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Reveille and Hyperbole:
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reports that the State unemployment rate increased slightly to 4.5 percent from 4.3 percent, last month. Jobs in manufacturing, transportation, and construction have become harder to find, reflecting the ongoing national decline in retail sales and the slump in the housing market.
Manpower Inc., a world leader in the employment services industry, acquires Clarendon Parker Middle East FZ LLC (CPME), the Middle East region's largest professional recruitment provider. CPME has operations in United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Internet-based recruiting and personnel management software company,
Vurv Technology Inc., has integrated a new job posting application, eQuest Advantage, into its Vurv Express Recruitment, part of the company's product line for small and medium-sized businesses.
eQuest will be supporting Monster's new "Enhanced Job Description" upgrade. All eQuest customers utilizing eQuest for Monster deliveries will be able to post jobs using Monster's Enhanced Job Categories for N. & S. America.
Meta4, a multinational company specializing in human and intellectual capital management (HICM) solutions, announced that the Colombian Government's Administrative Department of the Public Function (DAFP) has selected Meta4's comprehensive suite of software solutions.
Survey Says:
A recent Deloitte Consulting survey of 150 companies, finds that 85 percent said they were revamping their HR functions, but were still not making it an integral part of the company's business strategy.
According to the survey: "Revamping HR is still mostly about savings, systems and processes, despite demands from the C-suite for HR function to support overall business objectives to meet challenges of an increasingly competitive business environment." Consultants often complain that no change can be made without the active support of the CEO, but in this case the CEOs are eager to see the change, but HR is dragging its feet.
"There is a definite push from the CEOs - they want HR to play a more assertive role. But we are not seeing this at HR level - they are misinterpreting the message from the CEO. HR needs help to interpret what the CEO wants."
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