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MMC Announces New Background Screening Service
MMC, Inc., a leader in human resources outsourcing and consulting, announced today its partnership with HireRight to provide MMC's clients with a faster and more accurate employment background check service. - June 17, 2010 - MMC, Inc.
Resource Development Systems Shares a New Way to Measure the Cost of Being "Good Enough"
The cost of mediocre engagement on organizational performance is quantified using this new formula - June 17, 2010 - Resource Development Systems
The Booth Company Makes Leap to Social Media
Beginning this week, TBC is launching its revamped social media efforts to include an industry-focused blog and Twitter account, a Facebook account, and an active LinkedIn community. The blog and Twitter account will be used to publish original content on 360 surveys and leadership development as... - June 16, 2010 - The Booth Company
New Book Helps Companies Find "Perfect Phrases for Motivating and Rewarding Employees"
"Perfect Phrases for Motivating and Rewarding Employees," by Linda Eve Diamond (Hollywood, FL) and Harriet Diamond (Atlantic City, NJ), has just been released in an updated, expanded second edition. This new edition includes a chapter that encourages employee involvement in online social networking to enhance business success. - June 16, 2010 - Linda Eve Diamond, Ink
Bridgepoint Education Expands Use of Profits 4 Purpose Community Impact Tracking Software Into Arizona, Colorado, and Iowa
San Diego Company, Profits 4 Purpose, partners with Bridgepoint Education and expands the reach of their easy to use volunteer tracking software across the nation. Bridgepoint Education prides itself on giving back to the communities it operates in and the software solution is playing a key part in... - June 16, 2010 - Profits 4 Purpose
Motivate Employees with Summer Activities and Events in New York City
Want employees who will remain interested in their work this summer? Kick-start the summer by sustaining employee motivation with activities provided on Retensa’s list of inexpensive or Free events in New York City. - June 16, 2010 - Retensa, LLC
Ivy Exec Approves 45,000th Member
IvyExec.com’s membership growth in 2010 puts it on track to have over 100,000 members by early 2011. - June 15, 2010 - Ivy Exec
Ecotrain Media Group Launches Eco Professional “Find Your Own Green Job” Seminar; Secure Your Future
A Great Place to Start Your Green Job Search. - June 15, 2010 - Ecotrain Media Group, LLC
Most Companies Don’t Use Data When Making Decisions About People
i4cp study finds less than a quarter of companies use human capital analytics, and most focus on the past rather than the future. - June 15, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
The Truth Behind the Hidden Job Market Myth
Leading career tools site Quintessential Careers investigates the existence of the “hidden job market.” - June 12, 2010 - Quintessential Careers
Experts Connection Shows You How to Get the Most Out of LinkedIn with “LinkedIn for Executives: Beyond the Basics”
LinkedIn Expert Jason Alba Shares Secrets of How to Make Business and Career-Critical Connections and Make It Work Harder for You - June 12, 2010 - NETSHARE
Tax Jobs Market Leader Pure Taxation Hires Liisa Grant to Lead European Tax Recruitment
Niche recruitment specialist, Pure Search & Selection, has announced the appointment of tax recruitment consultant Liisa Grant to the EMEA team in the UK. Liisa Grant brings in-house and practice experience to the tax jobs market. - June 11, 2010 - Pure Search & Selection
JobJobHealth.com Career Center Provides Medical Blogs, Healthcare Association Websites and Forums a Complete Job Board Solution
The new JobJob Career Center, designed as an add on to existing medical websites, offers a low cost turnkey job board with job posting, resume search, application tracking, job distribution to leading job search engines and medical jobs fed from the healthcare job search engine, www.JobJobHealth.com. - June 11, 2010 - Career Management Source
Claromentis Releases Comprehensive Quality Management Software Suite
Claromentis have today announced the release of a comprehensive quality management software suite to address policies, procedures and audit management to meet a wide range of requirements. - June 10, 2010 - Claromentis
Height Safety Centre Opens with Fanfare
Capital Safety Fete Features Mr. Wong Weng Sun and 150 Guests and Dignitaries - June 10, 2010 - Capital Safety Group Asia Pte Ltd
Buric’s Ronald Mueller Earns CCCA Credential
Ronald A. Mueller, a project consultant with Buric, recently earned the professional title of Certified Construction Contract Administrator (CCCA). Conferred by the Construction Specifications Institute after examination, the CCCA designation reflects one’s understanding of all facets of the... - June 10, 2010 - Buric
ALPCO Diagnostics Prepares for Launch of Unique Immunoassays
ALPCO Diagnostics announces the recent hiring of Leon F. Hebert Jr., Ph.D. As ALPCO’s new Diabetes and Obesity Product Manager, Dr. Hebert will be charged with overseeing the launch of several new ELISA research tools, including: Mouse Proinsulin ELISA, Rat Proinsulin ELISA, Mouse C-peptide... - June 09, 2010 - ALPCO
Ivy Exec Reaches Over 100,000 Unique Visitors
Ivy Exec, an online community that offers job search resources to the most elite group of professionals and connects these professionals with leading companies, receives over 100,000 unique visitors in May. - June 09, 2010 - Ivy Exec
Should Companies Outsource HR to be More Strategic, or to Save Money?
i4cp study finds that high-performance organizations outsource HR functions to provide a significant business impact vs. just cutting costs. - June 09, 2010 - Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)
Pacific Timesheet SaaS Data Integration Enhancements
Enhanced integration tools fully automate integrations with Pacific Timesheet - June 06, 2010 - Pacific Timesheet
Increase Company Creativity, Profits, and Customer Satisfaction with ruHap’s New Happiness Services
Firms with Happy employees have higher revenue, profits, and customer service ratings. To help bring those benefits to corporate clients ruHap, the Happiness Company announces three new Happiness Seminars as well as Happiness Coaching services. Life Coaching is offered for individuals. - June 06, 2010 - ruHap, The Happiness Company
Seasoned Telephony Account Manager Joins comCables
Buchanan comes to comCables from a Denver-based telephony integrator where he served as the Director of Sales. He served various roles prior to moving into his management position during his nearly eleven years at this integrator. Buchanan has over a decade of telecommunications experience. He... - June 05, 2010 - comCables
BLOOM Announces the Launch of Bloomware.com
Insight Strategic Concepts, Inc., of Elkhart, Indiana, has launched a new website to support its strategic performance management software, BLOOM. Designed for small to medium-sized business, BLOOM helps companies more easily reach corporate goals. - June 05, 2010 - Insight Strategic Concepts, Inc.
LBi Software Hosting Two Sessions at the OHUG 2010 Global Conference
LBi Software has been chosen to host two sessions at the Oracle HCM User Group's (OHUG) 2010 Global Conference. - June 05, 2010 - LBi Software
SafeScreener.com and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Offer Free Workshops to Human Resource Professionals
SafeScreener.com and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce have come together to offer HR professionals and business owners free workshops covering the basics of background screening and the details of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. - June 05, 2010 - Background Screening Consultants
Jobs.co.uk See Roles in the Health/Medical/Scientific Grow Considerably
Jobs.co.uk, the UK's primary online recruitment domain has seen the number of vacancies in its Health/Medical/Scientific sector grow considerably in the last few weeks. Jobs in these sectors have rocketed giving jobhunters a wide range of jobs to apply for. - June 05, 2010 - Jobsco UK Ltd
Adaptation Chairman Shows Summit How Research Findings and New Performance Tools Can Transform Economic Prospects
New approach to boosting performance could regenerate struggling companies, forgotten regions and war ravaged areas. - June 04, 2010 - Adaptation Ltd
North Texas Information Technology Staffing Agency Expanding
North Texas staffing agency born during recession expands to offer contract placements. - June 04, 2010 - Eagle Professional Group
Virginia Psychological Association Looking for Healthy Workplaces
Nominations now accepted for 2010 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards The MITRE Corporation in McLean did it in 2009; W.R Systems in Norfolk did it in 2008. Both won Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards. Now, the Virginia Psychological Association is accepting nominations for its 2010... - June 04, 2010 - Virginia Psychological Association
Lease South, LLC is Expanding by the Addition of an Atlanta Metro Location
Lease South, LLC, a Florida based vehicle and equipment leasing company is pleased to announce a new Atlanta office as well as appointment of a regional director. - June 03, 2010 - Lease South, LLC
Hiring Upswing Provides Growing Niche for Online Recruiting Company
Offering employers online access to over 43,000 individually screened candidates, Ivy Exec has emerged as a leader in experienced- candidate hires. Clients can save tens of thousands of dollars over traditional executive search options. - June 03, 2010 - Ivy Exec
Hodges-Mace Opens New Consulting Offices
Chicago and Dallas consulting offices open. - June 03, 2010 - Hodges-Mace Benefits Group, Inc.
United States Outplacement Firm Founder Highlights Plight of the Forgotten Professional and Middle Ranking Management Job Seekers
Scott Kane, Managing Partner of the US GreyHairManagement.com outplacement company today highlighted the company’s US experience with displaced executives where each $10,000 of compensation is equivalent to one month on the job hunting trail. Speaking at the launch in Cheltenham UK of... - May 31, 2010 - Grey Hair Management Ltd
Totaljobs Group in 2010 Best Workplaces Rankings
Online recruitment firm remains in rankings for a third year in a row - May 29, 2010 - Total Jobs
Jobs.co.uk See Sales Sector Rocket
Jobs.co.uk, the UK's primary online recruitment domain has seen the number of vacancies in its Sales sector rise dramatically in recent weeks. Jobs in the sector have rocketed giving jobhunters a wide range of jobs to apply for. - May 29, 2010 - Jobsco UK Ltd
Employment Screening Provider USA-FACT to Host Complimentary 2-Part Human Resources Webinar Series
USA-FACT’s Webinar Series will focus on the Use of Credit Reports and Criminal Records in Hiring. - May 29, 2010 - USA-FACT
Career Agents Network Partners with Hire Heroes USA
Career Agents Network has partnered with Hire Heroes USA to raise money to help veterans secure jobs after their tour of duty. - May 29, 2010 - Career Agents Network
Todd Babic Promoted to President of SMC Networks, a Leading Provider of Customer Premise Equipment to Service Providers
SMC Networks, a leading provider of Customer Premise Equipment to Service Providers, is proud to announce the promotion of Todd Babic to the position of President of SMC Networks, effective immediately. Babic has served SMC since 2002, and spent the last 2 years as the Vice President of Sales,... - May 27, 2010 - SMC Networks
Jobs.co.uk Offers Free 2-Month Trial to All Recruiters
Jobs.co.uk reached Page One on Google in record time - only a month after going live - and has maintained it's position since. The site is to give recruiters a big taste of it's success by offering unlimited job postings onto Jobs.co.uk free of charge for two months up until the end of July. This is a genuine no-strings attached offer. - May 27, 2010 - Jobsco UK Ltd
Google, McKinsey & Company and Goldman Sachs Take the Top 3 Spots Among MBA Students in the United States
Based on more than 21,561 employer evaluations, reflecting the opinions of approximately 5,732 MBA students, Universum – Americas, presents the 2010 US MBA Top IDEALTM Employers. - May 26, 2010 - Universum Group
Advance Resources Launch New Website
Advance Resources Personnel Consultants Ltd., Hong Kong leading recruitment agency and consultant launch its new website in Hong Kong. - May 26, 2010 - Advance Resources Personnel Consultants Ltd.
Supply Chain, Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility Executive, John Wilkerson Earns Breakthrough Global Financial Credentials
John Wilkerson, Vice President, Supply Chain, Environmental and Corporate Social Responsibility Practice Leader achieved senior accreditation, similar to former Kraft, Albertson’s, Mckinsey, Grant Thornton Executives. - May 25, 2010 - Bellwether Services
National Safety Compliance Releases New Employee Safety Training Programs for Workers in Restaurants and Food Service Industries
Restaurants and commercial kitchens have very specific workplace safety requirements. National Safety Compliance has released two new employee training programs for food service. The first of the two programs is entitled, "Safety Orientation for Food Service" and covers important safety... - May 20, 2010 - National Safety Compliance, Inc.
Lasik Eye Surgery Directory Appoints New 2010 Editorial Advisors
The LASIK information, patient education and LASIK surgeon directory website www.seewithlasik.com is pleased to announce the addition of two new Editorial Advisors for 2010. - May 20, 2010 - Medical Management Services Group
Speech Agents Offer New Revenue Streams for Telcos
Emerging Technologies introduce at MECOM 2010 new revenue models with their range of Telco-specific speech enabled applications. - May 20, 2010 - Emerging Technologies
Speech Agents Increase Telco Operational Productivity by Over 50%
Telcos reap multiple benefits of employing speech recognition agents - May 20, 2010 - Emerging Technologies
Atlas Pioneers "Freeconomics" for HR with Free 360 Degree Leadership Survey
Atlas Performance is first at introducing 100% free employee surveys in the HR industry, thanks to a unique business model. - May 20, 2010 - Atlas Performance Solutions Ltd
How to Stop Your Best Human Capital from Being Poached
eePulse Leadership Pulse™ HR metrics at http://bit.ly/leadershippulse reveal employee turnover predictors and lessons from the neglected warriors of the recession. - May 20, 2010 - eePulse, Inc.
Appletree Answers Announces Partnership with A Better You Coaching
Appletree Answers, a North American provider of full service communication services including telephone, email, web chat and virtual assistant is pleased to announce a business partnership with Delaware-based A Better You Coaching. Candy Myura, CEO of A Better You Coaching spent 4 years employed... - May 19, 2010 - A Better You Coaching
Careerminds Announces Partnership with A Better You Coaching
Careerminds Group, Inc., a North American provider of web-based outplacement and career transition services is pleased to announce a business partnership with Delaware-based A Better You Coaching. Seeking to expand her company’s service offerings, A Better You Coaching’s CEO Candy... - May 19, 2010 - A Better You Coaching