The trends. Capital Spending, Unemployment, Domestic Production, More
< Permanent > Newly booked executive search assignments increased by 23 percent in the first quarter of 2002 compared to the fourth quarter 2001 < Staffing >
Top performing franchise operator appointed CEO of U.S. for International Staffing firm.
< HR/Corporate > Only 64% of surveyedHR Execs have a formal pay-for-performance system. < Consulting/IT > All Segments of IT Services will continue to experience slower growth rates in 2002
< On-line Recruiting > On-line Recruiitng continues to show strong growth < Service Providers > Expertise was particularly valuable in helping us establish procedures that apply the same standards to all applicants for similar positions
The
Dallas Morning News reported Diverse Workforce Can Bring
Out Best in Companies according to executives
When you have a more diverse group of people, you have more
innovation and more creativity," said Ms. Lindsay,
now in the Dallas office of AstraZeneca PLC after finishing
a year in the company's diversity post. "If you have
a different way of approaching problems, that could
mean more revenue."
Recent
study hightlights HR organizations cut costs improve services
through automated services
These self-service applications resulted in a 60 percent average
reduction in cost per transaction and 50 percent average decrease
in cycle time, according to the survey
National
survey conducted by HR search and placement firm points to
business acumen as
top HR competency
"By far, the top skill was business acumen - the ability
to think and act from an informed knowledge of business fundamentals
that drive a company or industry," said Robert Gatti,
president and founder of Gatti & Associates. "This
is supported by the increasing number of HR professionals
who are earning MBA degrees. We are also finding this routinely
as a requirement of CEOs and other top executives as they
outline the critical skill sets in searches for
top HR executives."
AT&T
Signs Outsourcing Agreement with Aon Corporation
Aon Human Capital Services (AHCS),
will provide AT&T with end-to-end human resources administrative,
transaction and payroll services, including the oversight
of existing benefit plan service providers. Aon also will
invest in and build upon both the state-of-the-art, high-tech
creative solutions that AT&T has developed for transaction-based
employee services, and those leading-edge services that Aon
Consulting
currently provides to clients.
Unicru
closes 3 major clients
Unicru, Inc., the nation's leading provider of hiring management
systems for the recruiting and retention of hourly workers,
announced today that it has added three top retailers to its
client roster.
Recruitsoft Closes Proctor and Gamble
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Leading
companies use effective
and innovative practices
to attract and hire outstanding candidates
"Rich
candidate pools make companies overconfident," said
Best Practices, LLC Vice President Keith Symmers. "But
hiring can still go very wrong. The companies studied in
this report have created world-class recruiting systems
that allow them to make
the most of any job market."
Saratoga
Institute Finds Most Companies Lack Basic HR Programs to
Retain and Reward Valued Employees
The
majority of recently surveyed Human Resource executives
participate in high-level business planning at their companies,
but only half (55 percent) say they do a good job of linking
their company's strategy to compensation and benefits program.68
percent said their companies have no corporate retention
strategy. Only 64 percent said their companies have a formal
pay-for-performance system.
Science
and logic-based process measurement tools to provide accurate,
reality-based data for making important decisions on issues
such
as staffing or outsourcing
Rather than solely relying on human resource organizational
charts, position interviewing techniques or workflow schematics
to document business activities, assess processing times
and determine unit costs, Insight Analytics uses unique
science and logic-based process measurement tools to provide
its clients with accurate, reality-based data that is often
needed to help make critical business decisions
D&B
Promotes Patricia A. Clifford to
Vice President Human Resources
Clifford
succeeds Peter J. Ross who earlier this year announced his
intention to retire from D&B at the end of 2002. Clifford
will continue as a member of the Company's global leadership
team reporting to Allan Z. Loren, chairman and CEO of D&B.
Ex-Gartner
analyst joins PeopleSoft
This appointment at PeopleSoft is the second high profile
analyst to join the company following Jenni Lehman's appointment
as vice president of global product strategy for Human Resources
Management Systems (HRMS) product division in the US in
January. Lehman was previously
VP and research area director at
Gartner Research Group.
CUNO
Names David Edgar V P HR
Mr. Edgar has over 20 years experience in human resources
in both public and private companies, including Allied Signal
and Reflexite Corporation. In addition, during the past
two years, he founded and operated a consulting firm specializing
in human resources advisory services
TechTeam
Announces Appoints
Heidi K. Hagle as VP HR
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