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Industry Leader Les McPhearson Joins United Benefit Advisors as New Chief Executive Officer

By HR Vendor News | July 24, 2014

Indianapolis, IN [July 24, 2014] United Benefit Advisors (UBA), the nation’s leading independent employee benefits advisory organization, announces that Les McPhearson, an insurance veteran with more than 15 years of experience, will serve as CEO effective immediately and be based in the company’s Chicago office. UBA Board Chairman Rob Calise, says, “I am delighted that…

First Known Agile Development Textbook is Authored by Female Technology Leaders

By HR Vendor News | July 23, 2014

WEST DES MOINES, IA – Ripples of excitement about the female-authored – and first-known – collegiate-level Agile textbook co-authored by Sondra Ashmore, Ph.D., and Businessolver’s Vice President of Product Development Kristin Runyan have reached as far as Apple Inc. co-founder and technology leader Steve Wozniak. Wozniak expressed enthusiasm and excitement for a formal Agile textbook…

HealthcareSource Acquires Nursing Continuing Education Courses from Bluedrop Learning Networks

By HR Vendor News | July 23, 2014

HealthcareSource, the leading provider of talent management solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced the acquisition of 142 custom developed, continuing nursing education (CNE) approved courses from Bluedrop Learning Networks, a global leader in eLearning solutions. Terms of the acquisition also allow Bluedrop Learning Networks to resell HealthcareSource proprietary content internationally through its distribution channels.…

Second City's new way to hold on to new hires.

By HR Vendor News | July 23, 2014

More than 20 leading companies from across the Fortune 500 have signed on as founding subscribers to RealBiz Shorts Talent, the new video subscription service from Second City Communications (SCC) designed to help organizations address strategic challenges in human resources and talent management. RealBiz Shorts Talent is slated to launch in the Fall of 2014…

HR Influence in Nonprofit Sector Increasing, Workloads Growing, Says New XpertHR Benchmarking Survey

By HR Vendor News | July 22, 2014

New Providence, NJ (July 22, 2014) – Nearly half (49.2 percent) of HR professionals in the nonprofit sector said that their HR function’s influence had increased over the past year, reports the new XpertHR HR Staffing, Costs and Structures in the Nonprofit Sector Survey. XpertHR surveyed senior HR professionals in 260 nonprofit organizations, which together…

The University of Calgary Chooses Talemetry as its Recruitment Marketing Platform

By HR Vendor News | July 22, 2014

Vancouver, BC (July 22, 2014) – Talemetry, the leading provider of recruitment marketing and sourcing solutions, announced today that the University of Calgary has selected Talemetry to enhance their existing Oracle PeopleSoft talent acquisition manager solution to deliver a complete recruitment marketing platform. University of Calgary is planning to become one of Canada’s top five…

EmployeeScreenIQ and Newton Form Partnership to Provide Employers With Integrated, Paperless, Professional Background Checks

By HR Vendor News | July 22, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO and CLEVELAND, July 17, 2014 – EmployeeScreenIQ (www.employeescreen.com), a global provider of employee background screening services, and Newton (www.newtonsoftware.com), developers of a leading applicant tracking system (ATS) for small and medium-sized employers, have partnered to provide customers with fully integrated, paperless employment background checks. For many employers, pre-employment screening is necessary but has…

Validity Screening Solutions to Speak at the Illinois State Council of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference

By HR Vendor News | July 21, 2014

Validity Screening Solutions President and CEO, Darren Dupriest, is a featured presenter at the August 4 – 5, 2014 Illinois SHRM Conference in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. The topic, “The Risks of Engaging Social Media in the Hiring Process,” outlines the proper measures organizations need to stay compliant with federal and state requirements, while mitigating the…

Profiles International Launches New Blog: Industry Insights

By HR Vendor News | July 17, 2014

Waco, TX. July 16, 2014 -Talent management solutions provider, Profiles International, has announced the launch of a new blog titled Industry Insights. The goal of Industry Insights is to be a timely and engaging community where readers will have immediate access to topics covering key industry news and talent management solutions. These subjects include talent…

Vestrics Publishes "Developing Human Capital" With Wiley

By HR Vendor News | July 17, 2014

Chapel Hill, NC – A year after the successful release of Human Capital Analytics: How to Harness the Potential of Your Greatest Asset, Gene Pease with co-authors Dr. Bonnie Beresford and AT&T’s Lew Walker published a follow-up book Developing Human Capital: Using Analytics to Plan and Optimize Your Learning and Development Investments. Both books are…