Radioshack and PeopleAnswers are joining forces to plug sales jobs in Illinois.

PeopleAnswers now has a software licensing agreement with RadioShack Corp., expanding the retailer´s use of the PeopleAnswers talent assessment software : for all positions in nearly 5,800 company-operated stores and kiosks as well as corporate offices across the United States and Puerto Rico.

RadioShack will use PeopleAnswers to prescreen, assess and hire : job candidates for all positions including sales associates, store and district managers and corporate positions. With RadioShack attracting approximately one million job candidates per year, the web-based tool has the scale to evaluate candidates as needed, 24/7, integrate with job boards : and track candidates´ progress through the application and hiring process. Managers will also use PeopleAnswers as a guide for interview content.

“RadioShack is focused on strengthening our brand and growing our business. People make the difference in executing our growth strategy,” said Mary Ann Doran, senior vice president, Human Resources, RadioShack.

“PeopleAnswers has impressive tools to help us continue delivering our customers a high-quality shopping experience.”

RadioShack has been using PeopleAnswers for approximately 18 months as a tool to help select and hire district managers nationwide, with meaningful improvements : . For the last year, the company has used PeopleAnswers to hire its store managers and sales associates.

Customized, behaviorally based Performance Profiles : help match job candidates with the position that best corresponds with their existing traits and tendencies. The software is easy to use and establishes a consistent hiring platform across all stores and corporate offices. PeopleAnswers reduces the hiring process to a few simple steps, allowing managers to focus more on managing stores rather than hiring.

“In the competitive and fast-paced retail world, employees can be the differentiator,” said Gabriel Goncalves, CEO and president, PeopleAnswers. “By matching people with jobs they´re best suited for, customers receive better service because employees are more satisfied and productive, and RadioShack is able to improve revenues and turnover.”

According to a website, nurse aide jobs in Illinois are on the rise.

Caregiverlist.com (http://www.caregiverlist.com), the nation’s only professional caregiver career center, connecting senior caregivers, certified nursing aides and home health aides with senior care companies, today announces senior caregiving jobs remain plentiful, despite a national unemployment rate of 9%.

As senior care requires a wide variety of schedules from part-time to full-time to live-in, senior care companies are constantly hiring. Caregiverlist.com assists senior care companies to keep up with their hiring needs, which often require a quick turnaround.

Caregiverlist.com CEO Julie Northcutt says “As hospital and nursing home stays have become shorter, often seniors are discharged upon short-notice, leaving senior care companies scrambling to effectively staff.” More and more care has moved to the home as Medicare does not pay for long-term nursing home care. More than 1,000 senior home care agencies have opened their doors in the last decade to keep up with senior home care demand, says Northcutt.

Senior care companies subscribe to Caregiverlist’s proprietary technology for filtering caregivers to match their job openings. As senior care facilities such as nursing homes, assisted living communities and hospitals must maintain a minimum staff of Certified Nursing Aides (C.N.A.’s) at all times and senior home care agencies must hire new caregivers weekly to keep up with staffing, they turn to Caregiverlist to find professional pre-qualified caregivers.

“Family members don’t plan for this type of care and when it comes up, they need care fast,” says Travis Slaby, president of Aris At Home, Inc., in Oak Park, Illinois.

“We are always looking for qualified caregivers to accommodate for changing schedules of current clients and staffing of new clients,” says Mr. Slaby. Aris At Home maintains an in-house training program for all new caregivers hired and subscribes to Caregiverlist.com’s hiring tools.

To assist senior care companies to hire effectively and to attract more people to the career of caregiving, Caregiverlist.com’s Career Center provides a free caregiver resume writer, online caregiver training and a job application pre-qualification form for professional caregivers to submit. Practice and sample certified nursing aide exams and a caregiver training program school directory are also available.

Companion caregiver positions only require a caring personality and some personal experience and allow anyone with the ability to pass a caregiver background check and to maintain a regular schedule to begin a caregiving career. (more…)

A matchmaking company has secured a new matchmaker to work on sales jobs in Illinois and other parts of the US where its branches are located.

Elizabeth Falzone, professional matchmaker, has recently been appointed as Regional Director of eLove and will oversee the Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey offices.

eLove is the fastest growing matchmaking firm in the country with over 50 matchmaking offices nationwide and home offices in Norwell, MA and Los Angeles, CA.
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The Association Forum has announced a key hire for management jobs in Illinois.

The company is pleased to announce the addition of a new senior-level position to its full-time staff of dedicated association professionals.

Effective this month, Teri Elliott Jarvie, CMP, joins Association Forum as vice president of member programs and brings more than 20 years of experience in event, meeting and trade show management to her new role. She is responsible for enhancing diversity and educational programming content as well as meetings and member services.
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