Signs of Recovery: More Voluntary Turnover

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employers added 200,000 jobs last month – contributing to the lowest unemployment rate in about three years (8.5%). It’s the sixth straight month the economy has added at least 100,000 jobs. Although seasonal hiring contributes to the job total, other evidence of some form of recovery comes from a report on CEO turnover compiled by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., which finds the economy saw 1,178 CEO changes for the year – the lowest since 2004. Among those departing CEOs, 341 cited resignation as the reason for departure; another 245 CEOs retired from their companies; while 223 stepped down from their positions but stayed on the board.

2011 “Biggest Quits” Announces Top 10 Resignations in the U.S.

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 04, 2012 — Retensa, a leader in Employee Retention Strategies and Research, publishes its most unique seventh annual “Biggest Quits” list. In 2011, more organizations lost executives after staying 20 months than 20 years. When employees see their captains jump ship what message does it send down the ranks? What message does it send to investors and stakeholders? Each year, Retensa compiles a list of the top 10 most noteworthy resignations across all US industries, sports, and government. Fewer resignations at the top took place this year, but those who did made headlines.

A visionary, ruthless, genius forever changed the standards of technology and gay rights lost a Washington insider. The “Big Daddy” of television, the Red Sox, and Middle East peacemakers. Do those leaders’ impact compare to Phil Jackson’s? His 12 championship rings would say so. What’s the connection between everyone here and Groupon? It is one of the most unique year-end reviews in the US, the link is the Top 10 “Biggest Quits” List. If you ever shopped at Costco, you know they need to retain every employee they can, and one very important person resigned last year. Be careful using Twitter, because some Tweets are made for walking, and that’s just what they did in 2011.

Recruiter Tip: The Client’s Consultant

The annual season slump starts around Halloween. For the next seven weeks, we can essentially consider the year over when it comes to recruiting, especially in this economic maelstrom that appears to not understand what death of economic woes means.

Jobscience Offers a Global HR Solution Built on Force.com

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Oct 17, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Jobscience, a leading talent relationship management provider on Force.com, today announced that its TalentCloud solution is now being sold and supported by eight professional IT service partners in APAC, Europe and the U.S. These partnerships help multinational companies to centralize the recruitment, onboarding, training, and management of employees, while simultaneously leveraging the tremendous cost-savings and flexibility of Force.com, salesforce.com’s social enterprise platform for building employee-facing social apps.

With 20,000 Users Bullhorn Reach Goes Corporate

LAS VEGAS, NV. (Oct. 3, 2011) – Today, Bullhorn, Inc. took social recruiting corporate. Two new modules are now available to the thousands of corporate HR departments where recruiters already use Bullhorn Reach. Bullhorn Reach Team helps recruiting teams make social recruiting efforts more consistent, productive and effective. Bullhorn Reach Referrals boosts companies’ best source of new hires – referrals – by tapping the social networks of employees, company alumni, and other groups.

Google is the World’s Most Attractive Employer

Stockholm, September 29th 2011— Based on the preferences of over 160,000 career seekers, with a business or engineering background from the world´s 12 largest economies (based on nominal GDP), Universum releases the global talent attraction index: “The World’s Most Attractive Employers 2011”. The index, split in the business category – preferences from business career seekers – and engineering category – preferences from engineering career seekers – reveals the current level of attractiveness that companies have as employers – and therefore their potential to lead the world of tomorrow.

Taleo Helps Facebook Users Realize Their Full Potential in Today’s Job Market

DUBLIN, CA, Sep 28, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — There’s something new for professionals to “Like” on Facebook — a way to build their reputations among peers and top companies by using authentic feedback on their skills and abilities to create a unique view into who they are and what they have to offer.

A Genius Deal for Innovative Recruiter

A prestigious online recruitment agency is defying the odds through difficult times, with an important acquisition to celebrate.

The specialist online recruitment business, RecruitmentGenius.com, has acquired rival firm imarecruit.co.uk, for an undisclosed sum.

Understanding Talent is Essential to Drive Successful Organizational Change, says Celerant Consulting and Talent Analytics, Corp.

LEXINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Systems, processes, and practices employed during business transformation succeed when businesses have a rich understanding of how their talent links to performance, according to a new paper issued by Celerant Consulting. Formed out of a new initiative by Celerant Consulting and Talent Analytics, Corp., the paper investigates four elements of business change whose success hinges on this new approach to analyzing and managing talent.

Checkster Launches Interview Checkup, Restoring Effectiveness to Candidate Interview Debriefs

Mill Valley, Calif. / September 12, 2011 – Checkster, the leading talent assessment vendor leveraging collective intelligence, today released Interview Checkup, a new tool in its suite of offerings to improve candidate selection. The interview Checkup enables organizations to benefit from better interview debriefings thanks to Checkster technology.