Mocked by football fans, questioned by sportswriters, feared by job-seekers, valued by HR
departments, the Wonderlic Personnel Test has been in play since 1937 as a quick way to
sort out who belongs in the first draft of a recruiting campaign. When, in 2006,
quarterback Vince Young of the Tennessee Titans got a score of 16 out of 50 on the test,
which is administered to players in the NFL, many wondered what difference the Wonderlic
results could make in predicting performance in such a skull-crushing sport. Read more in
the Electronic Recruiting
News.
The Friday Report
March 16-19. National HR in Hospitality
Conference & Expo. Sponsored by Cornell University IRL School. Wynn Las
Vegas.
March 27. HR Workforce Modeling: Achieving Successful
Mergers and Acquisitions. Webinar sponsored by HumanConcepts.
March 31 - April
2. SHRM Global Conference &
Exposition. Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA.
March 31 - April 2.
ERE Expo 2008 Spring. Sheraton San Diego Hotel
& Marina.
April 9-12. 23rd Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational
Psychology, Inc. Conference. Hilton San Francisco, California.
April 16-17. HRO World Conference & Expo. Hilton New York, New York
City.
April 29. Recruiting Roadshow. Cleveland,
Ohio.
May 1-2. Conference Board 2008 Leadership
Development Conference. Grand Hyatt. New York City.
May 13-16. Kennedy Recruiting 2008 Conference & Expo: Real World Recruiting for Today's Workforce.
Las Vegas, Nevada Hilton.
May 20-23. WorldatWork
Conference & Exhibition. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Convention Center.
May 31-June 4. IHRIM HRMStrategies 2008
Conference and Technology Exposition. Disney Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista,
Florida.
June 4-6. Fordyce Forum 2008 Flamingo Las Vegas
Hotel.
June 5-6. Conference Board 2008 Leadership
Development Conference. Hotel del Coronado San Diego, CA.
June 22 - 25
60th Annual Conference & Exposition
Chicago, Ill | Sheraton Chicago (HQ)
September 8-10. 2008 Staffing Industry
Analysts' Healthcare Staffing Summit. Hilton San Francisco, CA.
September 9 & 10.
Online Recruitment Conference and Expo
2008. Donald E. Stevens Convention. Sponsored by Onrec.com. Center, Chicago,
IL.
September 24-26.
SHRM Strategy Conference Palm Springs, CA
| Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa
October 27-29. Workplace
Diversity & Exposition Atlanta, GA | Atlanta Marriott Marquis
October 28-29. 2008 Staffing Industry
Analysts Contingent Workforce Strategies Summit. New York Marriott at Brooklyn
Bridge, New York City.
October 28-30. ERE Expo
2008 Fall. Westin Diplomat Hotel & Spa, Hollywood, FL.
Workstream Inc. promotes Steve Purello as Chief
Executive Officer and Jay Markell as Chief Financial Officer.
Webhire Inc. appoints Susanne M. Bowen to the
position of President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Webhire, Ms. Bowen
held the position of Executive Vice President of Sales and Services for Workscape,
Inc.
Kathy Dickerson joins NetStar-1, Inc. as vice president of human resources, who
will be responsible for managing employee recruitment, retention and training programs,
as well as overseeing compensation, benefits and retirement savings plans.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. named Bryan E. Venberg to
the position of Senior Vice President – Human Resources. Prior to
joining Family Dollar, Mr. Venberg served as Senior Vice President, Operations, Customer
Service and Human Resources with ShopNBC.
Diamond Resorts International appointed Eva Esteban
as Vice President of Global Organizational Development. Esteban will oversee the
development and implementation of training and talent management efforts of DRI team
members worldwide, reporting to Steve Bell, Executive Vice-President, Human Resources of
DRI.
National Philanthropic Trust appoints Leslie Barrett Human
Resources Manager; Erin Brownback, Marketing and Communications Coordinator; Donald
Gottesman, Assistant Vice President of Gift Planning; and Christina Miller, Special
Projects.
ExpertPlan hires Tom Zgainer as Senior Vice President of
Sales and Business Development for the West Coast and will be based in Scottsdale, AZ. He
joins ExpertPlan from The Online 401k.
A.D.A.M., Inc. appoints Mike Formica to the position of Vice
President of Sales, over A.D.A.M.'s Employer Solutions
group.
The Board of Directors of
CTG, international information technology (IT) staffing
and solutions company, elects William D. McGuire, as a Director of CTG. McGuire served
from 2002 to 2005 as President and CEO of Kaleida Health, the largest healthcare provider
in Western New York.
Lighthouse Management Group, specializing in the
placement of top-tier, hires . Kozuma joins LMG most recently from ELT Inc., a
prominent e-learning company.