SkillSurvey Webinar Highlights Strategic Value of Online Solutions for Reference-Checking
WAYNE, Penn. — October 23, 2012 — Reference assessment solutions provider SkillSurvey will present strategic hiring best practices in their upcoming webinar, “The Evolution of Reference-Checking into a Strategic Hiring Solution,” on Thursday, November 8 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EST.
#HRTechChat: Workday’s Earthquake of an IPO
What’s that sound? Oh, that’s right: Millions of observers of HR technology, no longer waiting with bated breath to see when or if Workday would ever file for an IPO, just exhaled. Yes, the Workday IPO is finally happening, and #HRTechChat Episode Thirty-Six will inhale as much of the punditry—and as many of the double-takes—as possible. But we need your help. So please tweet with us.
Ground-shaking Numbers
HRO Today & TMT Welcome @ADP to Guest Host #HRTechChat

Topic: Big, Bigger, Biggest: How Companies Are Using Data to Drive Business Outcomes of All Sizes
When: Friday, Oct. 12 @ 2pm ET / 11am PT
New TalentBin Interest Scores to Provide Recruiters with a Quick Measure of the Intensity of a Candidates’ Professional Interests
TalentBin Scores Launches at HR Tech; Fills in the Blanks for Résumés and Online Profiles that List an Applicant’s Interests and Skills, but Lack Indicators of Relative Strength in Those Areas
ADP Broadens its Human Capital Management Offer to Help Midsized Companies Gain a Competitive Edge
ADP Issues New Whitepaper on Midsized Business Owner Perceptions of the U.S. Economy Today vs. Four Years Ago, with a 12-Month Outlook
2012 International HR Beat Survey Reveals What all HR Managers Need to Know About Their Company’s Biggest Competitive Advantage – Its People
New independent research shows what matters most to employees and job candidates across age, geography and gender
SuccessFactors ‘Headlines’ Puts the Power of Analytics in the Hands of Business Managers
SuccessFactors updates Employee Central with an unprecedented “glocalized” approach
Indeed Announces Acquisition by Recruit Co. Ltd
#1 job site worldwide joins forces with a global leader in human resources and information services
#HRTechChat: They Used to Pick Up the Telephone for That
There’s a technology for that. It’s called the telephone. They should pick it up and call their staff. That’s rich. #HRTechChat Lead Co-host Brent Skinner sees it in his online haunts. The quip is usually in response to something about how new technologies help leaders to keep geographically dispersed and demographically or contractually diverse teams on the same page. And the quip is as good a provocation as any for the topic of #HRTechChat this week.
Plenty of People or Plentiful Talent?
Excerpted from a whitepaper titled “A Holistic View of Talent” by John Healy, Vice President & Talent Supply Chain Strategist for Kelly Services, Inc.

