DALLAS, Nov. 21, 2013–Assess Systems today announced a major strategic partnership with GoodPractice, a United Kingdom management and leadership learning resource provider. Under the partnership, Assess Systems’ talent development assessments will be bolstered within the UK market by follow-up learning resources–such as online toolkits, e-learning materials and videos–from Scotland-based GoodPractice. As part of the agreement,…
NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2013 – RightOpt, the private health insurance exchange from Buck Consultants, A Xerox Company (NYSE: XRX), is servicing more than 400,000 active participants during the fall open enrollment period. Since it became available earlier this year, employers using RightOpt include Arby’s Restaurant Group, Bob Evans Farms, Church & Dwight Co., Inc.,…
NEWS: Survey Finds Training and E-Learning Not Effective, Although Organizations Use Them Most Often
DALLAS/FT. WORTH – November 19, 2013 – While traditional training courses and E-Learning were the most-used employee career development methods in both 2011 and 2013, they consistently ranked much lower in effectiveness in both years. The information comes from a comparison of results from two surveys conducted by Insala in 2011 and 2013. The purpose…
Holman Moving Systems today announced that that the company has won United’s Customer Choice Award for 2013. The coveted award is based on customer service survey results, as well as van line stat ratings in claims, safety, revenue distribution and billing and quality of labor for the period of July 1, 2012 to June 30,…
Woburn, MA November 19, 2013 — HealthcareSource, the leading provider of talent management solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced it ranked number 417 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500(TM), a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. HealthcareSource grew 177 percent from 2008 to…
On September 6 -7, 2013, HR.com’s CEO, Debbie McGrath, addressed a group of more than 40 human resources (HR) leaders in Saudi Arabia about the importance of developing a strategic HR portal in the local area to showcase HR best practices and HR leaders. The workshop was held in Jeddah and was organized by the…
Richardson, TX – November 15, 2013 – HRsmart, a leading provider of global, unified talent management solutions, today announced that it has delivered the first installment of a multi- part donation relief fund for the people of the Philippines. HRsmart has committed that for every $1 raised by its employees, it will donate $3 to…
Fort Worth, TX. November 15, 2013 -Talent management solutions provider, Profiles International, announced Kris Dunn as the keynote speaker for their 2014 World Conference, hosted in Fort Worth, January 16-18. Dunn will deliver his keynote on “The 9 Faces of HR” to over 300 conference attendees. In his professional career, Dunn has led HR practices…
WASHINGTON, DC November 14, 2013 Three economists from the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will present a workshop on “Using BLS Price and Wage Indexes in Contract Escalations” at the upcoming 32nd Annual Government Contract Management Symposium on November 18, 2013 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. The symposium is…
New Providence, NJ (November 13, 2013) – The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) has always applied to non-unionized workplaces, which is a surprise to many organizations. Now, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is targeting and striking down common workplace policies it sees as “chilling” (i.e. restricting non-union employees’ right to engage in protected activity),…