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Arbita, a leading provider of global employment management solutions, has announced it has received integration validation of the interface between its OnePost job management platform and Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9
Human Capital Management (HCM) Applications, via the Oracle® PartnerNetwork Application Integration Initiative.The integration validation between PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9 and the Arbita job posting interface helps provide clients with the ability to easily post and manage jobs through Oracle's PeopleSoft
Enterprise Talent Acquisition Manager. Users can edit and remove postings using job boards on either a contract or a la carte basis. The system enables detailed financial reporting and media analytics. The OnePost ecosystem encompasses thousands of job boards in over 80 countries through a single interface.
The platform empowers users to create employer-specific networks with robust job advertising distribution capabilities. Companies of all sizes can now track job board performance and candidate response while capturing efficiencies in the recruiting process and streamlining employment operations. Arbita is a
Certified Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork.
AIRS, a provider of recruitment training and information technology, has launched SourcePoint CE, a new Web-based sourcing tool for finding and recruiting talent. Unlike traditional sourcing applications that specialize in a
specific task, SourcePoint CE offers all these capabilities in a single, modular platform. Critical SourcePoint CE features include: a passive candidate database of more than 33 million profiles; the TotalView resume search engine that enables recruiters to search their internal, external, active, and passive
resume databases; and AIRS patent-pending ReVo ToolBar that automates candidate capture and TalentPool development.
Trovix, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent search technology will demonstrate its breakthrough Web-based intelligent
candidate matching application and tracking system at The 24th Annual Industry Liaison Group National Conference (Sunday, August 6, through Wednesday, August 9). Trovix Recruit combines Trovix's Intelligent Search Technology with a full-featured applicant tracking system (ATS) to manage the entire
selection process: from opening requisitions and posting jobs to extending offers and generating reports. Trovix Intelligent Search is a powerful tool for recruiters because it learns based on their preferences and identifies the best qualified candidates for them. Company representatives will be on hand to
provide product demonstrations of the solution's latest version.
Cytiva Software, a provider of recruiting software solutions, has released SonicRecruit Enterprise, a multi-division, multi-site talent acquisition system. SonicRecruit Enterprise allows organizations to implement a centralized
recruiting solution in a distributed multi-divisional environment. The system gives organizations the flexibility to segment their departments, divisions and locations any way they'd like, and it provides the ability to define roles within those segments controlling who gets access to what information.
Employers are facing an increasingly global, diverse and complex workforce that moves at a faster pace each year. As this new workforce generation emerges, most companies are not prepared to handle the challenges ahead, and in a knowledge economy - where people are the greatest source of
competitive advantage, as well as the largest and fastest growing expense - this can prove to be a costly mistake. Talent management experts from Hewitt Associates (HEW), a global human resources services firm, address the challenges and opportunities that a
next generation workforce generation creates in a new book titled WORKFORCE WAKE-UP CALL: Your Workforce is Changing, Are You? (Wiley, July 2006, $34.95, Cloth). The book, which features valuable insights and practical solutions on emerging workforce issues, discusses how the changing workforce will affect
talent management and provides companies with effective advice on critical workforce management topics.
Demographic shifts, globalization and increased corporate governance are three key factors changing the way law offices operate, according to a just-released white paper from Robert Half Legal, a legal staffing service specializing in attorneys, paralegals and other highly skilled legal
professionals. The paper is titled The Changing Face of the Legal Industry and is part of the company's continuing Future Law Office project. The research also highlights how legal employers are responding to the needs and priorities of an increasingly diverse, multigenerational workforce in order to recruit
and retain top talent, and remain competitive. For its annual Future Law Office project, Robert Half Legal commissions surveys of attorneys, interviews leading experts and conducts research to determine how law offices will operate in the coming years. The results are available at
www.futurelawoffice.com.
Administaff, Inc. (ASF), a leading provider of human resources (HR) services for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced the launch of the redesigned HRTools.com(SM) Web site, featuring HR information, products and services. The new
Web site integrates content from Administaff's HR PowerHouse® Web site into the HRTools.com Web site for a single, powerful resource to provide HR news, tools and information to many small and medium-sized businesses.
Deck Chairs:
KnowledgeBank, Inc., a Northern Virginia based provider of total outsourced and project-based human resource (HR) management services to organizations ranging from small & emerging
growth, to large companies in the commercial, nonprofit, and government sectors, today announced the promotions of Kevin Antler to the position of executive vice president and chief operating officer and Eileen Taylor as senior vice president for administration and operations. ... Richard T. Brooks is the new
vice president of business strategy at HR Dimensions. ... Orlando-based CoAdvantage, a full-service provider of tailored Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) solutions for dynamic small and mid-sized companies, has hired Michael
Driscoll as Senior Vice President, Benefits. ... Vurv (formerly Recruitmax) announced that Amy McGeorge has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. With more than 16 years of senior management experience with global enterprise-level service organizations,
including leadership roles at CitiStreet and Hewitt Associates, McGeorge combines strong operational expertise with a broad understanding of the industry.
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Canada:
Edmonton taps CNC Global to recruit IT employees
The City of Edmonton is one of the first municipalities in Canada to turn to outsourcing its IT staffing requirements to recruiting firms as opposed to using a tendering system such as Merx or, in Alberta, the Alberta Purchasing Connection. The City on July 1 signed a five-year contract with CNC Global for it
to provide recruitment process outsourcing services to help it save time and money in the recruitment process. Under the terms of the deal, CNC will manage the engagement of 50-plus information technology professionals on an annual basis. To ensure a competitive bid process, CNC will compete against
Edmonton-based Intellex Systems and Eagle Professional Resources, which offer similar services. (IT Business.ca)
China:
More companies committed to hiring older workers
A total of 84 companies have come out to say they will employ or re-employ workers above the age of 62, exceeding the initial target of 50 set by the labour movement. Sixty-two-year-old Ng Noi Seng has been working with Canon Singapore as a camera specialist for the past 30 years. He is due to retire at
year's end, but he is not about to do so; instead, he will continue working here for as long as he is needed at the same pay. (ChannelNewsAsia)
Global:
Dead 2.0 criticism of Jobster, Zillow
Dead 2.0 -- a new blog that places a critical eye on the Internet sector -- says that Web 2.0 is entering a new era in which "mega-funding" is starting "to rear it's ugly head." Of course, that leads to commentary about two recent Seattle companies that scored huge venture rounds this month -- Jobster and
Zillow.com. Here's a little bit of what Dead 2.0 -- who is not identified -- said about Jobster: (SeattlePI)
Applying for jobs becomes faceless
They're billed as fast and easy ways to get work, but as big retailers switch to computerized job application kiosks, the hiring process is less personal than ever. With the high volume of people filling out questionnaires for hourly positions, how do you make the most of your application to stand out and get
hired? It starts before you get to the kiosk, said George Salaz, a job developer for Tucson SER Jobs for Progress, a nonprofit employment resource. (Arizona Daily Star) New Adecco CEO Takes Over Tuesday
The recently-named chief executive of employment company Adecco SA will begin his new job on Tuesday, the company announced. Dieter Scheiff, 54, was appointed earlier this year, but it was unclear when he would move to the Swiss-based company from Deutscher Industrie Service AG, which was acquired by Adeco
earlier this year. (MSNMoney)
Watching Google's AdWords hiring practices
Many of us have heard about Google's strenuous hiring practices. The company hires some of the smartest people in the world to create and maintain the a Google network of sites that is becoming as ubiquitous as a common toaster. Just the fact that I wrote that sentence is a testament to the Google brand
power. How about being hired to work on the Google AdWords team -- you know, the team responsible for facilitating the advertising that brings in, by most reports, 99% of Google's revenue? That sounds like a big pot of stress to me. One step to becoming part of the AdWords team is to complete an "AdWords
Worksheet" from Google, which is given to applicants after passing a screening interview. It is geared to judge a candidate's basic knowledge of and aptitude for an an AdWords-related position. (Blogging Stocks)
The Insider: Microsoft rolls out Windows Vista, the soft drink
You won't find Windows Vista in stores this year -- but on the Microsoft campus, it's already in the refrigerators. Special-edition cans of Talking Rain sparkling water, sporting the logo for the upcoming operating system, have been stocked among the other free sodas available to the company's
employees. It's a promotion for the preliminary version of the program, pointing employees to an internal Windows Vista site. (SeattlePI)
More companies outsourcing health care
Officials at American hospitals say that exporting patients will worsen the problem.
After going overseas to outsource everything from manufacturing to customer services, American businesses — pressed by rising health-care costs — are looking offshore for medical benefits, as well. More employers who fund their own health insurance plans are looking into sending their ailing employees
overseas for surgeries that in the United States would cost tens of thousands of dollars more. In September Carl Garrett of Leicester, N.C., will fly to a state-of-the-art hospital in New Delhi, India, for surgeries to remove gallstones and to fix a worn rotator cuff. His employer, Canton, N.C.-based Blue
Ridge Paper Products Inc., will pay for it all, including airfare for Garrett and his fiancee. When he returns, the company will give Garrett a share of the expected savings, up to $10,000. (Los Angeles Times)
Leveraging Surveys for Organizational Change
Using the survey process as a way to engage in an ongoing dialogue with employees proved successful for the company as it enabled them to leverage accurate and ongoing feedback to implement change -- regardless of whether those changes involved customer satisfaction or employee performance.
Trying to get your hands around organizational change is a difficult challenge for most companies, but it is even more daunting when you are trying to identify the needs of employees that support multiple product lines and span numerous geographic locations. Today, Web-based surveys
continue to take on a strategic and instrumental role in the feedback lifecycle process, as it enables an organization to gain valuable information and hear the "voice" of both its employees and customers.
While traditional research methodologies have provided this "voice," a new dimension in efficiency is achievable through Web survey technology. As a result, surveys have evolved into a fast and accurate method that truly takes into account the pulse of an organization. However,
actionable results are not easily achieved as it takes more than technology to make the survey process successful. (CRMNews)
US:
The Labor View: Like it or not, you may soon be 'supervisor'
In the United States, you don't have the freedom to form a union if you are in management, or are considered a supervisor. For decades, employers have been trying to drive truckloads of American workers through that cavernous loophole by swelling their ranks of "assistant managers" and the like. The simple
goal is to prevent them from banding together and negotiating for better wages and working conditions. Well, the Bush-appointed National Labor Relations Board is poised to expand that loophole, making it big enough for tractor-trailers. (Columbian)
Softer approach can work better with employees
Has your office door become the revolving door? Perhaps your tough management style needs some softening, according to one author. "Some bosses became successful by trouncing the competition and having a driven nature. That type of personality oftentimes doesn't translate well when interacting with
employees," said Noelle Nelson, author of "The Power of Appreciation in Business." (Chicago Tribune)
U.S. hiring set to rise next month
The U.S. job market will continue to expand in August with 53.5 percent of manufacturers and 58 percent of service-sector employers planning to hire. Consistent with the usual seasonality patterns, employment expectations declined from July through August but remained substantially above the August 2005
level, a report by the Society for Human Resource Management and the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations said Tuesday. (Monsters and Critics)
OWU Begins Student Recruitment in Australia and New Zealand
Thanks to Grace Poling, Ohio Wesleyan has a new market for student recruitment. Earlier this summer, Poling, who is an associate dean and director of international recruitment at OWU, traveled with representatives from other U.S. colleges and universities to Australia and New Zealand. All participants are
members of the Council of International Schools. "It's very exciting," says Poling. "To the best of the group's knowledge, we were the first organized group of U.S. admission counselors to visit Australia and New Zealand. Both countries have excellent colleges and universities, so counselors wouldn't
automatically travel there," she explains. "It's perceived as a tough market." (Connect2)
Temporary Agencies Becoming a Permanent Solution
It used to be that employers thought of temp agencies as the place to go solely if they were looking to find a fill-in secretary, office clerical worker or warm bodies to perform unskilled labor. But more and more, temporary employment agencies are being counted on to supply companies with two other types of
employees – older workers and those with college degrees. Among the reasons: knowledge and experience. "There are plenty of people out there who want to work, but not as many who are qualified to work," points out Steve Bercham, vice president of American Staffing Association, a Virginia-based staffing
industry advocacy organization. "We are continuing to hear growing demand for highly skilled people." Bercham notes that many employers recognize that a talent shortage is looming in some areas and that better-educated workers and those over 50 can help fill that gap. (JobJournal)
Conference offers strategies to attract and keep talent
As millions of baby boomers approach retirement age, employers should be giving thought to replacing them with the best possible workers. In addition, they need to focus on retaining their top performers, who, surveys show, are increasingly ready and willing to jump ship for something better. It has all the
making of a perfect storm for human resources managers. Some solid advice and thinking on the subject is on the way. The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology is sponsoring a fall conference that will bring together some of the leading researchers and practitioners in talent attraction,
development and retention. The Leading Edge Consortium will be held Oct. 27-28 in Charlotte, N.C. SIOP is the premier organization of industrial and organizational psychologists in the world. (Reliable
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