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Big bucks these days are going to the usual
suspects, such as managers of major departments
and senior executives. But also on the list are computer programmers,
job developers and, in a sign of the
times, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance managers.
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ICIMS, a Hazlet, New Jersey, provider of hiring
management software, has signed a deal
with AT&T to outsource and upgrade its data
center operations. Under the agreement, AT&T
will host all of iCIMS' software at its New Jersey
Internet data center.
ICIMS decided to outsource the storage of its
online applications to AT&T in preparation for
expected customer growth, said Colin Day, president
and CEO of iCIMS. The move also improves
iCIMS' disaster recovery plans by providing
multiple Internet connections with multiple
cities as well as state-of-the-art cooling and security
systems.
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Caribou Coffee has announced a new deal
with ADP for the software vendor's Enterprise
HR solution.
With the new technology, Caribou will be able
to extend its reach to include compliance management,
employee performance management,
training and development, and complete payroll
administration, ADP said in its announcement.
Managers and employees will also be able to access
human resources, benefit, career and personal
data through a Web-based portal from any
Internet connection.
Enterprise HR is ADP's flagship payroll and
human resources management tool. Caribou
Coffee is ADP's 1,000th Enterprise HR customer.
The specialty coffee company has been an ADP
client for 13 years. During that time, Caribou
grew from eight to 5,000 employees.
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Authoria continues its acquisitions, buying recruiting
vendor Hire.com. ... CyberShift's new
version of its product contains enhancements to
its workforce scheduling technology and "more
than 200 new features and functionality functions
throughout the suite." ... Monday's edition of
the Workforce Management Daily Conference
News mentioned a Monster/Webhire alliance.
Monster and Recruiternet also are partnering up.
It will be easier for Recruiternet customers to upload
jobs to Monster, and users of Recruiternet's
applicant tracking system will better be able to
search Monster's big database of résumés. ...
AIRS is launching a new product that will help recruiters
manage their many contacts. ... Peopleclick's
new release includes an improved system
for scheduling interviews.
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AfterCollege, a San Francisco-based college
recruiting network, also has chosen not to exhibit
at SHRM San Diego, founder and CEO
Roberto Angulo says.
"It's just too big," he says. "I think about 6
percent of the attendees focus on staffing." Instead,
the company is attending conferences
centered on recruiting and staffing, as well as
college-specific trade shows.
A number of big names in the human resources
industry, such as the Hay Group, Accenture
HR, Oracle and Hewitt Associates, are
also absent from SHRM's exhibit hall this year.
Hewitt, which had a booth at SHRM last year
in New Orleans, decided against it this year because
of budget considerations, a spokeswoman
says. It was one of the regional offices
that decided to exhibit at last year's show, she
says, adding that it was not a corporate decision.
The Hay Group, which sponsored a Pointer
Sisters concert at the World at Work Conference
in New Orleans in May, is looking to work
with SHRM in other ways that better target its
audience, says Dario Priolo, director of marketing.
"We are in discussions with SHRM about
this," he says. "It is one of our major objectives
for the year."
Similarly, Oracle does not exhibit at SHRM
because the conference's attendees do not fit
the company's target client, which tend to be
top executives, says Glen Tillman, the company's
director of product marketing.
Oracle, like SAP, spends its marketing dollars
more on its user-group conferences and technology-
oriented shows.
Despite the few big-name no-shows, SHRM
has seen an increase in the overall number of
exhibitors. This year's show has 800 exhibitors,
250 of which are new. That is up from 775 exhibitors
last year.
ICIMS, a Hazlet, New Jersey-based applicant
tracking service provider, is one company that
has chosen to exhibit at the show again this
year.
"The cost to go to the larger conferences is
the same as the smaller conferences, and we
think it's worth the exposure," says Adam
Feigenbaum, director of marketing and sales.
To make sure the conference is worth the
company's time, ICIMS has been busy setting
up meetings with potential clients in San
Diego.
DataCheck, a San Clemente, Californiabased
background screener, is one of the 25
companies exhibiting at SHRM for the first
time this year.
The company has only exhibited at three other
trade shows in its 20-year history and decided
to have a booth at SHRM this year because
it was so close to its offices, says Nate Bartolini,
who works in operations support.
"This is about getting our brand out there,"
he says.
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