Reveille & Hyperbole
Kenexa, a provider of recruitment and retention solutions, reports that its mid-market software-as-a-service (SaaS) applicant tracking system, Kenexa Recruiter, now includes tight integration with employment testing and background screening offerings from New York City-based Sterling Testing Systems.

TEDS, Inc., originator of a fully integrated enterprise-wide talent management solution, is awarded the highest possible rating for its Talent Management system's product in the new Bersin & Associates research study, Talent Management Suites: Market Realities, Implementation Experiences, and Vendor Profiles. The four-star product strength rating resulted from research conducted over 12 months, including more than 50 in-depth interviews with HR and talent management leaders, and vendors' customer references.

Dresser and Associates, a provider of Sage Software's Sage Abra HRMS (human resources management system), redesign its website. Developed by long-standing partner Hall Web Services of Scarborough, Maine, the new site expands on Dresser's existing efforts with a global log-in feature that allows new and existing Sage Abra users to access a large library of HR information and resources, and a growing section of "HR Pillars" which will serve as a directory of key human resources service providers.

Abso, a provider of fully integrated talent management and screening solutions, makes available its third generation Talent Edition Web-based software. Talent Edition includes new and innovative capabilities for identifying qualified candidates, streamlining recruiting, reducing time-to-hire and lowering cost-per-hire.

The Fennimore Group, a Chicago-based supply chain and operations consulting firm, is launching a new staffing division. Fennimore Solutions has extensive knowledge and experience in supply chain, purchasing, finance, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, and global logistics and thus effectively provides subject matter specialists.

CareerBuilder LLC is in line for a $2.9-million subsidy from the city of Chicago to help pay for the planned renovation of its expanded downtown headquarters, after the company considered moving out of town. Losing the headquarters could have cost Chicago as many as 1,100 jobs. As part of the TIF agreement, which was approved Tuesday by the Community Development Commission and now goes to the full City Council, CareerBuilder is to have at least 800 full-time employees at its headquarters at 200 N. LaSalle St., up from 540 there now, and another 615 employees at several other offices in the city. The company also has committed to add 185 full-time jobs over the next two years, which would bring its employee count in Chicago to 1,600.

Survey Says
What career issues keep Generation Y professionals awake at night? When asked to name their chief career concern, 33% of Gen Y workers polled cited compensation and benefits issues. The second most common response was finding and keeping a job, provided by 26% of those surveyed; career satisfaction ranked third, named by 23% of respondents. The survey, commissioned by Robert Half International and Yahoo!HotJobs, examines the professional priorities of the most senior members of Generation Y or the "Millennials" -- those who have already started a career or will soon start one. More than 1,000 adults between the ages of 21 and 28 were polled for the project. The findings are available in a report, What Millennial Workers Want: How to Attract and Retain Gen Y Employees.