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SkillSniper.com launches next generation job posting technology for employers

SkillSniper.com launches next generation job posting technology for employers »

Olathe, KS (PRWEB) January 23, 2012 The new job posting technology does something that traditional job postings can’t do. It extends past the resume level and focuses on the actual job skill and experience level. Employers set their minimum job skill requirements, including years of experience, and all candidates are ranked from most qualified to least qualified. This takes the guesswork out of the results and allows employers to immediately zero in on the top qualified candidates.

SkillSniper already has some large Fortune 500 companies posting jobs on their website. However, this new solution is also highly effective for small and mid-sized businesses that can’t afford the lengthy process and high pricing associated with traditional job postings. “We want to help employers quickly find the top candidates in this tough job market so we are offering our next generation job posting technology for $50 per posting through the end of February, 2012,” says Gary Hicks, founder and CEO of SkillSniper.com.

In addition to offering major benefit for employers, SkillSniper’s new technology also creates a huge advantage for skilled job seekers over less qualified job seekers. Rather than worrying about getting stuck in the middle of a pile of resumes, SkillSniper brings the job seeker’s skills and years of experience to the forefront of the results. The increasing size of the job market and the large number of available candidates reduces the effectiveness of traditional job postings that are based on resumes.

“Not only is our new, innovative job posting technology faster and more targeted, but our pricing model was created to change the job market,” says Hicks. “Our goal is to help top job seekers find better job opportunities and we accomplish this by creating the best place for employers to find them.”

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Region’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firms Announce New Headquarter Offices

Region’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firms Announce New Headquarter Offices »

Bedford, NH, January 22, 2012 –(PR.com)– The move offers opportunity for further expansion while providing location convenience for local clients. Over the last five years these organizations have been regionally and nationally recognized for growth with aggressive expansion plans in the forecast in the near future. Noteworthy recognition has included three appearances in Inc. Magazine’s 500/5000 list (2008/2009/2010), Business New Hampshire’s “Top Company to Watch” (2009/2010), and The New Hampshire Business Review’s Business Excellence Award for Technology (2010).

“It has been very rewarding to watch our teams grow and constantly beat expectations over the recent years,” said Gary Wing, Managing Partner and Co-Founder. “When considering new headquarter office space it was a priority for us to maintain and expand our presence in the Manchester community.” With headquarters in Bedford, New Hampshire and a second location in Woburn, Massachusetts, the companies plan additional expansion into the seacoast region in 2012.

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Lauren Raimondi Recognized by Cambridge Who´s Who for Excellence in Event Staffing and Experiential Marketing

Lauren Raimondi Recognized by Cambridge Who´s Who for Excellence in Event Staffing and Experiential Marketing »

NEW YORK, NY, January 10, 2012 /Cambridge Who’s Who/ — Lauren Raimondi, President of All Aces Promotional Staffing, Inc. and Co-founder of Brand Influencers, has been recognized by Cambridge Who´s Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in event staffing and experiential marketing.

While a sophomore at Boston University, Ms. Raimondi had a friend ask for her assistance in promoting a particular brand, and she enjoyed the work so much that she began managing campaigns from her dorm room and decided to open her own promotions company shortly after graduating in 2007. Five years later, All Aces Promotional Staffing, Inc., an event staffing agency specializing in experiential marketing, continues to flourish, backed by Ms. Raimondi´s expertise in program logistics, time management, and organization.

As the president of the company, Ms. Raimondi develops new and existing client relationships, generates new business opportunities, and oversees the company’s infrastructure and team management. In the coming years, she plans to continue expanding her business throughout the United States and tap into international markets. This past summer she took experiential marketing to a new level and began Brand Influencers alongside Jason Metz, which fuses live events with social media and creates marketing campaigns around influencers within specific target markets.

For more information about All Aces Promotional Staffing, Inc., visit http://www.acespromo.com. For more information about Brand Influencers, visit http://brand-influencers.com.

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Alliance Staffing Solutions Wins Fourth Weatherhead 100 Award for Consistent Sales Growth

Alliance Staffing Solutions Wins Fourth Weatherhead 100 Award for Consistent Sales Growth »

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Alliance Staffing Solutions, a full-service recruitment agency with offices in Cuyahoga, Summit, Portage, Franklin and Lorain counties, has been named as one of Northeast Ohio’s fastest growing companies for the fourth time by the Weatherhead 100. The 2011 award honors local businesses with the highest rates of sales growth during the previous five years.

The Weatherhead 100 was founded in 1987 to identify and recognize the top 100 fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio on an annual basis. The Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE), in partnership with Case Western Reserve University, manages the award selection process.

“This has proven to be another outstanding year for us as we experienced significant growth across all seven of our business units,” noted company President Aaron Grossman. “As a highly specialized staffing company, the deep expertise we provide within a few focused industry segments has produced exceptional results for both our company and our clients. In fact, our efforts have resulted in a 300 percent increase in revenue since 2009.”

To handle the increased client activity in 2011, Alliance expanded its own staff by adding 13 full-time positions—resulting in a 23 percent increase in employees. In addition, Alliance will open its newest office location in Elyria, Ohio in January, 2012 to help find qualified candidates for companies throughout Lorain County, especially in the manufacturing industry.

“We’re growing so rapidly because we use proven technology and aggressive candidate recruiting to ensure that we find the ideal candidate for each position,” Grossman said. “Our clients appreciate the hard work of our staffing specialists who focus on building ‘Rock Star’ teams of highly qualified candidates. These individuals have been hand-selected to fit the strict requirements of companies looking to expand and enhance their workforce.”

Alliance Staffing Solutions serves the broadest scope of industries among any staffing recruitment agency in Northeast Ohio, with seven specialized business units that give its customers single-source convenience across multiple specialties. This deep experience within so many industry specialties allows Alliance to provide consistent, qualified placements that enhance organizational productivity for both small organizations as well as Fortune 500 customers.

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HR Strategies Rolls Out New Time & Attendance System

HR Strategies Rolls Out New Time & Attendance System »

Duluth, GA (PRWEB) January 19, 2012 Identifying a need by their clients to have a web based Time & Labor Management solution, HR Strategies has rolled out their latest technology offering known as “Time Tracker” & “Time Tracker Plus”. The new offering allows HR Strategies to meet the job costing needs of clients, along with providing an efficient, easy to use, web-based time entry for payroll.

In keeping up with the latest technology in time and attendance, the new Time Tracker systems provided by HR Strategies allow clients to choose from a variety of data collection sources. Through the Time Tracker systems, HR Strategies is able to offer their clients a choice of data collection methods including: traditional swipe, personal handheld devices (PDAs), Biometric (hand recognition, fingerprint), and external systems (access control, phone switches). Additionally, the choices allowed to clients choosing to utilize the new Time Tracker software packages continue to provide a myriad of options customizable to the client’s unique needs of tracking their employee’s hours and productivity.

Time Tracker and Time Tracker Plus are just the beginning of the suite of new technology offerings expected to be unveiled by HR Strategies in the next year. With the implementation of the new offerings, HR Strategies is hoping to continue their momentum as a leader in customizable human resource solutions for business owners.

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AVID Technical Resources Hires Regional Director of Business Operations

AVID Technical Resources Hires Regional Director of Business Operations »

BOSTON, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — AVID Technical Resources announced they have hired Chip Kakas to become their Regional Director of Business Operations. Chip is a well-known and respected ten-year veteran of the local and national IT recruiting industry. He has a proven history of success opening branch offices and producing double digit returns. The position will be based in AVID’s Boston, MA corporate headquarters with responsibilities that include managing the company’s current offices and launching new braches as part of the firm’s aggressive growth plan.

“We couldn’t be more excited to have Chip on our team,” says Principal Owner, Brian Tomasello. “We found a proven leader who shares the same beliefs and philosophies as to how to be successful in our industry. Chip is a critical piece of our continued success and aggressive national expansion plans.”

Earlier this week, AVID announced the opening of their New York office. Coupled with Boston, Marlboro, MA, Providence, RI and Phoenix, AZ, the company continues towards a national expansion that is said to include potential offices in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Raleigh and Los Angeles later this year.

AVID Technical Resources (www.avidtr.com) is a contract and permanent IT staffing agency. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, AVID specializes in placing professionals with an applications development or infrastructure support background.

The company recently posted a 13% growth in revenue in 2011 – AVID’s eighth consecutive year of growth. This continued success has ignited a number of awards and recognition. Inc. Magazine named AVID one of the Fastest Growing Privately-held Companies for the second year in a row in 2011.

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Job Search Engine Adzuna.co.uk Receives £500k Investment Backing from Index Ventures

Job Search Engine Adzuna.co.uk Receives £500k Investment Backing from Index Ventures »

LONDON, January 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Adzuna, the next-generation job search engine, has today announced it has raised £500k investment financing from Index Ventures, The Accelerator Group and existing investors including Passion Capital. The latest funding follows a seed round last year.

Launched in July 2011, Adzuna classifieds aims to become the world’s leading search engine for classifieds, bringing together all the ads and connecting users with them in new ways.

Adzuna collates almost every job ad in the UK in real time from hundreds of websites, including all of the major job boards as well as sources like the London 2012 Olympics, Williams Formula 1 and the Royal Household. In addition to listing around 500,000 vacancies, the unique Adzuna Connect feature helps users “get hired with a little help from their friends” by connecting them to Adzuna jobs where they have first or second-degree connections on LinkedIn or Facebook.

The site also offers a wealth of data about the jobs and companies recruiting, from average salary data to employee reviews, interview questions and “CEO Approval ratings”.

Since launch in July, Adzuna has rapidly grown to hundreds of thousands of visitors per month, and was named a Top 20 Startup of 2011 by Startups.co.uk, a finalist in the Website of the Year awards, and shortlisted for the Europas.

This latest round of funding will be used to drive further product innovation around social and data, and expand into other verticals as well as international markets.

Robin Klein, Venture Partner at Index, said, “We’re delighted to be working with Andrew and Doug, experienced entrepreneurs whom we know well from their track records at Gumtree, Qype and Zoopla. The Adzuna team has achieved a great deal in a short period of time, and we believe the innovations they continue to bring to the market will change the way people search for classified ads.”

Doug Monro, Co-Founder of Adzuna, said: “We’re really excited to have top-class investors like Index, The Accelerator Group and Passion involved. We are passionate about making the classifieds search experience fundamentally better for users in the UK and beyond. This will help us towards that vision.”

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IT Employment Finishes Strong in 2011

IT Employment Finishes Strong in 2011 »

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In December, the economy added IT jobs at a robust pace, contributing to the totals of an already strong year for IT employment.

According to a monthly index of IT jobs developed and published by TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers, the number of IT jobs increased by more than 15,300, (.4%) rising to 4,082,100 jobs in December. On an annual basis, IT jobs were up 3.3% in 2011 over 2010. This reflects an annual rate of growth in IT employment that is more than double rate the growth rate experienced in 2009 (1.3%).

By comparison, overall job growth for the economy was up only 1% year-over-year; though an improvement over 2010 when the labor force actually contracted on year-over-year basis (-.7%).

“As we begin 2012, I am heartened to see accelerating growth in IT employment,” stated Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance. “Based upon both the data and anecdotal reports of my members companies, one of our greatest challenges going forward will be a shortage of IT talent in key skillsets,” added Roberts.

For a complete December 2011 IT Index, please visit http://www.techservealliance.org/pressroom/documents/IndexreleaseDecember2011FINAL.pdf

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JobGoRound.com Introduces New Career Networking Reviews

JobGoRound.com Introduces New Career Networking Reviews »

BROOMFIELD, CO, January 17, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ — There are numerous ways in which a job seeker can find employment, be it through searching classified ads or simply through word of mouth. In this day and age, however, there is an ever-increasing number of career networking sites, providing online resources and connections for those looking for work. Because all of these career-networking sites offer different features, selecting the best one can seem daunting, but a site called JobGoRound.com is seeking to change that. An online database of tips, informative articles, and resume writing services for those seeking new or better employment, JobGoRound.com has introduced a new section, featuring reviews of the many career-networking sites on the market.

According to company founder and developer Jason Kay, this is an essential service for those seeking to navigate the terrain of online job hunting. There are many sites that claim to offer assistance in gaining employment, but not all of these sites are created equal, muses Kay. Career networking is certainly essential, but these sites tend to offer very different strategies for self-branding, and it’ s important that the job-seeker chooses the site that generates the best results. Kay hopes that JobGoRound.com’s new review section helps users make this important decision by providing consumer-oriented feedback and details on each networking site’s methodology.

JobGoRound.com’s review section features rundowns of some of the top career networking sites on the Web, and Kay says more additions are coming. Users can obtain handy information about each networking site’s pricing, as well as a full list of features. Each review concludes with a verdict on how useful the networking site truly is. This bottom-line approach is meant to steer job hunters in the right direction, and ensure that they find the very best career assistance without wasting their money, Kay remarks.

In addition to the just-launched review section, JobGoRound.com continues to feature a variety of assets for those looking for employment. The site features articles that include resume and interview tips, plus links to the best resume services. Kay says that finding a job is ultimately the result of using these different assets in tandem. JobGoRound.com is about offering the full package of employment services, including information on job trends and the best resume strategies, Kay says. The new JobGoRound.com review section is a great addition to this array of tools.

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Arrow Strategies Launches Professional Staffing Division

Arrow Strategies Launches Professional Staffing Division »

BINGHAM FARMS, Mich., Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Arrow Strategies announces the formal launch of their Professional Staffing Division which will specialize in contract and permanent staffing of Accounting/Finance, Sales, Legal, Management, Marketing, and Purchasing/Supply Chain professionals.

Arrow Strategies is recognized as one of the Fastest Growing Staffing Firms in the country by Staffing Industry (SI) Magazine. Although, predominantly an Information Technology and Engineering staffing company with a history of placing high-level Professionals, “The formal launch of our Professional Staffing Division is the final stage of evolving into a full-service staffing provider for the higher tier professionals,” says Jeff Styers, Arrow Strategies President & CEO. “Although these disciplines are not new to us, we have now formalized this division by adding resources and more experience so that we can offer the same value-added service to a Controller or CFO position as we can in our IT or Engineering divisions.”

Arrow Strategies is a Native American and Veteran owned full-service staffing provider with headquarters in Bingham Farms, MI and offices in Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT, Grand Rapids, MI, Huntington Beach, CA, and Dallas, TX. Their website is www.arrowstrategies.com.

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Houston Staffing Agency – Murray Resources – Releases 2012 Houston Hiring Outlook

Houston Staffing Agency – Murray Resources – Releases 2012 Houston Hiring Outlook »

HOUSTON, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Murray Resources, a leading recruiting and staffing firm based in Houston, Texas, released the results of the company’s inaugural Houston hiring outlook survey.

The survey was distributed to Murray Resources’ clients, business colleagues, and through the company’s social media channels. 60 Houston company leaders and executives, HR staff, and hiring managers completed the survey.

“The purpose of the study was to gain a preliminary understanding of the general economic climate and staffing outlook facing Houston companies in 2012,” said Marsha Murray, President of Murray Resources.

One of the survey’s key measures – “economic expectations facing their company” – indicates a climate of cautious optimism. Almost two thirds (62%) of respondents expect the economic conditions facing their companies to get “moderately better” in 2012, while 12% reported that they expect the economic conditions to get “significantly better.”

Ms. Murray continued, “While Houston has certainly not been immune to the economic challenges employers have faced over the last several years, the results of the survey continue to demonstrate the city’s relative economic health and optimism going into 2012.”

Additional key insights from the study:

-The majority of respondents expect a moderate increase in hiring over the next 12 months. 62% expect a moderate increase in hiring over the next year.

– Attracting qualified talent continues to be a significant human resource challenge for Houston companies. 60% of respondents anticipate their company’s ability to attract qualified employees to be their biggest staffing challenge in the coming 12 months.

– Respondents expect Operations to undertake the greatest hiring growth in the next 12 months. 38% of respondents expect moderately more hiring in the Operations area of their company.

– Over half of employers anticipate an increase in hiring full-time employees during 2012. 58% of respondents expect a moderate increase in full-time employees in the coming year.

Approximately half of those who completed the survey (49%) are in Director level positions or above at their companies. The respondents were drawn from a highly diverse range of industries, with twenty-one different industries selected and an additional fifteen respondents writing in an unlisted industry.

To download the complete report, please visit: http://www.murrayresources.com/employers/hiring-outlook-report-2012/.

For information on Murray Resource’s recruiting and staffing services, please visit http://www.murrayresources.com/employers

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Mayfield Leads $5M Series A in SmartRecruiters

Mayfield Leads $5M Series A in SmartRecruiters »

SAN FRANCISCO, California — January 18, 2012 – SmartRecruiters, the free social recruiting platform, announced $5 million in Series A financing led by Silicon Valley’s Mayfield Fund.

SmartRecruiters cloud-based platform takes the complexity out of the recruiting process from sourcing to hiring. Since its founding in September 2010, over 10,000 businesses have signed up to use SmartRecruiters. The company plans to use the funding to make its product even more awesome.

Next-Gen SaaS: “Free” as a Model

SmartRecruiters platform sits in the cloud and is entirely free to use. The company generates revenue exclusively from selling third-party recruiting services. This disruptive free SaaS model is the logical next step in the recent consumerization of cloud software for the social enterprise.

“SaaS 2.0 has given rise to innovative companies like Marketo, and now SmartRecruiters is pushing the envelope further with a free and frictionless business model for hiring,” said Rajeev Batra, Partner, Mayfield Fund. “When you combine a serial entrepreneur with deep industry expertise like SmartRecruiters founder/CEO Jerome Ternynck, with a disruptive model, you can transform a market and build an impactful company.”

Disrupting the $400B Recruiting Industry

SmartRecruiters all-in-one easy to use platform combines free social software and best in class third-party services, such as: free job sites, job boards, social networks, assessment services, background check services and recruiting process outsourcing. It also aggregates data across all users to help individual businesses make smarter decisions in sourcing and selecting the best candidates for any given job in any given location.

This innovative model leverages the social web to provide much needed transparency to the traditional $400B recruiting industry.

“By bringing advanced recruitment technology to small businesses at no cost, SmartRecruiters can help companies find great talent, leverage social networks, and improve their quality of hire in a highly affordable way,” said Josh Bersin, President and CEO, Bersin & Associates, a leading research and advisory firm in corporate talent acquisition.

Hiring Made Easy

A recent study from Bersin & Associates found that small firms pay a median figure of $3,665 in recruiting costs per hire, compared with $1,949 per hire at companies employing 10,000 employees or more. By offering a free social recruiting platform, SmartRecruiters aims to empower small and medium-sized businesses – the largest hiring segment – and in effect, democratize access to talent.

“When hiring, we know what we want but have struggled with where to look, and carving out time to manage the process,” explained Vigdis Eriksen, founder and CEO of Eriksen Translations. “SmartRecruiters delivers our job ads to the right audiences, and continually reduces our time to hire.”

As the ultimate platform for candidate sourcing and management, SmartRecruiters lets businesses:

– easily create branded online job ads
– create professional looking career pages on corporate websites
– distribute jobs in one click to free, niche, and commercial job sites
– add a careers tab to a Facebook corporate page
– leverage social networks for internal and external referrals
– engage candidates through a mobile career site
– consolidate all applicants in one place for easy tracking
– share and engage candidates with Facebook style commenting structure for collaborative hiring
– assure compliance with EEO and OFFCP regulations

SmartRecruiters free social recruiting platform is available for any organization looking to hire one employee or 1,000. To signup for the free application visit: www.smartrecruiters.com/SignUp

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Adcaster launch puts video CVs in the frame

Adcaster launch puts video CVs in the frame »

(PRWEB) January 18, 2012 A new tool promises to bring the recruitment industry to life using state-of-the-art video technology. Adcaster– a multifunctional video job board – enables recruitment agencies to promote candidates and fill vacancies via its innovative online platform.

The website, which hosts thousands of video CVs, provides a central platform for recruiters to purchase and upload their own video CVs to promote both vacancies and candidates online.

All jobseeker video CVs are supported by traditional resumes, helping to build a comprehensive candidate profile that can be sent to clients.

Adcaster’s fully bespoke ‘console’ system allows recruiters to host candidate videos and hard copy CVs in a virtual library. The flexible console, which can be fully branded, enables recruitment consultants to compile, edit and forward candidate information to their clients quickly, efficiently and confidentially.

Alongside a video and hard-copy CV, candidates can incorporate still life photography and a list of key skills and experience to build a stylish, interactive profile.
This allows recruiters to build a visual database of candidates for their clients to view.

Explaining the vision and strategy behind the business, Debbie Philip, co-founder and sales director at Adcaster, said: “Even the best written CV can lack personality. Our video technology allows recruitment consultants to really get a feel for the person, including both their skills and their ability to communicate.

“The jobs market is overflowing with potential candidates and sifting through resumes is an incredibly time consuming process. Video CVs allow recruiters to quickly and easily select the candidates who stand out from the crowd.”

The Adcaster website, which went live in January following a two-year development period, was developed to create a ‘more moving recruitment experience’ and enable the industry to keep pace with changes in technology.

Debbie commented: “As unemployment figures continue to rise, it’s becoming increasingly hard for recruitment consultants to find quality candidates. Using Adcaster, consultants can be confident they are delivering only the best job applicants to their clients.”

Having invested more than £250,000 in the development of its unique technology platform, the Knutsford-based company is now building partnerships with recruitment agencies across the UK.

Debbie said: “We really believe that 2012 will be the year the video CV comes of age. We want to make life easier for recruiters which means that filing through paper CVs will soon be a thing of the past!”

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Event Tenders, LLC, a Full Service Event Management and Staffing Company, Provides a Recap of New Business for 2011

Event Tenders, LLC, a Full Service Event Management and Staffing Company, Provides a Recap of New Business for 2011 »

Lexington, KY, January 18, 2012 –(PR.com)– Susan G. Cooper and Parham P. Baker of Event Tenders, LLC, a full service event staffing company, announce a recap of 2011, their first full year of operation.

Event Tenders grew many times their projections for 2011, growing to be the largest dedicated event staffing company in Central Kentucky. Event Tenders diversified in 2011 to include not only catering companies, event venues and hotels but began doing staffing directly for many corporate clients, fund raisers and weddings.

Event Tenders added high visibility clients during 2011 such as Lundy’s Catering, one of Special Event’s Magazine top 30 caterers nationwide. They were pleased to announce new clients such as the Kentucky Horse Park, Central Catering at Fasig Tipton, The CastlePost, Winchester Opera House and several Midwest convention centers and hotels. Event Tenders is a Commonwealth of Kentucky and University of Kentucky approved vendor as well as a SODEXO USA approved vendor and regularly serves these clients.

Event Tenders originally offered only certified bartenders and banquet servers in Lexington KY. They have now begun providing chefs, cooks, parking attendants, coat-check staff, door attendants and other hospitality staff during 2011. This rapid growth propelled Event Tenders to offer services in several other major markets including Cincinnati, Louisville and Columbus.

Susan Cooper pointed out that not only has the client base of Event Tenders increased dramatically but that the clients using Event Tenders have increased use of the Event Tenders staff. “Many of our clients that at first used our staff only to supplement their own crew have now started our team for all of their front of the house staffing…bartenders, servers and more.”

“We are very excited about our growth in the last year,” noted Parham Baker, “we feel that it bears out not only our dedication to providing quality staff with great attitudes, experience, work ethic and training, but a whole new concept in event and hospitality staffing.”

Event Tenders currently serves Kentucky and Ohio and is expanding into other markets during 2012.

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Background Check Dangers and Myths

Background Check Dangers and Myths »

Minneapolis,MN (PRWEB) January 18, 2012

Dave Jordan, of BestBackgroundChecks.com, offers a fresh look at the background check phenomenon with tips gained from years of industry experience and customer feedback. Mr. Jordan seeks to further educate, and also learn from consumers, through a new video and accompanying survey at BestBackgroundChecks.com/video.

The rise of the multi-million dollar background check industry has been swift and it continues to grow exponentially. Mr. Jordan shared, “This growth has been fueled by an insatiable curiosity for the secrets in other people’s lives, along with slick marketing tactics employed by companies who are only concerned with the bottom line.”

Jordan has reviewed dozens of background check companies, and hundreds of consumer survey responses already submitted to BestBackgroundChecks.com. He says the responses have a common thread. That is, “Many people have a difficult time with choosing a background check, often end up getting the one making the most unrealistic claims, and often times find themselves with nothing but a gaping hole in their wallet.”

Perhaps, the most stunning admission from Dave Jordan is this: “The fact of the matter is that consumer background check services are frequently nothing more than a money pit, but people are curious and go for them anyway.” He goes on, “However, it makes a big difference which service is used because there are definitely some companies that provide a much better product than the others. That being said, even the best background checks can be woefully lacking.”

Mr. Jordan shared some pointers on how to evaluate a background check service based on past consumer survey feedback and intimate knowledge of the industry:

Does the company have endorsements and/or feedback? This provides outside validation, and shows people are using it in the real world. The BBB and Ripoff Report are a good start, but an objective look is required as consumers generally don’t post positive experiences.

Is your contact information kept private and secure? Look for the VeriSign, Thawte or Mcafee logo on a website for assurance of digital security. At checkout, the address bar should have “https” and a green or blue bar on the left side.

Do they have a satisfaction guarantee? Don’t be fooled. Be sure you can actually receive compensation or a refund for a product that isn’t delivering.

How long has the company been in business? Some have been in the business over a decade. Basically, you just need to make sure the company has some history.

What do you actually receive when checking out? Most times you will receive a specific product such as a background check. Some companies offer unlimited access to their databases for a subscription fee. READ THE TERMS ON THE CHECKOUT PAGE.

Do they have reachable customer service? This may seem obvious but isn’t always the case. If they are paying someone to keep customers happy that obviously shows commitment on their part.

Do they have About us, FAQ and Privacy pages? We have found that any service worth considering has pages dedicated to informing the customer what their mission is and when they were started, an FAQ page, etc. Privacy pages are also required.

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