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Happy March

In The News
Nielsen Online, a service of The Nielsen Company, today reported a 20 percent year-over-year increase in unique visitors to career development Web sites, which grew from 41.5 million unique visitors in January 2008 to 49.7 million in January 2009. CareerBuilder Network was the No. 1 online career development destination in January 2009, with 20.8 million unique visitors. Yahoo! HotJobs and Monster took the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, with 11.7 million and 9.5 million unique visitors, respectively.

CareerXroads releases its annual Source of Hire Study: What Happened in 2008 and What It Means for 2009. This free report looks at how corporate staffing functions measure and report sources of hires for the openings they fill. Highlights from the study include:

Internal Transfers and Promotions were 38.8% of all the full-time positions a company fills.

Referrals (employee, alumni, vendor, etc.) make up 27.3% of all external hires and is arguably the number one external source.

The most visible trend in 2008 is the pressure to reduce hires (and associated costs) attributed to third-party recruiters, newspapers and traditional job boards.

In 2009, this year's respondents are predicting another 15.7% drop in hires and not a single firm predicted they would hire more this year than last.

WANTED Technologies Corporation, a source of on-demand intelligence for the employment marketplace, announced that Monster Worldwide Inc. has licensed WANTED Analytics™ 2.0 and it will be integrated into Monster's in-house business intelligence platform, for use by Monster's sales force.

Kenexa, global provider of talent acquisition and retention solutions, announced that Precision Resources, a nationwide staffing service firm specializing in the engineering, construction and maintenance industries, has selected Kenexa for its applicant tracking needs.

FluidPowerJobs.com, job board for the hydraulics, pneumatics, motion control, and power transmission industries is offering ValuePost, allowing employers to quickly post job openings at a reduced rate for 30-day postings.

New Demographic shares 4 key strategies every company should know to maximize the diversity benefits of employee affinity groups.

1. Have the groups tackle real-life business problems and keep the members focused on business-related objectives.
2. Cultivate a diversity of seniority levels within each group and encourage senior executives to get involved.
3. Encourage different affinity groups to work together to increase synergy and avoid isolation.
4. Make sure the affinity group remains within the confines of Federal and State anti-discrimination and labor laws.

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