To address the national crisis in health care staffing, more than 60 associations have joined a new job network, the National Healthcare Career Network (NHCN), that enables health care recruiters to reach more qualified candidates in less time. The Boxwood-powered Network provides robust job board and sophisticated filtering capabilities which enables employers to find association candidates faster and more economically.

The Search Group of Princeton adds Sales Recruiting and Recruitment Process Outsourcing to its search offerings. Leading this new division as VP, Sales & Recruiting is Janet McLiverty.

Peopleclick, Inc., a global talent acquisition solutions and Equal Employment Opportunity compliance and diversity metrics provider, releases Peopleclick Monitor 6.0, the latest version of its Adverse Impact Analysis software. With this new release, Peopleclick Monitor offers revised race and ethnicity categories helping organizations maintain compliance when hiring, promoting and terminating employees.

Resource Edge, LLC, creators of TalentHook, a resume spidering technology solution, introduces new searching and candidate management features along with an impressive new face with the release of its latest version of their TalentHook Sphere software. With expanded search functionality, shared tracking features and the addition of over 800 new Internet sites, TalentHook Sphere offers recruiters a comprehensive Internet resume retrieval solution.

FYI Screening, Inc., an employee screening firm, recently launched their redesigned website and blog. FYI helps human resources professionals improve the efficiency of their employee screening programs, minimize risk and hire top talent. Their blog provides its readers with the most current employment background check techniques available, informative articles and industry news.

Survey Says
At a time when energy costs are soaring and the U.S. economy is slumping, there is some good news for workers. U.S. companies are planning to keep pay raises steady next year, according to a forthcoming report from global consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide. The survey also found that one-third of companies have not made any workforce contingency plans in the event the economy continues to falter.

The survey found that U.S. employers are planning to give workers merit increases that will average 3.5 percent next year, identical to the increase workers received this year and just slightly lower than the 3.6 percent average increase in 2007. Companies also say they plan to provide larger raises to their better-performing employees. Employees whose performance ratings exceed expectations will receive an average merit increase of 4.2 percent, while those who far exceed expectations will receive an average 6-percent increase.

The survey also found that 33 percent of respondents have not made any formal contingency plans for future economic downturns. Two out of three U.S. employers, however, have at least one formal contingency planning activity in place. The most common is layoffs (52 percent), followed by plans to restructure their organization (46 percent), freeze the hiring of additional workers (39 percent), give smaller pay raises (27 percent) and freeze salaries (13 percent).

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