HR Vendor News

ECFC Presses Its Initiative to End the Use It or Lose It Provision

By HR Vendor News | June 28, 2011

ROSEMONT, Ill. (June 24, 2011) – On behalf of ECFC, Allen Wishner, CEO of Flexible Benefit Service Corporation and Chairman of the ECFC Membership Committee, announced that seven ECFC members had meetings with nearly 20 Representatives, Senators and staff members to specifically discuss H.R. 1004, the Medical Flexible Spending Account Improvement Act. Representatives Charles Boustany…

SmartPost Expands Healthcare Vertical By Adding New Sourcing Channels

By HR Vendor News | June 28, 2011

Largest e-media reach in the industry supports hundreds of healthcare sourcing destinations NEW YORK CITY, NY— JUNE 23, 2011 — SmartPost, the innovative online job posting and sourcing product from Bernard Hodes Group, further extends its premiere position in jobs distribution and optimization by continuing to focus its e-media library expansion on markets where talent…

WorkSimple Introduces Goal Suggestion Application for Social Goal Management

By HR Vendor News | June 28, 2011

WorkSimple’s Goal Suggestion app empowers the wisdom of crowds to drive business innovation, revolutionizing how companies plan and develop goals for employees and delivering measurable results. SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 23, 2011)—WorkSimple, the Social Goal Management Company, has launched the world’s first social goal application to empower the wisdom of crowds to identify profitable business…

Pay Increase Budgets Decline Slightly for Utilities Companies

By HR Vendor News | June 28, 2011

Kansas City, Kan.— June 21, 2011 — Although the economy is still struggling to make significant strides towards recovery, small improvements are starting to become more evident. The 2011 Compensation Data Utilities survey results found pay increase budgets fell to 2.7 percent, a slight decline from 2.8 percent reported in 2010. This decrease, however, is…

Employee Engagement: A New Union Avoidance Strategy

By HR Vendor News | June 28, 2011

Modern Survey‘s bi-annual study of the U.S. workforce has helped provide a narrative for understanding the way economic factors have influenced employee attitudes over time. The most recent iteration of this study (conducted February 2011) included survey items that asked if employees would be interested in being represented by a union. The findings from this…

New Article by Impact Achievement Group Warns of Systemic Performance Review Failings

By HR Vendor News | June 28, 2011

SEATTLE/June 28, 2011—A new article by Impact Achievement Group discusses the systemic problems inherent within the performance review process and offers clear prescriptive action to improve it. The article, “The Dark Side of Performance Reviews — Why People Hate Them and Why They Fail,” uses findings from its recent survey of human resource professionals, managers,…

Anchor Planning Group's New White Paper Helps Organizations Navigate the Current Hiring Waters

By HR Vendor News | June 28, 2011

FREDERICKSBURG, Va., June 28, 2011—Anchor Planning Group provides insight into the current recruitment climate and the importance of organizations to stay competitive. The new white paper, “Hiring Today: The State of the Recruitment Industry and What it Means for Your Organization,” is available at http://www.anchorplanninggroup.com/download.html. The white paper, available today, discusses how factors such as…

HR Marketplace Industry Veteran Kevin W. Grossman Returns to HRmarketer.com

By HR Vendor News | June 27, 2011

Capitola, Calif. / June 27, 2011 — Fisher Vista, LLC and HRmarketer.com announced today that HR industry analyst and thought leader Kevin W. Grossman has rejoined the company as Chief Marketplace Evangelist. He’ll be responsible for HRmarketer.com’s strategic B2B marketing and business development initiatives as well as advising HR and other B2B suppliers on marketing…

SmartSearch® partners with Kineticom on integration with Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains)

By HR Vendor News | June 27, 2011

OCEANSIDE, CA June 27, 2011 — Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc. (APS), the makers of SmartSearch®, an industry-leading recruiting business software solution, has partnered with Kineticom to develop a custom integration that facilitates the flow of critical staffing information from SmartSearch into Microsoft Dynamics GP (GreatPlains) and the Personnel Agency Management (PAM) system. Kineticom is an…

Staff Management Co-Founder to Speak at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) IMAGE Forum

By HR Vendor News | June 24, 2011

CHICAGO (June 24, 2011) — Staff Management | SMX, the industry’s leading provider of full spectrum staffing solutions, today announced that it will be a guest speaker at the IMAGE (ICE Mutual Agreement Between Government and Employers) Forum being held in Chicago at the Drake Hotel June 28, 2011. IMAGE is hosting a series of…