Qualified HR executives are invited to attend this free presentation of new research exploring talent management productivity tools.

(PETERBOROUGH, NH - Sept. 1, 2009 - Tarsus Group) TalentManagementTech.com (TMT) and Bersin & Associates today announced a free webinar to be held on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 2:00 p.m. EDT / 11:00 a.m. PDT. Sponsored by MrTed Limited and titled "Talent Acquisition Systems: Market Changes and Innovation," this webinar will be presented by Madeline Laurano, the principal analyst at Bersin & Associates who led a recent study of talent acquisition systems, covering performance, customer satisfaction, implementation challenges and industry trends. Laurano will share key findings and insight from this study as they pertain to the enterprise. An executive summary of the report, "Talent Acquisition Systems 2009: Facts, Practice Analysis, Trends and Provider Profiles," will be free to all attendees, who register here. Attendees will learn how new tools for talent acquisition are affecting the marketplace and how best to integrate them for their organizations' benefit.

To signup, please visit: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/844036969

"Rapidly evolving technologies in recruiting make for moving targets as organizations scramble to build the best possible talent acquisition systems," said Laurano, who is responsible for Bersin and Associates' research in talent acquisition, an area which includes workforce planning, sourcing strategies, screening and assessments, RPO, employer branding, and onboarding. Laurano has also worked as research analyst for ERE Media, the Aberdeen Group, and Linkage, Inc.

"Social media and other new tools present opportunities and challenges alike," Laurano continued. "Questions on integration and global support are top of mind for recruiting departments striving to assemble more complete solutions to identify, select and onboard new employees."

Attendees of this talent acquisition systems webinar will have access to important findings in Bersin & Associates' otherwise proprietary research, such as key recommendations on how to evaluate, select and purchase a talent acquisition system in this competitive marketplace. Furthermore, attendees will gain insight into not only the handling of product implementation, global support and configuration, but also the streamlining of end-to-end solutions.

Through its affiliation with Onrec.com, Online Recruitment Magazine, the Onrec 2009 Conference and Expo (http://www.Onrec.com/Expo2009) and other global media properties belonging to U.K.-based Tarsus Group plc, TMT reaches a broad cross-section of the talent management industry and marshals the very latest in Web 2.0 functionality to create an online community for buyers and sellers of talent management technology. A resource of news in the field, TMT is home to the world's most comprehensive online and searchable directory of talent management technologies and the TMT PR Boost Campaign, a program that helps to improve SEO for talent management technologies and services.


Anyone who encounters difficulty registering for this webinar should contact Patrick Trappe (email: ptrappe AT tarsus DOT com / direct phone: 603-925-1160)

"This webinar embodies a number of ideas that motivated the establishment of TMT itself," said Brent Skinner, editor in chief of TMT. "Anyone who attends this webinar will receive the kind of advice that TMT strives every day to make available to its readers. New variables such as social media and other Web 2.0 alternatives to traditional tools represent much of the flux affecting not only talent acquisition systems, but the entire ecosystem of talent management technologies."

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About Bersin & Associates
Bersin & Associates is the only research and advisory firm focused solely on research in enterprise learning, talent management, and talent acquisition. The company’s WhatWorks® membership program offers actionable guidance, improves operational effectiveness, and delivers business impact to companies in all industry segments.

Bersin & Associates research members gain access to a comprehensive library of best practices, case studies, benchmarks, and in-depth market analyses designed to assist professionals in making fast and confident decisions. Members also have direct access to analysts and a wide range of tested tools and models to address both strategic and day-to-day challenges.

More than 5,000 organizations worldwide have used Bersin & Associates’ research and advisory services to guide talent and corporate learning strategies. Research areas include planning and strategy, learning programs and delivery, talent management, leadership development and succession planning, talent acquisition, technology and infrastructure, informal learning, social networking, measurement and analytics.

For more information, go to www.bersin.com or call 561 455 0622, extension 223.


About TalentManagementTech.com
TalentManagementTech.com (http://www.talentmanagementtech.com/), the most comprehensive searchable directory online of talent management technologies and services, is a creation of Tarsus Online Media, a division of the international B2B media company Tarsus Group plc (http://www.Tarsus.com). TMT runs on the new FireStarter B2B community platform (http://www.MyFirestarter.com), enabling anyone to interact on the site and become his or her very own "firestarter" of content.

In addition to the many free activities available to all, TMT offers the TMT PR Boost Campaign™, harnessing the power of public relations for Web 2.0 to dramatically improve a firm's search engine presence through PRSEO (public relations search engine optimization). TMT's editor in chief will work with a company to draft a marketing statement and article that cast that business in the best possible light. This becomes the TMT Spotlight, the centerpiece of the TMT PR Boost Campaign. The TMT Spotlight displays on the TMT homepage for an extended period of time and at Onrec USA (http://www.onrec.com/us/), and TMT sees to it that the TMT Spotlight displays in online news search results. Additionally, a company that participates in the TMT PR Boost Campaign retains rights to reprints of the TMT Spotlight and has the opportunity to conduct a related webinar, which TMT advertises to its lists of thousands of talent management professionals.

Talent management professionals are welcome to register at TMT, which is free to do and prompts the system to generate an e-mail that provides further instructions on how to create and enhance a personal profile and post content to the site:

http://www.talentmanagementtech.com/community/register.aspx

The news media may contact:

Brent Skinner, Editor in Chief of TMT
e-mail: editor AT talentmanagementtech DOT com
direct phone: 617-875-4859