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Oracle buys Taleo for $1.9billion
February 14th, 2012Software giant Oracle has entered into an agreement to acquire Taleo, the provider of cloud-based talent management technology.
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Oracle will pay $46 per share and plans to create a comprehensive cloud offering for organizations to manage their Human Resource operations and employee careers.
Thomas Kurian, executive vice president, Oracle Development, says: “Human capital management has become a [...] -
Blackberry-maker’s co-chief executives step down in management shake-up
January 23rd, 2012Research in Motion (RIM) says its co-chief executives will step down, but will retain board positions, as the Blackberry-maker shakes-up its board.
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Mike Lazaridis will become vice chairman and Jim Balsillie will remain on the board without any operational role. Lazaridis founded the company in 1984.
Speaking at RIM’s headquarters, Lazaridis said: “There comes a time in [...] -
Aon Corp to relocate headquarters to London
January 16th, 2012Aon Corp plans to move its corporate headquarters from Chicago to London to improve its access to emerging markets.
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The organisation currently has about 6,000 employees in London, but plans to move its headquarters to take advantage of the strategic proximity to Lloyd’s and the London market, which it believes to be one of the leading [...] -
Facebook is top tech company to work for
December 20th, 2011Mark Zuckerburg’s social networking site is the top technology company to work for according to the Employees’ Choice Awards.
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Glassdoor’s fourth annual list of the top 50 places to work – according to employee survey responses – has declared Facebook as the third best company to work for, beating Google (5th) and Apple (10th).
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Nationwide upgrades its social network for £10million
December 20th, 2011Nationwide Building Society has upgraded its social networking systems to boost employee engagement.
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The financial services firm has invested £10million on employee engagement systems, which aims to bring the board closer to employees.
The scheme aims to give all of Nationwide’s 19,000 employees access to board members at least once a month through a dedicated portal and [...] -
SAP to rival Oracle with $3.4billion acquisition of SuccessFactors
December 5th, 2011SAP AG, the maker of business-management software, has bought SuccesFactors for $3.4billion, which steps up competition with Oracle.
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SAP will pay $40 a share for SuccessFactors – 52% more than the closing price on the most recent trading day, the 2nd December.
SAP’s main cloud-computing rival Oracle acquired RightNow Technologies for $1.5billion.
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GlaxoSmithKline partners with Lumesse for its talent acquisition
December 5th, 2011The global pharmaceutical company is transforming its recruitment process to build a robust talent pipeline, partnering with Lumesse to manage its market growth in Greater China.
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GSK has implemented Lumesse’s TalentLink as the core technology platform to support its HR team, which has already driven over 2,000 hires across Beijing, Shaghai, Guangzhou, Tianjing and Hong Kong [...] -
Google most attractive employer for third year running
October 3rd, 2011The search engine has been rated the world’s most attractive employer in both engineering and business.
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The World’s Most Attractive Employers 2011 by Universum ranks companies as ideal employers based on 160,000 career seekers with either a business or engineering background.
This year saw Google top both the engineering/IT list and business list for the third consecutive [...] -
Xchanging appoints Head of HR Projects
September 26th, 2011The outsourcing company for business processes has appointed a Head of HR Projects for its insurance division.
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Louise Ingram has taken up the new role at Xchanging. Previously, she was Head of HR at Xchanging Broking Services for over five years.
Ingram was also a HR Officer at Aon Limited for eight years.
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HP appoints new President and Chief Executive
September 26th, 2011The IT corporation has announced a replacement for Leo Apotheker the previous President, CEO and Director.
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The Board of Directors has appointed Meg Whitman as President and CEO of HP, while Ray Lane has moved from non-executive to executive Chairman.
Lane says: “We are fortunate to have someone of Meg Whitman’s calibre and experience step up to [...]