Social Recruiting: Randstad Canada Uses Social Media to find Top Talent

TORONTO, May 8, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – There is no denying the use of social media sites has exploded over recent years. Currently there are almost 16 million Facebook profiles live in Canada and over 5 million on the professional social network LinkedIn. And as more and more people spend their time online, it only makes sense for Randstad Canada, the country’s leader for staffing, recruitment and HR Services, and its skilled recruiters to use social recruiting techniques to be where the most qualified, talented, and largest pool of applicants are.

New Recruitment Technology Revolutionizes Marketing Research

PHILADELPHIA — Focus Pointe Global (FPG), a marketing research leader with headquarters in Philadelphia, has developed a proprietary web-assisted recruiting software program that’s changing the face of the focus group industry.

“The Internet has changed the way people interact with each other,” said FPG’s President, Laura Livers. “Gone are the days when the screening process was handled by large staffs of phone workers who labor through long questionnaires one by one. Now computerized screeners with built-in logic can screen hundreds if not thousands of potential respondents in a fraction of the time required by a phone interview.”

Sendouts v8.8 Packed with Time Savers for Recruiters

ST. LOUIS, February 8, 2012 – The latest version of Sendouts recruiting software squeezes more productivity into the day with tools that streamline the recruiting work flow.

Sendouts, a premier provider of staffing and recruiting software, released Sendouts Version 8.8 on February 8, 2012. Built upon customer feedback, the new set of features from Sendouts further simplifies and automates the recruiting process, freeing up recruiters’ time to pursue opportunities for revenue.

“In this release, we incorporated user feedback into each new feature,” said Brian Hopcraft, President & CEO of Sendouts. “For example, our customers strongly wanted increased reporting flexibility, and with their input, Report Designer was born.”

How Significant Is Your Business in the Big Society?

The pressure for the recruitment industry has never been as tough and competitive as the present date (except of course during the great depression of the 1930s). The need to deliver your best candidates on time and all of the time, screened and scrutinized to fulfill the total profile required by the customer for the candidates, then to compete against (volume) other equally qualified candidates from various other agencies can often prove disheartening for all, especially when the candidate is continually competing against many over-qualified individuals per position.

SkillSurvey Tops 2 Million People Entered into its Reference-Checking Database

Wayne, PA – November 16, 2011 – SkillSurvey®, Inc., the inventor and leading provider of online reference-checking solutions, announced today that over 2 million people have been entered into its Pre-Hire 360®database. This milestone has been achieved as a result of more companies using its products to hire better.

You Gotta Love Recruiting!

(Chicago IL – October 29, 2011) Jason Warner, the Principal at Recruiting Toolbox, will be moderating the Panel “You Gotta Love Recruiting” at THE RECRUITING CONFERENCE 2011. THE RECRUITING CONFERENCE, a global summit designed to stimulate beneficial partnerships, discussions, and debate among sourcers, recruiters, HR professionals, will be held at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont/Chicago from November 1-3, 2011.

Social Media Now Critical Part of Recruiting

Last month, Jobvite released its Social Recruiting Survey 2011 results, and according to the survey the number of organizations that have hired a candidate through social networking recruiting has increased from 58% in 2010 to 64% and the number planning to hire via social networking has increased to 89% – indicating social networking is now a critical aspect within the recruiting landscape. As reported in the Jobvite Index, 55% of respondents have indicated they will increase their budgets for social recruitment efforts, 30% will increase budgets for referrals, and 16% will put money towards job boards. With a substantial decrease in the number of individuals increasing funds towards job boards, where do you see job boards going in the next couple of years?

Cirrus Nova Announces Partnership with ClickDimensions and Immediate Win with Venturi Group

Warwickshire, England 12th August 2011 – Cirrus Nova today announced they have partnered with Sales and Marketing specialists ClickDimensions to further enhance their Recruitment Software Solution, Prism and offer additional functionality to their clients.

Cirrus Nova Prism, which is a fully customizable, cloud-based Microsoft CRM Dynamics 2011 based recruitment solution, already has a vast array of features but can now enable recruiters to fully track their sales and marketing activity from the same location.

Pre-Hire 360® from SkillSurvey Integrates with Taleo 10

Wayne, PA – August 10, 2011 – SkillSurvey®, Inc., the inventor and leading-provider of Web 2.0 reference-assessment solutions, has opened its Pre-Hire 360® reference-checking system to be compatible with Taleo 10.

Taleo provides one of the most widely-used talent management systems in the human resources space, and is used by almost half of Fortune 100 companies.

PDS and Halogen Software Form Partnership

BLUE BELL, PA–(Marketwire – Aug 8, 2011) – PDS, a leading developer of human resource, benefits, recruiting and payroll systems, today announced its partnership with Halogen Software, a leader in talent management solutions. Through this relationship, PDS will be able to offer its customers a comprehensive performance management solution that complements its Vista HRMS®.