SmartPost Forms Integrated Partnership With Kenexa's Talent Management Solution

Alliance offers preferred partner status and expanded reach and capabilities to Kenexa customers

NEW YORK, NY— SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 — SmartPost, the innovative online job posting and sourcing product from Bernard Hodes Group, further expands its reach and market penetration with a strategic alliance with Kenexa, a global provider of business solutions for human resources.

“We are pleased to announce a new partnership between SmartPost and Kenexa,” said Alan Schwartz, president and CEO, Bernard Hodes Group. “Now, clients of Kenexa will be able to take advantage of the myriad SmartPost offerings, including its extensive e-media library, sourcing solutions and high quality customer service.”

As a preferred partner, SmartPost offers Kenexa customers the largest reach and e-media library in the industry along with world-class metrics and reporting capabilities. SmartPost delivers a virtual one-stop recruiting and sourcing portal where customers can easily and quickly post their jobs to thousands of media destinations within a few clicks. Also, SmartPost makes it easy to tap into social networks to promote jobs and other employment-related content.

HR leaders continue to look for ways to reach potential candidates by maximizing their existing tools, staffing resources and technology investments, and one area top of mind is to streamline and simplify their sourcing efforts. With SmartPost, talent management solution providers like Kenexa can now deliver intelligence and efficiency to the sourcing process with speed and accuracy.

Along with the huge time savings offered by the integration, Kenexa users will also be able to track all of their recruiting activity down to the source of hire as well as automate and remove the administrative hassles of posting, editing and closing jobs. Customers may also control spend, allocations and sourcing decision approval through an intuitive, mobile-friendly portal.

SmartPost also provides Kenexa customers with a media recommendations engine, allowing users to leverage their recruitment marketing investment and take the guesswork out of their sourcing strategies. Additionally, Kenexa customers will benefit from SmartPost’s best-in-class analytics and metrics which are built right into the system. There are no added fees or additional modules required to gain access to these valuable metrics and benchmarks.

ABOUT SMARTPOST
SmartPost, from Bernard Hodes Group, optimizes any organization’s recruitment marketing investment with a software solution that uniquely combines innovative job posting and sourcing technology with customer service and strategic consulting. The thousands of options inside SmartPost’s job distribution channels offer the greatest reach in the industry, including posting opportunities only available to SmartPost clients through strong media partnerships. SmartPost can recommend the most effective job boards, communities and affinity sites, which along with its one-stop billing system and industry-leading descriptive, accurate metrics enrich recruitment management and enhance decision-making. SmartPost delivers improved recruiting results and bottom-line ROI. SmartPost is available from www.SmartPost.com and through leading ATS/TMS systems.

ABOUT BERNARD HODES GROUP
Bernard Hodes Group (www.hodes.com) offers innovative solutions and strategies to help companies find, keep and engage the best possible talent. Partnering with clients, Hodes offers a full array of integrated solutions, including: recruitment communications and support, strategic planning, hiring process assessments, and staffing technology (www.SmartPost.com). Headquartered in New York, with over 80 offices and affiliates around the globe, Bernard Hodes Group is a part of Omnicom Group Inc. (www.omnicomgroup.com) — a leading global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom’s branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, interactive, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

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