Ascentis Receives Funding from Catalyst Investors Bellevue, Wash., December, 2012 – Ascentis Corporation, a market leader in easy-to-use human resources software, online payroll services, and human capital management (HCM) solutions, today announced it has secured funding from Catalyst Investors, a technology-focused growth equity firm. Ascentis’ software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology increases productivity by automating HR and payroll…
San Francisco and Toronto, December 5, 2012 – Achievers, the leader in employee recognition and rewards software, is honored to receive gold awards for Best Place to Work and Technology Department of the Year in the 2012 Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry…
Waco, TX / December 5, 2012 – InterviewStream, the company that invented video interviewing, has begun a new era of expansion and product development with its acquisition by Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation (BHESC), a firm with over $10 billion in managed assets that provides educational funding to students. The nine-year old provider of video…
A man did not take his dismissal from his employer well. Fired for drinking heavily, he wandered his office in a drunken haze, carrying with him letters naming co-workers who he felt had wronged him and outlining his plans to either shoot them or chop them up violently. This was not an unplanned act as…
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 4, 2012 – Thomas International is hosting a premier event today, celebrating its first annual Client Awards of Excellence. The Awards will be honoring this year’s award winners, whose impressive and creative achievements in applying the Thomas tools into their processes have made a significant impact in their businesses. The winners…
Webinar Explores Post-Surgical Behavioral and Psychological Challenges SEATTLE, Wash. December 4, 2012 – Alere Wellbeing will host the complimentary live webinar, “After Bariatric Surgery: Challenges and Threats to Weight Loss Success,” on December 4 and December 11 at 11:00am PDT. David B. Sarwer, PhD, Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and Surgery at the University of…
WOBURN, MA – December 3, 2012 – HealthcareSource(R), the leading provider of talent management software solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced that it has acquired NetLearning, a leading provider of learning management software and content for the healthcare industry. The combination of HealthcareSource and NetLearning results in the first company to provide a complete,…
Roslyn, NY. December 3, 2012. Hearst Magazines, a unit of media giant Hearst Corporation, announced today that it will adopt the CERTPOINTVLS(TM) learning platform to deliver efficient and effective training to employees. The learning management system (LMS) will be used to organize, schedule and deliver training across several groups, including human resources, information technology and…
Atlanta, Ga., December 3, 2012–The need for employers to make data-driven, cost-effective business decisions has never been greater yet 56% of them are failing to measure the return they’re receiving on one of their most critical investments: talent. This is just one of several notable findings from ACT Bridge’s 2012 survey of U.S. employers, which…
The International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM), the world’s leading clearinghouse for the HRIM (Human Resource Information Management) industry, is pleased to welcome three new members to its 2013 Board of Directors. “It gives me great pleasure to welcome these three remarkable IHRIM members to our Board of Directors,” said Lynne Mealy, President…