General HR
First Known Agile Development Textbook is Authored by Female Technology Leaders
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…
Read MoreHealthcareSource Acquires Nursing Continuing Education Courses from Bluedrop Learning Networks
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.…
Read MoreSecond City's new way to hold on to new hires.
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…
Read MoreHR Influence in Nonprofit Sector Increasing, Workloads Growing, Says New XpertHR Benchmarking Survey
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…
Read MoreEmployeeScreenIQ and Newton Form Partnership to Provide Employers With Integrated, Paperless, Professional Background Checks
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…
Read MoreValidity Screening Solutions to Speak at the Illinois State Council of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference
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…
Read MoreProfiles International Launches New Blog: Industry Insights
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…
Read MoreVestrics Publishes "Developing Human Capital" With Wiley
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…
Read MoreHRsmart Named Awesome Product of the Year in 2014 by Network Products Guide
Richardson, TX – July 16, 2014 – HRsmart, a leading provider of global, unified talent management solutions, today announced that Network Products Guide, industry’s leading technology research and advisory guide, has named HRsmart “Awesome Product of the Year” for the 9th Annual 2014 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards. These industry and peer awards from…
Read MoreInsala Partners with The University of Texas at Arlington's I/O Psychology Center to Promote Research
DALLAS/FT. WORTH – July 15, 2014 – The first semester of the partnership between Insala, a global provider of talent development solutions, and The University of Texas at Arlington’s I/O Psychology Center has concluded successfully. The partnership is centered on research conducted by master’s students who are part of the I/O Psychology program. Before the…
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