Newton’s Joel Passen Joins The Proactive Employer Radio Show for a Discussion about Safe Hiring

Safe hiring is a hot topic right now with new rulings on background checks and increased audit activity from the EEOC and OFCCP. In short, changes to the regulatory environment are complicating matters for every size employer in the US. In today’s environment, you not only need to have a set of policies, procedures and practices in place, you also need to understand – really understand – the federal and state regulations governing applicant screening and safe hiring.

In this week’s episode of The Proactive Employer, Joel Passen, Newton’s Head of Marketing joins Les Rosen, CEO of Employment Screening Resources, for a discussion about “Safe Hiring”, the elements of a safe hiring plan, the most common questions and concerns employers have about hiring, what candidate information you have to have, what you can ask for, and what to avoid, and how to implement a Safe Hiring Program at your company.

This show will air live on Thursday, May 17th at 3 PM Eastern / 12 Noon Pacific on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel.

Tweet your questions using the hashtag #TPE or call in at 1-866-472-5790 to talk to our guests. The show will be available for on-demand listening at The Proactive Employer website, on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel and via iTunes following the broadcast.

Webinar – Be Competitive: Effective Tools To Simplify Hiring and Onboarding

Join recruiting and HR leaders, Newton Software Co-Founder Joel Passen and SharedHR CEO Paul Finkle, for this informative webinar.

When:  Tuesday, February 14^th, from 10am- 11am Pacific Time.

Register Now! Space will be limited to 100 participants.

Why you should attend.

Competing for talent has shifted again. Are you ready?  As the employment market continues to thaw, employers must be ready to be compete for talent again. Learn about the latest tools to help organize and manage efficient and effective recruiting programs, to asking legally permitted interview questions, to making lawful and compelling offers to employment, to getting workers started off on the right foot.

46 percent of new hires leave their jobs by the end of the first year. Learn how to improve your odds. Learn how to involve your managers in the hiring process in this fast paced webinar as our expert speakers review clear, process- driven systems and offer candid tips for interviewing job candidates, hiring correctly, and orienting new hires and managing documentation.

Areas that will be covered include:

• Why your company should always be in hiring mode
• How to make every employee an effective  hiring ambassador
• How to appropriate involve and support managers in the hiring process to build the “right” team
• How to use technology to effectively collaborate to make the best hiring decisions
• How to promote your organization while institutionalizing hiring knowledge
• How to continually improve your hiring process and the quality of your new hires

Based to time and question volume, there will be an opportunity to have your specific questions answered during the webinar.

About Our Speakers:

Paul Finkle, CEO of SharedHR, brings more than 30 years of startup and business experience, with a bias towards connecting people to strategy. Mr Finkle’s deep HR knowledge spans industries from technology, manufacturing, transportation, professional services, and non-profits. SharedHR helps clients design and implement a business process orientation to HR processes and to find the optimal mix of technology and professional support in areas such as training, staffing, and compensation.  Mr Finkle has lectured at major universities, serves frequently as an expert witness in employment litigation, and serves on the Advisory Boards of non-profits and several client companies.

Joel Passen, Co-Founder of Newton Software, is a recognized leader in the talent acquisition field.  Newton Software is a technology company developing popular, easy-to-use corporate applicant tracking software. Joel has been interviewed by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Business Times, NPR, Fist Full of Talent, etc. on matters relating to corporate recruiting. He is also a frequent blogger interested in emerging issues, trends, and technologies related to corporate recruiting and HR Technology. Aside from his numerous duties with Newton Software, Mr. Passen finds time to sit on the Advisory Boards for two growing companies in the talent acquisition industry.

Joel Passen to Join Wempen and Tincup on DriveThurHR Broadcast

Tune into to DriveThurHR on Thursday, Feb 9th, 2012 at 12:00pm CST for a lunch conversation with Newton Software’s Head of Marketing, Joel Passen.

Joel will join Wempen and Tincup for clever bantor, real insights and interesting thoughts on HR, HR Tech and other issues that are front of mind with all Human Resources pros.

Listen live here

Nominate Newton for a Crunchie: “Best Bootstrapped Start Up” 400 customers and we haven’t raised a dime

Do you root for the underdog? Want to nominate a technology company that has 400 business customers that has never asked for or received a dime of investor money? Just want to help a couple of regular dudes without Wharton MBA’s get recognition for their successful self-funded product?
Great! Here’s how. Just click the button below.

Newton is modern, easy-to-use applicant tracking software designed to organize and improve internal recruiting programs for small and medium sized businesses (30-3000 employees). Newton features best-of-breed dashboards that create unparalleled visibility and transparency. And, Newton is the only ATS designed to drive the decisions that drive hiring, taking into account all users in the corporate recruiting workflow. Industry leading adoption rates (+90%) ensure easy collaboration and powerful performance driven metrics allow HR and Recruiting users to always be in control.

Newton Software in Expansion Mode: Jonathan Chenard Named as Vice President of Services

December 2, 2011

Newton Software a leading provider of mid-market, corporate applicant tracking software  announced the appointment of Jonathan Chenard to the position of Vice President of Services.

“Bringing Jonathan on board is huge step forward for Newton Software as he will serve as highly valuable member of our executive team but the real winners are our customers ,” said Joel Passen, Newton Software’s Head of Marketing and Co-founder. “Jonathan couldn’t have a more relevant background for a recruiting software company like ours. His 10 plus years of experience with business software combined with his most recent 7 plus years  in the corporate recruiting industry will provide our customers with unparalleled competence and subject matter expertise.”

Prior to Newton Software, Jonathan  was Vice President of Services and Delivery  at GravityPeople, a leading provider of talent acquisition and recruitment outsourcing (RPO) solutions. GravityPeople was recently named to Fortune Magazine’s Fast 500. Chenard also served as a Professional Services Manager and Sales Engineer at Marketsoft (now IBM), a global provider of sales and marketing automation software and services. Jonathan started his career as an International Systems Analyst  at The Mathworks, the world’s leading developer of technical computing software for engineers and scientists in industry, government, and education. Jonathan, originally from Massachusetts,  is a graduate of Manhattanville College.

“I’ve watched Newton grow firsthand from just a couple of lines of code to now the fastest growing recruitment software platform in the industry”, said Chenard. “I’ve been continually impressed with  the company’s ability to rapidly deploy new, thoughtful features which push the limits of what anyone else is doing.  I’m thrilled to be joining Newton at a time of explosive growth and am eager to partner with our clients to help them leverage the best application tracking software around to better manage and organize their own top notch recruiting programs.”

About Newton Software

Newton is modern, easy-to-use  applicant tracking software designed to organize and improve internal recruiting programs for small and medium sized businesses (30-3000 employees).  Newton features best-of-breed dashboards that create unparalleled visibility and transparency. And, Newton is the only ATS designed to drive the decisions that drive hiring taking into account all users in the corporate recruiting workflow. Industry leading adoption rates (+90%) ensure easy collaboration and powerful performance driven metrics allow HR and Recruiting users are in control.

Newton Users Webinar: Analytics and Reporting Seminar

Attention Newton Applicant Tracking Software Users:

Join Steve Hazelton, Newton Software’s Head of Products, for a live webinar covering Newton’s analytics and reporting functionality.

• Measuring recruiting performance with Newton real-time analytics dashboard
• Running Interactive Staffing and Recruiting meetings.
• Selecting data sets to slice and dice metrics for specific departments, locations, users and jobs
• Using Newton’s Reporting Engine
• Building Custom Reports

Steve will also discuss newly released analytics enhancements and answer questions from the audience.

Reserve your spot now by clicking the button below.

This webinar is only available to current Newton Software customers.

You will receive a confirmation once you’ve been approved.

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Newton is modern, easy-to-use  applicant tracking software designed to organize and improve internal recruiting programs for small and medium sized businesses (30-3000 employees).  Newton features best-of-breed dashboards that create unparalleled visibility and transparency. And, Newton is the only ATS designed to drive the decisions that drive hiring taking into account all users in the corporate recruiting workflow. Industry leading adoption rates (+90%) ensure easy collaboration and powerful performance driven metrics allow HR and Recruiting users are in control.

Attention Alabama Employers: EEO/OFCCP Seminar

Alabama Employers: How does the latest legislation impact your Affirmative Action and OFCCP requirements?

Attend a regional seminar led by National and Regional experts regarding the often challenging and confusing AA / EEO / OFCCP requirements.

Participants will receive 3 hours of CE credit for your PHR or SPHR certification

Wednesday, November 2, 2011
1:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

THE WESTIN HUNTSVILLE

6800 Governors West, NW Huntsville, AL
T 256-428-5425    F 256-428-2001

Meeting Room – Mediterranean V & VI

Ticket price: $25

Seating is limited – RSVP today!

Parking available

Register for this seminar HERE

Here’s what to expect.

• How DOL and the U.S. Congress have woken the sleeping ADA giant, and why plaintiffs’ attorneys and the EEOC are excited
• What impact the Alabama immigration law will have on your business, and which provisions are likely to withstand judicial challenges
• Your company’s obligation to solicit race and gender data
• The proposed OFCCP guidelines on compensation analyse
• Guidelines for self-evaluation of compensation practices for compliance with EO 11246 with respect to systematic compensation discriminatio
• How to leverage Applicant Tracking technology for compliance, data tracking and storage

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Visit Newton Software at HR Tech Booth #614

Visiting the annual HR Technology conference in Las Vegas this year? Stop by and meet representatives from Newton Software and learn more about our easy-to-use applicant tracking software that’s specifically designed for small and medium sized businesses.

Newton Software will be join partner, OneSource Virtual HR in booth #614 starting Monday, October 3rd. We’ll also be in the expo floor on Tuesday, October 4th.

Look for this OneSource logo. Booth #614 is directly next store to the Workday area.

If you’d like to schedule time with one of our executives while you’re at the show, simply send an email to: sales@newtonsoftware.com

Recruiting Analytics That Matter: HR.com Webinar

Join Newton Co-Founder, Joel Passen for a free webinar devoted to recruiting performance metrics. During his web-based presentation, Joel will present a guide to assist HR practitioners and recruitment outsourcers in making sense of recruiting analytics and the steps to take to get started capturing your own valuable recruiting performance metrics. With a focus on best practices, Joel will highlight the vital metrics that must be gathered as part of any successful corporate recruiting program and how to get started in your own environment.

When: September 9 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET

Where:  Hr.com (click here)

Joel Passen is the Head of Marketing and a Co-Founder of Newton Software, a company developing corporate applicant tracking software that helps organizations improve hiring. A self-described recovering corporate recruiter, Joel has been involved in the talent acquisition industry for the past 15 years. When Joel is not thinking about recruiting, he’s either thinking about food, cooking or pretending to write a food blog. Check out Joel’s profile on LinkedIn.

Metallica Keeps Our Ears Ringing

We’ll say one thing for Salesforce.com, they really know how to throw a party.  This year Marc Benioff and crew hired 80′s rock megastars Metallica to headline Dreamforce, Salesforce.com’s annual user conference.

We were fortunate to catch Metallica’s first ever corporate event  thanks to our partner, OneSource Virtual HR, the exclusive mid-market reseller of Workday.  OneSource participated at Dreamforce alongside  Workday, a leading HCM technology provider.

Newton, our popular applicant tracking software, integrates seamlessly with Workday’s core HRIS product providing SMB’s the most modern, user friendly, end-to-end talent management platform available.