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.

Online Labor Demand Dips 123,800 in April, The Conference Board Reports

NEW YORK, May 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Online advertised vacancies slipped by 123,800 in April to 4,322,300 according toThe Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine™ (HWOL) Data Series released today. The April decline follows a strong gain of 763,100 in the first quarter of 2011.

“Labor demand has risen to levels we last saw just before the official start of the recession four years ago,” said June Shelp, Vice President at The Conference Board. “At the same time, the number of unemployed has doubled and now stands at 13.5 million (March unemployment data), and some professions have clearly fared better than others in job opportunities. At this stage, there are occupations where the supply/demand rate has fallen significantly and there are two or less unemployed for every advertised vacancy. However, other occupations are still experiencing relatively high supply/demand rates above 4.0, reflecting the fact that there are over four unemployed for every advertised vacancy.” (See Occupational detail).

Be Awarded for a Job Well Done

(Peterborough, NH – May 2, 2011) This year onrec, the acclaimed organization dedicated to providing recruiters worldwide with access to advanced technology and analytical recruiting solutions, will bestow their awards at THE RECRUITING CONFERENCE 2011, taking place November 1-3 in Chicago, IL at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont.

Currently seeking nominations, the purpose of the onrec Annual Awards is for the recruiting industry to recognize and reflect on the global recruitment community’s challenges and achievements. The award nominations are to be evaluated by recruiting industry experts and practitioners – the readers of RecruitingTrends.com and onrec.com.

iCIMS Sees a 22% Increase in Q1 Year-Over-Year Revenue

HAZLET, N.J. (April 20, 2011) – iCIMS, the 2nd largest provider of Software-as-a-Service talent acquisition solutions, released Q1 results that build momentum for a successful year and solidify the organizations’ steady and organic growth within the market.

Achieving a 22% year-over-year revenue increase and a 9% increase in sales growth from Q1-10, iCIMS continues to propel forward, adding nearly 40 new customers to its roster in Q1-11 alone. Organizations that most recently chose iCIMS to power their talent management needs include EarthLink, Inc., Moo Print, and Penn National Gaming, Inc.

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.

TalentPuzzle’s New Solution Makes It Easier for HR to Manage Recruitment Process

April 19, 2011 — Onrec.com — TalentPuzzle has launched a new service that aims to simplify the recruitment process for employers by allowing them to centrally manage all of their recruitment suppliers.

Based on the success of its existing online recruitment marketplace, TalentPuzzle has developed this new vendor management solution using insight from thousands of transactions that have taken place on the site. The new solution will sit alongside the marketplace, which is the first and biggest site of its kind in the UK, and provide a more efficient recruitment process with faster hiring times.

New Bersin & Associates Research Shows Leadership Development as the Top HR and Talent Priority; Details Unveiled at IMPACT 2011

OAKLAND, Calif., April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Bersin & Associates, the premier research and consulting firm empowering HR organizations to drive bottom-line impact, today announced new research that shows that high-impact organizations are now increasing investment in leadership development at all levels, and particularly in emerging and mid-level leaders. Senior Analyst Barb Arth will unveil preliminary findings regarding this new leadership development research as part of her presentation, “Leadership Development Essentials for the Next Decade,” at IMPACT 2011: The Business of Talent®.

JSTN (Job Search Television Network) Partners with mResource to Provide Fully Integrated Video

(PR-USA.net – April 18, 2011) — mResource, an award winning mobile recruitment platform, today announced they have partnered with JSTN (Job Search Television Network, Inc.), a revolutionary platform utilizing video, to help organizations attract top talent and convey their employment brand.

Preliminary results show that combining mResource’s mobile environment with JSTN’s leading edge Search Engine Optimized video and multi-channel media recruitment and branding platform, has outperformed traditional recruiting channels with a 30 percent increase in candidate volume and conversions.

SkillSurvey Adds Features for Passive Sourcing

Wayne, PA – March 31,2011 – SkillSurvey®, Inc., the inventor and leading provider of Web 2.0 reference assessment solutions, announced today that a daily email is now available that delivers a report of all of the passive candidates who have opted-in to an organization’s Passive Candidate Compiler™ (PCC) within the last day.

The daily snapshot email provides recruiters with a new opportunity to quickly increase their level of engagement with passive candidates, adding to the success of their sourcing efforts.

Switzerland – a picture of the future of recruitment in Western Europe?

March 29, 2011 — Whilst the proportion of foreigners in top management does not follow the internationalization of the economic activity in most European countries, the percentage of foreigners in the top management of Swiss multinational companies has increased dramatically during the last 15 years to over 50% according to some sources whilst the proportion in upper management is only slightly lower. The phenomenon has also hit SME’s where the number of foreign CEO’s is rising, notably with a great proportion of German nationals at the helm of small industrial companies. Finally, a certain number of roles (for example French nationals in procurement roles in French speaking Switzerland) have become almost exclusively populated by foreigners.