BOSTON, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Armed with definitive data from the online activities of 35,000 recruiters, Bullhorn, Inc., which recently launched theFIT, an uncensored career site for company insiders and job seekers alike, released "The Bullhorn Reach Social Recruiting Activity Report." The report offers insight into the usage of social media in recruiting, and finds that LinkedIn leads in all facets among the "big three" social networks: LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. It measured the networks' frequency of usage by recruiters and their effectiveness for sourcing candidates.
Despite all of the industry buzz and data around the proliferation of job hunting on Facebook, Bullhorn's data demonstrates that recruiters' LinkedIn networks still drive more views than their Twitter and Facebook networks combined. For job applications, LinkedIn also wins driving almost nine times more applications than Facebook and three times more than Twitter. Interestingly, however, a Twitter follower is almost three times more likely to apply to a job than a LinkedIn connection, and more than eight times more likely to apply than a Facebook follower, indicating that Twitter might be a highly underutilized social recruiting channel. A further comparison between the effectiveness of Twitter and Facebook reveals that recruiters' Twitter followings drive almost twice as many job views per job as their Facebook fan bases.
"If you are serious about finding a job, Facebook should not be your first stop. There is a huge disconnect between where people are looking for jobs and where they will actually find one – job seekers are focusing on Facebook, while recruiters are on LinkedIn," said Art Papas, President and CEO of Bullhorn. "There is no question that social recruiting works. Our goal is to help recruiters and job seekers develop new strategies for connecting the right employees with jobs and companies that fit."
According to the report, 48 percent of recruiters use LinkedIn exclusively. These recruiters have an average of 661 connections, and don't leverage the other two networks for social recruiting. From there, recruiters use Twitter more than Facebook. Despite the fact that recruiters have fewer connections on Twitter (37 followers on average), 19 percent are connected to both LinkedIn and Twitter, while only 10 percent are connected to both LinkedIn and Facebook (245 friends on average).
Key findings:
- LinkedIn adoption growing the fastest. Despite earlier adoption among recruiters, LinkedIn continues to grow at the fastest pace. The average recruiter adds 18.5 LinkedIn connections each week, compared to 3.3 Twitter followers, 1.4 Facebook friends.
- LinkedIn leads job views. LinkedIn drives more views per job than Twitter and Facebook, generating three times the amount of views of Twitter and six times the amount of Facebook.
- For job applications – LinkedIn gets it done. Recruiters who post jobs on social networks are likely to receive more applications from LinkedIn, with the social network driving almost nine times more applications than Facebook and three times more than Twitter.
- Twitterers are more likely to apply, though. Looking at the relative number of applications per contact, a Twitter follower is almost three times more likely to apply for a job than a LinkedIn connection.
Links for More Information:
- Download the full report: http://www.bullhornreach.com/content/resources/reports
- View the infographic: http://www.bullhornreach.com/cmsites/default/files/RecruitersSocialNetworking-Bullhorn-final.png
About BullhornBullhorn® creates software and services that improve the way employees and employers come together. For over ten years our innovations have powered the recruiting and staffing operations of fast-growing start-ups up through the world's largest employment brands. But don't take our carefully crafted, boiler-plated word for it. See what employees are saying on the newly launched theFIT at http://www.thefit.com/company?company=Bullhorn.
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Hedge fund, private equity and administrative positions added to recently-formed unit
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) announced key appointments today to the Northern Trust Alternatives Group, building its capabilities in hedge fund and private equity management for institutional and individual clients.
Anthony Zanolla has been named Head of Portfolio Management, Tony Lissuzzo will serve as the Director of Hedge Fund Research, Bob DiCarlo has been named Chief Administrative Officer and Aimee Wight will serve as an Investor Relations Consultant for Hedge Funds. Northern Trust Alternatives Group also promoted Brad Dorchinecz to Director of Private Equity.
“We see significant interest in the alternative investments space, and the Northern Trust Alternatives Group is growing in order to meet client demand for innovative investment solutions,” said Robert Morgan, Managing Director of the Northern Trust Alternatives Group. “Filling these new positions with highly experienced individuals strengthens our hedge fund business and allows Northern Trust Alternatives Group to create custom programs for our clients, as well as expand our hedge fund of funds offerings.”
Morgan, who had previously been Director of Private Equity, oversees approximately $3.5 billion under management or advisory as Managing Director of the group. Northern Trust offers hedge fund of funds products and customized portfolios that give investors exposure to multiple strategies and seek competitive returns while seeking to contain overall portfolio risk. The private equity program includes a series of private equity funds-of-funds and customizable multiple-manager portfolios, with a mission to generate returns while seeking to reduce risk through fund and sector diversification.
Zanolla has more than 18 years of investment experience, and has been with Northern Trust since 2005. As Head of the newly created Portfolio Management team, he will be responsible for portfolio construction and management within the group, working with clients to create customized hedge fund solutions and managing the Alpha, Diversified, and Equity Long/Short funds. Previously, Zanolla served as a Senior Portfolio Manager.
New hire Tony Lissuzzo, a 20-year hedge fund industry veteran, is responsible for the hedge fund research team, portfolio construction and manager evaluation. Lissuzzo, who spent 10 years in hedge fund research and 10 years in trading, comes to Northern Trust from Lakeview Investment Management, where he managed a concentrated portfolio of activist hedge funds. He previously was Head of New Investments at Glenwood Capital/Man Group.
Chief Administrative Officer Bob DiCarlo is responsible for implementing infrastructure projects and positioning the group for future growth in assets. With more than two decades of financial experience, DiCarlo most recently worked at Aurora Investment Management, working on all aspects of the firm’s financial and performance reporting.
Brad Dorchinecz, who has been working in the private equity field at Northern Trust for nearly 11 years, will take over as Director of Private Equity. He previously served as co-founder of the Private Equity Funds of Funds Group. He has over 15 years of experience in the industry, sits on several fund advisory boards, and will lead the private equity investment process for the Northern Trust Alternatives Group.
In her new role, Aimee Wight focuses on investor relations for hedge funds within the Northern Trust Alternatives Group. Her responsibilities include client service and business development. She previously worked at a Chicago-based hedge fund for four years, and most recently worked to position alternative assets with some of Northern Trust’s most sophisticated Wealth Management clients.
Northern Trust Alternatives Group was formed in October 2011 to develop and manage alternative investment products. The group brings together portfolio construction and management, product, sales and service teams to build on the private solutions offered by Northern Trust’s multi-manager business.
About Northern Trust
Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of investment management, asset and fund administration, banking solutions and fiduciary services for corporations, institutions and affluent individuals worldwide. Northern Trust, a financial holding company based in Chicago, has offices in 18 U.S. states and 16 international locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of December 31, 2011, Northern Trust had assets under custody of US$4.3 trillion, and assets under investment management of US$662.9 billion. For more than 120 years, Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader in combining exceptional service and expertise with innovative products and technology. For more information, visit www.northerntrust.com.
Northern TrustMedia Contacts:John O’Connell312-444-2388John_O'Connell@ntrs.comAmy Bickers312-444-3097Amy_Bickers@ntrs.comhttp://www.northerntrust.com
Source: Northern Trust Corporation
HOUSTON, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In Fayette County, Kentucky, local schools have discovered a new financial weapon for battling budget woes: reducing energy bills. Energy provider MXenergy is now pleased to offer natural gas price protection to homeowners as well. For a limited time, Fayette County residents will be able to receive a special introductory, low fixed rate on natural gas when they enroll with MXenergy. For each successful enrollment, MXenergy also will make a $25 contribution to the Fayette County Board of Education.
The Fayette County Public Schools district has stated that it lowered its 2011 energy bills through specialized energy rate programs, including the natural gas supply it acquires from MXenergy. Thanks to the natural gas supply it purchased from MXenergy, the school district calculated that it lowered its energy bills by about $300,000 in fiscal 2011 alone.
"The special energy pricing we have been able to offer Fayette County Schools has reduced the district's energy costs," says Marjorie Kass, managing director of MXenergy, one of the fastest growing retail natural gas and electricity suppliers in the United States. "We want to expand our relationship with the people of Fayette County by offering a special fixed rate on natural gas to Fayette County residents so they can manage their energy costs while also supporting their community."
The success of the Fayette County Public Schools energy management initiatives has prompted MXenergy to consider expanding its offers to school districts in other parts of the state.
"Schools across the country are currently facing very difficult economic choices," continues Kass. "We believe the benefits of the special energy rate offer we provide for Fayette County Public Schools will be of interest to schools and local governments throughout Kentucky."
Residents of Fayette County who are interested in taking advantage of MXenergy's limited time offer can find more information online at http://www.mxenergy.com/fcbe or by calling MXenergy directly at 888-898-4323. The offer is available until Feb. 28th.
About MXenergyMXenergy, a Constellation company, is one of the fastest growing retail natural gas and electricity suppliers in North America, serving approximately 500,000 customers in 41 utility territories in the United States and Canada. For over 11 years, the company has provided millions of customers with a choice in how they purchase energy to run their homes and businesses. Founded in 1999 to provide natural gas and electricity to consumers in restructured energy markets, MXenergy helps residential customers and small business owners control their energy bills by providing both fixed and variable rate plans. MXenergy is committed to best practices in environmental conservation, supporting local communities through various outreach programs and is a member of the Chicago Climate Exchange.
About Constellation EnergyConstellation Energy (www.constellation.com) is a leading competitive supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses across the continental United States. It owns a diversified fleet of generating units, totaling approximately 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity, and is a leading advocate for clean, environmentally sustainable energy sources, such as solar power and nuclear energy. The company delivers electricity and natural gas through the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), its regulated utility in Central Maryland. A FORTUNE 500 company headquartered in Baltimore, Constellation Energy had revenues of $14.3 billion in 2010.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/13/12 -- ad:tech San Francisco, the largest digital marketing show in the world, announced today that Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist of Apple and co-founder of information aggregator Alltop.com, and Robert Scoble, startup liaison at Rackspace, will present one of the ad:tech San Francisco keynote presentations on April 3, 2012. Kawasaki will be interviewing Scoble for the presentation, entitled: Advertising in the Social Sphere -- Deciphering Ways to Create Connections, Engagement and Presence. ad:tech's series of conferences attract tens of thousands of marketing professionals looking to learn what's new and hot in the digital marketing space. ad:tech San Francisco spans two days with more than 35 targeted breakout sessions in social, search, mobile, email, video, shopper marketing and more.
According to comScore, 1.2 billion users worldwide -- or 82% of the world's Internet population over the age of 15 -- now log on to social networks, making it the most popular online activity. Facebook alone accounts for 1 in every 7 minutes spent online around the world and 3 of every 4 social networking minutes. So how are brands effectively reaching this audience and extending their presence? Join Guy Kawasaki and Robert Scoble as they lead us through a discussion of the biggest social breakthroughs affecting today's advertisers from an enterprise perspective. Discover how Facebook's Open Graph is gaining ground and helping brands, content providers and app developers share a person's interests, activities and more with their Facebook audience. Hear how Google+ is poised to help companies create powerful brand pages that support circles of connections while offering more flexibility than their current counterparts or offerings. Finally, learn why mobile is the hottest topic today, the future of social and how the explosion in tablet device use will play a key role in 2012 and beyond.
Details: WHO: Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist of Apple and co-founder of information aggregator Alltop.com and Robert Scoble, startup liaison at Rackspace, American blogger, technical evangelist and author
WHAT: Presentation at the ad:tech San Francisco conference on "Advertising in the Social Sphere -- Deciphering Ways to Create Connections, Engagement and Presence"
WHEN: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 from 2:00 - 2:45pm US/PDT
WHERE: Moscone West, Keynote Room, Level 3, San Francisco
More Information: To register for ad:tech SF 2012, please follow this link: http://bit.ly/y83ivJ
Follow @adtech on Twitter and hashtag #adtech to see what people are saying about the show.
More information on Facebook: www.facebook.com/adtech; Google+ http://bit.ly/yOxoZ7
About ad:tech For more than 10 years, ad:tech has provided media, marketing and technology professionals with the tools and techniques they need to succeed in a changing digital world. With 9 shows in 7 countries, ad:tech's globally respected roster of speakers, workshops and exhibitors continues to make it the preferred resource and destination for digital marketers everywhere. It's where marketers gather together to do business in a vibrant and exciting marketplace.
For more information, please visit www.ad-tech.com/sf
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PLEASANTON, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/13/12 -- Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing, announced today that Intergraph Government Solutions, a subsidiary of Intergraph Corporation, has selected the CallidusCloud" CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) solution to automate and accelerate the quotation and proposal generation process for its sales team in the United States. The agreement was signed in the first quarter of 2012.
WebSource CPQ provides a 100% multi-tenant, SaaS solution that simplifies and accelerates the selling of all types of products and services. Requiring only a browser, WebSource CPQ enables users to quickly configure, price, quote, propose, and sell solutions, anytime, anywhere. The solution specializes in boosting sales through faster, more accurate quotes, collaborative-based selling, and increasing profit margins across companies with simple product catalogs all the way to complex, multi-channel sales networks.
The WebSource CPQ solution is delivered as part of CallidusCloud's comprehensive SaaS suite designed to help businesses drive more effective sales at each stage of the talent lifecycle, from making the right sales hire, to making it easier to sell, to motivating sales execution with targeted incentives and rewards, to building a knowledge-based work culture with high frequency coaching and development. The CallidusCloud platform is an award-winning, multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure that includes the Hiring Cloud, the Sales Enablement Cloud, the Sales Performance Cloud, the Learning Cloud, and a best-in-class SaaS Reporting & Analytics platform.
Join the Sales Revolution and experience CallidusCloud first-hand at our annual user conference: C3 2012. Click here to learn more.
About Callidus Software Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD) is the market and technology leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing. Our customers gain a competitive advantage by maximizing sales cost efficiencies and driving improvements in sales effectiveness. CallidusCloud's award-winning multi-tenant SaaS applications set the standard for performance management of a company's sales force and channel partners. Over 2.5 million users rely on our solutions to power their performance. For more information, please visit www.calliduscloud.com.
2012. Callidus Software Inc. All rights reserved. Callidus, Callidus Software, the Callidus Software logo, CallidusCloud, the CallidusCloud logo, TrueComp Manager, ActekSoft, ACom3, ForceLogix, Salesforce Assessments, iCentera, Webcom, LeadFormix, Litmos, the Litmos logo, and Rapid Intake are trademarks, service marks, or registered trademarks of Callidus Software Inc. and its affiliates in the United States and other countries. All other brand, service or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or owners.
About Intergraph Intergraph is the leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software that enables customers to visualize complex data. Businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on Intergraph's industry-specific software to organize vast amounts of data to make processes and infrastructure better, safer and smarter. Intergraph Government Solutions (IGS) is an independent subsidiary for Intergraph's Security, Government and Infrastructure's U.S. federal and classified business.
Intergraph is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon AB, (Nordic exchange: HEXA B) and (Swiss exchange: HEXN).For more information, visit http://www.intergraph.com and www.hexagon.com.
2012 Intergraph Corp. All rights reserved. Intergraph and the Intergraph logo are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corp. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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Contact: Rajendran Nair Callidus Software Inc. 925-251-2255 pr@callidussoftware.com
Source: Callidus Software Inc.
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