iCIMS, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of talent management solutions, is recognized in the Bersin & Associates' 2008 High-Impact Performance Management report.

HireRight, specialists on-demand employment background and drug screening solutions, has been named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program for Orange County, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the area.

Ariba, Inc., a spend management solutions provider, announced that under the terms of a new agreement with Hays plc, the global specialist recruitment, Hays will implement Ariba's solutions to standardize and streamline its sourcing and contract management processes and will deploy Ariba Sourcing™On-Demand and Ariba Contract Management across its UK operations.

Korn/Ferry International, global provider of talent management solutions, is creating a new Global Supply Chain Center of Expertise (COE) based in Shanghai, China.

Equilar, executive compensation benchmarking solutions firm, releases its new Executive Compensation Portal (ECP), an online service that enables compensation consultants to collaborate closely with their clients using the Equilar platform.

BeenVerified.com, a web-based background checking service, prevents candidates from misrepresenting themselves and their capabilities during the hiring process, while giving the candidates being screened unprecedented visibility and control of their information. BeenVerified is a web 2.0 employment candidate background verification service geared towards small to medium sized businesses and individuals that works as an Open API, enabling partner websites to use its service.

It Bears Repeatin ...
This time of year, employers must remember that various state laws require that employees who may not have time otherwise during the work day must be given time off to vote. CCH INCORPORATED notes, "Employers in many states risk fines or even jail sentences for interfering with employees' right to exercise their franchise. In other states, however, the law offers no special protection or incentive for someone who takes time out of the workday to vote." Read the list of Voter Laws by State.

In Depth
College graduates, who specialize in social science, tend toward self-employment as compared to those with bachelor's degrees in other subjects, according to a working paper released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The paper used data tracking a group of university graduates from the class of 1993 through 2003.

"Educational choices for these graduates are correlated with self-employment," said Dr. Chad Moutray, Chief Economist for the Office of Advocacy and author of the paper. "Although the self-employed closely resemble the larger population in many ways, for graduates of 1993 their choice of majors and their stated values while in college are linked to their occupational choices a decade later."

The paper, Baccalaureate Education and the Employment Decision: Self-Employment and the Class of 1993, used data from the U.S. Department of Education's Baccalaureate & Beyond data series that survey members of the class of 1993 at graduation and again in 1994, 1997, and 2003.

Moutray found that business and management majors are more likely to work in for-profit businesses while those with specialized degrees such as health, education, or biology are more likely to end up working for non-profits and the government. These sectors contain higher educational and health care institutions, both of which tend to require advanced or professional degrees.

Moutray also found that race, ethnicity, and gender did not play a large role in who became self-employed. However, a student's motivation as measured by a series of "values" questions in 1993, closely tracked with employment decisions a decade later. For example, those who valued job-security were more likely to be government employees, those who desired intellectual challenge were likely to work in non-profits, and those who did not highly value prestige and status were more likely to be self-employed.

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