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Reveille and Hyperbole:
EQSQ.com, an online career
and education resource, offers a personality assessment that determines whether respondents are
empathizers or systemizers. Armed with their empathizing quotient (EQ) and systemizing quotient (SQ),
EQSQ.com quiz-takers are better equipped to make career choices that suit their personality.
Individuals choosing careers that suit their natural abilities are likely to experience greater job
satisfaction. EQSQ.com's recent column explains how apparent workplace gender discrimination is in
reality natural selection of the people best suited for a given career. Often this means that gender
representation will be skewed, but because of ability and not gender, per se.
TheLadders.com, the world's leading online service for $100,000+ jobs, announced an extensive site redesign. The new look embraces a high-end, clean design and is the result of a re-branding initiative based on a nationwide series of interviews with over 2,800 job seekers using TheLadders.com. This new branding was paired with advanced search engine optimization (SEO) analytics to create an ultra-efficient page layout.
Learn.com, the leader in on-demand workforce development and
productivity, announced that Revenue Storm, a provider of professional revenue acceleration services
and tools, has selected the LearnCenter® platform, to provide interactive training to its global
clients. With corporate headquarters in Elk Grove Village, Illinois and a European operations
headquartered in London, Revenue Storm was seeking a learning and talent management solution that
could be quickly and effectively implemented to handle accelerating on-demand global sales training
needs.
2006 Business Round-up--Who Got It Right, Who Didn't and Lessons to Learn?
OnPoint Consulting's 2006 Business Execution Round-up:
Seven Companies to Learn from as You Reflect on the Year Gone
You Should Know:
India:
Richmond Advisory (RAS) is pleased to announce it's recent selection by the Government of Ontario to participate in the Business Mission to India scheduled from January 14-21, 2007. Arun Mehta, President & CEO of RAS will be part of the official Ontario delegation accompanying Ontario's Premier Dalton McGuinty together with Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ms. Sandra Pupatello, and Minister of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Mr. Harinder Takhar.
"This mission will help RAS develop strategic alliances with targeted organizations that will support RAS in gathering relevant market intelligence related to real estate and risk management. The RAS network and market intelligence will be used in presenting comprehensive and strategic assessments of the Indian marketplace to our corporate clients" said Arun Mehta.
US:
damaka, a fast-growing communication and collaboration software company, launches IM connectivity to MSN, Yahoo, AOL and Google. This feature allows damaka users to chat with friends across different platforms without having to launch multiple IM clients. Seamless instant messaging is a new element of the industry's smallest downloadable peer-to-peer damaka software, which includes Internet TV, desktop sharing, and video conferencing.
According to MIT student Laila Shabir, "I have been using damaka VoIP application to make free calls to my family in Dubai. The new damaka IM is easy to use as I can move from MSN to AOL by clicking on a button. I am so glad that I don't have to launch other IM clients to talk to my friends around the world. Also, it helps in removing the different communication tools clutter on my desktop and I am glad there's finally a company that can do everything in one application."
UK:
CVTrumpet.co.ukwww.cvtrumpet.co.uk, the UK's leading CV Sending
Service aimed at giving candidates a more efficient and effective way to target recruiters, has just
released a new and improved version of its Executive and Management CV Database aimed at recruiters
searching for candidates earning over £50,000.
Could Not Pass It Up:
Angel Technology announces the release of a video demonstrating the benefits of carrying personal health records. The video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyn2XMXnCnI.
Almost 100,000 Americans die each year from medical mistakes and a lack of personal health information that -- if immediately available -- may have saved their lives. With the federal government and business organizations looking closely at Personal Health Records (PHR), consumers may soon be empowered with their own PHR. This fall, [2006 Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) introduced a bill providing physicians a $2 incentive for each patient for whom they create a PHR.
Business groups have also called for the increased use of technology and PHRs, which according to the Institute of Medicine and the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, could foster a "culture of safety" on the path to reducing the mortality rate by 25 percent per year by 2010.
Angel Technology offers a suite of mobile emergency medical information products, including Angel Key, a portable device that first responders plug into a PC's USB port providing PHR's. An individual's PHR is uploaded after a simple online interview. The information is then automatically structured as a medical 'Blotter' online that can be duplicated onto any Angel device.
Deep Release:
Hiring Robust for IT in 2007 with Contractors the Big Winner, Advises Granite Solutions Groupe
Contractors Offer Significant Advantages for Company IT Needs
Hiring in the IT sector has a rosy outlook for 2007 and beyond, and that's not just wishful thinking. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that five of the top ten fastest growing jobs between now and 2014 – across any industry – will be tech jobs. And federal spending on IT is expected to increase to $92 billion by 2010.
To put a finer point on such data, a significant percentage will be in the area of IT contractors and consultants, according to San Francisco-based Granite Solutions Groupe, a recruiting firm that focuses on the financial services and high technology sector.
"Our clients are telling us their average 2007 IT expenditure will be about 40-50 percent higher than 2006. About 70 percent will be spent on IT contractors and consultants," said John Henning, Granite's San Francisco-based Director of Business Development. He added the remainder will be spent on new software and hardware.
Why the open field for contractors? Henning explains there are very few cons when companies hire a contractor. When they're used appropriately and clear, strong contracts are in place, pros far outweigh any cons. Those benefits include flexibility of getting specialized talent when and where companies need it, limiting the length of the labor cost commitment and reduced management time requirements.
Also it gives companies the ability to get specialized talent affordably, relative to long-term compensation commitments that would be required for a similarly skilled full-time employee. Henning explains that the equivalent salary for a Project Manager billing at $140 per hour is roughly $208,000/year, adjusted for benefits. Many employers don't want to carry that kind of salary commitment on their budgets from year-to-year.
The only negative is that on the occasion that the client decides they want to offer the contractor a permanent role, the contractor is in a stronger negotiating position than the hiring firm and will demand a sweeter offer.
Granite's consultants have the domain expertise and execution/delivery track record of the larger well known high-end consulting firms, with significantly lower bill rates.
About Granite Solutions Groupe
Granite Solutions Groupe (Granite) is a San Francisco based recruiting firm that specializes in recruiting and placing highly-skilled senior-level Project Managers, Business Analysts, IT Managers and IT Contractors at global firms throughout the financial services and IT Market. They can be contacted online at www.granitesolutionsgroupe.com.
Media contact:
John Henning
888-220-3524
Gail Delano
831-588-1567
gdelano@fishervista.com
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