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ARAG Board Member David Baker Named to ABA Committee

By HR Vendor News | December 17, 2009

DES MOINES, IA — The American Bar Association has appointed retired ARAG general counsel David Baker to a three-year term on the Standing Committee on Group and Prepaid Legal Services. The committee works closely with the American Prepaid Legal Services Institute (API) to promote the development of legal service plans for the benefit of consumers…

CollegeRecruiter.com Founder Selected to Present at the Society for Human Resource Management 2010 Annual Conference

By HR Vendor News | December 16, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, December 14, 2009 – Steven Rothberg, President and Founder of CollegeRecruiter.com, has been selected as one of the presenters at the Society for Human Resource Management 2010 Annual Conference in San Diego next July. “I’ve had the good fortune to be a presenter at last year’s SHRM annual conference and am excited about…

Summit Health Updates Executive Briefing on Swine Flu Virus

By HR Vendor News | December 16, 2009

New paper from wellness provider educates corporations, insurance carriers, and managed care organizations about H1N1 virus Southfield, MI / December 10, 2009 – Nearly a year after the first mention of swine influenza (H1N1), Summit Health, Inc., has released an update to its executive briefing, “What We Know and Don’t Know about Swine Flu –…

nowHIRE.com Announces TalentSweep, a Resume Sourcing Technology

By HR Vendor News | December 16, 2009

TalentSweep technology enables recruiters to quickly locate quality candidates and reduce time-to-hire DETROIT, December 2009 — Recruiters can spend countless hours scouring the Internet to find potential candidates for open positions. nowHIRE.com announced TalentSweep, a resume sourcing technology that enables recruiters to quickly locate quality candidates and reduce time-to-hire. TalentSweep is available as a stand-alone…

Vangent' Dr. John Jones Appointed to Association of Test Publishers' Board of Directors

By HR Vendor News | December 16, 2009

Chicago, IL, December 10, 2009 – Vangent, Inc., a leading provider of results-oriented human capital and talent management solutions, announced that Dr. John Jones, Vice President and Chief Scientist of Vangent, Inc. was chosen to serve on the Board of Directors for the Association of Test Publishers (ATP). The ATP is the premier organization representing…

Sonar6 awarded top 50 placing in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific

By HR Vendor News | December 16, 2009

Auckland, NZ / December 15 2009 — Auckland-based software developer Sonar6’s 704% revenue growth over the past three years has seen the company earn a place among the Asia Pacific region’s 50 fastest-growing technology companies. The Deloitte Fast 500 Program recognizes those technology companies with the fastest rates of annual revenue growth from 2006 to…

MrTed Proud Launch Partner of EuroCloud

By HR Vendor News | December 16, 2009

LONDON, December 15, 2009 – MrTed Ltd, the global leader of Talent Acquisition Solutions, today announced it is a founding launch partner of EuroCloud, Europe’s new cloud computing network of organizations created to further the SaaS revolution. “With our strong belief in leveraging cloud computing to design enterprise-level talent acquisition solutions that are also consumer-friendly…

FedEx Latin America Increases Employee Engagement, Decreases Employee Turnover

By HR Vendor News | December 16, 2009

SEATTLE (Dec. 16, 2009) — Low employee engagement and morale can lead to under-performing teams and affect business results. In 2008, a key FedEx Latin American department was experiencing increased employee turnover and low employee engagement. FedEx implemented a 360-degree evaluation tool from RealTime Performance and virtually stopped employee turnover, increased employee productivity and improved…

New EmployeeScreenIQ White Paper Urges Companies to Develop Policies Against Workplace Violence

By HR Vendor News | December 16, 2009

CLEVELAND / December 16, 2009 — A new white paper from EmployeeScreen IQ aims to help employers understand and take steps to address and prevent the growing — but largely ignored — issue of workplace violence. “Each year over two million incidents of workplace violence occur in the United States, costing businesses $70 billion annually,”…

MAXIMUS PARTNERS WITH MYSTAFFINGPRO® TO PROVIDE EXTENDED RECRUITMENT REACH AND ENHANCE APPLICANT TRACKING EXPERIENCE

By HR Vendor News | December 15, 2009

(Reston, VA and Lima, OH — December 15, 2009) — MAXIMUS Tax Credit and Employer Services, a division of MAXIMUS, Inc. (NYSE:MMS),and myStaffingPro®, a leader in applicant tracking software, and have announced a partnership that enables customers using the myStaffingPro applicant tracking solution to expand their recruiting efforts into non-traditional markets and realize significant cost…