Glassdoor Launches “Inside Connections,” Leveraging Users’ Facebook Networks for Career and Job Hunting

SAUSALITO, Calif. – (February 2, 2012) ­– Glassdoor, a jobs and career community where people share job and workplace insights, today announced the launch of Inside Connections, a new product that leverages Facebook to help job seekers quickly uncover if they know someone at a company where they want to work.

To access Inside Connections, job seekers simply sign in to Glassdoor (www.glassdoor.com) using Facebook Connect to instantly see where they have an “in” at more than 150,000 companies around the globe. For example, if you are interested in working for Google, simply sign in to Glassdoor using Facebook and visit the Google profile page to discover who within your Facebook friend network, including friends of friends, currently works or has worked there. From there, you can browse the deep content Glassdoor maintains about each company, including job listings, anonymous reviews and ratings, salary reports and interview questions and reviews – all for specific job titles from current and past employees and job candidates.

Infinisource Launches Human Capital Management Solution For Small to Mid-Size Companies

CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Infinisource, a national leader in human capital management, today announced the launch of new technology to help small and mid-size companies take the hassle out of managing a workforce with a unified, easy-to-access platform called Infinisolved Human Capital Management® (HCM). It is the first expanded product offering since Infinisource received a majority investment from private equity firm Accel-KKR last fall to boost its growth and broaden its suite of products.

“We surveyed companies across the country and found that small to mid-size employers and their employees are struggling to find a way to simplify benefits administration and other workforce programs so they can focus on doing their best work,” said Infinisource CEO Gary Trainor.

Recruiting Trends Announces 2012 Spring Sourcing Summit

Peterborough, NH – January 31, 2012 – Recruiting Trends, a leading resource for the employee recruitment industry, will hold its 2012 Sourcing Summit on March 14th at Sentry Centers in New York City.

Aimed at helping recruiters, sourcers, and HR professionals acquire fast and effective techniques for sourcing candidates on social networks and other platforms, the convenient, one-day event provides an opportunity to acquire the latest tips, tools, and tactics needed to overcome sourcing and recruiting challenges. It also provides an opportunity to network with peers and earn HRCI credits.

SkillSurvey® Records Bookings Growth of 73-Percent Over 2010

Wayne, PA – January 30, 2012 – SkillSurvey®, Inc., the leading provider of reference-checking solutions, has announced that the company’s bookings in 2011 grew by 73-percent over the prior year. Growth was mainly fueled by subscriptions to its core Pre-Hire 360® reference-checking software that hundreds of organizations leverage to improve their hiring.

“Our solution provides a best practice for line managers, such as sales directors and customer service leaders, and recruiters to use in assessing their candidates before hiring them,” noted Ray Bixler, president and chief executive officer of SkillSurvey®. “The behavioral feedback and open comments that a candidate’s references provide makes the reference-checking step a strategic component of the hiring process that predicts the long-term success of an organization’s new hires.”

How Tough Love and Pizza Changed My Career

Whoever came up with the term “tough love” clearly met my father.

I never had any doubt that my dad loved me. He would always plan family vacations and would give my sister and me anything we ever wanted. There was a saying in my house that the Davis children weren’t spoiled, just well taken care of.

And sometimes being well taken care of meant going to live theater. I was completely taken with the magic of theater and the arts but, as my father found out as I got older and started to think of a career, cultivating my love of the arts had some undesired consequences.

Are Resumes Still Relevant or Has the Web Replaced Them?

With a weak job market and tools which allow applicants to apply for jobs almost instantly, recruiters and hiring managers are becoming more overwhelmed with the volume of resumes pouring in – yes, even with utilization of applicant tracking systems (above 90%) designed to filter out unlikely candidates (screening out about half of all resumes). Job boards and networking websites help companies broadcast their job openings to a wide audience they normally wouldn’t have access to, which results in an increase of unqualified or unwanted candidates. According to a recent survey from The Wall Street Journal, most recruiters report at least 50% of job hunters don’t possess the basic qualifications for the jobs they are pursuing.

According to other information from The Wall Street Journal, in order to stem the number of duds companies receive, many have begun to seek alternative methods of hiring – and/or finding the right “fit” for their organization’s needs.

Joined by White House Guests, Jobvite Offers Apps for Heroes, Technologies That Help Veterans Find Employment

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – Jan 18, 2012) – In response to a White House call to action to support military families and veterans, Jobvite, the leading recruiting platform for the social web, introduced Apps for Heroes — new technologies to help veterans more easily find and connect to civilian jobs. Employers using Jobvite can now automatically post open jobs to the Veterans Job Bank, and enable veterans to easily upload their military service history when applying to jobs online. Jobvite announced the new features at the Apps for Heroes event in San Francisco today, celebrated by U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and Dr. Jill Biden.

ManpowerGroup Advocates That Today’s Youth Will Drive Innovation and Business Success in the Human Age

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions and World Economic Forum strategic partner, is heightening the call for more collaborative public-private initiatives that focus on launching productive careers for youth worldwide, at the 2012 WEF Annual Meeting in Davos next week.

Since ManpowerGroup publicly identified the dawn of the Human Age one year ago at the WEF 2011 Annual Meeting, dramatic crises have ruptured around the globe, amplifying the forces that converged to create this new era. Unemployed young adults, between the ages of 16-24, are a factor in recent crises, particularly the Arab Spring. Civic upheaval in Egypt, Tunisia and Syriamagnified how a lack of opportunity among young adults triggers unrest.

2012 Workplace Trends Report: Integration, Flexibility and Wellness Top Drivers of Employee Engagement

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Sodexo, Quality of Daily Life Solutions provider to more than 1,800 corporate clients in the United States, released its 2012 Workplace Trends Report today, offering a unique perspective on the workplace that combines insight from clients, academia, principal research, and leading facilities management and human resource trade organizations.

The research predicts continued focus on well-being and the ability to deliver a unique value proposition to business communities that focuses on not only integrated, effective and efficient use of space, but also the performance of human capital. Employees are looking to organizations for tools and resources to help them simplify their lives, stay healthy and balanced, and bring their “whole self” to work as these continue to be top drivers of engagement. Employee engagement, productivity, brand image and loyalty continue to be relevant measures of success.

Pinstripe Reports Record Annual Growth & Client Retention

Nation’s Leading Pure-Play RPO Provider Announces New Client Wins and Contract Extensions in Technology, Advanced Manufacturing/Energy, Financial Services and Healthcare Segments BROOKFIELD, Wis., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Pinstripe, Inc., one of the nation’s leading recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firms, today announced record growth during 2011. The unprecedented number of client wins and [...]