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Quick Takes — January 23, 2007

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1. Study: Slow Growth in Diversity Initiatives
Nearly 22 percent will spend more in ’07, but 21 percent plan to allocate no funds at all for inclusion training.

2. Report: Outsourcing Contracts Rose in 2006
The number of outsourcing deals increased, but average value declined by 7 percent.

3. Technology Is Pain in Neck, Elsewhere for Workers
Upscale spas begin offering new services aimed at ailing employees.

4. JobServe Snares JobShark
Essex, England-based JobServe uses the acquisition to continue its North American expansion.

5. HR Vendors Forging Alliances

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HR Vendors Forging Alliances

Workscape, WebMD launch a benefits tool; Hay Group unveils an online service for analyzing salaries.
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Vendor Roundup: LawDepot.com, a division of Sequiter Inc. in Desert Hot Springs, California, has made available an online template for customizing employee evaluations.…Philadelphia-based HR consulting firm Hay Group is launching improved salary-analysis tools in conjunction with Cezanne Software in London. … Workscape Inc. of Marlborough, Massachusetts, and WedMD are integrating their products to help employees make decisions about health benefits. … Hexagon Human Capital, a London company launched in 2005 to acquire HR recruiting companies, recently bought BIE Interim Executive. BIE’s niche is finding interim senior managers for companies. In the past year, Hexagon also has acquired executive search firms Roberts & Corr and Euromedica as well as a stake in Oxygen Executive Search.

—Garry Kranz

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