NEW YORK: June 29, 2010 – Chantel Sheaks, a principal based in Buck Consultants’ Washington, D.C., office, has been named to Consulting magazine’s Top 25 Consultants for 2010. Sheaks was selected for excellence in client service. The annual list of top consultants appears in the magazine’s May/June 2010 issue. “The consulting success stories, of course,…
Knoxville, TN – June 25, 2010 — Effective Resources, Inc. is conducting its second annual benchmarking survey of salary, wages and benefits offered to Tennessee employers via their secure survey website, SalarySurveyOnline.com. With clients in virtually all industry groups, Effective Resources saw the need for employers to provide more local details in order to attract…
SEATTLE, June 29, 2010 – New managers must handle an important new area of responsibility—conducting performance reviews. Training is critical to help them provide fair and meaningful employee appraisals, according to Impact Achievement Group. Conducting great reviews, whether informal or formal, is a challenge for most managers. Those new to management can excel by recognizing…
Austin, TX, June 29, 2010 — Profiles International, a global leader in employment assessment tools, proudly launches a new division, the Profiles Research Institute. The Profiles Research Institute is advancing research in business by requesting insight and opinions from real professionals, in real work environments, dealing with real problems. In so doing, Profiles bridges the…
CLEVELAND / JUNE 28, 2010 — Employment background checks have become an integral part of the hiring process and will only increase in popularity, according to survey findings released by EmployeeScreenIQ. The global background screening provider surveyed more than 600 HR professionals between April and May 2010. Their response revealed that employment screening has become…
PHOENIX, June 28, 2010 — Universal Background Screening today announced the addition of VerifyToday to the company’s comprehensive suite of background screening and related services. The solution eliminates the hassle for employers to respond to incoming verification requests about their current and former employees from third parties, such as other employers, mortgage lenders, landlords, property…
CAMPBELL, CA — Social media — two little words generating a whole lot of buzz. Most recruiters agree that social media is “the wave of the future” but just aren’t sure where or how to begin. Melyssa Bernstein, emerging media specialist and account executive at the global recruitment marketing agency, CKR Interactive, will be presenting…
PHOENIX, June 25, 2010 — Universal Background Screening, Inc., a leading provider of employment background checks, drug testing, physical exams, and compliance management solutions, today announced that it successfully deployed several integrations with Taleo Business Edition. The Universal-Taleo Business Edition integration and strategic alliance, established last year, brought together Taleo’s leading on demand talent management…
PHOENIX, June 24, 2010 — Universal Background Screening, a leading provider of employment background screening, drug testing, physical exams, and compliance management solutions, today announced that it will exhibit at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference and Exposition to be held in San Diego, CA on June 27th through 30th. SHRM is…
Tired management technique leads to confusion, inaction Washington, D.C.—June 21, 2010— Leadership IQ, a leadership development and research company, explains why Compliment Sandwiches are ineffective and should be avoided at all costs. The Compliment Sandwich consists of a critique filling “sandwiched” between two pieces of compliment bread. In an era when employee engagement and satisfaction…