BostonWorks Launches Hiring Hub, the Ultimate Information Resource for Recruitment Professionals in Greater Boston.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2003 New web site features timely content, helpful tools for the HR audience BostonWorks, Greater Boston's most comprehensive recruitment services provider, today launched Hiring Hub, the ultimate information site for the recruitment professional. Featuring content from recognized local experts in the human resource (HR) and management professions, the site is designed to provide HR practitioners and hiring managers with informative content and hiring tools to help companies with the recruitment process. Hiring Hub can be found on the BostonWorks website at www.bostonworks.com/hiringhub "Over the past year, we have spoken with many professionals involved in the recruiting function - from large companies to smaller start-ups. We've we've Contraction of we have. we've have asked what information is needed to simplify their recruiting process," said Peter Newton, president of BostonWorks. "Based on their response, we created Hiring Hub. We are confident it will prove to be a valuable resource for recruiting professionals responsible for finding qualified talent for their companies." NEHRA NEHRA Northeast Human Resources Association to Provide In-Depth in-depth adj. Detailed; thorough: an in-depth study. in-depth Adjective detailed or thorough: an in-depth analysis Content As a result of a recent partnership forged forge 1 n. 1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy. 2. A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron. v. with the Northeast Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. Association (NEHRA), Hiring Hub will feature timely content and in-depth knowledge of current HR issues relevant to employers and recruiters in the Northeast. The content will appear in a special section of the HR Center titled " NEHRA: The Voice of HR." The content will cover a range of HR topics with an emphasis on recruitment, retention, workforce development and related topics such as diversity. NEHRA will garner this content by reaching out to its base of 4,000 members, human resource professionals across a variety of industries in the Northeast. Key Features of Hiring Hub The new site was created to help HR professionals improve the hiring process at their businesses. The site is segmented into two sections: 1) The HR Center, designed to provide the HR professional with information regarding trends in the industry, and 2) the Media Kit, providing information on the products and tools a recruiting professional needs to streamline the recruiting process. The HR Center The HR Center is designed to be an informative resource for HR and recruiting professionals in Greater Boston Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston, Massachusetts. While Metro Boston tends to be the "Inner Core" surrounding the City of Boston, Greater Boston overlaps the North and South Shores, as well as the MetroWest region. . The HR Center features original content covering a range of HR topics, with an emphasis on recruitment, retention, workforce development and related topics such as diversity. The HR Center features the return of Mary Helen Gillespie as The Savvy Savvy® Gynecology A contraceptive vaginal gel that ↓ transmission of STDs–eg, HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea. See Contraceptive. Manager. Ms. Gillespie is president of Gillespie Interactive, a strategic management consultant company focused on integrating leadership, entrepreneurship en·tre·pre·neur n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise. and global perspective into profitable strategies for corporate environments and non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. . The Savvy Manager is a monthly column addressing today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. challenges, providing actionable Giving sufficient legal grounds for a lawsuit; giving rise to a Cause of Action. An act, event, or occurrence is said to be actionable when there are legal grounds for basing a lawsuit on it. ideas and concrete resources to enhance the performance of all executives, especially those in the HR and hiring sectors. Previously a weekly column in The Boston Globe, The Boston Globe, The Daily newspaper published in Boston, one of the more influential newspapers in the U.S. Founded in 1872, it was purchased in 1877 by Charles H. Taylor. Savvy Manager column can now be found on within the Boston Works Hiring Hub at http://bostonworks.boston.com/savvy_manager/ Other key features of The HR Center include: -- The HR Blog - a set of regularly updated links to human resource and recruiting news from sites around the web -- HR in the Globe - employment and HR-related news from the pages of The Boston Globe -- Faces & Places - a picture gallery and coverage of recent HR and recruiting events -- Upcoming HR Events - a calendar of upcoming local events relevant to the HR professional -- Hiring Hub Newsletter - a monthly newsletter emailed to HR professionals by request. The newsletter features the latest news, trends, tips and product information from BostonWorks Media Kit The media kit offers critical tools created to ease the recruiting process, including: -- Online Job Postings - the tools an HR professional needs to place an online recruitment ad at BostonWorks.com -- Resume Database - registered employers can access over 500,000 resumes of qualified candidates across Greater Boston -- Product Briefs - descriptions of all BostonWorks' recruitment products -- Case Studies - real-life examples of leading local employers who have used BostonWorks products to address specific challenges they were facing in their recruiting process -- Customer Contacts - information on how to reach the BostonWorks staff About BostonWorks BostonWorks, a division of The Boston Globe, is the leading recruitment services provider in Greater Boston. Combining the power of The Boston Globe and Boston.com, BostonWorks reaches an audience of more than 2.4 million each week. In addition to the Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. Globe's BostonWorks section, the division offers BostonWorks.com with more than 18,000 job listings and 500,000 resumes; industry-specific magazines such as "On Call" for nurses and allied health professionals; JobSource, a weekly career publication with distribution of over 100,000; and 12 career fairs held in Greater Boston throughout the year. |
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