European Online Recruitment Up 21% Year-over-Year, Reports Monster Employment Index

May 2011 Index Highlights:

The Monster Employment Index Europe demonstrates 21 percent year-over-year growth in May
Germany continues to lead all countries in annual growth for the sixth consecutive month
Industrial production sectors like production, manufacturing, maintenance, and repair; and transport, post and logistics continue to lead the Index
The public sector, defence and community sector declines slightly in May

Will Long-Term Unemployed Enjoy Hiring Surge?

CHICAGO, May 26, 2011 — After months of slow, almost imperceptible job growth, private-sector payrolls are finally beginning to grow at a more significant and accelerated rate. However, one group continues to struggle with finding employment: the millions of Americans suffering from long-term joblessness. Their plight poses the biggest obstacle to continued job growth and could threaten to stall the recovery, according to one employment authority who offered some strategies to re-ignite one’s job search.

Longtime Onrec.com Veteran Joins Forces with interbiznet

May 15, 2011 – Mill Valley, CA. interbiznet, the oldest publisher of online recuiting news, is pleased to announce the addition of Tim Hartrich as Chief Revenue Officer and partner. Hartrich will focus on strategic sales and marketing programs designed to enhance interbiznet’s client’s market share in the industry.

“We are very excited to welcome Tim to our team. His passion for sales and experience in the industry will be a valuable contribution to the company,” said Colleen Gildea, CEO of interbiznet.

BountyJobs Headhunter Index Shows Third-Party Recruiting Upswing

New York, NY (PRWEB) May 13, 2011 — BountyJobs, the online marketplace that connects corporate recruiters with a national network of seasoned headhunters in seconds, today announced encouraging news based on trends from the BountyJobs Headhunter Index, the first nationwide index that tracks jobs that companies fill using headhunters.

The most significant trend spotted in the first release of the survey, based on data through March 31, is that the third-party recruiting industry – recruiting done through the headhunter channel – rebounded sharply from the recession during the first quarter of 2011.

With Expansion into the United States, MyStaff Appoints U.S.-based CEO and Rebrands as ActionHRM

San Francisco,CA (PRWEB) May 12, 2011 — MyStaff, the Australia-based company that developed the only fully comprehensive Human Resources management system delivered via software as a service (SaaS), announced recently that it has appointed U.S.-based Jason Seed as its CEO, opened an office in San Francisco, California, and rebranded itself as ActionHRM. These developments are part of the company’s recent strategic expansion into the United States.

Monster European Employment Index Reports 26 Percent Annual Growth Rate

(Monster.com — May 11, 2011) — The Monster Employment Index Europe is a monthly analysis of millions of online job opportunities culled from a large, representative selection of corporate career sites and job boards across Europe, including Monster. The Index does not reflect the trend of any one advertiser or source, but is an aggregate measure of the change in job listings across the industry.

Most HR Execs Give Mixed Grades to Leadership Pipelines

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) May 10, 2011 — Human resources and talent management executives give mixed grades for the quality of their own organizations’ leadership pipelines, according to a survey by Right Management. Right Management is the talent and career management expert within ManpowerGroup, the world leader in innovative workforce solutions.

Recruiting Highly Effective Sales Leaders

Some organizations perform at a high level while others struggle at the bottom. What accounts for this disparity? Two words: Effective leadership.

When it comes to sales, there is a perpetuating myth that good salespeople are born, not made. Similarly, companies believe that by promoting their top sales performers, higher sales performance will ensue. Yet, the most successful sales professionals are often promoted to leadership positions, only to falter or fail.

BlackDog Recruiting Software Announces New SAAS Product – Gopher ATS

(PRWEB) May 06, 2011 — BlackDog Recruiting Software announces a second recruiting software product – Gopher ATS. BlackDog has made a strategic decision to expand its recruiting software product line to include this new SAAS based product in conjunction with its popular Gopher for Recruiters desktop application. Gopher ATS has all the functionality of the desktop model with the added flexibility and accessibility of a SAAS based product. Gopher ATS has a beta release date of third quarter 2011.

Gopher ATS has embraced and directly addresses the needs and requirements of Direct Hire/HR recruiters. BlackDog identifies HR recruiters as those recruiters with clearly defined personnel hiring responsibilities who are employed by firms with an active Human Resources department.

StepStone Solutions Continues Strong Growth in First Quarter of 2011

AUSTIN, Texas & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–StepStone Solutions, a global leader in talent management, today announced continuing strong revenue growth and particularly high levels of new customer acquisition during the first three months of 2011.

StepStone Solutions signed 79 new customers in the period January 2011 through March 2011 and also contracted with 134 existing customers for increased commitments to the company’s products. StepStone Solutions now serves almost 1,700 businesses in about 70 countries, with well over a million active users of its Software-as-as-Service (SaaS) products.