Archive for December 2012
Achievers Wins Best Place to Work Award
San Francisco and Toronto, December 5, 2012 – Achievers, the leader in employee recognition and rewards software, is honored to receive gold awards for Best Place to Work and Technology Department of the Year in the 2012 Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry…
Read MoreInterviewStream is Acquired by Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation, Begins New Era in Nine-Year History
Waco, TX / December 5, 2012 – InterviewStream, the company that invented video interviewing, has begun a new era of expansion and product development with its acquisition by Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation (BHESC), a firm with over $10 billion in managed assets that provides educational funding to students. The nine-year old provider of video…
Read MoreViolence in the Workplace: An Age Old Problem Leads to New Solutions
A man did not take his dismissal from his employer well. Fired for drinking heavily, he wandered his office in a drunken haze, carrying with him letters naming co-workers who he felt had wronged him and outlining his plans to either shoot them or chop them up violently. This was not an unplanned act as…
Read MoreAnnouncement of Winners for 2012 Thomas Awards of Excellence
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 4, 2012 – Thomas International is hosting a premier event today, celebrating its first annual Client Awards of Excellence. The Awards will be honoring this year’s award winners, whose impressive and creative achievements in applying the Thomas tools into their processes have made a significant impact in their businesses. The winners…
Read MoreBraveNewTalent Webinar to Share Talent Community Facts and Fundamentals
Palo Alto, California / December 3, 2012–BraveNewTalent, the leading social platform where organizations build talent communities around relevant topics that attract, engage & develop their next-generation workforce, will host a webinar titled Talent Community Facts and Fundamentals on Wednesday, December 5, from 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. EST (10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PST). Online communities…
Read MoreBariatric Surgery: Many Patients Bite Off More Than They Can Chew
Webinar Explores Post-Surgical Behavioral and Psychological Challenges SEATTLE, Wash. December 4, 2012 – Alere Wellbeing will host the complimentary live webinar, “After Bariatric Surgery: Challenges and Threats to Weight Loss Success,” on December 4 and December 11 at 11:00am PDT. David B. Sarwer, PhD, Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and Surgery at the University of…
Read MoreHealthcareSource acquires NetLearning
WOBURN, MA – December 3, 2012 – HealthcareSource(R), the leading provider of talent management software solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced that it has acquired NetLearning, a leading provider of learning management software and content for the healthcare industry. The combination of HealthcareSource and NetLearning results in the first company to provide a complete,…
Read MoreWebinar: Return on Talent Investments Is The Neglected Metric at a Surprising Number of U.S. Companies
Atlanta, Ga., December 3, 2012–The need for employers to make data-driven, cost-effective business decisions has never been greater yet 56% of them are failing to measure the return they’re receiving on one of their most critical investments: talent. This is just one of several notable findings from ACT Bridge’s 2012 survey of U.S. employers, which…
Read MoreInsala Webinar to Discuss the Importance of Mentoring During the Onboarding Process
Insala, the global leader in Web-based mentoring software and services, announces it will host a webinar on mentoring for onboarding. The webinar, “Designing a Mentoring Program to Improve Onboarding,” is scheduled and accepting registrants for Tuesday, December 4, 12:00 to 1:00 PM EST Formal mentoring programs have been proven to support onboarding by giving employees…
Read MoreHearst Magazines Chooses CERTPOINT Systems E-Learning Platform
Roslyn, NY. December 3, 2012. Hearst Magazines, a unit of media giant Hearst Corporation, announced today that it will adopt the CERTPOINTVLS(TM) learning platform to deliver efficient and effective training to employees. The learning management system (LMS) will be used to organize, schedule and deliver training across several groups, including human resources, information technology and…
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