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"Top companies make talent management a strategic business priority regardless of economic pressures," said Emmett Seaborn, a Towers Perrin principal. "Companies that do it right understand what motivates customers and the aspects of their business that drive value. And they tailor their talent management programs to get the right people to deliver it."

   
30 year old staffing and placement firm launches news brand identity

We are proud of our history and the long-term partnerships we've developed with prestigious companies nationwide. But we're equally excited about the future and our ability to blend traditional services with new service offerings that our clients need to achieve their company goals.
         
     
     

Selective buyers driving staffing industry M&A


"Buyers are pursuing specific strategies for growth as they target staffing acquisitions, while sellers are concluding that it may be some time before valuation multiples trend significantly higher,"



   

Strategies fall apart when corporate culture is ignored

A company's "core culture" resides in functions that drive shareholder value. The rest of the organization is composed of sub-cultures. To leverage people resources, CEOs must identify the core culture, then ensure that each sub-culture enhances the core culture's performance


Regional consulting firm signs with human capital solutions provider to build career portal

Human resource groups will now be able to search for candidates and job offers by using a standardized profiling and matching methodology


Enhancements include the introduction of custom salary reports, an expanded Knowledge Center featuring proprietary information on career management tactics and strategies, a Recruiter’s Toolbox, the RecruitSmart Today newsletter, expanded networking meetings, and streamlined processes for recruiters to find top executive talent.


   
Hotjobs integrates new features from Yahoo

...job seekers can search company job postings can find out who's checking them out. "If you make your resumé searchable, we can show you how many recruiters looked at your resumé," says Rob Harpel, HotJobs' senior VP of technology.

$150 million staffing firm will franchise back-office support and build national brand

Roth, who was named Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999 for his creative reinvention of traditional staffing industry approaches, said his decision to franchise was the next logical step in the company's evolution