Despite Challenging Economy, HR Vendors Continue to Innovate

Winners of Human Resource Executive(R)'s Top HR and Top Training Products Competition to Be Recognized at Luncheon During HR Technology(R) Conference


HORSHAM, PA--(Marketwire - September 16, 2010) -  The winners of Human Resource Executive® magazine's 22nd Annual Top HR and Top Training Products of the Year contest will be recognized at a special awards luncheon during the 13th Annual HR Technology® Conference at McCormick Place in Chicago, September 29, 2010. The editors of Human Resource Executive® spent hundreds of hours reviewing product demonstrations and conducting research in order to select their picks. Products were judged on innovation, user-friendliness and the value they add to the HR profession.

"Human Resource Executive® is now in its 22nd year of recognizing excellence and innovation in the HR vendor community with its Top HR and Top Training Products Awards. This year's healthy number of entries confirmed that vendors are continuing to innovate, despite this year's challenging economic climate. The 10 selected products are, in our estimation, the best of those solutions, capable of delivering on their promises and making HR's job easier," said David Shadovitz, vice president/editor & publisher of Human Resource Executive® and co-chair of the conference.

The magazine's top 10 choices for HR and training products are detailed in the September 16 issue of Human Resource Executive® magazine. The winning products are listed below:

Top HR and Training Products:

Accero Workforce Intelligence, by Accero, is a reporting and analytics tool that features 200 predefined HR metrics, scorecards, charts and graphs so employers can quickly uncover actionable HR information.

Aquire InSight, by Aquire Inc., is a hierarchy-driven workforce-analytics solution that provides trend analysis, talent-management measurement and scorecard metrics so HR leaders can align workforce analytics with a company's strategic goals.

Voice Advantage, by HarQen, is a candidate-interview program that allows recruiters to use their phones and a simple web-based dashboard to create and distribute custom, recorded phone interviews.

Jobvite Source, by Jobvite, is a social-networking application that focuses on referrals to promote jobs and find qualified candidates.

Kenexa 2x Mobile, by Kenexa, is an application designed for the iPhone and BlackBerry that allows hiring managers to approve job requisitions and hirings remotely.

Power Resume Search, by Monster Worldwide, uses 6Sense semantic search technology to help recruiters find the most qualified candidates when searching Monster's database.

mResource Mobile Talent 2.0, by mResource, is an interactive text and mobile web platform that enables organizations to use cell-phone texting and mobile web applications in the recruiting process.

Rypple Feedback, by Rypple, is a web-based, Software-as-a-Service application that is designed to provide managers with better visibility into the performance and activities of employees.

Saba Impressions, by Saba, is a performance-feedback tool that opens the process to all co-workers and expands the time frame from once or twice a year to every moment of every day.

Englishtown 10, by Englishtown Inc., is an interactive online program that uses a variety of learning activities to teach people how to speak, read, write and understand English.

About the HR Technology® Conference

Called "the world's best conference on HR technology" by Dave Duffield, founder of Workday and PeopleSoft, the Human Resource Executive® magazine's 13th Annual HR Technology® Conference & Exposition makes the complete conference program available at www.HRTechnologyConference.com

A limited number of press and analyst passes are available for this conference. To request a press pass, please contact Jeanne Achille, The Devon Group, 732-706-0123, ext. 11, or e-mail jeanne@devonpr.com.

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Contact Information:

Media Contact:
Jeanne Achille
The Devon Group
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