Archive for June, 2009

Recruiting Process Outsourcing Business Extends ATS Partnership

Friday, June 26th, 2009

In order to provide their users with better service, many recruitment process outsourcing

(RPO) firms partner with HR software providers. According to a recent press release one such provider, PrincetonOne HirePursiuit, recently extended its partnership with iCIMS so that its applicant tracking needs will be taken care of.

PrincetonOne HirePursuit, which handles the RPO

side of PrincetonOne, has been working with iCIMS since 2004. The two companies recently signed a three-year contract to extend their partnership. Currently iCIMS has over 750 clients globally that utilize their Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) options.

Prior to choosing to extend the partnership for iCIMS’ Talent Platform, HirePursuit researched a variety of different applicant tracking systems providers. Afterwards, the company decided that iCIMS’ system continues to be best choice for their clients because it remains the most technologically advanced option.

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Pre-Employment Screening

Friday, June 19th, 2009

As part of the description section of job listings

many companies include that they desire that all applicants be proficient in using Microsoft ’s variety of products for the office place. The problem with this is that many job seekers will claim to have expertise that they do not possess. Because of this, Criteria Corp., a pre-employment testing service provider, recently announced that it has integrated a computer skills test into HireSelect software.

Earlier this month Criteria sent out a press release about finalizing this integration. Now users of HireSelect will be able to add both a Microsoft Excel and a Microsoft Word proficiency to their already existing hiring assessment

efforts.

“Our customers have been telling us that computer skills tests would be a great addition to HireSelect, and we are excited to meet that need through our partnership with Skillsarens,” said Josh Millet in the press release.

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Jobs in Providence, Rhode Island

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Since June of 2007, Rhode Island’s unemployment rate has been steadily rising. During the month of April the percentage of the population that was without work rose 0.5 percent from March’s 10.6 percent to 11.1 percent. This particularly significant considering the fact that one year ago, in April of 2008, only 7.1 percent of residents didn’t have jobs in Rhode Island

, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

While the state’s overall unemployment rate has been climbing for some time now, the joblessness level in Providence

remained steady in April. According to the Bureau 11.4 percent of the metro area’s population is without work. A year ago, only 6.3 percent of Providence residents didn’t have jobs.

Over the course of the last 12 months, the Providence metro area has seen a 4.4 percent decline in jobs. Currently there are 548,500 jobs in the city and surrounding area, but the civilian workforce consists of 616,500 people. This means that competition for the existing available jobs is high.

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Las Vegas Jobs Rest on Judge’s Decision

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

While the recession has injured the economy in many areas across the country, the strife caused has been magnified in certain cities. Since Las Vegas’ financial well-being is rooted deeply in tourism, this area in particular has seen its share of problems recently. With money being tight for many individuals, fewer people can afford to visit the city—let alone gamble large sums of many at the many casinos.

As a result of this, casinos are suffering. Several have had to put large-scale construction projects on hold. This of course has affected a number of Las Vegas Jobs(click here)

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According to a recent press release, the troubles for one of these gaming moguls. Fontainebleau Las Vegas, LLC

recently filed for a judge to expedite the resolution of the lawsuit it is currently involved in against its lenders. Fontainebleau feels that the lenders breached a contract, in which they agreed to lend the resort and casino $656 million for their current project. They had asked that the funds denied to them on March 3rd of this year be turned over to them immediately.

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