Month: December 2010

Job Search Television Network Wins Prestigious Award for Human Resources Technology Innovation

By HR Vendor News | December 30, 2010

Chicago — Job Search Television Network (JSTN) announced today that HRO Today Magazine has recognized JSTN as one of the year’s most innovative human resource technologies. The company was awarded a prestigious HR SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) TekTonic Award for its unique video-centric recruitment products. The award was presented to JSTN at the HR Demo Show, a…

BLS's Compensation and Working Conditions Online Journal Provides Wealth of Information on Compensation Topics

By HR Vendor News | December 29, 2010

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Compensation and Working Conditions Online (CWC Online) is a monthly journal that features analytical articles on compensation (wages and benefits), collective bargaining, and safety and health issues. Most articles feature data from BLS surveys and are written by the agency’s analysts who know the data thoroughly and have the…

Sendouts Fulfills Holiday Wish Lists of Four Local Military Families

By HR Vendor News | December 23, 2010

ST. LOUIS, December 22, 2010 — Sendouts is helping Operation Homefront by fulfilling the holiday wish lists of four adopted military families in the local St. Louis area. OH is a nonprofit organization that supports the families of deployed service members who are faced with financial hardship, death, injury or physical or mental detriment as…

JWT INSIDE Wins iNOVA Grand Prize in Careers/Recruitment for the Bloomberg Personality Index. Sweeping Careers; Placing in Intranet, Brand Management, Blog

By HR Vendor News | December 22, 2010

JWT INSIDE, one of the world’s leading employee relationship marketing agencies, was honored with ten iNOVA Awards, winning Grand Prize and sweeping the Careers/Recruitment Category for the second consecutive year; in addition to placing in Intranet Sites, Redesign/Relaunch, Business Blog, Brand Management and Social Network. The iNOVA Awards, sponsored by MerComm, Inc., honor the world’s…

Select International Closes 2010 with Continued Growth, Client Acquisition Poised for More Success in 2011

By HR Vendor News | December 22, 2010

Pittsburgh-based Select International, a global provider of human resource assessment solutions, is reporting very solid growth as it closes out 2010 and looks ahead to 2011. In a year where many organizations were in recovery mode, Select International experienced a 33% growth increase and secured over 40 new clients in a wide range of industries…

Sherri Bockhorst Joins Buck Consultants in St. Louis as Principal

By HR Vendor News | December 21, 2010

NEW YORK, Dec. 21, 2010 – Sherri Bockhorst has joined Buck Consultants as a principal in the firm’s St. Louis office. She will serve in the Health and Productivity practice. With 15 years of consulting experience, Bockhorst joins Buck from Towers Watson, where she led the St. Louis health & group benefits practice. Her consulting…

Health Reform Prompts Employers to Get Creative with Wellness

By HR Vendor News | December 21, 2010

December 15, 2010–The epic debate on health care raised plenty of controversy and confusion – but one thing that people across both aisles seemed to agree on was the need for a renewed focus on wellness and prevention at the workplace, in schools and at home. While wellness didn’t get nearly as much media coverage…

Job Search Television Network Wins Prestigious Award for Human Resources Technology Innovation

By HR Vendor News | December 21, 2010

Chicago, IL — Job Search Television Network (JSTN) announced today that HRO Today Magazine has recognized JSTN as one of the year’s most innovative human resource technologies. The company was awarded a prestigious HR SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) TekTonic Award for its unique video-centric recruitment products. The award was presented to JSTN at the HR Demo Show,…

Impact Achievement Group Article Advises New Managers on Effective Delegation

By HR Vendor News | December 21, 2010

SEATTLE — December 21, 2010 — Learning to effectively delegate appropriate tasks and prevent upward delegation are critical components of successful management. A new article by Impact Achievement Group gives new managers actionable tips for successfully assigning work tasks. “Initiative, Personal Responsibility, and Delegation,” the twelfth in a 12-part article series, gives new supervisors practical…

Sonar6 awarded top 100 placing in the 2010 Asia Pacific Deloitte Technology Fast 500

By HR Vendor News | December 20, 2010

Auckland, NZ December 20 2010 — Auckland-based software developer Sonar6’s 324% revenue growth over the past three years has again earned the company a spot among the Asia Pacific region’s 100 fastest-growing technology companies. The Deloitte Fast 500 Program recognizes those technology companies with the fastest rates of annual revenue growth from 2007 to 2009.…