The Monster Employment Index edged up one point in September, as online recruitment activity increased slightly for the second consecutive month. During September, online job availability rose in 10 of the Index's 20 industry categories and in 12 of the 23 occupational categories measured. On a year-over-year basis, the Index remained flat from the previous two months, down 14 percent from a year ago.

eQuest, specializing in job posting and Internet recruitment management services, is adding Out and Equal Workplace Advocates' new Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender online career portal LBGTCareerLink.com to its OFCCP Compliance network.

Berkshire Associates Inc., provider of applicant tracking, affirmative action, and salary equity software and services, announces today it has entered into a strategic partnership with Arbita, specializing in creating and executing innovative recruitment media, technology, and consulting solutions.

Westaff, Inc., provider of staffing services, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Australia and New Zealand subsidiaries to Humanis Blue Pty Ltd. in a transaction valued at approximately US $15 million, consisting of a combination of cash and debt. Humanis is a Melbourne, Australia-based company involved in the accumulation of recruitment providers in select verticals.

The Kenexa Research Institute explored what employees around the world think about their organizations and their management, products, markets, including the odds of employment survival in these uncertain times. Valuable insights can sometimes be gained by looking at those who respond most negatively about their workplaces and environments. Looking at the negative responses, the results from a group of more than 16,000 workers, from 12 countries, indicate that employees in Japan (23%) lack employee confidence the most, followed by those in Italy (17%) and the United Kingdom (16%). Employee confidence has two contributing factors: organizational and personal confidence. Organizational confidence is defined as employees having confidence in their organization's future, believing their organizations are managed effectively, feeling that the products/services are of high quality and sought after, that the organization is competitive and that the industry in which the organization is operating is robust and healthy.

The Blind Leading the Uninformed?
Organizations or their new hires regret their hiring decisions 50% of the time, costing the average organization millions in the way of lower performance, less engaged new hires, and higher turnover. The Recruiting Roundtable, a division of the Corporate Executive Board, publishes the first study of its kind in quantifying the negative impacts of poor selection decisions in hiring employees. The study details several contributing factors, including that 40% of new hires report the information they received about the job when they were applying was less than accurate. Overall, only half the time will organizations and new hires achieve a win-win outcome where both agree that they made the right decision.  . -.  Permalink  . -.  Today's Indepth News  . -.  Send To a Friend  . -.  Readership Feedback  . -. 

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