Reveille and Hyperbole: jobWings Careers, the Canadian leader in specialized job boards, is launching GAAP.ca, the first site targeting clerical accounting jobs.
All accounting specialties are covered. GAAP.ca facilitates contact opportunities between applicants and recruiters, to more easily fill the many jobs available in this sector.
Hudson Highland Group, Inc.(Nasdaq:HHGP) has completed the sale of its Highland Partners executive search business to Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSII). The company received $36.6 million in cash at the closing, subject to a net working capital adjustment, of which the company is paying $9.55 million to partners of the business. The company may receive payments from Heidrick of up to an additional $15 million subject to the achievement of certain future revenue metrics by that business in 2007 and 2008, resulting in maximum potential gross proceeds of $51.6 million.
Dillistone Group Plc, which is the parent of Dillistone Systems, announced that for the first six months that ended 30 June 2006 its profits before tax have risen 105%, from £269,818 to £554,050.
Deck Chairs
Good Leads, an industry leader in outsourced business development services, bolstered its management team by adding an industry veteran to the leadership team. Mark Matejik signed on recently thus laying the foundation for Good Leads continued rapid growth. Mark is National Sales Director reporting to Bob Good,President of Good Leads and will be responsible for securing strategic relationships with key Enterprise accounts.
... ORC Worldwide (ORC), a leading international HR consulting and management firm, announced the appointment of Patrice A. Hall as vice president and leader of the firm's global equality, diversity and inclusion practice area.
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Deep Release Women in Technology Jobs have "Male" Brains According to EQSQ.com
An ongoing study by EQSQ.com, an online personality testing and career and education resource site, supports the notion that women in technical careers have "male" brains. Female test-takers with technical jobs scored 34 percent above the systemizing quotient (SQ) average of 1,038 women who took an identical test in a Cambridge University (UK) study. This latest finding demonstrates clearly Professor Simon Baron-Cohen's caution against stereotyping. The key to his Empathizing-Systemizing theory is that your sex does not determine your brain type.
Women in technical careers have "male" brains, according to an ongoing study by EQSQ.com, an online personality testing and career and education resource site. Compared to the original study completed by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University, female EQSQ.com respondents scored 34 percent above the systemizing quotient (SQ) average. This finding will no doubt fuel the controversy that has raged during the last year over the classification of brains as "male" and "female."
EQSQ.com asks respondents completing the Empathizing-Systemizing personality tests to classify their jobs as "technical" or "non-technical." Women who regarded their careers as "technical' scored an average SQ of 69.7 compared to the female average of 51.9, and male average of 61.2, in the Cambridge study.
Individuals (male or female) with a "systemizing" brain tend to be driven to "analyze, understand, predict, control and construct rule-based systems." More men than women have systemizing brains and, simply because of this, the systemizing brain has been called the "male" brain. It does not mean that women cannot be systematic. By contrast, men or women with an "empathizing" brain tend to be driven to "identify another person's emotions and thoughts, and to respond to these with an appropriate emotion." More women than men have empathizing brains, but it does not mean that men cannot have empathy. Perhaps the real controversy is over the use of "male" and "female" as the categories.
"Males' and females' brains are different by nature," agrees Louann Brizendine, author of The Female Brain, although it is not clear if this supports or contradicts the Empathizing-Systemizing theory. A "one size fits all" approach would be debatable because it is possible to find men with empathizing brains and women with systemizing brains. No psychology researcher investigating the Empathizing-Systemizing theory with the tests would claim that all respondents with high SQs are male or that respondents with high EQs are female.
EQ SQ tests inform respondents of their natural tendencies. Armed with the knowledge, they can then make education and career choices more suited to their personalities. It is encouraging that women and men in technical jobs who tested at EQSQ.com report higher average systemizing scores than the 2006 Cambridge sample which comprised of students from a range of disciplines. This would support the assertion made by EQSQ.com that individuals with high SQs are more inclined towards technical careers.
EQSQ.com centers on the Empathizing-Systemizing Theory of the male versus the female brain types and how this knowledge can be applied to life choices to make more informed decisions. Systemizers and empathizers can find information and resources related to education, educational programs, and career choices.
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Lawson, Kenexa, Saba and Workscape Among 40 Vendors Announcing New Products at the
HR Technology Conference® & Expo on October 4 - 6, 2006.
- 9th Annual Conference and Expo "Best and Largest of its Kind" Kicks off
The premier destination for HR decision-makers, Human Resource Executive® magazine's 9th Annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition will once again feature the largest number of new product announcements made at any similar event in the world. This year, 40 of the show's 215-plus exhibitors are planning significant product announcements about cutting-edge HR software and services.
The conference and exposition will be held at Navy Pier in Chicago from October 4 – 6, 2006, and a nine-year record number of executives have already registered to attend. Known for both the size and the quality of its conference program, exhibitors and attendees, this event has for years been the preferred platform for the launching of new technology products and ideas for HR.
The following companies will be making Product announcements in Chicago this week:
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