BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - October 6, 2009) -
Aberdeen
Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (
NYSE:
HHS), announced today the top
performing vendor rankings in its "
Talent Acquisition AXIS™."
Aberdeen's AXIS™ is a report that provides a competitive intelligence
perspective that allows organizations insight into the technology providers
that helped leading companies achieve superior performance. The research
showcases which vendors enabled client success based on the value delivered
and the ability of the vendor to support and service its clientele.
According to John Pearson, VP, Competitive Intelligence Products for
Aberdeen, "The
31-page vendor assessment is based on two key dimensions: first, Aberdeen
aggregated top performance of companies in the target marketplace based on
1,025 primary surveys conducted typically over the past eighteen months;
and second, Aberdeen conducted a vendor readiness assessment which included
evaluation of responses to a standardized vendor questionnaire, analyst
briefings, public records and customer interviews."
The "Talent Acquisition AXIS™ Report" is authored by Kevin Martin, Vice
President and Group Director, Aberdeen. "Best-in-Class organizations are
seizing the current economic climate to ensure their talent acquisition
engines are primed to positively impact their employer brand, and to hire
better quality talent more quickly once the need is identified and the
resources are made available," states Martin. "War for talent is an often
overused term, yet organizations are in a constant battle to identify,
attract, and hire the best talent possible. The goal of Aberdeen's AXIS
report on Talent Acquisition is to help facilitate an understanding and
selection of talent acquisition solutions for end-users."
According to Aberdeen's findings after evaluating 40 Talent Acquisition
vendors, the solution providers offering the best combined Value Delivered
and Market Readiness scores include: Ultimate Software, SilkRoad
technology, inc., ADP, and Hodes iQ (Bernhard Hodes Group)
Aberdeen Group's President Andrew Boyd reports that AXIS™ was developed
in response to requests from Aberdeen's 2.5+ million business readers
spanning 40 countries, including representation from 90% of the Fortune
1000. "Aberdeen's mission is clear as we take yet another step to educate
businesses to action by providing them with relevant and timely information
to make more informed decisions, understand efficient and effective ways of
accomplishing a task, and maximize their ability to gain competitive
ground," according to Boyd. "With AXIS™, Aberdeen provides a competitive
intelligence perspective that allows organizations to understand their
peers' experience with various service and product providers, and to
determine which are best positioned to help them achieve their goals."
According to Lauren McCollem, Director of Marketing for Dimensional
Insight, "The approach that Aberdeen has taken here is truly unique and
exceptionally valuable to the marketplace." With this new research in
hand, technology solution providers will be able to refresh their product
roadmaps to reflect market successes and business user demands, and educate
their market on how solutions impact customers' business results.
To obtain a copy of The Talent Acquisition Solution AXIS™ Report visit:
http://axis.aberdeen.com/index.php/Human-Capital-Management/talent-acquisition-solution-axis.html.
About Aberdeen Group, A Harte-Hanks Company
Aberdeen provides fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers
demonstrable results. Having queried more than 30,000 companies in the
past two years, Aberdeen is positioned to educate users to action: driving
market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering
meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the
global technology markets, corporations turn to Aberdeen™ for insights
that drive decisions.
As a Harte-Hanks Company, Aberdeen plays a key role of putting content in
context for the global direct and targeted marketing company. Aberdeen's
analytical and independent view of the "customer optimization" process of
Harte-Hanks (Information - Opportunity - Insight - Engagement -
Interaction) extends the client value and accentuates the strategic role
Harte-Hanks brings to the market. For additional information, visit
Aberdeen or call (617) 723-7890, or to
learn more about
Harte-Hanks,
call (800) 456-9748.
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Contact Information: Media Contact:
John Pearson
Aberdeen Harte-Hanks
(617) 854-5301
john.pearson@aberdeen.com