Who's the Top VMS?
According to the latest 2011 customer satisfaction survey by Staffing Industry Analyst (SIA), WorkforceLogic is the top ranked VMS and MSP Overall Top Performer for the second year in a row. Workforce Logic scored in the top quartile for both staffing providers and buyers, which secured their spot on the top. Gary Nelson, founder and chairman of the company, had this to say about the award:...
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Performance Management that's more like Social Media
WorkSimple, a leading performance management company, has recently launched an innovative social performance graph called Social Insights that presents insights around employee engagement and work relationships in real-time performance. The program is much like Twitter in that numbers are displayed for followers and those following. Users can utilize a personalized dashboard that will assist...
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Style Matters. Management Style, that is
The main reason for employees leaving Google was the quality of their line manager A recent survey by Google called Project Oxygen (Reported in the New York Times), revealed that the main reason for employees leaving was the quality of their line manager. This is consistent with the old saying that people don't leave organizations, but rather that they leave managers. Google identified 8...
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Group Services Releases Free Guide On Self-Funded Health Plans
A free guide on self-funded health insurance plans is now available through Group Services in order to assist companies understand the risks and advantages of self-funded health insurance plans. Group Services, Inc. is a company that specializes in group health insurance, 401K administration, and more. With health insurance options sometimes being hard to understand, Group Services has created...
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Peer Group US Provides Expertise in Employer Value Proposition Development
With the intention of improving a company's communication with current and future employees, CKR Interactive has created Peer Group US to research and provide expertise in Employer Value Proposition (EVP) development. CKR Interactive is a leading recruitment marketing agency that focuses on interactive solutions to the challenges of workplace communication. Curtis Rogers, President CEO of...
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Is This the Way to Attract Job Applicants?
Which way is "this way" referred to in the title of this article? Can you guess? In this instance, it's the "this" way—using the word "this" as an intriguing, often irresistible hook in advertising, online articles, tweeted job postings and as link bait. In online promotion and reporting, it has become a widely employed word utilized as a lure—bait to hook a reader, a...
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Supplement Employee Screening with 1 Day Driving Records
Reckless drivers can cause a company's insurance to increase, so it is important for HR professionals to obtain driving records for potential employees. There has been an increase in employers checking driving records and 4SafeDrivers.com is a company that is dedicated to obtaining records from the DMV with a one day turnaround time. Utilizing 4SafeDrivers.com saves time and money, as...
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The Green Job Bank Releases Report on New Green Jobs Created by GE's Ecomagination Winners
The green economy is picking up as The Green Job Bank has published its third report detailing the green jobs that have been created by the 10 winners of GE's Ecomagination Home Challenge. The report states that in October and November of this year, at least 42 jobs have been posted on the companies' websites. The Green Job Bank is a company dedicated to listing green job postings, with over...
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Online Media Newsroom for HR Companies, ShareHRNews, Recently Released
HRmarketer.com, a product of Fisher Vista LLC, has released a new social media marketing and PR tool called ShareHRnews (www.sharehrnews.com) which allows HR vendors to develop a branded social media news platform housing press releases, videos, images, white papers, profiles of companies, and more. Rather than sending via email or across newswires, ShareHRnews allows marketing professionals to...
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2010 Work Experience Summary
On December 8, 2011 the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that approximately 152 million American civilians over the age of 16 worked for at least some portion of the year in 2010. While the proportion of this population declined from 64.9 percent in 2009 to 63.7 percent in 2010, the number of workers experiencing some unemployment also dropped to 25.2 million, dropping by nearly 900,000...
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Third Quarter 2011 Mass Layoffs and Separations
The third quarter of 2011 saw the lowest extended mass layoff event levels since 2007 with eight consecutive quarters of declining layoff events and job separations. The decrease was seen in 13 private, nonfarm sectors with the sharpest declines found in the transportation and warehousing sector and the accommodation and food services sector. An employer is defined as experience an extended mass...
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Who Manages your Facebook Careers Page?
"Oh, Baby, Come on Let Me Take You Where the Action Is." - Where the Action Is How Should a Corporate Facebook Careers Page be Administered? A 2010 survey of senior executives conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management, found that attracting and retaining human capital is the highest priority and concern for organizations. Risk-averse companies and prudent hiring managers...
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