Kenexa, an IBM Company, provides

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and retention services. This includes recruitment process outsourcing

onboarding ''Onboarding'' or organizational socialization is the mechanism through which new employees acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors in order to become effective organizational members and insiders. In the United States, for example ...

tools, employee assessment, abilities assessment for employment candidates (Kenexa Prove It); and Kenexa Interview Builder, a structured

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with example questions.

History

In 1986, Kenexa began by providing recruitment services. Within its first decade, the firm created its first automated recruiting management system, and provided employee research and employee performance management . By 1998, the company had purchased fifteen organizations, and offered on-demand human capital management services. During the next three years, they acquired four additional companies and were able to offer employee

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, behavioral assessment and skills testing products. In 2005, the company realized its

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followed by the acquisition of BrassRing LLC, Gantz Wiley Research, Knowledge Workers Inc., Psychometric Services and Webhire, which preceded the purchase of HRC Human Resources Consulting GmbH and StraightSource in 2007, which expanded their business in Europe. From 2008-2009, the company expanded to 30 offices in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. It took control of Quorum International Search Limited, and, in 2010, the Centre for High Performance Development and Salary.com. On August 27, 2012, it was announced that Kenexa had been acquired by IBM for $1.3 billion. The acquisition was closed on December 4, 2012 and Kenexa became known as "Kenexa, an IBM Company" with approximately 2,800 Kenexa employees in 21 countries joining IBM. The assets of Kenexa/ Brassring has recently been sold to Infinite Computer Solutions to Acquire IBM Talent Acquisition Suite SaaS Products Including BrassRing™ on Cloud on April 15, 2021

Divisions

Brassring LLC, Founded in 1999 in

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, is a provider of candidate searching, hiring strategy, skills management and outsourcing software applications. The Centre for Performance Development, founded in 1996 in

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, is a management training company that offers human resources consultancy,

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and management training. Gantz Wiley Research, founded in 1986, and in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a survey data

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firm which conducts surveys of and clients for customers ranging from

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s to

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. The company was responsible for creating the WorkTrends database of employee survey results, which looked at subjects such as customer relations,

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, and leadership. Knowledge Workers, Inc. of

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, founded in 1985, supplies technology assistance and

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. Salary.com, Inc., in Waltham, Massachusetts, is a compensation and

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services company, primarily in the U.S.

human capital Human capital is a concept used by social scientists to designate personal attributes considered useful in the production process. It encompasses employee knowledge, skills, know-how, good health, and education. Human capital has a substantial ...

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(SaaS) market. The company's services are used by compensation professionals for talent management processes.

Awards

* Top Five Global Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Vendor (Baker's Dozen

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Ratings 2010) * 10th on

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Fastest Growing Technology Companies, 2008 * Human Resources Magazine, Top Product of the Year, 2008, 2010 * Ranked the #1 most popular Talent Management Solution in 2012 and 2013 with 9,000 customers and 30 million users.

References

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