Month: September 2011

Beyond.com and HireADroid Partnership Delivers Top Job Search App for Android Users

By HR Vendor News | September 27, 2011

Beyond.com, a Career Network focused on helping people grow and succeed, today announced its partnership with HireADroid, the number one job search application for Android, enabling users to search jobs across Beyond.com’s thousands of top-tier industry and local career sites directly from their Android device. In today’s competitive employment market, the mobile device is an…

AFI Executives Step in Front of the Camera to Detail Labour Dispute, Investigation and Training Services

By HR Vendor News | September 27, 2011

Milton based AFI International Group Inc. (AFI) has further strengthened its online presence with the launch of a new capabilities video. The video is featured on its corporate website and is broken down into service areas to coincide with the downloadable brochures, so clients are able to more easily share information with colleagues pre, during…

2011 MD SHRM State Conference to Feature Federal Contractor & Subcontractor Compliance

By HR Vendor News | September 27, 2011

Baltimore, MD—On October 3-4, 2011, Nicole Yeldell, SPHR, Training Manager at Berkshire Associates, a human resource consulting and technology firm that assists companies in building their ideal, balanced workforce, will help attendees at the MD SHRM State Conference understand the latest Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) updates, along with what it means to…

Retirement and Savings Benefits Account for 3.7 Percent of Compensation Costs in Private Industry

By HR Vendor News | September 27, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC / September 27, 2011 — The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently reported that private industry employers paid, on average, $1.03 per hour worked to provide retirement and savings benefits to their employees in June 2011. This is according to the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) survey, which is an output…

Chief Executive Magazine and Chally Group Worldwide Invite Top Executives to Participate in Study to Identify Key Trends in Global Leadership Development

By HR Vendor News | September 27, 2011

Dayton, OH, Sept. 27, 2011 — For the second consecutive year Chally Group Worldwide and Chief Executive magazine have partnered to lead the premier 2011 Global Leadership Research project featuring “Best Companies for Leaders.” This research study exemplifies the principal effort toward identifying and recognizing excellence in leadership development that will help drive business results.…

Morehead Partners with Supply Contracting Leader Novation for Employee and Physician Engagement Surveys

By HR Vendor News | September 27, 2011

Charlotte, North Carolina (September 27, 2011) Morehead Associates, Inc. has signed a sole source agreement for its employee and physician engagement surveys with Novation, the healthcare industry’s leading supply contracting company. The Novation agreement makes Morehead the preferred provider of employee and physician engagement surveys and consulting for the more than 25,000 members of VHA…

SmartSearch® delivers uninterrupted service of SaaS recruiting software despite California power outages

By HR Vendor News | September 24, 2011

OCEANSIDE, CA September 23, 2011 — When a widespread power outage, now known as the Great Blackout of 2011, hit Southern California and most of Arizona on Thursday, September 8, it left nearly seven million people without power. Yet Oceanside-based Advanced Personnel Systems (APS) switched to backup power and kept its data center operational, and…

Interaction Associates to Headline The Boston Globe's Public Forum on "New Rules for Leading Talent"

By HR Vendor News | September 23, 2011

BOSTON, Sep 23, 2011 — Interaction Associates is added to the roster of an upcoming public forum from The Boston Globe on talent strategies in today’s challenging business environment. The event’s focus — New Rules for Leading Talent — will explore how successful business leaders, at all levels, motivate their employees to meet the challenges…

Vangent Presents on Validation of a Pre-offer Measure of Sexual Harassment Risk at 23rd Annual Association for Psychological Science Conference

By HR Vendor News | September 22, 2011

Chicago, IL, September 21, 2011 — Vangent, Inc., a leading provider of pre-employment risk assessments, continued its history of developing innovative new assessment tools, presenting a paper at the 2011 Association for Psychological Science conference, held May 25th-29th in Washington, DC. The poster presentation, by Dr. Kelly D. Dages, a Senior Organizational Psychologist & Program…

Achievers Raises Over $50,000 for The Princess Margaret Hospital

By HR Vendor News | September 22, 2011

San Francisco & Toronto, September 22, 2011: Achievers (formerly I Love Rewards), the fastest growing Global Rewards and Social Recognition company, announced today that it concluded its Annual Customer Experience event (ACE) by sending a team to walk in the Shoppers Drug Mart® Weekend to End Women’s Cancers™, a fundraiser in support of The Princess…