Founders of the Candidate Experience Awards Next Featured Guests on the Bill Kutik Radio Show

Recruiting Experts to Discuss Results of First Annual Candidate Experience Awards


SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Apr 23, 2012) - Three founders of the Candidate Experience Awards -- Elaine Orler, president of Talent Function; Gerry Crispin, co-founder of CareerXroads; and Ed Newman, chief analyst for Inside Talent Management Technology -- today announced that they will appear as this week's featured guests on The Bill Kutik Radio Show®.

The Bill Kutik Radio Show is a bi-weekly online talk show hosted by Bill Kutik, a leading independent analyst in the HR technology marketplace. Produced by Knowledge Infusion, the show features unedited and unrehearsed conversations with some of the industry's key thought leaders, including executives from leading technology providers. Orler, Crispin and Newman will be the featured guests on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, airing at 12:00 noon EDT, 9:00 a.m. PDT.

During the show, Orler, Crispin and Newman will discuss results and findings from the tremendously successful inaugural Candidate Experience Awards (or CandEs) program. The CandEs honor organizations that meet a high standard of candidate experience excellence. Orler, Crispin and Newman will highlight exceptional practices from the 2011 winners and detail the rigorous judging process. Listeners will hear about the increased interest in this year's CandEs and how organizations can enter the 2012 awards competition to benchmark and improve their own recruiting practices to elevate and enhance the candidate experience.

"The Candidate Experience Awards were started just last year and are already on track to become a national institution. I look forward to having Elaine, Gerry and Ed on the show to share with the audience more details about this innovative and exciting contest," said Bill Kutik, Technology Columnist, Human Resource Executive and HRE Online.

In addition to the live broadcast, archived and iPod versions of The Bill Kutik Radio Show can be accessed at http://www.billkutikradioshow.com.

About Bill Kutik
Bill Kutik is considered the leading independent analyst of the HR technology marketplace with specialties in HCM, Recruiting, Talent Management, and social networking. For 21 years, he has been Technology Columnist for Human Resource Executive (five years for HREonline.com), also serving as co-chairman of the magazine's famous annual HR Technology Conference & Exhibition, since it began in 1998. HR World named him one of "The Top 25 HR Influencers of 2007." More recently, he was named a "Top 25 HR Digital Influencer 2009" and a "Top 100 Influencer."

About the Candidate Experience Awards
The CandE Awards is an annual competition process whereby employers have the opportunity to benchmark their candidate experience against peers and participate in a third-party survey of their employment candidates. The CandE Award process is a competition, but it is also designed to provide every organization that chooses to participate with confidential and specific feedback on how they can improve their candidate experience.

To learn more about the CandEs and how to apply, please visit: http://www.thecandidateexperienceawards.org/