HR Vendor News

ARAG Earns Center of Excellence Honor for Third Straight Year

By HR Vendor News | November 16, 2009

DES MOINES, Iowa – November 17, 2009 – ARAG® has been certified a Center of Excellence for the third consecutive year by BenchmarkPortal, a national benchmarking organization affiliated with Purdue University’s Center for Customer-Driven Quality. “Being certified a Center of Excellence reflects ARAG’s strong commitment to providing best in class products and service. It is…

Wonderlic Joins US Department of Education in Reviewing Federal Aid Eligibility Requirements

By HR Vendor News | November 16, 2009

November 16, 2009 – Libertyville, IL – Wonderlic, Inc., the leading provider of student and employment assessment and evaluation solutions, is the sole Ability to Benefit (ATB) test publisher to be granted a seat on the US Department of Education’s Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) Negotiated Rulemaking Team. In an August 2009 report released by…

HRAdvance Announces Blog: Workforce Intelligence: Empowering Topics for HR and Employees

By HR Vendor News | November 16, 2009

DALLAS – November 17 2009 – HRAdvance, the standard in eligibility solutions, announced today that it is launching a blog covering workforce intelligence for benefits, human resources, and finance professionals. HRAdvance is launching the blog to share the team’s insights and results regarding dependent eligibility audit and corresponding solutions as well as offer a fresh…

myStaffingPro and Bamboo HR Announce Strategic Partnership

By HR Vendor News | November 16, 2009

Lima, OH (November 17, 2009) – myStaffingPro, a leader in applicant tracking software, announced today a partnership with the employee management tool, Bamboo HR. This partnership combines the strength of myStaffingPro’s advanced applicant tracking technology with the HRIS system of Bamboo HR. The partnership creates a seamless solution for small to medium sized companies. Customers…

MICHAEL C. FINA RECEIVES STEVIE FOR EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR AT 6th ANNUAL WOMEN IN BUSINESS AWARDS

By HR Vendor News | November 16, 2009

November 17, 2009 – New York, NY – Michael C. Fina, a leading provider of global recognition solutions, was named Employer of the Year at the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The awards, which were presented at a gala dinner at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Friday evening, recognize…

Wellness Survey: Businesses Look to Wellness Programs to Improve Productivity and Lower Absenteeism Stress Cited as Top Health Risk Driving Wellness Programs Around the World

By HR Vendor News | November 16, 2009

NEW YORK: Nov. 16, 2009 – Improving productivity by keeping employees healthy and working is emerging as the top business objective for employer-sponsored wellness programs around the world. The two exceptions are the United States, where reducing health care cost increases overwhelmingly continues to be the top goal, and Asia, where the most important objective…

Infohrm Survey Predicts Increasing Investment in Workforce Planning for 2010

By HR Vendor News | November 12, 2009

Washington, DC – November 13, 2009 – In one of the largest workforce planning studies ever conducted, almost fifty percent of the 780 respondents expect their investment in workforce planning to increase across the next 12 months. Produced by Infohrm, the global leader in workforce planning, reporting and analytics solutions, the 2009 survey entitled “Workforce…

Stress Costs! Resilience Saves! HeartMath Experts Say Chronic Stress is a Serious Health and Productivity Crisis Affecting Millions of Employees and the Companies They Work For

By HR Vendor News | November 11, 2009

Boulder Creek, California – November 12, 2009 – Why are companies are still glossing over the issue of workplace stress? It’s as though people think there isn’t much we can do about it; that it’s an unavoidable fact of modern life. Instead of treating the source, we tend to focus on managing – and paying…

TEDS Releases New Version of Talent Management Suite with Workforce Planning and Management Module

By HR Vendor News | November 11, 2009

Atkins, VA – November 12, 2009 –TEDS®, Inc., originator of the organic, fully integrated Talent Management solution, today released version 9.1 of its Talent Management Suite. The suite’s newest module, TEDS Workforce Management, provides companies with another key competitive advantage. “Intelligent workforce planning and management are critical to gaining and preserving a competitive advantage in…

WorldatWork Announces 2010 Board of Directors

By HR Vendor News | November 10, 2009

November 10, 2009 – Washington, D.C. – WorldatWork, a global human resources association with offices in Washington, D.C. and Scottsdale, AZ, has announced its newly elected 2010 Board of Directors. Continuing her term, Sara R. McAuley, CCP, WLCP, Executive Vice President & CHRO, Tygris Commercial Finance Group Inc., will chair the WorldatWork board in 2010.…