Agreement revolutionizes the way recruiters search for candidates
Lexington, MA, September 15, 2004 – Webhire, Inc., a leader in talent management solutions, today announced a partnership with Eliyon Technologies, the largest source of information on business people and companies.
Webhire customers will now have the opportunity to gain the competitive advantage of Eliyons next-generation search technologies in Eliyons first integration with a talent acquisition and management solution. Eliyon enables recruiters and HR professionals to quickly source hidden talent by extracting biographical and company information from tens of millions of Web sources and building searchable individual profiles of business people.
"The Eliyon database of in-depth profiles and work histories on over 21 million business people provides corporate recruiters the type of hiring resources that traditionally have only been available to the retained search industry," said Gary Halliwell, president of Eliyon. "Webhire is a leader in talent management solutions and their decision to offer their users access to Eliyon's sourcing tools supports Eliyon's strategy to be integrated into the desktops of the hiring professionals everywhere."
As the first talent management provider to partner with Eliyon, Webhire maintains its position as an innovator and thought leader in the industry," said Susanne Bowen, President and Chief Executive Officer at Webhire. Eliyons technology gives Webhire customers a unique opportunity to attract the best candidates by taking advantage of Eliyons unmatched searching tools to locate hard-to-source talent. The partnership directly supports Webhires strategy to cover the entire employment lifecycle, starting with initial attraction and sourcing techniques, to produce meaningful candidate relationships, more effective hires, and productive employees."
Changing markets, wavering economies and a shortage of skilled labor all indicate a rapid decline in the number of qualified candidates available to fill open positions. In order to meet the evolving needs of recruiters, Webhire is dedicated to providing recruiting professionals with a solution that allows them to attract, hire and retain the right candidates at the right time. Eliyon provides the ability to identify and attract passive candidates in an integrated search and selection process.
For further information, visit www.webhire.com or www.eliyon.com.
About Webhire
Webhire, named the #1 choice in overall vendor performance by ERE Applicant Tracking Systems 2003: Industry Analysis and Buyers Guide, delivers web-based business-to-business solutions that help employers manage the entire hiring process.
Since 1982, Webhire has helped companies attract and hire the best talent by providing automated recruiting solutions that increase productivity and reduce hiring costs. Today, hundreds of companies rely on Webhire for reliable, easy-to-use, browser access to powerful recruiting and hiring solutions. With offerings specific to the needs of large enterprises, divisional and/or mid-sized companies, and the healthcare industry, Webhire customers include fast growing firms such as The Sharper Image, large corporations such as Heinz North America, and healthcare facilities such as Lee Memorial Health System.
Webhire is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts (USA).
For more information, visit: www.webhire.com
Or call: 1-877-WEBHIRE (1-877-932-4473)
Outside the U.S., call: 781-869-5000
About Eliyon Technologies
Eliyon Technologies uses next-generation search technologies to automatically create up-to-date individual profiles of business professionals and companies. Eliyon is the most current and complete source of information on professionals and businesses in the U.S., combining industry-leading proprietary search, content creation and presentation technologies. As of May 2004, the Eliyon database included more than 20 million profiles of business executives and mid-level managers, with over 25,000 new ones added and 100,000 profiles updated daily.
Eliyon continuously crawls the Internet, automatically extracting information from more than 350 million publicly available news articles, press releases, company Web sites, and SEC filings published in the U.S. Its advanced technology then recognizes company and business professional data and extracts it. Eliyon is the first to take this type of data and integrates it to create comprehensive profiles of people, which users then search and use for recruiting, competitive intelligence, research and more.
Eliyons customers range from executive search firms to 25% of the Fortune 100, including companies such as AOL Time Warner, Oracle, Lockheed Martin, Wachovia, IBM, Microsoft, Staples, among others. Eliyon is privately held and based in Cambridge, MA. For more information, visit www.eliyon.com or call toll-free: 866.201.7517
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CONTACT:
Rachel Berger
Webhire, Inc.
781.869.5052
rberger@webhire.com
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