) May 5, 2009 -- The rapid growth and adoption of consumer social networks, and their misuse within the enterprise, should frighten IT departments and corporate executives, according to SelectMinds. The company has identified some of the most recent blunders that have caused enterprise security concerns, personal and professional embarrassment, and HR involvement.

In no particular order, SelectMinds highlights some social network slip-ups:

Vendors selected for the “Cool Vendor report” are innovative, impactful and intriguing. (PRWeb Mar 24, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Gartner/SelectMinds/prweb2258854.htm

) May 27, 2009 -- What: Human Capital Institute Webinar - The Application of Enterprise Social Networking to Talent Acquisition and Management

When: June 2, 2009, 10:00am PT

Where: To register for this webinar, please click here.

) February 5, 2009 -- The Microsoft Alumni Network (MSA) has announced the launch of two special offers designed to help connect exiting and former Microsoft employees with companies looking to fill open positions with high-quality talent.

These special offers, which will last through March 31, 2009, include:

) September 22, 2009 -- A new website, inDegree.com, helps employers target graduate degree holders from across the nation to fill positions that require top talent. inDegree connects three separate yet interdependent groups to improve professional networking and job searches: graduate students and graduate alumni seeking jobs with employers searching for top candidates and with universities who need to stay connected with high-value alumni.

) January 6, 2009 -- Conenza has launched the "Executive Playbook for Corporate Alumni Communities" as part of its ongoing Executive Event Series, an online series designed to help executives who are looking to get started with or increase the impact of a corporate social networking initiative for employees and corporate alumni.

) February 24, 2009

Who: Speaker: Dr. John Sullivan, San Francisco State University; Event Sponsor: Conenza

What: Human Capital Institute Webinar - Excelling at Corporate Alumni Relations

When: March 3, 2009, 10:00am PT

Where: To register for this Webinar, please click here.

) October 8, 2008 -- Increasingly, Global 2000 enterprises are discovering the business value of connecting to, and staying connected with, their employees and alumni using corporate social networking technology. Conenza has launched an online event series to help executives who are looking to get started with a corporate community initiative or increase the impact of an existing program. The Conenza Executive Event Series is designed to provide executives with the information, tools and techniques they need to successfully move their corporate social networking initiatives forward.

) April 7, 2009 -- Conenza, a leading provider of corporate social networking solutions for enterprise employee and alumni communities, today announced the launch of a Corporate Social Networking "Quick Start" Pilot Program.

) December 16, 2008 - Conenza, a leading provider of corporate social networking solutions for corporate alumni and employee communities, today announced the release of the Conenza Community Core 3.0. The Conenza Community Core, the foundational building block of Conenza's enterprise social software solution, provides Global 2000 companies with an easy and cost-effective way to get started and quickly create value from a privately-branded online alumni and employee community.

) January 29, 2009 -- TalentDrive, the producer of the innovative SaaS recruitment technology, TalentFilterSM, and Alumwire, the leading platform that bridges the gap between alumni networks and recruiters through resume collections, job postings, and their unique chat booth technology, have announced a strategic partnership that offers clients the most targeted search capabilities to fill their hiring needs.

) February 11, 2009 -- TalentDrive, http://www.talentdrive.com, the creator of the SaaS recruitment technology, TalentFilter(SM), http://www.talentdrive.com/talent_filter, just today released the results from the recent "Time to Upgrade Your B Talent to the A Talent" January 2009 survey. The surprisingly optimistic results affirm that 46% of surveyed companies are NOT in a hiring freeze. The survey went on to announce that 68% of participants anticipate normal hiring to return by Q3 of this year. However, when asked if new technology was being employed to assist with sourcing, 66% responded no.

) June 30, 2009 -- TalentDrive, the creator of the advanced SaaS sourcing technology, TalentFilterSM, just today released the results from the recent "What Steps Are You Taking to Leverage this Recession" April through June 2009 survey. The economic recovery survey found that 50% of HR Professionals surveyed are actively preparing for the return of hiring and "the other side" of the recession.

) September 2, 2009 -- A new social media website, inDegree.com, connects four separate yet interdependent groups to improve professional networking and job searches: graduate students and graduate alumni seeking jobs with employers searching for top recruits and with universities who need to stay connected with high-value alumni. Each group faces unique yet related challenges:

- For graduate students, placement services have been cut back, on-campus recruiting is down, and increased enrollment means higher competition for fewer jobs.
- Graduate alumni have watched their competitive advantage shrink, as the number of people with graduate degrees increases.

) February 12, 2009 -- PreVisor, the global leader in employment assessments and talent measurement solutions that connect employment decisions to business results, released its 1st annual Global Assessment Trends report today summarizing findings from over 170 companies representing nearly two dozen industries located around the world. This first of its kind comprehensive survey will help human resources practitioners and consultants evaluate their own practices related to assessing current and future employees.

Global Assessment Trends Report 2009

) December 9, 2008 -- iCIMS, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of talent platforms, and The Adler Group, a training and consulting firm specializing in helping companies find and hire top talent using Performance-based Hiring, announced today that they will be offering a complimentary webinar to focus on turning any downturn into an opportunity to build up talent pipelines.

) April 27, 2009 -- NAS Interactive, a division of NAS Recruitment Communications, announced that it will team up with LinkedIn to present "Using Social Networking as Part of Your Talent Sourcing Strategy," a special webinar to be hosted May 5th at 2:00 p.m. EST.

Kevin Hawkins, National Internet Strategist for NAS, and Brandon Salom, Partner Relationship Sales Manager for LinkedIn, will co-host the hour-long presentation. Those attending the session will learn how many HR organizations are already successfully using these powerful Web 2.0 environments to reach candidates, as well as how to use LinkedIn's platforms and solutions.

) May 6, 2009 -- Ira S Wolfe has a warning for leaders of multi-generational organizations: "if you're not using social media in your marketing, recruiting, and retention strategies, they may be working more like shotguns than lasers." Wolfe, President and founder of Success Performance Solutions, based his observations on a nationwide "Are you a Geek or a Geezer?" survey his firm completed May 1.

) August 11, 2009 -- CheckPoint HR, the trusted ally in web-based Human Resources management for small to mid-sized companies, offers various HR strategies that can help an organization begin to plan for future growth beyond the current economic climate.

Preparing for growth during a downturn may not sound like the best use of time or resources, but in reality, now is an opportune time to lay the foundation for future growth. Below are some strategic tips on how your organization can begin to move forward:

) February 17, 2009 -- More than half of employers currently practice strategic environmental management, a survey released today indicates.

“The Greening of HR Survey,” conducted by Buck Consultants, an ACS company and one of the world’s leading human resource and benefits consulting firms, finds that 54 percent of respondents incorporate environmental management into their business operations.

) October 7, 2008 -- Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are benefiting from greater productivity, lower costs, more options for finding and retaining qualified staff, and improved employee health, according to a new survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).

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) October 23, 2008 -- Workplace design plays a pivotal role in overall business performance by supporting the new work modes of a knowledge economy, according to a nationwide study of office workers released today by Gensler (http://www.gensler.com/), a leading global design and consulting firm. The Gensler 2008 U.S. Workplace Survey reveals that top-performing companies are embracing a fundamental restructuring of work through workplace design that places as much emphasis on collaboration, learning and socialization as on individual "heads-down" work.

) September 16, 2008 -- The Asia Pacific lags behind some European countries in recruitment-based social networking, according to a survey conducted by Aquent, the leading global staffing firm specialising in marketing, communications and creative talent.

Greg Savage, Aquent International CEO

The Aquent Orange Book 2008-2009, a salary survey and industry monitor of key Asia Pacific and European markets, revealed a minimal uptake of social networking websites in the Asia Pacific by candidates and employers for recruitment purposes.

) September 15, 2009 -- iCIMS, the third-largest provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition solutions and ere.net will be offering a complimentary webinar on Wednesday, September 16th at 2:00 pm (ET) titled, “Onboarding a Multigenerational Workforce”. The one-hour webinar will be hosted by Madeline Laurano, Principal Analyst at Bersin and Associates and will offer attendees an understanding of the onboarding process for Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y.

) October 1, 2009 -- My Perfect Gig, a candidate fulfillment service for technical departments such as engineering, software and IT, today announced the general availability of a new research report. "Getting to the Short List: How Hiring Managers and Recruiters Find Technical Talent" offers innovative and practical guidance to technical recruiters and hiring managers for today's challenging and dynamic hiring marketplace.

) October 15, 2008 -- Talent Technology Corporation today announced it has partnered with Lawson Software to help simplify the recruitment process for human resource professionals and job candidates. Talent Technology is a provider of recruiting software and related technology. In addition to the recent partnership with Lawson, Talent Technology has already partnered with other leading ERP vendors such as Oracle and SAP. Under this partnership, Lawson will incorporate Talent Technology’s Resume Mirror Extraction Enterprise (RMX Enterprise) solution into Lawson Talent Management, which is part of the Lawson Strategic Human Capital Management System.

) September 15, 2008 -- Berkeley Palmer sights surveys that show new trends in hiring and career search.

Berkeley Palmer, a career management firm with offices in Overland Park, KS is beginning to see a new trend in hiring. Employers are looking to industry outsiders for talent.

) March 27, 2009 -- iCIMS, the third-largest provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition solutions, announced today that it will be exhibiting at the upcoming ERE Spring Expo in San Diego, CA, happening on March 31st and April 1st. For two-days, attendees will be able to visit iCIMS at Booth# 200 and view its premiere Talent Platform- a web-based solution that allows organizations to manage talent acquisition and human resources needs from within one core application.

) February 12, 2009 -- TalentDrive, http://www.talentdrive.com, the creator of the advanced SaaS recruitment technology, TalentFilter(SM), http://www.talentdrive.com/talent_filter, just today released the results from the recent "How is Your Firm Adjusting to the Economy" January 2009 survey. This survey investigated the tactics Staffing Firms are employing to transition to the new economic situation. The most profound statistic was over 58% of those surveyed reported implementing new services and re-positioning their company to attract new clientele.

) February 24, 2009 -- Now is the Time to Focus on Professional Networking

) January 12, 2009 -- As learning professionals around the country welcome the New Year, they also are facing new opportunities and challenges, such as emerging technologies and shrinking budgets.

) May 21, 2009 -- Improved Experience and The Human Capital Institute have jointly announced the establishment of an Executive Council for Strategic Talent Acquisition. The kickoff meeting for the Council will be held in San Francisco on June 8th, immediately prior to HCI’s Strategic Talent Acquisition Conference on June 9-10.

) June 18, 2009 -- Kip Hollister, Founder and CEO of Boston-based staffing firm Hollister, Inc., announced today that her firm is launching a cutting-edge approach to recruiting called "Recruiting 2.0," which leverages Web 2.0 technologies (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc) to discover the best job candidates for clients. The approach was developed in partnership with 451 Marketing, Boston's leading new media communications agency.

) January 18, 2009 -- Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications has strategically partnered with InXpo to provide companies with innovative opportunities to attract talent by hosting their own Virtual Career Fairs.

The mutually beneficial relationship enables clients to capitalize on Shaker's nearly 60 years of recruitment expertise and the advanced technology resources provided by InXpo, the leading provider of real-time virtual events.

"We're very proud to have partnered with InXpo," says Tina Krater, Sales Director.

) May 14, 2009 -- Deltek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PROJ), the leading provider of enterprise applications software for project-focused businesses, today announced that it has signed a reseller partnership with SilkRoad technology to expand the human resources capabilities within Deltek Costpoint. Deltek will integrate SilkRoad's best-of-breed Life Suite of talent management solutions with Deltek's Costpoint Human Resources (HR) module. Deltek and SilkRoad already have more than 20 common customers using both companies' technology to manage the end-to-end human resources process.

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) July 8, 2009 -- Excelsior College, a nonprofit leader in distance education for working adults, has boosted its online profile by leveraging the social networking opportunities on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Excelsior is engaging distance learners in general, as well as Hispanics, veterans and military personnel, and alumni.

) July 1, 2009 -- ConsultNet, a leading technology and engineering staffing provider, announced today the release of the 2009 Technology Staffing Outlook, which includes a survey of Hiring Managers for IT- and engineering-related workers in four states - California, Colorado, Texas and Utah. The report reveals that despite the economic recession, Western companies are expecting stabilizing and increasing IT and Engineering department headcounts and budgets in the second half of 2009.

) September 23, 2008 -- Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO) and HRhome announced their partnership today, creating a comprehensive solution for the recruiting and compliance needs of HR Professionals in small to mid-sized companies.

With this partnership, Taleo Business Edition customers can subscribe to the HRhome web portal—a members-only online portal created to meet everyday Human Resource challenges. HRhome provides information, tools, and resources in the critical areas of compliance requirements, employment law, HRIS, immigration, workplace safety and policies.

) September 23, 2008 -- IGLOO Software, an emerging leader in corporate social networking (CSN), today announced it has been named by Red Herring as one of Canada's most innovative and promising companies. Placing on the Red Herring Top 50, IGLOO provides organizations big and small with the ability to share information and network in an easy-to-use Web 2.0 community environment. Leveraging an established suite of online tools, IGLOO is changing how organizations approach content management, collaboration and social networking while increasing employee visibility across the company.

) August 11, 2009 -- iCIMS, the third-largest provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition solutions and ERE.net will be offering a complimentary webinar on Wednesday, August 12th at 2:00 pm (ET) titled, "OFCCP and Recruiting: How can you innovate and regulate?" The one-hour webinar will be hosted by Cassie Fireman, CPO of Talent Acquisition Management at Knowledge Infusion and will offer attendees tips and recommendations for OFCCP compliance.