The popular, sales and customer service software company, Salesforce, is going to be expanding their scope within the next year to offer software solution for human resource management. Many believe the movie is to move in on their competition.
Last week, the company announced the acquisition of Rypple, which is a humans resource developer that used social networking strategies in their work. They implemented recognition, coaching, and other HR elements into a social based interface. This modern approach looked to have attracted Salesforce who will finalize the deal at the end of next quarter.
In a statement regrading the purchase, many quotes were pulled from members within the Salesforce and Rypple team.
Popular mobile app Urbanspoon recently updated and added a new feature that lets users record their dining history. It's called "Dineline" and essentially serves as a dining diary.
Mobile commerce startup Zaarly has been around for less than a year but you'd never know it by all the hype it's been receiving. Zaarly is a mobile app that creates a way to buy and sell on a local level.
The bloggers versus journalists' debate was reopened recently when an Oregon court ruled that investigative blogger Crystal Cox was not protected under the state's media shield law. Should she have been?
The online reputation monitoring panel featured three heavy hitters in ORM: Andy Beal, Brian Chappell and Andy Beal.
Andy Beal from Trackur started off with 6 steps to become an online reputation monitoring NINJA! He discussed how to lay the foundation for reputation monitoring:
Understand your goals. Why are you monitoring in the first place? To increase engagement? Measure campaign success? Track rogue employees? Monitor competitors? Keep an eye on your CEO?
How much does it cost your company to interview a potential candidate? If you pay for their hotel, airfare, and transportation; you could be looking at upwards of $5,000 per individual.
According to the LinkedIn press centre, 1-in-20 of all LinkedIn profiles are held by recruiters.
Additionally, Oracle's Chief Finance Officer Jeff Epstein was headhunted for the position via...
There's a meme concerning various human resources departments, and it has to do with the idea that attractive people earn more money than their less attractive counterparts. Is this...
