hroot global human resources marketwatch oct. 2012

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HR MarketWatchHRoot White Paper

1HRoot Human Resources MarketWatch is released by Competitive Intelligence System (CIS) developed by HRoot, a leading Chinese human resources media & internet company. The CIS tracks intelligence of over 100 china-based HR service providers covering HR consulting, HR training, head hunting, recruitment, talent assessment, HRO, e-HR, eLeaning, HR media, and HR convention.

The Intelligence seamlessly tracks and monitors trend of developments of HR industry, the result of which is well collected, edited and sorted by our specialists. HRoot Human Resources MarketWatch covers intelligence on laws & policies of human resources, news & events, contracting information, financial statement, website traffic ranking, etc. HRoot Human Resources MarketWatch provides business managers with real-time and comprehensive information about competitors and competitive environment so that they make wise decisions and handle ever-changing markets with flexibility.

Currently, the following contents and data are covered in this Intelligence:Laws & Policies: Monthly updates on major laws of human recourses, polices and information issued or modified by national and/or local governments News & Events: Monthly updates on recruitment trends, personnel changes at HR service providers, latest business development, financial statement, major surveys & reports, awards, M&A, and etc. Market Events: Monthly updates on marketing promotions by HR service providers, including summits, forums seminars, and etc. Contracting Information: Monthly updates on information of clients entering into contracts with information of HR service providers.Ranking of Market Capitalization of Listed Companies: Monthly ranking of listed HR companies by market capitalization. Data on market cap are calculated from the monthly closing price of companies. Ranking of Global Traffic of Websites: It is ranked according to the global traffic of websites, which was the mean of the monthly statistic collected from tool bars by Alexa. The number various with the daily PVs by independent IPs, and thus indicates the popularity of a website.

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1.About HRoot China Human Resources Service Industry Market Watch 2012

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Shanghai Human Resources and Social Security Bureau: For unused annual leave employer shall pay 3 times the wages

(Oct. 8, 2012, Shanghai) -- During this year's holiday period, the Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau official microblogged interpretation of the specific policy of paid leave. Workers work continuously for 12 months or more are entitled to paid annual leave. The workers who has worked between one full year and 10 years can have the annual leave of five days; those who have worked between 10 years and 20 years can have 10 days annual leave; those working for over 20 full years can have 15 days annual leave. Annual leave days are determined based on the the workers’ accumulated work time; national statutory holidays, and off-work days are not included in the annual leave; holiday workers shall enjoy home leave, marriage and funeral leave, maternity leave and other leave stipulated by state regulations and leave due to work-related injury are not included in the annual leave.

The income distribution system reform program is expected to be announced this month

(Oct. 9, 2012, Beijing) -- The overall program of reform of the income distribution system is expected to be announced this October. Recently, a number of experts talking about income distribution reform program focused on increasing the income of residents and on the reform of monopoly industries. Liu Kegu, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a consultant of the National Development Bank, said that the income distribution reform after China embraced reforms and opening up in the late 1970s have neglected the issue of fair and balance, and has accumulated problems that should be addressed through deepening reform and further standardizing the income distribution. To this end, he proposed to better play the role of the government in the regulation of income redistribution, speed up tax reform, standardize the order of income distribution, so as to give impetus to the change to the mode of economic development and social harmony and stability.

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The Beijing Human IESS: Hospitals’ year-end bonus to be canceled in case of breach of medical insurance regulations

(Oct. 10, 2012, Beijing) -- Yesterday, the Beijing Municipal Human IESS confirmed that the total Medicare health insurance fund management is tool for the management of medical institutions, rather than Medicare patients, and therefore does not involve the adjustment of the balance sheet of medical expenses. The relevant person in charge explained that, the Medicare’s total prepaid amount will not affect public personal medical treatment and medical treatment. If the hospital runs out of management quota, the surplus part will be reimbursed by the health insurance fund. But it will strengthen supervision on the hospitals that create surplus, and at the end of the year they will not receive bonus.

CIRC cares about corporate governance

(Oct. 11, 2012, Beijing) -- In the launch conference of the development of China's insurance industry report, a part of the Philosophy and Social Science Series Development Report sactioned by the Ministry of Education, Peking University China Insurance and Social Security Research Center Fellow Program believes that the medium and long-term growth potential of the insurance industry is still relatively optimistic. With reference to the "Report 2012" deputy director of the CIRC Policy Research Xiong Zhiguo estimates, from 2011 to 2020, the development of China's insurance industry needs to solve ten important issues, among which China's life insurance industry marketers do not reach customers, find it difficult to attract customers, and deliver services that do not engage customers lead to the great concern of the participants, It is in this context that the web finances make great headway and consumers have developed a new habits.

Shandong province to amend labor contract regulations

(Oct. 15, 2012, Jinan) -- It is learned from the legislative meeting of Shandong Provincial People’s Congress Standing Committee that the province will amend its Labor Contract Regulations and formulate the Shandong HR Market Management Regulation. In addition, the Shandong Anti-Draft Regulation and Water-using Management Regulation were also proposed to be amended. The Shandong HR Market Management Regulation will replace two previous legal documents to save legal resources.

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Shaanxi to forcefully implement paid leave next year

(Oct. 15, 2012, Xi’an) -- It is learned from the Shaanxi Leave Conference that Shaanxi will forcefully implement paid leave of employees. It is demanded that all employers shall guarantee paid leave for their employees on the premises of no negative impact on the work arrangement. Employees can take paid leave on rotational basis, and government department will inspect companies to investigate the implementation. For special reasons or the employees agree to give up paid leave, they should receive triple payment for the leave they due to have.

Insurance for low-income communities to cover all urban and rural areas

(Oct. 16, 2012, Beijing) - National Social Services Ministry of Civil Affairs released the latest statistics shows that, in August this year, the 21.367 million urban population under the minimum income level took living allowance of RMB4.56 billion in total; the 52.89 million rural population living under minimum income level had receive allowance of RMB4.83 billion. In the five-year period, the country invested a total of 415.1 billion yuan to guarantee the allowance funds, and the level of low income grew by 58% and 105% in urban and rural areas respectively, and the actual subsidy levels were increased by 136% and 187%. At present, China's low-income people living security has greatly improved, and the poor communities meeting the conditions of subsidy have been fully covered by the insurance program. Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued the "Measures for the Administration of the urban and rural minimum living security funds"

(Oct. 17, 2012, Beijing) - Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs recently issued the "Measures for the administration of urban and rural minimum living security fund.” The Urban and rural minimum living security fund includes temporary or one-time grant funds of life in urban and rural areas, the urban and rural minimum target price subsidies, and festivals subsidies. The fund raising channel for urban and rural low income communities includes the arrangements for the funding of budgets at all levels, and social donation. Financial departments at all levels should include the funds in their budget at the same level. At the same time, fiscal and tax preferential policies should encourage and guide social forces to provide donations and fund from various channels to raise funds for urban and rural low income security funds. The low income security fund standard should be timely adjusted according to price changes and economic and social development.


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Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security:Pension gap may increase individual contributions, delayed retirement will not be announced immediately

(Oct. 21, 2012, Beijing) - He Ping, director of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Social Security Institute, was recently invited as a guest to People.com and exchanged with netizens on how to solve the hot issues of the widening pension gap. When they came to the topic of how to make up for the pension gap, He Ping suggested two ways out: firstly, to increase individual contributions to personal accounts to fix it; another is to increase the strategic reserve. It is noteworthy that the previous much discussed delay of retirement was not been included on the agenda. The pension gap problem, from the statistics released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security this year, is not a problem as the balance of our pensions is growing year by year, and the amount is increasing. The Ministry of Finance intends to amend the employee payroll accounting standards, post-employment benefit becomes a focus of concern

(Oct. 23, 2012, Beijing) - According to a China Accounting report, the Ministry of Finance Accounting Division is revising guidelines of "Enterprise Accounting Standard No. 9”, a standard about employee benefits and collection public opinion about the draft. The relevant authorities involved in the revision of the guidelines or straight pipe sector organizations can collect comments and feedbacks before December 31, 2012 and submit them to the Accounting Division of the Ministry of Finance. The revision covers such issues as to enrich the post-employment benefits, and add accounting norms as per the newly defined benefit plan; make new regulations on the payment of pension, unemployment insurance for workers and businesses and present them in the short-term remuneration accounting norms, add new regulations on post-employment benefits; enrich the accounting treatment of provisions for termination benefits; introduce other long-term employee benefits, and a complete specification of the accounting treatment of employee compensation. The revised accounting standards on employee compensation will cover all types of employee remuneration except stocks.

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German jobless to rise in election year 2013

(Oct. 1, 2012, BERLIN, /Reuters/) -- German unemployment is set to rise in 2013 after three years of decline, a study showed on Thursday, handing the opposition a useful campaign weapon as Chancellor Angela Merkel bids for a third term in power. As the euro zone debt crisis saps economic momentum in Germany the average number of jobless will rise next year by some 40,000 to 2.94 million, after falling by 80,000 in 2012, according to estimates by the Institute for Labour Market Research (IAB), the Federal Labour Office's think-tank. The study said the number of people in employment would increase by 200,000 as immigration brings more people become to the labour market. German joblessness rose for a fifth month running in August, although it still remains close to a post-reunification low. The Federal Labour Office has acknowledged that slowing growth is beginning to take its toll on what has been one of Europe's most resilient jobs markets. A survey released earlier on Thursday showed staffing levels in Germany's services sector fell in September for the first time since April, as companies faced a lack of new orders and became more pessimistic about their future prospects and backlogs of work fell. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 0.3 percent in the second quarter as companies, nervous about the debt crisis sweeping southern euro zone states, cut back on investments. Many economists are expecting GDP to contract in the third quarter of the year, with Germany possibly even entering a technical recession - defined as two consecutive quarters of falling GDP - in the latter half of 2012.

U.S. private sector adds more jobs than expected, but market remains weak

(Oct 3, 2012, NEW YORK, /Reuters/) -- U.S. companies added 162,000 jobs in September, more than economists expected but still pointing to slow improvement in the labor market, data from a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National Employment Report would show a gain of 143,000 jobs. The increase in private payrolls in August was revised down to 189,000 from the previously reported 201,000. July’s rise was also revised down, to 156,000 from 173,000. The ADP figures come ahead of the government’s much more comprehensive labor market report for September due on Friday, which includes both public and private sector employment. That report is expected to show job growth improved slightly, with employers adding 113,000 jobs. Private payrolls are seen rising by 130,000.

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Skills shortage aids recruiter Matchtech

(Oct. 6, 2012, UK, /ft.com/) --A skills shortage in engineering in the UK is helping to boost profits at specialist recruiter Matchtech, which has reported increasing demand for contract jobs in the sector. The technical and engineering recruiter said it had benefited from a growing requirement for temporary jobs, as companies seek to lower their fixed costs. “Even during the depth of the recession, [contract recruitment] was very resilient and now it’s growing even quicker,” said Adrian Gunn, chief executive of Matchtech. He said more engineering companies were hiring temporary workers for large projects and attributing the costs to the project, rather than adding to their baseline costs by hiring permanent staff. Matchtech also reported “unprecedented” demand for contract recruitment in its technology and professional services divisions. In total, two-thirds of the group’s fees now come from contract recruitment. In the 12 months to July 31, the group’s net fee income rose to £36.1m, a 21 per cent increase on the previous year. Pre-tax profits in the period rose 25 per cent year on year, to £8m. Revenues were up to £371.4m this year, from £301.8m in the year to July 31 2011.

Multiskilled Web designers flying high on recruiters' radar

(Oct. 6, 2012, /Workforce.com/) --From pharmaceutical-makers to online retailers and financial services, companies are seeking top-tier Web designers who can create rich user experiences, social media interactions and other interactive apps. With the explosion in online content, job opportunities in Web design are expected to increase 13 percent through 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2012-13 Occupational Outlook Handbook. The BLS states that people with skills in Web design, mobile and other technologies will find the most opportunity in today's job market, with more companies regularly seeking new college graduates with the latest techniques in Web design. Donna Farrugia, executive director of the Creative Group, has seen an "unreal" increase in the amount of job orders for Web designers. In fact, the demand for Web designers hit an all-time 13-year high during the second quarter of 2012 for her staffing firm as the national unemployment rate for Web designers/developers hovered at 3 percent, Farrugia says.

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51job.com issues announces updates on job market

(Oct. 19, 2012, Shanghai, /sohu.com/) --51job.com, a leading recruitment agency in China, announced statistics showing that in September this year there were over 2.25 millions positions posted online, 7% up from the same period last year. The four first-tier cities’number of postionss still occupied a major part of the recruitment market. Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen each posted less number of positions online than the same period last year, but there was a slight upward trend in Guangzhou.In terms of the demand for jobs, Internet / e-commerce, computer software, real estate development, fast moving consumer goods (food, beverages, cosmetics), clothing / textile / leather, education / training, machinery / equipment / heavy industry, electronics / semiconductor / IC, financial / investment / securities, pharmaceutical / biological engineering industry ranked the top ten industries of online recruitment. All the industry registered an increase the number of online posts.except the machinery / equipment / heavy industry.

CIIC "foreign companies enter prestigious universities: 2013 graduate campus recruitment fair” opened

(Oct. 25, 2012, Shanghai, /eastday.com/) - CIIC’s "foreign companies enter prestigious universities: 2013 graduate campus recruitment fair” will be held on Nov. 6, in the gymnasium of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, during which CIIC will bring hundreds of foreign-funded enterprises to come to the scene, including such industries as IT technology, finance, and sales that offer more than one thousand high-quality positions. The recruitment methods are updated ones to attract the new generation of job seekers. In addition to the traditional campus job fairs and recruitment websites, the recruitment processes involve more and more social networking channels. CIIC will launch microblogging sites to report simultaneously the entire recruitment process, and introduce a series of interactive activities, in an effort to achieve the best recruitment interaction online and offline.

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Robert Walters Japan: new HR placement goals focus on internationally minded recruits

(Oct. 30, 2012, Tokyo, /japantimes.co.jp/) --Major human resources placement company Robert Walters Japan is strengthening its support for Japanese companies that want to hire people suited to international business, its president said in a recent symposium in Tokyo. The Japanese unit of the Britain-headquartered company, Japanese Business Division, set up on Aug. 1, specializes in helping companies hire people with good language and other skills amid intensifying competition from foreign rivals, said David Swan, the president of Robert Walters Japan, who doubles as the head of Robert Walters in South Korea. Swan and Ryosuke Oyama, the associate director of the new division, spoke at the Global Management Forum 2012 symposium in Tokyo on Oct. 23. "We saw the need Japanese companies have," Swan said, explaining why the Japanese unit set up the division. "We felt we are very well placed for it."

New ADP count slashes job creation for September (Adjusted down to 88,200 from 162,000)

(Oct. 31, 2012, /CNBC/) -- Revisions to the way payroll data firm ADP counts private sector job creation have resulted in a sharp drop in the September employment count.ADP's new calculations put the monthly job creation at just 88,2000, down from the 162,000 the firm originally reported earlier this month. The firm recently has entered into a partnership with Moody's Analytics that will change the way the private payroll count is calculated. ADP will announce its October count on Thursday, with the Labor Department to follow on Friday. ADP is expected to announce a further revision to the September count along with its October totals. In announcing the partnership Oct. 24, the two firms said the partnership will help align the private sector job count with the Labor numbers. At the same time, the new reports will provide a more detailed breakdown of the numbers while expanding the number of businesses that participate. ADP occasionally has come under criticism for releasing data that is often widely disparate with the government's final cou

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Wolters Kluwer's member executive board Jack Lynch Resigns

(Oct. 6, 2012, Alphen aan den Rijn, /Reuters/) -- Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information services, announced today that Mr. J.J. Lynch, Jr., Member of the Executive Board, has accepted an offer to become CEO of a company in the U.S. software and information industry. The company does not compete with Wolters Kluwer. As a consequence, Mr. Lynch will resign from the Wolters Kluwer Executive Board per November 2012. For the interim, Mr. Lynch's responsibilities will be taken over by the CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, Nancy McKinstry. Nancy McKinstry, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, commented: "Jack's vision for software development and innovation, as well as his business acumen, have strongly supported the work of the Executive Board and Wolters Kluwer's transformation towards a global information services company. I fully respect Jack's decision and wish him all the best in his new position." Jack Lynch joined Wolters Kluwer in 2006, and became a member of the Wolters Kluwer Executive Board in April 2007.

51job announces board change

(Oct. 9, 2012, Shanghai, /PRNewswire/) -- 51job, Inc. (Nasdaq: JOBS), a leading provider of integrated human resource services in China, announced today the appointment of Kazumasa Watanabe to the Company's board of directors. Mr. Watanabe replaces resigning director Hisayuki Idekoba, effective immediately.Kazumasa Watanabe is a senior executive in the global headquarters of Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd., an affiliate of one of the Company's principal shareholders. Since joining Recruit in 1991, Mr. Watanabe has been primarily involved in the growth and expansion of Recruit's HR company and the online recruiting business. Starting his career as a sales representative, Mr. Watanabe became head of product in 1999 and then an editor-in-chief. In 2004, he assumed the role of division officer and has since held many senior positions throughout Recruit's HR company responsible for new product and business development. Mr. Watanabe received his Bachelor degree in Commerce from Nagoya University in 1991.

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Software firm Aptean appoints Asia head

(Oct.10, 2012, Atlanta, /globalatlanta/) --Aptean, an enterprise software provider formed by the August merger of Atlanta-based CDC Software and Indianapolis-based Consona Corp., has named a new head of Asia operations. Frank Hung, an executive who has worked at technology companies in Australia, Canada, China, India, Malaysia and New Zealand over the last 25 years, has been appointed managing director for Asia-Pacific. Mr. Hung previously worked as managing director for CDC Software Australia. His promotion to the executive team will allow Aptean to tap into his strong regional business connections, Monte Ford, the Atlanta-based company's president, said in a news release. Aptean has more than 9,000 software customers in more than 100 countries, according to the release.

Enterprise talent management and technology experts become founding members of New Bunchball Advisory Board

(Oct 12, 2012, REDWOOD CITY, CA, /Marketwire/) --Bunchball, the pioneer and market leader in gamification, today welcomed three leading talent management and technology executives to a new Bunchball Advisory Board created to expedite the company's entry into new markets and expansion within existing ones. Oracle's Jason Blessing, Atlassian's Jeffrey Diana, and Heidrick & Struggles' Kelly Kay all joined the Bunchball Advisory Board. The Bunchball Advisory Board will meet regularly to explore strategies aimed at extending Bunchball's leadership as a provider of gamification solutions for enterprises, media and entertainment companies, and consumer products companies. Their efforts augment Bunchball's existing Customer Advisory Board (CAB), whose members help shape product strategy by ensuring future releases of Bunchball solutions meet the ever-changing gamification needs of enterprises and tie into trends in how people work, consume entertainment, and engage with companies.

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Streamline Health adds Michael Valentine to Board of Directors

(Oct. 12, 2012, CINCINNATI and ATLANTA, — /PRNewswire/) -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRM), a leading provider of SaaS-based enterprise content management, business analytics, computer assisted coding (CAC), and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) solutions for healthcare providers, today announced the addition of Michael Valentine, Chief Executive Officer of Netsmart, to its Board of Directors. Mr. Valentine joined Netsmart in May 2011 from Cerner Corporation, where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He held a succession of business ownership roles during his 13 years at Cerner.

Marsh & McLennan Agency leads September agent/broker acquisitions

(Oct. 8, 2012, propertycasualty360.com/) --Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC led September with two announced acquisitions totaling more than $12 million in acquired revenue. Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., says it acquired Rosenfeld Einstein, a $9 million property and casualty and employee benefits agency based in Greenville, S.C., that can trace its roots back to 1933. The firm also says it acquired Edison Insurance of Orlando, Fla., a $3.4 million revenue, P&C and employee benefits agency established in 1943.

Dice Holdings buys Geeknet websites for $20M

(Oct. 12, 2012, NEW YORK, /AP/) -- Dice Holdings Inc. said Tuesday that it acquired Geeknet Inc.'s online media business, including its Slashdot and SourceForge websites, for $20 million in cash. The New York-based careers website company said the acquisition of the technology websites is part of its strategy of providing content and services geared toward technology professionals. Slashdot is a user-generated news, analysis and discussion community. Technology professionals moderate the site, which averages more than 5,300 comments daily and 3.7 million unique visitors a month. Meanwhile, SourceForge is an online place for technology professionals and fans to develop, download, review and publish open source software. About 80 percent of its about 40 million monthly unique visitors are outside the U.S. The acquisition also includes Freecode, one of the largest indexes of Linux, Unix and cross-platform software, as well as mobile applications, and generates nearly 500,000 unique visitors each month. Fairfax, Va.-based Geeknet said the sale will allow it to focus on its growing ThinkGeek online retail business. The websites generated $20 million in revenue last year, Dice said.

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Wolters Kluwer appoints Greg Merkle as Vice President User Experience Design

(Oct 16, 2012, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, /Reuters/)-- Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information services, today announced the appointment of Greg Merkle as Vice President User Experience Design in the Global Platform Organization. The appointment of Greg Merkle shows the continued commitment of the company to investing in capabilities around User Experience and technology. Wolters Kluwer, with 75% of its total revenues from online, software and services, has a strong customer insight focus and is an innovative leader in the professional information markets. Greg Merkle is an industry leader with a track record in user experience, information architecture, ethnographic research, visualization, web standards and next-generation search. Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer, Merkle was Vice President Product Strategy, Design and Information Architecture for Dow Jones Corporate Markets. His deep experience in professional information delivery will serve the customers of Wolters Kluwer well.

Heidrick & Struggles names consumer practice partner in Asia

(Oct. 15, 2012, /thesset.com/) --Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. has named Klaus Heldman as partner within the consumer markets practice and its related supply chain and industrial clusters. He is based in its Hong Kong office.Heldman brings extensive experience in a diverse variety of industries, including: consumer markets, retail, supply chain management and sourcing, as well as the manufacturing and industrial functional sectors. As a former CFO and senior executive himself, he has also worked within the financial space.Heldman was previously managing director and global partner of a boutique executive search firm focused on consumer goods, retail, sourcing, trading and industrial clients. He also served as group CFO and executive board member with Possehl Electronics and held a number of leadership positions in corporate finance, supply chain and manufacturing.Early in his career, Heldman worked at Arthur Andersen in their audit and business advisory divisions. He is very familiar with Asia and has been based in Hong Kong and Singapore for more than 15 years. He also worked within asset management/private equity firms in Europe as well as in Asia.

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Lumesse partners with SquareOne in Middle East

(Oct. 15, 2012, United Arab Emirates, /ameinfo.com/) --Lumesse, Europe's leading provider of integrated Talent Management solutions, is pleased to announce a partnership with SquareOne Technologies, a leading provider of niche ICT solutions based in Dubai. The partnership agreement provides SquareOne with the opportunity to promote and resell Lumesse' complete portfolio of on-premise and cloud- based products and supporting services including its highly rated Talent Acquisition, Performance Management and eLearning products. Lumesse's Sales & Channel Director of continental EMEA, Barrie Crow commented, "We are delighted to appoint SquareOne as a Channel Partner to resell our on-Premise and SaaS solutions across the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait. SquareOne is a young but growing organization who has already demonstrated an aptitude for opening up this market for Lumesse. Since early this year, together with SquareOne we have grown our market by adding new customers such as Al Fahim Group, NYU AD etc. to our existing customer base in the middle east region, including Etihad Airways, Sabis, Nuqul and JAFCCO,etc.”

Michael Page is now PageGroup

(Oct. 22, 2012, London, /Reuters/) --Michael Page International has rebranded itself as PageGroup to modernize the look of its core brands to Michael Page, Page Personnel and Page Executive. PageGroup (formally known as Michael Page International) is a professional recruitment consultancy. Established more than 35 years ago in the United Kingdom, the company now has 164 offices in 34 countries. PageGroup has put in place the new brand structure to capitalize on the diversity of opportunities within professional recruitment that lie outside the remit of its original, core brand. Steve Ingham, CEO of PageGroup, said: “Our Page Personnel and executive search brands have reached a significant size and market reputation, so we felt now was the right time to create a new brand structure to consolidate our operations and maximize the opportunities available within professional recruitment globally.”

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Net Dimensions says CFO resigns

(Oct. 22, /Reuters/) -- NetDimensions (Holdings) Ltd declared that Clarence On Pong Wu, resigned from his position as CFO and board director.

Ann Manal joins Mercer's Human Capital Consulting Business in the Firm's Central Market

(Oct. 23, 2012, NEW YORK, /BUSINESS WIRE/)-- Ann Manal joins Mercer's Human Capital consulting business in its Central Market, effective immediately. In this new role as Partner, Ms. Manal will focus on broad based rewards and talent consulting, with a primary focus on clients within the energy and hi-technology industry. She will be based in Houston, TX. Ms. Manal brings more than 20 years of global human capital experience in areas such as HR function design and operations, talent strategy, mergers & acquisitions, performance management, career frameworks, job architecture, and of course employee rewards. Her knowledge comes from a combination of corporate and consulting experience that has spanned North America, Europe and Asia.

Kforce announces succession plan

(Oct. 29, 2012, TAMPA, Fla., /GLOBE NEWSWIRE/) -- Kforce Inc., a provider of professional staffing services and solutions, today announced that, effective January 1, 2013, Joseph J. Liberatore will become Kforce's President and David M. Kelly will become Kforce's Chief Financial Officer. Bill Sanders, Kforce's current President, will continue serving as Kforce's President through December 31, 2012 and then become a non-board member Vice Chairman on January 1, 2013. David L. Dunkel, Chairman and CEO commented; "I want to express, on behalf of all of our stakeholders, my sincerest thanks to Bill Sanders for all that he has done since joining the Firm in 1999. His many contributions to the Firm will serve as a lasting legacy as we continue to build upon the foundation that he was instrumental in constructing. I am grateful that the Firm will have the benefit of Bill's wisdom and experience in his new capacity as Vice Chairman until the date of his retirement, which is expected to be in June 2013. Bill may continue to serve the Firm as Vice Chairman in a limited capacity beyond his expected retirement date."

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Oracle open world: Key questions on cloud vision

(Oct. 1, 2012, /InformationWeek/) --As Oracle CEO Larry Ellison lays out plans for infrastructure-as-a-service, Oracle-run Private Cloud services, 12C database, and Exadata X3, the questions start with scale. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison asserted on Sunday night, in his kickoff keynote at the company's annual Open World event in San Francisco that Oracle has these and other competitors beat with four new cloud-computing-related offerings.The four announcements were:--Oracle Cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS).--An Oracle Private Cloud service that runs in the customer's data center, yet is owned and managed by Oracle.--Oracle Database 12c, a cloud-oriented upgrade of the company's flagship database.--Oracle Exadata X3, an update of the Exadata Database Machine that will take advantage of 12c while also packing more DRAM and more advanced use of flash cache memory than available in the previous Exadata machines.

SAP Exec: Oracle CEO's claim 'fries my brain'

(Oct.1, 2012, /businessinsider.com/) --Last night, Larry Ellison introduced a new server that uses flash memory to make its database run a lot faster. Exadata X3 is its name, and it is Oracle's answer to SAP's Hana database, which has been taking the database world by storm since it began shipping about 15 months ago. SAP now has about 500 Hana customers and is the fastest growing product in SAP's history, SAP executives say. Ellison didn't spend much time dissing his competitor, SAP. But he couldn't resist one barb.Steve Lucas, SAP's EVP of database technology, had a bone to pick with his claims. "Let's just say it's taken me 24 hours to get my eyebrows to lower to their normal position," Lucas told Business Insider. Lucas says Hana is a different kind of database. It's not just keeping records like a typical database (like recording that a pair of jeans was sold), it's also doing analytics (how many jeans were sold last year), predictive analytics (how many will sell next year), and social media sentiment (how people feel about the jeans). Making an old-school database faster by putting it in a superfast piece of hardware is not going to hurt Hana, Lucas says.

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Legg Mason hires Korn/Ferry to run CEO search

(Oct. 1, 2012, Baltimore, /Reuters/) -- Asset manager Legg Mason Inc (LM.N) has selected recruiting firm Korn/Ferry International (KFY.N) to run its search for a new chief executive, according to two people briefed on the matter, a personnel decision that will also set the company's future strategic direction. Baltimore-based Legg Mason announced on September 11 that current CEO Mark Fetting would step down October 1. Legg Mason's board has come under increasing pressure this year to improve results and boost its lagging stock price. Since he was named CEO in 2008, Fetting had steered the company through the aftermath of the financial crisis. But Legg Mason shares remain mired at about one-quarter of the $100 level they hit before the crisis, while shares of major competitors have fully recovered. The firm remains dogged by customer outflows and questions about whether to continue as a collection of semi-autonomous investment units like its big Western Asset Management bond division.

Heidrick & Struggles opens “big data” recruitment arm

(Oct. 3, 2012, Chicago, /mrweb.com/) --In the US, executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles has launched a Big Data & Analytics Practice, claimed as the first of its kind. Chicago-based Heidrick & Struggles provides senior-level executive search and leadership consulting services through a network of 370 search professionals, working in 75 locations worldwide. The firm says the new practice is a response to increased demand to hire individuals with backgrounds in insights and advanced analytics, and will both help clients recruit for current needs and scope out future skills requirements. Krishnan Rajagopalan, Managing Partner of the Global Technology & Services Practice, comments: ‘We are the only major global firm with a Big Data & Analytics Practice and have already completed more than 60 assignments in the past 18 months. This momentum indicates the emphasis organizations are placing on finding the right leaders - companies want to bring in world class talent to connect data strategy to business strategy, with the ultimate goal of growing their business.’

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Collaborate with regional educators to advance job training, ManpowerGroup tells U.S. employers

(Oct. 5, 2012, MILWAUKEE, -- /PRNewswire/) -- ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in workforce solutions, advocates that U.S. companies develop the skills of their local populations by collaborating with regional educators, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today reported the overall September jobless rate fell to 7.8 % from August's 8.1% rate. The U.S. private sector added 114,000 new jobs last month, while August's jobs figure was revised up from 96,000 to 142,000 and July's figure was revised up from 141,000 to 181,000. ManpowerGroup Solutions' Strategic Workforce Consulting business is working with Competitive Wisconsin Inc. (CWI) to develop a long-term workforce strategy for the state. The initiative is part of CWI's ongoing "Be Bold" program to enhance how Wisconsin competes, grows jobs and strengthens its economy. The program works to produce clusters of in-demand skilled workers that help the current workforce, support employers and position Wisconsin as a top destination state for both talent and businesses.

Korn/Ferry and SuccessFactors establish strategic partnership to develop solutions for global organizations

(Oct. 9, 2012, LOS ANGELES, -- /PRNewswire/)-- Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), a premier global provider of talent management solutions, and SuccessFactors, an SAP company, the leading provider of cloud-based business execution software, today announced a strategic partnership. Together, Korn/Ferry and SuccessFactors plan to integrate Forte, Korn/Ferry's innovative career and leadership development application, with the SuccessFactors Business Execution (BizX) suite. As part of the agreement, Korn/Ferry will join SuccessFactors' Partner Program as a Strategic SuccessSolution partner. The partnership brings together Korn/Ferry's widely regarded and researched (for more than 20 years) intellectual property and talent management-focused content with SuccessFactors' BizX suite. With the integration of Forte with the BizX Suite, customers will have access to a unique, integrated offering that will deliver unmatched talent insights and analytics to global organizations, through the strategic partnership. Korn/Ferry Forte, commercially available to customers in December 2012, is designed to help clients improve employee engagement and professional development by helping executive-level successors close professional development gaps for upward mobility and improved performance. Forte automates, monitors, and advances the leadership development of global professionals and provides a complete career roadmap, available anytime, anywhere, from any device. The application delivers Korn/Ferry's proven, science-based talent development tools, including solutions for performance management, career transition, learning, assessments, goal setting, and more.

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Hay Group has highest number of executive compensation clients with top pay-for-performance grades

(Oct. 10, 2012, PHILADELPHIA, /BUSINESS WIRE/) -- Hay Group, a global management consultancy, has the highest prevalence of Pay-for-Performance alignment of the top executive compensation consulting firms, according to a new analysis by Glass Lewis and Company, a leading, independent, governance analysis and proxy voting firm. Using Glass Lewis's proprietary model, 85% of Hay Group's client companies received grades in the "A" through "C" range, higher than clients of any other consultancy. The Glass Lewis Pay-for-Performance Model calculates a weighted-average executive compensation percentile and a weighted-average performance percentile. These two percentile rankings are compared to determine how closely the compensation tracks the relative performance of the company. The companies with the largest "gap" are identified by Glass Lewis as companies that have done a poor job of linking compensation with performance, and depending on the magnitude of the gap, each company is assigned a school-letter grade: "A", "B", "F", etc.

Paychex and EMPLOYERS join to provide Workers’ Compensation Insurance to Small Business Market

(Oct. 9, 2012, RENO, Nev., /BUSINESS WIRE/)-- EMPLOYERS, America’s small business insurance specialist, has entered into an agreement with Paychex Insurance Agency, Inc. This agreement will provide small businesses the opportunity to acquire and pay for workers’ compensation insurance when they process payroll through Paychex. The Program will be available in 2013 in all 31 states in which EMPLOYERS does business, as well as the District of Columbia. Required by law in nearly every state, workers’ compensation insurance plays an important role in helping protect businesses and their most valuable asset – their employees. Committed to serving the needs of America’s small businesses, both Paychex and EMPLOYERS continuously seek to deliver solutions that enable small businesses to thrive, making this strategic partnership a natural fit.

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IBM answers Oracle Exadata

(Oct. 9, 2012, /InformationWeek/) --IBM announced on Tuesday PureData System, an expansion of the vendor's PureSystems family of integrated systems combining hardware and software. The move comes just days after Oracle introduced the latest releases in its "Exa" engineered systems lineup, timing that is clearly no coincidence. The PureSystems family was introduced in April with PureFlex and PureApplication offerings designed to provide ready-to-run computing infrastructure (including compute power, storage, networking, and systems management), and a ready-to-run, middleware-inclusive application platform, respectively. The PureData System announced on Tuesday adds three platforms designed for data-intensive transactional, analytic, and operational analytic workloads.The obvious competitive comparison to PureData System is Oracle Exadata, which is a database appliance that can be configured for transactional or analytic use. Where Oracle touts its engineered systems as offering "hardware and software engineered to work better together," IBM touts PureSystems as offering "expert-integrated" hardware and software based on pattern-based deployment.

Insperity’s SaaS businesses exceed 10000 seats

(Oct. 10, 2012, HOUSTON, /heraldonline.com/) -- Insperity, Inc. (NYSE: NSP), a leading provider of human resources and business performance solutions for America’s best businesses, today announced a corporate milestone as its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) businesses recently exceeded 100,000 seats.“The growth of our SaaS businesses and resulting achievement of surpassing 100,000 seats clearly reflects Insperity’s continuing evolution as one of America’s top business solutions providers,” said Paul J. Sarvadi, Insperity chairman and chief executive officer. “In the last 12 months, we have experienced a 34 percent increase in SaaS seats, which demonstrates the strength of our products. We expect this rapid growth to continue.”Insperity’s expansion in this business segment is a result of its aggressive new sales process combined with ongoing organic growth of the company’s existing customer base as businesses add seats. Insperity SaaS offerings include Time and Attendance, Expense Management and Performance Management. Insperity TimeStar enables businesses to collect, analyze and take control of employees’ attendance and labor data – all online and in real time. Increasing accuracy and efficiency in time and attendance tracking translates to substantial cost savings, and collecting and analyzing this data in real time can create further advantages in job costing, PTO tracking and scheduling.

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Right Management launches blogs for industry professionals

Right Management today launched two professional blogs, Talent+Work and Career+Work, to provide a forum for the exchange of insights on leadership development, talent management, assessments, coaching, career management and outplacement. Right Management is the talent and career management expert within ManpowerGroup. The Talent+Work Blog (subscribe via Email or RSS Feed) provides business leaders with forward-thinking ideas and examples of smart talent management, effective leadership development, actionable assessments, performance coaching and sales insights. Featuring a variety of global subject matter experts, the content is designed for senior HR leaders, C-suite executives and procurement professionals. The Career+Work Blog (subscribe via Email or RSS Feed) offers career advice and commentary on trends for HR leaders, job seekers and individuals to help them to proactively manage their careers through expert advice and guidance.

SThree beefs up mobile security with Good Technology

(Oct. 10, 2012, /computing.co.uk/) --Recruitment firm SThree has taken on mobile device management provider Good Technology's Good for Enterprise product to manage mobile devices being used by nearly half of its 2,000 workforce. SThree was looking into challenges it faced with staff bringing their own smartphones and tablets into work to use for business, as well as personal purposes, and saw an opportunity to increase productivity, efficiency and client service by giving staff access to corporate information and business applications on the go.Garry Lengthorn, director of IT services at SThree, claimed that a secure bring your own device (BYOD) model could allow the recruitment firm to meet its business goals."Being able to finalise contracts and share information securely, remotely and flexibly means the difference between a sale and a missed opportunity. Consumerization is an interesting opportunity in our organization due to the proliferation of Generation Y graduates, but it comes with serious security risks and the BYOD element can be complicated to implement effectively," he said.The recruitment firm has allowed employees to use their personal devices to access corporate email, calendar, contacts, documents and applications while ensuring that all confidential client and candidate information is secure by encrypting it within the application, separate from all personal data held on the device. SThree's IT department can then manage all data, and can also wipe data remotely without wiping personal data if the device is lost, stolen or damaged.

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Kaiser Permanente gives nod to Korn/Ferry to find it a new CEO

(Oct. 12, 2012, San Francisco, /bizjournals.com/)--Kaiser Permanente has selected Korn/Ferry International as the executive search firm to help it find a replacement for retiring Chairman and CEO George Halvorson. Halvorson, 65, said last week he will step down at the end of 2013, and wanted to give the organization adequate time to find a replacement. That search is now under way. The Oakland-based health care giant's bylaws require that its board of directors pick the chairman and CEO. Officially, that board oversees not-for-profit Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan.

Executive search firm Korn/Ferry's network hacked

(Oct. 12, 2012, LOS ANGELES, /Reuters/) -- Executive search company Korn/Ferry International Inc said its computer network had been hacked, making it the latest in a list of firms that have been the target of sophisticated cyber attacks in recent months.Korn/Ferry said it had taken steps to contain the impact of the breach and was investigating the source of the attack. The company, which has offices in 40 countries, said the intrusion falls in the category of an "advanced persistent threat", a term used to describe cyber attacks that employ sophisticated techniques and tools to access databases.Cybersecurity has become a major focus area for policy makers with intelligence agencies and internet security firms warning of the likelihood of more damaging attacks on banks, utilities and stock exchanges. Reuters reported last month that Iranian hackers had repeatedly attacked Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc over the past year as part of a broad cyber campaign.

Edenred launches auto-enrolment service

(Oct. 12, 2012, Zurich, /employeebenefits.co.uk/) --Edenred has launched a pensions auto-enrolment service to help employers understand how to fulfil their obligations under the legislation. The service includes a focus on financial education for employees, provided by accountancy and business advisory firm RSM Tenon. The initiative began in September with a series of question-and-answer webinars for employers on pension’s auto-enrolment issues. It will now be rolled out as a standalone service for organizations. Alistair Denton, managing director at Edenred, said: “Auto-enrolment is a major issue, which every employer needs to manage responsibly.” Nick Courtney, head of corporate at RSE Tenon, added: “Employees need to be able to make the right compliant choices, which are informed by transparent advice, relevant information and an easy-to-use platform.”

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Team Health Holdings, Inc. announces plan to amend and extend existing credit facility

(Oct. 11, 2012, KNOXVILLE, Tenn., /PRNewswire/) -- Team Health Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TMH), one of the largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals in the United States, today announced that it plans to amend and extend its existing credit facility. If approved, the proposed amendment would increase the Company's existing Term Loan A Facility from $150 million ($142.5 million outstanding as of June 30, 2012) to $250 million and extend its maturity until 2017; as well as extend the maturity of the five-year $225 million Revolving Credit Facility to 2017. The use of proceeds from the increased Term Loan A will be used to repay outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and other general corporate purposes.

NetDimensions Limited: Aurion Learning and ILCU to showcase success story at NetDimensions User Conference

(Oct. 12, 2012, /4-traders.com/) -- Aurion Learning, certified reseller of NetDimensions products in the UK and Ireland, and the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) are set to showcase their success story at the NetDimensions Next Steps 2012 User Conference on Wednesday 17th October in The Landmark Hotel, London. Maureen Murphy, Aurion Learning's Managing Director and Suzanne Ryan, ILCU's Head of Training will be speaking about how they developed the new CU Learn training administration system to support credit unions across Ireland in the booking, co-ordination and tracking of training activities for their volunteers and staff. CU Learn is powered by NetDimensions award-winning learning management system.

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(Oct. 15, 2012, Indianapolis, /tbj.com/) --Fortune Industries Inc. wants to exit the professional employer organization business in favor of becoming a skilled-nursing operator following the recent death of its founder. Fortune Industries submitted its complicated restructuring plan late last month to the Securities and Exchange Commission for its review. Under the unusual proposal, Fortune Industries would remain a public company and abandon its previous plan to be taken private. The restructuring hinges on shareholder approval of a merger agreement with skilled-nursing operator Ide Management Group LLC of Greenfield. The merger would be accomplished by giving IMG CEO Mark Ide shares in Fortune Industries. Founded by Ide in 1997, IMG owns or manages 20 skilled-nursing facilities in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. Carter Fortune, 70, majority shareholder of Fortune Industries, had been diagnosed with a potentially terminal disease before his death in late August, according to an SEC filing.

BE BOLD 2 partnership with ManpowerGroup leads to exciting vision for growing state’s talent pool and strengthening economy

(Oct. 16, 2012, MADISON, /wisbusiness.com) --Competitive Wisconsin, Inc. (CWI) released the results of a year-long examination of the state’s job skills challenges and opportunities. Prompted by growing concerns about existing skills gaps and the effects an aging workforce will have on employer ability to meet future needs, the study was undertaken in partnership with the globally renowned talent development and acquisition strategist, ManpowerGroup. BE BOLD 2: Growing Wisconsin’s Talent Pool reviews major changes in “the world of work” and reveals new research indicating that Wisconsin is grappling with serious structural challenges. Most immediately, Wisconsin does not have enough skilled workers to meet existing employer needs while at the same time is working hard to assist citizens whose skills do not meet current market needs and are seeking employment. The data indicates that, unless we act now, over the next decade, Wisconsin will be confronting major shortages in skill clusters essential to staffing the state’s major industries. The study underscores the need for immediate action on three strategic fronts including energizing the links between economic development and workforce/talent development; revolutionizing and leveraging the collection of, and access to, real-time information about jobs, skill requirements, career pathways and economic outcomes; and mobilizing talent development and acquisition abilities in support of Wisconsin employers and promoting our successes to attract talent and job creators to the state.

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Insperity Inc. announces launch of SaaS-based payroll services

(Oct. 16, 2012, /4-traders.com/) --Insperity, Inc. (NYSE: NSP), a leading provider of human resources and business performance solutions for America's best businesses, today announced the launch of Insperity Payroll Services. This robust Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) payroll solution is designed to help alleviate administrative burdens associated with payroll processing and government-related compliance and provides the premium level support of Insperity's highly skilled service team. Insperity Payroll Services also offers a seamless integration with three powerful new offerings, including Insperity NetSaver, an online 401(k) solution for small businesses; a pay-as-you-go workers' compensation program; and HR Essentials, a fully integrated HR platform that assists companies with tracking employee data, important milestones and company property.

Paychex launches new industry-leading report center

(Oct.18, 2012, ROCHESTER, N.Y., /4-traders.com/) --Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of payroll , human resource , and benefits outsourcing solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses, today announced the launch of Paychex Report Center, a one-stop shop for standard, on-demand, and ad-hoc reporting; data extract templates; and more, allowing businesses, their accounting professionals, and employees to better manage payroll, benefits, and human resources data. "We're proud to be leading the competition with the new Paychex Report Center," said Martin Mucci, Paychex president and CEO. "So much of a company's organization and efficiencies revolve around reporting, and this new offering provides 24/7 access to insightful information that will help America's business owners operate more effectively and make more informed management decisions." In addition to providing a single location for more than 140 reports, Paychex Report Center offers: Around-the-clock access to valuable company information: payroll reports, retirement plan summaries, employee data, and much more; Quick and easy views for clients and accountants with multiple businesses/multiple business IDs; New customization options for specific and relative date ranges, type of employee, organization, and more; Package creation and favorites bookmarking for quick access from the Paychex Online dashboard; Data exports in a variety of formats, including PDF, XLS, fixed-width, and CSV to manipulate for easy importing into third-party software; Ability to build custom reports from scratch using Paychex Report Writer.

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MKM Partners Starts Coverage on Marsh & McLennan Com (MMC)

(Oct. 18, 2012, /zolmax.com/) -- MKM Partners assumed coverage on shares of Marsh & McLennan Com (NYSE: MMC) in a report released on Tuesday. The firm issued a neutral rating and a $34.00 target price on the stock. The analysts noted that the move was a valuation call.Marsh & McLennan Com traded up 0.34% on Tuesday, hitting $35.04. Marsh & McLennan Com has a 1-year low of $28.06 and a 1-year high of $34.99. The company has a market cap of $19.069 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.10.Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Analysts at RBC Capital reiterated an outperform rating on shares of Marsh & McLennan Com in a research note to investors on Friday, October 5th. They now have a $38.00 price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at Barclays Capital reiterated an overweight rating on shares of Marsh & McLennan Com in a research note to investors on Monday, October 1st. They now have a $41.00 price target on the stock. Finally, analysts at William Blair reiterated a market perform rating on shares of Marsh & McLennan Com in a research note to investors on Friday, September 21st.

Right Management: Lunch break not on the menu for nearly 80% of workers

(Oct. 18, 2012. Philadelphia, /bizjournals.com/) --Only about one in five Americans report they regularly take a lunch break, according to a new survey released by ManpowerGroup subsidiary Right Management. Thirty-nine percent of employees say they lunch at their desk, according to the survey which polled 1,023 North American workers. But 28 percent report seldom taking any break whatsoever. All in all, 81 percent are not taking what used to be considered a real lunch break. Right Management reports the survey results are a warning sign that North American workers are under “relentless stress.”

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Cisco and NetApp introduce ExpressPod and New FlexPod enhancements

(Oct. 19, 2012, /storagereview.com/) --Cisco and NetApp's new prepackaged ExpressPod solution is intended for resellers with small-to medium-sized virtualization customers. ExpressPod combines computing, networking, storage, and management products into a solution architected for streamlined deployment. The joint announcement also includes details about new FlexPod storage clustering capabilities and the release of a validated VMware FlexPod solution for Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC). ExpressPod integrates Cisco UCS C-Series servers, NetApp FAS2220 or FAS2240 storage, and Cisco Nexus 3048 switches with infrastructure management to support an open ecosystem of management and hypervisor solutions. FlexPod now features support and validation for VMware vSphere on NetApp Data ONTAP 8 operating in Cluster-Mode. FlexPod administrators can now also add nodes to a cluster in order to create large storage pools that span storage devices and can be isolated to support multi-tenancy. The new VMware-validated Oracle RAC on FlexPod solution offers multi-tenancy, application and data mobility, integrated data protection, and automated provisioning functionality. Cisco and NetApp currently offer a Plan, Design and Implement Help Desk that allows partners to consult NetApp and Cisco on FlexPod deployments. Beginning in November, Cisco and NetApp will also offer readiness and enablement packages to support ExpressPod deployments.

Wolters Kluwer Health enters agreement to acquire Health Language

(Oct. 17, 2012,/news-medical.net/) --Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for professionals, students and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Health Language, Inc., a leader in Medical Terminology Management (MTM), a rapidly growing segment of the point-of-care market. The acquisition is part of Wolters Kluwer Health's strategy to continually enhance its leadership position in the point of care market by providing customers with access to a comprehensive set of evidence-based disease and drug information knowledge platforms and robust software solutions. Health Language's medical content terminology databases and software solutions enable hospitals, electronic medical record system providers (EMRs) and payers around the globe to manage, update and map disparate medical vocabularies and administrative codes used in U.S. and international settings. MTM is expected to see rapid growth as healthcare entities become increasingly interconnected and the need for sharing clinical data grows.

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eQuest “Big Data for HR” featured in AspireHR Webinar

(Oct. 18, 2012, Dallas, TX) –– AspireHR, the largest boutique firm dedicated to SAP HCM and SuccessFactors solutions, is proud to announce its sponsorship of the webinar, Big Data for HR: Using Predictive Analytics for Faster, More Accurate Talent Acquisition.David Bernstein of eQuest, the global leader in job-posting delivery and job board performance analytics, will discuss how analytics derived from Big Data provide organizations with the opportunity to make the best of its job postings investment by, not only delivering predictive information on job postings but, taking a holistic look at your talent pipeline. This examination provides the insight organizations need to make better-informed decisions about the recruiting marketing efforts.“We have found many HR professionals are hungry to learn more about how to apply Big Data to HR and specifically to Talent Acquisition,” said Todd Hall, Software Sales Director for AspireHR. “This webinar will provide a great example of how a successful talent pipeline acquisition sourcing strategy can be predicted, planned, and brought to fruition with Big Data.”

Wolters Kluwer launches tax & accounting database in China

(Oct. 23, 2012, BEIJING, /PRNewswire/) -- Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company, today launched its vertical database CCH China Tax & Accounting Reference, creating value for professionals and helping them maximize benefits through enhanced efficiency. In the tax and accounting market, Wolters Kluwer serves professionals in China under the flagship brand name of CCH.The comprehensive new database is a searchable portfolio of more than 240,000 entries of Chinese laws and regulations covering fields such as tax, accounting, auditing, internal control, risk management, customs, finance, industry and commerce, listing, trade and valuation. It is organized to align with the duties and daily work of tax and accounting professionals, and it is enriched by cross references to relevant news, analytical articles, practice guides and journals, so that users can understand, analyze and use any law from different sources.In an effort to meet China’s ever-increasing demands for professional information, CCH worked together with top experts at home and abroad to deliver this authoritative collection of in-depth interpretations and practice guidance, the latter being the most authoritative in the recent two decades. A multitude of articles contained are exclusive or launched for the first time, and they all can be searched online.

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Robert Walters: New Manga app helps job seekers improve interview skills

(Oct. 23, 2012, Tokyo, /examiner.com/) --Robert Walters, a specialist professional recruitment consultancy, today launched a new Manga Interview application for iPhones and iPads that is designed to help job seekers improve their interview skills.The Manga Interview app transfers the print version of Robert Walters's interview guide into a stylish and interactive manga design. Both the manga app and print interview guides help globally-minded job seekers succeed at Western-style interviews. Even for non-Japanese professionals, there is a wealth of great interview advice from the importance of body language to approaching tougher, competency-based questions.The guide follows the experienced Recruitment Consultant Akira throughout the entire interview process - from preparation and research, through to greeting the interviewer and closing the interview to leave a positive impression. He offers tips and advice to the interviewee Ken Suzuki on navigating the often confusing hiring process and avoiding common interview mistakes to secure his desired job. Other apps developed by Robert Walters include the Salary Checker app, which allows users to gain instant access to salaries globally, and the Job Search app, which helps job-seekers search and apply for thousands of jobs quickly and easily. Whether for active or passive job-seekers, we produce a range of free business tools to help professionals launch their dream careers.The Robert Walters Manga Interview app is available for free for the iPhone or iPad via the iTunes App Store.

ADP reworks monthly private jobs report

(Oct. 25, 2012, /Reuters/) --A monthly reading of U.S. private sector employment has been revamped to put it more in line with the closely watched government nonfarm payrolls report. Automatic Data Processing said on Wednesday it had made the changes to its private job market report as part of a new partnership with Moody’s Analytics. ADP’s figures are typically released a couple days ahead of the government’s report. While economists use the report to fine-tune their labor market forecasts, ADP has had a spotty track record of predicting the initial reading for non-farm payrolls. The report will use a larger sample size and new methodology to put it more in line with the final revised readings from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “We’re going to be very accurate. We’re going to nail this number,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. The report will now be based on 406,000 companies, up from 344,000 previously, which will take into account 23 million employees, up from 21 million. That will capture more than 20 percent of all Americans employed in the corporate sector.Testing the new model on data going back to 2001 showed a 96 percent correlation with the revised government figures, according to ADP.The report will also be broken out into more industry categories and business sizes than before.The overhaul was the result of an internal project to improve the report that was started a year ago, Jan Siegmund, chief strategy officer at ADP, said. It also marked the end of ADP’s partnership with Macroeconomic Advisors, which co-developed the report.

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Redmap switches to Sage ERP X3 for reduced cost of ownership and greater business flexibility

(Oct. 25, 2012, /PRWire.com.au/)Sage Business Solutions, a leading global supplier of business management software, today announced that document automation experts, Redmap, will replace its existing NetSuite software-as-a-service platform with a global deployment of Sage ERP X3. Redmap's decision to switch to Sage ERP X3 is driven by a desire to reduce the escalating cost of ownership of the company's business software and a need to provide greater systems flexibility, particularly in relation to software customization. Highly granular reporting was also an additional factor. The company had been looking for a suitable ERP replacement for almost three years. Ben Woolley, Chief Executive Officer of Redmap said, “Our costs were sky-rocketing and I saw that they would soon pass six figures a year and that’s just in license costs with our current provider. We loved the reporting available in X3 and saw true value in its project management modules.”

NetDimensions Enters the German Market

(Oct. 25, 2012, Amsterdam and Munich, /PRWEB.com/) -- NetDimensions (AIM: NETD; OTCQX: NETDY), a global provider of performance, knowledge, and learning management systems, has recently established NetDimensions Germany GmbH in Munich, Germany. "We view Germany as a very important market for NetDimensions," said Jay Shaw, NetDimensions' Managing Director and CEO. "Being able to serve this market via direct presence in the country underlines our commitment to offering the best solutions and support to existing and new clients in the region." According to the German Chamber of Commerce (DIHK), skills shortage is among companies' biggest concerns at the moment, and according to the German Federal Labor Office, by 2025 Germany will face a shortage of three million workers. There are several causes for the shortage, including demographic change and difficulty to train and develop employees to meet industry's needs. NetDimensions addresses these needs by providing practical talent management solutions that are especially well-suited for "Mittelstand" companies. The NetDimensions solutions are quick to deploy on-premise or as SaaS, flexible to personalize to individual company requirements, highly robust, easy to use, and supported by a local team of professionals. In addition, about 40% of Germany's largest companies and major brands are in banking, insurance, finance, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare - all the highly regulated industries that NetDimensions serves worldwide enabling companies in these sectors to meet their global regulatory and operational compliance challenges.

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SAP details policies, pricing for linking cloud apps

(Oct. 25, 2012, /IDG News Service/) -- SAP has laid out a set of pricing and policies for tying together its array of cloud-based and on-premises applications, providing some options at no charge, but others that will cost customers additional money. Application integration is a crucial question for SAP and its customers, particularly given the vigor with which the company has advocated for hybrid deployments that retain users' large investments in on-premises ERP (enterprise resource planning) and HCM (human capital management) software while adding new capabilities from the cloud. A new cloud-based integration service is now available only as an additional option for SAP's Customer On Demand application, but will be added to others, including Travel On Demand and BizX Talent Management, the latter of which was gained through the acquisition of SuccessFactors, according to an internal SAP presentation which was given earlier this month. Right now, SAP charges 7.5 percent of a Customer On Demand subscription for the new cloud integration option, with a minimum pricing "floor" of $2000 per month, according to a presentation slide. Pricing for adding it to other cloud apps is expected to take a similar approach. The cloud integration service will be offered in stand-alone form in the second half of next year, according to the presentation.

Timken Company selects SuccessFactors to transform HCM

(Oct. 25, 2012 SAN MATEO, Calif., /PRNewswire/) -- SuccessFactors, an SAP company and leader in cloud-based business execution software, today announced that The Timken Company will implement the SuccessFactors Business Execution Suite (BizX), including Employee Central, to integrate its people-related processes and systems across its global operations. Timken is an industrial technology leader that designs, manufactures and markets mechanical components and high-performance steel to diversified markets around the world. While looking to move to the cloud in a non-disruptive manner, the company selected the cloud solution based on rapid time-to-value and a seamless and effective combination of SAP and SuccessFactors. Moving from a legacy HR system, SAP and SuccessFactors give Timken the ability to focus on the most impactful transformation first — talent management. As a second phase, Timken plans to move core HR to the cloud, supporting a global workforce of 21,000 operating from 30 countries.

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Neusoft seeks transition from medical insurance to health insurance

(Oct. 28, Shenyang, /sohu.com/) -- Recently, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Shenyang Shengjing Xi Kang Jiankang Management Center, Qi Ming, vice mayor of Shenyang, said that it was a move of transition "from medical insurance to health insurance.” The health management center was created by IT solutions provider Neusoft Group to which the Hee Kang Jiankang Technology Co., Ltd. Belong, and the Shengjing Hospital under China Medical University. Neusoft provides modern health cloud platform of interlinked health information collection terminal and it is combined with Shengjing Hospital’s quality medical resources, diagnosis and treatment services, health management resources, and provides health examination, health risk assessment, sports and health, dietary guidance, health education and health promotion, remote medical consultation services, as well as green medical service and other specialized, personalized health management services and dedicated medical assistance.

Kronos cloud ready new attendance equipment InTouch shows strong growth momentum

(Oct. 30, 2012, /Manufacturing Information portal/) - Kronos, the world's largest workforce management solutions provider, has announced that, on a global scale, its cloud-ready new InTouch™ attendance equipment has showed strong growth momentum. Conforming to the characteristics of the modern labor conditions, InTouch, simple, intuitive, offers unrivaled experience, successfully reshaping workforce management solutions in the eyes of the corporations, and change manner of the interaction between staff and workforce management solutions. The Network Products Guide recently awarded InTouch the "Best Product “Award.

ADP signed 30,000 clients in October

(Oct. 31, 2012, Roseland, N.J., /workforce.com/) --ADP quietly achieved a massive milestone in the human capital management category: In October it signed its 30,000th HCM client. That may be just a fraction of ADP's 600,000 payroll clients, but it dwarfs the customer lists of many HR software competitors, including Workday Inc., which made waves with its recent initial public offering but has closer to 300 customers."We are now among the largest HR system providers in the marketplace," says Michael Capone, ADP's chief information officer. It's a message he admits the company could do a better job of promoting. ADP is not only a leader in the payroll world, but is also a provider of cloud-based HR software products for about a decade that support recruiting, talent management, time and attendance, and benefits administration, along with payroll. Its HR offerings include Workforce Now for companies with fewer than 1,000 employees, GlobalView for multinational organizations, and Vantage HCM, which it launched last October for companies with more than 1,000 employees. Most of ADP's tens of thousands of HR software customers up to now have been midsize firms, though the number of larger firms is increasing since the launch of Vantage.

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SCORE & Paychex partner to help small businesses avoid costly mistakes

(Oct. 31, 2012, WASHINGTON, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/) – SCORE, mentors to America's small businesses, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Paychex, a recognized leader in the payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing industry, announced partnership to help small enterprises. Through this partnership, SCORE and Paychex will assist small business owners in learning about the payroll and HR mistakes that may cost small businesses money. Both SCORE and Paychex strive to inform entrepreneurs about the changing regulations, penalties, and legislation in small business, and are dedicated to equipping small business owners with the tools necessary for their success. "SCORE has a long history of being a strong partner and advocate for small businesses and entrepreneurs," said Andrew Childs, Vice President of Marketing for Paychex. "As the nation's leading provider of payroll and HR services to small businesses, we look forward to working with them and continuing to provide America's business owners the freedom to succeed."

Insperity extends relationship with UnitedHealthcare for medical and dental coverage

(Oct. 31, 2012, HOUSTON, /BUSINESS WIRE/) -- Insperity, Inc., a leading provider of human resources and business performance solutions for America's best businesses, today announced that it has extended its arrangement for medical and dental coverage through 2015 with UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company. This arrangement reflects a further strengthening of Insperity's business relationship with UnitedHealthcare, as well as a commitment by the company to help small and medium-sized businesses navigate the effects of health care reform. Insperity has partnered with UnitedHealthcare as its leading health insurance carrier since Jan. 2002. The majority of Insperity's corporate and worksite employees have health coverage with UnitedHealthcare.

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Robert Walters hit by slowing Asia

(Oct. 6, 2012, UK, /ft.com/) --A slowing market for banking jobs in Asia has hit the fees earned by white-collar recruitment group Robert Walters, but the company said it is looking to its nascent US business to offset the effects of recession in the UK and Europe. Many recruiters have expanded their operations in Asia, including Michael Page and Hays – seeing the region as a source of growth amid the eurozone crisis. However, a cut in hiring by Asian companies, especially in the banking sector, has been reflected in Robert Walters’ latest trading statement. Net fee income in Asia – where Robert Walters generates almost half of its fees – was down 5 per cent to £24.1m in the third quarter ending September 30, the company said on Thursday. Its strongest performance came from its operations in the Americas and South Africa, where net fees increased by 45 per cent compared with the previous quarter, but account for only £1.8m of the group’s £48.5m total.

Recruiter Michael Page suffers share fall as tough jobs market pushes eurozone profits down 15%

(Oct. 9, 2012, UK, /thisismoney.co.uk/) --Michael Page shares fell 4 per cent this morning on the news that it has scaled back profit forecasts after admitting trading conditions were likely to remain poor for the foreseeable future. The recruitment firm, which has quarter of its business in the UK, saw profits drop 8 per cent to £126.5million from the second to third quarter. Its division covering the beleaguered eurozone region saw profits drop 15 per cent, while in the UK the figure was 5 per cent lower at £29.5million as trading conditions remained 'tough' and the Olympics affected activity levels. Michael Page, which has been impacted by major cut backs in the banking sector over recent years, now expects operating profits for the financial year to be slightly below current City forecasts of a little under £68million. Shares fell 14.15p to 350.8p, a drop of 4 per cent. The firm said: 'In most regions activity levels improved towards the end of the third quarter, however, we do anticipate another challenging fourth quarter, with economic conditions and market confidence likely to remain poor for the foreseeable future.'

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Michael Page stock rating reaffirmed by Investec

(Oct. 10, 2012, UK, /jagsreport.com/) --Investec reaffirmed their hold rating on shares of Michael Page International (LON: MPI) in a research note released on Monday morning. They currently have a $5.81 (360 GBX) price target on the stock. A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on MPI. Analysts at RBC Capital reiterated an outperform rating on shares of Michael Page International in a research note to investors on Thursday. They now have a $6.91 price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at Oriel Securities Ltd reiterated a hold rating on shares of Michael Page International in a research note to investors on Wednesday, October 3rd. They now have a $8.55 price target on the stock. Finally, analysts at Exane BNP Paribas reiterated an underperform rating on shares of Michael Page International in a research note to investors on Tuesday, August 28th. They now have a $5.63 price target on the stock.

Heidrick & Struggles to elease Q3 results on Oct. 30, 2012

(Oct. 8, 2012, CHICAGO, /GLOBE NEWSWIRE/) -- Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (Nasdaq:HSII), the leadership advisory firm providing executive search and leadership consulting services worldwide, today announced that it will release its 2012 third quarter financial results for the period ended September 30, 2012, on Tuesday, October 30, 2012. A news release will be issued prior to the Nasdaq Market opening on October 30, 2012 followed by a conference call at 10:00 am ET, 9:00 am CT. The call will last approximately one hour and will include remarks by the company's senior management and a question and answer session. The conference call and accompanying slides will be publicly available via live webcast from the investor relations section of the Heidrick & Struggles website at www.heidrick.com. The webcast will be available for replay at the same address approximately two hours following its conclusion.

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Robert Walters PLC releases Interim Management Statement for the Third Quarter Ended 30 September 2012

(Oct. 4, 2012, United Kingdom, /4-traders.com/) -- Robert Walters PLC releases Interim Management Statement for the Third Quarter Ended 30 September 2012. Highlights: • Solid third quarter results with Group net fee income up 3% on a constant currency basis. Overall, Group trading in line with expectations. • Sequential quarter on quarter growth in Asia Pacific. • Group completed the purchase of the remaining minority interest of its China business. • Resource Solutions, the Group's recruitment outsourcing business, has performed strongly and won a number of new clients. This is largely responsible for Group headcount increasing to 2,273 (30 June 2012: 2,159). • Strong net fee income growth rates in France and Germany. • Balance sheet remains strong with current net cash of £6.0m (30 June 2012: £4.5m).

Weak UK sentiment curbs Hays revenue

(Oct. 9, 2012, London. /ft.com/) --Hays’ net fee income fell less than expected in the last quarter, thanks to strong growth in overseas markets, but the white-collar recruitment group’s overall performance continued to be dragged down by a fragile UK jobs market.A lack of demand for banking jobs resulted in a 9 per cent fall in net fees earned in the UK and Ireland in the three months to September 30.However, group net fees at the accountancy, construction and IT recruitment specialist were down 1 per cent over the period, which was better than analysts’ forecasts.Hays generates about two-thirds of its fees from its international operations, and achieved the strongest growth in the quarter in Germany, Brazil and Canada. Net fees in Germany, which accounts for a fifth of the group’s business, increased 25 per cent on a like for like basis.


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On Assignment, Inc. schedules Q3 2012 earnings release and conference call

(Oct. 12, 2012, CALABASAS, Calif. /heraldonline.com/)— On Assignment, Inc. (NYSE: ASGN), a leading global provider of diversified professional staffing solutions, will announce its 2012 third quarter financial results after market on Thursday, October 25, 2012 and hold its regular quarterly conference call later that day at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. The call will be hosted by Peter Dameris, President and Chief Executive Officer of On Assignment, Inc.

Workday IPO: Shares soar 74% on debut

(Oct. 12, 2012, /buzz.money.cnn.com/) --Share of Workday soared 74% as they made their stock market debut on the New York Stock Exchange.The company provides a cloud-based software for companies to manage human resources functions like payrolls, time tracking and employee expense management. It raised $637 million in its initial public offering after pricing 22.8 million shares at $28 a piece, $2 above the high end of its estimated range. That makes it the largest public offering for any technology company since Facebook raised $16 billion in May.The strong debut is a big win for Workday (WDAY) founders Aneel Bhusri and David Duffield, who was also the founder and CEO of PeopleSoft, which was acquired by Oracle (ORCL) for more than $10 billion in a hostile takeover in 2004. The sharp increase also made Workday among the top five first-day gainers so far this year.Workday's IPO has been one of the most anticipated since Facebook's. It's yet another sign of the strength of cloud-based enterprise technology companies that have gone public this year, including Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and Eloqua (ELOQ)‎.During the six months ended in July, Workday's revenue more than doubled -- to $119.5 million -- compared to the same period a year earlier. But the company posted a net loss of $47.3 million during the period, as it made "substantial investments" to draw new customers and develop its applications. As it continues to invest in its business, Workday said it does not expect to be profitable "for the foreseeable future."


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Team Health Holdings prices shares

(Oct. 12, 2012, KNOXVILLE, /knoxnews.com/) --With the stock of Knoxville-based Team Health Holdings rising, the firm's private-equity partner is continuing to sell shares. Team Health, which provides outsourced professional medical staffing and administrative services, on Wednesday priced a secondary stock offering of 8 million shares. In a news release, Team Health said its principal stockholder, Ensemble Parent LLC, would sell the shares at a price of $28.05 each. Ensemble Parent is an investment fund affiliated with private-equity firm The Blackstone Group. The release said Team Health would not get proceeds from the sale. Team Health in June had announced a separate secondary offering of 8 million shares, priced at $23.95 apiece. Those shares were mostly offered mostly by Ensemble Parent. Team Health stock has risen from $16 to $18 per share a year ago to a close of $27.56 on Wednesday, despite dropping by more than 6 percent on the day. Kevin Campbell, an analyst with Avondale Partners, said Ensemble Parent is still a significant shareholder in Team Health, but has been "exiting their position over time."

Saba Software receives warning from Nasdaq

(Oct. 12, 2012, REDWOOD SHARES, Calif. /cbsnews.com/)— Saba Software Inc. said Monday that it has been notified that it is at risk of being delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market because it has not filed its fiscal third- and fourth-quarter reports and will not file its first-quarter report on time. Saba provides offsite data "cloud" computing services for companies. The company said it expected the notice and will ask that the Nasdaq delay any move to delist its shares. It plans to request a hearing with a Nasdaq panel. Saba said it has made progress on its overdue quarterly filings but needs more time to complete them. The company said in March that it would not be able to file its report for the fiscal third quarter, which ended Feb. 29, because it needed more time to review the accounting treatment of certain international transactions. Saba also has not filed its report for the fiscal year ended May 31 and said it won't be able to file its fiscal first-quarter report by the Nasdaq deadline on Wednesday. Shares of Saba Software rose 4 cents to close at $9.50.


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SAP Q3 sales, profit jump sends shares higher

(Oct. 14, 2012, /Reuters/) -- Germany's SAP, the world's biggest maker of business software, reported a jump in its third quarter sales and profits, sending its shares 2 percent higher on Friday."SAP's pipeline remains very strong and companies continue to invest in IT," SAP said in a statement, alleviating some of the fears of a slowdown in technology spending. In the third quarter SAP said sales at its key software and software-related services business rose 16 percent from a year ago to 2.69 billion euros, with group sales of 3.41 billion beating a 3.32 billion consensus from Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Underlying operating profit for the group jumped 23 percent from a year ago to 1.13 billion euros ($1.5 billion), beating analysts' average forecast of 1 billion. Reported profit numbers grew even faster due to a one-off gain of 723 million euros from the reduction of a litigation provision."While we believed that SAP will show a sound quarter, we are positively surprised in particular by the strong licenses," DZ Bank analyst Oliver Finger said in a note. "We think that the new products helped SAP to grow its top line."Despite a strong third quarter SAP stuck to its outlook for the full year, citing the uncertain macroeconomic environment.

ManpowerGroup profits down on weak economy

(Oct. 19, 2012, Milwaukee, /bizjournals.com/) --ManpowerGroup blamed a challenging economic environment for its decline in third-quarter earnings.Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), a global staffing and employment services company, posted a $63.1 million profit, or 79 cents per share, in its quarter ended Sept. 30, down from $79.6 million, or 97 cents per share, in the year-ago period.Revenue declined 11 percent to $5.2 billion compared with the same period last year.ManpowerGroup said weaker foreign currencies resulted in a reduction in earnings of 6 cents per share for the third quarter.“Clearly, the economic environment continues to be challenging as we experienced a revenue decline of 4 percent in constant currency,” said ManpowerGroup chairman and CEO Jeffrey Joerres.Joerres said the company expects fourth-quarter earnings per share to be between 72 cents and 80 cents, including an estimated unfavorable currency impact of 1 cent and excluding anticipated reorganization charges.


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Paychex's fiscal 1st-quarter profit up 3%

(Oct. 19, 2012, ROCHESTER, N.Y. /AP/) -- Paychex Inc.'s first-quarter net income increased 3 percent on improved revenue for the payroll and benefits service provider. The company said that its client base is improving, its payroll check business is up and its client retention is near record highs. Paychex also reaffirmed its guidance for the year. The Rochester, N.Y.-based company said that it earned $153.1 million, or 42 cents per share, for the quarter that ended Aug. 31. That's compared with $148.9 million, or 41 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. Paychex's total revenue increased 3 percent to $578.2 million with gains in both its payroll and human resource services sectors. Analysts polled by FactSet, on average, were expecting Paychex to earn 41 cents for the quarter on revenue of $584.3 million. The company stood by its forecast for its 2013 fiscal year. It anticipates its net income will increase 5 to 7 percent. That suggests income of about $575.4 million to $586.4 million; analysts have forecast $581.3 million. It also expects its total service revenue, which excludes interest revenue, will grow 5 to 6 percent for the year.

Credit Suisse Increases Estimates and Price Target for ManpowerGroup

(Oct. 22, 2012, Milwaukee,/dividend.com/) --On Monday the price target and estimates of ManpowerGroup were boosted by analysts at Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse now sees MAN shares reaching $46. That is a 16.4% increase from Friday’s closing price of $39.53. Estimates for MAN were raised as higher sales are leading to bigger margins. Credit Suisse gives ManpowerGroup an “Outperform” rating. ManpowerGroup shares were flat in premarket trading on Monday.The Bottom Line: Shares of Manpower Group have a 2.18% dividend yield, based on Friday’s closing stock price of $39.53. The stock has technical support in the $34-$36 price area. If the shares can firm up, we see overhead resistance around the $42-$43 price levels.

Marsh & McLennan Companies to hold investor call on November 6 to discuss Q3 2012 Results

(Oct. 22, 2012, NEW YORK, /heraldonline.com/) -- Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC), a global professional services firm providing advice and solutions in risk, strategy and human capital, plans to announce third quarter 2012 results on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, in a news release to be issued before the market opens. The release will also be available on the Marsh & McLennan Companies website at www.mmc.com. Brian Duperreault, President and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies; Dan Glaser, Group President and COO; and Mike Bischoff, CFO, will lead a discussion with investors regarding financial results at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on November 6. The discussion will include a question-and-answer period.


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Paychex declares increase in quarterly dividend and authorizes $350 million stock repurchase

(Oct. 23, 2012, ROCHESTER, N.Y.--/BUSINESS WIRE/)-- The Board of Directors of Paychex, Inc. (NAS: PAYX) today declared a $.01 increase in the Company's regular quarterly dividend. The $.33 per share dividend is payable November 15, 2012 to shareholders of record November 2, 2012.The Company also announced that the Board has authorized the purchase of up to $350 million of its common stock. The end date for the authorization is May 31, 2014."The increase in the quarterly dividend and stock repurchase authorization reflect our ongoing commitment to balancing strategic investment in our business with our history of delivering outstanding shareholder value," said Martin Mucci, Paychex president and chief executive officer. "Our board and executive team are focused on executing the right investments for Paychex's future - including technology innovation - while producing exceptional returns for our shareholders."During fiscal 2012, Paychex returned $460.5 million, or 84% of net income, to shareholders as dividends.Paychex, Inc. is a leading provider of payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses. The company offers comprehensive payroll services, including payroll processing, payroll tax administration, and employee pay services, including direct deposit, check signing, and Readychex.

Barrett Business Reports Q3 2012 Financial Results

(Oct.23, 2012, VANCOUVER, W.A., /Marketwire.com/) -- Services, Inc. ("BBSI" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BBSI), a leading provider of business management solutions, reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. Third Quarter 2012 Financial Highlights vs. Year-Ago Quarter. Net revenues increased 30% to $111.1 million. Gross revenues increased 37% to $558.0 million Net income increased to $5.8 million or $0.81 per diluted common share, compared to net income of $5.4 million or $0.54 per diluted common share Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results Net revenues in the third quarter of 2012 increased 30% to $111.1 million, compared to $85.4 million in the third quarter of 2011. Total non-GAAP gross revenues in the third quarter of 2012 increased 37% to $558.0 million, compared to $406.0 million in the third quarter of 2011 (see "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below). The increase is due primarily to the continued build in the Company's Professional Employer Organization (PEO) client count and same-store-sales growth.


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Dice Holdings, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2012 Results

(Oct. 24, 2012, NEW YORK, /PRNewswire/) -- Dice Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHX), a leading provider of specialized websites for professional communities, today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. Revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 totaled $48.0 million, an increase of 3% from $46.8 million in the comparable quarter of 2011. Excluding the acquisition of Slashdot, SourceForge and Freecode, revenues were $47.3 million in the third quarter. The acquisition of Slashdot, SourceForge and Freecode from Geeknet, Inc. was completed on September 17, 2012. These sites have substantial and highly engaged audiences that fit with the Company's strategy to provide content, community and services that are important in technology professionals' everyday work lives. Furthermore, Slashdot and SourceForge position the Company to expand its specialized technology recruiting service globally.

On Assignment Q3 profit rises, tops estimate

(RTTNews.com) - On Assignment, Inc. (ASGN) reported net Income for the third quarter of $17.4 million or $0.33 per share, compared to $7.8 million or $0.21 per share for the year-ago quarter. Excluding items, adjusted net income for the latest quarter was $17.5 million or $0.33 per share. Revenue for the third quarter jumped to $388.28 million from $162.37 million a year ago, helped by the may acquisition of Apex Systems.Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to earn $0.30 per share on revenue of $385.99 million for the third quarter.Looking forward to the fourth quarter, the company forecast revenue of $385 million to $389 million and earnings of $0.25 to $0.29 per share. Analysts currently expect the company to earn $0.27 per share on revenue of $381.84 million for the fourth quarter.

Heidrick & Struggles reschedules Q3 2012 earnings release and conference call due to expected severe weather

(Oct. 29, 2012, CHICAGO, /GLOBE NEWSWIRE/)- Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (HSII), the leadership advisory firm providing executive search and leadership consulting services worldwide, today postponed the release of its financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2012 due to the expected severe weather conditions related to Hurricane Sandy. The rescheduled earnings announcement will be issued at 6:00 am CT on Wednesday, October 31 2012, followed by a conference call at 9:00 am CT.


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Kforce Reports revenues of $270.2 million and EPS of $0.26 for Q3, 2012

(Oct. 30, 2012, TAMPA, Fla., /GLOBE NEWSWIRE/) -- Kforce Inc. (KFRC), a provider of professional staffing services and solutions, today announced results for its third quarter of 2012. Revenues from continuing operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 were $270.2 million compared to $274.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, a decrease of 1.4% and compared to $261.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 3.5%. In the quarter ended September 30, 2012, Kforce reported net income of $9.3 million, or $0.26 per share, versus $8.9 million, or $0.24 per share, excluding the goodwill impairment charge, for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.

Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirms Paychex stock’s “market perform” rating

Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX)‘s stock had its “market perform” rating reaffirmed by Sanford C. Bernstein in a research note issued on Tuesday. They currently have a $29.00 price target on the stock. PAYX has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at – Cowen and Company reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Paychex in a research note to investors on Monday, October 22nd. Separately, analysts at Janney Montgomery Scott reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Paychex in a research note to investors on Wednesday, October 10th. They now have a $33.00 price target on the stock. Finally, analysts at Goldman Sachs reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Paychex in a research note to investors on Friday, October 5th. They now have a $35.00 price target on the stock. Paychex traded up 0.37% on Tuesday, hitting $32.93. Paychex has a 52-week low of $27.11 and a 52-week high of $34.70. The company has a market cap of $11.969 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.59.


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The Resumator secures $2.1 million series B round led by Birchmere Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners and Salesforce.com

(Oct. 29, 2012, Pittsburgh, PA)– The Resumator, a next-generation hiring platform, announces the completion of its Series B financing totaling $2.1 million. The new round was led by Birchmere Ventures, Series A lead investor Rincon Venture Partners, and cloud computing leader Salesforce.com. Innovation Works and ff Venture Capital also participated in the round.The Resumator is quickly becoming the best solution of fast growing organizations like both 2012 U.S. presidential campaigns and industry leaders like Pinterest, Mashable, Klout, MailChimp, HootSuite, Atari, Instagram and Tumblr.The Resumator's integrated social media features and recruiting tools make finding, sorting and reviewing applicants easy. Skills tests and applicant tracking software allow employers to analyze applicants before and after they are interviewed. The collaborative interface makes the process more engaging and transparent for every person involved. Most importantly, The Resumator is by far the easiest hiring platform to use and understand. Even for users with no past hiring experience, The Resumator makes hiring simple.“We’re helping the great people of today create the great companies of tomorrow. The Resumator gives small and medium sized business owners a voice to hire talent,” said Don Charlton, CEO and Founder of The Resumator. “We build products that enhance the relationships between job seekers, employers, and employees. Our significant growth and customer base is proof that we have a fundamentally different approach to how companies use software to recruit. This approach is less about automation and more about helping people collaborate.”

Team Health Holdings announces quarterly earnings

(Oct. 31, 2012, /jagsreport.com/) Team Health Holdings (NYSE: TMH) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $0.44 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $539.20 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $522.37 million. Team Health Holdings’s revenue was up 21.6% compared to the same quarter last year.Several analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Analysts at Piper Jaffray upgraded shares of Team Health Holdings from a “neutral” rating to a “overweight” rating in a research note to investors on Wednesday. They now have a $30.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $27.00. Analysts at Wells Fargo & Co. initiated coverage on shares of Team Health Holdings in a research note to investors on Thursday, September 6th. They set a “market perform” rating on the stock.

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Robert Walters: Perception of glass ceiling remains for Japanese companies

(Oct. 2, 2012, Tokyo, /JCN Newswire/) -- In a recent Employee Insights Survey, nearly 700 professionals in Japan feel that gender differences are more prevalent in Japanese companies than in foreign firms. Respondents believe that it is more difficult for women to secure advancement opportunities and similar salary levels compared to their male counterparts. Professionals were asked at what level of seniority are women able to achieve in business, before hitting a 'glass ceiling' or a barrier preventing further advancement. In a foreign company, nearly half (48%) of female respondents feel no glass ceiling exists while 28% believe women can be promoted up to a C-suite position. Opinions shift for Japanese firms, however, as only 18% believe there is no glass ceiling; 32% believe the highest position a woman can achieve is the managerial level. Professionals also believe that gender affects remuneration. 60% of female respondents feel that in a foreign company, men and women receive similar salary, while 18% feel women receive less than men at the same level of seniority. Conversely in a Japanese company, only 9% believe they receive similar salaries to men, while 68% of women feel they will be paid less. Male professionals who took the survey generally feel that gender differences are less prevalent compared to female respondents.

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C-suite culture must change if UK women are to reach their full potential, claims SHL

(Oct. 6, 2012, UK, /HR Magazine/) --The UK, where gender quotas on boards are still being discussed, stands in stark contrast to Norway, where gender quotas mean that 42% of all leadership roles are held by women. The UK ranks 19th out of 25 countries for leadership roles held by women. Norway comes in first, followed by Thailand, Italy and Hong Kong. The research, carried out by talent analytics company, SHL and published yesterday in its SHL 2012 Talent Report, is based on data from over one million people. It measured the leadership potential of employees across 25 countries, concluding that while leadership potential is actually higher in women, the gender difference in senior positions globally is 76% in favour of men. "With three men to every one woman being in leadership positions on average globally and men being motivated by power and fear of failure, UK boardrooms are self-perpetuating an unbalanced culture which is likely to naturally disengage women from aspiring to reach a senior position," said Eugene Burke, SHL's chief science and talent analytics officer. He added that C-suite culture needed to change in order to attract more female leaders. "Moving away from an organizational culture framed by fear of failure to one founded on recognition for contribution and performance will be a stronger attraction for potential female leaders," Burke said.

Hays: The stressed employee afraid to take a holiday

(Oct. 6, 2012, UK, /ft.com/) --A recent Hays survey found that more than one third of UK workers are not using their full holiday entitlement – and half of those are left with more than five days of unused leave at the end of the year. Nik Pratap, director of Hays senior finance, says: “Faced with a rainy British summer and increasing workloads, most of us need a holiday more than ever. But not being able to take time off is a common complaint from employees and only adds to rising stress levels.” In a competitive jobs market, employees can feel they have to be present in the office to show their value and commitment, but this culture of presenteeism can be damaging for both individuals and employers. Remember that you are legally entitled to take your holiday allowance, and your employer should accept your requests providing you follow your company’s holiday policies. If you are concerned about this then handle your requests for leave sensibly – asking for an extended sabbatical in the middle of a company crisis might not be well received, but asking for a reasonable amount of time off well in advance is to be expected.

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Companies must do more to tackle mental health issues, says HRD of Hastings

(Oct. 8, 2012, UK, /HR Magazine/) -- Organizations are struggling to deal with mental health issues in the workplace and the Government must do more to educate HR managers about these problems, according to HR director at insurance firm Hastings Direct, Amanda Menahem. Menahem also called for larger companies to "improve their employment practices" and "help get more disabled people into work". Menahem was speaking to HRmagazine after the insurers had been awarded the job centre Disability Symbol for its approach to supporting disabled people in the workplace. She said: "Mental health is a topic I think most organizations are struggling with. There's only a few who could say hand on heart they are tackling it properly, because it's a topic managers are afraid of dealing with. "It comes down to the HR team working very closely with line managers, spotting issues and making sure we deal with those in the right and appropriate way." Menahem went on to tell HRmagazine: "The other challenge is mental health issues are not always visible. Some managers don't want to deal with it because it's a scary topic for them. And then you've got HR people trying to manage through that and do the right thing for staff.

Mercer: slowdown in executive pay becomes trend of listed companies, equity incentive gains popularity

(Oct. 11, 2012, Beijing) Mercer has released the “2011 CSI 300 listed companies executive compensation trends” and “Chinese listed companies equity incentive trends report”, showing that due to the global economic downturn and the strong fluctuations in the financial markets, compensation growth of executives of CSI 300 domestic listed companies is showing a steady declining trend; equity-based long-term incentive is gaining favor from an increasing number of listed companies, but the domestic capital market’s continuing poor performance has left more than half of the equity-incentive plans in a "zero profit" status, and how to dispose the unprofitable options of listed companies have become long-term incentives problems to be solved. Mercer 2011 CSI 300 listed companies executive compensation trends" report shows turbulence and uncertainty in the overall economic environment in 2011. In this backdrop, the overall performance of the 2011 CSI 300 executive pay can be summarized as follows: the trend is not clear, salary increases and corporate decline coexist.

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Study lays out vision to bolster Wisconsin's workforce

(Oct. 11, 2012,Wisconsin, US /madison.com/) --A yearlong study has laid out a plan to help bring the skills of Wisconsin workers in line with the needs of state employers. The study, conducted by Competitive Wisconsin Inc., in partnership with ManpowerGroup, came up with strategies and recommendations spelled out in "Be Bold 2: Growing Wisconsin's Talent Pool."The study stresses the need for immediate action to link economic development to the training of potential workers and boost real-time information about jobs and the skills they require.As part of an eight-point plan to achieve that goal, the study recommends the formation of a Governor's Talent Development and Acquisition Council that would oversee a proposed $100 million fund.The money, which would come from the state budget, would be used to implement the report's recommendations.Other recommendations include the development of a mobile application that provides job information and support for internships and apprenticeships to help bring young people into the workforce.

Korn/Ferry International releases report on trends in board governance

(Oct. 11, 2012, LOS ANGELES, /PRNewswire/) -- Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), a premier global provider of talent management solutions, today announced the release of the 2012 Korn/Ferry Market Cap 100, the 37th in the firm's annual reports on trends in board governance. The report was released at the FT-ODX directors-only conference, which concludes today.The new edition, subtitled "Smooth CEO successions: Lessons in passing the baton," examined contrasting case studies—including transitions where the successor CEO came from inside, outside, and off the board of directors itself—to find the common denominators of success. To create the report, three vice chairmen at Korn/Ferry International with expertise in CEO succession—Dennis Carey, Stephen Mader, and Jane Stevenson—interviewed current and former top executives and directors at AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Marriott International Inc., MasterCard Worldwide, and Newell Rubbermaid Inc. Alongside accepted best practices for succession planning, the report suggests boards should weigh ten other factors when changing CEOs, including: Agree on the strategy first; Pick your succession leader with care; Define the full board's role; Define the sitting CEO's role; CEO succession planning is still not universal; Many companies are unprepared for an emergency leadership transition; Succession plans are getting deeper; Director turnover stays very low; Individuals serving fewer boards; CEO experience harder to secure for boards.

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Apprenticeships increase, but there is a drop overall in adult learning in workplace, says BIS

(Oct.18, 2012, London, /HR Magazine/) --According to statistics published yesterday by the department of business, innovation and skills (BIS), the number of people taking up apprenticeships rose from 457,200 to 502,500 in the academic year August 2011 to July 2012. Although the figures for apprenticeships rose, there was a drop in the wider take-up of adult learning in the workplace of over 275,000 places, according to Unionlearn, the learning and skills organization of the TUC. Unionlearn said training in the workplace is essential for all employees and valuable to employers, not just those who pursue the apprenticeships route. "Apprenticeships are a vital addition to the package of adult learning options – they must not become a replacement for other learning options that might better suit some employees," said a Unionlearn spokesperson. Becci Newton, senior research fellow at the Institute for Employment Studies, told HR magazine: "Any expansion in the use and reach of apprenticeships is broadly to be welcomed. "However, this does not mean apprenticeships in the UK are perfect. There is often a lack of diversity in the people taking advantage of apprenticeships, and this needs attention."There needs to be much more work to ensure all young people can access the best route for their needs in order that they reach their full potential," she added. UK skills minister, Matthew Hancock, said: "Hitting the half-million mark is a momentous achievement for this Government's apprenticeship programme.

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Hong Kong's labor market face double human capital challenges in the future

(Oct. 16, 2012, Hong Kong /China News Agency/) --A human resources company in Hong Kong said in a report that, Hong Kong's labor market is facing more difficulties to attract new talent and improve performance, and it is under productivity pressure. In the face of economic restructuring, social change, and wage pressures, the new wave of productivity enhancement and innovation is calling for professionals to be able to promote this service-oriented economy in Hong Kong. This year, the world's second largest recruitment and HR services provider Randstad's issued World of Work Report, which collected responses and opinions from 9800 employers and employees in the Asia-Pacific region, including 540 business leaders. Looking to the future of the labor market, the report pointed out that Hong Kong employers stressed the leadership, as well as strong resilience in the changing business environment. Interestingly, the survey found that only 45% of Hong Kong employers consider their leaders have good leadership skills, and only 4% of the employers think their leaders outstanding. In addition, 71% of employers in Hong Kong are worried about the succession of their senior management, and this problem is expected to continue for several years. Brien Keegan, Randstad Hong Kong Directors, said that, for positions with high demand for knowledge-based talent, the top positions are business development, technical and sales positions that enhance customer relations, which need e-business competence and social media skills for customer communications.

Towers Watson: Top pension funds growth slowed

A research by jointly launched by Towers Watson, a world leading investment advisory firm, and pension and investment, the leading financial investment media, shows that the world's largest 300 pension funds’ total assets received less than 2% increase in 2011 (they saw an increase of 11% in 2010), but they reached a new high point of $12.7 trillion. (In 2010 the total assets were worth $12.5 trillion). The results of this study also shows that, exclude the 13% negative growth in 2008, in 2011 the 300 pension funds’ increase in total assets hit a record low since 2003. From the point of view of a single region, the Asia-Pacific region led the pack with its 9% five-year cumulative growth rate; Europe had 6% cumulative five-year rate of growth, and North America's five-year cumulative growth rate was zero; Latin America and Africa, although starting from a low base, but the five-year cumulative growth rate of the two continents also reached a level of nearly 8%. The survey shows that North America still occupies the highest share of the total assets of the pension of more than 39%, but its share has been showing a steady decline over the past decade. The Asia-Pacific region accounted for the second largest region, followed by Europe. The study also showed that the entire pension assets accounted for 46% of the world's top 300 pension funds’ assets In the past six to seven years, the world's largest pension asset has seen their allocation undergo a significant change due to the current economic uncertainty, the pension funds are making more conservative investments.

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Right Management: Relatively few people had to relocate for new job

(Oct. 19, 2012, PHILADELPHIA)– Despite a tough job market, only 14% of laid-off employees relocated to take a new position this year, according to a study by Right Management, the talent and career management expert within ManpowerGroup. Right Management reviewed data on nearly 7,000 job seekers throughout North America who received outplacement services by the firm during the first eight months of 2012.“Growing popularity in working virtually and the fact that many companies are embracing flexible work models could attribute to why so few employees are relocating in today’s tight employment market,” said Monika Morrow, Senior Vice President of Career Management for Right Management, which provides talent, career and outplacement services to Fortune 500 companies.In addition, there are good reasons why more job seekers don’t want to relocate, noted Morrow. “There are invariably conflicting pressures. On the one hand there are family issues, kids in school and perhaps an employed partner. On the other there’s the job offer itself, which may be attractive in terms of opportunity and compensation. But most job seekers are just reluctant to pick up and relocate, especially for mid-level managers and professionals.” Even though the weak job market, noted Morrow, has compelled individuals to look outside their own area or region for new employment, an individual may be unable to sell a home in a timely manner or at the fair price.

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EIU/KMPG: C-Suite execs believe HR metrics will fundamentally change over the next three years

(Oct. 16, 2012, UK, /HR Magazine/) --Over half of executives in an EIU/KPMG survey believe the metrics that define success in HR will fundamentally change over the next three years. The report, Rethinking Human Resources in a Changing World, published yesterday by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by professional services company KPMG, found that HR is struggling with the challenges of managing a global, flexible workforce. It needs to find ways to engage with workers that will help address these challenges, the report added.Robert Bolton, partner in KPMG management consulting and global lead of the firm's HR Centre of Excellence, told HR magazine: "HR should be the critical value driving function in an organization, large or small. It can be more important than any other function, including sales and marketing. There are many qualitative and quantitative measures that will define HR's success in the coming years. These include capacity, where there needs to be a clean and clear definition between chief executives and the front-line employees. Some executives of global companies would be horrified to find how their organisational culture has changed and grown over the years."There will be a change in capability - the retention of people in critical roles."Compliance will change, as it now needs to be integrated with the organization’s overall business strategy.”Bolton added: "These metrics can be measured by taking steps such as checking career progression and retention of staff in critical roles. HR teams must make better use of technology such as social media to provide their managers with the data they believe will be of most use."The report stated that HR would remain the "poor relation" at the boardroom table until it fully embraced technology. HR needed to move away from its tendency to report historical data, in favour of forward-looking analytics designed to improve business understanding of employee demands and desires.

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EIU and SAP survey shows small and midsize enterprises confident about their future

(Oct. 18, 2012, WALLDORF, Germany, /PRNewswire/) -- According to an Economist Intelligence Unit survey sponsored by SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) in emerging countries are expanding and flourishing financially while their counterparts in the developed markets — despite more difficult market conditions — are confident of an economic upswing in the near future. Finding and keeping new customers, attracting talent and operating efficiently stood out as top challenges worldwide, while companies in emerging markets see effective use of technology as a key priority in achieving growth. The announcement was made during European SME Week, being held in Brussels from October 15-21, 2012.Asked about their top business priorities for the next 12 months, respondents in developed and emerging markets appear to share broadly similar goals: growing sales and earnings. Fifty-three percent of those in developed markets and 55 percent of those in emerging economies cite growth as a top business priority. In India, the figure is 76 percent and in the UK, 71 percent. The lowest showings are in France, at 25 percent, and Russia, 35 percent.SMEs Expect Their Businesses To GrowSMEs expect to support growth plans by hiring additional staff. Of those surveyed, 94 percent stated that revenues remained flat or increased over the last three years. Twenty-eight percent reported increases of more than 10 percent and 39 percent responded with up to 10 percent growth. Looking ahead, 96 percent of respondents expect either a flat or positive revenue development over the next 12 months. The research was based on a survey with more than 1,000 executives of SMEs, with an annual turnover of US $20-$750 million, and on a series of in-depth interviews with senior managers of SMEs. Respondents and interviewees came from developed economies of France, Germany, and Japan, the UK and the U.S. and emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and Russia. "Expansion Beyond Home Markets Asked about their business priorities for the year ahead, SME managers in all surveyed economies said that expanding their business into new markets is one of their top business priorities. Twenty-eight percent of the executives interviewed in developed countries strongly agreed that they have to enter foreign markets to keep their competitive edge. In comparison, 22 percent of respondents in emerging economies believe that is the case. "The survey findings are significant because they reveal a high degree of confidence among managers of SMEs that they can achieve growth in the period ahead," said Christopher Watts, a contributing editor of the Economic Intelligence Unit and author of three articles analyzing the online survey. "Given the critical role of SMEs in driving both developed and emerging economies, this confidence is a very positive signal."

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Mainland firms cautious on M&As: Ernst & Young

(Oct.18, 2012, Beijing, /China Daily/) --More mainland companies are turning cautious toward mergers and acquisitions in the coming year due to high valuation of targeted overseas companies and regulatory environment hurdles, according an Ernst & Young survey.According to the survey, only 11 percent of the surveyed mainland companies indicated their intention to pursue acquisitions in the coming year, down from the 22 percent surveyed in March this year. By contrast, 25 percent of the global executives expected to pursue acquisitions next year.Regarding the factors hindering the mainland companies' expectations of undertaking more M&As, 64 percent of the respondents said that the targeted overseas companies' valuation is too high. Hence, they preferred to stay on the sidelines in the global M&A market next year as they hoped that the global economic uncertainty might lead to even lower business valuations.The "Capital Confidence Barometer" survey was carried out in August and September by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which had been commissioned by Ernest & Young. The survey involved interviews with more than 1,500 global senior business executives (102 mainland respondents) from 41 countries that cover 24 industry sectors.The survey also revealed that 22 percent of respondents cited regulatory environment hurdles in making M&A deals, perhaps reflecting the USA where regulatory issues had arisen with recent deals involving mainland companies. The USA is the top destination for mainland investors.In the survey, about 41 percent of the mainland companies identified their poor execution capabilities in integration after making M&A deals. Another 35 percent of the respondents said that they had made poor assumptions regarding operating cost expectations.

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★★★★SHL: Sixth Business Outcomes Study demonstrates quantifiable talent data is key to organizational success

(Oct. 22, 2012, SHANGHAI, /PRNewswire/)-- SHL, the global leader in talent measurement solutions, today released its sixth annual Business Outcomes Study Report which offers an in-depth look at how organizations use data about their workforce to inform their business decisions.A record 66 companies participated in outcome studies in the previous 12 month period, demonstrating increased demand for HR to correlate talent management efforts with measurable business impact. These organizations represent industries as varied as financial services, technology, hospitality, media and engineering, and cover many different job roles and levels, including in customer service, sales, management and more.As competition heats up in our recovering economy, increasing numbers of organizations worldwide want access to comprehensive People Intelligence data to gain the strategic advantage over competitors through increased sales, reduced operating costs, and improvements in overall productivity. Specific achievements include: GBP624,000 increase in sales per salesperson for a major car retailer. The study also found these same employees are three times more likely to be ranked as top performers. 41% increase in productivity for call center collection agents. Over GBP 2.0 million in savings for an insurance company as a result of reduced turnover and lower employee absence rates. Quadrupled sales revenue for a retail location with managers at the helm who were assessed as "high potential" employees: 41% increase in efficiency, 31% more revenue, and 22% lower employee turnover for a customer service outsourcer"People are at the heart of everything we do, so it's imperative that we closely examine the link between our customer's talent decisions and their business outcomes, " explained Quan Fu, Managing Director of SHL China. "In this day and age, the way companies leverage their People Intelligence can not only dictate their level of success, but whether they can compete at all in any given market."The 2012 report also underscored the growing demand for Talent Analytics, as businesses seek to determine how their workforce measures up to the competitive landscape by industry or geography. Talent Analytics provides answers to some of the most pressing questions facing businesses today including how well an organization is attracting and retaining talent, the strength of its leadership pipeline, and how to make talent programmes more effective and efficient.

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Adecco: Healthcare costs top U.S. executives' concerns

(Oct. 21, 2012, NEW YORK, /Reuters/) -- U.S. corporate executives are more worried about providing healthcare benefits to their employees than about issues like wages, taxes or attracting qualified workers, according to a survey by the world's No. 1 staffing company, Adecco SA. In Adecco's poll of senior executives, 55 percent named healthcare benefits as their biggest current business challenge, and about a third say they are holding back hiring because of healthcare reforms introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama. Obama's 2010 healthcare law, upheld this year by the U.S. Supreme Court, is expected to raise insurance costs for employers because it calls for wider coverage of more people, including those with pre-existing medical conditions. "A lot of firms just don't know how the (law) is going to impact them financially," said Senior Vice President Janette Marx. "If it does increase costs, it causes executives to question whether they can hire more."

Engagement and motivation now more important for reward professionals than attraction and retention, says CIPD

(Oct. 22, 2012, /HR Magazine/) --Attraction and retention of key employees is no longer high on the agenda for reward professionals, according to the latest Reward risk survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Instead, increasing pensions costs has entered the top 10 list of concerns for the first time.For the second year in a row, the top concern remains that ‘employees don’t appreciate the value of the total reward offering’, and ‘reward not engaging employees’ has moved to second place from seventh last year.Other reward risks that have become more important include ‘employees don’t understand performance and behavior requirements’, ‘incentives not motivating’ and ‘inability to communicate desired performance and behaviors’.Charles Cotton, rewards adviser at the CIPD, said: “It’s encouraging to see reward professionals thinking more strategically about rewarding the behaviors and performance that contributes to business success, but attracting and retaining key talent is always crucial – in the good times and the bad… Reward professionals shouldn’t be too complacent while they wait for the economy to pick up.”He added: “If the top risk remains that ‘employees do not appreciate the value of the total reward offering’, then HR needs to ask what is doing to manage this concern? HR and reward professionals need to recognize that there are many inherent risks in how employers reward and recognize their employees. The profession must act strategically and collaboratively to identify the various ways in which a poorly designed or implemented reward strategy, coupled with external factors such as changes in the economy or regulatory framework, could put their organization at risk.”The CIPD’s third annual Reward risks survey was carried out between 30 July and 7 August 2012. Almost 300 senior reward professionals responded to the survey.

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Employers missing opportunities to help working parents, says Edenred

(Oct. 22, 2012,/HR Magazine/) --Employers could do much more to help working parents with their common worries, according to new research from benefits provider Edenred. The study, which asked 400 working parents on Edenred’s online advice channel Parenthub about their key areas of concern, found that three out of the top five troubles were ones where employers can help. Finance, childcare provision and managing work/life balance came in the top five concerns, with sleep and food and nutrition completing the set. Andy Philpott, sales and marketing director at Edenred, said: “It is clear that employers are missing an opportunity to help with some of the basics which are part and parcel of juggling a job with childcare. “Finding childcare, paying for it, the issue of work/life balance and planning for family finances aren’t the job of employers but organizations can do a lot to help employees as at all points of the journey into parenthood with the common problems that can take employee’s attention away from their jobs. "We all know now that distracted and stressed staff are less likely to perform and more likely to be ill so providing help is a question of common sense which benefits both employer and employees.”

China Youth Daily: Paid leave policy poorly observed by private companies

(Oct. 30, 2012, Beijing, /China Youth Daily/) The China Youth Daily Social Investigation Center joined the China Yahoo in a survey on 3913 people, and the result shows that 45.9% of the people oppose to replace paid leave with a the golden week (long holiday from Oct. 1 to 7), considering the idea "unrealistic"; 55.8% of the people just said, to sidestep the uncertainties of paid leave, it is good to extend vacation time to replace the golden Week. 50.4% of the interviewees said that their companies did not observe paid vacation; 78.1% of people believe that employers and employees were unequal, and staff do not have the right to speak for themselves, and it was difficult to fully implement the paid leave. Among the interviewees, those born in the 1970s accounted for 34.5% those born in the 1980s account for 39.1% and those born in the 1990s 2.8%.

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SAP continues mobile enterprise management software market leadership

(Oct. 2, 2012, /IT168/) - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) yesterday announced that leading IT market research advisory firm IDC has recognized SAP as the market share leader based on 2011 revenue in mobile enterprise management (MEM) enterprise software market. SAP received the distinction for the eleventh consecutive year in the "Worldwide Mobile Enterprise Management Software 2012 – 2016 Forecast and Analysis and 2011 Vendor Shares" report. The new report highlights the SAP Afaria mobile device management solution as holding 16.4 percent share of the MEM market with the nearest competitors having less than seven percent share in 2011.In recognition of the growing convergence between the mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM) markets, IDC is now producing an annual forecast and analysis document that combines the two markets into a new market called MEM software. This study effectively replaces the former mobile device management enterprise forecast and analysis where SAP led the market for 10 consecutive years. "IDC recommends that enterprises evaluate mobile solutions that both manage and secure devices and the applications that access sensitive corporate information on those devices," said Stacy Crook, senior analyst, Mobile Enterprise Research at IDC. "This report represents the leading MEM software offerings that address the broad requirements of enterprises — for both corporate and employee-owned mobile devices — and users."

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Right Management's online job seeking tool earns ManpowerGroup innovation accolade

(Oct 3, 2012, DUBLIN, /BUSINESS WIRE/) -- Right Management, the talent and career management expert within ManpowerGroup, is pleased to announce its innovative outplacement solution RightChoice, and its supporting RightEverywhere web portal, helped ManpowerGroup to be named one of the Top 250 Innovators on the InformationWeek 500 which recognises the most creative users of business technology. ManpowerGroup ranked in 130th position and was the only company in the workplace consultancy industry to be recognised in the list. Nicola Deas, Practice Leader of Career management Ireland at Right Management comments, "RightChoice was designed to address a need in a very difficult global job market. It's critical that job seekers have support to develop the right skills and have access to the right opportunities to find employment. It has never been more important to learn how to effectively network with peers - online and offline - as well as being able to create a great online profile with compelling messages that will get noticed by employers and recruiters. It's not enough to just have a good CV in today's market." "The recognition for RightChoice(R) is encouraging as we set a new benchmark for the entire industry. The editors look for companies that are using unconventional or fresh approaches to solving complex business problems with IT. Our outplacement solution, including coaching offered 7-days a week, does this and delivers real results for career transition candidates, enabling them to secure new and satisfying opportunities in the shortest amount of time and with the least amount of disruption to their long term careers." As the workforce consulting experts within ManpowerGroup, Right Management designs and delivers solutions to align talent strategy with business strategy.

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ManpowerGroup's Mara Swan Named 2012 HR Executive of the Year

(Oct. 4, 2012, MILWAUKEE, /PRNewswire via COMTEX/)--ManpowerGroup the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, is proud to announce that Mara Swan, ManpowerGroup Executive Vice President, Global Strategy and Talent, has been named HR Executive of the Year for 2012 by Human Resource Executive® magazine. The HR Executive of the Year accolade is presented to only one individual annually, recognizing human resources leaders who have made outstanding contributions to their organization and the HR profession as a whole, as well as exemplifying the increasingly strategic role of human resources in the contemporary world of business.

Neusoft Group named by Boston Consulting Group as a global challenger

(2012/10/8, Beijing /Securities Times/) -- Neusoft Group (600718), by virtue of its rapid growth and globalized expansion, the company is named by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as a "BCG global challengers. "The BCG released in the 2012 Tianjin Summer Davos Forum the "BCG Global Challenger" list and the ranking of "2012 China 50 Global Challengers", a comprehensive introduction to the achievements of China's global challengers, and in-depth analysis of the enormous challenges faced by these enterprises. BCG reportedly uses a range of quantitative and qualitative indicators in its selection of 50 companies, aiming to widely show the pattern of globalization of Chinese enterprises and China's economic scenario. The China Global Challengers are ranked according to their annual sales, ranging from USD180 million to USD300 billion, and nearly 50% of these enterprises are in the private sector, and 26 of them are state-owned enterprises. 13 companies on the list have more than half of their revenues from overseas.

Wisconsin companies among best Corporate Citizens

(Oct. 5, 2012, Milwaukee, /biztimes/) --ManpowerGroup and four other Wisconsin-based companies appear on Corporate Responsibility magazine’s Best Corporate Citizens List for 2012 with ManpowerGroup in the 94th place. "With the world firmly in the Human Age, where there are new demands for innovation, productivity and talent, businesses of all sizes must be agile enough to adapt to the fast-changing environment and effectively operate in a profitable yet sustainable way," said Jeffrey Joerres, ManpowerGroup chairman and chief executive officer. "More than ever before, being a responsible company is now a key driver of employee engagement, which is essential for an organization to unleash human potential and earn a competitive advantage." The magazine’s methodology collects 324 data elements in seven categories: climate change, employee relations, environment, financial, governance, human rights and philanthropy.

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S&P raises Marsh & McLennan Cos rating to 'BBB'

(Oct. 13, 2012, /reuters.com/) --On Oct. 12, 2012, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its counterparty credit rating on Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) to 'BBB' from 'BBB-'. At the same time, we raised the company's short-term rating by one notch to 'A-2' and its senior unsecured debt rating by one notch to 'BBB'. The outlook is stable.The rating upgrade reflects our improved view of MMC's business and financial profile. In recent years, MMC has made substantial efforts in refining the group's strategy and lowering its operational and financial risks. Among these efforts were the material reduction in debt at the organization, streamlining operations, the divestiture of the underperforming Kroll unit, and an improved operating strategy at Marsh. We believe management's operational and strategic changes have been positive for the organization and are now translating into greater competitive sustainability and tangible performance improvements.

Melbourne Mercer announces Global Pension Index

(Oct. 15, 2012, Melbourne, /www.globalpensionindex.com/) --Australia’s retirement savings and income system has made small gains since 2011, with the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index value increasing from 75.0 in 2011 to 75.7 in 2012, and its overall global ranking coming in at third place. The Australian gains in the overall Index value have primarily resulted from an increase in the level of pension fund assets and a rise in the labor force participation rate amongst those aged 55-64. Denmark received an overall index value of 82.9 and becomes the first system to be classified as ‘A’ grade, moving Netherlands from the top position in the rankings. Denmark’s unique ‘A’ grade ranking has been awarded in recognition of the country’s well funded pension system, its high level of assets and contributions, the provision of adequate benefits and a private pension system with well developed regulations. Mercer Senior Partner and author of the report, Dr David Knox, said “Many of the world’s retirement systems are under increasing stress with an ageing population, low investment returns and, in some cases, significant government debt. Reform is needed to ensure that adequate benefits are provided over the long term in a sustainable manner.

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ManpowerGroup wins Best Large Recruitment Business Honor at First Global Recruiter Asia Pacific Recruitment Industry Awards

(Oct. 16, 2012, SINGAPORE, /PRNewswire/) -- ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, is pleased to announce that its Asia Pacific and Middle East operations have been named as the Best Large Recruitment Business Winner at the inaugural Global Recruiter Asia Pacific Recruitment Awards. ManpowerGroup received the accolade for the excellence of its brand, commitment to providing outstanding customer service to its clients in multiple countries across the region, and for its innovative work in the industry. The company's unparalleled Candidate Experience, expert advice and thought leadership, and its commitment to corporate social responsibility made ManpowerGroup the stand-out choice for the judging panel. "This award recognizes ManpowerGroup's unparalleled ability to deliver the full suite of innovative workforce solutions to help our clients win in the fast-changing Human Age," said Darryl Green, ManpowerGroup President, Asia Pacific and Middle East. "Our strong and connected brands, expert solutions and counsel to our clients, the fact that we are the premier place to find a job, and our careful balance of sustainability with profitability truly presents a winning combination."

Heidrick & Struggles partners named to Prestigious Directorship 100

(Oct. 23, 2012, CHICAGO, /GLOBE NEWSWIRE/) -- Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (Nasdaq:HSII), the leadership advisory firm providing executive search and leadership consulting services worldwide, today announced that Bonnie W. Gwin, vice chairman and managing partner, North America Board of Directors Practice and Theodore L. Dysart, vice chairman and leader within the global CEO & Board Practice, were again named to the Directorship 100. The annual list compiled by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) is based on a survey of 15,000 public company directors and officers and identifies the most influential people in the boardroom community, including directors, corporate governance experts, journalists, regulators, academics and counselors. "Bonnie and Ted's commitment to corporate governance, ethics and leadership in the boardroom has distinguished them in our industry, making them trusted advisors to some of the most influential boards in business today," said L. Kevin Kelly, chief executive officer of Heidrick & Struggles. "This is a well-deserved honor for them, and one that underscores our firm's commitment to provide our clients with unparalleled expertise and service quality, as well as the caliber of our CEO & Board Practice."

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Neusoft wins 2012 Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) Award

(Oct. 24, 2012, SHENYANG, China, /PRNewswire/) -- Neusoft Corporation ("Neusoft", 600718.SH), a leading IT solution and service provider in China, announced that it has been recognized recently as one of the 2012 Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) Winners by Teleos in association with The KNOW Network. This is the first time that Neusoft has been recognized as an Asian MAKE Winner, and the 2012 Asian MAKE panel has recognized Neusoft for developing knowledge-based products/services/solutions. The Asian Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) study is part of Teleos' MAKE research program. The Asian MAKE study was established in 2002 to recognize organizations for their ability to create shareholder value by transforming new as well as existing enterprise knowledge into superior products/services/solutions. A panel of Asian-based Fortune 500 senior executives and internationally recognized knowledge management / intellectual capital experts selected the 2012 Asian MAKE Winners.

ManpowerGroup ranked 16th among Newsweek's 500 Greenest U.S. Companies for 2012

(Oct. 23, 2012, MILWAUKEE, /PRNewswire/) -- ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, has been named to Newsweek magazine's 2012 Green Rankings for United States companies, ranking No. 16 among 500 U.S. public companies and No.1 in the professional services category.ManpowerGroup has been successfully named to the Newsweek ranking -- which is a comprehensive annual measurement of the environmental performance of the largest U.S. public companies -- for each of the four years the assessment has been carried out. ManpowerGroup moved up 10 places from its 26(th) position in 2011, also improving its overall green score to 72.8 from 69.3. This year's rankings were calculated using the same methodology as in 2011, making meaningful year-to-year comparisons possible for the first time.

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ClickSoftware positioned in the leadersquadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Field Service Management

(Oct. 24, 2012, BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, /PRNewswire/) -- ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (NasdaqGS: CKSW), the leading provider of automated mobile workforce management and optimization solutions for the service industry, today announced it has been positioned as a Leader by Gartner, Inc. in the analyst firm's 2012 Magic Quadrant for Field Service Management* report. According to Gartner, leaders demonstrate market strength based on installed base depth, and affect market trends in all categories of the criteria on which they're evaluated. Users of the software feel they are gaining a competitive advantage over others in their industry. ClickSoftware provides a full, end-to-end, service chain optimization solution for any size of service business, whether on-premises or in the cloud. The breadth of ClickSoftware's solutions cover demand forecasting, long-and-short term capacity planning, shift planning, real-time scheduling and optimization, enterprise mobility, and business analytics, giving customers a measurable ROI and enabling them to provide outstanding customer service.

Liu Ping from Neusoft elected "2012 Best Customer Contact Center Manager"

(Oct. 31, 2012, Dalian, /BPO industry.net/) -- Neusoft Co., Ltd. International Operation Manager Liu Ping was elected "2012 best Customer Contact Center Manager" at the 2012 Annual Customer Contact Center and CRM Award Presentation Ceremony. Ms Liu, currently International Operations Manager. of Neusoft Technology Development Co., Ltd., entered the call center industry in 2000,and has more than 10 years of experience in marketing, project transfer, project management, and other business areas.The "2012 China Top 500 Enterprises Release and large China Enterprises Summit” was held on August 31 to September 2 in Changchun, organized by the China Enterprise Confederation and China Entrepreneurs Association, and the Jilin Provincial People's Government. Government officials at all levels, Top 500 enterprises’ representatives, experts, academic researchers, and media totaling some 2000 people attended the release event. On September 1, the event officially announced that the CIIC was ranked No. 318 on the top 500 list, up 18 from 2011, and it was also ranked No. 102 on the Chinese Services Companies in 2012, up five from 2011. In 2012, only two enterprises in the field of international cooperation in human resources, technology and intelligence, labor and foreign economic cooperation services industry appeared on the list, namely, CIIC (No. 318) and Beijing Foreign Enterprise Service Group Co., Ltd. (FESCO) (No. 392). Thus, from 2006 to 2012, CIIC for seven consecutive years is ranked No. 1 among human resources companies.


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Experis Becomes $10,000 Event Sponsor of Project Management Collegiate Competition

(Oct. 05, 2012, Grand Rapids, MI, /PRWEB/) --Western Michigan Chapter of the Project Management Institute (http://www.wmpmi.org) is announcing that Experis, ManpowerGroup, the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, has agreed to contribute $10,000 as the Event Sponsor of THE Project 2013, an Inter-Collegiate Competition in Project Management. “We are grateful to WMPMI for giving us the opportunity to participate in this excellent education and life skills exercise. I am certain that the competing students will grow as individuals and our State will directly benefit from their efforts in crafting project plans around the theme of ‘Keeping Our Youth – Our Future – Here’”, said Becky Puckett the Managing Director for Experis for the State of Michigan. Project Management is one of those key specialized skills and this competition allows students the opportunity to work in real life business situations with a work product that will be viewed by companies all over West Michigan.

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Adecco employees run, cycle and swim millions of kilometers to improve the employability of young people

(Oct. 8, 2012, Barcelona, Spain, /4-traders.com/) -- Employees from Adecco Group, the world's leading provider of Human Resources solutions, have run, cycled and swum over two million kilometers in the past three years to raise money for good causes. The funds were donated to foundations, which support disadvantaged young people with education and skill development for better job opportunities and a better life. Adecco's Win4Youth programme, now in its third year, is a sports and skill development initiative involving Adecco employees and clients worldwide. The main purpose of Win4Youth is to raise money for disadvantaged young people and improve their future chances of successfully entering the job market. At the same time, it allows Adecco employees to live the company's values and keep fit. For every kilometer covered by an employee or client, the Adecco Group donates money to selected youth development projects around the world. The initiative was launched in 2010, when close to 30,000 employees and hundreds of clients ran at 1,855 sports events across 58 countries. The highlight event saw 62 employees successfully completing the New York City Marathon. In total, more than 228,000 kilometers were covered in the first year and donations were made to six foundations. The following year, cycling stood at the centre of the programme, supported by cycling legend Eddy Merckx.

Hay: Tree planting marks end of leadership programme

(Oct. 8, 2012, Dobsonville, Soweto, /bizcommunity.com/) -- At the end of a four-day leadership programme at Forte High School, Dobsonville, Soweto, 13 bush willow trees - one for each participant - were planted at the school to symbolize growth, sustainable leadership, and as a reminder to the heads of the school to use their newly acquired skills. Facilitated by Hay Group, which partnered the organization, One School at a Time, the focus of the leadership programme was to build effective leaders at the school, including the principal, deputy principal and heads of department. The belief is that a proper solution for education can deliver a solution for poverty and crime, and that through education South Africa could become a shining example to Africa and the world. In South Africa, there are approximately 30 000 schools, of which 23 000 are dysfunctional and contribute annually to an already dysfunctional society. The idea is that improving the education system is an absolute possibility, one school at a time. "While pass rates and university exemptions are used annually to benchmark schools and the Provincial Education Departments' performance against previous years, success does not reside solely in these statistics," said Gail Lumby, senior consultant at Hay Group and former school head.

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Insperity Announces First Graduating Class of Certified Business Performance Advisors

(Oct. 22, 2012, HOUSTON, /BUSINESS WIRE/) -- Insperity, Inc. (NYSE: NSP), a leading provider of human resources and business performance solutions for America’s best businesses, today announced its first graduating class of Certified Business Performance Advisors through the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. “Our Certified Business Performance Advisors are a new breed of professionals specifically equipped to address the increasing complexities of running a business,” said Jay E. Mincks, Insperity executive vice president of sales and marketing. “These 76 graduates of our first class demonstrate our commitment to help businesses succeed so communities prosper.” The Certified Business Performance Advisor program includes a rigorous curriculum of courses ranging from finance and statistical analytics to business ethics and management taught by faculty from the Bauer College. The 80-hour, professional level program launched in fall 2011, is designed to provide Insperity advisors with a broader base of knowledge coupled with a deeper understanding of an array of critical business solutions. “This program is innovative and trailblazing,” said Bauer Dean Latha Ramchand, also a professor of finance. “It is our goal at the college to serve as a resource for the business community to come back and renew their knowledge and bring additional value to their organizations. Insperity is the perfect example of a company that understands the benefits of investing in its most valuable asset – its human capital.” The newly certified Business Performance Advisors completed nine eight-hour modules of in-class and Web-based instruction in accounting and financial reporting, leadership and human resources, strategy, finance, business development and customer management, business analytics and statistics, management information system and decision support, operations, and business law, ethics and values. The coursework culminated in an all-day business simulation that focused on the crucial issues of why some companies succeed and others fail. Insperity Business Performance Advisors were divided into teams to run businesses and compete head-to-head for market share and revenue. Participants gained practical experience from the exercise – confronting business issues, constraints and obstacles, and developing and achieving appropriate goals, strategies and tactics. The certification program is one element in Insperity’s growing partnership with Bauer and the University of Houston.


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EU justice commissioner u-turns on plans to impose quotas for women on company boards

(Oct. 23 2012, /HR Magazine/) -- The EU justice commissioner, Viviane Reding has today postponed plans to impose quotas for women on company boards. Reding wanted a vote to make it compulsory for companies to keep 40% of seats for women. The proposals will now be debated in November. Reding said earlier today on Twitter: "Gender balance directive postponed. But I will not give up." Audrey Williams, partner and discrimination law expert at global law firm, Eversheds, said: "Such a controversial proposal was never going to get an easy ride and it is unsurprising that there was strong opposition. Viviane Reding now has an opportunity to review her proposals and come back with something more palatable for those who were against her original plan. "To address concerns that the proposed Directive could be unlawful, that could mean a significant watering down of the sanctions facing companies that don't reach any target. Heather Jackson, founder and CEO of UK organization dedicated to supporting women on boards, An Inspirational Journey said: "We welcome the move by Brussels today to postpone the decision on mandatory board quotas.


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The 7th China International Software & Service Outsourcing Conference to be held in Xi'an

(2012,10, 9, Xi'an, /Xi'an Evening News/) --The Seventh China International Software & Service Outsourcing Conference will be held in Xi'an at the end of October. The conference will address the topic, “Finding Advantage in a Dynamic Global Market", and present a showcase event to top international buyers, domestic and international leading software companies and service outsourcing provider industry. The China International Software & Service Outsourcing Conference, launched in 2004, has so far held the sixth times to attract world-renowned IT companies, e.g., IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, HP, France Telecom, Canon, Panasonic, NEC, NTT Data, Samsung, Huawei and other executives, government officials, industry authorities, senior experts and more than 2,500 participants, and helped IBM, Oracle, NTT Data, soft international and other projects settle in the regional High-tech Zones. The 7th China International Software & Service Outsourcing Conference will attract 350 attendees, including overseas enterprises from Europe and the United States, Japan and South Korea, venture capitalists, advisory bodies and other executives totaling 60 people; the well-known non-local enterprises, venture capital institutions, and media totaling 100 people.. The conference seeks to make breakthrough from the selection of domestic and international cooperation agencies, and speakers.

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"2012 Talent Management China Tour” successfully held in Shenzhen

(Oct. 17, 2012, Shenzhen) - HRoot, China's leading human resources Internet and media company launched the 2012 Talent Management China Tours in Shenzhen on October 17 at the Bolin Novotel Hotel. The forum invited Randstad Regional Director of the Southern Region, Zhou Dan, vice president of Beisen R & D Center, Bi Ning, senior solutions consultant of ADP (China), Mr. Peng Pinggen, personnel evaluation and development center general manager of CIIC, Liu Xiaomei, learning enhancement manager of ZTE, Huang Xiaohua, Human Resources Manager of CSTC standards Technical Services Co., Ltd., Wang Xin, human resources manager of ThyssenKrupp (Shenzhen), Miss Meng Xiaoyan, a former director of human resources a foreign insurance companies in China, and Anson Tang, general manager of HRoot, as keynote speakers and they held round-table discussions with guests from Standard Chartered Bank, CIGNA & CMC, Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, AIA, Emerson, Pepsi, COFCO and other well-known enterprises. More than 200 human resource management professionals, including the human resources directors, human resources managers, and training managers shared and explored the talent management topic.

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Kronos celebrates 35 years of innovation

(Oct. 17, 2012, Chemsford, Mass. /efytimes.com/) At an event held at its world headquarters in Chelmsford, Mass. yesterday, Kronos Incorporated celebrated 35 years as a pioneering innovator in the field of workforce management. Since its founding in 1977, the company has grown to be the global leader in the workforce management software market with more than 3,500 employees and annual revenues of more than $865 million. Mark Ain, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) founded Kronos with the idea of automating the standard mechanical time clock. In 1979, the company delivered the first automated time clock. When he transitioned out of the chief executive officer role in 2005, he had been the longest-running founder leading a technology company in Massachusetts. Current chief executive officer Aron Ain joined Kronos in 1979 and has played a role in nearly every functional department at Kronos. Earlier this year he was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.Today Kronos software is used in more than 100 countries by tens of thousands of organizations -including more than half of the Fortune 1000 - to fundamentally change the way they manage their workforces. More than 30 million people around the world use a Kronos solution every day. Kronos commenced its India operations in 2005 and today has a strong and growing customer base. The India market - particularly in the manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and services sectors - is increasingly embracing the benefits of using workforce management solutions. With a labor force of 487 million workers within organizations that typically rely on manual processes to manage the time and attendance process, India represents a tremendous opportunity for Kronos to revolutionize the way businesses manage their workforces. Yesterday Kronos also celebrated the opening of a new, $7 million state-of-the-art technology center on its Chelmsford, Mass. campus where the company occupies 322,000 square feet. This latest technology center joins a network of such facilities across the United States, and in Canada, India, and the United Kingdom. Known for its continuous innovation and growth, the company has moved aggressively into the areas of mobile, cloud, and big data management, introducing revolutionary new ways for organizations to manage their workforces.

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Neusoft Solution Forum 2012 held in Nanchang

(Oct.19, 2012, Nanchang, /Computer Business Online/) --Organized by the Chinese IT solutions and services provider Neusoft Corporation, the Neusoft Solution Forum 2012 was held in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. More than 600 leaders and guests from governments, industry associations, economists, third-party consulting agencies, clients, media, as well as IBM, Intel, Oracle, HP, Fujitsu, SAP, Vmware and other world-renowned IT companies attended the forum. They jointly explored in the context of economic complex and changing environment, and the development of the industry and the ever-changing IT era, the opportunities and challenges facing China's software and information service industry, and discussed the road of innovation and development of software enterprises in China.

Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai invited Thomas International to give leadership open class

(Oct. 24, 2012, Shanghai) - Yesterday afternoon at 1:30, the Leadership lecture series sponsored by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, under the title "self-awareness and communication", was held as scheduled in Shanghai, the open class was held human by Thomas’ HR consultant Wang Chao, and more than 30 Swedish companies, high management personnel participated in the event. The leadership lecture series is one of the programs the Swedish Chamber of Commerce prepared for Swedish corporations’ senior management personnels, whose speaker are from Thomas International and a number of well-known consulting and training organizations to enhance the management of Swedish enterprise through training and skills improvement of the personnel, at the same time to increase the exchanges between Swedish enterprises and local intelligence institutions.

CIIC Training Center organized North Railway Group to visit Taiwan

(Oct. 20, 2012, Beijing) - Recently, the China North Railway Group "Taiwan Excellent Business Management Philosophy and Practice" seminar was completed in Taiwan on October 20, 2012. The 10-day training program, led by Xie Jilong ,the Secretary of the Board of China CNR Corporation Limited, including leading cadres of the Group’s headquarters, the main persons in charge of all branches, totaling 32 people. The learning content included the Formosa Plastics group’d business excellence management philosophy, their comprehensive information technology, environmental safety and health management, and energy conservation and emission reduction, lean management, operational excellence and Synergy Development Center in Taiwan industry guidance system, and many others .

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SAP Chinese Partners CEO Summit held in Beijing

(Oct. 30, 2012, Beijing, /Qianlong.com/) --SAP (NYSE: SAP) has recently held its China Partners CEO Summit in Beiijng to seek joint development, During the summit SAP briefed its channel strategies, discussed innovation opportunites with its partners and its five directions of market development. It has shared its development strategies with participants in the fields of joint innovation, channel development, and enhancement of partnership. The event was rounded up with an award ceremony.

HRoot kicks off "2012-2013 China Talent Management Award"

(Oct. 31, 2012, Shanghai) - China Talent Management Awards 2012-2013, hosted by "Human Capital Management" magazine, a publication of HRoot, China's leading media and Internet companies of human resources, was launched on October 26, 2012, and officially entered the nomination phase. The "China Announced annually, the “Talent Management Award" is the most authoritative of its kind in the Greater China region, and is the largest and highest level in the field of human resources, garnering the most extensive attention. This Talent Management Award follows the previous China Talent Management Award’s authoritative, professional pattern, as well as its large-scale, and continues to facilitate and promote the development of Chinese human resource management, and integration of global best practices. The "Wall Street Journal" Chinese (http://cn.wsj.com) will continue to serve as the media partner of the China Talent Management Award, the Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management is the academic partner of the current China Talent Management Award.

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Kingdee s-HR gives impetus to COSCO Logistics

(Oct. 17, 2012, Beijing) When choosing HR software products, COSCO Logistics did not have blind faith in international big brands; the human resources director of COSCO Logistics He Hanxin attached more attention to the practicality of the software system, as he believed that the fittest was the best. After negotiations with a number of software companies, he eventually selected Kingdee’s s-HR human resources information system. In March 2010, the two sides set up a project team to start the implementation of the human resources information system. At the strategic level, through the setting-up of the module structure of organization management, job management, job system management, compensation management, training management, they gradually improved the strategic human resource management system and facilitated subordinate organizations to build flexible human resources management system in the framework proposed by the headquarters, which was highly consistent with that of the headquarters, and contributed to the realization and implementation of the system.

More than 6,000 organizations now deploy in Kronos cloud

(Oct. 17, 2012, Beijing) -- Kronos Incorporated today announced that more than 6,000 organizations are now successfully deployed in the Kronos Cloud. Some of the latest Kronos Cloud customers include: Aztec Shops, Ltd., a leader in the university services industry; Charming Charlie, the award-winning fashion accessories retailer; Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Consolidated, the nation's largest independent Coca-Cola bottler; King's Hawaiian Bakery, a Southern California-based global leader in the fast-growing Hawaiian food category; Rico Equipment, a leading manufacturer of engineered material handling equipment and custom built lift trucks; Sulco Warehousing and Logistics, the leader in innovative warehousing and distribution services; and Sabre Holdings, a global leader in travel technology.

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Zoomlion signed contract with SAP on information technology strategic cooperation

(Oct. 17, 2012, Changsha, /IT168/) -- Management software provider SAP and construction machinery manufacturing enterprises Zoomlion Company Limited signed a strategic cooperation agreement today in Changsha, Hunan, which marks the two sides’ cooperation has entered a higher level. As a result, Zoomlion will become SAP's largest customers in China's machinery industry. Under the agreement, Zoomlion will use SAP’s internationally leading enterprise information management platforms and solutions, and make an overall improvement in the decision-making and business processes of the enterprise worldwide, to enhance coordination on a variety of businesses and to achieve long-term sustainable development.

Yonyou’s eHR helps Poly Property achieve efficient human capital management and control

(Oct. 17, 2012, Shanghai) China's first human resources brand Yonyou eHR officially announced cooperation with one of the four major domestic real estate companies - Poly Real Estate Group Co. to expand human resources information management cooperation. Yonyou has so far built relationship with all the four leading property development companies in China. Yonyou eHR will bring to Poly Real Estate human resources management solutions and services, and to enhance its human resources management efficiency and to further improve its competitiveness.

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(Oct. 22, 2012, Beijing /Sohu.com/) - Due to the expansion of its business scale, Gome found its original ERP system unable to meet the new demand, and therefore in 2011, it implemented SAP’s ERP system, which proved to be the largest ERP system in the retail industry in China. When Gome was selecting its ERP systems, it used HP LoadRunner for stress testing, and the final result led Gome to make the decision to adopt the SAP ERP system. Lu Yifan, Gome’s CIO, said: "the scope and depth of cooperation and SAP are both impressive, through its comprehensive program, SAP’s software, hardware, and services helped us with a full range of IT requirements."

Yonyou’s eHR joins hand with Beisen to embrace the cloud era talent management

(Oct. 25, 2012, Beijing) - Yonyou, China's largest talent management and evaluation solutions provider - and Bensen, a renowned assessment technology company, signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing in a joint effort to create new products. Xiang Qihan, executive vice president of Yonyou Software, and Su Hua, Yonyou’s assistant president, Wang Zhaohui,, general manager of the eHR Division, Zhang Xiaofeng, vice president of Beisen, attended the signing ceremony together with media colleagues. The two companies will jointly explore corporate HR information in the cloud era, and to build a private cloud-based human resources information systems and public cloud-based evaluation of services, leading to the common progress of information technology, human resources management and talent evaluation service.

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RANK OF MARKET CAPITALIZATION OF HR SERVICES PROVIDERS, October 2012

Rank Company Name in English

Company Name in Chinese

Code of Exchange Stock Exchange Stock

Code

Mkt Cap Oct. 31 ($

million)

Mkt Cap Oct. 31

Original Currency

Market Cap on

Sept. 29 ($ million)

Compared with previous month

1 ADP 安德普翰 NASDAQ Nasdaq ADP 27,990.00 27,990.00 USD,mn 28,190.00 -0.71%

2Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc./Mercer

威达信集团 NYSE New York Stock Exchange MMC 18,520.00 18,520.00 USD,mn 18,460.00 0.32%

3 AON 怡安 NYSE New York Stock Exchange AON 17,060.00 17,060.00 USD,mn 17,060.00 0.00%

4 Cigna 　 NYSE Nasdaq CI 14,639.27 14,060.00 AUD,mn 11,610.00 20.69%

5 Aetna 　 NYSE Nasdaq AET 14,000.00 14,000.00 USD,mn 12,530.00 10.50%

6 Paychex 　 NASDAQ Nasdaq PAYX 11,780.00 11,780.00 USD,mn 12,100.00 -2.72%

7 Adecco 德科 ADEN/ADE 8,768.95 8,327.59 CHF,mn 8,592.37 2.01%

8 Edenred 艾登瑞德 EPA NYSE Euronext (Paris) EDEN 6,394.75 5,040.00 Eur,mn 6,351.13 0.68%

9 Randstad 任仕达 AMS NYSE Euronext (Amsterdam) RAND 5,493.90 4,330.00 Eur,mn 5,731.60 -4.33%

10 Towers Watson 韬睿惠悦 NYSE New York Stock Exchange TW 4,300.00 4,300.00 USD,mn 4,091.00 4.86%

11 Robert Half International 罗致恒富 NYSE New York Stock

Exchange RHI 3,910.00 3,910.00 USD,mn 3,780.00 3.32%

12 ManpowerGroup 万宝盛华集团 NYSE New York Stock Exchange MAN 3,100.00 3,100.00 USD,mn 2,300.00 25.81%

13 The Ultimate Software 　 NASDAQ Nasdaq ULTI 2,710.00 2,710.00 USD,mn 2,730.00 -0.74%

14 SEEK Limited13 　 ASXAustralian Securities Exchange

SEK 2,361.62 2,268.17 AUD,mn 2,368.51 -0.29%

15 Health Net 　 EPA NYSE Euronext (Paris) CEN 1,930.00 1,930.00 USD,mn 1,940.00 -0.52%

16 Yonyou Software Co. Ltd. 用友软件 SHA Shanghai Stock

Exchange 600588 1,935.63 12.06 CNY,bn 2,117.36 -9.39%

Exchange rate, 10/31/2012AUD1 USD1.0412JPY1 USD0.0126EUR1 USD1.2688CHF1 USD1.053CNY1 USD0.1605HKD1 USD0.129TWD1 USD0.034GBP1 USD1.587


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17 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation 博思艾伦 NYSE New York Stock

Exchange BAH 1,930.00 1,930.00 USD,mn 2,001.00 -3.68%

18 Hays Plc 瀚纳仕 LON London Stock Exchange HAS 1,809.18 1,140.00 GBP,mn 1,745.09 3.54%

19 Team Health Holdings LLC 　 NYSE New York Stock

Exchange TMH 1,770.00 1,770.00 USD,mn 1,801.00 -1.75%

20 Michael Page International 米高蒲志国际 LON London Stock

Exchange MPI 1,745.70 1,100.00 GBP,mn 1,745.70 0.00%

21 Neusoft 东软 SHA Shanghai Stock Exchange 600718 1,471.79 9.17 CNY,bn 1,484.89 -0.89%

22 51job 前程无忧 NASDAQ Nasdaq JOBS 1,350.00 1,350.00 USD,mn 1,484.89 -9.99%

23 Kenexa 肯耐珂萨 NYSE New York Stock Exchange KNXA 1,270.00 1,260.00 USD,mn 1,260.00 0.79%

24 McMillan Shakespeare 　 ASX

Australian Securities Exchange

MMS 1,007.95 968.07 AUD,mn 931.58 7.58%

25 On Assignment 　 NASDAQ Nasdaq ASGN 987.68 987.68 USD,mn 586.52 40.62%

26 Monster12 　 NYSE New York Stock Exchange MWW 735.67 735.67 USD,mn 866.96 -17.85%

27 Meitec Corporation 明达科(上海)人才服务有限公司

TYO Tokyo Stock Exchange 9744 729.29 57,880.00 JPY,mn 744.84 -2.13%

28 Temp Holdings Co., Ltd. 　 TYO Tokyo Stock

Exchange 2181 702.70 55,770.00 JPY,mn 715.13 -1.77%

29 Insperity11 　 NYSE New York Stock Exchange NSP 671.57 671.57 USD,mn 648.93 3.37%

30 Korn/Ferry International 光辉国际 NYSE New York Stock

Exchange KFY 649.25 649.25 USD,mn 743.31 -14.49%

31 Dice Holdings 　 NYSE New York Stock Exchange DHX 548.56 548.56 USD,mn 523.09 4.64%

32 USG People 　 AMS NYSE Euronext (Paris) USG 544.66 429.27 Eur,mn 552.90 -1.51%




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33 TrueBlue 　 NYSE New York Stock Exchange TBI 523.97 523.97 USD,mn 631.17 -20.46%

34 Kingdee 金蝶 HKG Hong Kong Stock Exchange 0268 519.87 4.03 HKD,bn 515.60 0.82%

35 Resources Connection Inc. 荟才 NASDAQ Nasdaq RECN 512.51 512.51 USD,mn 552.02 -7.71%

36 Kelly Services 必胜 NASDAQ Nasdaq KELYA 492.79 492.79 USD,mn 467.20 5.19%

37 Sthree Plc 　 LON London Stock Exchange STHR 576.41 363.21 GBP,mn 552.84 4.09%

38 Kforce 　 NASDAQ Nasdaq KFRC 409.94 409.94 USD,mn 426.29 -3.99%

39 AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. 　 NYSE New York Stock

Exchange AHS 405.08 405.08 USD,mn 410.80 -1.41%

40 CDI Corporation 　 NYSE New York Stock Exchange CDI 332.25 332.25 USD,mn 329.16 0.93%

41 Saba Software 　 NASDAQ Nasdaq SABA 300.24 300.24 USD,mn 297.56 0.89%

42 Robert Walters 华德士 LON London Stock Exchange RWA 239.62 150.99 GBP,mn 238.98 0.27%

43 Impellam Group plc 　 LON London Stock Exchange IPEL 237.80 149.84 GBP,mn 239.54 -0.73%

44 ClickSoftware Technologies 　 NASDAQ Nasdaq CKSW 234.95 234.95 USD,mn 241.54 -2.80%

45 Pasona Group Inc. 保圣那人才服务（上海）有限公司

TYO Tokyo Stock Exchange 2168 231.21 18,350.00 JPY,mn 234.36 -1.36%

46 Synergie 　 EPA NYSE Euronext (Paris) SDG 212.57 167.54 Eur,mn 217.84 -2.48%

47 Barrett Business Services Inc. 　 NASDAQ Nasdaq BBSI 208.93 208.93 USD,mn 189.81 9.15%

48 Chandler Macleod Group 　 ASX


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49 Group Crit 　 EPA NYSE Euronext (Paris) CEN 177.68 140.04 Eur,mn 187.38 -5.46%

50 CDC Corporation 中华网软件 PINKFINRA, over-the-counter electronic trading board

CDCAQ 177.66 177.66 USD,mn 178.37 -0.40%

51 Hudson Inc. 翰德 NASDAQ Nasdaq HSON 144.39 144.39 USD,mn 148.16 -2.61%

52 Volt Information Sciences 渥特 PINK

FINRA, over-the-counter electronic trading board

VISI 145.90 145.90 USD,mn 134.44 7.85%

53 Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. 　 NASDAQ Nasdaq CCRN 135.97 135.97 USD,mn 146.17 -7.50%

54 Heidrick & Struggles 海德思哲 NASDAQ Nasdaq HSII 214.57 214.57 USD,mn 229.91 -7.15%

55 ATA 全美测评 NASDAQ Nasdaq ATAI 107.64 107.64 USD,mn 125.35 -16.45%

56 WDB Holdings Co Ltd 　 TYO Tokyo Stock

Exchange 2475 105.08 8,340.00 JPY,mn 97.09 7.61%

57 Staffline Group 　 LON London Stock Exchange STAF 92.13 58.05 GBP,mn 83.51 9.35%

58104 Corporation/104 Job bank

104人力银行 TPE Taiwan Stock Exchange 3130 80.58 2.37 TWD,bn 80.92 -0.42%

59 Harvey Nash Group 　 LON London Stock Exchange HVN 66.73 42.05 GBP,mn 65.85 1.32%

60 Corporate Resource Services Inc 　 OTC

FINRA, over-the-counter electronic trading board

CRRS 66.01 66.01 USD,mn 64.72 1.95%




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61FULLCAST HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

　 TYO Tokyo Stock Exchange 4848 65.14 5,170.00 JPY,mn 68.02 -4.42%

62 Computer & Technologies 科联系统 HKG Hong Kong Stock

Exchange 0046 56.76 0.44 HKD,bn 54.52 3.95%

63 Hydrogen Group Plc 　 LON London Stock

Exchange HYDG 38.68 24.37 GBP,mn 39.59 -2.37%

64 Clarius Group 　 ASXAustralian Securities Exchange

CND 36.33 34.89 AUD,mn 37.24 -2.51%

65 Humanis Group Limited 　 ASX


HUM 16.44 15.79 AUD,mn 12.43 24.39%

66 NetDimensions 网维 LON London Stock Exchange NETD 22.90 14.43 GBP,mn 12.10 47.16%

67 Hamilton James & Bruce 　 ASX


HJB 11.51 11.05 AUD,mn 11.36 1.26%

68 Prime People 　 LON London Stock Exchange PRP 9.06 5.71 GBP,mn 9.45 -4.28%

69 Workstream 　 OTCFINRA, over-the-counter electronic trading board

WSTMF 0.85 0.85 USD,mn 0.84 1.43%

70 Talent2 International 天柏 ASXAustralian Securities Exchange

TWO 0.00 0.00 AUD,mn 0.00

Notes: 1. Market Capitalization:Market cap is calculated from the total value of a company’s stock, namely total shares of stock times price per share. It fluctuates with stock market. 2. Above data come from the closing prices of local exchanges of the companies on Oct. 31, 2012. 3. Marsh & McLennan Companies is the parent company of Mercer. 4. Monster is the parent company of ChinaHR.com.


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Rank Company Namein Chinese

Company Name in English Domain Name

Wwebsite Global Traffic 3-Month

Average Ranking

China-based Website Traffic

Ranking

Backward Linking

Search English Traffic

1 前程无忧 51Job www.51job.com 406 58 1,950 114,000,000

2 国际商业机器公司 IBM www.zhaopin.com 553 698 8,010 115,100,000

3 甲骨文 Oracle www.oracle.com 576 1,245 5,620 280,000,000

4 智联招聘 Zhaopin.com www.zhaopin.com 578 75 1,720 12,000,000

5 凯业必达 CareerBuilderwww.careerbuilder.com 641 2,780 43,100,000

www.careerbuilder.com.cn 479,919 55,895 288 79,800

6 安德普翰 ADPwww.adp.com 2,061 36,602 696 54,100

www.adpchina.com 1,503,476 697,994 141 849

7 思爱普 SAP www.sap.com 2,351 9,241 3,050 14,400,000

8 中华英才网 ChinaHR.com www.chinahr.com 2,359 264 2,760 19,300,000

9 盖洛普 Gallup www.gallup.com 2,837 204,752 1,600 55,500

10 应届生求职网 Yingjiesheng www.yingjiesheng.com 3,464 339 700 8,450,000

11 中国人才热线 JobsDB www.cjol.com 4,708 505 640 1,640,000

12 埃森哲 Accenture www.accenture.com 4,802 9,965 2,180 168,000

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13 仕睿 SilkRoad www.silkroad.com 6,441 16,245 153 80,600

14 德勒-人力资源咨询Deloitte Human Capital Consulting www.deloitte.com 6469 25,478 2,930 487,000

15 安永-企业咨询 Ernst&Young www.ey.com 11,459 80,412 2,740 98,000

16 德科 Adecco www.adecco.com 12080 34,152 5,570 890,000

17 赛仕软件 SAS www.sas.com 13,777 64,781 1,681 261,000

18 卓博人才网 Jobcn www.jobcn.com 14,033 1,751 365 2,350,000

19 赛捷 Sage www.sage.com 14,619 NA 362 688,000

20 毕马威企业咨询 KPMG Consulting www.kpmg.com 15,845 63,142 1,544 332,000

21 肯耐珂萨 Kenexawww.kenexa.com 17,519 NA 314 36,400

www.kenexa.com.cn 1,394,833 10,245 13 562

22 任仕达 Randstadwww.randstad.com 25,668 NA 523 21,200,000

www.randstad.cn 1,044,979 113,939 23 2,370

23 怡安翰威特 Aon Hewitt www.aon.com 26,110 NA 641 25,100

24 中智

CIIC-Shanghai www.ciicsh.com 36,742 3,985 161 93,700

CIIC-Beijing www.ciicbj.com 368,291 39,552 41 9660

CIIC www.ciic.com.cn 431,329 103,791 182 8,200

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25 恩富 Infor Global Solutionswww.infor.com 38,511 NA 483 41,400

www.infor.cn 648,274 NA 181 1,410

26 金蝶 Kingdee www.kingdee.com 40,123 3,594 549 528,000

27 / PageUp People www.pageuppeople.com 42,306 NA 214 40,200

28 全美测评 ATA www.ata.net.cn 44,065 4,782 73 4,260

29 北森 Beisen www.beisen.com 46,712 2,745 125 1,580

30 世泓 SHL www.shl.com 49,178 NA 172 8,630

31 瀚纳仕 Hays www.hays.com 50,484 NA 561 8,170

32 罗致恒富 Robert Half www.roberthalf.com 84,500 NA 642 166

33 美世Mercer Human Resource Consulting www.mercer.com 85,737 NA 571 1,460,000

34 必胜 Kelly Serviceswww.kellyservices.com 86,820 NA 760 6,810

www.kellyservices.cn 5,634,869 NA 31 142

35 伟事达 Vistagewww.vistage.com 93,288 NA 241 5,400

www.vistage.cn 8,450,578 6 157

36 北京外服 FESCO www.fesco.com.cn 101,482 101,164 264 1,012,000


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37 职酷网 Jobkoo www.jobkoo.com 101,547 13,042 140 5,910,000

38 用友 yonyou www.yonyou.com 102,031 13,256 542 4,310

39 韬睿惠悦 Towers Watson www.towerswatson.com 105,522 105,412 556 43,300

40 安拓国际 Antal International www.antal.com 110,509 114,125 82 1,652,000

41 第一招聘网 01 Job www.01job.cn 113,669 8,692 96 2,550,000

42 博思 Booz & Company www.booz.com 113,701 NA 314 25,100

43 米高蒲志国际Michael Page International

www.michaelpage.com 118,728 40,125 458 108,000

www.michaelpage.com.cn 258,371 35,412 402 46,800

44 翰德 Hudson www.hudson.com 119,236 NA 542 986,000

45 克罗诺思 Kronoswww.kronos.com 129,768 NA 192 13,000

www.kronos.cn 3,028,629 NA 42 961

46 东软 Neusoft www.neusoft.com 143,494 21,003 350 14,100

47 光辉国际 Korn/Ferry International www.kornferry.com 148,323 NA 419 5,680

48 威科 Wolters Kluwer www.wolterskluwer.com 153,975 NA 872 8,200

49 雇得易 Hirede www.hirede.com 155,455 9,452 23 3,010

50 思安 Spherion Corp www.spherion.com 174,439 NA 143 27,300


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51 合益集团 HayGroup www.haygroup.com 188,647 NA 143 50,100

52 路敏思 Lumesse www.lumesse.com 194,616 NA 141 3,300

53 万宝盛华集团 ManpowerGroup www.manpowergroup.com 228,729 NA 678 6,560

54 艾登瑞德 Edenred www.edenred.com 230,036 NA 214 1,280

55 首优 First Advantage www.fadv.com 251,082 NA 78 3,080

56 史宾沙 Spencer Stuart www.spencerstuart.com 269,768 NA 115 25,100

57 上海外服 EFESCO www.efesco.com 273,452 22,252 218 29,100

58 普华永道-人力资源咨询

www.pwccn.com 278,774 30,412 200 24,100

59 亿康先达Egon Zehnder International www.egonzehnder.com 286,540 NA 134 13,530

60 泛微 Weaver www.weaver.com.cn 295,174 41,183 59 12,300

61 海德思哲 Heidrick & Struggles www.heidrick.com 316,413 NA 218 1,285

62 罗盛咨询Russell Reynolds Associates www.russellreynolds.com 321,322 NA 146 8,000

63 天柏 Talent2 International www.talent2.com 335,142 NA 130 5,700

64 华德士 Robert Walterswww.robertwalters.com 436,482 NA 139 10,600

www.robertwalters.cn 2,163,587 79 5780

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65 蓝步 Bluesteps.com www.bluesteps.com 438,589 NA 155 1,200

66 MRI Network Worldwide

MRI Network Worldwide www.mrinetwork.com 479,419 NA 118 7,450

67 中华网软件 CDC Corporation www.cdcsoftware.com 526,825 NA 104 3,960

　 www.cdcsoftware.com.cn 5,075,499 NA 14 57

68 易才 CTG www.ctghr.com 555,077 38,125 88 1,870

69 倍智 Tale Base www.talebase.com 557,127 42,154 21 2,470

70 科锐国际 Career International www.careerintlinc.com 641,754 641,754 27 8,840

71 安瑞雅 Northgate Arinsowww.ngahr.com 651,423 NA 169 1,400

www.northgatearinso.cn NA 65 61 801

72 企顾司 Cegos www.cegos.com 660,745 NA 159 9,540

73 安立国际 Amrop Group www.amrop.com 755,803 NA 38 705

74 中欧商业在线 eCEIBS www.eceibs.com 942,653 71,245 139 9,800

75 诺姆四达集团 NormStar Group www.normstar.com 969,622 70,451 12 330

76 人众人Genesis Education Group www.renzhongren.com 994,010 115,245 9 54,100

77 ECA国际 ECA International www.eca-international.com 1,117,316 NA 59 649

78 云招科技 CloudRecruit www.ourats.com 1,200,965 126,479 4 34


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79 伯乐管理有限公司 Bo Le www.bo-le.com 1,204,765 NA 16 2,940

80 易得训 ExecuTrain www.executrain.com 1,389,777 NA 15 22,100

81 赛捷 Sage www.sagesoft.cn 1,450,833 145,781 61 58,600

82 网维软件 NetDimensions www.netdimensions.cn 1,567,926 108,205 70 127

83 太和顾问 TaiHe Consulting www.taihe.com.cn 1,925,841 NA 41 861

84 汇思软件 Cyberwisdom www.cyberwisdom.net.cn 1,967,904 NA 18 1,161

85 创拓软件 InnoWeave www.innoweaver.com 1,990,552 100,245 2 170

86 海问联合 Assess Systems www.assess-systems.com 2,040,597 NA 35 135

87 英格玛 Engma www.engma.net 2,176,060 NA 23 547

88 中国四达 China Star www.chstar.com.cn 2,686,572 NA 28 1,510

89 德博诺 de Bono www.debonochina.com 2,748,543 110,245 3 310

90 立德管理顾问 Leadershipwww.leadershipinc.com 2,909,058 NA 27 640

www.leadershipinc.com.cn 9,931,427 NA 11 11,200

91 万古科技 Vanguard Technology www.vgtech.com.cn 3,079,427 NA 92 51000

92 睿仕管理 Right Managementwww.rightmanagement.co.uk 3,310,898 NA 35 499

www.rightmanagement.cn NA NA 27 287


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93 薪得付 CDP Group www.cdpgroupltd.com 3,754,895 NA 12 1,150

94 宏景软件 HJSoft www.hjsoft.com.cn 4,118,886 NA 23 4,880

95 明基逐鹿 BenQ Guru www.benqguru.com 4,131,905 NA 35 1,980

96 美国管理协会 AMA www.ama.com 4,721,158 NA 538 20

97 嘉扬 kayang www.kayang.com.cn 5,778,085 NA 6 6,420

98 欧信英才 China Team www.chinateam.com 9,782,019 NA 2 4

99 课斯维 / www.kswsh.com 14,178,235 NA NA 99

100 善择 China Select www.chinaselect.cn 14,286,727 NA 11 380

101 一佳一网络科技 power plus www.powerplus.com.cn 14,511,405 NA 59 388

102 鼎源万家 Insupro www.onehome.cn 21,290,820 NA 15 782

103 联源智信 IDReal www.idreal.cn 55,854,578 NA 3 60

104 普联中瑞 WebHr www.webhr.com.cn 95,780,045 NA NA 176

105 和致 CoreCapital www.corecapital.com NA NA NA 25

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