Employers Cite Talent and Performance Management Technology as Most Critical HR Service Delivery Issue in 2011, Towers Watson Survey Finds

NEW YORK –(BUSINESS WIRE)– With expectations that hiring activity will increase this year and next, HR departments at a large number of U.S. employers say that talent and performance management technology systems will be one of the most critical HR service delivery issues they will face in 2011, according to an annual survey conducted by Towers Watson (NYSE, NASDAQ: TW), a global professional services company. The 14th annual survey on HR service delivery trends and practices also found that companies are planning to increase their spending on HR technology this year as they look for new ways to improve their efficiency and effectiveness.

“To achieve maximum success for the business — both for the individual initiatives and for the HR function overall — you really do need to address all three of these simultaneously.”

SHRM Report: Finding Qualified Job Candidates Is More Difficult Despite Slow Job Growth in May

Alexandria, Va. – May 5, 2011 – Job growth in the manufacturing and service sectors will expand little during May compared with a year ago, but recruiters are having difficulty recruiting qualified employees, a monthly survey of human resource professionals at more than 1,000 companies shows.

The Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment® (LINE®) Report is the only national employment index of HR professionals’ month-ahead hiring expectations.

Job Market Brightens for College Graduates

With recent reports of jobless claims falling in the U.S., it is not surprising that the number of graduates organizations plan to hire is set to increase – if the number hasn’t already increased. In September 2010, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) projected organizations would be hiring 13.5% more graduates from the Class of 2011 compared to the graduating class of 2010 – and it is apparent the outlook for 2011 graduates is more promising now with currently projections at 19.3%. Overall, responding organizations to NACE’s Job Outlook Update reported the number of job applications has risen nearly 45% since last year during this time – while the total number of positions reported by respondents has tripled. As a result, the average number of applications per opening has fallen from 40.5 in 2010 to just over 21 – a clear indicator of more job opportunities in the market.

SharedXpertise Acquires Talent Management Technology

EDISON, NJ – April 26, 2011 – SharedXpertise, the publishers of HRO Today magazine and producers of a variety of popular HR outsourcing and HR technology events and publications, today announced it has acquired the assets of Talent Management Technology. Talent Management Technology’s popular destination –www.talentmanagementtech.com — is frequently visited by global business audiences with graduate degrees who have an interest in HR and talent management topics. The website generated more than 160,000 visitors and over a half a million views in the first quarter and is one of the leading sources for information on HR software and technology. The LinkedIn Group which has more than 1,100 prominent members is growing rapidly along with the extensive Twitter following.

PageUp People Performance Management Survey Reveals Typical Company Practices Leave Room for Improvement

NEW YORK, NY and MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — (Marketwire – Apr 26, 2011) – Leading Talent Management solutions provider, PageUp People, today announced results from their recent Performance Management market survey, which indicates that despite best-practices, businesses are still not successfully planning, executing and integrating performance management into other aspects of talent management.

The survey found that more than 80% of surveyed companies cited increasing employee productivity and performance as well as improving employee engagement and development as main drivers behind their performance management process. However, fewer than 50% claimed to see those same goals effectively achieved.

TeleWare Launches Recruitment Offer for New Resellers

North Yorkshire, UK – 19th April 2011 – TeleWare, the leading provider of communications solutions for mobile and distributed workers, today announced a marketing programme targeted at recruiting new resellers for the TeleWare product portfolio targeting small, medium and large enterprise in the UK.

TeleWare is offering an incentive for new resellers whereby they get a payback of call charges as marketing funds; it is designed to kick start new resellers and help them to increase profits during the initial introduction period of becoming a reseller.

Has the Recession Changed Candidate Expectations?

During a recession most employees stay at their job whether they are happy or not. They don’t want to take a chance at being the last person hired and the first person cut back. According to a recent survey by The Conference Board, only 40% of those surveyed said they were satisfied with their job. This is the lowest level of job satisfaction since they began the survey over 22 years ago.

A study by Right Management found that 60% of employees intend to leave their current positions when the economy improves and an additional 25% are networking and updating their resumes.

Recruiter.com Launches Collaborative Platform with Social Integration

Bristol, CT (PRWEB) March 9, 2011 — Recruiter.com, the global platform for recruiters, has launched a new technology architecture along with new features for both recruiters and job seekers to collaborate and learn. The site uses leading edge technology and integration with Facebook and Linkedin for super fast access, easy commenting, and future expandability.

The new technology framework and social integration will allow for new services and features to be rolled out rapidly. Recruiters and professionals of all kinds who join today will be the first to see new connection, search, and visibility tools to be launched shortly. Join by visiting http://www.Recruiter.com.

myStaffingPro Applicant Tracking System Expands Usability with New Enhancements

March 3, 2011 (Lima, Ohio) – myStaffingPro, a leading applicant tracking vendor, has expanded on the usability of the system with three key enhancements. The new enhancements include

Applicant Note Type Field- Provides users with functionality to separate and sort system generated notes from user created notes. Users can take advantage of this enhancement to quickly review feedback and the applicant’s status in the hiring process.

Redesigned Build a List of Applicants – Delivers a streamlined interface with in-line limits, new search options, configurable results, and functionality to search and sort by more than 20 fields. The result is a more flexible experience that enables users to receive the search results they are looking for.

Reports Super User Access Level – Expands the user’s access level so that they can build reports with up to 25,000 rows of data at one time.

When You Aren’t Sure You Want to Recruit Any More

In this compliance-conscious environment, I’m going to start with full disclosure and hope you will keep reading: I am not a recruiter. I’m not married to a recruiter. My children are not recruiters. I don’t even have any close friends who are recruiters.

But I know a lot of former recruiters who’ve used what they learned starting out in recruiting to build successful careers in something else.

Some of them even asked my advice somewhere along the line or took one of my company’s assessments — and, interestingly enough, most of that happened after we ran into each other at one holiday party or another.