Plateau Positioned in Leaders Quadrant for Leading Industry Analyst Firm's Corporate Learning Systems Magic Quadrant : Leading Analyst Firm Evaluates Plateau's Talent Management Solutions for Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Plateau in the Leaders Quadrant of its recently released “Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems (CLS),” which evaluated 14 vendors in the corporate learning systems market.1 - 2008-07-02

Russell to Plan Sponsors: Use a New Evaluation Framework to Differentiate Among Target Date Funds -- Traditional Approaches Fall Significantly Short Russell Investments released a paper to assist plan sponsors who, on the heels of the Pension Protection Act, are increasingly evaluating and selecting target date funds for their defined contribution plans. The paper outlines twelve observations about target date funds that highlight for plan sponsors how traditional fund evaluation approaches fall short as these investment vehicles can look the same on the surface but differ dramatically, and significantly, underneath. - 2008-07-01

Providence Pumps up the Web to Attract New Physicians When people look for new job opportunities, it’s likely that one of their first stops will be at a Web site. - 2008-06-27

TriNet Offers Free Replay of Popular Webinar, Why Now? Making the Move to a PEO : HR Outsourcing Provider Helps Employers Understand How to Free Themselves from HR Challenges Through Recent Online Presentation TriNet, a provider of human resources outsourcing services to small and medium-sized companies nationwide, announced that it has released a free recording of its latest one-hour webinar titled, “Why Now? Making the Move to a PEO.” The webinar is designed to help demystify the HR outsourcing industry and equip employers with the strategic business advantages and benefits presented by partnering with a Professional Employer Organization (PEO). - 2008-06-27

Shared Services & Outsourcing Network Taps Expertise of Thought Leaders, Expands Offerings Portfolio, to Unite Global Business Transformation Community The Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) – a worldwide membership-based community of shared services and outsourcing practitioners, providers and advisors – today announced it has enhanced its thought leader-based content and offerings to become what it believes to be the industry’s most comprehensive source of independent expert- and peer-based knowledge, best practices and insights. New offerings for SSON community members augment the renowned SSON’s Shared Services News magazine and monthly gateway e-newsletter. - 2008-06-25

Change Management Viewed as a High Priority and a Key to Successful Transformation Programs, Finds New Booz & Company Global Survey : Most transformation programs include people initiatives, but respondents see room for improvement North American staffs more open to change than other regions Executives believe that making people initiatives a higher priority is essential to successful transformation programs, but feel they often fall short on execution, according to a new global survey by management consulting firm Booz & Company. The study found that change programs, notorious for their failure rates in the past, are increasingly becoming success stories, but only when initiated early and with the full support of senior management. - 2008-06-25

HireRight Announces New Screening Solution Designed Specifically for Mid-Market Employers : New HireRight Professional Solution Improves Time-to-Hire and Significantly Reduces Administrative Screening Tasks HireRight, Inc. (Nasdaq:HIRE), a leading provider of on-demand employment background and drug screening solutions, today announced at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) National Conference 2008 (booth #4007) the availability of HireRight Professional™, an enterprise-class on-demand background screening solution that helps mid-sized companies quickly identify the best job candidates and provide those candidates with a positive hiring experience, while reducing screening-related administrative tasks and accelerating time-to-hire. HireRight Professional provides robust features and process automation in a solution designed for the unique requirements of mid-sized companies seeking ways to more effectively manage their screening programs. - 2008-06-23

Workplace Answers Continues Pioneer Role in Comprehensive Diversity and Inclusion Training : Announces Web-based Training Suite with Core Diversity Courses and Special-Subject Modules for On-going Employee Education Walk into almost any U.S. workplace and you can see it in people’s faces: diversity. Demographers forecast even more changes to come. The old business fix – adding a new HR policy in the employee manual – won’t be enough to handle this workplace sea change. - 2008-06-23

Plateau Announces Industry's First Talent Management Outsourcing Services : Plateau's Comprehensive Services Includes New Talent Management Process Outsourcing and Support Services to Facilitate Administration of Talent Management Lifecycle Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, today introduced its Talent Management Outsourcing suite of services, comprised of two new service offerings: Talent Management Process Outsourcing and Talent Management Support Services. As the industry’s first and only service offering of its kind, Plateau Talent Management Outsourcing ensures that customers’ talent management systems and processes are always available, properly administered and effectively supported to increase employee and business productivity and performance. - 2008-06-23

InsureMe Earns Spot on ``Best Places to Work'' List : Local Colorado Company Selected for Third Straight Year InsureMe, an Englewood-based insurance lead generator, was selected today as one of the nation’s top 25 places to work. - 2008-06-23

National Employee Attitude Survey Reveals Declines in Teamwork, Communications : Provided free to 2,500 participating companies so far, the survey shows continuing declines in employees' opinion of their organizations. A nationwide survey of employee attitudes found that workers see teamwork declining throughout their organizations—as well as between departments—and that communications between departments also has fallen off since last year. - 2008-06-23

Top Experts and Corporate Pros Share Strategies on Employee Communications and Business Success at Communitelligence Innovating Employee Engagement Conference in Chicago, July 31-August 1 : Communitelligence Innovating Employee Engagement conference features case studies, best-practices panels, roundtable brainstorming and valuable business insights from a star lineup of experts and practitioners Experts on employee engagement – the heightened emotional connection that employees feel for their organization that can drive greater focus and effort – are converging at a premier conference in Chicago, July 31-August 1. Innovating Employee Engagement will address trends, best practices and the future of internal communication in the age of rampant employee disengagement. - 2008-06-23

Business Development and Sales Solutions for Insurance Agents: The Soft Insurance Market is Tough, but Competition from Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) and Outsourced HR Services are the Real Threat “There is a fundamental shift occurring in the small, mid-sized employer market today,” said James A. Schlueter, President of the Total HR Network (www.totalhrnet.com). Speaking to a group of insurance agents and brokers in Southern California, he said, “Insurance agents and brokers are searching for ways to deal with deteriorating commissions and increased competition in this soft market. Unfortunately, most of the sales strategies in the media advising the agents/brokers how to respond to the soft market environment are missing a vital point. It’s not about you; it’s about your customer. - 2008-06-23

Newark Mayor Cory Booker Keynotes Make Mine a Million $ Business™ Event for Tri-State Women Business Owners : Program Cultivates Next Generation of Entrepreneurs with Launch of Make Our Daughters a Million Initiative The Make Mine a Million $ Business program, a national grassroots movement empowering women to grow their businesses, selected its newest class of awardees on June 4, 2008 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. A standing-room-only crowd of more than 500 women from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania witnessed as ten new women were chosen to receive growth-focused resources and mentoring as part of the Make Mine a Million $ Business award. - 2008-06-19

Employee Benefit Specialists Increases Productivity with MegaPath Bonded T1 Service : MegaPath Bonded T1 Service Delivers High Speed Internet Access for Business Critical Applications MegaPath Inc., the leading provider of managed IP data, voice and security services in North America, today announced that Employee Benefit Specialists (EBS), a provider of employee benefits administration and communications services deployed MegaPath's Bonded T1 service to increase the reliability and performance of the company's business critical applications. MegaPath's Bonded T1 service enables EBS to lower infrastructure costs, while also providing a fully managed service that reduces the company's network management overhead. - 2008-06-18

A New National Agent Network Launched to Help Producers Deal with Profit Erosion Caused by Soft Insurance Market and Competition From PEO's The Total HR Network (www.totalhrnet.com), a new vehicle to assist local insurance agents, CPA’s and other business consultants deal with the intense competitive pressures and profit erosion caused by the continuing soft market and the growing encroachment of PEO’s on markets traditionally held by local business advisors and insurance agents was launched in June. - 2008-06-18

Outsource Partners International Named 2008 FAO Provider of the Year - Middle Market Outsource Partners International, Inc. (OPI), a leading provider of finance and accounting outsourcing (FAO) as well as related services, announced today that it has been recognized as the 2008 FAO Provider of the Year for the Middle Market by FAO Today Magazine. - 2008-06-13

Monster Survey Suggests Work/Life Struggle Among Fathers : 73 Percent of Working Dads would be a Stay-At-Home Parent if Money Were Not an Issue – Yet Fathers are Increasingly Cutting into Family Time with Work Demands Working dads may be bringing home a share of the bacon, but they are working harder to get it done, according to survey results released today by Monster®. Sixty-one percent of dads polled bring work home every week, a seven percent increase over last year. However, many of these fathers are conflicted: 75 percent of dads surveyed believe that bringing work home interferes with a parent’s relationship with his or her child. Additionally, 73 percent would be a stay-at-home parent if money were not an issue. Monster is the leading global online careers and recruitment resource and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST). - 2008-06-13

As 401k Audit Season Starts, Sponsors Face Tougher Standards : New standards will make your 401k plan audit longer, more demanding, and expensive this year, but these tips will make the process smoother July is vacation time for many executives, but a busy time for 401k plan sponsors, who face a July 31st deadline for submitting an audited 401k plan financial statement with their Form 5500 to the federal government. This year, they’ll be busier than ever. Auditors will be asking more questions and requesting more documentation because new, stricter audit standards, known as the “risk assessment standards,” now are effective for employee benefit plan audits for periods beginning on or after Dec. 15, 2006. This year, auditors are required to look at the plan sponsor as well as the plan, and the audit process will last longer and demand more management time. - 2008-06-12

Plateau Systems Appoints Senior Vice President of Marketing : Marketing Veteran Jeff Kristick Joins Talent Management Industry Leader's Executive Team Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, services and solutions, announced today that technology industry and marketing veteran Jeff Kristick has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Marketing. Kristick brings significant experience to this role and will be responsible for the company’s worldwide marketing strategy, overseeing product, services and field marketing, sales enablement, demand generation, corporate communications and new media strategy, customer outreach and events. - 2008-06-11

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