Author: Mark Willaman

Prosperix, a workforce solutions company, has joined forces with MotherMiracle School in India to ensure the school’s future and increase the impact
of education and jobs for its students. Prosperix CEO Sunil Bagai has made a
financial commitment and is working to establish a school-to-work pipeline
using the company’s workforce technology solutions to place students in software and IT jobs. These opportunities, at companies ranging from
startups to large global companies, will help break the cycle of poverty for
the students, their families, and their communities.

The
students at Mother Miracle School come from households supported by low-wage
work, like driving rickshaws or selling tea; the school gives them the
education and training that helps them no longer be judged on their social
status or the work of their parents. By supporting technical education and
creating new job opportunities, students will experience more democratized
access to careers and professional success.

“When I visited Mother Miracle School, I was deeply moved by the ways
the non-profit cares for its students, providing
everything from meals to musical instruments to the latest technology as a
means to greater opportunity,” Sunil said. “I realized that since Prosperix
already has a team of employees in India, we could set up a pipeline using our
existing technology to help the students find good jobs, create better lives for them, and impact the entire community.”

Founded and led by Shalah Ettefagh, a US citizen, Mother Miracle School
was established in 2008 and currently serves 486 economically-disadvantaged
children, ages 4 ½ to 18 years old, who live in the community and surrounding
regions. Her work is supported by many generous donors from around the world,
most of whom she meets through personal introductions. “I met Sunil through a
mutual friend, and his decision to work with us will change even more lives. He
is such a positive example because he is Indian. His success and generosity
will inspire our students,” she said.

Every
student at the school receives general English education and technology skills
training starting in kindergarten, with IT skills training beginning in 6th
grade. The school is the first of its kind in India to focus on technology
training for such young students as a means to provide equal access to
high-paying global job opportunities. Students learn skills like typing, Microsoft
Office Suite, C, C++, Python development, HTML, and web design starting in
elementary grades. And the model is sustainable because alumni come back to
teach or volunteer and support the school financially. “This program makes it
possible for students to disrupt the traditional social hierarchy, so by the
time they graduate they are ready to apply their skills in the real world,”
Sunil said. “This exciting initiative provides a game-changing
advantage for the students.”

School Director Kusum Bijalwan credits Shalah’s ability to make every
student feel loved and capable as a major reason so many children excel. A
graduate of Mother Miracle herself with two university degrees, Kusum said that
her experience gave her opportunities she never imagined. “I joined Mother Miracle School when I was just an 8-year-old
little girl with no dreams. I had never imagined that this school would change
my life forever. This school not only gave me the best education but also
taught me to be a good human being,” she said. “Today I am managing the whole
school. I am now independent and supporting my family financially. I am so
grateful to Shahla mam for giving me this opportunity and changing my life.”

The school is expanding and will open an advanced technology center in 2024. The new facility will offer
technical training to current students and others in the community who have
completed 12th grade at a local school. The center will teach coding
languages and their applications; staff will include full-time teachers,
coders, developers, project managers, and support staff.

Since 2015, Shalah has received numerous awards for her work from the US
and Indian governments, including the 2022 Ellis Island Medal of Honor in New York, the 2022 Fastest
Growing Education Excellence Award in New Delhi, and the 2018 Mahatma Gandhi Samman Award
at the UK House of Commons. Learn more about Mother Miracle School, sponsor a student, and donate
here: https://mothermiracle.com/

Learn more about Prosperix: https://prosperix.com

RChilli covers another milestone in its endeavor to help Oracle recruiters streamline their hiring practices and enhance positive recruiter experience.

Taleo, an industry leader in the talent acquisition market, saw an improved alternative, Oracle Recruiting Cloud, in the Oracle HCM Cloud Suite that was released in June 2018. However, many Taleo clients moving to Oracle faced a familiar obstacle- transferring the candidate data. Because of this hiccup, many Taleo users have avoided making the shift.

RChilli’s parsing solution, powered by deep learning, helps ERP recruiters with seamless data migration of parsed and structured candidate data without losing access to the data of potential candidates. This has helped them retain a parsed and structured format of the candidate database.

The dilemma in transitioning from Taleo to Oracle HCM left companies with a database that only contained first name, last name, email address, and the attached resume. This created a nightmare for the Talent Acquisition team to find candidates for their positions.

The team of industry experts at RChilli worked diligently to transfer accurately parsed candidate data. Thus populating all of the relevant fields of information to each of these candidate profiles. Therefore, the Talent Acquisition Team could effectively search across all of their data.

Sharing his views on the crisis, Joshua Adams, director of ERP operations at RChilli, explains “our team with immense knowledge in data migration helped one of our clients get accurately parsed data of 30K resumes in its database while moving from Taleo to Oracle.”

He shares, “our team worked at the backend to migrate the data they fetched from the Oracle database. We accurately parsed the data into the appropriate fields on each candidate profile, normalized the data with RChilli’s expansive Taxonomy, and stored it in the Oracle database.

To understand how RChilli bridges the gap between a recruiter and prospective candidates, visit RChilli.

About RChilli

RChilli is the trusted partner for parsing, matching, and data enrichment, providing companies, in 37+ countries, with solutions built for the future of technology and recruiting. RChilli’s innovative products, backed by an industry-leading tech stack, power the processing of 3.5+ billion docs a year for 1600+ top global recruiting platforms. Enabling companies to hire better talent faster since 2010, RChilli is ISO 27001:2013 certified and GDPR compliant. RChilli is also a proud partner of Salesforce, Oracle PeopleSoft, and Oracle HCM Cloud.

In a move that is sure to transform news marketing, Newsworthy.ai introduces a free advocacy tool that is available to all customers. The tool launches today and is available for immediate use.

Newsworthy.ai’s News Advocacy feature makes it easy for companies to involve their internal teams and outside stakeholders in the marketing of the company’s press releases — in a controlled and measurable way. Here is how it works:

(1) Newsworthy.ai customers upload email addresses of employees and stakeholders they want as ‘advocates’. Customers may create a different advocacy group for each Company Profile.

(2) Once a company’s press release is distributed, advocates are notified via email that the press release is live, with an invitation to share using a custom tracking URL. Advocates may unsubscribe from the advocacy group at any time.

(3) Account owners have access to metrics on the effectiveness of each advocate’s shares.

“News Advocacy is an effective way to communicate and promote your company’s news announcements,” says David McInnis, founder of Newsworthy.ai. “Regardless of your company size, each employee can help communicate information important to your organization. Nothing is more effective than the voice of your employees, customers, vendors, and key stakeholders.”

News Advocacy is a free service provided by Newsworthy.ai to its customers and offers the following benefits to companies:

• Trust and Credibility: When an organization’s employees serve as advocates for the company’s news, people take notice and the company’s news is seen and engaged with by more of the right people.
• Earned Media Value: Whether a company has five or five hundred employees, each employee is a potential evangelist to help distribute and communicate positive information about the organization. Through their various social media accounts, many employees have networks that reach hundreds or even thousands of people. The reach a company gets through advocacy is pennies on the dollar compared to what they’d spend on advertising to get similar reach.
• Engagement: Content shared by employees receives eight times more engagement than content shared by brand channels.

For information on Newsworthy.ai’s News Advocacy feature, contact Newsworthy.ai.

About Newsworthy.ai

Newsworthy.ai is a news marketing and press release distribution platform that gives your news a targeted boost and increased visibility. In addition to traditional centralized newswire distribution, Newsworthy offers cost-effective, decentralized news marketing through influencers, industry-specific websites, and targeted campaigns — all from a single platform.

Total Prepare, Canada’s #1 source for emergency preparedness, is making their popular Canadian-curated MRE available in the USA. Previously an exclusively Canadian company, Total Prepare is listing the Total Prepare MRE for sale on Amazon’s United States store. With amazing reviews from well-known MRE reviewers like Nathan’s MRE and Average Joe MRE, the high-calorie, self-heating MREs are expected to be a hit in the US’s $51 billion+ ready meal industry.

“The best MRE on the market today.” – Nathan’s MRE, Youtube

TPMRE’s are fully cooked meals that can be eaten hot or cold and require no refrigeration to preserve their 5-year shelf life. All US military meal specifications are met or exceeded in the TPMRE meals. To purchase the TPMRE in Canada, shop at totalprepare.ca, and to find this product in the USA, click here. MRE stands for Meal, Ready to Eat and this style of portable ration is popular for military and emergency use. They are also great for hunting, boating, hiking, and hot lunches on work sites.

Total Prepare’s premium MREs have an average of 1200+ calories in every meal – the highest available in Canada. Each case contains 12 meals, over 10 different entrée, and breakfast menus, including chicken, turkey, bacon, beef, and vegetarian options. Meals come complete with drink mixes, cutlery, side dishes, snacks, and a flameless ration heater. The brand heater activates with a small amount of any non-flammable liquid and is one of the hottest on the market, as well as being safe to use indoors.

Total Prepare paired with Nex-xos a trusted US MRE manufacturer, to curate a menu that we thought Canadians would love. The meals have done well in Canada, with requests coming in from the USA for Total Prepare’s best-selling product. When asked about the decision to release the TPMRE in the USA, Ray Boeyenga, the director at Total Prepare, said “MREs are the best option for emergency food on the go. America is the birthplace of the MRE, and we want to throw our hat into that ring.”

About Total Prepare, Inc.

Founded in 2012 and owned and operated in British Columbia, Total Prepare is Canada’s number one source for emergency preparedness, offering survival kits, Meals Ready to Eat (MRE’s), freeze-dried and dehydrated emergency food, water storage and filtration, and other emergency preparedness products. For more information visit https://totalprepare.ca/

Taking place February 2-4, 2023 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Miami Airport & Convention Center, the world’s largest cannabis & psychedelics convention features a stacked lineup of high-profile speakers, including world-famous Mycologist Paul Stamets, futurist and philosopher Jason Silva, and Dr. Rick Doblin, founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, among others.

The event features an array of workshops, and immersive experiences taking place over three full days, as well as the first annual Entheo Awards taking place Friday night at 8:00 pm.

The Cannadelic Miami speaking lineup will include influential scientists, advocates, business and thought leaders, as well as top media covering cannabis and psychedelics including The New York Times’ Erik Vance and Amanda Siebert of Forbes.

Cannadelic Miami will feature over thirty talks and discussion panels including “The Psychedelic Renaissance: Why Now and What’s Next?”, featuring Dr. Ben Sessa, who recently appeared on Netflix’s How to Change Your Mind and “Psychedelic Business Models vs. Cannabis Business Models” featuring the Original NBC SHARK Kevin Harrington.

Cannadelic Miami will have something for everyone, including:

• 150+ cannabis & psychedelic vendors and exhibitors, including hemp derivatives, mushrooms & nootropics
• Visionary Art Gallery with Live Painting curated by Moksha Collective
• Guided Meditations, Yoga Zen Lounge, and much more
• Two BIG after-party experiences
• 15,000 expected attendees

A Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to world-renowned Mycologist Paul Stamets at the Entheo Awards dinner on Friday night. Stamets will also participate in a Fireside Chat with The New York Times. Mr. Stamets is the author of six books, he has discovered and named numerous new species of psilocybin mushrooms and is the founder and owner of Fungi Perfecti, LLC, makers of the Host Defense Mushrooms supplement line.

“We are truly in a psychedelic renaissance as psychedelics promise to impact our society in many ways, from mental health to physical well-being,” said Pete Sessa, co-founder of the Cannadelic event series. “We are thrilled to be back in Miami, bringing the most authoritative minds in the industry to help people better understand the ways psychedelic modalities can benefit their life. With our packed expo floor and evening events, Cannadelic Miami is an event not to be missed. Miami is truly the magic city in February. The weather & vibe is unlike anyplace else in the world.”

The powerhouse lineup of Cannadelic Miami speakers also includes Nancy Whiteman, CEO of Wana Brands, Todd Boren, CEO of Alpen Group, Sr. Denise Vidot, cannabis and psychedelic Epidemiologist, Dr. Michelle Weiner, cannabis and psychedelic Physician, reality TV star JoJo Simmons, and musician Afroman.

Other topics covered at Cannadelic Miami will include the media’s role in cannabis and psychedelics, spiritual roots of entheogenic substances, treating physical pain with psychedelics, cannabis & psychedelics in pro sports, the future of marijuana legalization,, psychedelics & spirituality, cannabis & psychedelic marketing challenges, nurses’ role in entheogenic medicine, equity in cannabis and psychedelics, the latest in cannabis food & beverage, and much more.

Event details are as follows.

• Venue: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Miami Airport & Convention Center, 711 Northwest 72nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33126
• Dates: Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 9:00 AM – Sat, Feb 4, 2023, 11:30 PM EST
• Registration: https://cannadelic.miami/get-tickets/

The expo and networking floor is free, however, registration is required. Full conference details including the speaker lineup can be found on the Cannadelic Miami website.

About Cannadelic

Cannadelic is an event created by the same people who have provided the momentum and impetus for the Florida Cannabis Coalition. Florida Cannabis Coalition has been hosting cannabis business and lifestyle events throughout Florida since 2014. Tens of thousands have attended FCC CannaDay and Green Carpet Networking events where some of the most successful Florida cannabis had their beginnings. Cannadelic Miami is the first-ever cannabis and psychedelics event and is a must-attend for anyone interested in the business or science of cannabis and psychedelics. Please follow us @cannadelic.miami.

The CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, and air logistics solutions, received the arrival of CMA CGM ARGENTINA as its largest vessel to call at the Honmoku D4 terminal in Yokohama, Japan on 15 January 2023. The containership is one of two 15,000-TEU series that the Group has deployed on the weekly Asia Central South America 1 (ACSA1) service.

Two 15,000 TEU vessels to facilitate trade flows between Latin American and Asia Arriving from central and south America, the vessel is now the largest containership to call a Japanese port on a regular service and has brought import shipments of fresh fruits from Ecuador and Guatemala as well as coffee and malt from Colombia and Mexico.

A trusted shipping service that connects the important Asia-Latin America trade corridor, the ACSA1 service makes a port stop at the Honmoku D4 terminal each week. Operated by CMA CGM, the terminal has a total annual operating capacity of over 550,000 TEUs and contributes to about 15 % of Yokohama’s port throughput.

From Yokohama, CMA CGM ARGENTINA will head for Busan in Korea and Shekou in China to complete her westbound leg of the ACSA1 service. From Shekou, the eastbound lap of the service commences with the rotation of Shekou – Hong Kong – Kaohsiung – Ningbo – Shanghai – Busan – Manzanillo – Lazaro Gardens – Buenaventura – Callao – Posorja – Lazaro – Manzanillo – Yokohama – Busan – Shekou.

Hideki Uchida, President of CMA CGM Japan said “The CMA CGM Group’s 15,000-TEU series of vessels will stand as the largest regular service vessels to call Japan today. The introduction of the larger vessels on the ACSA1 service will not only accommodate more Yokohama-bound fresh produce on a single voyage, but they are also part of our plans to grow inbound cargoes from Central and Southern America ahead. Importantly, they equip us with more capabilities to further facilitate trade flows between Latin America and Asia.”

Shinya Hitomi, President & CEO, Yokohama Kawasaki International Port Corporation said “We, Yokohama Kawasaki International Port Corporation (YKIP), are proud that Yokohama port has been selected as a port of call for the CMA CGM Group’s 15,000-TEU class vessels. YKIP will continue to improve its equipment and facilities to ensure that shipping lines are satisfied whenever their vessels call at the Port of Yokohama. Looking ahead, YKIP is currently proceeding with development works of the Honmoku Futo D5 container terminal.”

CMA CGM Group, supporting customers’ supply chains in Japan in BETTER WAYS

The CMA CGM Group has been operating for over 16 years with 3 branch offices and 1 terminal in Japan and a combined workforce of over 200 staff members. The group operates 20 weekly mainline services at 5 major gateway ports in the country, connecting major global destinations with a state-of-the-art intermodal network. In October 2022, the CMA CGM Group and Yokohama Kawasaki International Port Corporation signed a Reservation Agreement for Honmokufuto D5 Terminal in Port of Yokohama. By October 2026, CMA CGM’s current container terminal operations at D4 will be relocated to the new D5, a larger and more sustainable terminal backed by an infrastructure of near-zero emission rubber tyred gantry cranes, cold ironing and LNG bunkering facilities. The CMA CGM Group reiterates its commitment to support customers’ supply chains in Japan and developing BETTER WAYS to build a more efficient, resilient, and sustainable global trade.

About CMA CGM

Led by Rodolphe Saadé, the CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air, and logistics solutions serves more than 420 ports around the world across 5 continents, with a fleet of 584 vessels. The Group transported 22 million TEU containers (twenty-foot equivalent units) in 2021. With its subsidiary, CEVA Logistics, a global logistics player which transported 474,000 tons of air cargo and more than 21 million tons of inland freight, and its air cargo division CMA CGM AIR CARGO, the CMA CGM Group is constantly innovating to provide customers a comprehensive and increasingly efficient offering, thanks to new shipping, inland, air freight and logistics solutions. Set up in Japan in 2007, the CMA CGM Group currently employs over 200 staff members across 4 branch offices and 1 terminal. It currently offers 20 maritime services that make more than 66 port calls each week.

Firmly committed to the energy transition in shipping and a pioneer in its use of alternative fuels, the CMA CGM Group has set a Net Zero Carbon target for 2050.

Each year, via the CMA CGM Foundation, the Group supports thousands of children as part of its efforts to promote education for all and equal opportunities. The CMA CGM Foundation also intervenes in humanitarian crises requiring an emergency response by calling on the Group’s shipping and logistics expertise to deliver humanitarian supplies around the world.

Present in 160 countries through its network of more than 400 offices and 750 warehouses, the Group employs 150,000 people worldwide, including around 4,000 in Marseille where its head office is located.

cmacgm-group.com

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In its latest development release, 3 Story Software LLC (3SS), a comprehensive and contingent workforce management system, reinforced its commitment to support its clients in building more diverse candidate and worker populations by updating its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion features.

3SS has 165 clients globally and strives to develop features that provide its clients with relevant data to build diverse and inclusive workplaces. The upgraded Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) functionality features a new candidate survey that captures DE&I data further upstream in the hiring process. It also changed how this data is collected to optimize submissions so clients may collect more meaningful data from their candidates and workers.

Now with 3SS, clients can see data related to the diversity of candidate pools during the recruitment process, in addition to their active worker populations. Comparing these two data sets is imperative for clients to understand their company’s hiring preferences, and who engages with a company’s services and customers.

3SS ensures that candidates and workers can opt out of providing DE&I information at any point in the hiring and onboarding process and that this data is confidential and stored securely. Data that 3SS collects on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is anonymized such that candidate or worker information is separate from the data used for statistical reporting.

3SS is continuously learning from its clients so it may optimize how companies hire and manage their non-employee workers across the globe. Most 3SS features are thus developed with input from its clients globally, with updates and new features being released every 5 weeks.

For more information visit 3storysoftware.com

A team of 3,500 medical experts from The War Room/DailyClout Pfizer Documents Analysis Project has helped expose the truth about Pfizer’s COVID-19 mRNA drug, according to a new eBook.

The book is based on primary source Pfizer documents that were released under a court order by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

According to the book, Pfizer knew during the clinical trial that its COVID-19 mRNA drug was harmful on a large scale, could be shed from person to person, and even contributed to deaths. Despite this knowledge, Pfizer and the FDA, assisted by the CDC and mainstream media, suppressed this information and prevented people from being able to give informed consent to receive treatment.

“The Pfizer Reports eBook provides an extensive analysis of the primary source Pfizer clinical trial documents to the public. The reports show that Pfizer knew during the trial that its COVID-19 mRNA drug was harmful on a large scale, could be shed from person to person, and even contributed to deaths,” said Amy Kelly, Project Manager of the Pfizer Document Investigations Team. “People who took this medication were not fully informed about its harms prior to receiving it, so one of the core tenets of medicine – informed consent for patients – was grossly violated.”

“The groundbreaking new book sends shockwaves through Pfizer’s criminal enterprise.” writes The Vigilant Fox in a review of the ebook documents. Mr. Fox further states “Seventy-five years. That’s how long Pfizer and the FDA tried to hide the Pfizer documents from public view — long after just about everyone affected is dead. It wasn’t until renowned attorney Aaron Siri led a FOIA case against the FDA that a federal judge ordered the documents to be released in 108 days, the same amount of time it took the FDA to approve the Covid-19 injections.

Pfizer Document Investigations Team Project Manager Amy Kelly is available for interviews to discuss the book and the findings of the Pfizer Documents Analysis Project.

InfoMart, a leading provider of background screening services, ended 2022 with two impressive awards: Atlanta’s 20 Largest Women-Owned Firms and the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle named InfoMart on its list of Atlanta’s 20 Largest Women-Owned Firms for the sixth consecutive year. This recognition highlights successful Atlanta businesses by analyzing their size, revenue, and women-owned status. InfoMart is honored to have earned a spot alongside other reputable companies, including Bennett Family of Companies, Juneau Construction Co., Mercedes-Benz of Buckhead, and Staff Zone, among others.

“It’s an honor to make this list each year, as it is a testament to the stability and vitality of our team of experts – not just in the background screening industry but as a strong organization overall,” said Tammy Cohen, InfoMart’s Founder and Chief Visionary Officer. “We are heading into 2023 with a unified focus: to ensure our clients’ hiring strategies are strong, safe, and streamlined.”

This team of experts is the subject of InfoMart’s second win: the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation, an award bestowed upon InfoMart by the National Association for Business Resources. To award this honor, judges evaluate anonymous employee surveys and score businesses based on company culture, work-life balance, employee recognition, diversity, and more. InfoMart wins this award alongside companies like T-Mobile, Sony, and Six Flags.

After 30+ years assisting companies with hiring and onboarding, InfoMart has a unique perspective on the value of quality employees and company culture. This understanding has aided the company in building a standout team of employees who enjoy their jobs.

“I absolutely love working at InfoMart,” says Sharonda Middleton, who has worked for InfoMart for eleven years. “It feels good to work for a company that truly cares about you.”

Dan Gordon, a 15-year employee, agrees: “Working for InfoMart has completely rewritten my opinions on work/life balance. We’re encouraged to keep a healthy balance and prioritize our family and personal goals.”

InfoMart’s excellent customer service and innovative technology streamline its clients’ background screening experiences. The company strives to push the envelope, making background screening easier and more comprehensive each year. Learn more about InfoMart’s background screening services here or email [email protected]. For media inquiries, contact [email protected].

About InfoMart

InfoMart has been revolutionizing the global background and identity screening industry for 30 years, providing businesses the information they need to make informed hiring decisions. They develop innovative technology that modernizes talent onboarding, including a first-to-market biometric identity authentication application and a verified sanctions search. The WBENC-certified company is a founding member of the Professional Background Screening Association, and they have achieved PBSA accreditation in recognition of their consistent business practices and commitment to compliance with the FCRA. The company is dedicated to customer service, speed, and accuracy, and it has been recognized for its success, workplace culture, and corporate citizenship with over 45 industry awards. To Get the Whole Story on InfoMart, please visit www.InfoMart-USA.com, follow @InfoMartUSA, or call (770) 984-2727.

Talent Board, a non-profit organization dedicated to elevating and researching quality candidate experiences, today released its 2022 North American Candidate Experience Benchmark Research Report. The report shares confidential and anonymous feedback from more than 150 companies and nearly 200,000 candidates around the world who participated in Talent Board’s research program (also known as The CandEs), which delves into every aspect of the recruiting and candidate experiences, from pre-application to onboarding.

Among the key findings from this research are:

• Candidate resentment is on the rise globally: For the second year in a row, candidate resentment (a measure of how negatively job seekers rate their candidate experiences) has risen around the world, specifically in the regions of EMEA, APAC, and Latin America. In EMEA, resentment rose 10%; in APAC, it rose 17%; and in Latin America, it was up 100%. The only region where candidate resentment didn’t rise in 2022 was North America, where resentment rates dropped by 14% (although still historically high at 12% overall).

• Top candidate research content for 2022: Candidates said company values was the top research content for their job search in 2022 — before they apply for a job — something that’s never been more valuable to candidates in Talent Board’s benchmark research.

• Top recruiting priorities for 2023: Participants said their top recruiting priorities for 2023 are onboarding (cited by 40%); the candidate experience (cited by 38%); and diversity/inclusion, which tied with employee referrals (both cited by 37% of participants).

The largest and longest-running study of its kind, Talent Board’s annual benchmark research has evaluated responses from more than 1,350 employers and 1.4 million job seekers since its launch in 2011. Each year, the research covers the main constituents of positive and fair candidate experiences, how well employers are delivering these experiences, and specifically what CandE Award winners (companies with the highest-rated candidate experiences) are doing better than other employers to deliver positive experiences.

“Although candidate resentment lessened during and immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s higher than ever globally,” said Kevin W. Grossman, Talent Board president. “Employers need to keep in mind that resentment has major repercussions to their brands and the bottom lines such as whether or not candidates will apply to their jobs again, whether they’ll refer colleagues and friends, whether they’ll be brand advocates, and whether they’ll buy a company’s products and services. Even in North America, where resentment levels fell slightly in 2022, they’re still high.”

“The fact that onboarding is the number one priority for TA teams in the coming year is very telling,” added Ron Machamer, Talent Board director of global programs. “Too many employers lost new hires in 2022 before they even started or shortly after day one, that’s how competitive the talent market has gotten and that’s how important it is to get onboarding right. Even our CandE Award winners wrestled with pre-boarding through onboarding this past year. It’s no wonder TA teams plan to put extra emphasis on this phase of the process in 2023.”

Other CandE Report Takeaways

A few other key takeaways from the new 2022 CandE report include:

• TA Teams Stumble on Post-Application Communication: Although timely and steady candidate communications have long been a critical component of a positive candidate experience, 34% of candidates were still waiting one to two months (or more) to hear about the next steps after they submitted an application, a troubling 48% higher than in 2021.

• Top AI-Based Tech Purchases in 2023: Many TA teams plan to make AI tech purchases in the year ahead to help improve their recruiting effectiveness. 79% plan to buy tech that removes bias from application and screening processes; 72% plan to buy tech that measures and predicts employee job-changing behavior; and 57% plan to buy tech that aids with job performance predictions through job simulations.

The comprehensive 2022 Talent Board North American Benchmark Research Report can be downloaded in its entirety today here.

Talent Board will make the new EMEA, APAC, and Latin American research briefs available before the end of January.

For organizations interested in joining next year’s candidate experience benchmark research program, the 2023 program is now open and companies can learn more about participation here.

About Talent Board

Founded in 2011, Talent Board and the Candidate Experience Awards is the first non-profit research organization focused on the elevation and promotion of a quality candidate experience. Talent Board delivers annual recruiting and hiring industry benchmark research that highlights accountability, fairness, and the business impact of candidate experience. More information can be found at https://www.thetalentboard.org.