Reveille & Hyperbole
onTargetjobs, a niche Internet job board company, announces its acquisition of RegionalHelpWanted.com, a network of more than 350 geographically focused Internet job boards.
Adecco India, the Indian arm of the Euro 20.4 billion HR services firm Adecco SA, acquires Mumbai-based Ajinkya, one of the biggest blue-collar temporary staffing firms, which gives it a foothold in the manufacturing vertical.
Kronos, a $625 million Masachussets-based software company today announced the extension of its global partnership with IBM to India. They launched Kronos for Manufacturing (Workforce Central Version 6.0), a comprehensive offering of software and services designed to maximize productivity and achieve operational excellence in manufacturing units.
CNN Money reports on software as a service or SaaS is growing much faster than the business software market as a whole. Among SaaS vendors, the top category involves software for human capital management. HCM software sales, along with other types of human resources software, are rising more than twice as fast as business software overall, at 16% vs. 7%, AMR Research says.
Weddles 2008 User's Choice Awards recognize the Web-sites that provide the best level of service and value to their visitors, and help others make the best use of the best employment resources online.
The 2008 Awards are sponsored by Bernard Hodes Group, a provider of integrated talent solutions.
CSO looks at one security breach, two letters and gives 11 lessons in the art of telling customers you screwed up. Two PR pros deconstruct the messages that Monster.com and USAJOBS were really giving to customers whose personal information had been disclosed. The first in an in-depth series on the dos and don'ts of security breaches.
Survey Says
AccounTemps survey shows that 57 percent of executives reported that Tuesday remains the most productive day of the week for employees. Monday was the second most popular answer, although it appears to be losing favor: Only 12 percent of respondents ranked Monday as most productive, compared to 26 percent in a 2002 survey. The results mirror previous surveys conducted in 2002, 1998 and 1987.
Two AARP surveys in Puerto Rico suggest that to prevent a labor shortage, employers in Puerto Rico need to address the retaining and recruiting of older employees.
The application deadline for the annual AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 list is fast approaching. Employers that offer workplace practices and policies that are friendly toward workers aged 50+ are encouraged to apply.