Recruiting Industry News & Updates
Featuring articles from around the Internet about companies in the recruiting industry
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LinkedIn Bucks Economy; Gets Millions From Investors Nov 3, 2008
LinkedIn has received $22.7 million in new funding from investors such as SAP Ventures, Goldman Sachs and McGraw-Hill. The funding – the first time that LinkedIn has taken money from strategic partners rather than venture capitalists – is part of a financing round that was first announced in June. At the time, LinkedIn said it had received $53 million from blue-chip venture capitalists such as Sequoia Capital and Bain Capital Ventures, valuing the company at $1 billion. view article »mentioned profiles: LinkedIn -
"How Danny Sees It" Offers Advice For The Tough Economy Nov 3, 2008
Bullhorn has a new report offering recruiters advice on what they should be doing now.
"How Danny Sees It: Danny Cahill's Four Big Ideas for Today's Economy" is an interview with the industry "guru" and president of Hobson Associates, Cahill Consulting, and AccordingToDanny.com.
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SuccessFactors Ranks 19 On Deloitte List Nov 3, 2008
SuccessFactors, Inc., provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, has earned a berth on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley Software and Information Technology (IT) companies. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from fiscal year 2003–2007. SuccessFactors’ grew 1437 percent during that period, resulting in a No. 19 ranking. view article »mentioned profiles: SuccessFactors, Inc -
Kroll Launches Enhanced Background Screening Website Oct 24, 2008
Kroll, a global risk consulting company, has launched a new website dedicated to its background screening division. KrollBackgroundScreening.com provides information about how Kroll can help organizations make informed decisions in critical areas such as employment, supplier selection, investment placement, institutional admissions, and identity theft prevention and assistance. view article »mentioned profiles: Kroll Background Screening -
Liz Claiborne Talent Director To Share Talent Pipeline Building Ideas In Free Webcast Oct 24, 2008
How do you leverage a corporate brand to build a pipeline of strong talent? Helene Richter, director of talent operations for Liz Claiborne Inc., will explain how the well known fashion design house and retail marketer does it in a webcast November 4, at 1:00 PM ET.
Sponsored by iCIMS, a SaaS provider of talent platforms, and the Human Capital Institute, a global professional association and educator, the webcast will offer new and innovative methodologies that companies of all sizes can us..
Register here for the free webcast, “Great Product, Real People: How Your Corporate Environment Can Build Your Talent Pool.”
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ZoomInfo To Be Accessed From PCRecruiter Oct 23, 2008
ZoomInfo has formed an alliance with Main Sequence Technologies, the vendor of PCRecruiter an applicant tracking system used by management recruiters worldwide. PCRecruiter is also the tracking platform of choice for over 1,000 franchisees and affiliates of the MRI Network - a global recruitment organization. view article »mentioned profiles: Main Sequence Technologies, Inc -
Monster and Bullhorn Launch Online Platform for Staffing and Recruiting Firms Oct 22, 2008
Monster and staffing software vendor Bullhorn today unveiled a new online recruiting platform named PowerSource, based on Bullhorn’s new Integrated Resume Search technology. PowerSource combines real-time posting, shared apply and integrated resume search to enable faster, better quality placements.
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JWT INSIDE Brings Web 2.0 Solutions to Health Care Employment Marketing Oct 22, 2008
JWT INSIDE, one of the world’s leading recruitment marketing and internal communications companies, is bringing Web 2.0 solutions to hospitals and health care systems. In order to engage the employees of a large health care system that is geographically spread out, JWT INSIDE incorporated PURL technology in their recent internal communications campaign.PURL stands for Personalized URL, a web address that incorporates the recipient’s name. For example: www.johnsmith.ourcompanysite.com. This technology provides relevant content in response to preferences and engages responders in more meaningful dialogue.
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iCIMS Announces Growing Success Among Not-for-Profit Organizations Oct 21, 2008
iCIMS, a Software-as-a-Service provider of talent management solutions, announced today the company’s growing success among not-for-profit organizations. Non-profits such as The William J. Clinton Foundation, Mississippi Children’s Home Services, NCIRE - the Veterans Health Research Institute and the National Minority AIDS Council join over 600 worldwide companies who currently partner with iCIMS to help support their pre- and post-hire needs. view article »mentioned profiles: iCIMS -
Robert Cantu Appointed Vice President of Pierpoint International Oct 21, 2008
Robert Cantu was named Vice President of Recruitment Operations and Diversity, by Pierpoint International. He most recently served as AVP of Staffing and Diversity for USAA, and previously as Worldwide Diversity Leader for Cisco Systems Inc. view article »mentioned profiles: Pierpoint International