Training and Development

SumTotal Launches ToolBook 10.5 for Greater Mobile Accessibility to Learning Content

By HR Vendor News | June 24, 2010

Mountain View, Calif., June 24, 2010 — SumTotal® Systems, Inc., a market leader and a global provider of talent development solutions, today announced the newest version of ToolBook®, the cost-effective solution for quickly authoring interactive learning content. With ToolBook 10.5 content developers and learning professionals can more readily engage employees with rich learning content through…

Leadership IQ's New White Paper Cautions: Stop the Compliment Sandwich

By HR Vendor News | June 24, 2010

Tired management technique leads to confusion, inaction Washington, D.C.—June 21, 2010— Leadership IQ, a leadership development and research company, explains why Compliment Sandwiches are ineffective and should be avoided at all costs. The Compliment Sandwich consists of a critique filling “sandwiched” between two pieces of compliment bread. In an era when employee engagement and satisfaction…

ActionCOACH Announces its Strategic Alliance with Profiles International

By HR Vendor News | June 24, 2010

Austin, TX, June 24, 2010 — ActionCOACH, the world’s number one business coaching company, is partnering with the leading employee assessment company, Profiles International. ActionCOACH has made a strategic alliance with Profiles International to provide a comprehensive suite of assessment and coaching solutions. This alliance brings together two leaders in the human capital performance space;…

PlatformOne Named To Workforce Management HOT LIST for the Fourth Year – Five End-to-End Mid-market HR Outsourcing Providers Make the 2010 List

By HR Vendor News | June 23, 2010

Atlanta, GA — June 23, 2010 — PlatformOne today announced that it has recently been named a TOP provider of HR Outsourcing (HRO) Services in the mid-market by Workforce Management (WFM). Five national providers were named in the WFM mid-market study. PlatformOne offers HR Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) solutions that include HR Technology, HR Administrative…

2010 Second Annual Recruitment Learning Conference Brings How-To Expertise to Chicago

By HR Vendor News | June 23, 2010

CHICAGO, IL — The 2010 Second Annual Recruitment Learning Conference will be held September 28-29th at the  Blackstone Renaissance Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. For two days recruitment leaders and practitioners will share actionable solutions to recruiting, sourcing, retention, talent acquisition, talent management and succession planning. The conference is distinguished by its “How To” approach to today’s…

White Paper on Internet's Influence Provides Tips for Candidates, Employers and Recruiters

By HR Vendor News | June 22, 2010

Skillman, New Jersey – June 16, 2010 – PrincetonOne, a total recruitment services provider based in Skillman, NJ, announced today the release of a new white paper exploring how the Internet has influenced recruitment and job search processes. The paper, “Virtual Impact: The Internet’s Effect on How Candidates Look for Jobs and How Companies Look…

Valuing Experience: Strategies for Employing the Older Worker

By HR Vendor News | June 22, 2010

COLUMBIA, MD—On June 28, 2010, Nicole Yeldell, SPHR, of Berkshire Associates Inc., a human resources consulting and technology firm that assists companies in building the ideal, balanced workforce, will confirm that even though age is just a number, it also carries some workforce challenges, at the 61st Annual SHRM Conference in San Diego, CA. During…

Juice Inc. Announces Latest Book to Help Companies Improve Business Results

By HR Vendor News | June 21, 2010

GUELPH, Ontario — June 21, 2010 — Leaders who trigger emotional engagement release 400 percent more discretionary effort than those who trigger rational engagement. In his latest book, “Love at Work: Why Passion Drives Performance in the Feelings Economy,” Brady Wilson explains how emotional engagement in the workplace can lead to improved business results. Wilson…

JWT INSIDE Tweets Live From Networking Event & Book Release Reception for THE 2020 WORKPLACE

By HR Vendor News | June 17, 2010

New York, NY — June 16, 2010 – JWT INSIDE, one of the world’s leading employment marketing and internal communications companies, tweeted live as they hosted a networking event and book release reception for THE 2020 WORKPLACE: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, and Keep Tomorrow’s Employees Today, by Jeanne C. Meister & Karie Willyerd, at…

Insala's Mentoring Solutions Help Macerich Deliver a Successful Corporate Mentoring Program

By HR Vendor News | June 17, 2010

Insala, a global provider of corporate mentoring programs, talent management and career services solution, is helping regional shopping mall operator Macerich (NYSE:MAC) implement and deliver employee mentoring programs for knowledge sharing and distance learning. The two-phased mentoring initiative, headed by Lain Adams, assistant vice president of learning and development at Macerich, began in 2008 with…