The topics presented detailed the benefits of combining employees’ personality assessments with multi-rater feedback data (feedback from employees’ immediate work circles) and the key characteristics for effectively matching mentors and mentees in mentoring relationships

“It’s vital for organizations to have high-quality employees, and to put those employees in situations where they have the best chance to maximize their potential,” said Carol A. Jenkins, Assess Systems’ vice president of talent solutions. “Our presentations illustrated how organizations can create more meaningful development experiences for their workforces by combining assessments and multi-rater feedback data. Partnering that with a harmonic mentoring match really sets up employees for success.”

In the first presentation, “International Perspectives on Combining Personality and Multi-rater Feedback Data,” Assess Systems detailed how combining personality assessments and multi-rater feedback data mutually benefits employees and their organizations. Many organizations use assessments and multi-rater feedback, but they rarely combine the two, which is an important step to gain insights about certain underlying causes of behavior, as well as how that behavior is perceived by various organizational constituencies. In fact, this approach is so powerful, in a review of over 1,000 participant evaluations, this combination of data was rated as the top most-liked aspect of the development program by over 85% of participants. 

Assess Systems then covered the key characteristics for effectively matching mentors and mentees during a panel discussion titled, “eHarmony for Mentorship? Lessons Learned from Mentor-Mentee Matching.” Panelists included both practitioners and academicians, who shared personal findings and lessons learned from designing and implementing mentorship programs. Topics included the barriers associated with matching in the context of formal programs, long-term and short-term considerations, factors that relate to perceptions of a positive harmonic match, expectations on behalf of the mentors and mentees, and benefits from successful matching.

In the third interactive poster session, “Personality Correlates of Preference for Multitasking,” Assess Systems detailed the attitudes of various personality types regarding multitasking based on a sample of 527 managers in the financial sector. The sampling found that assertive and sociable individuals and those who prefer a fast-paced work environment are more likely to prefer multitasking than those who are detail-oriented, organized and serious-minded.

About Assess Systems
Assess Systems is an innovative SaaS and consulting company providing talent selection and people development solutions to organizations worldwide. Focusing on person-job-organization fit, our assessment-based solutions help our clients attract, select, develop and promote talent resulting in improved business outcomes. For more than 25 years, Assess Systems has assessed millions of people in a broad spectrum of industries and positions spanning 42 countries and supporting 16 languages. Our solutions include: selection process design; competency modeling; entry-level assessments; competency-based professional, management, and sales assessments; hiring manager interview guides and eLearning; leadership development programs; 360° feedback; succession planning; executive assessment and coaching. For additional information, please call 972-233-6055 or visit www.assess-systems.com.

About Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology (SIOP)
SIOP, a division of the American Psychological Association, is the premier membership organization for those practicing and teaching industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology. I-O psychology encompasses workplace issues at the individual and organizational level, including everything from workforce planning, employee selection and leader development to studying job attitudes and job motivation, implementing work teams and facilitating organizational change.

Media Contacts:

Diane Ianni
Assess Systems
972-233-6055
dianni(at)assess-systems(dot)com

“It is an honor to be recognized. We continue to grow because of our talented team,” said owner, Thomas R. Leidigh. “Over our 16 plus years as we have grown we have evolved from a direct marketing fulfilment agency to also include CRM contact services. Today our corporate philosophy remains focused on customer acquisition and retention through the energy, excellence, and execution of our people.”

Founded in 1996, Infinity Contact specializes in the implementation of www.InfinityContact.com/RevenueLeadershipSystem [multi-channel integrated contact programs ]using live voice, SMS, chat, and email. Infinity Contact has the expertise to combine the most relevant mix of contact strategies with technology, data, and analytics to partner with clients to get and keep customers.

The annual Fastest Growing Companies award ceremony identifies and honors the region’s most dynamic companies that have made significant contributions to the strength of the local economy. Nominated companies are ranked according to revenue growth over a three-year period, both dollar and percentage increases are taken into consideration.

About Infinity Contact
The entire Infinity Contact organization has a singular focus: we partner with our clients to Get Customers, Keep Customers as a result of analytics based sales programs. We deliver targeted sales campaigns based on analytics that generate the highest ROI & lowest client customer acquisition costs.

Our 16 year history has enabled us to become leaders in developing markets and launching solutions for our clients. Our sales leadership approach combined with our workforce, multi-channel campaigns, and revenue system ensures maximum ROI for each client customer relationship.

From strategic sales planning, to customer data analytics, customer acquisition and predictive modeling, Infinity Contact delivers client acquisition and customer retention results in the most cost efficient and professional manner possible.

Competencies: B2B Client Customer Acquisition System, SME Sales Leadership & Selling to the SMB Buyer, www.InfinityContact.com/RevenueLeadershipSystem [Multi-Channel Sales Campaigns], Loyalty Retention Sales Campaigns.

Visit http://www.infinitycontact.com/news/ to read more about what is occurring at Infinity Contact.

Announced at the CSO 2013 Training and Networking Conference in Austin, the integration of InterviewStream’s online video practice tools with CSO’s career center software creates a blended solution of resources and services for both students and employers.

CSO’s products enable employers to connect with colleges and universities, recruit qualified students and graduates, and assess the success of their efforts, while InterviewStream’s isPrep platform provides access to award-winning online video practice interviewing, as well as webinars and expert interviewing tips.

“InterviewStream and CSO share a vision for connecting students and employers through college career centers,” said Kevin Wilson, president & chief operating officer of CSO Research. “This partnership will help students improve their interviewing skills and make it easier for students and employers to connect through career centers.”

According to research by Interview Success Formula, 60 percent of hiring managers now conduct video interviews. With this high adoption of video technology in the hiring process, students need to be prepared not only for the in-person interview, but also the video interview. InterviewStream’s isPrep platform adds to CSO’s rich toolset by helping employers connect with better-prepared and qualified students.

“We are very excited about integrating our video interview solution with CSO Research,” said Randy Bitting, InterviewStream’s founder and chief innovation officer. “This is the first partnership of its kind, and it’s going to deliver a comprehensive solution that will equally benefit career centers, students, and employers.”

About InterviewStream
Founded in 2003, InterviewStream is the global pioneer of pre-recorded and live video interviewing solutions. Over 500 clients, including corporations, executive search firms, staffing firms, global career transition firms and universities, have completed more than 500,000 interviews in over 120 countries and in eight different languages. InterviewStream is headquartered in Waco, TX and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation (BHESC).

About CSO Research
Founded in 2001, CSO Research is the global leader in next-generation career services program automation, connecting Students with Employers through College Career Centers to facilitate the recruitment, screening and hiring. Based in Austin, Texas, CSO serves more than 625 client colleges and universities in the North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia. CSO software automates Career Center operations on more than 830 campuses around the word. CSO’s clients represent large and small, public and private, and non-profit and for-profit colleges, universities and institutions.

Media Contacts:

Alison Pruett
InterviewStream
(254) 313-1851
apruett(at)interviewstream(dot)com

Matt Berndt
CSO Research
(512) 418-1163
matt(at)csoresearch(dot)com

Designed for a wide range of employees, from sales individuals to customer service representatives, the video training platform makes it easy for managers to build and assess competencies of their teams in a protected setting. Employers can use RolePlayPRO to diagnose interactive skills, practice communication skills and motivate workers to focus on the impact of their interpersonal skills.

RoleplayPRO can also help organizations to:

- Analyze problems
- Improve sales by practicing various selling solutions
- Develop teamwork, cooperation and creative problem-solving
- Build successful teams through meaningful scenarios

“We’ve harnessed the power and convenience of video to completely advance training efforts for all kinds of organizations,” explained Steve Throneberry, Chief Revenue Officer. “Managers can create real life scenarios for their team members to sharpen their interpersonal and communication skills — then review the footage and offer feedback at their own convenience and pace.”

According to the NTL Institute’s highly regarded learning pyramid, 90 percent of information learned through traditional training methods (such as reading or listening to a lecture) is typically forgotten. However, the immediate implementation and practice from video-based tools such as RolePlayPRO ensures that individuals retain the knowledge they’ve gained.

“When you consider the soaring travel costs and scheduling issues of gathering a team together for training sessions, the value of RolePlayPRO becomes obvious,” said Throneberry.

RolePlayPRO was launched and demonstrated at the ASTD International Conference and Exposition in Dallas, which continues through today. Conference attendees are encouraged to visit booth #1150 for more information and a quick product demonstration.

About RolePlayPRO
RolePlayPRO is a product of InterviewStream, Inc. Founded in 2003, InterviewStream is the global pioneer of pre-recorded and live video interviewing solutions. Over 500 clients, including corporations, executive search firms, staffing firms, global career transition firms and universities, have completed more than 500,000 interviews in over 120 countries and in eight different languages. InterviewStream is headquartered in Waco, TX and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation (BHESC).

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Media Contacts:

Alison Pruett
InterviewStream
(254) 313-1851
apruett(at)interviewstream(dot)com

Elrond Lawrence
EL Media for InterviewStream
(831) 632-2183
elrondlawrence(at)att(dot)net

Pittsburgh, 5.21.13 – Select International, a global employee assessment solutions provider, announced a new release of SelecTrak(R), its applicant tracking system. The updated version 7.15 of the software suite launched on May 12th and supports all of Select International’s www.selectinternational.com/assessments.html [pre employment assessment tests].

Within this new version of SelecTrak(R), important release details include OFCCP Reporting, a new FAQ on the candidate’s portal, and new and visually improved application status icons.
Some of the other SelecTrak(R) upgrades include:

- Translatable Candidate FAQ Page
- OFCCP Reporting
o New reporting functionality in SelecTrak(R) to assist clients in reporting needs for OFCCP purposes.
- Visual Enhancements Icons
- Improved Withdrawn Applicant Status Functionality
- Additional Reporting for the ServiceFit(R) for Retail Assessment
- Enhanced Usability Features For Assessment Question Scales
- New Translation Capabilities for System Features
- New Response Validation Options for HTML-based Text Entry Questions
- Improvements to HTML-based Calculator Functionality
- Optional Calculator Tutorial Available for Inclusion in HTML-based Assessments

This software update adds flexibility to a suite of products and features within Select International’s fully functional ATS and assessment platform, SelecTrak(R).

About Select International
Select International develops employee assessments and hiring systems to help organizations identify, select and develop a strong, productive workforce. The company’s employee selection and development solutions include pre employment assessments, executive assessment, online interview training, manufacturing assessment tests, healthcare hiring assessments, customer service assessment tests, and tools to help organizations hire safe workers. Select International works closely with its clients to improve hiring at all levels, and across all industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, customer service, energy, retail, transportation and logistics, and distribution.

Select International is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, and maintains offices throughout North America and around the globe. For more information on Select International, call 1-800-786-8595 or visit http://www.selectinternational.com.

Tim Phelan, VP Client Services & Chief Legal Counsel for UTCA, presented the program on the federally mandated TAAEA changes to be implemented by October 21, 2013. “Vendors in our space will now be required to adhere to TAAEA changes or further risk migrating costs and penalties to their clients. Employers, who operate under the false assumption their TPA’s are safeguarding their best interests, despite glaring process errors and record overpayments, will be at greatest risk” warned Atty. Phelan.

“This program was extremely informative! The focus on the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2011 and how to control costs was invaluable. Tim Phelan presented the topics in a way that all participants understood” commented Denise Thomas, VP Manager, HR Services & Operations at Webster Bank. Exit surveys overwhelming indicated this program would be “highly recommended” to others and was consistently defined as “important” to the employer community. UTCA will present this program in 5 northeast states in the first segment of a national employer outreach during 2013.

UTCA assists clients in reducing the costs and complexities of managing their unemployment compensation programs, utilizing a unique preemptive approach to managing unemployment costs. Our service program provides unparalleled customer solutions earning us the reputation as the “trusted advisor” in the field of unemployment cost management. For more information please visit www.utcainc.com.

This technology combination marries thousands of live and archived webcast sessions across 23 different HR specialties with the top eLearning store platform, giving customers access to purchase extensive HR training with a focus. Each course will enable HR professionals to obtain HRCI and WorldatWork recertification credits as well as Institute for Human Resources (IHR) certification credits.

“We are excited to add HR.com’s webcasts to the OpenSesame marketplace. We believe that our audience of HR and training professionals will be very interested in HR.com’s high quality content,” said Tom Turnbull, OpenSesame’s VP of Business and Community Development.

Courses will be available at a set price, with bundle deals for larger purchases of multiple webcasts. HR.com will be working closely with OpenSesame to ensure a complete and diverse offering of webcasts for HR professionals and OpenSesame members, especially a full library of eLearning and Webcast credits.

About OpenSesame
Based in Portland, Oregon, OpenSesame is an open marketplace connecting elearning buyers and sellers. Buyers browse thousands of courses in a wide variety of subjects from workplace safety to business skills, all compatible with any learning management system. For more information, visit https://www.opensesame.com/ or follow @OpenSesame on Twitter.

About HR.com
HR.com, the largest global social networking and resource site for HR Professionals, is THE ONLY place to earn IHR (Institute for Human Resources), HRCI and WorldatWork credits all at the same time for NO COST. HR.com is committed to providing a deeper understanding of the HR function for 220,000+ members by offering 23 Certification Programs, 1,700+ webcasts, 230+ virtual conferences, blogs, community networks, industry news and advisory boards. www.hr.com

For more information, contact:
Debbie McGrath
Chief Instigator and CEO
HR.com
dmcgrath@hr.com
1-877-472-6648, ext. 104

Each month, Leadership Excellence showcases 64 experts in three strategic HR areas: 1) personal and professional growth; 2) sales and service improvement; and 3) management and leadership development. “We provide best-in-class content along with application guides to put excellence in action,” said Shelton, editor, who launched Leadership Excellence in partnership with Stephen R. Covey and Ken Blanchard. “These are the best ideas from the best and brightest authors,” said Shelton. “And if you missed the first 30 years of LE, you can find it all on the searchable online archive of articles, modules, and tools.”

Effective immediately, Leadership Excellence and HR.com will combine forces to offer unmatched development resources and actionable solutions for leaders worldwide. The partnership will bring together the world’s top thought leaders such as Warren Bennis, Beverley Kaye, Marshall Goldsmith, Gary Hamel, and Dave Ulrich with HR.com’s community and social model to deliver content that is personalized, relevant, and timely to help individuals become better leaders and to help HR bring better leadership competencies into their organizations. “We are really providing the timely application of timeless principles to improve performance,” noted Shelton.

HR.com offers 23 IHR certification programs, one of which is Developing Leadership Organization Change Certification. The Leadership Excellence program will supply content and share to the existing HR.com network of executives who are looking to further their individual careers with access to best practices and industry trends, and looking to advance their careers with credit courses and IHR industry certifications.

“Leadership Excellence’s offerings of educational material and resources will be the perfect fit for building future business leaders,” stated Debbie McGrath, CEO of HR.com.

“HR.com is the perfect partner to integrate Leadership Excellence resources into HR’s talent and leadership development function. Magic happens when such stars align,” said Beverly Kaye, CEO of Career Systems International.

Both companies will be co-exhibiting at ASTD in Dallas at booth #876 May 19-22, 2013 and at SHRM in Chicago booth #1855 June 16-19, 2013. Attendees may visit the booths to receive a Leadership Excellence 60-day complimentary subscription ($20 value), leadership development book, and a chance to win a docking station sound system.

Collaboratively, the two organizations are seeking Advisory Board Members to assist in planning a mobile Career Development App focused on motivational and branded content for today’s youth looking for leadership and motivation direction as well as a corporate mobile model to offer relevant challenges and tips and education to help adults become the best possible leaders in their life. Leadership is an art which requires several hours of practice each and every day and the mobile strategy will help leaders practice daily.

About Leadership Excellence
For almost 30 years, Leadership Excellence has set the standard in personal, team and organizational leadership development content, guides, and application tools, in addition to listing the most credible thought leaders, best practices, and
top practitioners in the field. www.leaderexcel.com

About HR.com
HR.com, the largest global social networking and resource site for HR Professionals, is THE ONLY place to earn IHR (Institute for Human Resources), HRCI and WorldatWork credits all at the same time for NO COST. HR.com is committed to providing a deeper understanding of the HR function for 220,000+ members by offering 23 Certification Programs, 1,800+ webcasts, 230+ virtual conferences, blogs, community networks, industry news and advisory boards. www.hr.com

For more information, contact:
Debbie McGrath
Chief Instigator and CEO
HR.com
dmcgrath@hr.com
1-877-472-6648, ext. 104

Each month, Leadership Excellence showcases 64 experts in three strategic HR areas: 1) personal and professional growth; 2) sales and service improvement; and 3) management and leadership development.

“We provide best-in-class content along with application guides to put excellence in action,” said Shelton, editor, who launched Leadership Excellence in partnership with Stephen R. Covey and Ken Blanchard. “These are the best ideas from the best and brightest authors,” said Shelton. “And if you missed the first 30 years of LE, you can find it all on the searchable online archive of articles, modules, and tools.”

Effective immediately, Leadership Excellence and HR.com will combine forces to offer unmatched development resources and actionable solutions for leaders worldwide. The partnership will bring together the world’s top thought leaders such as Warren Bennis, Beverley Kaye, Marshall Goldsmith, Gary Hamel, and Dave Ulrich with HR.com’s community and social model to deliver content that is personalized, relevant, and timely to help individuals become better leaders and to help HR bring better leadership competencies into their organizations. “We are really providing the timely application of timeless principles to improve performance,” noted Shelton.

HR.com offers 23 IHR certification programs, one of which is Developing Leadership Organization Change Certification. The Leadership Excellence program will supply content and share to the existing HR.com network of executives who are looking to further their individual careers with access to best practices and industry trends, and looking to advance their careers with credit courses and IHR industry certifications.

“Leadership Excellence’s offerings of educational material and resources will be the perfect fit for building future business leaders,” stated Debbie McGrath, CEO of HR.com.

Both companies will be co-exhibiting at ASTD in Dallas at booth #876 May 19-22, 2013 and at SHRM in Chicago booth #1855 June 16-19, 2013. Attendees may visit the booths to receive a Leadership Excellence 60-day complimentary subscription ($20 value), leadership development book, and a chance to win a docking station sound system.

Collaboratively, the two organizations are seeking Advisory Board Members to assist in planning a mobile Career Development App focused on motivational and branded content for today’s youth looking for leadership and motivation direction as well as a corporate mobile model to offer relevant challenges and tips and education to help adults become the best possible leaders in their life. Leadership is an art which requires several hours of practice each and every day and the mobile strategy will help leaders practice daily.

About Leadership Excellence
For almost 30 years, Leadership Excellence has set the standard in personal, team and organizational leadership development content, guides, and application tools, in addition to listing the most credible thought leaders, best practices, and
top practitioners in the field. www.leaderexcel.com

About HR.com
HR.com, the largest global social networking and resource site for HR Professionals, is THE ONLY place to earn IHR (Institute for Human Resources), HRCI and WorldatWork credits all at the same time for NO COST. HR.com is committed to providing a deeper understanding of the HR function for 220,000+ members by offering 23 Certification Programs, 1,800+ webcasts, 230+ virtual conferences, blogs, community networks, industry news and advisory boards. www.hr.com

For more information, contact:
Debbie McGrath
Chief Instigator and CEO, HR.com
dmgrath@hr.com
1-877-472-6648, ext. 104

“We believe our recognition as a Champion in the first McLean & Company Vendor Landscape Report for Talent Management Suites further confirms HRsmart’s solution leadership, customer first approach, and totality of vision,” said Mark Hamdan, CEO of HRsmart. “Talent management has emerged as a driving initiative today for organizations of all sizes and scopes. We feel our placement is a validation to the completeness of our solution and dedication to our more than 1400 customers worldwide.”

According to the report, Champions receive high scores for most evaluation criteria and offer excellent value. They have a strong market presence and are usually the trend setters for the industry. In order to be considered for inclusion vendors had to offer performance management, learning management, and a recruitment or compensation module. HRsmart offers all four plus career development and succession.

HRsmart recently released the 12.0 version of its platform and has received recognition from many analyst firms including the Gartner Group and HRlabs.

For more information about HRsmart, visit www.HRsmart.com. To follow HRsmart on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/hrsmart. To read HRsmart’s talent management blog, visit http://hrsmart.com/blog.

About McLean and Company

McLean & Company is a research and advisory firm providing practical solutions to human resources challenges via executable research, tools and advice that have a clear and measurable impact on your business.

The ‘Hot 100′ list is selected each year based on the evaluation of multiple criteria, including financial growth, products and services, quality of leadership, customers and market potential. This is the first time that BraveNewTalent has been included in the list.

BraveNewTalent CEO and Founder, Lucian Tarnowski commented:
“The team at BraveNewTalent are honored and humbled to be included in the list of Hot 100. We have big shoes to fill as we join other Hot 100 companies such as Dropbox, Evernote, GitHub and Palantir.

I feel that we are at a unique moment in history where the way the world learns is changing with new social technologies that are democratizing access to professional knowledge. I do strongly believe that the billion dollar companies of tomorrow will be solving the trillion dollar problems of today, and education is one of them. BraveNewTalent is on a mission to create a new model for professional learning and being listed here may take us a step closer to reaching this goal.”

BraveNewTalent transforms the way professionals develop by empowering informal learning through a social community platform. BraveNewTalent brings enterprise organizations and individuals together to share knowledge, exchange ideas, engage with mentors and discover great learning content. BraveNewTalent is mapping the Talent Graph around professional knowledge in order to enable organizations to increase the efficiency of deploying human capital and help members reach their full professional potential. It is headquartered in San Mateo, CA with the engineering and product team in London, UK.

JMP Securities LLC is a full-service investment bank that provides equity research, institutional brokerage and investment banking services to growth companies and their investors. JMP Securities, formerly known as Jolson Merchant Partners, was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in New York City; Boston, Massachusetts; and Chicago, Illinois.

“We are very excited to partner with SMCOV.” said Jacques Bazinet, Vice President of Corporate Development at InsideOut Development. “SMCOV are experts in global licensing and delivery and will ensure the high standards InsideOut Development has established for both quality and growth, are met.”

Until now, InsideOut has had a limited international sales presence, primarily focusing its efforts on supporting multinational needs of its US-based clients with a large global footprint. The partnership with SMCOV, will allow InsideOut to significantly broaden their reach to local markets in each country.

“We are thrilled to add InsideOut Development’s flagship program, InsideOut Coaching to our portfolio of business training solutions.” said Stephan Mardyks, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of SMCOV.

“We anticipate high demand from the international business community for this best-in-class approach to workplace coaching.” said David Covey, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of SMCOV.

Learn more about InsideOut Coaching here.

About InsideOut Development

InsideOut Development is an award winning professional services firm that provides learning, coaching, and consultative solutions to a large, global clientele. The company, widely-recognized as a leader in workplace coaching, trains tens of thousands of people annually using the world-renowned G.R.O.W.(TM) model and other innovative tools and programs developed by Alan Fine and the InsideOut Development team. The company also provides instructional certification and has certified thousands of facilitators in its program offerings. The organization’s products and services have been used by thousands of business industry leaders and many of the Fortune 500. Visit www.insideoutdev.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

About SMCOV

SMCOV is the industry leader in the global distribution of intellectual property, representing leading-edge training companies and thought leaders to expanded markets around the world. The brands that SMCOV represent, address the many complex challenges currently facing both individuals and organizations today. Visit www.smcov.com.

Pritchard is the author of 101 Strategies for Recruiting Success (AMACOM, 2006) and a recognized expert in delivering enterprise-wide optimization of recruiting and talent management processes and outcomes. He joins Hire4ce, Inc. as a partner within its growing Executive Search division; specializing in Diversity-sensitive placement of senior executive and other mission-critical talent.

Pritchard’s Masters of Education degree from Kent State University is coupled with postgraduate studies in Organization Development and Psychology at both Southern California University of Professional Studies and the Gestalt Institute. His 20+ year career has been dedicated to helping organizations attract, develop, and retain top talent while improving the bottom line by reducing cost-per-hire, days-to-fill, turnover rates, and other key indicators of success. Pritchard has created and delivered recruitment, recruitment training, and broad-based human resources consulting services for diverse and recognized clients, including The United States Army, General Electric, Coopers & Lybrand, Ernst & Young, Dell, The Cleveland Clinic, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and IBM.

Pritchard says, “Hire4ce stands tall among the world’s most trusted names in custom sourcing, talent mapping, and pipeline solutions. With recent announcements regarding our expanded lines of business, the overlay of retained and contingency search offerings is truly a chance to develop an even more robust industry presence.” He added, “I am very proud to join this exceptional team at this exciting time.”

Are you hiring the right people? How EMA Communities inspired meaningful living for their residents and employees by improving their hiring process.

How to align your organization’s mission, vision and values with the interview process in order to make better hires and improve employee and resident satisfaction. Hosted by McKnight’s Long-Term Care News. Register for the live event.

When: Wednesday, May 29 at 2:00pm ET

Panelists:
– Jim Donovan, PHR, Director of Total Rewards, EMA Communities
– Ryan Lilllis, Director of Organizational Development, EMA Communities
– Rebecca McNeil, Senior Education Manager, HealthcareSource

HR and Customer Satisfaction: Partners in Delivering Exceptional Patient and Resident Experiences

A presentation of industry survey results on the influence of HR in your organization. Hosted by HealthcareSource and Planetree. Register for the live event.

When: Wednesday, June 5 at 12:00pm ET

Panelists:
– Jim Kinsey, Senior Consultation Services Specialist, Planetree
– Rebecca McNeil, Senior Education Manager, HealthcareSource

Using Candidate Behavioral Assessments to Engage Hiring Managers

How to instill accountability in the hiring process to improve the candidate experience. Hosted by American Hospital Association (AHA) Register for the live event.

When: Tuesday, June 18 at 1:00pm ET

Speakers:
– Miranda Maynard, Implementation & Training Specialist, HealthcareSource
– Rebecca McNeil, Senior Education Manager, HealthcareSource

About HealthcareSource
With more than 2,000 healthcare clients, HealthcareSource is the leading provider of talent management software for the healthcare industry. The HealthcareSource Suite helps healthcare organizations source, hire, assess, develop and retain the best workforce possible in order to reduce costs and improve patient satisfaction and safety. The company’s talent management solutions include candidate sourcing, applicant tracking, reference checking, behavioral assessments, onboarding, performance management, and learning management. Focused exclusively on the healthcare industry, HealthcareSource consistently earns high marks for client satisfaction and retention. In 2012, KLAS Research named HealthcareSource a category leader for Talent Management for the second consecutive year, in addition to being recognized in the Healthcare Informatics Top 100 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500. To learn more about the benefits of automated talent management, visit: www.healthcaresource.com, call: 800.869.5200, or email: solutions@healthcaresource.com .

The ‘Hot 100′ list is selected each year based on the evaluation of multiple criteria, including financial growth, products and services, quality of leadership, customers and market potential. This is the first time that BraveNewTalent has been included in the list.

BraveNewTalent CEO and Founder, Lucian Tarnowski commented:

“The team at BraveNewTalent are honored and humbled to be included in the list of Hot 100. We have big shoes to fill as we join other Hot 100 companies such as Dropbox, Evernote, GitHub and Palantir.

I feel that we are at a unique moment in history where the way the world learns is changing with new social technologies that are democratizing access to professional knowledge. I do strongly believe that the billion dollar companies of tomorrow will be solving the trillion dollar problems of today, and education is one of them. BraveNewTalent is on a mission to create a new model for professional learning and being listed here may take us a step closer to reaching this goal.”

BraveNewTalent transforms the way professionals develop by empowering informal learning through a social community platform.
The company brings enterprise organizations and individuals together to share knowledge, exchange ideas, engage with mentors and discover great learning content. BraveNewTalent is mapping the Talent Graph around professional knowledge in order to enable organizations to increase the efficiency of deploying human capital and help members reach their full professional potential. It is headquartered in San Mateo, CA with the engineering and product team in London, UK.

JMP Securities LLC is a full-service investment bank that provides equity research, institutional brokerage and investment banking services to growth companies and their investors. JMP Securities, formerly known as Jolson Merchant Partners, was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California with additional offices in New York City; Boston, Massachusetts; and Chicago, Illinois.

NetSuite SuiteWorld 2013, San Jose, Calif. and Bellevue, Wash. – May 15 2013 – Ascentis Corporation, a market leader in human capital management (HCM) solutions, announced today the Ascentis HCM SuiteApp, built using NetSuite’s SuiteCloud Computing Platform. The Ascentis HCM SuiteApp automates HR and payroll processes while reducing costs and providing meaningful insight into organizational trends. The new SuiteApp ensures synchronization of critical data elements such as employee demographic information and payroll journal entries between Ascentis HCM and NetSuite, while providing a single sign-on and single point of data entry to ensure up-to-date, reportable, accurate information. NetSuite customers gain access to applicant tracking and onboarding, robust benefits administration, time and attendance, and real-time, online payroll processing services.

“For our customers who desire a comprehensive HCM system integrated with their NetSuite platform, Ascentis provides a great solution,” said Guido Haarmans, NetSuite vice president of business development for technology partners. “This partnership makes it easier for our customers to become more strategic in their employee-management decisions, while increasing the overall value they get out of their business management systems.”

Working with NetSuite
The new SuiteApp for NetSuite addresses the growing demand from the marketplace to seamlessly manage employee data in one platform solution that connects all aspects of their business processes. The integration offers NetSuite customers a host of powerful HCM benefits and capabilities including:

Making HR teams more effective by framing data, actions, and analytics into the context of organizational strategy and objectives that can be achieved by monitoring key metrics.
Improving information accuracy, integrity and security by eliminating dual data entry and exposure to error.
Managing always-changing and updating HR and payroll compliance laws and regulations by supporting compliance automation with powerful reporting and analytic capabilities.
Automating the hiring and onboarding processes through branded candidate portals, social media sharing tools and RSS feeds.
carriers, eliminating billing errors and undetected overpayments.
Automating transactional processes that can increase productivity, reduce labor costs and make HR and payroll departments more efficient.
Real-time payroll processing and instantaneous auditing that can reduce payroll processing time by as much as 30%.
Timekeeping management that eliminates the manual collection of and calculation of timecards, and ensures wage-and-hour law compliance.
World-class customer service that features dedicated support reps.

“Ascentis is very proud to be working closely with NetSuite,” said DJ Chhabra, Ascentis CEO. “This partnership gives NetSuite customers access to a robust HRIS and payroll solution that can help them manage their workforce more efficiently and strategically. We’re thrilled to be able to work closely with an industry leader who provides world-class business software solutions, and is very responsive to the needs of their client base.”

For more information about the integrated solution, please visit http://www.suiteapp.com.

About SuiteCloud
NetSuite’s SuiteCloud is a comprehensive offering of cloud-based products, development tools and services designed to help customers and commercial software developers take advantage of the significant economic benefits of cloud computing. Based on NetSuite, the industry’s leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, SuiteCloud enables customers to run their core business operations in the cloud, and software developers to target new markets quickly with newly-created mission-critical applications built on top of mature and proven business processes. The complete SuiteCloud offering includes NetSuite’s multi-tenant, always-on SaaS infrastructure; the NetSuite Business Suite of applications (Accounting/ERP, CRM and Ecommerce); and the NS-BOS Development Platform.

The SuiteCloud Developer Network (SDN) is a comprehensive developer program for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who build apps for SuiteCloud. All available SuiteApps are listed on SuiteApp.com, a single-source online marketplace where NetSuite customers can find applications to meet specific business process or industry-specific needs. For more information on SuiteCloud and the SDN program, please visit: http://www.netsuite.com/developers.

About Ascentis
Ascentis, backed by Palm Ventures, LLC and Catalyst Investors, offers easy-to-use workforce management HRIS, online payroll and timekeeping solutions that support greater business efficiency and accuracy. Ascentis technology automates critical processes such as full scale benefits management, compliance, online open enrollment, time and attendance, real-time payroll processing, tax filing, applicant tracking, employee and manager self-service and reporting. One point of data entry means employee information is accurate, up-to-date and reportable. Electronic submission of information to insurance carriers eliminates errors and supports a paperless open enrollment process. Ascentis offers world-class customer service and continues to add software offerings to its portfolio of workforce and human capital management solutions.

For more information about Ascentis, send media inquiries to marketing@ascentis.com or contact Heather Bansemer heather.bansemer@ascentis.com or at 1.800.229.2713 x174.

“Presenting at IHRIM offers an excellent opportunity to participate in the growth of our profession and the industry,” said Lynne Mealy, CEO of IHRIM. “Moreover, through the sharing of your knowledge and expertise with your peers, it also provides you with the ability to interact with other professionals and industry thought leaders, while providing incredible visibility, recognition and credibility.”

Previous presenters have included thought leaders from Mercer, The Boeing Company, Deloitte, Equifax, Sears Holdings Corporation, Virginia Tech, Coca-Cola and Intermountain Healthcare.

Presentations must be issue-oriented and not highlight any individual vendor or product. The Workforce Analytics Forum requires that session length be limited to 60 minutes, including time for Q&A. Professionals that are asked to present will receive a complimentary registration to the event.

To submit a presentation for the Workforce Analytics Forum, click here.

Sponsorship Opportunities Available
Increase your visibility by becoming a sponsor of IHRIM’s Workforce Analytics Forum. All packages include the opportunity to have a representative at the event to network with attendees. Recognition opportunities include having your company logo on email blasts to IHRIM members and prospects, IHRIM Wire sponsor status, sponsorship listing on the event listings on IHRIM’s social networking sites and much more.

For more information about sponsorship opportunities, click here.

About the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM)
IHRIM is the world’s leading clearinghouse for the HRIM (Human Resource Information Management) industry. Since 1980, IHRIM has been the only membership association for HR technology professionals, advancing the industry by providing unparalleled education and professional development opportunities through its annual conference, educational courses and webinars. IHRIM is a community of experts – a dynamic group of practitioners, vendors, consultants, students, and faculty that continues to grow, not just in numbers, but in its scope of knowledge and information.
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To meet the need for tools and education focused on how to approach compensation and benefits from a multinational perspective, WorldatWork has introduced a new e-learning course. “Global Rewards Analysis: A Framework for Success” is a self-paced, e-learning course that explores the diversity of reward design and delivery across the globe. It provides a framework–including a universal Global Rewards Checklist–to facilitate regional comparisons, analysis and recommendations. It is designed to help participants understand how compensation and benefits plans vary for U.S., Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The course concludes with practical applications of the framework for India and China.

“Global Rewards Analysis: A Framework for Success” is taught by Maureen Hovy, GRP, an expert in global compensation and benefits strategy design, execution and communication. Hovy has more than 25 years’ experience in consulting and executive roles in global advisory firms and multinationals headquartered in U.S., Europe and Africa. Her corporate experience includes regional reward leadership roles for Cisco Systems and Huhtamaki. Earlier in her career, Hovy spent 15 years as executive and remuneration advisor with global human capital advisory firms including Ernst & Young and KPMG, South Africa.

Hovy holds a Bachelor of Science, post-graduate degree in Education, a Diploma in Datametrics (with distinction), a Certificate in Labour Relations Management and the Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) accreditation from WorldatWork. She is a former member of the WorldatWork Global Advisory Board and has presented Global Remuneration Professional training in the U.S., South Africa and Asia Pacific.

Other WorldatWork global courses include: Expatriate Compensation Fundamentals and Expatriate Compensation Policy and Strategy.

About WorldatWork(R)
The Total Rewards Association

WorldatWork (www.worldatwork.org) is a nonprofit human resources association for professionals and organizations focused on compensation, benefits, work-life effectiveness and total rewards – strategies to attract, motivate and retain an engaged and productive workforce. WorldatWork and its affiliates provide comprehensive education, certification, research, advocacy and community, enhancing careers of professionals and, ultimately, achieving better results for the organizations they serve. WorldatWork has more than 65,000 members and subscribers worldwide; 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies employ a WorldatWork member. Founded in 1955, WorldatWork is affiliated with more than 70 local human resources associations and has offices in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Washington, D.C.

WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals(R) is the certifying body for six prestigious designations: the Certified Compensation Professional(R) (CCP(R)), Certified Benefits Professional(R) (CBP), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP(R)), Work-Life Certified Professional(R) (WLCP(R)), Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP)(TM) and Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP)(TM).

The WorldatWork group of registered marks also includes: Alliance for Work-Life Progress or AWLP, workspan and WorldatWork Journal.

In his TEDx talk, Alan explores the fundamental elements of human performance and explains why more knowledge often doesn’t produce the performance results that people want. Alan also discusses the counterintuitive secret to unlocking potential, doing what we already know.

“I am convinced that by understanding some essential elements of human performance–and having a simple process to influence those elements, you can achieve greatness in any area of your life.” said Alan Fine. “Sharing this idea at TEDxRockCreekPark has been a highlight in my speaking career.”

Alan’s TEDx talk, can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFAGOdCdFrc.

About TEDx
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event. The TED conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.

About TEDx RockCreekPark
TEDxRockCreekPark is organized by Alison Whitmire, principle at C-lever, a CEO coaching and leadership development organization. Alison has organized two previous TEDx conferences: TEDxPugetSound 2009 and TEDxPugetSound 2011. TEDxPugetSound 2009 was one of the first TEDx events in the US and featured author/speaker Simon Sinek. Simon’s talk at TEDxPugetSound became so popular that it was quickly uploaded to TED.com and licensed by a number of leadership development organizations. Since 2010, the talk has had nearly 10 million views and is one of the most viewed talks on TED.com

About Alan Fine
Alan Fine is the Founder and President of InsideOut Development, a professional services firm that provides training programs and coaching services, team performance workshops, consulting, and reinforcement solutions to a large global clientele.

He is considered the pioneer of the modern day coaching movement and is the co-creator of the widely recognized G.R.O.W.(R) Model. Alan is the author of the New York Times Bestselling book–”You Already Know How to Be Great,” international performance expert, National Speakers Association (NSA) member and keynote speaker in the leadership and training circuit, and well-respected executive and professional athlete coach. He has dedicated the past 25 years to helping people elevate their performance and unlock potential. Alan has worked with many of the world’s most respected athletes like PGA golfers Phillip
Price and David Feherty, and organizations such as IBM, NASA, Honeywell, Gap, and Coca-Cola.

For more information about Alan Fine visit www.alan-fine.com or connect on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

In true reality-show style, GreenJobInterview co-founders and brothers, Greg and Theo Rokos will present the “Top Recruiter” contestants with a virtual interviewing challenge. During the challenge, the contestants will experience first-hand the virtual interviewing solutions from GreenJobInterview and will be judged on their success while using these solutions. In addition, the Rokos brothers will offer valuable tips and information to viewers and job seekers about how to achieve the most out of a virtual interviewing experience. For example, getting comfortable speaking to a hiring manager through a webcam; tips on what clothing presents well on camera; and how to best convey confidence and enthusiasm via a recorded or live virtual interview.

GreenJobInterview helps companies improve their hiring and recruiting efforts locally, nationally and globally, which aligns perfectly with the audience that “Top Recruiter” attracts.

“We look forward to sharing our more than 20 years of recruiting and hiring experience with the ‘Top Recruiter’ contestants,” said Greg Rokos, president of GreenJobInterview. “This challenge will provide an opportunity for these contestants to experience the ease and efficiency of virtual interviewing technology and potentially implement
such solutions in their own talent acquisition efforts as top recruiters.”

Top Recruiter Creator and Executive Producer Chris Lavoie agrees, saying, “Having GreenJobInterview as a sponsor and leading one of our ‘Top Recruiter’ challenges is an exciting way for our contestants and viewers to learn how they can embrace this kind of powerful technology and consider it for their own company recruiting needs.”

Top Recruiter, set in Miami, Fla. debuted in 2012. It attracted 2.2 million views, sparking more than 4,100 audition tapes from recruiters around the world wanting to compete for the coveted title of Top Recruiter. Viewers can tune into www.TopRecruiter.tv [www.TopRecruiter.tv] to watch GreenJobInterview’s contestant challenge in the fall.

About GreenJobInterview
GreenJobInterview provides cloud-based virtual interviewing solutions that help employers dramatically reduce the time and costs associated with scheduling and conducting interviews. Our robust and easy-to-use live, recorded and mobile solutions also enable organizations to reach a global talent pool, strengthen their employment brand and reduce their environmental impact. More than 300 of the world’s leading organizations (including Walmart, PepsiCo, UCLA and Mayo Clinic) have chosen GreenJobInterview, and we continue to gain recognition for developing technology that literally transforms the recruitment process for employers and job seekers alike. For more information, visit www.GreenJobInterview.com.

Media Contact:
Colleen Gatlin
Fisher Vista for GreenJobInterview
858-344-6504
Cgatlin@fishervista.com

O.C. Tanner, the global leader in the appreciation and recognition business, is offering a complimentary webinar, “The ROI of Service Award Programs” featuring Dr. Trent Kaufman, Executive Vice President and Partner at the Cicero Group.

The ROI of Service Award Programs
Thursday, May 16, 2013
8:30 a.m. PDT / 11:30 a.m. EDT
Duration: 1 Hour
HRCI Certified / Pre-Approved

Dr. Kaufman will review the results of global, cross-generational research, conducted by Cicero Group and commissioned by O.C. Tanner, which reveals that years of service award programs fulfill a critical role in company culture and employee engagement:
- On average, employees stay two years longer at companies that have a service award program versus those that don’t.
- Years of service award programs improve the degree to which employees experience feelings that the company cares about them, that they fit in and belong in the organization.

About the Research
Conducting both qualitative and quantitative research across a breadth of demographic groups, The Cicero Group, commissioned by O.C. Tanner, examined the return of investment on service anniversary programs. The findings? These programs are strongly correlated with increased tenure and improving key employee engagement metrics.

About O.C. Tanner
O. C. Tanner helps the world appreciate great work. We build strategic employee recognition solutions that drive behavior, unify teams and increase engagement. More than 8,000 global organizations rely on our smart technologies, social strategies, award fulfillment and thought leadership to shape cultures where people, teams and profits thrive.

About Dr. Trent Kaufman
Dr. Trent Kaufman is Executive Vice President and Partner at the Cicero Group, a national market research and strategy consulting firm, with clients such as Microsoft, Groupon, Dow Chemical, Wells Fargo, Lending Tree, and Hewlett-Packard. The Cicero Group specializes in qualititative and quantitative research, statistical analysis, and economic modeling. Before coming to the Cicero Group, Dr. Kaufman earned a doctorate from Harvard University where he also served as a research and teaching fellow.

United Benefit Advisors, (UBA) the nation’s leading independent employee benefits advisory organization, announces the hiring of Derek Fisher as its new Communications Manager. Fisher assumes the position formerly held by Bryan Snyder, and brings a wealth of journalistic experience to the management of internal and corporate communications.

Fisher will play a vital role in crafting internal email communications as well as documents on the organization’s Wisdom Network, where UBA’s proprietary information is shared. He will also be responsible for assisting in the writing and editing of blog posts on the increasingly popular UBA blog, as well as other external outlets where UBA has a presence.

Fisher previously held the positions of editor, managing editor, and news director with various organizations, and has extensive experience as a freelance writer, with work appearing in more than thirty-five publications, including newspapers, websites, and magazines.

“Having Derek on board is a great asset for UBA,” said Thom Mangan, CEO. “At a time when UBA’s expertise and content, particularly in relation to Health Care Reform, is in great demand, we’re confident Derek’s skills will greatly benefit UBA and Partner communications.”

“It is an exciting, albeit challenging, time in the insurance benefits industry,” says Fisher. “I’m looking forward to contributing to the enormous amount of content that UBA creates for partners and industry leading publications. The collective wisdom of UBA partners is incredible, and it will be an honor to serve their needs in this capacity.”

Follow United Benefit Advisors on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/UBABenefits.
Subscribe to United Benefit Advisors’ national blog: http://blog.ubabenefits.com.

About United Benefit Advisors
United Benefit Advisors is the nation’s leading independent employee benefits organization with more than 200 offices throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit http://www.UBAbenefits.com.

CKR’s innovations for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital was recognized by the Aster Awards, winning a silver award in the website category. The website also earned a merit award from the Healthcare Advertising Awards. In addition the Aster Awards recognized the agency’s work on the Cleveland Clinic Employee Video Series with a bronze award in the special video production category. The agency was given a bronze award by the Healthcare Advertising Awards in the special video category for its work on the video as well.

“Video communication is such an effective way for hospitals to engage passive and active job seekers. CKR is thrilled to have our work for Cleveland Clinic recognized by the healthcare industry,” said Kasey Sixt, vice president of emerging media. “We are equally honored that our interactive work has also garnered the industry’s attention.”

The Aster Awards Program is an elite, national competition that recognizes healthcare marketing professionals for their work in advertising. Entries are judged by a panel of experts and winners are recognized for exemplifying excellence. Winning entries are published in the Marketing Healthcare Today magazine. If you would like more information about the Aster Awards, visit www.asterawards.com.

It is a great achievement that CKR’s work stood out among the nearly 4,000 entries that were received for the Healthcare Advertising Awards. This awards competition is the oldest, largest healthcare awards competition and one of the 10th largest of all the advertising awards competitions. The awards are sponsored by Healthcare Marketing Report. For more information about the Healthcare Advertising Awards visit www.hmrpublicationsgroup.com/Healthcare_Marketing_Report/hmr_awards_competition.

To check out CKR Interactive’s award-winning projects, visit www.ckrinteractive.com/portfolio.

About CKR Interactive
Founded in 2001, CKR Interactive is a global recruitment marketing agency delivering comprehensive services to today’s employers. Focusing on interactive solutions, the firm’s areas of expertise also include research and planning, creative development and marketing and video communications. With offices throughout California, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and partner agencies in the United Kingdom, Australia, China and India, the award-winning firm’s growing list of clients represents a range of industries, from healthcare/biopharm, energy/oil and high tech to government, finance/insurance and hospitality/food service.

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The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.

The American Business Awards will be presented at two awards events: the ABA’s traditional banquet on Monday, June 17 – in Chicago for the first time, after 10 years in New York; and the new product & technology awards event on Monday, September 16 in San Francisco.

More than 3,200 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Most Innovative Company of the Year, Management Team of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year, and Executive of the Year, among others. Ryan Pratt is nominated in the Marketing Professional category for Marketing of the Year.

As the Marketing Director at MBA Focus, Ryan holds primary responsibility for the execution and delivery of a wide variety of strategic and integrated marketing campaigns and materials. Ryan is not only responsible for promoting the virtual recruiting products to employers, but also helping business schools promote their career service offerings to their job-seeking candidates. His creative marketing plans, intuitive analytical skills, and innovative Web 2.o ideas have helped MBA Focus grow to now service over 75,000 recruiters and over 75,000 MBAs from more than 75 top-ranked business schools. With his help, MBA Focus has become an exclusive closed network where the world’s top employers and leadership talent connect. Ryan graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

“Ryan is extremely creative and innovative,” said Jack Gainer, CEO of MBA Focus. “He has made significant contributions to MBA Focus in the areas of internet advertising, social media, email marketing and SEO on our e-commerce web store. Ryan’s strategic content and marketing campaigns have brought 100,000 annual visitors to mbafocus.com, more than 30,000 fans to our Facebook page, and over 10,000 followers to Twitter.”

Finalists were chosen by more than 140 business professionals nationwide during preliminary judging in April and May. More than 150 members of nine specialized judging committees will determine Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists during final judging, to take place May 13 – 24.

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

About MBA Focus
MBA Focus provides a permanent pipeline of business leaders, from entry-level to executive, via our exclusive partnerships with over 75 top MBA Programs and MBA professional associations. Through these longstanding relationships, MBA Focus provides annual access to over 75,000 pre-qualified business leaders. This unique talent pipeline continues to grow as the schools and associations continually market this service directly to their current students and experienced alumni.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. A fifth program, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, will debut this year. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

Sponsors and partners of The 2013 American Business Awards include the Business TalkRadio Network, Callidus Software, Citrix Online, Dynamic Research Corporation, Experian Consumer Services, John Hancock Funds, LifeLock, PetRays, and SoftPro.

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Fisher will work closely with HRmarketer’s agency clients to share his deep HR marketplace expertise and provide guidance on brand visibility initiatives, social business strategy, HR influencer relations, lead generation and nurturing campaigns and content marketing. As a 20-year sales veteran and entrepreneur with 15 years in the IT staffing industry, Fisher also will offer HRmarketer clients support and counsel regarding sales and recruiting management, talent acquisition strategy, employer branding, sourcing, and business development.

“We’re thrilled to have Craig join our team but our customers are the biggest winners,” said Mark Willaman, Fisher Vista’s founder and president. “To succeed in today’s HR marketplace, brands need to be highly visible online, which means they need a strong social media presence, influencer relations and content marketing. Craig is someone who excels at each, and he has used his skills to trail-blaze his own powerful personal brand and to develop the brands of companies he’s coached. Now he brings his strategy, insider knowledge and connections to work for HRmarketer clients.”

A Top Influencer and A Next-Gen Leader
Calling Fisher one of the top influencers in HR and recruiting, HR Industry expert John Sumser said Fisher is “at the heart of the explosion of the next generation of leadership” in the industry. Fisher is a regular contributor to HR technology and career forums and radio shows, and his articles have been published internationally and featured in HR magazines, industry newsletters and popular career web sites. He also maintains one of the social search community’s most popular blogs, Fishdogs.

Fisher is a highly respected speaker, trainer and consultant on social media and mobile strategy. Fisher also founded #TalentNet, the longest running social recruiting forum on Twitter, and the TalentNet Live conferences, widely regarded as the nation’s most strategic events for social recruiting/HR learning and networking. TalentNet recently merged with #tru, creating the world’s largest international recruitment event company.

“I’m thrilled to be part of such a creative and talented team,” said Fisher. “I can’t wait to start collaborating with my new peers and HRmarketer’s impressive roster of clients. I’m eager to lend my experience to HRmarketer’s clients.”

About Fisher Vista, LLC
Since 2000, Fisher Vista, LLC, has provided marketing and media relations software and services to the Human Resources/Employee Benefits markteplace. The company is comprised of seasoned marketing and media professionals with deep industry knowledge and insight. Fisher Vista owns HRmarketer.com, the nation’s most popular marketing and media relations software suite created specifically for Human Resources. For more information, visit HRmarketer.com.

Media Contact

Adriana Saldaña
HRmarketer
831.685.9700
asaldana(at)hrmarketer(dot)com

Replicon’s award-winning customer support received accolades for the company’s ability to consistently maintain a high level of customer satisfaction over the past several years. With an average customer satisfaction rate of 97 percent, the entire company culture is built around ensuring an outstanding customer experience, from point of sale through implementation and ongoing technical support. Replicon’s customer support team manages more than 24,000 cases a year with a high same-day case closure rate of 87 percent. The company is also one of the few cloud companies in the industry that offer customer support 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year via online chat, email and phone with live customer support.

“We’re deeply honored to be recognized by industry peers and experts as having one of the best customer satisfaction programs in the industry,” said Suresh Kuppahally, senior vice president of Customer Success. “We’re proud of our reputation for outstanding customer service and optimized our entire organization around ensuring a hassle-free experience that enables nearly 8,000 customers to obtain increased profitability and workplace productivity.”

An annual achievements and recognition awards program with active participation from a broad spectrum of industry voices, the coveted annual Hot Companies and Best Products recognition program encompasses the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, hot technologies, executives and management teams, successful deployments, product management and engineering, customer satisfaction, and public relations in every area of information technology.

About Network Products Guide Awards
As industry’s leading technology research and advisory publication, Network Products Guide plays a vital role in keeping decision makers and end-users informed of the choices they can make in all areas of information technology. You will discover a wealth of information and tools in this guide including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com

About Replicon
Replicon is the leading provider of cloud time tracking applications. Our products are used by over 7,800 companies of all sizes worldwide to better manage workforce attendance, projects, professional services organizations and shared services resources.

By providing complete transparency into time data our technology reduces compliance risk, keeps costs down and provides unparalleled insight into the key drivers of business performance.

Replicon’s award winning products are delivered 100% in the cloud on a unified platform and are hassle-free to deploy and use. Replicon is headquartered in Silicon Valley with employees in offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.replicon.com.

The TekTonic awards were presented on May 1 at the HRO Today Forum in Philadelphia where it was also announced that buyers have ranked Staff Management | SMX among the top MSP Providers globally on the 2013 HRO Today’s Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings Survey for Managed Service Programs. HRO Today’s Baker’s Dozen rankings are based solely on feedback from buyers of Managed Service Programs.

“Staff Management | SMX continues to demonstrate that it is one of the leading Managed Service Program (MSP) providers,” said Elliot Clark, CEO of SharedExpertise and HRO Today. “The quality of their client partnerships and the tenure of those relationships were evident in the Baker’s Dozen survey responses received from their clients this year. Staff Management | SMX’s proprietary software, StaffTrack, was also recognized with a TekTonic Award for innovation in HR technology.”

“As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of our company we are fortunate that our first client is still a client,” said Joan Davison, President and Chief Operating Officer for Staff Management | SMX. “It is appropriate that this year’s positive Baker’s Dozen rankings validate both the tenure of our client relationships as well as the quality of those partnerships. We are grateful for this recognition and continue to focus on providing our clients with industry leading service levels through collaborative partnerships and innovative technology that offers competitive advantage.”

StaffTrack provides full lifecycle management for outsourced workforces and essential vendor management functionality. StaffTrack’s workforce management functionality not only enables applicant tracking and candidate management but also provides advanced scheduling and job-sharing capabilities, workforce performance analytics and comprehensive drill down capabilities for interactive auditing to the associate level.

About Staff Management | SMX
Founded in 1988, Staff Management | SMX is a recognized global leader in innovative workforce management solutions that deliver best talent, drive compliance, yield tangible savings and build sustainable value. Staff Management | SMX is ranked one of the top MSP providers worldwide by buyers on HRO Today’s 2013 Baker’s Dozen for Managed Service Programs and its StaffTrack software won a 2013 TekTonic Award for innovation in HR technology. The company is ranked among the Largest Global Staffing Providers by the Staffing Industry Analysts and won the 2012 American Business Award for Company of the Year. Staff Management | SMX has been a charter member in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement IMAGE Program since 2006 and holds Workers’ Compensation Risk Certification. Staff Management | SMX is one of The Seaton Companies which are ranked amongst Crain’s Largest Privately Held Companies in Chicago and on Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies. In 2013, the company was recognized by the Staffing Industry Analysts with the Peter Yessne Staffing Innovator Award. For more information please visit www.staffmanagement.com.

For More Information:
Caroline Storey
413-256-6959
cstorey(at)staffmanagement(dot)com

Why? Companies aren’t giving candidates a clear and balanced picture of the job. In response, video provider InterviewStream has released “About Us,” a new feature to their branded video interview portal that gives candidates a window into the responsibilities of the job and the culture of their prospective employer.

The “About Us” portal includes new branding features where employers can upload custom videos about the company, the community, the position, and a typical day in the life of an employee. Candidates gain a sense of the company’s history and culture, as well as the good and bad qualities of the job, before they commit to an interview.

The welcome screen features the company’s logo and corporate colors, along with four buttons labeled, “Company Overview,” “Community Overview,” “A Day in the Life,” and “Position Overview.”

“About Us” tackles head-on the costly dilemma spelled out in a December 2012 report by HR consulting firm Development Dimensions International. The report – which studied 2,300 newly hired workers and 250 staffing directors in 28 countries – found that 51 percent of new employees hired in 2012 have “buyer’s remorse” and 88 percent are looking to make a change. Their chief complaint: The hiring process failed to paint a realistic or accurate picture of the job.

Employers said they were also disenchanted with hiring decisions: staffing directors cited 14 percent of new employees to be failures, according to the DDI report.

“Employers need to draw a clear picture of the attributes and skills a person needs to succeed in each job they post,” said Randy Bitting, founder and chief innovation officer of InterviewStream. “On the flip side, job-seekers often make hasty decisions – especially if they’ve been out of work for a long time. When you consider the untold time and money wasted by a bad hire, it’s critical that companies tell an honest story about their brand and culture, and there’s no better medium than video.”

About InterviewStream
Founded in 2003, InterviewStream is the global pioneer of pre-recorded and live video interviewing solutions. Over 500 clients, including corporations, executive search firms, staffing firms, global career transition firms and universities, have completed more than 500,000 interviews in over 120 countries and in eight different languages. InterviewStream is headquartered in Waco, TX and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation (BHESC).

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Media Contacts:

Alison Pruett
InterviewStream
(254) 313-1851
apruett (a) interviewstream.com

Elrond Lawrence
EL Media for InterviewStream
(831) 632-2183
elrondlawrence (a) att.net

What:
(Webinar) Empower Your HR Department with Strategies for Visualizing Workforce Data: Visualization of workforce data is the best way to understand the vitality of your organization. Unfortunately HR professionals are so busy that they don’t have time to assemble the necessary data visuals.

With the right strategy you can quickly build informative data sets that help you visualize and manage your workforce. This webinar will address the most important workforce issues:
- Visualizing and managing the workforce
- Seeing where are we at risk for losing quality people
- Identifying which individuals are ripe for promotion
- Knowing which individuals are on track for succession
- Ensuring salaries are competitive
- Understanding how can we identify employee talents and create a skill map
- Building new skills and keeping up to date on the latest market trends

Regardless of the size of your organization, Workforce Visualization Mapping will empower your HR personnel with the knowledge and tools necessary to identify critical areas that affect every organization.

Presenters:
Joe Kolinger, CEO and Founder, OfficeWork Software LLC.

When:
May 15, 2013 (12 p.m. — 1 p.m. EDT).

More Details:
This education program has been approved for 1 HRIP Recertification Credit Hour. For more information about IHRIM’s webinars, visit http://bit.ly/IHRIM-Webinars.

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By consolidating and integrating the management of health spending accounts, employers and health plans can achieve several goals, including: improving benefit enrollment and account opening; consolidating customer service; simplifying communications; and streamlining account funding and management.

BenefitWallet can be readily added to existing benefit administration applications. Employers and health plans can offer account holders any combination of account-based benefits, including health savings accounts (HSA), health reimbursement arrangements (HRA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), wellness incentives and other specialized services.

“The use of health care spending accounts is growing rapidly as a result of both health care reform and the overall increase in health benefit costs,” said Gregg Larson, SVP and managing director, Healthcare Consumerism at Xerox. “Tax-advantaged accounts provide savings that offset health expenses for individuals, since funds are contributed to these accounts on a pre-tax basis.”

For account holders who access spending accounts through their employer or health plan, BenefitWallet offers a personalized and simplified approach to managing their accounts. The product offers complete contribution, payment and account management services, including on-line and mobile access.

BenefitWallet’s health claims management and payment solutions help improve cost savings and participation levels in account-based benefit plans. The product visually connects individuals’ health care costs with their actual claims history so they can view, manage and pay for claims across all of their providers for all family members. Account holders can also view savings opportunities through claim flags and alerts.

BenefitWallet’s unique combination of features includes:
– Complete integration with health plan and employer benefit management systems.
– Account holder tools, communications and decision support services for health plan selection, enrollment, account funding and payments, wealth accumulation through investments, and personal health care claims management.
– Intelligent functionality to route and pay claims from multiple account purses and flag claims that may have errors or present savings opportunities.
– A mobile app that provides account holders with convenient access to their health accounts.

Xerox is the nation’s top HSA administrator. In conjunction with BNY Mellon as custodian, Xerox serves 27,000 HSA employer customers and manages accounts for more than 2 million account holders and dependents with an accumulated $1.4 billion of HSA assets.

For more information on BenefitWallet visit: www.mybenefitwallet.com

About Xerox
Since the invention of Xerography 75 years ago, the people of Xerox (NYSE: XRX) have helped businesses simplify the way work gets done. Today, we are the global leader in business process and document management, helping people be more efficient so they can focus on their real business. Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., more than 140,000 Xerox employees serve clients in 160 countries, providing business services, printing equipment and software for commercial and government organizations. Learn more at www.xerox.com.

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The Best Places to Work in Illinois awards program began in 2006 and is promoted by The Daily Herald Business Ledger in partnership with the Human Resources Management of Chicago (HRMAC), the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, and the Workforce Boards of Metropolitan Chicago. Companies from across Illinois entered the two-part process, which evaluated each nominated company’s workplace procedures, policies, and demographics and also consisted of an employee survey. This awards program honors companies applying the best business practices and embracing high standards.

“This is the best honor we could receive. It says that we have created an environment here at Perspectives that encourages people to be themselves. It also demonstrates our commitment to creating a high performing workplace by making our employees a high priority which is what we endeavor to do with all of our employer customers.” said Bernie Dyme, President and CEO of Perspectives.

Perspectives Ltd along with fellow winners will be honored at the Best Places to Work in Illinois recognition event and awards ceremony on May 16 at the Meridian Banquets and Conference Center in Rolling Meadows. For more information about the Best Places to Work in Illinois program, visit www.BestPlacestoWorkinIL.com.

ABOUT PERSPECTIVES LTD

Perspectives Ltd is a Chicago-based workplace resources firm specializing in the nationwide delivery of employee assistance programs (EAPs), FMLA Administration, managed behavioral healthcare, work/life services, organizational development and wellness. We believe in taking an individualized approach with each customer organization and creating tailored solutions that have practical applications in their workplace. www.perspectivesltd.com.

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In late April, WorldatWork introduced a Career Excellence Model for Total Rewards Professionals that depicts eight differentiators of top total rewards performers. This survey delved into one of the model’s key differentiators, “cultivate your professional development.”

Key findings:

Employers’ Investment in the Professional Development of Total Rewards Professionals–Most total rewards professionals perceive the career development benefits offered by their employer as about average (at the 50th percentile). A majority (59%) reported receiving an annual organizational investment of at least $1,000 to spend on external development opportunities (items such as association memberships, conference attendance, and outside training). Respondents most loyal to their current organization were far more likely to report an annual investment of $2,500 or more, demonstrating a virtuous cycle of the exchange relationship between respondents and their employers.

“Employers can easily differentiate themselves by investing in their employees’ career development,” said Bonnie Kabin, CCP, vice president of professional development for WorldatWork. “Even a relatively small employer investment has a positive impact on loyalty. Managing employee perceptions of career development opportunities is key to enhancing engagement and loyalty.”

Career Paths–Nearly half of all respondents reported that the new leader(s) at their organizations had come to the senior total rewards role from the external labor market. When asked why total rewards professionals change organizations, lack of promotional opportunities ranked high among the reasons.

“Since promotions from within are infrequent, even when the economy is good, rewards professionals think of career development more broadly,” explained Kabin. “Not only are they personally invested in their own development, but they also appreciate on-the-job development of skills they believe may ultimately be used at a different employer.”

Career Development Plans–When asked about plans to advance their own careers, the two most frequently mentioned activities planned were training and certification. What is getting in the way of career advancement for total rewards professionals? While budget and organizational support were mentioned prominently, far and away, the barrier mentioned most frequently was time.

“WorldatWork created the Career Excellence Model for Total Rewards Professionals in part to help rewards professionals make the best use of their time,” said Kabin. “By knowing what differentiates top performers in total rewards, they can focus on a handful of things that truly make a difference to their careers.”

About the Study
WorldatWork gathered survey data from January 13 to February 11, 2013. More than 800 respondents participated in the survey (an 18% response rate overall). Respondents consisted of practitioners in compensation (40%), all HR functions (22%), compensation and benefits combined (17%), and total rewards (14%). The demographics of the sample and respondents are similar to the association’s membership as a whole: the average WorldatWork
member works at the managerial level or higher in the headquarters of a large company in North America.

About WorldatWork(R)
The Total Rewards Association

WorldatWork (www.worldatwork.org) is a nonprofit human resources association for professionals and organizations focused on compensation, benefits, work-life effectiveness and total rewards – strategies to attract, motivate and retain an engaged and productive workforce. WorldatWork and its affiliates provide comprehensive education, certification, research, advocacy and community, enhancing careers of professionals and, ultimately, achieving better results for the organizations they serve. WorldatWork has more than 65,000 members and subscribers worldwide; 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies employ a WorldatWork member. Founded in 1955, WorldatWork is affiliated with more than 70 local human resources associations and has offices in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Washington, D.C.

WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals(R) is the certifying body for six prestigious designations: the Certified Compensation Professional(R) (CCP(R)), Certified Benefits Professional(R) (CBP), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP(R)), Work-Life Certified Professional(R) (WLCP(R)), Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP)(TM) and Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP)(TM).

The WorldatWork group of registered marks also includes: Alliance for Work-Life Progress or AWLP, workspan and WorldatWork Journal.

“Last year’s Party for a Purpose was a huge success in a venue that is not normally available to the public, the Conrad Hilton Suite,’ said Kevin Carlson, IHRIM Board Chairman. “This year’s 5th Anniversary event will provide a most entertaining evening with incomparable views of the Magic Kingdom fireworks. Both ‘Party for a Purpose’ and ‘Golf for a Goal’ promise to not only be fun, but terrific networking events as well.”

Golf for a Goal is a fundraising golf tournament for all levels of golfers in support of the HRIM Foundation. Tee time is at 1pm on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at the Disney Magnolia Golf Course at the Disney Resort. Registration for the event can be found on the Golf For a Goal Registration page on the IHRIM conference website.

The Party for a Purpose event is also a fundraiser for the HRIM Foundation and will incorporate a Key West, Florida theme, with music, food and a spectacular view of the Disney Fireworks over Cinderella’s Castle in the Magic Kingdom. Tickets for individuals and groups can be purchased at the Party for a Purpose Registration page on the IHRIM conference website.

“I look forward to sharing what has become a tradition of fun & entertainment at the IHRIM conference,” said John Hinojos, HRIM Foundation President. “With both events and the HRIM Foundation raffle, the IHRIM Conference is a wonderful place to share ideas, network with peers and give back to the HRIS / HRMS community!”

If you have any questions or to wish to make a tax-deductible as a charitable donation to the HRIM Foundation, contact HRIM Foundation board member Jacqueline Kuhn (jkuhn@hrchitect.com) for more details. For more information about IHRIM’s 2013 Conference, visit http://bit.ly/2013IHRIMConf.

About the HRIM Foundation
Established in 2008, the Human Resource Information Management (HRIM) Foundation is an independent, charitable, 501(c) (3) organization chartered with promoting scholarship, research and education to drive innovation and the use of technology and information management in the Human Resource discipline. The Foundation provides the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM) with funding for programs that support IHRIM’s mission, To be the leading professional association for knowledge, education, and solutions supporting the Human Resource Information Management community.

About the IHRIM Conference and Technology Exposition
Each year, IHRIM packs the best HRMS education, information and networking into its annual conference. For more than 32 years, IHRIM’s conferences have offered attendees the perfect blend of networking, education and technological solutions to issues facing HR and HR systems professionals. Created by industry experts and senior level practitioners who have firsthand knowledge of the issues and challenges facing HR and HR information management professionals, IHRIM’s educational program is created with attendees and their organizations in mind.

About the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM)
IHRIM is the world’s leading clearinghouse for the HRIM (Human Resource Information Management) industry. Since 1980, IHRIM has been the only membership association for HR technology professionals, advancing the industry by providing unparalleled education and professional development opportunities through its annual conference, educational courses and webinars. IHRIM is a community of experts – a dynamic group of practitioners, vendors, consultants, students, and faculty that continues to grow, not just in numbers, but in its scope of knowledge and information.
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“Raymond and Sabrina have added tremendous value to the business. Now is the right time to align their positions to support the growth of the company.” said Jack Gavin, Chairman of their Board and former President of Right Management.

Ms. Basht, the company’s new CEO, has over 20 years of experience in business-to-business sales, marketing and client management. “I’m excited to lead an entrepreneurial, technology-focused company. I’ve always been energized by building businesses that challenge the status quo and Careerminds is at a very exciting point in its lifecycle.”

Mr. Lee noted that her experience was a prime driver in the decision to select her to lead the company. “Since her arrival, Sabrina has driven tremendous value and helped the company grow significantly by building an attractive client base and helping to develop the innovative approach that Careerminds deploys,” said Lee. “Now is the time to fine-tune and increase our focus on growing the business and continuing to cultivate long-term relationships.”

Ms. Basht previously held the position of Chief Client Champion and worked with clients daily. The move signals a deeper focus on customer service and a strong alliance between the company’s sales and marketing functions. This was reflected in the company’s decision to build out industry-specific products earlier in the year.

“I am incredibly excited about leading them into the next stage of the growth,” said Basht. “Our commitment to helping job seekers re-enter the workforce quickly and providing superior, cost effective services to organizations is unparalleled.”

About www.linkedin.com/in/sabrinabasht [Sabrina Basht]
With 20 years of experience, Sabrina has successfully led sales and marketing teams and cultivated and managed business relationships with some of the most attractive Fortune 500 companies. Her experience selling and building strategic alliances crosses many different industries including travel and entertainment, retail, financial services, technology and telecommunications. In addition, her background includes client acquisition marketing, CRM, loyalty marketing, new product development and branding. Sabrina joined Careerminds in 2011 with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion building businesses that challenge the status quo.

About Careerminds
Careerminds provides scalable, strategic solutions to organizations seeking affordable, virtual outplacement 2.0 services. Using an advanced, proprietary technology platform that delivers affordable, online career transition services, we provide a high-tech and high-touch blend of on-demand career transition education supported by senior-level career consultants to help displaced workers reenter the workforce quickly.

New Zywave survey finds interesting disconnects related to workers’ comp and safety

Milwaukee, WI – May 8, 2013

Post-accident cost control is, by a slight margin over accident prevention, the number one workers’ compensation insurance concern of employers for the next 12 months, a new study by Zywave shows. A total of 53% of employers say they are very or somewhat concerned about post-accident cost control in 2013. Closely behind that, 50% of employers say they are very or somewhat concerned about risk control in the form of accident prevention. Employers also list increasing exposures, the change in the experience rating formula, and renewals as other top concerns.

“It’s interesting to me that employers are more concerned with post-accident cost control than accident prevention,” said Kory Wells, product director of data analytics at Zywave. “Of course the results reflect human nature, but in best practice, business owners focus on safety culture and accident prevention to avoid those post-accident costs in the first place.”

The 2013 Workers’ Compensation & Safety Survey was conducted first quarter 2013 by Milwaukee-based Zywave, a provider of software-as-a-service solutions for the insurance and financial services industries. Over 3,100 employers nationwide participated in the survey.

Over half of the companies surveyed – 52% – report a premium increase in the past year, whereas 48% reported an increase in 2012. A significant minority – 24% – report having a workers’ comp deductible. Among the companies surveyed, 60% report a payroll increase in the last year, while 19% report a decrease and 22% say their payroll did not change. Other survey results include:

-Respondents say the most effective measure they take to control workers’ comp costs is having a safety-minded culture (69%). In contrast, only 26% of respondents rank safety incentives as effective or highly effective.
-Other top cost control measures are, in order of popularity, a return to work or light-duty program, onsite accident evaluations, loss prevention evaluations, using a preferred occupational medicine facility, and having a dedicated claims manager.
-Despite their collective enthusiasm for safety culture, 34% of respondents say they do not have a written safety manual. Of those who do have a safety manual, 85% report it has been updated within the past 2 years.
-A total 42% of all respondents say they are very or somewhat concerned about this year’s change in the experience rating formula. However, of companies who report being experience rated, 85% – a slight improvement over last year’s 88% – either do not know the value of their loss-free rating or are not familiar with the term. “Not being educated about the mod [experience modification rating], including the minimum mod, is a huge liability for business owners – and an opportunity for their insurance brokers to provide that vital education,” said Wells. “Many employers assume the mod is simply a number they must live with, rather than understanding their ability to lower it and help lower premiums and costs.”
-Over a third of employers – 36% – report being very or somewhat concerned with workers’ compensation co-morbidity issues such as obesity and diabetes.
-Despite industry and media attention to the problem of prescription drug abuse in workers’ compensation, only 28% of employers report being very or somewhat concerned about this trend. This disconnect and other aspects of the survey are further explored on the WorkCompEdge blog.
Participants came from 20 business sectors, with heaviest representation from manufacturers (17%), health care and social assistance providers (16%), and construction (13%). Survey takers included human resource personnel (40%), finance staff (19%), office managers (15%), CEOs or presidents (11%), and other staff, including safety managers, risk managers and operations directors.

About Zywave
Zywave is the leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology solutions for the insurance and financial services industries. The company’s products include Web-enabled marketing communications, business intelligence and analytics, agency automation, and needs-assessment and financial planning tools. More than 350,000 financial and insurance professionals, including 90 of the Top 100 U.S. insurance firms and dozens of the world’s largest financial institutions, use Zywave’s proven solutions to help them differentiate from the competition, enhance client services, improve efficiencies and achieve organic growth. To learn more, visit www.zywave.com.

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Employers recognize that many employees waited patiently, working in less-engaging jobs during the recession, but now are growing impatient as more companies once again are hiring. Among all employers, 59 percent expect job and career factors to be the main reason employees leave in 2013, an 11 percent increase from 2012. Poor leaders historically have been a primary reason behind job changes, but the economic doldrums slowed job and career advancement for many workers and 2013 looks like the time many will seek job and career advancement.

In another finding, increased executive accountability and added funding for talent strategies is driven by mounting knowledge of the link between engagement, retention and business results. “Executives understand the relationship between an engaged workforce, how well they retain strong performers and their ability to achieve productivity, sales and service goals,” said Christopher Mulligan, CEO of TalentKeepers. He added, “Our research reinforces the trend that engaging and retaining talent is viewed as a key business strategy that requires funding and support to be successful.”

Human resources executives and other leaders seeking to add to their knowledge of best practices for engaging and retaining today’s talent can benefit from this report.

To receive an electronic or printed copy of the full report, contact Craig Taylor at ctaylor@talentkeepers.com.

About TalentKeepers
TalentKeepers is a leader in employee engagement and retention strategies built on thirteen years of research. Our talent management solutions span the employee life cycle and engage executives, leaders, teams, and front line employees to engage and keep valued employees. TalentKeepers is one of the most trusted names in the talent management industry. Learn more at www.talentkeepers.com.

Press Contact:
Craig Taylor, 407-660-6041 x109
TalentKeepers.com
ctaylor(at)talentkeepers.com

“Getting incentive pay right is vital to a company’s profitability, recruitment and retention efforts,” said Jim Stoeckmann, CSCP, sales compensation practice leader for WorldatWork. “Anyone involved in sales compensation plan design and management will benefit from being able to roll up large amounts of data and condense it down to an interactive dashboard in Excel from which to draw critical insights and make decisions from.”

The four online courses offered under “Sales Dashboards: Using Excel for Sales Compensation Analysis” are:

1. “Sales Dashboards: Comparing Incentive Pay to Base Pay”–Participants learn how to create a scoring mechanism to work out sales incentive pay from existing data; add base pay and market data for each position. Available as of May 1.
2. “Sales Dashboards: Cost of Sales Analysis”–Participants create scatter charts per position of incentive payout vs. revenue with trend lines and r-squared values; add summary table showing total pay. Available as of May 1.
3. “Sales Dashboards: Charting Monthly Consistency of Incentive Pay”–Participants will create line charts per position showing payout per month to look for consistency of payouts. Available online July 25.
4. “Sales Dashboards: Comparing Total Compensation to the Market”–Participants will compare total compensation distribution at 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles for each position relative to market. Available online July 25.

Other WorldatWork Excel courses include: “Excel Tips for Compensation Professionals”; “Excel Skills for Compensation Professionals”; and “Excel Dashboards: A How To for Compensation Professionals.”

About WorldatWork(R)
The Total Rewards Association

WorldatWork (www.worldatwork.org) is a nonprofit human resources association for professionals and organizations focused on compensation, benefits, work-life effectiveness and total rewards – strategies to attract, motivate and retain an engaged and productive workforce. WorldatWork and its affiliates provide comprehensive education, certification, research, advocacy and community, enhancing careers of professionals and, ultimately, achieving better results for the organizations they serve. WorldatWork has more than 65,000 members and subscribers worldwide; 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies employ a WorldatWork member. Founded in 1955, WorldatWork is affiliated with more than 70 local human resources associations and has offices in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Washington, D.C.

WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals(R) is the certifying body for six prestigious designations: the Certified Compensation Professional(R) (CCP(R)), Certified Benefits Professional(R) (CBP), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP(R)), Work-Life Certified Professional(R) (WLCP(R)), Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP)(TM) and Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP)(TM).

The WorldatWork group of registered marks also includes: Alliance for Work-Life Progress or AWLP, workspan and WorldatWork Journal.

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Inspired by client demand, Assess Risk complements Assess Systems’ other job “fit” assessments, by offering a work-ethic focused product that can be used across many jobs. Assess Risk provides robust features and options for employers seeking to minimize their hiring risk. The workforce scientists at Assess Systems analyzed data on more than 100,000 candidates and identified statistical relationships between Assess Risk and the propensity toward counter-productive behaviors. The result of this rigorous process is a predictive assessment that can facilitate better hiring decisions.

Bad hires increase theft and liability exposure, drive customers away and damage an organization’s reputation. Industry research shows bad hires cost an organization thousands of dollars in lost business; in the retail industry alone, theft represents about $31 billion in losses, with employee theft being the top source, according to the National Retail Security Survey.

“Just as great hires add tremendous value to an organization, bad hires can be detrimental,” said Carol Jenkins, Assess Systems’ vice president of talent solutions. “With Assess Risk, organizations have a quick and reliable way to screen out candidates who have the tendency to display undesirable work behavior. This allows companies to focus on enhanced selection of the better candidates, resulting in more effective hiring decisions.”

Assess Risk provides powerful resources for hiring managers including:

- Risk Analysis Index which helps prioritize candidates based on risk level
- Configurable Realistic Job Preview and Screening Questions identifying candidates who are willing to do the tasks required in your job environment
- Specific details provided from responses to help hiring managers understand candidate’s attitudes and tendencies before they are hired
- Dynamic Interview Guide with in-depth questions plus candidate-specific probes

Comprehensive validation research shows that those classified as “High Risk” versus “Low Risk” by the Assess Risk tool:

- Were 15 times more likely to have stolen from employers
- Were 10 times more likely to use illegal drugs before or during work
- Were 10 times more likely to have taken a sick day without being ill

About Assess Systems

Assess Systems is an innovative SaaS and consulting company providing talent selection and people development solutions to organizations worldwide. Focusing on person-job-organization fit, our assessment-based solutions help our clients attract, select, develop and promote talent resulting in improved business outcomes. For more than 25 years, Assess Systems has assessed millions of people in a broad spectrum of industries and positions spanning 42 countries and supporting 16 languages. Our solutions include: competency modeling, selection process design, entry-level assessments, competency-based professional, management and sales assessment, hiring manager interview guides and eLearning, leadership development programs, 360° feedback, succession planning, executive assessment and coaching.

Media Contacts:

Diane Ianni
Assess Systems
972-233-6055
dianni(at)assess-systems.com

Eric Anderson
Fisher Vista/HRmarketer
831-685-9700
eanderson(at)hrmarketer.com

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Tristan will present, “The Psychology of Safety: Using Safety DNA to Hire & Develop a Safer Workforce” which will provide an overview of the latest research in predicting workplace injuries by focusing on each employee’s individual Safety DNA. He will also define the term “Safety DNA” and discuss how recent advances in psychometric testing makes it possible to measure an employee’s Safety DNA in order to: develop a safer workforce and hire employees who will engage in safer behaviors that support a strong safety culture.

The three-day conference is being held at the Macey Conference Center. This year’s theme is “Everyday Heroes”, encouraging everyone to be a safety hero at work and at home every day.

“We believe better safety starts with the individual,” Tristan said. “In conjunction with the overall theme of this year’s conference, we hope to create and encourage safety hero behavior with our program.”

About Select International
Select International develops employee assessments and hiring systems to help organizations identify, select and develop a strong, productive workforce. The company’s employee selection and development solutions include pre employment assessments, executive assessment, online interview training, manufacturing assessment tests, healthcare hiring assessments, customer service assessment tests, and tools to help organizations hire safe workers. Select International works closely with its clients to improve hiring at all levels, and across all industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, customer service, energy, retail, transportation and logistics, and distribution.

Select International is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, and maintains offices throughout North America and around the globe. For more information on Select International, call 1-800-786-8595 or visit www.selectinternational.com [http://www.selectinternational.com].

“Our aim is to transform the workplace,” commented Lita Nithiyanandan, founder of Behavioural Consulting Group. “Leadership is an everyday activity. Using Bullseye Performance Management Systems(R), leaders and employees get real time information that enables them to engage in frequent and constructive dialogue about core business priorities,” asserts Lita.

Combined, BullseyeEvaluation and Behavioural Consulting Group use impactful technology, tools, and science models to drive feedback and employee engagement. The results are observable, measurable and help clients proactively build a more sustainable business.

“We are delighted to align Bullseye with Lita’s team at Behavioural Consulting Group to deploy our performance management software solutions throughout Southeast Asia, commented Adeel Zaidi, founder of BullseyeEvaluation. “Employee engagement begins with feedback, and when connected to social performance management, enables employees to think and act as business partners. Bullseye connects employee performance and organizational management in one simple solution.”

Read more about how to make wiser employee decisions using behavioral analysis here:
http://blog.bullseyeevaluation.com

Clients who partner with both BullseyeEvaluation and Behavioural Consulting Group in 2013 will receive a complimentary Competency Starter Kit valued at up to $15,000.00 that includes over 100 basic job competencies and sub competencies to help measure and drive the behaviours that lead to improved performance.

About Behavioural Consulting Group
The Behavioural Consulting Group is a management consulting firm that specializes in using Behavioural Science principles in improving performance and productivity within their client organizations. The Behavioural Consulting Group has an extensive network of consultants supporting clients in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, India and Indonesia. The team also provides facilitation support and coaching for leaders in the region. For more information, visit http://www.behaviouralconsulting.com/

About BullseyeEvaluation, LLC
Bullseye Performance Management Systems is a web-based performance management solutions company that helps to optimize employee and operational performance of companies. Bullseye provides trend setting, non-form based solutions that connect human capital and operational performance management. Our employee performance solutions improve engagement by facilitating frequent communication and social feedback. Our business intelligence solutions display real-time information through innovative key performance indicator dashboards. All of Bullseye’s products are user friendly, configurable and quickly deployed. For more information, see www.bepms.com.

Bullseye Contact: Louis Posthauer, Director Business Development, 713-554-0909

“Our aim is to transform the workplace,” commented Lita Nithiyanandan, founder of Behavioural Consulting Group. “Leadership is an everyday activity. Using Bullseye Performance Management Systems(R), leaders and employees get real time information that enables them to engage in frequent and constructive dialogue about core business priorities,” asserts Lita.

Combined, BullseyeEvaluation and Behavioural Consulting Group use impactful technology, tools, and science models to drive feedback and employee engagement. The results are observable, measurable and help clients proactively build a more sustainable business.

“We are delighted to align Bullseye with Lita’s team at Behavioural Consulting Group to deploy our performance management software solutions throughout Southeast Asia, commented Adeel Zaidi, founder of BullseyeEvaluation. “Employee engagement begins with feedback, and when connected to social performance management, enables employees to think and act as business partners. Bullseye connects employee performance and organizational management in one simple solution.”

Read more about how to make wiser employee decisions using behavioral analysis here:
http://blog.bullseyeevaluation.com

Clients who partner with both BullseyeEvaluation and Behavioural Consulting Group in 2013 will receive a complimentary Competency Starter Kit valued at up to $15,000.00 that includes over 100 basic job competencies and sub competencies to help measure and drive the behaviours that lead to improved performance.

About Behavioural Consulting Group
The Behavioural Consulting Group is a management consulting firm that specializes in using Behavioural Science principles in improving performance and productivity within their client organizations. The Behavioural Consulting Group has an extensive network of consultants supporting clients in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, India and Indonesia. The team also provides facilitation support and coaching for leaders in the region. For more information, visit http://www.behaviouralconsulting.com/

About BullseyeEvaluation, LLC
Bullseye Performance Management Systems is a web-based performance management solutions company that helps to optimize employee and operational performance of companies. Bullseye provides trend setting, non-form based solutions that connect human capital and operational performance management. Our employee performance solutions improve engagement by facilitating frequent communication and social feedback. Our business intelligence solutions display real-time information through innovative key performance indicator dashboards. All of Bullseye’s products are user friendly, configurable and quickly deployed. For more information, see www.bepms.com.

Bullseye Contact: Louis Posthauer, Director Business Development, 713-554-0909

May 22, 2013; 9:30am-2:00pm
Talent Technology Corporation Offices
13799 Commerce Parkway Suite 200
Richmond, BC V6V 2N9 Canada

Presentations include:

Talent Generation Ecosystem; Mike Vilimek, Director of Product Marketing, Talent Technology.

Mike Villmek will explain the concept and importance of Talent Generation in a company’s recruiting strategy. Learn more about the Talent Generation ecosystem and how the integrations with job boards, applicant tracking systems, social networks, background screening and assessment vendors is critical. With data exchange standards provided by HR-XML, the challenge of integrations can be met in a cost effective and sustainable method.

Aligning Technology and Business in the RPO World; Jeff Summers, Senior Director of Technology and Operations, Mindfield Group.

Jeff Summers will share Mindfield Group’s technology evolution to support the delivery team for their core products, Recruitment Processing Outsourcing (RPO) and Talent Generation for their clients. Jeff will discuss the building of a flexible platform using integrations to different vendors to support each industry/regional/customer focus. A key part of the strategy is tight integration amongst the various systems to optimize the volume and efficiency, and the challenge of doing this.

At this meeting you will also:

- Learn about HR-XML standards and how they can benefit your organization
- Network with peers who are excited about working with partners and vendors

Attendance is free – Register today at www.hr-xml.org

About HR-XML
The HR-XML Consortium is the only independent, non-profit, volunteer-led organization dedicated to the development and promotion of HR data interoperability. HR-XML standards constitute a broadly adopted framework for integrating a wide range of platforms and applications throughout the HR technology ecosystem. For more information, visit www.hrxml.org.

Identity and background verification can be an expensive and strenuous process. Employers need a solution that enables them to verify their candidates’ background instantly and effectively.

“HRsmart’s platform reaches thousands of companies around the globe and we’re thrilled that our technology is now part of that footprint,” said Virtrue CEO Adam Spector. “This integration will empower companies to fight resume fraud with a simple and scalable online solution, ensuring higher integrity in the workplace.”

“HRsmart partnership with Virtrue gives our customers more firepower to screen against identity and background fraud” stated Mark Hamdan, CEO of HRsmart. “The end-to-end ID verification services Virtrue offers will meet the business needs of our customers globally. We are very excited about working with Virtrue.”

About Virtrue

Virtrue is a San Francisco-based company building identity verification solutions for the 21st century. Virtrue leverages proprietary algorithms and cutting-edge data sets to deliver fast, low-cost verification solutions that can decrease fraud and increase efficiencies in hiring processes. For more information please visit: http://www.virtrue.us/.

About HRsmart

HRsmart, headquartered in Richardson, Texas, is the leading global provider of unified talent management solutions. Over fourteen hundred companies and organizations around the world partner with HRsmart to improve their business and processes. The company has been recognized with inclusion on the Inc. 500 and Deloitte Fast 500 lists of growing companies, and its unified suite won first place at the HR Technology Conference annual vendor shootout. For more information about how HRsmart can help your organization, visit www.HRsmart.com.

Miles was selected from a strong pool of nominations by a panel of independent judges. Awards will be presented at a special gala on June 27, 2013 at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Now in its 27th year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Program has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 140 cities in more than 50 countries throughout the world.

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur Of The Year Program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur Of The Year Overall Award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 16, 2013. The awards are the culminating event of the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.

About The Seaton Companies
The Seaton Companies are a $500+ million outsourcing and recruiting firm that operate under the PeopleScout, Staff Management | SMX and StudentScout brands. Founded in 1988, the firm has over 25,000 employees in 60 counties and was recognized in 2011 by Inc. Magazine as the #1 Job Creator in America, among privately held companies. The Seaton Companies have delivered a compound growth rate of 25% since 2009. For more information, please visit www.seatoncorp.com.

About Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R)
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential, and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 140 cities in more than 50 countries.

About Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 152,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential.

Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. For more information about our organization, please visit www.ey.com

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Alere(TM) Wellbeing (AWI) and the American Diabetes Association(R) (Association) announced today a new collaboration focused on weight loss to help address the staggering rise of prediabetes and diabetes among American adults.

As part of the collaboration, AWI and the Association will offer American Diabetes Association Weight Talk(R), a weight loss program designed for the employer market that provides general weight loss coaching, in addition to a specialized diabetes weight loss track called American Diabetes Association Weight Talk(R) D. The diabetes track includes 11 coaching calls delivered exclusively by registered dietitians and web-based content tailored for people with type 2 diabetes. The Weight Talk(R) program draws from evidence established from the renowned National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and the Look AHEAD trials for weight loss, making it one of the most comprehensive weight loss programs available to employers.

“Alere Wellbeing is committed to offering weight loss and wellness-support for those with, and at risk for, type 2 diabetes,” said Jennifer Lovejoy, Senior Vice President at Alere Wellbeing and one of the original researchers on the DPP trial. “Losing weight can dramatically lower the risk for developing diabetes and improve the health of those already diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The Weight Talk(R) program is designed specifically to help individuals across the spectrum from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes overcome the physical, emotional, behavioral and psychological challenges that surround obesity and weight loss.”

The Association’s mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes through research, education, advocacy and public awareness, including its worksite wellness initiative, Stop Diabetes @ Work(R). The Weight Talk(R) program will form a key part of this initiative, allowing employers to not only educate their employees about ways to lower risk for type 2 diabetes, but also to offer an effective method for managing and preventing its complications.

In addition, AWI and the Association will collaborate on research related to diabetes weight loss and the ongoing development of effective clinical protocols and best practices in the fight against obesity, prediabetes, and diabetes.

“This is a unique and exciting collaboration for the American Diabetes Association,” said Robert E. Ratner, MD, FACP, FACE, Chief Scientific & Medical Officer of the American Diabetes Association. “Prediabetes and diabetes are major drivers of health care costs for employers. The good news is that lifestyle modification leading to weight loss can help lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes by up to 58 percent. Lifestyle modification also leads to a reduction in the need for medications for high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol, reducing long term expenses in a very cost-effective manner. The American Diabetes Association Weight Talk(R) D program provides the Association, for the first time, the ability to offer companies including those we currently work with, a way to address this issue head-on.”

More than 23 million people in the United States have type 2 diabetes and of those, 85 percent are overweight or obese. Approximately 79 million American adults are estimated to have prediabetes, which if current trends continue, could lead to an estimated one in three adults with diabetes by 2050.

About Alere Wellbeing
Alere Wellbeing brings together science, technology, and personal interaction to help people recognize and modify unhealthy behaviors to avoid chronic illness and live longer, more vital lives. Alere Wellbeing’s evidence-based programs address modifiable health risks that contribute to chronic disease: tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and stress. Current clients include 27 state governments and more than 700 health plans and employers, 77 of which are in the Fortune 500. Alere Wellbeing is known and respected for its pay-for-performance business model, intense focus on scalable service quality, dedicated account management, continuous program improvement, and transparent reporting of measurable outcomes. Alere Wellbeing has contributed to more than 140 published research studies and maintains collaboration with the American Cancer Society(R) and the American Diabetes Association(R), and has an active research program funded by the Centers for Disease Control, American Legacy Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health.
More information about Alere Wellbeing can be found at www.alerewellbeing.com.

About the American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association is leading the fight to Stop Diabetes and its deadly consequences and fighting for those affected by diabetes. The Association funds research to prevent, cure and manage diabetes; delivers services to hundreds of communities; provides objective and credible information; and gives voice to those denied their rights because of diabetes. Founded in 1940, our mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. For more information please call the American Diabetes Association at 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383) or visit www.diabetes.org. Information from both these sources is available in English and Spanish.

“Culture is the foundation, the engine we build our businesses on,” observes Tom Ostrenga, ProHealth Care’s Manager of Business and Financial Systems, who believes that many organizations overlook the importance of culture. “If you have a healthy culture, you can accomplish your business objectives and sustain the highest levels of success. But you can’t do any of that if your culture is dysfunctional.”

Visit http://www.empathia.com/case_studies/20130501.php to access the case study, “Reinvigorating a Team. Revitalizing a Culture,” which highlights ProHealth Care’s multifaceted solution for improving its IT team’s working environment and interaction skills. One significant component of this solution was Empathia’s scientifically validated Culture Assessment Tool (CAT), which helped ProHealth Care assess the behavioral landscape of its workplace and then measure and support positive behavior change.

“Our Culture Assessment Tool was created specifically to enable organizations to measure the state of their workplace and identify gaps and issues that hinder their success,” said Empathia’s Jennifer Rebarchik, Manager of Culture1st. “More and more companies are embracing the same ideology as ProHealth Care–that it’s absolutely essential for them to proactively shape and integrate workplace culture into their overall business strategy.”

The case study offers an in-depth examination of all aspects of ProHealth Care’s multifaceted solution, including its behavioral benchmarking initiative, its “Key Conversations” training program, and the direct impact of these efforts on the IT team’s performance.

Download the case study at http://www.empathia.com/case_studies/20130501.php to learn more about how ProHealth Care and Empathia joined forces to bring about this striking cultural and business transformation.

About Empathia
Empathia provides behavioral health solutions that improve the well-being, safety and productivity of organizations and individuals. The company collaborates with private and public sector entities from expansive Fortune 500 corporations to small businesses in addressing a diverse range of needs: employee assistance, disaster response and planning, work-life balance, employee relations, leadership development, training and benefits support. Founded in 1982 under the name NEAS, Empathia has distinguished itself as a quality leader dedicated to creating a superior customer experience for both client organizations and employees. For more information, visit http://www.empathia.com.

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Carrie Reuter
Empathia, Inc.
866-332-9595
creuter(at)empathia(dot)com

[INDIANAPOLIS, IN.], May 2, 2013 – Ninety-four percent of small business owners believe a disaster could seriously disrupt their business within the next two years*, and 15-40 percent of small- to mid-size employers predict they would fail after a natural or manmade disaster** – yet only 35 percent have a comprehensive disaster recovery plan in place***.

United Benefit Advisors, the nation’s leading independent employee advisory organization, and Agility Recovery, an industry leader in disaster preparedness, are hosting a webinar on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 2p.m. ET that outlines the importance of having an emergency plan in place and lays out a strategy for helping employees prepare themselves and their families for a crisis. Register at http://tinyurl.com/cmqav28 and enter code UBAAGR for a discount of $149.

“Disasters happen. Sometimes they’re small like a phone outage; sometimes they’re big like a tornado. But one thing is for certain: If you don’t have a plan, your business will be forever altered,” says Bob Boyd, President and CEO of Agility Recovery.

Join Agility Recovery and UBA as we dive into the strategies and best practices for helping your employees prepare themselves and their families for a crisis.

Detailed discussions will focus on the following areas:

1. The importance of employee preparedness: Statistical support for workplace vulnerability and employee integration into the 10 areas of business preparedness.

2. Ways to directly assist employees: Integrating employees into the business continuity plan; The limitations of a “Work from Home” strategy; Cross Training Employees; Family Preparedness; Transportation planning.

3. Tools to help any organization prepare: Getting employees involved in the overall strategy and planning process; Keeping employees informed and in communication with one another; Creating your crisis plan with employees and their families in mind; Building disaster recovery kits for employees.

ABOUT AGILITY RECOVERY SOLUTIONS

Agility Recovery Solutions is a former division of GE with 23 years disaster recovery and business continuity experience. We are dedicated to creating and delivering innovative business continuity solutions that challenge the traditional industry barriers of scale, cost and complexity. As such, we provide comprehensive, packaged recovery solutions, consulting services and testing options to businesses across the United States and Canada.

ABOUT UNITED BENEFIT ADVISORS

United Benefit Advisors is the nation’s leading independent employee benefits organization with more than 200 offices throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit http://www.UBAbenefits.com.

*American Red Cross and FedEx Small Business Survey, 2007,
**Insurance Information Institute,
***Gartner.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Carina Sammartino
(650) 477-4839
csammartino (at) fishervista (dot) com

Formal workforce recognition programs create a positive work culture for nurses so they are happy and engaged, which is critical to the success of hospitals. This includes acknowledgement of excellent patient care, which can also benefit patient surveys and HCAHPS goals.

Additionally, as Baby Boomers approach retirement, and a new generation of nurses is ushered into the medical field, it is critical to establish a strategic recognition strategy to help retain employees and cut the costly price of potential turnover.

“As we celebrate National Nurses Week, it is important to remember the extraordinary value nurses provide to patients and their families through compassion and dedicated medical care,” said Ashley Fina, president of Michael C. Fina. “Nurses spend long hours in an intense, high-pressure and physical work environment, and tailored recognition programs can help keep nurses motivated, engaged and focused on positive patient experience.”

In addition, Michael C. Fina recommends best practices for effectively recognizing nurses:

1. Create formal recognition initiatives showing appreciation for nurses to promote a positive work culture – involve them in conversations about how they would like to be recognized.
2. Recognize nurses for reaching professional development goals, receiving positive patient feedback and collaborating with other staff members.
3. Focus on motivating nurse preceptors, as they are mentoring the next generation of nurses.
4. Offer nurses control over rewards with flexible choices to help increase motivation.

For more information, visit www.mcfrecognition.com.

About Michael C. Fina

Michael C. Fina is a leading provider of global employee recognition and incentive programs that not only align with core values and business goals, but also inspire people to do great things. With a focus on personal service, the company’s recognition and incentive programs help organizations develop more inspired relationships with their employees. Headquartered in New York since 1935, Michael C. Fina is family-owned and operated and certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council.

“Software as a service–or software and a service(TM) as we say around here–is a rapidly growing and uniquely innovative industry,” said Razor Suleman, founder and chairman of Achievers. “At Achievers, being part of the OnDemand 100 reflects that we are constantly creating and improving on the best possible approach to employee engagement. Our software and services allow our customers to find the intersection of engagement and productivity, which is where Employee Success(TM) lives.”

Each year, the AlwaysOn editorial team, along with investment and industry experts across the globe, scour the entrepreneurial community to identify the top 100 private on-demand, cloud, and SaaS companies that are creating high-growth businesses that offer huge upside potential for investors. The OnDemand 100 companies are leaders amongst their peers and developing radical new approaches and technologies that are likely to push outside the bounds of existing markets. Companies are selected based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

About Achievers
The Achievers mission is to Change the Way the World Works. We are accomplishing this by helping companies around the world recognize and reward positive employee behaviors on a daily basis resulting in higher employee engagement and better business results. With our award-winning technology, unmatched customer service and industry-leading expertise we have powered the world’s most successful rewards and recognition programs. Check us out on the Web at www.achievers.com.