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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
Brine Group Staffing Solutions Welcomes Gregg Dennis as Consultant for the Technology Recruiting Division
Effective immediately, Gregg Dennis, will be joining Brine Group Staffing Solutions headquartered in Burlington, MA. - June 17, 2010 - Brine Group Staffing Solutions
Avant Healthcare Professionals Announce Marketing Partnership with Rehab License Network
Avant Healthcare Professionals and Rehab License Network announced a new marketing partnership that will help drive Brand awareness for both companies. Senior Vice President of Avant Healthcare, Brian Hudson, stated “Avant Healthcare and Rehab License Network are teaming up to provide... - June 17, 2010 - Avant Healthcare Professionals
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
“Business Women Rising” Launches Leadership Development Services Targeting Women and Enterprises
Business Women Rising, a leadership development services firm dedicated to the advancement of women business leaders and inclusive leadership teams, announced its official launch today. With a unique service platform and a team of experienced executive coaches, business educators and management... - June 16, 2010 - Business Women Rising
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
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)
How YOU™ Are Like Shampoo for Job Seekers is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year Awards
Brenda Bence’s book on how to find a job using personal branding – How YOU™ are like Shampoo for Job Seekers: The Proven Personal Branding System To Help You Succeed In Any Interview And Secure the Job of Your Dreams – is an award-winning finalist in the Career category of the ForeWord Reviews’ 2009 Book Of The Year Awards. - June 15, 2010 - Brand Development Associates International Ltd
How YOU™ Are Like Shampoo for College Graduates is a Finalist - the National Indie Excellence Book Awards
Author Brenda Bence’s book aimed at helping College Graduates find a job using personal branding – How YOU™ are like Shampoo for College Graduates: The Complete Personal Branding System to Define, Position, and Market Yourself and Land a Job You Love – was named an... - June 15, 2010 - Brand Development Associates International Ltd
Value Added Features in JobsDiary.com
New features in JobsDiary.com help it’s users to use this job site as a complete career diary. - June 13, 2010 - JobsDiary.com
Vaco Raleigh Employees Donate To Help Nashville Flood Victims
Vaco Raleigh, LLC (www.vaco.com), an executive placement and consulting firm, has announced its support of “Oreo Cookies for a Cause,” a campaign to aid flood victims in Nashville, Tenn. Hosted by Vaco Nashville, LLC, employees who participated in the event donated $1,000 for every... - June 13, 2010 - VACO Raleigh
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
Donna Zajonc Named Director of Coaching Services for The Power of Ted*, a Division of the Bainbridge Leadership Center
Donna Zajonc, PCC, has been named Director of Coaching Services for The Power of TED*, a division of the Bainbridge Leadership Center (BLC) of Bainbridge Island, WA. - June 11, 2010 - David Womeldorf
2010 HRM "Stimulus Package" 7 Best Practices for Your Retirement Savings Plan in a Tough Economy
MMC has released a whitepaper, “HRM best practices responding to impact of market crisis on retirement saving plans,” written by MMC, Inc.’s, panel of HRCI/MCLE trainer Dan Van Bogaert discusses 7 best HR practices for your retirement saving plans in a tough economy. - June 11, 2010 - MMC, Inc.
Why You Can’t Not Communicate: New Book Shows the Path to Business Success is Paved with Good Communication
Communications Expert David Grossman Offers Proven Methods for Leaders to Connect with Employees to Achieve Organizational Goals. - June 11, 2010 - The Grossman Group
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
Crystal Suazo of Vaco Raleigh Named Triangle Family Services Gingerbread Gala Chair
David R. Rhode, managing partner of Vaco Raleigh, LLC (www.vaco.com), an executive placement and consulting firm, has announced that Crystal Suazo, CPA and partner at the firm, has been named chair for the Triangle Family Services’ 8th Annual Gingerbread Gala. The annual event features the... - June 10, 2010 - VACO Raleigh
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)
5 Things Professionals Should do to Manage Their Online Image
Blogs, social networking and online career searches are bigger than ever, and they’re here to stay. While there is a wide array of ways to promote yourself and your career, each one can be a double edged sword; what is designed to promote can sometimes actually damage. - June 09, 2010 - The Mergis Group
Jim Kranias Appointed to Negenit’s Advisory Board
Negenit’s Advisory Board is Growing - June 09, 2010 - Negenit
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
Pacific Timesheet SaaS Data Integration Enhancements
Enhanced integration tools fully automate integrations with Pacific Timesheet - June 06, 2010 - Pacific Timesheet
The Beacon Show, a Talk Radio Program Produced by The Chicago Lighthouse’s CRIS Radio, Finds Its New Home at WCPT – AM and FM
Consistent with recent expansions at The Chicago Lighthouse, its “CRIS Radio” is also growing. Broadcasting on a new station and time, CRIS reaches larger audience with programming specific to veterans, senior citizens, and people who are disabled. - June 06, 2010 - The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
First Ever Facebook Application Based on Harvard Research That Happiness Spreads to Your Friends Through Social Networks Released by ruHap, The Happiness Company
Help your friends be Happier, and their friends, and their friends too with the first-ever Facebook Application designed to leverage Harvard research that Happiness is contagious through social networks. ruHap, The Happiness Company has introduced an application that will soon help thousands of Facebook users find Happiness every day following its successful completion of public testing and approval for inclusion in the Facebook Application Directory. - June 05, 2010 - ruHap, The Happiness Company
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
People Who do Launch a New Series of Summer School Courses at Kings College London
People Who Do Ltd is working in partnership with King's College London to deliver short courses for the King's Summer Institute, running from June till August of this year. The Sussex business will be running a creativity and a productivity skills programme which form part of King's Professional & Executive Development short course portfolio. - June 04, 2010 - People Who Do Limited
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
New Approach Provides Sound Alternative to 1099 or W-2 Work Relationships
BOTH USA (BOTH) announced today that companies now have a new alternative that supports the adoption of contingent or “flexible” work arrangements. The BOTH approach (www.bothpro.com) enables companies and individuals to engage with each other on a “Business to Business”... - June 04, 2010 - Back Of The House - BOTH
Locum Medical Group Receives Gold Seal of Approval™ from The Joint Commission
Locum Medical Group has been awarded its second consecutive Gold Seal of Approval for healthcare staffing services from The Joint Commission. - June 04, 2010 - Locum Medical Group
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.
Voices.com Co-Founder to Present at VOICE 2010
Stephanie Ciccarelli of Voices.com will be speaking at VOICE 2010 during a special panel dedicated to voice over industry service providers. - June 03, 2010 - Voices.com
UK Voice Artist Mike Cooper Narrates Televised Series “Britain At War” on Military History
London-based narrator and member of Voices.com, Mike Cooper, lends his voice to an exciting new televised series documenting the military history of Great Britain. - June 01, 2010 - Voices.com
CAREER Event Pros Diversity Council Host 2010 MBA Diversity Business School Expo in Atlanta, GA 8/14/10
The MBA Diversity Business School Expo is a strategic partnership with business schools across the United States and abroad who advocate as diversity business school of choice to prospective students. This event will serve as a complete resource center for prospective MBA students. - June 01, 2010 - CAREER Event Pros, LLC
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
Jackson Therapy Partners Continues Rapid Growth in 2010
Jackson Therapy Partners, America’s largest therapy-focused staffing company, started the year with a bang; reporting record growth in Q1 2010. Year to date the company has: - Increased revenue by approximately 30 percent over Q1 2009 - Reported rapid growth in the western U.S. - Rapidly... - May 30, 2010 - Jackson Therapy Partners
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
Convenience Store is the Newest Initiative of The Chicago Lighthouse to Provide Opportunity for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
What seems a mere convenience store to some, is an invaluable opportunity for others. With approximately 70% unemployment, amongst the blind and visually impaired community, The Chicago Lighthouse set out to do its part in fixing this dire statistic. By opening a convenience store, the Lighthouse provides jobs previously unavailable. - May 29, 2010 - The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
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
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
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
Executive Marriage Coach Tom King Introduces the Dynamic Marriage Map Complimentary Video
The Dynamic Marriage Map shows partners how to get from where they are to where they want to be in marriage. Complimentary video released. - May 29, 2010 - Tom King - Executive Marriage Coach
The Grossman Group Wins SABRE Product of the Year Award for the Second Year Running
Internal Communications Firm Honored for unique leadercommunicator™ platform tool. - May 28, 2010 - The Grossman Group
The Grossman Group Honored as “Employee Communications Agency of the Year”
The Holmes Report, a highly respected public relations industry trade group, has recognized The Grossman Group as the nation’s top employee communications agency. In awarding this honor, the Holmes Report had this to say about The Grossman Group as “Employee Communications Agency of the... - May 28, 2010 - The Grossman Group
CPA in Miami Since 1983, Gustavo A Viera Announces the Firm Has Moved Into Its New Offices
The Miami accounting firm of Gustavo A Viera, CPA today announced it’s moved into it’s new offices at the Palmetto Bay Centre building located in Miami Fl located at 15715 S. Dixie Hwy. Suite 212. Originally established in 1983, Gustavo A Viera, CPA started the firm to fill a niche... - May 27, 2010 - Gustavo A. Viera, CPA