution.
As consumer-directed health plans become more popular, more and more consumers will use the Internet to research health plans, hospitals and other providers, and to seek health information. Accreditation is a credible way for organizations to
demonstrate to consumers that they meet URAC's high standards
Harris, Rothenberg International (HRI), LLC, a global performance management company announced today it has been selected by AMS Benefits to be the exclusive provider of
health and wellness content to the company's leading benefits administration application, BenefitsCenter.
Meat and poultry processors face many tough human capital issues today, and
business leaders expect Human Resource departments to provide strategic directions and solutions to address these concerns. A new "HREVOLUTION AWARDS" program is announced to recognize and celebrate HR departments that demonstrate originality and creativity in responding to today's human capital challenges.
The National Provisioner, a publication of Stagnito Communications (an Ascend Media company) that serves meat and poultry processors, is launching in conjunction with Ameritas Group Dental and Eye Care a new "HREVOLUTION
AWARDS" program to recognize and celebrate HR departments that demonstrate originality and creativity in responding to today's human capital challenges. On May 4th, 2006, Betty Baker, Executive Director of AeAnet.org Silicon Valley, will address driving ROI out
of your business process outsourcing initiatives. The goal of this Webinar is to inform forward-thinking executives in search of viable ways to solidify their own innovative and competitive position in a flat marketplace. Human Resource professionals can now build better business cases for new HR
initiatives with the recent release of Pilat HR Solutions' white paper, "ROI for HR Systems & Processes: How Do We Justify The Cost?," written by CEO of Pilat's North American operations, Clinton Wingrove. In this white paper, Wingrove addresses the age-old issue faced
by Human Resources – how to produce a quantifiable justification for the cost of a new HR system or process. He details the steps for building a solid business case, as well as, disclosing the success measures to produce a return on investment (ROI) for Talent Management and Performance Management systems and
processes.
Valtera, a leading human resources selection and assessment provider, announced today its expansion into the Asia Pacific market with the creation of
Valtera Asia Pacific, and the opening of an office in Seoul, South Korea.
iCIMS, a leading provider of Web-based Hiring Management Solutions, today announced company results for the
quarter ended March 31, 2006. During the first quarter of 2006, the company broke its previous record held for this same quarter last year by signing nearly 40 new customers in industries ranging from health care to financial services to consumer
products manufacturing. The company also expanded its global presence through a strategic alliance with Talenger, a highly regarded Human Resources consulting firm headquartered in South Africa. Under the terms of the partnership, Talenger is the exclusive distributor and reseller of iCIMS' suite of
iRecruiterä talent management solutions in sub-Saharan Africa.
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You
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China:
Workers seek changes in labor contracts
China's top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, has received more than 190,000 suggestions since it released the draft of the labor contract law to the public on March 21. The suggestions focus on the widely existing problems of the current labor contract system, such as
unequal pay for equal work and employers' reluctance to buy social insurance for employees. Workers submitted their problems to the legislature, hoping their views could be fully considered in the legislative process of the labor contract law. (Shanghai
Daily)
Global:
Passive Candidate Email Acquisition - Does it Work?
Steven Rothberg of Collegerecruiter.com fame has started an interesting
discussion. We use Jobster and are happy with it. As I said here, I don't think the power of Jobster is the email networking piece. But we use that function, and so I like to keep track of the utility and effectiveness of it. (Talentism)
India:
Dip in quality due to reservation: India Inc
Many believe, that making reservation in the private sector mandatory may have a telling effect on economic efficiency. The statement from the Prime Minister has triggered sharp reactions from captains of the Indian industry. Chairman at Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Anji Reddy says, "My feeling is that let us not
legislate and try to do it. Having said that it is also the duty of the private sector to do something for the weaker sections." MD Head Hunters (India), Kris Laksmikanth says, "In today's talent shortage that we are facing, this is going to happen whether the Government makes a law or not. But a law per se
may not help. Companies should get more and more people from the minority sections into the corporate sector." (IBNLive)
The demographic dividend
The constant argument between Delhi and Mumbai played out ad nauseam on TV channels—which is the better city, which has the better fashion week, which is safer for women, which has a superior professional culture, which has a more interesting night life — is symptomatic of how most of us still think: small.
Delhi vs. Mumbai is the argument of the defeatist. The real argument should be Mumbai and Delhi vs. Shanghai and Beijing. For any Indian visitor who has been to China's capital and commercial megapolis, the comparison with India's two major cities is an embarrassment. While earnest intellectuals and
fashionistas in Delhi and Mumbai compare their respective cities' lounge bars (but not slums), Beijing and Shanghai have built cities that rival anything you will find in North America, Europe or Japan. The Chinese have done this by thinking big and powering FDI into infrastructure. While India dithers
at allowing FDI into realty, retail and other infrastructure projects, the Chinese have used a large chunk of the $60 billion they receive annually to build superhighways, townships, special economic zones and retail complexes on a scale perhaps only the Ambanis in the private sector in India have even
envisaged. (DNA)
US:
For apple growers, pretty slim pickings on workers for harvest
While much of the United States frets about undocumented immigrants, farmers in this famed apple-growing region east of the Cascade Range contend that they can no longer find enough. Yakima-area apple growers were so short of the field hands they rely upon to prune and pick their prized crop
that a few brought in workers from Thailand. Others said they never did find enough workers and watched in anguish as precious fruit was left dangling on trees. (Boston Globe)
State mapping plans to keep residents from leavingState looking at ways to keep residents from moving away
State offices report "brainstorming" creative ways to keep Bay Staters at bay. "We have had population declines over the last two years. They have been small declines," said Jim Locke, executive vice president of the Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce. "No state wants to be in a position where population is
declining, but we are not in a situation where we are going to bottom out." Plans to tackle housing issues and retain skilled workers are under way, said Locke, starting with the newest generation of educated, young professionals. (Lowell Sun)
Getting Wise to Lies
Alarmed about the prevalence of resume padding, employers are turning fib detection into an industry. As college seniors hurtle into the job hunt, little fibs on the résumé--for example, claiming a degree when they're three credits shy of graduation--seem harmless enough. So new grads ought to read this memo
now: those 20-year-old falsehoods on cream-colored, 32-lb. premium paper have poleaxed so many high-profile executives that you wonder who in the business world hasn't got the message. A résumé listing two fictitious degrees led to the resignation of David Edmondson, CEO of RadioShack, in February. Untruthful
curricula vitae have also hobbled the careers of executives at Bausch & Lomb, Veritas Software and the U.S. Olympic Committee. (Time)
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