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BrassRing Clients Share Insights and Expertise at Fifth Annual International Users' Conference; American Express and Sears Among 13 Clients to Deliver Presentations.


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International Users' Conference

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2004

Today marks the second day of BrassRing's fifth annual International Users' Conference at the Drake Hotel The following hotels are named the Drake Hotel:
  • The Drake Hotel, Chicago
  • The Drake Hotel, Philadelphia
  • Drake Hotel (Toronto)
 in Chicago. This year's conference has attracted more than 150 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.  professionals, industry experts, and thought leaders from around the world, representing more than 65 of BrassRing's clients.

In the spirit of the conference's theme, "Elements of Success," Jim Wiggett, founder and president of Jackson Hole Jackson Hole, fertile Rocky Mt. valley, c.50 mi (80 km) long and 6 to 8 mi (9.6–12.8 km) wide, NW Wyo., partly in Grand Teton National Park. Jackson Lake, 39 sq mi (101 sq km), a natural lake through which the Snake River flows, was dammed in 1916 to control  Group, delivered a keynote address keynote address
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 on Wednesday on the importance of an adaptive leadership style in 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.  climate. Mr. Wiggett offered insight into leadership strategies that help differentiate, drive and anchor today's business leaders.

Throughout the three-day conference, BrassRing and a number of its clients and partners are leading informative sessions on a variety of industry topics, such as global talent management, recruitment metrics and analytics, workforce planning Strategic Workforce Planning involves analyzing and forecasting the talent that companies need to execute their business strategy, proactively rather than reactively, it is a critical strategic activity, enabling the organization to identify, develop and sustain the workforce , talent relationship management, and on-boarding. Interactive presentations are being given by 13 of BrassRing's world-class clients including American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. , Diageo, ManTech, and Sears.

"The conference is going really well," said attendee Mary Pennington, Senior Director of Human Resources at Comcast Cable Communications. "BrassRing has clearly made an effort to maximize the benefit for each participant. Everything is structured so that users can learn from each others' successes and experiences--and have some fun in Chicago, too. I know I'll leave this conference energized with new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track.  that I can take back to our recruiting team."

In addition to the general sessions, members of BrassRing's product management team are presenting conference attendees with a thorough preview of upcoming features in the Enterprise platform, including enhanced search functionality, reporting, staffing agency management, and more. BrassRing's Enterprise application currently has more than 180 active deployments, with corporate users in 45 countries and twelve languages.

"This is a very exciting time of year for BrassRing," said Deb Besemer, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of BrassRing. "We place a lot of value in hearing directly from our clients and other market experts. Our annual Users' Conference has always been an important forum for us to learn from our clients, and for our clients to learn from each other. The Conference gives us an opportunity to explore the most current industry trends in depth, so that we're able to innovate and stay on the leading edge of talent management solutions providers."

About BrassRing

BrassRing delivers talent management solutions that help companies engage people. The company offers clients a custom blend of recruitment software, talent consulting, and recruitment process management. The world's most diverse and successful organizations rely on BrassRing's expertise to achieve competitive advantage through talent. Investors in BrassRing LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
 and its affiliates include The Washington Post Company, Tribune Company, Gannett Co., Inc., and Accel Partners. BrassRing has earned a number of prestigious industry awards, including the CAREERXROADS' 2002 Best of the Best, Weddle's User's Choice Awards for 2002 and 2003, and a 2003 Human Resource Technology Excellence Award. Additionally, the company was recently honored with the Sears 'Partners in Progress' 2003 Award, led the ratings in CareerBuilder's 2003 Recruitment Technology Resource Guide, won first place at the 2002 Electronic Recruiting Shootout Shootout

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 at HR Executive's HR Technology Conference and was named first in Customer Satisfaction in HR.com's 2003 Buyer's Guide. BrassRing has offices in North America and Europe. BrassRing is a registered trademark of BrassRing, LLC. To learn more about BrassRing and its technologies, please visit www.brassring.com.
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