SkillSurvey, Inc. an on-demand reference checking service, announced that Joe Klimowicz has joined the company as vice president, technology. Previously, Klimowicz was chief technology officer at Verilaw Technologies, Inc., and a Verilaw co-founder. view article »

Pet supplies retailer PETCO has selected the SuccessFactors Performance and Talent Management suite to optimize the performance of its 22,000 associates nationwide. SuccessFactors will help PETCO execute its business strategy by engaging its associates, recognizing high performers and driving a pay-for-performance culture. view article »

Staffing and recruiting software vendor Bullhorn said its client conference, Bullhorn Live 2009, will be held February 1-5, 2009 at the Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas.

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SuccessFactors, Inc. a provider of performance and talent management solutions, today announced that Lithium Technologies has implemented SuccessFactors’ Professional Edition for small businesses. Lithium is a provider of social networking tools including forums, blogs, and other social networking tools view article »

Deborah Besemer, the former CEO of BrassRing, has joined the Bullhorn board of directors.

In making the announcement, Bullhorn said Basemer, who also has served as executive vice president at Lotus Development, "brings extensive executive experience on organizational optimization, direct sales and channel strategy and globalization."

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Lawson Software reported the Fresno Unified School District has become a client, licensing its HR Management Suite and other products. With 73,000 students, the district is the 4th largest in California and among the 50 largest in the nation.

Lawson said the district will use the software to support data-driven decision making and improve its ability to recruit, retain and develop teachers and staff.

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Verifications, Inc., provider of global employment screening and onboarding solutions, has released a Social Security Number Verification program. The new SSN Verification will be available to order on December 22, 2008.

Employers can use the SSN Verification to verify an applicant's social security number. The system uses the Social Security Administration’s  Master File to determine if an applicant’s provided name and SSN match and whether the SSN is issued to a person who has been reported as deceased. Candidates are notified of mismatches.

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Military placement firm Bradley-Morris, Inc. has set 13 job fairs for the next two months. The contingency hiring events are aimed at employers seeking military-experienced candidates in Management / Engineering, Technician / Supervision and Sales / Sales Management.

 

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SuccessFactors, Inc., provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, said Salina Regional Health Center of Salina, Kansas has adopted its Professional Edition offering for small and mid-sized businesses to manage performance, goals, leadership development and align pay with performance. The community-owned, nonprofit hospital with two separate campuses has 1250 employees. view article »

Zappos.com, a leading online shoe and accessories retailer, has picked Jobvite for its recruitment technology solution. Zappos is the company with the unique recruiting program offering new hires $2,000 to quit during their first 30 days on the job.

Jobvite, meanwhile, is a collaborative hiring tool that is designed to involve all employees in the process, leverage their social and professional networks to find quality candidates and manage all aspects of hiring in a single platform.

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Orion Bank, one of the largest privately held community banks in Southwest Florida, has become a SuccessFactors client. The bank, with 23 full-service banking offices, selected SuccessFactors Professional Edition offering for small and mid-sized businesses to support performance management, goal management and employee development.

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Fast growing Ascentium Corporation has selected Jobvite as its talent acquisition provider.  Ascentium, an interactive marketing and technology consultancy, has nearly doubled in the last year. It chose Jobvite to speed hiring and encourage company collaboration in the process. Jobvite's tools emphasize employee referral and social networking, in addition to a full featured ATS.

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St. Elizabeth Medical Center has expanded its SuccessFactors implementation. The Greater Cincinnati-based healthcare system recently merged with St. Luke Hospitals, growing its deployment of SuccessFactors from 5,000 to 6,500 users. This marks an increasing trend of customers growing their use of SuccessFactors during mergers and acquisitions.

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Pearson's Talent Assessment Business has launched a new global website and talent brand at a new address: www.talentlens.com. Its online testing platform will still be accessible via the eAssessTalent.com domain, but customers will find expanded products and services information as well as enhanced features at TalentLens.com.

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Cytiva Software, Inc. provider of on-demand recruiting software solutions, has a free product tour on its website of its new standalone SonicOnboard product. The new SonicOnboard product tour takes the viewer through each step in the onboarding process.See the tour here. view article »

Aruspex, a company that describes itself as focused solely on strategic workforce planning, today announced general availability of version 2.7 of its strategic workforce planning software, CAPTure. The software allows organizations to have measurable HR strategies linked to business goals and targeted at critical workforce groups. view article »

iCIMS, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of talent management solutions, reports that the company has signed new  Fortune 500 clients adding The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, Marathon Oil, Amazon.com and Interpublic Group to the more than 600 clients worldwide using iCIMS' Talent Platform.

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Accurate Background, Inc., a nationwide background screening company, announced a relationship with Right at Home, a national in-home care and assistance agency.

Accurate Background’s selection as suggested vendor provides all  the Right at Home offices nationwide a comprehensive background screening program. A variety of product options are available at a group rate to meet the needs and diverse legal requirements of all locations.

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Authoria has hired an 18 year veteran of software sales to be its new vice president of sales. Joseph Kaddis, Jr. was with Microsoft and  Hyperion, maker of performance management software, before it was sold to Oracle in 2007.

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TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications, one of the world’s largest independent recruitment advertising agencies, today announced the formation of a new wholly owned subsidiary, TMP Government, LLC (www.TMPgovernment.com) with headquarters in McLean, Virginia in metropolitan Washington, D.C. view article »

TalentDrive, provider of SaaS recruitment technology, released an  on-demand training program offering clients the flexibility of choosing their training sessions.

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Enwisen today announced the release of Version 4.1 of AnswerSource Onboarding, a component of Enwisen’s AnswerSource Workforce Portal suite. AnswerSource Onboarding 4.1 orchestrates a rich onboarding experience vs. simply automating “to do” lists, while providing HR and hiring managers with consolidated, simplified dashboards to easily and quickly track onboarding status. view article »

SuccessFactors, a provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, today announced the availability of SuccessFactors Business Performance Accelerators.

 

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Today TalentDrive, creator of TalentFilter, announced a partnership with InterActive Applicant, an automated multimedia candidate screening system. TalentDrive and InterActive Applicant now offer tools for the two main issues facing recruiters today: sourcing and pre-screening. To learn more about this partnership, click here to watch a video.

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JWT INSIDE, one of the world's leading employee relationship marketing agencies, took top honor in the 8th Annual International iNOVA Award Competition for their recruitment Web site, Microsoft View<myWorld>. The iNOVA awards - honoring the world's best corporate Web sites -- represent world-class achievement, competing with over 200 entries from 10 countries around the world. view article »

Knowledge Infusion, a provider of strategic advisory and consulting services focused on HR, talent management, and emerging technology solutions reports that Cassie Fireman, SPHR, will join the leadership team as Chief Performance Officer. In this newly created position, she will be responsible for ensuring optimal performance of people, process, and technology linked to customer satisfaction and financial objectives. view article »

Amy Renz has been promoted to president and COO of HireAbility.com. She had been Executive Vice President of Operations and Technology at the company for the last five years. view article »

Beyond.com, Inc., the world’s largest network of niche career communities, announced today that it is offering one free job posting to each employer across the nation through February 28, 2009 in an effort to promote business growth and help stimulate the economy in the New Year. view article »

Abso, provider of integrated talent management solutions, is now offering electronic verification of Social Security numbers directly with the Social Security Administration's database. Through Abso, HR managers can electronically verify SSNs pre-hire to eliminate delays during onboarding and to streamline hiring process tasks. view article »

NAS Recruitment Communications announced the release of NAS Total Source Tracker. An end-to-end HR metrics suite provides results data on employer media activity to help recruiters improve investment allocation, sourcing strategies, lead generation and candidate experience through the careers portal into the ATS. view article »

Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications has  partnered with InXpo to provide companies with innovative opportunities to attract talent by hosting their own virtual career fairs. view article »

Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc.released Version 13, an upgrade to its SmartSearch talent acquisition and recruiting business software. Version 13 features tools to support Web 2.0 sourcing allowing users to search and import data from popular social networking and internet sites, including Google, ZoomInfo, Pipl, LinkedIn, Facebook and others. It also upgrades performance and reliability of its CSV importing tool using .NET technology, and improved its cell-phone text messaging capabilities. view article »

VCG is now offering an enterprise version of its on-demand Pointwing Front Office recruiting software. Version 1.4 gives technically savvy and capable staffing and recruiting firms the ability to host Pointwing on their own hardware servers at their own location view article »

Taleo Corporation, provider of on-demand talent management solutions, formed an alliance with online onboarding pioneer KMS Software Company.  Small and medium sized businesses using Taleo Business Edition Recruit will now have a fully integrated onboarding solution that enables the electronic processing of new hire federal and state forms and government compliance requirements. view article »

Cytiva Software Inc.. provider of on-demand recruiting software solutions, was included in Software Magazine’s Software 500 Next 100 ranking of the world’s largest software and services providers. This is the first year for the Next 100 of the Software 500, which is now in its 26th year.

Software magazine reported that six companies were selected in the hr/workforce management systems sector, led by Cytiva Software at number 501. Software Magazine spotlighted Cytiva for its 84% growth in revenue.

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Simply Hired, the job search engine and recruitment advertising network, is powering the job listings on Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" feature. Visitors will be able to view current job openings at the employers that made the list which was released January 22, 2009.

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Bullhorn users can now post jobs in real time to CareerBuilder and search its resume database directly via Bullhorn's Integrated Resume Search.  CareerBuilder is also a platinum sponsor of Bullhorn’s user conference, Bullhorn Live 2009 to be held February 1-5 at the Red Rock Casino, Resort and Spa in Las Vegas. view article »

NAIA student-athletes have a new teammate when it comes to preparing for life after athletics. Career Athletes, LLC,  a career education and resource organization for collegiate athletic departments and current and alumni student-athletes, is now the exclusive provider of career education for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and its 291 member based institutions.The NAIA is the governing body for small school athletics in the U.S. view article »

Available immediately to Bullhorn customers  Integrated Resume Search and JobCast for Yahoo! HotJobs now allows recruiters to source candidates and post jobs in real time on HotJobs without exiting Bullhorn or launching a new interface. view article »

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 35 million members, has introduced LinkedIn Talent Advantage, a suite of solutions for recruiters. The newest feature of Talent Advantage is a “viewer-aware” hiring technology called LinkedIn Custom Company Profiles, designed to help companies present information that is relevant based on a job-seeker’s function, industry, location, etc. view article »

InterviewStream.com unveiled InterviewNEPA.com, a customized,  web-based video technology platform which will aid thousands of job seekers and workforce development professionals in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Supported by Wall Street West, a federally funded workforce and economic development initiative, this collaboration will provide individuals with the experience and confidence to attain their dream jobs. view article »

In 2008, nearly 180 new clients signed with iCIMS, bringing the company’s total customer count to over 650 clients worldwide. Many of the client additions highlight the SaaS provider’s growing success with Fortune 500 companies, now supporting more than 20 Fortune 500 companies on the iCIMS Talent Platform.The company didn't release revenue or revenue growth information, but it did say it increased staff by 55 percent. view article »

TalentDrive has appointed Jerry McElroy an account executive working out Las Vegas. He joins the company after working three years with TalentHook. view article »

Knowledge Infusion, a provider of strategic advisory and consulting services focused on HR, announces Optimization Services. The services are designed to help HR, IT, and business leaders meet the demands of changes in the current business environment and provide business strategies where HR is faced with constantly changing imperatives like layoffs, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, and doing more with less.

Knowledge Infusion Optimization Services are offered on a tiered engagement level varying from 1-2 day workshops, to short-term diagnostic engagements, to custom, client-configured packages

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AIRS, a company of The RightThing, and ZoomInfo, a source of business information on people and companies, have expanded their partnership to provide  AIRS SourcePoint user free access to passive candidates through ZoomInfo’s database of more than 45 million professionals and 5 million companies.

 

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Recruitment solutions provider Jobvite reports AccuWeather, Inc.  has chosen it to maximize recruitment ROI and increase employee referrals.

Jobvite involves all employees in the hiring process and leverage their social networks to find quality candidates

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ATS provider myStaffingPro announces the release of optimized career portals for customers. Under the guidance of search engine optimization expert Joel Cheesman, myStaffingPro’s redesign will offer career portal templates that adhere to search engine optimization best practices. view article »

Jill Sullivan Grueter has been promoted to vice president of communications at HireAbility. She previously was director of marketing and technical vommunications for the company. view article »

WEDDLE's, the largest publisher of print guides to job boards, announced that Absolutely Health Care, is a winner of its 2009 User's Choice Awards.

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Sendouts launches the SourcePro Toolbar, a web 2.0 ready add-on for Internet Explorer. This new sourcing tool enables recruiters to import candidate resumes and profiles from social networking sites and major job boards directly into their Sendouts Pro database quickly and accurately. view article »

Halogen Software, a provider of employee performance and talent management software, announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the leaders quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for ‘Employee Performance Management Software’ report. Gartner’s report examines 24 vendors offering employee software, assessing the vendor’s ability to execute and the completeness of their vision.

 

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For the third year, TopUSAJobs.com, the first pay-per-click job board on the Internet, has received a 2009 User's Choice Award from WEDDLE's. The site is owned by Jobs in Logistics. view article »

AfterCollege, one of the largest career-related networks for college students and alumni, has launched a new online platform that allows students, faculty, alumni and employers to connect through custom career networks at colleges across the country. Unlike traditional job boards, AfterCollege’s new platform allows job seekers to funnel themselves into over 5,000 niche career networks that contain customized career content, employer information and exclusive job opportunities – helping them find the most relevant jobs. view article »

Cytiva Software Inc. a provider of on-demand recruiting software solutions, has a free, new program to help businesses uncover wasteful spending in their recruiting process.

Dubbed SonicSaves, the program offers businesses a free consultation with a SonicRecruit product specialist who will perform a diagnostic on their candidate management efforts and provide a detailed analysis of where they may be able to save money. view article »

Wonderlic, Inc., provider of employee, recruiting and selection solutions, has reached an agreement to work in conjunction with talent management provider Taleo. view article »

Sendouts, provider of staffing and recruiting software, releases  Sendouts Mobile, giving recruiters and account managers real-time access to the Sendouts Pro application from anywhere in the world through their mobile device.

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Fisher Vista, LLC, a marketing and information services firm focusing on the senior care and human resource industries, announced today that Kevin Grossman has been named president of its HRmarketer.com division. view article »

Jobs2Web will sponsor the Web 2.0 for Recruitment online education and research track for the Human Capital Institute.

The next webinar in the ongoing series is "Best Buy's Career Site 2.0." The free online workshop will detail how Best Buy made its career site Web 2.0 compatible and the benefits have been.

Register here for the free webinar.

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Beeline has received Ariba, Inc.’s Ariba Ready designation awarded to suppliers who have demonstrated the ability to transact with and provide content to organizations using Ariba Buyer through the Ariba Supplier Network. Beeline’s Vendor Management Software, which automates the process of procuring, managing and analyzing contingent and project-based labor, is now integrated with Ariba to support mutual clients who are sending cXML invoices to the Ariba Supplier Network. view article »

PayScale, Inc. has launched a new career management platform where employees and job seekers will have access to an array of salary insight and career management tools in one place. view article »

Qualigence is organizing a "how-to" focused recruiting conference featuring 12 workshops organized around solving recruiting challenges specific to the current economic environment. The conference is scheduled for April 14th and 15th, in Chicago, at the Marriott. The cost is $895 with early registration discounted to $750. See here for more information, including speakers and workshop topics. view article »

Sendouts, provider of staffing and recruiting software, announces the release of Sendouts Pro 7.1, which includes enhanced Outlook integration, universal Back Office exporting, automated job broadcasting and productivity enhancements to help recruiters work smarter, faster and stay more connected.

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SuccessFactors, providing on-demand performance and talent management solutions, announced an integration with SkillSoft, a SaaS provider of e-learning and performance support solutions.

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Talent management provider SilkRoad technology has partnered with India's C&K Management Ltd. to help companies in the Indian market attract and retain top workers. The partnership will combine SilkRoad's award-winning technology with the strategic regional talent management capabilities of C&K. The partnership was announced during a ceremony in Hyderabad, India.   view article »

HireRight, Inc., a provider of on-demand employment screening and pre-integrated screening solutions for applicant tracking systems, reports that SAP America will incorporate the HireRight Pre-integrated Solution for use with SAP solutions, allowing customers to manage their background and drug-screening programs directly from within their SAP solution-based environments. view article »

SuccessFactors reports that client Palmetto Health, South Carolina’s largest not-for-profit health resource with 9,500 employees, has deployed its new Stack Ranker product. This new solution enables leaders to quickly and effortlessly rate and assess their talent across defined competencies, creating a visual and intuitive stack ranking of employees to accelerate a course of action.

 

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Cytiva Software Inc. provider of SaaS recruiting and talent management software, announced today the availability of new features for its talent acquisition solution, SonicRecruit.

New SonicFeedback allows organizations to create and assign feedback forms to any step of the recruiting process and gather key data to better manage their hiring.

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NAS Recruitment Communications named its San Antonio branch  "Office of the Year" for the second year in a row. The team there also earned the NAS Client Partnership Award and Anne Lynette Gallas was named NAS Director of the Year, also for the second year in a row.

In addition, creative campaigns designed for clients of the NAS San Antonio office won 12 Gold and five Silver Creative Awards. The presentations were made at the recent NAS Leadership Conference at a black-tie awards ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, the company's headquarters.

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DiversityBusiness.com named Accurate Background one of the top businesses in the United States. This is the 9th annual listing of the nation’s top businesses by DiversityBusiness.com. Ranging in revenue size from $20 million to over $2 billion, the companies on the list represent the nation’s top multicultural earners. view article »

myStaffingPro announces version 2.9 of its  Microsoft® Dynamics GP integration. view article »

HRchitect, a human capital and talent management systems consulting firm, is a finalist for the “Innovative Online Marketing Award” in the 5th Annual Onrec.com awards. Theawards  acknowledge the hard work of companies and individuals in the online recruitment industry. Winners will be named March 25th.

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Thomas Ross Associates, Inc., a Sage Software business partner specializing in the sales, installation and support of Sage Abra HRMS software, has been named to the Sage Software President’s Circle Winner based on its performance during the last fiscal year.

 

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Don Ramer, Arbita founder and CEO, has been elected to the Board of Governors for the International Association of Employment Web Sites. Arbita is a provider of recruitment marketing technology, media planning and services. view article »

nowHIRE.com has successfully implemented its Elite Business Edition applicant tracking system for based City Line Distributors. With the implementation of nowHIRE’s ATS, City Line has fully automated the hiring and onboarding process.

Founded in 1930, City Line is an independent, full-service food distributor in New England. The company processes approximately 2,500 employment applications per year and previously used a paper application process.

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Bullhorn, a provider of front office staffing and recruiting software, said its implementation by UK staffing firm EPCglobal has allowed the company's recruiters and sales managers to improve productivity by reducing time spent on administrative work. It is now faster and easier for EPCglobal recruiters to access information on job orders, recruiting activity and placement status.

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Alstin Communications is offering recruiters new marketing ideas through a program it calls 60secondseminars. "SmaHRt ideas for busy people,"are short emails offering insight into some of today's most topical recruiting trends view article »

CivilianJobs.com, where America's military connects with civilian careers, announced the finalists for the 2009 Most Valuable Employers (MVE) for Military. The list can be found here. Winners will be announced on May 1.

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VisualCV, Inc., offering online profiles in place of paper resumes, has added new social networking features to its online resume creation and distribution service. These latest capabilities allow job seekers to integrate their VisualCV with popular social media sites like LinkedIn, and Facebook and share their qualifications with friends and colleagues on social networks like Twitter. view article »

BRANDEMiX, the marketing communications firm specializing in creating brand-aligned employee communications campaigns, unveiled its redesigned website.

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Novotus, a recruitment process outsourcing firm headquartered in Austin, has changed the name of its popular NovoFlow product to NovoHire.

“In conjunction with the industry leading guarantee we introduced on this product a few weeks ago, it made sense to change the name to make it more identifiable,” said Novotus CEO and founder Mike Mayeux.

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PayScale, Inc. says it has grown to more than 16.5 million unique career profiles, completed its largest month of site traffic and expanded its base of business customers into the thousands. view article »

Four talent acquisition firms have banded together to form the ASHER Talent Alliance, which is offering a complete suite of integrated recruiting and staffing solutions.

Riviera Advisors, Velocity Resource Group, Iris Libby Consulting, and J. Morrison Group launched ASHER in February. The companies historically have operated in separate areas with Riviera concentrating on internal talent acquisition strategies, capabilities and tools; Velocity focuses on sourcing, screening and qualification services; J. Morrison specializes in employer branding and HR communications, and; Iris Libby provides competitive intelligence and passive candidate research.

 

For more information, visit www.ashertalent.com.

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HRmarketer.com has launched a new feature that will give clients access to hundreds of HR media and analysts on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. The social networking feature, announced today, is part of HRmarketer.com’s expanded media relations database. view article »

Cytiva Software, provider of on-demand recruiting software and talent management solutions, has partnered with CoAdvantage to provide SonicRecruit software to the company's payroll, HR, and benefits administration technology users. CoAdvantage has made the software available to its clients, comprised of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB), throughout the United States. view article »

iCIMS, provider of talent management solutions, and Valiant, a  provider of comprehensive workforce management solutions, are partnering to integrate their two platforms, to provide a complete human capital management solution. 

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Peopleclick and the Affirmative Action Register (AAR), a national equal opportunity employment publication, are offering Peopleclick users access to AAR's job site.

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Exaserv, a SAP HCM services provider and HireAbility.com, a leader in resume processing services, have deployed a flexible and cost-effective resume parsing solution for the SAP E-Recruiting market.

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GreenJobInterview launched a redesigned site this week.

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ATS myStaffingPro has added an Offer Approval module enabling HR professionals to request and receive hiring manager feedback on an applicant offer without logging into the system. view article »

Safelite AutoGlass, the nation’s leading provider of vehicle glass repair and replacement services, has chosen UltiPro for its human resources, recruitment, and performance management solution. view article »

With over 700 clients, iCIMS is claiming third place among providers of talent acquisition systems. iCIMS, which added several new clients last year including H&R Block, ranks behind Taleo and Kenexa based on their client counts published last summer in Workforce Magazine's ATS "Hot List." view article »

SHL, a provider of talent assessments unveiled the final version of its Dependability and Safety Instrument tool, which identifies employees more likely to be unreliable and unsafe in the workplace. The new version identifies five risk levels – from low risk to very high risk – while taking less than 7 minutes for a candidate to complete.

Using a risk rating scale, the Dependability Index can effectively predict a candidate’s focus on customer service, accident rates and attendance rates. This level of screening is particularly suited for the hospitality, retail, call center and telecom sectors, as well as potentially hazardous or high risk professions in the construction, engineering, health care and security sectors.

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Bullhorn Resource Center is a new 24/7 support service for Bullhorn customers. It offers access to  tools and applications for product support management and knowledge management related to Bullhorn’s integrated front office solution. 

Bullhorn Resource Center also serves as a portal to other Bullhorn knowledge bases with links to Bullhorn Brainstorm, the Bullhorn Blogger, the Bullhorn Service Status page and the Bullhorn Support Forums.

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HRmarketer.com has launched a new SEO Center that will help clients improve their SEO and track their keyword rankings on Google, Yahoo!, and MSN—plus monitor the impact of web site content changes on their search engine rankings. view article »

Bart Heres has joined Career Athletes as vice president of executive search and business development.

Prior to joining Career Athletes, Heres was a franchise owner with Management Recruiters International. He also served as corporate office general manager, and leader of the national supply chain practice. His team was named MRI Business Unit of the Year for three consecutive years.

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NAS Recruitment Communications' Baltimore office developed a new employment brand and career site for Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital.

Focusing on bright, bold close-up photos of infants and children, NAS developed the new brand with the headline, "Every child deserves our very best," and tagline for the logo, "Careers in Caring."

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AfterCollege has launched a low-cost alternative to custom email campaigns. Employers can reach students and alumni by posting featured announcements in weekly targeted email digests that are sent to over 200,000 job seekers.

“We rolled out our Featured Announcement email product in response to shrinking recruitment budgets and in order to make it as easy as possible for employers to share entry level opportunities that they would normally not share this way," says  Roberto Angulo, CEO of AfterCollege.

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The Association of Test Publishers (ATP) has named Reid Klion, Ph.D. to its 2009 Board of Directors where he will serve a two-year term. Dr. Klion is Chief Science Officer for the TALX assessment division.

 

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JWT INSIDE, one of the worlds’ leading employment advertising and internal communications companies, announced the launch of a new corporate Web site that showcases its expertise in the employee engagement space. The launch of the new JWT INSIDE site features updated and improved case studies, a new portfolio section, and additional resources from experts including white papers, POVs and published articles.

 

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BioHealthRx, a job board for the biotechnology, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries, has added a job wrapping service for medical employers and recruiting firms.

 

 

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Arbita, a provider of recruitment marketing technology, recruitment marketing analytics and media planning services, has named Romuald Restout as Vice President of Product Development.

Restout was previously director of products and technology for Talent Technology Corporation, where he managed product roadmaps and synthesized product initiatives for the company’s Resume Mirror and HireDesk divisions. He was also principal for technology practice at Humanuo, an HR technology consulting and development firm in Los Angeles.

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Video interviewing pioneer HireVue, Inc. announced three new vice presidents.

Two, Josh Schwede and Christopher Higbee, were formerly with HireRight. Scott Fowle joins the company from SuccessFactors where he was regional vice president of sales.

Fowle will take over as vice president of sales. Schwede has been named vice president of business development while Higbee is the new vice president of marketing.

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nowHIRE has been awarded a Safe Harbor certification by the United States Department of Commerce. The Safe Harbor certification is especially important for nowHIRE’s international clients, as it ensures that information transferred between the European Union states and the United States is protected. view article »

iCIMS, the third largest provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition solutions, has opened a new office in London. view article »

Sendouts and Virtual Software today announced full integration of the Sendouts Pro and Virtual Time+Expense platforms. The integrated solution offers staffing companies a comprehensive solution for managing and tracking placements from first contact to final payroll. view article »

Worklight LLC, the RPO division of Bayard Advertising Agency, Inc., has launched a staffing relations solutions practice. The new unit will provide training and guidance for key areas of employment relations and will provide specialty seminars covering the most common errors made by supervisors, managers, executives, and human resource professionals.

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iCIMS announced today it has surpassed the 750 customer milestone,  signing its 100th client of 2009.

The company earlier this year opened an office in London and has since signed several international organizations including ALEC, which is based in Dubai and serves the middle east, and Optical Express, based in the UK and operating in Europe and California.

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EmployeeScreenIQ has launched a redesigned website. view article »

Bullhorn, provider of on-demand, front office staffing and recruiting software, unveiled its Team Edition, which includes integration with any email system, including Microsoft Outlook. view article »

Aruspex, an on-demand provider of strategic workforce planning  announced the general availability of version 3.0 of its leading  software, CAPTure. view article »

Marty Abbott former COO of Quigo, an advertising technology startup sold to AOL, has been named to the Bullhorn board of directors.

Prior to Quigo, Abbott spent nearly six years at eBay, most recently as SVP/CTO, during which time he was also a member of eBay’s executive staff.

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Newton Software has debuted the Newton Affiliate Program, a third-party sales program for its Newton  recruiting technology.

The program allows qualified individuals to refer Newton to friends, contacts, and companies and earn a percentage of the revenue generated from each sale. Ideal affiliate partners include agency recruiters, contract recruiters, human resources consultants, and other service providers.

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HRsmart, the HR software company with an integrated talent management suite, released Version 11.0. The updates and enhancements include increased scalability for companies with employees numbering into six figures, a two-click navigation system, a consolidated single calendar and notification system for users and more.

"This exciting new version of our Talent Management Suite is by far the most unified, scalable, configurable and usable platform on the market today," said Hanny Shehadeh, chief products officer at HRsmart. "We tore down every wall plaguing traditional standalone modules greatly enhancing usability and enabling users, regardless of organizational role, unprecedented collaboration."

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UNBOUND Technologies, a provider of social network market intelligence, has selected Newton Software as its ATS.

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Bullhorn has appointed Peter Linas as its UK sales director. Linas will work with company co-founder and president, Barry Hinckley to establish the global software brand’s presence in Britain and across Europe. His appointment follows the company’s recent UK launch, and first major contract win – engineering and construction recruiters Talascend, an MPS Global company. view article »

Peopleclick, a global provider of talent acquisition and workforce compliance and diversity solutions, unveiled Peopleclick Reach, a  comprehensive social networking integration package. 

The announcement came at the Society of Human Resource Management Annual Conference and Exposition in New Orleans. Peopleclick Reach provides the tools to expand their referral network and extend their company brand.

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As social networking becomes an integral part of recruiting, AIRS, a provider of recruitment training, announced today at the Society for Human Resource Management’s 61st Annual Conference & Exposition in New Orleans, a new certification aimed at equipping recruiters with an understanding of sourcing via social media. view article »

Solar power technology firm GreenVolts has chosen web-based recruiting technology from Newton Software to manage its recruiting process. view article »

ATS vendor myStaffingPro has enhanced Hiring Manager Quick Response (HMQR) module with new scheduling capabilities. The module enables HR professionals to seamlessly request and receive feedback on applicants, and allows the hiring manager to manage interview scheduling. view article »

On the latest HRMarketer podcast, Jason Alba offers advice on how people can use social networking tools to brand and pitch themselves. Alba is a speaker, author, consultant and founder of JibberJobber.com,

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myStaffingPro now includes free job board integration SimplyHired.com and Indeed.com, allowing users to post jobs to these sites without incurring any integration or posting fees. view article »

Talent Technology predicts its resume processing software, Resume Mirror, will process 80 million resumes in 2009. This number is equivalent to 26 percent of the US population and equal to one resume for every two working people. view article »

iCIMS, one of the largest providers of SaaS talent acquisition solutions, is a finalist for two separate awards for customer support and client satisfaction.

The New York Enterprise Report's Small Business Awards named iCIMS a finalist in its Customer Service Best Practice category, while the UK-based Software Satisfaction Awards included iCIMS in its shortlist for Talent Management Software.

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AfterCollege is partnering with Next Generation Insurance Group, LLC to offer insurance options to students and recent graduates.

Yound adults will find multiple insurance options for auto, health, home and rentals at GradGuard.com.

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Cornerstone OnDemand announced a marketing agreement with  Talent2, a leading talent management and HR outsourcing firm in Asia Pacific. Talent2 will resell Cornerstone’s SaaS-based talent management suite in markets such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. view article »

PreVisor's new Retail Suite assessment solution is designed to identify job candidates who can thrive in today's tough retail environment, especially those who will be more productive and stay longer on the job to drive sales and store success. view article »

Futurestep, a Korn/Ferry Company specializing in talent acquisition solutions, announced that it has been chosen by a premium global drinks company Foster’s Group Ltd. as the strategic talent partner in evolving Foster’s recruitment function. view article »

The Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board has implemented the QuietAgent Workforce Edition; a collaborative employment technology that networks twelve MAWIB funded agencies to ensure their job-ready candidates can be easily found and hired by local employers. view article »

Matthew Adam and Patty Van Leer have been named executive vice presidents of NAS Recruitment. The two are NAS veterans and their promotion follows the retirement of long time NAS executive, John Stepien.

Adam will assume responsibility for executive level oversight of client service and creative activities at NAS. He will also continue to serve as NAS' Chief Talent Strategist.

Van Leer will continue to serve clients by helping organizations integrate their brands into the ongoing digital space evolution as well as oversee all of NAS' digital initiatives for clients. She will additionally retain her title as Chief Interactive Strategist for NAS.

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The University of Pennsylvania Health Systems (UPHS) will be implementing the Peopleclick Recruitment Management System  and Peopleclick Onboarding as part of its talent acquisition strategy. view article »

A graphical organization chart mapping feature is now a part of SmartSearch, a talent acquisition management and recruiting business solution.

The new org chart feature creates a graphical illustration showing where in a corporate hierarchy a contact stands. Ideal for staffing agency, executive search, and consulting agency users to analyze sales activity, the mapping capability also lets users “hover” over a contact record for quick viewing or click-through to a list of managers the contact reports to as well as a list of subordinates.

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Pinstripe, Inc., a privately-held RPO firm, and SilkRoad technology, a  provider of talent management solutions, are partnering to provide Pinstripe clients access to SilkRoad’s Life Suite of HR Solutions.

 

 

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Abso has added a Driver Qualification File (DQF) management tool from Worksafe to its product line, giving transportation manages an easy way to track work history, drug screening, incident reports and other required documents for new drivers and recurring events for existing drivers. It also gives them access to all 300+ background checks, drug screening, and employment verifications for all types of employees in one interface.

 

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TalentDrive, provider of the on-demand resume sourcing technology, TalentFilter, is partnering with General ASP, provider of education centered applicant tracking system, AppliTrack. view article »

VCG has just issued  the 2.0 release of Pointwing Front Office recruiting software offering a tighter integration to Microsoft Outlook and includes administrative and management capabilities.

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HRmarketer.com is now offering clients an online media monitoring service tracking national news sites, newspapers, trade magazines and business journals, plus broadcast TV and radio media outlets.

The service will also track HR-specific online news, blogs and social media sites such as Twitter.

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SilkRoad technology, provider of talent management solutions, is now offering real-time posting of jobs from the OpenHire recruiting management solution directly to Monster.com.

Additionally, Monster's advanced integration components will let organizations view available inventory in real-time without ever leaving OpenHire.

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Shally Steckerl, EVP of Arbita, Inc. and founder of JobMachine, will be the keynote speaker at the Sourcing Summit taking place one day before the Onrec.com Online Recruitment Conference & Expo 2009. This training program will be held at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center, in Chicago, on Nov. 2, 2009.

 

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Nursefinders today announced its sponsorship of NurseTogether.com, one of the world’s largest free online communities for nurses.

Through its sponsorship of NurseTogether.com, Nursefinders has secured exclusive discounts for its client hospitals on recruitment advertising geared at filling their own permanent staff positions, as well as special incentives on per diem and travel services from Nursefinders and its sister divisions. The sponsorship also provides Nursefinders’ caregivers with specially negotiated discounts, unmatched original content, interactive career tools and social networking through NurseTogether.com.

 

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TalentDrive, provider of on-demand resume sourcing technology, TalentFilter, has partnered with ATS provider MrTed. The companies will combine TalentFilter's resume sourcing and matching technology with the full-featured MrTedTalentLink recruiting solution, enabling users to leverage the internet for advanced resume sourcing.

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The Chinese government has signed a deal with MrTed to build a nationwide online talent acquisition system to help companies throughout the country improve the process by which they attract and hire the right talent.

The project supports a nationwide initiative to develop and leverage online talent acquisition services to increase speed and accuracy of hiring for tens of thousands of companies across all industries throughout the country

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RPO provider The RightThing opened a new technology center  in Lebanon, NH. The 11,000 sq. ft facility will also house AIRS training division.

The new center will be the main development hub for all of The RightThing’s recruitment technology solutions housing technical scientists, developers, sourcing researchers and support staff. In addition, the facility provides AIRS training division, formerly located in Wilder, VT, state-of-the-art training rooms, and advanced tools for online recruitment training.

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RiseSmart will show its low-cost Transition Concierge outplacement prorgam at HR Tech. The RiseSmart team will be in Booth 131 for the show that runs Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at McCormick Place in Chicago.

 

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nowHIRE.com, provider of fully integrated, Web-based recruiting and applicant tracking software solutions, announced nowHIREease for Retail. nowHIRE will feature the new product at the 12th Annual HR Technology Conference & Expo, Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2009 in Chicago. view article »

Sendouts, provider of staffing and recruiting software, says recruiters using Sendouts Surge are more efficient and have an improved placement level.

Surge is an evolution of Sendouts Pro and comes with a completely redesigned user interface enabling recruiting professionals to spend less time managing their software and more time focusing on building relationships with clients and candidates.

See it at the NAPS Annual Conference in Las Vegas September 30th – October 2nd.

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Beeline, the workforce solutions business unit of MPS Group, Inc., released version 7.0 of its vendor management software.

Beeline 7.0 features include a new idesign that reduces the number of clicks needed to complete most tasks as well as a new interactive candidate comparison tool that facilitates the effective qualification and selection of candidates. User experience and application performance are also enhanced with this new version.

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Talent Technology Corporation, provider of award-winning Resume Mirror and HireDesk software, announced its new TechConnect program for HR software technology professionals.

TechConnect is a forum created and moderated by Talent Technology Corporation that brings together people passionate about delivering software products and solutions to the HR and recruiting industry.

 

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SilkRoad technology, inc., a provider of talent management solutions, announced  the addition of SaaS Human Resources Management System to its Life Suite at the HR Technology Conference in Chicago.

Andrew J. "Flip" Filipowski, Chairman, President and CEO of SilkRoad technology, made the announcement, and unveiled the new name: HeartBeat, core HR.

 

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Talent Technology Corporation, provider of applicant tracking software and component recruiting technology, is the only recruiting software company to be listed among the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Canada.

Talent Technology ranks 45th among all technology companies nationwide based on percentage of revenue growth over five years.

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Simply Hired,one of the largest job search engines and recruitment advertising network,is partnering with Taleo participating in the company's newly introduced Talent Exchange.

Through this partnership, Simply Hired will provide job seekers on the Talent Exchange with direct access to their database of more than three million U.S. job listings and provide Taleo customers with the ability to expose their own job openings.

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Karen Cariss, CEO of leading Integrated Talent Management solutions provider, PageUp People, has been selected as a Victorian finalist in the 2009 Telstra Business Women's Awards. view article »

Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc., the maker of SmartSearch talent acquisition and staffing management software, announced upgrades to its integration with background screening service Data Facts.

Now in addition to running criminal background checks, motor vehicle records, social security numbers, credit checks and employment references, there is an option to request personal references as well.

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SilkRoad Chairman, President and CEO, Andrew J. "Flip" Filipowski, is a finalist for "Executive of the Year" in the North Carolina Technology Association's 2009 NCTA 21 Awards. The awards program annually honors companies and individuals from North Carolina's technology industry for excellence in leadership and innovation. view article »

iCIMS, SaaS provider of talent acquisition solutions, announced  it finished the third quarter with the signing of 50 new clients, bringing its 2009 new customer total to nearly 200. New clients added during the quarter include The Tribune Company, Discovery Communications and Sysco.

 

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Resume Mirror Extraction Enterprise application has achieved Oracle Validated Integration with the Oracle iRecruitment, part of the Oracle E-Business Suite, and Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Talent Acquisition Manager. view article »

Four new vendors have been added to the software comparisons available at CompareHRIS.com. ADP, ECI, Inc., 2Interact, Inc., and Kronos Inc. are now among the 20 leading HRIS/HRMS software providers available on the site.

CompareHRIS.com offers free tools to assist HR professionals with their search, evaluation, selection, and implementation of HRIS or HRMS systems.

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TRANSEARCH International India, a leading retained executive search firm in India and a member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants selected FILEFINDER as its executive search management system. view article »

Bullhorn, a provider of front office staffing and recruiting software, named Rob Kornblum vice president of corporate development and general manager of the Bullhorn Network.

Kornblum will be responsible for leading the development and launch of new businesses and corporate strategy through new products and services.

Before joining Bullhorn, Kornblum consulted to a number of firms in the recruiting and Internet industries.  He was previously vice president of business development for Monster Worldwide.

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On-demand recruitment software company Newton will launch a recruitment process outsourcing application this year and a version of its applicant tracking system (ATS) aimed at recruitment companies early in the new year. view article »

Melyssa Bernstein, emerging media specialist for global recruitment advertisement agency CKR Interactive, will be a panel moderator at the Kennedy/Onrec Online Recruitment Conference & Expo 2009 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Chicago, November 2-4. view article »

Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc. completed installation of SmartSearch, a web-based talent acquisition and recruiting business solution, to serve the expanding multi-national executive search needs at Brussels-based Borderless Executive Search.

The specialized search firm has consultants in Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. All consultants are supported by the firm’s research centre in Chennai, India.

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Career Athletes, a career education and resource provider for graduating and alumni collegiate athletes, is launching its first television and digital media campaign this fall. 

Coinciding with the height of the college football season, Career Athletes is targeting former and current college athletes via an integrated media campaign, including television, digital and social media extensions.

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HealthCareerWeb.com, a healthcare job site and a division of Dominion Enterprises, has been redesigned to seamlessly integrate its online health care jobs section with its medical professional network.

"We've redesigned HealthCareerWeb.com with the user in mind. Healthcare recruiters and job seekers can now more easily engage with one another through our professional networking environment. And the best part is--it's all free!" said Denise Tanner, business development manager of HealthCareerWeb.com.

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Softscape, provider of talent management software, has added Softscape Job Distribution Service to its Hiring & Recruiting Suite.

The service utilizes social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter enabling customers to expand the reach of their job postings.

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