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Violence in the Workplace: An Age Old Problem Leads to New Solutions

By HR Vendor News | December 5, 2012

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…

Announcement of Winners for 2012 Thomas Awards of Excellence

By HR Vendor News | December 4, 2012

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: Return on Talent Investments Is The Neglected Metric at a Surprising Number of U.S. Companies

By HR Vendor News | December 3, 2012

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…

Who's Got Your Back?

By HR Vendor News | November 29, 2012

Cleveland, OH, November 29, 2012–It’s well established that a background check plays a critical function in identifying and hiring the best employees. On the flipside, however, that same background check is only as effective and reliable as the screening provider conducting it. So how do organizations sort through the marketing claims to identify the best…

Capital Analytics Partners with Workforce Analytics Innovation Leader Visier Inc.

By HR Vendor News | November 29, 2012

Durham, NC – November 29, 2012 – Capital Analytics, Inc. announced today the recent strategic partnership of Capital Analytics and Visier, Inc. This agreement capitalizes on Visier’s powerful and intuitive workforce analytics technology and a leadership team with a proven track record of technical, operational and strategic Business Intelligence expertise, supplemented by Capital Analytics’ extensive…

Marc S. Miller to Be Featured on Thursday's WebMingle Show

By HR Vendor News | November 28, 2012

Who: Hosted by HRchitect, the WebMingle Show Will Interview Marc S Miller, President and Founder of Marc S. Miller Associates, IHRIM member and past Summit Award winner. What: Marc S. Miller, Author of Heroic HR, to Be Featured on WebMingle Marc S. Miller will discuss the latest trends and hot topics in HR Technology as…

Affirmative Action Good Faith Efforts—Understanding the Impact on Your Organization

By HR Vendor News | November 27, 2012

COLUMBIA, MD—November 27, 2012, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is increasingly reinforcing federal contractors’ obligations to make good faith efforts to meet their affirmative action placement goals. Affirmative action plans (AAPs) must show good faith efforts were realized in advertisement, recruitment, promotions, terminations, and trainings. Berkshire Associates’ latest white paper, ‘Affirmative Action Good Faith…

Technology Trends Give Recruiters an Edge

By HR Vendor News | November 27, 2012

Job demands bog down your efforts, but by tapping into emerging innovations with recruitment technology, you can bring in quality new hires and increase your personal productivity. Register now with Blogging4Jobs and its Free December Webinar, “5 Hot Trends in Recruiting Technology” to be broadcast live on Thursday, December 6 at 11 a.m. (CST). Register…

Affirmative Action Good Faith Efforts – Understanding the Impact on Your Organization

By HR Vendor News | November 27, 2012

COLUMBIA, MD—November 27, 2012, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is increasingly reinforcing federal contractors’ obligations to make good faith efforts to meet their affirmative action placement goals. Affirmative action plans (AAPs) must show good faith efforts were realized in advertisement, recruitment, promotions, terminations, and trainings. Berkshire Associates’ latest white paper, `Affirmative Action Good Faith…

Talent Decisions Based on Wrong Criteria Hamper Success

By HR Vendor News | November 27, 2012

ATLANTA, Ga., November 27, 2012—In today’s labor market, too many employers still base their hiring decisions on characteristics that bring relatively little value to their organizations while ignoring more valid selection criteria. A new article from ACT Bridge, provider of evidence-based workforce tools and professional services, explores the competitive advantages created when employers use the…