Workforce Woes: The Demographic Challenge At
the heart of the challenge of finding people to join your high quality
workforce is a great deal of demographic upheaval. Global population,
which doubled twice in the past century will only grow by 50% in the
next century. That's a slowdown to less than 1/4 of the old growth rate.
It already feels like someone slammed on the brakes.
This happens to
companies, families and most forms of human organization. Extraordinary
growth rates are unusual. They happen in adolescence and are the
precursors to the less disruptive growth rates of adulthood. (Read More)
Reveille and Hyperbole: The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a global professional association and educator in talent management strategies, and Cornerstone OnDemand Inc., a provider of integrated, on-demand talent management solutions and services, announced that Cornerstone OnDemand will support HCI initiatives as a global underwriter, helping bring the latest human capital education, metrics, and tools to leading corporations
TalentDrive, the first company to provide the most comprehensive online resume sourcing and screenin solution, announced the availability of its services to recruiters and hiring managers worldwide.
Best of the Web Inc. introduces a vertical search portal at B2Bsoftware.com designed to enable Human Resources Software consumers to discover and compare technology solutions more efficiently than they can through traditional search engines.
TempWorks Software, a provider of advanced software solutions for staffing firms of all sizes, announces the latest release of its TwMobile wireless application. Today's fast-paced staffing market demands the ability to conduct business from anywhere at anytime while empowering mobile staff with up to the minute customer information. TwMobile produces a channel to information residing on the core TempWorks system from cell phones, PDAs and other wireless devises.
Deck Chairs: Al Campa has been appointed chief marketing officer at
Taleo Corporation, a worldwide provider of talent management solutions. The appointment strengthens Taleo's management team, as Campa brings over 20 years of marketing and executive experience to the company.
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Upcoming Event: International Association of Business Communicators Canada West conference
"Inside out - Conversations you're not having in your organization"
Communications professionals will come
together for the IABC Canada West conference, "Inside out - Conversations
you're not having in your organization," in Kelowna at the Manteo Resort on
October 14, 15 & 16, 2007. Early bird pricing ends July 31.
- Opening keynote address: Stress is a leadership issue
Kenford Nedd, M.D.,Vancouver, BC
Other sessions include:
- Winning big.
Renee Smith-Valade, Vice President, Communications, Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic
Winter Games - Sponsored by Mercer, Human Resource Consulting
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ClearPicture Corporation, a premiere feedback-management solutions provider dedicated to helping organizations grow their business, has partnered with HR.com, the largest online community and social network for HR professionals, in order to provide a series of educational webcasts focused on best practices in the HR space. Offering real-life success stories, ClearPicture joins forces with their clients, such as IBM, or industry experts, such as Dr. Beverly Kaye, to discuss how to engage employees for better retention and improved organizational performance.
Deep Release:
Cytiva Software Inc., a leading provider of on-demand talent management and recruiting software solutions, announced today the opening of new offices in Petaluma, California.
Petaluma became the de facto birthplace of employee performance management software after Petaluma software developer KnowledgePoint launched what is arguably the first commercial application for evaluating and tracking employee performance in 1994. After years of success at the leading edge of human resource management software, KnowledgePoint was sold in 2004 and has subsequently been absorbed into another corporation.
But for a company like Cytiva, who recently announced its intention to add performance management software to its suite of talent management software solutions, a location like Petaluma represents fertile ground for acquiring the kind of talent needed to develop future generations of employee performance management applications.
This practice of "going where the talent is" is nothing new to Cytiva and may be a key component in their rapid growth. In addition to the new Petaluma location, Cytiva has offices in Vancouver, B.C., Emeryville , Ca. and sales offices across the country. The company has more than doubled in size in the last year and it attributes much of its success to its virtual culture and willingness to accommodate talented employees.
"When I tell our clients that their employees are their main competitive advantage, I truly believe it," said Jason Moreau, CEO of Cytiva. "When we began to develop a core group of individuals in the Petaluma area that could help us deliver world class talent management applications, better and faster than our competition, opening an office there became an easy decision."
Moreau credits Cytiva's virtual infrastructure with making it easy to manage a dispersed, fast growing enterprise. From a virtual PBX to Internet-based, on-demand customer relationship management tools to their online meeting infrastructure, Cytiva has been built from the ground up as a virtual company.
"Our SonicRecruit on-demand applicant tracking software provides companies with anywhere, anytime access to world-class talent acquisition technology," says Moreau. "We use this same anywhere, anytime philosophy in our own work culture to gain a huge recruiting and performance advantage."
The new offices are located at 850 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma, CA 94954.
About Cytiva Software Inc.
Cytiva Software Inc. (CRX:TSX.V) provides innovative software and services to help mid-sized and Fortune 500 companies hire, manage and maximize their talent. Its flagship talent acquisition product, SonicRecruit, allows corporations to screen applicants, automate their recruiting departments, customize their corporate career sites and hire great people. This premier applicant tracking system improves recruiting effectiveness, speeding up the hiring process and reducing cost per hire. Over 170 organizations use SonicRecruit, including Coca Cola Bottlers, American Standard, Restoration Hardware, NetFlix and more. For more information, visit http://www.sonicrecruit.com.
Trends: PeopleFilter Webcast Participants Left Questioning Current Hiring Processes
-PeopleFilter's Hospitality Industry Hiring Event Leads Attendees to
Consider Examining Recruiting Processes and Technology-
PeopleFilter
Technology, developers of the PeopleFilter applicant tracking system (ATS),
today revealed compelling trends identified during its recent Webcast on
reducing hiring risk while winning the race for talent in the hospitality
industry.
Held on June 21, 2007, Webcast presenters included PeopleFilter
President and Chief Operating Officer, Kevin Harrison and David Morrison, a
leading employment law litigator from Goldberg Kohn. During the event,
participants were asked to respond to several polls. At the onset of the
session, only thirty-three percent of the attendees felt their
organizations' current selection processes might be at risk due to unclear,
undocumented or inconsistent hiring processes. A similar poll was taken
post-session where an overwhelming majority, upwards of eighty percent of
all attendees, agreed that based on the information shared today, they felt
the need to review or enhance their organization's current selection
processes and/or technology.
Rich Post, PeopleFilter's Hospitality Practice Leader, observed,
"Today's hiring environment - especially in the hospitality industry - is
fraught with pitfalls. Technology helps these decentralized recruiting
environments recruit in a more standardized, consistent manner. Plus, the
reporting capabilities inherent in hiring technologies can mitigate risk
and give busy properties readily available audit preparedness, further
discouraging rogue, disparate hiring practices."
Post continued, "We weren't surprised by the survey results from our
webcast. Properties need to build candidate pipelines to help them improve
time-to-hire and technology facilitates the ability to get to the best
candidates, quickly. Filled positions and well-matched employees-to-jobs
translates into better guest experiences and that is critical in the
hospitality industry."
About PeopleFilter Technology
PeopleFilter Technology's mission is straightforward: helping companies
get to the best. Its Web-based applicant tracking system, PeopleFilter,
helps customers flourish by making better hiring decisions, faster.
Designed for recruiters by recruiters, PeopleFilter calibrates the best
internal and external candidates against open job requisitions ensuring
companies accelerate both quality and time-to-hire.
Headquartered outside of Chicago in Arlington Heights, Ill.,
PeopleFilter Technology was founded in 2000 and has customers in a variety
of industries. More information can be accessed at
http://www.peoplefilter.com.
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