CHICAGO (September 30, 2009) – Kronos® Incorporated today announced availability of Workforce Acquisition(TM) 8.5. The latest version of the Kronos selection and hiring solution provides new features that deliver on Kronos’ commitment to providing a unified solution for both hourly and salaried hiring. In addition, ease-of-use enhancements make the user experience for employers and applicants better than ever. Customers in more than 44,000 locations use the Kronos hiring solution to control costs, minimize the risk of making a bad hire, and improve productivity.
News Facts
* Major advancements in salaried recruiting – New requisition management tools help recruiters better manage the hiring process from sourcing to on-boarding. Using a set of pre-configured job templates, managers can, from a single portal, quickly create, monitor, and update salaried requisitions.
* Enhanced on-boarding – Employer-specific branding, process checklists, and conditional forms, coupled with enhanced security and support for low-bandwidth locations, enable hiring managers to more efficiently process new hires. Employees and managers can access the solution from any location, and sophisticated self-service capabilities guide new hires and managers through the process to ensure complete and accurate data collection.
* Easy verification of employment status – Organizations can determine legal employment status on all potential new hires with E-Verify, a web-based system that compares employee information from Form I-9 with more than 449 million records in the Social Security Administration’s database and 80 million records in the Department of Homeland Security’s database. The system helps employers comply with state and federal labor laws and avoid penalties associated with unlawful hiring.
* Embedded job videos – One of the primary reasons employees leave jobs soon after being hired is they don’t feel they had a realistic idea of what the job entailed. Videos can now be embedded into requisitions, giving applicants a realistic job preview and ultimately reducing turnover.
* New Behavioral Assessments – Workforce Acquisition 8.5 introduces new assessment content using the latest techniques in assessment development with a focus on customer service for grocery and general supervisory skills. The goal of the new assessment content is to improve the overall applicant experience while identifying best-fit candidates.
Supporting Quotes
* Albert Pang, research director, enterprise applications research, IDC
“Kronos’ hiring solution is a fast-growing part of its business and a key element of the company’s workforce management vision and strategy. Because of its software-as-a-service approach, Kronos is able to help companies implement their hiring systems in a matter of weeks, not months. The company’s leadership position in the hiring space means they can provide deep insights into employment trends based on massive amounts of historical hiring data.”
* Greg Buehler, director of training and development, Buehler Food Markets Inc.
“Workforce Acquisition 8.5 has increased reporting capabilities and a user-friendly layout that make the hiring process easier than ever. In addition, the increased efficiencies in the on-boarding process will save both time and money.”
* Steve Earl, director of product marketing, Kronos
“Workforce Acquisition 8.5 continues to deliver on Kronos’ promise of a unified hiring solution for both hourly and salaried workers with an ever-increasing focus on the applicant experience. With the challenges placed on businesses in a downsized economy, the demands on recruiters and hiring managers can be overwhelming. Kronos helps organizations create and manage requisitions with greater ease and speed while providing the tools needed to onboard new hires efficiently.”
Source: Kronos