Human Resource News

According to a recent study of Northeast Ohio employers conducted by ERC, most respondents cite training and workshops as the most common way in which they develop high potential employees, defined as employees with the most potential to move into higher roles within an organization. Training and workshops was the most common ...

It’s the beginning of the New Year and most of us are putting into place new goals for 2010 – organizationally, across teams, and even personally. As we create those goals, perhaps we are tackling the most perplexing question facing our business – what goals will lead us to the greatest organizational effectiveness and profitability? According to a recent study, the answer may surprise you.

As further evidence of its commitment to the Human Capital Management marketplace, Bedford Funding, a private equity firm with $800 million in available capital specializing in investments in the software and IT sector, today announced its $100 million acquisition of Peopleclick, the leading provider of Talent Acquisition and Workforce Compliance ...

MPS Group Inc. said Tuesday it agreed to settle two shareholder class-action lawsuits related to its proposed sale to Swiss staffing firm Adecco Inc.

Peopleclick , a Raleigh company that makes human resources software, has been purchased by New York private equity firm Bedford Funding for about $100 million, the companies announced Tuesday.

Korn/Ferry International Inc. said on Monday that it has acquired Sensa Solutions, a Washington D.C.-area management consultant that primarily serves U.S. government agencies.

January 04, 2010 Steiner Leisure Limited trading at $40.99 on a volume of 19,540 shares In a press release on January 04, Steiner Leisure Limited Announces Completion of Acquisition of Bliss World Holdings, Inc.

The Decade of Zero changed the nation and the world -- and those changes filtered down to Kern County as well.

Human resources consulting company Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc completed its merger with rival Towers Perrin Forster & Crosby to form a combined company called Towers Watson & Co that will make its U.S. trading debut on Monday.

It's smart to have a current resume on hand in case an attractive career opportunity arises, or you find yourself suddenly out of work.

ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. , the leading provider of workforce management and service optimization solutions, today announced that it expects record revenues at the fourth quarter of 2009 of about $17 million, exceeding its previous guidance of an approximate range of $16.0 to $16.7 million.

Kforce Government Solutions, Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kforce Inc. , announced today that it has entered into an Administrative Agreement with the Department of Interior that terminates the December 15, 2009 suspension of KGS from participating in new and renewed Federal government business.

Dec. 31 -- Jeffrey Joerres, chief executive officer of Manpower Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu about the increase of temporary worker assignments and its impact on the global economy.

Canadian workers will be a little more in demand and can be a little less fearful about job security in 2010, economists and employer surveys say.

Paula Padua from WestJet is a Toronto-based customer service agent. Where's the finest place to get hired, prosper, retire? In our annual survey of the country's most impressive employers, what it takes to inspire greatness from your staff depends on whom you ask Steve Brearton From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Dec.

Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading this morning.

Close See a sample reprint in PDF format. Order a reprint of this article now CAREERS DECEMBER 30, 2009 By SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN Recruiters are bullish on the outlook for executive-level job hunters in 2010.

Derek Dewan, Chairman of the MPS Group, was shot and robbed while at the Wachovia Bank ATM on St.

A pair of North Carolina specialty outsourcing companies are forgoing taxpayer grants as the recession hits health care and financial services differently.

U.S. employers expect to hire more new workers in 2010 than they did in 2009, a sign the U.S. recession may be easing its grip, research showed on Tuesday.