Human Resource News Archives

I covered Monster previously last July touching on how the company was expanding both vertically in the domestic front and on the international front. via Sramana Mitra on Strategy

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands : Dutch staffing agency Vedior NV said Friday it was in talks about a possible acquisition by peer Randstad Holding NV. via International Herald Tribune

“This positions Workstream ahead of other solution providers in the industry and represents a significant milestone for Workstream.”

Workstream Inc. , a leading provider of on-demand compensation, performance and talent management solutions, today announced the general availability of Workstream TalentCenter 7.0, the HR industry's most ... via Customer Interaction Solutions

“If someone is interested in showing initiative, there's nothing we can do to prevent it. It's a free country.”

STAMFORD - A hiring agency denied yesterday that it gave a convicted sex offender permission to work as a custodian at Newfield Elementary School this month.

Spherion Corp. said it was completing a criminal background check on the applicant and did not give him the go-ahead to enter the school Nov. 14.

In a letter to parents Nov. 21, schools Superintendent Joshua Starr said he wanted to address parents' concerns 'about a (false) report that a registered sex offender was working as a temporary custodian at Newfield School.' Read more

“The thing that hurt me and my wife the most last night was to know that more than likely it will all unravel and what they will do to people.”

Outgoing indigenous affairs minister Mal Brough says his political career is over. via Wimmera Mail Times

About one in three office workers may look busy, but they could be shopping online, according to a CareerBuilder .com survey.

And the survey -- itself conducted online -- found that about one-fourth of the cybershopping workers said they expected to spend at least two hours shopping for gifts while at work this holiday season.

The Friday after Thanksgiving traditionally is the big hit-the-malls shopping day, but the following Monday is fast gaining a reputation as Cyber Monday, one of the heaviest Internet shopping days of the year. Read more

Survey reveals new data security risk: over 80% of temporary staff have the same level of access to company documents as permanent staff but without the same accountability. via Huliq.com

“It's all about cost control and streamlining”

The results of a new Robert Half survey of 1,400 CFOs show that CFOs are focused on improving the way they do business and the tools they use. via CIO Today

“With the population growing, you need more teachers, more policemen, more firemen, more public administration workers”

Sharp climbs in the number of mining and government jobs continue to contribute to Montgomery County's low 3.5 percent unemployment rate, according to data released from the Texas Workforce Commission. via Houston Community Newspapers Online

“I accept full responsibility for the Liberal Party campaign, and I therefore accept full responsibility for the coalition's defeat in this election campaign”

By ROHAN SULLIVAN The Associated Press Updated 11/24/07 - 4:32 PM Rob Griffith Australia's new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gestures during his post-election press conference following his victory in Brisbane, ... via Rock Hill Herald

“We're calling it as a win for the Labor Party”

Labor has claimed victory in the Queensland seat of Longman to unseat Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough. via Ararat.yourguide.com.au

“I say to each of those people . . . that if I am elected as Australia's next prime minister, I will govern for the entire country.”

A LATE surge of support to John Howard has set the scene for a cliffhanger election. via News.com.au

“Be aware of the amount of time you're spending”

If you work in an office of at least five people, on average one of them will regularly shop online at work this holiday season, according to a recent survey. via The Journal Times

The live webcast and a replay of the presentation will be available for a limited time at http://www.concur.com/investors . Concur is the world's leading provider of on-demand Employee Spend Management ... via Digital Producer

Workstream Inc. , a leading provider of on-demand compensation, performance and talent management solutions, today announced it has received a NASDAQ Staff Deficiency Letter on November 20, 2007 indicating that ... via CNW Group

“Sri Lanka has overtaken India by reporting the highest average salary increase at 15.3 per cent while India reported 14.8 per cent rise”

New Delhi:: India has lost its top rank to Sri Lanka as the nation with the highest salary hike to executives in the Asia-Pacific region during 2007, a new study by global HR firm Hewitt Associates said on ... via Express India

“This development, along with the addition of our newest North American members, underscores Monster's commitment to serving as a partner to our customers by offering them access to a wide range of recruitment and hiring solutions.”

Monster is the leading global online careers and recruitment resource and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. via PR-inside.com

“We believe the fourth-quarter results illustrate the company's strong competitive position and largely defensive nature”

Shares of Concur Technologies Inc. spiked Tuesday after the company, which makes software that helps businesses automate employee expense reports, said its fourth-quarter profit quadrupled. via Forbes

Thinkpath, Inc. , a global leader in engineering and design services, announced financial results for the Company's three and nine months ended September 30, 2007. via Market Wire

“At any given moment, if you take a look around you in a crowd, there will be at least one person who has been helped by Manpower to find employment at some point in his or her life”

MILWAUKEE, WI - November 20, 2007 - Manpower Inc. announced today the publication of its first ever stand-alone Social Responsibility Report. via CSRwire.com

In my prior post , I outlined the logic behind a short in Korn Ferry and how it is likely to see its value erode as unemployment rises and demand for its permanent placement services decline. via The Internet Stock Blog

“Paychex is an industry pioneer in integrating payroll and workers' compensation”

Laura Saxby Lynch, 585-383-3074 Corporate Communications Director lsaxbylynch@paychex.com Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of payroll and human resource services, now offers all of its payroll clients the ... via PR-inside.com

“The Pension Risk Index and the Pension Risk Scorecard are great ways for U.S. organizations to identify the risks that their pension plans pose and benchmark those risks against other organizations as well as the broader market”

With this new offering, Hewitt will employ its unique combination of actuarial and investment skills to facilitate a better understanding of risk as well as potential rewards to enable plan sponsors to get the ... via PR-inside.com

“We need to consider these things in a very different way and a different mind-set than some of our newspaper colleagues”

Yahoo Inc. has added 17 more newspapers to its group of online publishing partners, giving the group added heft as it approaches its one-year anniversary. via Hollywood Reporter

“The innovative and exemplary programs developed and implemented by Raytheon Company set an example for the entire federal contractor community.”

Lorra Gosselin, 919-645-2958; lorra.gosselin@peopleclick.com Peopleclick, Inc., the leading global talent acquisition solutions provider, announced today that for the third year in a row, a Peopleclick client ... via PR-inside.com

Gurus Trades with CDI: Click to exclude managers not in the List of Gurus. *The price and date might not be the actual time and price at which the transactions were made. via GuruFocus.com

Christmas continues to be criminalized and the companies that make a business of tinsel, gaily wrapped packages and "ho, ho, ho" don't know whether to embrace or hide from the specter of political ... via The Voice

“For reasons that will be explained in a subsequent memorandum that will issue in due course, that motion is denied”

A federal judge has allowed a shareholder lawsuit over alleged stock-options backdating to continue against Monster Worldwide Inc. via San Jose Mercury News

ExpenseWire, a leader in on-demand travel and expense management, today announced an alliance with Administaff, a leading provider of human resources services for small and medium-sized businesses. via Customer Interaction Solutions

“We operate as one company with multiple brands in the 'blue collar' staffing market”

Derrek Gafford, CFO 253-680-8214 or Stacey Burke, Vice President, Corporate Communications 253-680-8291 Labor Ready, Inc. via PR-inside.com

“The workforce is largely dissatisfied with their employers' efforts on the factors they feel are most important to them and will keep them in their current jobs.”

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Spherion Study Shows Less Than Half of U.S. Workers Are Satisfied With Their Jobs Despite a historically low unemployment rate and the beginning effects of a labor shortage, a ... via TechLINKS

“There's a generation difference that has taken place in terms of a willingness to give everything to the company versus a more effectively balanced family and personal life.”

RUSH HOUR: Given a choice between relocating and spending more than an hour in the car stuck in traffic or at airports, most company executives would chose extreme commuting, according to a new survey. via Stuff

“Workstream is laser-focused on delivering its industry leading talent management solutions to enterprises around the world”

New Distribution Agreement Leads to Global 2000 Electronics Company Selecting Workstream On-Demand Competency Management Solution BURLINGAME, CALIF. via Canada NewsWire

“I believe the recommendations they ultimately will make will benefit our schools now and for many, many decades to come.”

Ten years ago, 8,857 students were enrolled in Catholic elementary and middle schools of the Diocese of Rochester. via Democrat & Chronicle

“So, therefore, the people who are there are getting a more significant raise or are being compensated significantly to move companies.”

Fewer workers seen to replace boomers A pair of annual salary surveys paint a bright picture for starting administrative professionals and those who pursue careers in even more skilled fields. via Green Bay Press-Gazette

“Workstream is the leading talent management vendor to deliver solutions that can specifically address the requirements of today's global businesses”

Industry Leaders Extend and Expand the Deployment of Workstream Solutions to Thousands of Employees Worldwide BURLINGAME, CALIF., November 13 /CNW/ - Workstream Inc. via Canada NewsWire

“This means companies must constantly be in recruiting mode with current employees.”

From an email I received: In a just-released guide, What Millennial Workers Want: How to Attract and Retain Gen Y Employees , Robert Half International and Yahoo! HotJobs examine the professional priorities of ... via Gautam Ghosh on Management

“I don't think it will change the structure in the long term. But it will have many consequences in the short term, and it's going to take time to reconstruct the industry”

Labor disputes have wrought what just a few months ago was unthinkable in contemporary New York: slowing the city's hard-charging entertainment industry. via WNED.org

Hewitt Associates Inc. turned in a deep fiscal fourth-quarter loss after recording a whopping $363 million in pretax charges, primarily to write down the value of certain assets.

For the quarter ended Sept. 30, the Lincolnshire-based provider of human-resources consulting and outsourcing services reported a net loss of $265.6 million, or $2.51 a diluted share, a big drop from the year-ago period, when Hewitt recorded net earnings of $23.0 million, or 21 cents a share.

Revenues rose 5.2 percent to $750.3 million from $713.3 million. Read more

“We learned that a salesforce.com employee had been the victim of a phishing scam that allowed a salesforce.com customer contact list to be copied”

Business software provider Salesforce.com acknowledged that a recent spate of targeted e-mail virus and phishing attacks against its customers resulted from one of its own employees falling for a phishing scam ... via Washington Post

Medical Staffing Network flipped to a loss in the third quarter. The Boca Raton-based health care staffing company said it lost $1.7 million, or 6 cents a share, on revenue of $154.7 million. via South Florida Business Journal

“And yes, I've gotten gigs from it.”

Many social networking sites often lead to work November 10, 2007 Zoom Photo Gannett News Service Sheila Umayam, 20, a Middle Tennessee State University junior, waits for a computer terminal so she can write a ... via Star-Gazette.COM

“As a Dexterra partner, we are implementing a number of successful and innovative mobile application solutions for our customers”

Dexterra , the business mobility company, today announced the general availability of Dexterra Concert 5.0, the latest version of its highly successful mobile application platform. via TMCnet

Categories: Patch Watch , Hackers , Zero-day attacks , Microsoft , Browsers , Rootkits , Vulnerability research , Spam and Phishing , Spyware and Adware , Botnets , Exploit code , Viruses and Worms , Data theft ... via ZDNet Blogs

“We want to build the nation's most successful private in-home tutoring services company”

EVEN as oil prices surge, the housing market contracts, Wall Street reels and multibillion-dollar deals falter, small businesses are flourishing and, in fact, are helping to buoy the economy, experts say. via New York Times

Despite a growing awareness of the importance of a healthy work/life balance, workers and employers are often at odds when it comes to the issue, according to survey results released today by Monster , the ... via Business Wire

“Softscape offers an effective platform with a broad array of capabilities to help companies direct their workforces toward performance and foster a focus on accountability and cohesiveness through measurement and analysis.”

With the introduction of Softscape Apex 2007, Softscape increased its scores in the bi-annual report from Ventana Research, the leading business intelligence and performance management research and advisory ... via PR-inside.com

“We're honored to be named the top software company in San Diego County for the second year in a row”

SAN DIEGO, CA, November 6 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Websense, Inc. today announced that the San Diego Business Journal has named Websense the number one software company in San Diego County. via Customer Interaction Solutions

Conolog Corporation , an engineering and design company that provides digital signal processing solutions to global electric utilities, announced today that it has completed a $1,334,200 private placement of ... via TechWeb.com

Automatic Data Processing Inc. will boost El Paso's economy by adding more jobs to the city. via KDBC

Paychex Inc. CEO Jonathan J. Judge has been named to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Buffalo Branch. via Democrat & Chronicle

The two-day event will take place November 5 - 6, 2007, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, MA. via PR-inside.com

Posted Oct 30th 2007 5:21PM by Aaron Katsman Filed under: Earnings reports , Israel ClickSoftware Technologies a provider of mobile workforce management and service optimization solutions, is set to report ... via Blogging Stocks

“Every dollar that leaves the company in North America comes through this group here”

A unit of Monster Worldwide Inc. that started with a Yellow Pages marketing business in Mequon 17 years ago has quietly grown into one of the online job search company's most vital divisions. via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“We believe this demand is being driven by both secular and cyclical trends that bode well for the future of Kforce.”

The bid to become a $1 billion company in 2007 has strengthened for Kforce Inc. after reporting another quarter with revenues above the $250 million mark. via Tampa Bay Business Journal

IBM , the world's largest technology services company, said on Thursday it will spend a record $1.5 billion next year to develop and market security products. via Boston Globe

“This is something for people in time of need.”

Several newspapers recently reported on news related to health insurance. Summaries appear below. via EMaxHealth

“We are very pleased with our financial performance, the overall positive trend in the market for sales compensation and sales performance management solutions, and the numerous third-party validations of our accomplishments”

Karen Tulis 610-494-3300, x7271 tulis@synygy.com Synygy, Inc., a recognized authority in sales performance management and the largest provider of solutions for solving problems related to the management of ... via PR-inside.com