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Reveille and Hyperbole:
Third Annual Web 2.0 Conference
The Web 2.0 Conference focuses on emerging business and technology developments that utilize the Web as a platform and defines how the Web will drive
business in the future. Now that the Web has become a robust platform with countless innovations driving its ongoing development, widespread disruptions in traditional business models are well underway. But within the chaos of disruption lies the seeds of opportunity. We'll focus on the startups and
financiers tending those seeds, of course - including the second annual Launch Pad. But we'll also highlight how the incumbents are also taking advantage of disruption, or, at the very least, how they are responding to it so as to protect their market positions.
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SonicRecruit is announcing new employee onboarding and integrated hourly and professional recruiting capability for its mid-market focused talent acquisition system. Further, they are unveiling SonicRecruit Onsite
Recruiter, a unique zero-footprint, remote applicant collection and screening device for retail chains and restaurants. This unique device takes up virtually no space and can capture and screen applicants onsite and upload them without an Internet connection.
Vurv Technology, formerly Recruitmax, a global provider of technology and services for building great workforces, today announced that it had continued its strong growth and momentum from 2005 for the quarter ended April 30, 2006. It was
the 34th consecutive quarter that Vurv has increased revenues.
Hoping to offer advertisers better penetration rates in the New York market, The New York Times and Metro International S.A. (Metro) announced an agreement for the Times to distribute
classified advertising through the New York edition of Metro. The ads will start running in late summer. The two publications have a combined weekday readership in the New York area of more than 2.2 million. The Times and Metro will share revenue generated through the agreement, which covers classified
advertising in the recruitment, real estate, automotive and general-merchandise categories. Metro New York was launched in 2004 and delivers the youngest audience of all dailies in New York, targeting an average 36-year-old reader with average household income of more than $87,000, according to the Times.
HireDesk™ a division of Talent Technology Corporation (TTC) and an award-winning provider of recruitment and hiring software solutions, today announced the release of HireCompliance™, a new approach to help clients address the legal compliance challenges
they face in implementing automated recruitment and hiring solutions. Created in association with Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of North America's largest labor and employment law firms, HireCompliance™ guides HireDesk clients through a structured review of their practices in ten recruitment and hiring process areas
– areas that, if not structured properly, can lead to challenge in today's evolving legal and regulatory environment.
An upcoming webinar will offer case studies and best practices to those who manage a contingent workforce. "Optimizing High Volume Contract Labor in a Light Industrial Environment" will take place 11 a.m.
Eastern/ 8 a.m. Pacific on June 20, 2006. Interested parties can register at http://www.iqnavigator.com/june20webinarmain.html at no cost.
Rob Quadracci of Quad/Graphics will describe the key elements and concepts to successfully run a contingent workforce program for light industrial operations. Rebecca Rogers, Executive Officer from Staff Management and
John Martin, Senior Vice President Strategy and Technology, from IQNavigator will also review best practices for automating and operating a full managed service program.
Two new books provide everything an organization needs to create, administer, and interpret an employee survey. The "Employee Survey Question Guidebook" and its companion volume, "Employee Surveys: Practical and Proven Methods, Samples, Examples" have been revised and updated in a second
edition by Performance Programs, Inc. For the first time, both volumes are available as e-books as well as in print. "These books are unique in the human resources field, as far as we know," says author Paul M. Connolly, Ph.D., president of
Performance Programs, Inc. "We know of no other resource where employers can obtain such a robust set of 700 field-tested questionnaire items, along with complete instructions for their selection and use."
Deck Chairs:
Hewitt Associates, Inc. (HEW) announced that Dale L. Gifford, who has served as chief executive officer since 1992, has informed the Company's board of directors of his plans to retire as chairman and CEO at the
end of December....First Financial Bankshares, Inc. announced the election of Daniel A. Ortiz to the newly created position of Vice President of Multicultural Development...Workforce Management, the leading business publication
for human resources and workforce management professionals, has hired Rick Bell, former managing editor of the San Diego Business Journal, as senior editor for news....Cross-Post LLC, the Diversity Job Board Network,
announced the appointment of Renée Ward to the position Vice-President of Strategic Partnerships, to focus on building relationships between media companies and diversity job boards.
You Should Know:
Australia:
No work contract, no promotion, court rules
EMPLOYERS can withhold promotions from their staff unless they agree to sign Australian workplace agreements, the Federal Court has found. The decision means any employee in the country could be forced to sign an agreement unless they planned to stay in their current job at their current level until
they retire. (Fairfax Digital)
Canada:
Employers struggle to lure help
Job vacancies are surging and four out of five B.C. employers say they are struggling to find and keep workers in the face of sustained economic growth. Vacancies have climbed in nine out of 10 employment categories in May, according to the online employment agency, Monster.ca, with Vancouver and Edmonton
leading the country in job demand. (Vancouver Sun)
Global:
Google Mum on Online Payments Service
Google isn't talking about reports the company is testing an online payment service that could compete with eBay's PayPal. The system reportedly is dubbed "Gbuy" and set for beta release later this month. In a carefully worded statement, a company spokesperson said billing and payments have "historically been
a part of Google's advertising program and online services." Beyond that, Google said in a statement it had "nothing specific to announce at this time." According to Reuters, Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed the search giant was testing a payment service, but denied it would compete with PayPal. (InternetNews)
Gates to hand Microsoft to Ozzie in Web 2.0 charge
Bill Gates will end a 33-year reign at Microsoft Corp in 2008 and hand over the software reins to new chief software architect Ray Ozzie, the man who last November slammed the company for almost missing the software as a service boat. Two years from now, Gates will put an end to his day-to-day duties at
Microsoft, in order to donate more of his time to his charity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he said yesterday. He will remain chairman. (Computer Business Review Online)
Netscape, AOL Look to Crush the Web 2.0 Out of Digg, Reddit
Netscape, which is run by America Online (AOL) these days, has launched a massive new revamp (which can be found here while it runs in beta) of an effort that shifts this once traditional online news portal to an interactive and vote-based "Web 2.0" interface that has been dubbed by many as a potential "Digg-killer."
Essentially, this is the classic story of a massive company moving into the space where a small one is thriving through force of innovation and verve. And the big question, of course, is: will the e-Walmart crush the very soul from the Web 2.0-Mom and Pop Shop? (Blogcritics)
Your Teachers May Be Conspiring Via Podcast
Technology allows professors to trade lectures, assignments.
While many college students turn up their iPods as a diversion from homework, an increasing number are turning to their MP3 players to complete their assignments as academic podcasting continues to expand its scope. Now professors aren't just uploading lectures-to-go, they are seeking out new ways to use the
technology to connect with students and share their work with other educators. Schools such as the University of Florida and Vanderbilt University have adopted news-based podcasts so that students can remain informed despite their hectic schedules. Ohio University provides a podcast tour of the university
library. And while some universities are wading in the podcasting pool, others have already taken the plunge by integrating iPods directly into lessons. (MTV)
Is Bughunting Still A Way Into the Games Industry?.
Edge Online is reprinting an article from last month's issue of the British gaming magazine. In the article, Bug Hunt, they look at the role of the modern QA tester. While once a good way to make yourself known to the company's HR staff, it's more and more simply a summer gig between classes for college
students. They also discuss the hard working conditions, soul-crushing scheduling, and the public misconception that what a QA tester does involves the word 'play'. (Games.slashdot)
India:
Looking for job in BPOs? Get ready for a dope test
First data theft and now drug menace. After charges of widespread drug abuse, the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry is now subjecting their employees to dope tests. Communication skills and aptitude are no longer enough to get you a job in the growing BPO sector â€" you will also have to pass
the medical tests. Companies are now resorting to routine testing of urine samples of its employees. Breath analyser tests are also being performed to ensure that no one reports to work drunk. (MoneyControl)
Offshoring is not just hiring but building processes to manage scale
Early this quarter, Mr V. Balakrishnan took over as Chief Financial Officer of the country's second largest software exporter — Infosys Technologies. Mr Balakrishnan was till recently the Company Secretary and Senior Vice-President - Finance. He has been with Infosys since its pre-IPO days, from 1991, and
seen the company tranform into a multi-billion dollar entity. Business Line caught up with Mr Balakrishnan, better known as Bala, to ascertain his views on the impact of dollar depreciation on the earnings of software companies including Infosys. Excerpts from the interview: (The
Hindu Business Line)
Jamaica:
Employers need to check networking sites
EMPLOYERS may want to consider using social networking websites, such as MySpace, Friendster and Facebook, to market their company to new employees, according to Challenger, Gray and Christmas Inc, a global outplacement consultancy. The online networking craze could place employers in contact with thousands
of potential candidates. The social networking site on everyone's lips, MySpace, has more than 78 million members and this includes multiple profiles from one source. Facebook, a site for college students and recent graduates, contains nearly five million profiles, photos and blogs. (Jamaica
Observer)
US:
Times' Web Ad Revenues Surges 27%
ONLINE AD REVENUES AT THE New York Times Co. last month soared 26.9 percent from May of 2005, while ad revenues at the company overall grew 4.4 percent--the highest increase so far this year. The company's Web presence has been bolstered significantly by the acquisition of About.com, which helped yield a
total of 39 million unique visitors for all its Web properties last month, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. About.com has enjoyed an expansive 59 percent year-over-year growth in ad revenue, in large part because of an increase in cost-per-click advertising, as well as increased demand for display ads. (Online
Media Daily)
Seniors Are The Future
In the current debate over social security there is
an assumption that the senior
population of the future will be much like the senior population of today as viewed by the youth of today: Senescent, poverty stricken, interested primarily in dowdy clothing, denture creams, TV re-runs and Florida
condos. The more catastrophic minded economists and health care professionals imagine a night of the living dead, with millions of Alzheimer's patients wandering the streets, helpless and penniless, because Social Security failed them. Business and political leaders appear to have little grasp of what is
actually happening in America and among other Western nations as their populations age. Without the wave of illegal and legal immigration that started in the 1970s, the U.S. population would soon shrink. Whatever path this economy takes, we must recognize that the issue of aging is a permanent problem.
Deep Release:
Most Professionals in High-Level Positions Believe Taking Risks Is More Important Than Playing it Safe
In a recent survey of over 630 working professionals conducted by Caliper, a Princeton-based human resources consulting firm, over 7 out of 10 people feel that taking risks is more important to success than avoiding mistakes.
In addition, people in high-level positions—those who are C-level and Vice Presidents—stressed the importance of taking risks much stronger than those in Administrative or Managerial positions.
Does these mean that if you want to move your career forward, you are better off trying something new, and possibly failing, then never trying at all?
Herb Greenberg, Ph.D., President and CEO of Caliper, shares, "Many top achievers are risk takers—they are simply not afraid to go out into uncharted waters. As a result, they move themselves, as well as their organizations, ahead."
This theme is explored in much greater depth in Caliper's new book, Succeed on Your Own Terms, which is being published by McGraw-Hill in June. The message is that people who are truly successful are willing to take risks. And willing to risk is only one of four qualities that top achievers
had in common. The other three qualities these people shared are really loving what they do, self-awareness and the ability to focus on their strengths instead of their weaknesses.
Authors Herb Greenberg and Patrick Sweeney discovered that these are the qualities that drive more than four dozen remarkably talented individuals from a dozen countries who have made their marks in business, politics, sports, the arts and global affairs. Through their compelling stories,
readers will learn to identify their defining qualities, develop their own definitions of success, and learn to recognize their defining moments.
As a bonus, readers also receive a free personality assessment to help them focus on their most powerful personal motivators and capitalize on their key strengths.
To learn more about Succeed on Your Own Terms please visit www.SucceedOnYourOwnTerms.com .
ABOUT CALIPER
Caliper helps companies achieve peak performance by aligning the potential and motivations of individuals with the goals of a business. Their expertise and accuracy, combined with the depth of their personal approach, has enabled them to provide objective, adaptable solutions for over 25,000 companies
throughout the past four decades. By helping executives select the right people, manage individuals most effectively and develop productive teams, they are able to bridge the gap between where a company is and where it needs to be.
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