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 Survey: Minorities More Skeptical of Merit PromotionBlack and Hispanic employees are more skeptical than their white colleagues that performance on the job will lead to career advancement, according to a national telephone survey by Novations Group, a global consulting organization based in Boston. 
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 Pearson Performance Solutions Delivers Talent Development Solution to Ace HardwarePearson Performance Solutions (Pearson PS), a provider of strategic workforce solutions, has expanded its relationship with Ace Hardware Corp. by providing a talent development program to meet a business imperative. 
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 Survey: Fewer Than Half of Organizations Satisfied with Employee-Recognition ProgramWhile 73 percent of recently surveyed companies said they have an employee-recognition program, most are unsure of how well-satisfied their employees are with the program. 
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 Study: Online Advertised Job Vacancies Take Seasonal Dip in JanuaryIn January, there were 3,141,800 online advertised vacancies, a largely seasonal decline of 6 percent from December, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted OnLine Data Series. 
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 Xactly Corp. Teams with RightNow to Deliver Integrated, On-Demand SolutionsXactly Corp., a provider of automated, on-demand sales compensation management, is working on a strategic alliance with RightNow Technologies. 
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 Digital Fairway Helps CIOs Cut Costs, Streamline Communications InfrastructureDigital Fairway Corp., a provider of communications management software and automated end-to-end service delivery solutions, has launched the Provergent Communication Services Management Suite. 
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 AIRS, H3.com Announce Integrated Solution for Referral HiringAIRS and H3.com have announced that H3.com will be offered as part of AIRS SourcePoint, a recruitment CRM and candidate sourcing automation platform. 
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 Survey: Top Management High in Stress ToleranceMore than a third of senior executives and managers have a high degree in stress tolerance, according to the results of on a new survey. 
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 New Research Challenges Assumptions about Age, Emotional IntelligenceThere are many assumptions about emotional intelligence and age. Popular literature and “common sense” asset that older people are more aware, wise and restrained, but is this true? 
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 IAOP Debuts Outsourcing Online Training and Professional Certification ExamThe International Association of Outsourcing Professionals has partnered with the University College of Syracuse University to launch an online version of the Certified Outsourcing Professional Master Class. 


