General HR
Empathia Report: Workplace Outcomes Suite is Best Method for Measuring EAP Success
MILWAUKEE, WI / August 4, 2011 — Employee assistance programs continue to be a popular benefit; however, employers have struggled to identify a reliable way to measure their effectiveness. Enter the Workplace Outcomes Suite (WOS)—a comprehensive measurement tool that focuses on employee absenteeism, presenteeism, life satisfaction, work engagement, and workplace distress. Empathia, Inc., has piloted…
Read MoreHealthcareSource Continues Momentum with Record Second Quarter
Woburn, Mass — August 3, 2011 — HealthcareSource®, a leading provider of talent management software solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced record bookings for the second quarter which ended June 30, 2011 as the adoption of its suite of products, Position Manager®, Performance Manager®, TestSource®, Physician Recruitment Manager®, and Interview ManagerSM, continues to be…
Read MoreBerkshire Associates President Named Daily Record 2011 Very Important Professional
COLUMBIA, MD—August 3, 2011, Berkshire Associates’ President Beth Ronnenburg is a recipient of The Daily Record’s 2011 VIP List—very important professionals successful by 40 award. The Daily Record created the VIP List in 2010 to recognize younger professionals who have been successful across Maryland. Winners were selected on the basis of professional accomplishment, civic involvement…
Read MoreDScape Interactive Offers Engaging Alternatives For Employee Communications
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ/August 3, 2011—In today’s information-saturated culture, important e-mail communications are often ignored. DScape Interactive offers an alternative for transmitting important HR information to employees. DScape’s new white paper, “FLASHBLASTS—Creating High-Impact HR Messages,” educates readers on the benefits of creating short, low-cost messages that entertain as they inform. Given the demands placed on people’s time…
Read MoreManufacturing and Distribution Salaries Slowly Creeping Up
Kansas City, Kan.— July 28, 2011 — Modest improvements in the economy are starting to become more evident as salaries for many jobs in manufacturing and distribution slowly continue to creep upwards. The 2011 Compensation Data Manufacturing & Distribution survey results found shipping and receiving clerks are earning an average of $31,800 per year. That’s…
Read MoreReviewSNAP Introducing a New, Innovative Benefits-Based Performance Management Approach to Performance Appraisals
ReviewSNAP™ announced today that it will roll out its benefits-based performance management enhancement in the fourth quarter of 2011. Benefits-Based Performance Management™ (BBPM™) is an innovative approach to conducting performance reviews and ongoing feedback in a way that clearly conveys to the employee the benefits that accrue to them when they embrace workplace behavioral changes.…
Read MoreVangent Risk & Talent Management Announces Integration with Taleo Business Edition, Bringing Risk Management Assessments To Leading Talent Management Provider
First-of-Its-Kind Content Offering for Taleo Business Edition Chicago, IL, July 27, 2011 — Vangent, Inc., a leading provider of preemployment risk assessments, announced today its Risk and Talent Management unit is officially integrated with Taleo Business Edition’s on-demand recruitment solution. Taleo Business Edition is the market leader for providing small and medium-sized enterprises (up to…
Read MoreVangent's Dr. John W. Jones Chosen to Present on Human Capital Risk Management at 2012 Society for Psychologists in Management Conference
Session to address emerging challenges for organizations to return to growth while limiting personnel based risk exposures, at all employee levels Chicago, IL, July 26, 2011 — Vangent, Inc., a leading provider of pre-employment risk assessments, today announced that Dr. John W. “Jack” Jones, Chief Scientist and Vice President of the company’s Risk and Talent…
Read MoreHogan Personality Assessment Improves Entry-Level Hiring and Performance Ratings
TULSA, OK. July 29, 2011 — Poor customer service can be expensive; a recent study estimated it costs businesses more than $83 billion each year in lost revenue. Yet many of the jobs with the greatest customer contact — greeter, cashier, bank teller, call center operator and the like — have the least stringent hiring…
Read MoreLou Manzi Teams Up with Bernard Hodes Group
Former GSK Vice President brings expertise in recruitment strategy, global sourcing to Hodes clients New York, NY — July 27, 2011 — Bernard Hodes Group, a leading provider of integrated talent solutions, is pleased to announce that Lou Manzi will be working in its Northeast region as a client strategist. Manzi, who previously held the…
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