General HR

Insurance Costs Continue Trending Upward for Utilities Organizations

By HR Vendor News | September 25, 2012

Kansas City, Kan.— It’s no surprise that with a looming nursing shortage, obesity at epidemic levels and baby boomers entering their golden years that there isn’t any foreseeable end in sight to the rising cost of healthcare. In fact, the 2012 Compensation Data Utilities survey results reported the average annual cost of insurance per employee…

eQuest Continues Expansion Plans by Opening Shanghai Offices

By HR Vendor News | September 25, 2012

Office Will Support Dramatic Upswing in Customer and Job Board Demand SAN RAMON, Calif. – September 25, 2012 – eQuest, the global leader in job-posting delivery and Big Data consulting services, today announced plans to open an office in Shanghai, China to further support its growing world customer base. The Shanghai office is slated to…

Affintus Webinar to Offer HR Departments Strategies for Scientific Hiring and Job Matching

By HR Vendor News | September 21, 2012

AUSTIN, Texas — September 21, 2012 — Affintus Scientific Hiring will present a one-hour webinar, “So Remind Me…Again…Why Did We Hire This Guy?” on Wednesday, October 3 at 2:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. PDT. As the available pool of top talent shrinks and the war for talent escalates, hiring well becomes a critical component of an…

Universum Group Presents The World's Most Attractive Employers 2012

By HR Vendor News | September 20, 2012

New York, 2012-09-20 – Based on the responses of over 144,000 job seekers from the worlds 12 largest economies , Universum presents the global talent rankings: The World’s Most Attractive Employers 2012, (WMAE 2012). The rankings are split into two divisions: the business categoryreflecting the top employers for business students, and the engineering categoryshowcasing the…

HRSG Sponsors First Ever Full Scale Conference on Lean Government

By HR Vendor News | September 20, 2012

OTTAWA, CAN / September 20, 2012 — Practitioners and subject matter experts in Lean Enterprise will convene in Canada’s National Capital Regions for a two-day summit to share and discuss how they have successfully implemented Lean practices in government. Aimed at helping organizations learn to deliver faster, better and cheaper while engaging their staff, the…

CKR Interactive Wins Tops Scores at the Creative Excellence Awards

By HR Vendor News | September 19, 2012

Global recruitment marketing agency CKR Interactive won a grand prize, two first place awards and one second place award at this year’s Creative Excellence Awards (CEAs) for its innovative work in employment marketing and branding. Winning work included print advertising for insurance leader Ameritas®, an employee referral program (ERP) for a global healthcare products leader,…

Accolos Cloud Recruiting Solution is Recognized by HRO Magazine Today for its Breadth of Service in the 2012 Bakers Dozen RPO Provider Ranking

By HR Vendor News | September 19, 2012

LARSPUR, CA, Sept 19, 2012 – HRO Today magazine recently announced the results of their annual “Baker’s Dozen” Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) provider ranking. Each year, the magazine ranks the leaders of the RPO industry by the criteria of service breadth, deal size and overall quality. Accolo was recognized as an RPO leader for the…

Manufacturing & Distribution Employers Turn to Wellness Programs to Suppress Rising Costs

By HR Vendor News | September 19, 2012

Kansas City, Kan.— In 2012, roughly two-thirds of manufacturing and distribution industry employers experienced increases to their medical insurance premiums, according to the 2012 Compensation Data Manufacturing & Distribution survey results. The average increase reported by these organizations was 10.2 percent, down from 11 percent reported in 2011. Despite the drop in the average premium…

HR Services Inc. Honored as Bronze Stevie® Award Winner for myStaffingPro

By HR Vendor News | September 18, 2012

HR Services Inc. was presented the Bronze Stevie® Award in the Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year – Up to 100 Employees category in The 10th Annual American Business Awards on September 17, 2012 for their product, myStaffingPro. The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the…

Staff Management | SMX to Moderate CWS Summit Panel on Evaluating Contingent Workforce Management Models

By HR Vendor News | September 18, 2012

CHICAGO, IL – September 19, 2012 – Staff Management | SMX, the industry’s leading provider of comprehensive workforce management solutions, is moderating a discussion at Staffing Industry Analysts’ Contingent Workforce Strategies (CWS) Summit in San Diego, CA on Thursday, September 20. Panelists will share strategies for driving program success in an interactive panel “Evaluating Which…