HR Vendor News

WorkSimple Announces Next-Generation Employee Performance Management Software New technology offers a strong challenge to traditional talent management products

By HR Vendor News | December 3, 2009

San Francisco, Calif. – Dec 4, 2009 – WorkSimple today announced the release of a new performance management, onboarding, and learning solution for small and mid-sized businesses. Designed with the employee experience in mind, this software-as-a-service offers a dramatically different approach to traditional talent management platforms and promises to set new standards in the industry.…

MrTed Forms Strategic Alliance With Chinas Largest RPO Provider

By HR Vendor News | December 3, 2009

LONDON, December 2, 2009 – MrTed Ltd, the global leader of Talent Acquisition Solutions, today announced a significant contract with Shanghai Foreign Service Company Ltd. (SFSC), one of the largest human resources service providers in China and the country’s largest provider of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services. MrTed will provide technology and support for SFSC’s…

Groundbreaking Leadership Book Tour Debunks Happy Employee Myth

By HR Vendor News | December 2, 2009

Washington, DC –- December 3, 2009 -– We’ve all heard that if you make employees happy, they’ll give you great performance. But a new book reveals the failure of that idea. Trying to make employees happy does not automatically deliver great performance. In fact, this groundbreaking new book shows that for all the billions of…

Cytiva Shows Continued Growth and Positive Cash Flow For the Third Quarter 2009

By HR Vendor News | December 2, 2009

Cytiva Shows Continued Growth and Positive Cash Flow For the Third Quarter 2009 Talent Management Vendor Reports Record Revenue, 14% Year-Over-Year Growth and 107% Increase in Cash Flow for the First Nine Months of 2009 EMERYVILLE, CA- December 3, 2009 – Cytiva Software Inc. (CRX – TSX.V), a leading talent management software vendor, has released…

Top 25 Most Common Dependent Eligibility Audit Mistakes

By HR Vendor News | December 2, 2009

DALLAS, December 3 2009 -– HRAdvance today released its latest paper titled “When Fools Rush In: The 25 Most Common Dependent Eligibility Audit Mistakes.” The paper discusses the most common dependent eligibility audit barriers to realizing substantial health plan cost savings such as: • The most common derailment reason: the wrong provider is chosen, •…

Sitel Implements New Technology to Identify Ideal Customer Service Agents

By HR Vendor News | December 2, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas/December 3, 2009 -– Sitel, a leading global business process outsourcing (BPO) provider, today announced its implementation of customized employment assessment software from Profiles International. Profile XT™ from Profiles International tests a potential agent’s professional skill level through a measure of the candidate’s thinking and reasoning style, behavior traits and occupational interests. “As the…

Notre Dame Head Football Coach Search Gets Professional Help

By HR Vendor News | December 1, 2009

Larkspur, CA – December 3, 2009 – Accolo, Inc., a Recruitment Process Outsourcing firm, today announced that it has initiated a search for the next Head Coach for Notre Dame’s football team. In an unprecedented move, Accolo is unofficially supporting the effort to find the next Notre Dame Head Football Coach in the spirit of…

Workplace Violence Costs U.S. Businesses $70 Billion Per Year

By HR Vendor News | December 1, 2009

CAPITOLA, Calif. Dec. 2, 2009 – More than 70 percent of U.S. businesses have no policy or formal program in place to address workplace violence. However, violence costs businesses $70 billion a year, with $64.4 billion attributed to lost workplace productivity. In the latest HRmarketer Market Share podcast, Kim Wells, executive director of the Corporate…

Organizations Revise Sales Plans to Reward New Business and Profitability

By HR Vendor News | December 1, 2009

Dec. 2, 2009 – Washington, D.C. – In this difficult economic climate, many organizations are finding it more challenging than usual to meet their sales and revenue goals. As companies struggle to find ways to improve sales and profitability, the first place they look to adjust is their sales compensation plan. A new study by…

Leadership IQ Study: Managers Making Recession Worse by Ignoring Employees

By HR Vendor News | December 1, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 2, 2009 – Note to managers: Employees want a lot more attention and feedback from you, even if it’s sometimes negative. According to a new study by Leadership IQ, 66% of employees say that they have too little interaction with their boss. And in an indication that this could be driven…