HireRight, Inc. (NasdaqGM: HIRE), a announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2007, which ended December 31, 2007. view article »

Dice Holdings, Inc. reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2007. Total revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 increased 49% to $39.5 million versus $26.6 million in the comparable quarter of 2006. view article »

A new Bullhorn research report - Transform Your Recruiting Practice from Good to Great -   highlights best practices in using candidate sourcing tools and compensation that divide the staffing and recruiting industry's top performers from the laggards. Some of the key best practices revealed in this report include how to become embedded in social networks to source candidates, and using Pay for Performance. view article »

HRchitect is offering (for $495) what it describes as a "real world" perspective  on software evaluation, selection, and implementation of talent management programs. Titled The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management, the report is the first in what HRchitect says is a new  HR Technology Reality Check series.

Read the announcement here. Or here to get the free executive summary.

 

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Kenexa (profile; site) earned $9 million or 39 cents a share for the quarter ended June 30 beating Wall Street’s estimate of 35 cents and joining Taleo and Monster in reporting better than expected results. view article »

The Sales Representative/Business Development profession ranked No. 1 in the Jobfox Most Wanted U.S. Job Candidates: September 2008 report, which analyzes the top 25 most popular job openings over a three-month period ending September 16, 2008. In addition, the Sales Executive profession – those in charge of managing and developing sales teams – ranked No. 9, up from No. 13 in August. view article »

Privately owned Kronos (profile; site) issued a press release saying it's fiscal 2008 EBITA (earnings before interest, tax, and amortization) rose 20 percent over the year before to $138 million. Revenue for fiscal 2008 were approximately $715 million. The company didn't say when its fiscal year begins and ends, but many companies typically begin Oct. 1 and end their fiscal year on Sept. 30.

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Companies that rush to enact layoffs may be doing themselves long-term harm, says a new special report from TalentQuest. an integrated human resources consulting and software solutions firm

The report, "Layoff Advice: If You Have To Do It, Do It Right," offers guidance for managing layoffs in a way that preserves current productivity, prioritizes employee consideration and communication, focuses on financial stability, and ensures that companies have the knowledge, skills and resources needed to succeed in the long-term. 

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New research shows that an increasing number of organizations are informally experimenting with Web 2.0 tools for business purposes. A study conducted by think tank Human Capital Institute (HCI) and talent management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand Inc. says more than half of the companies surveyed use communities of practice/groups and chat/instant messaging (IM), with other popular applications including corporate social networks (49 percent) and blogs and/or wikis (39 percent).

To get a copy of "Leveraging Social Networking & Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools in Enterprises" you must be a member of the HCI. Membership is free.

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Fisher Vista, LLC has reported its seventh consecutive year of revenue growth in 2008, boosted by significant growth of its core product HRmarketer.com and strong demand for media relations and marketing services provided by its HRmarketer Services Group. view article »

AIRS released its fifth annual Job Board & Recruiting Technology Directory, the largest compilation of technology provider offerings, including general, niche and specialty job boards, applicant tracking solutions and cross posting tools. view article »

SuccessFactors, a global provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, is named a leader in Integrated Talent Management in a recent study of HR software vendors by IDC, a provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets

The report says, “SuccessFactors’ Talent management suite offers a prominent end-to-end solution leading the marketplace and illustrating the continuous circle and strategic interdependency of the various talent management functions within an organization."

Other companies reviewed in the $25,000 report (that is not a misprint) are: Authoria, Cornerstone, Halogen, Kenexa, Lawson, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Plateau Systems, Saba, Salary.com, SAP, Silkroad, Softscape, Stepstone, Taleo and Workscape.

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The Monster Employment Index declined 12 points in December, as economic uncertainty continued to weigh on U.S. online recruitment activity. Year-over-year, the Index is down 22 percent, largely steady from the previous two months, suggesting some stabilization in the rate of slowdown in the labor market following a rapid decline during the third and fourth quarters. view article »

New research from SHL, a provider of talent assessment solutions, says only a quarter of workers report their manager motivational all or some of the time.

While that may not be much of a surprise, the SHL research finds men more likely to be de-motivated by poor senior management (38 percent) and poor line management (29 percent) than women. On the other hand 17 percent of women are more affected by  criticism and poor relationships with colleagues (19 percent) than their male counterparts. Age also can have an impact on motivation, with young employees (aged 18 to 34) more likely to be de-motivated by uninteresting work (37 percent) than those over age 35 (26 percent). Young workers also are more motivated by company culture and their work environment than older colleagues.

The complete report is not on the SHL website.

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Companies worldwide say they are most concerned about external recruiting and performance management. In the U.S., companies say their next key concern is internal promotion. Elsewhere, it's career development.

These are some of the trends identified in a survey sponsored by PreVisor that is intended to help practitioners and consultants evaluate their employee assessment practices.

PreVisor is a provider of on demand pre-employment assessments and talent measurement solutions. The complete report is available here.

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Organizations can save millions, boost sales and improve productivity by using pre-employment assessments in the talent acquisition process.

Those are some of the findings in PreVisor's 2009 Business Outcomes Study Report. The 3rd annual report released today summarizes 33 business outcomes studies. The rerport found that assessments had a strong and measurable impact on most or all of the firms’ performance metrics.

Register here to get a copy of the report.

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The Partnership for Public Service estimates that the federal government will need to fill more than 270,000 positions by 2012.

The estimate comes from a survey of 35 federal agencies representing nearly 99 percent of the federal workforce, which was released today in the report WHERE THE JOBS ARE 2009: Mission-Critical Opportunities for America.

The survey was funded by Monster Government Solutions and the AON Consulting.

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iCIMS, provider of SaaS talent acquisition solutions was cited in ' Bersin & Associates' latest study, Talent Acquisition Systems 2010: Facts, Practical Analysis, Trends, and Provider Profiles for not only being a leading provider of talent acquisition systems in the mid-market, but also for providing a Talent Platform that is fast to deploy, easy to use and backed with industry-leading customer service

 

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Kenexa is recognized as a market leader in the recently released Talent Management Systems 2010: Market Realities, Implementation Experiences, and Solution Provider Profiles.

The study, conducted by Bersin & Associates, the only research and advisory firm focused solely on enterprise learning, talent management and talent acquisition, is a comprehensive market review and buyers' guide for talent management software systems. Out of 24 companies profiled, Kenexa ranked No. 4 in market share by revenue and by number of enterprise customers. 

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