Monster has opened recruiting for its Florence, South Carolina customer service facility via the launch of a website dedicated specifically to recruitment for the new facility. The website will provide job seekers access to the hundreds of open positions for the Florence facility, which is slated to open in September.

PongoResume, a full-service online resume-building resource that provides a suite of online tools to help job seekers market and manage their career, has entered into a licensing agreement with the State of Texas to deliver online resume and letter building tools to be used by people seeking employment opportunities in Texas. The agreement is the first of its kind with any State organization to deliver this type of strategic online initiative for the unemployed.

Dayak, an online recruiting marketplace that links employers with professional recruiters, recently launched its full-service website. There is no limit on the number of jobs an employer can post and there are no costs for job posting. Employers only pay for successful hires and are provided a 60-day money back guarantee. The company reports that, to date, it has registered nearly 1,000 employers, over 2,000 recruiters, and has secured job postings from acclaimed companies such as Wal-Mart, Sangamo BioSciences, Schlumberger, L'Oreal, Terminix, XM Satellite Radio and Valero Energy. Dayak CEO Allan Sabol.

SHL, a provider of objective employment assessment and development solutions, released the latest addition to its Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) family, the OPQ32 Manager Plus Report. The Manager Plus Report helps supervisors and managers effectively manage their teams by providing key insights into an individual's likely workplace behaviors.

HRchitect, an HR systems strategic and Human Capital Management consulting firm, is reports that during the first half of 2008, it posted 50% growth numbers over the same period in 2007. Notable new clients signed with HRchitect during the first two quarters of 2008, including 24 Hour Fitness; Axcan, Belron US Inc., Best Buy, California Pacific Medical, FM Global, GotVMail Communications, and Kelly Services.

Just released is the annual CareerXroads Best of the Best list, a review of the staffing pages of Fortune Magazine's annual list of America's 500 Largest Public Corporations, examined from the perspective of a job seeker and determine the site's ability to Target, Engage, Inform and Respect the job seeker.

Applicant tracking system provider nowHIRE.com announced its E-Verify Program, a Web-based application to help employers automate and streamline hiring processes while ensuring employment eligibility of new hires.

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