Kenexa Wins Employer of the Year Award From Nebraska Society for Human Resource Management
Company Lauded for Advancing the HR Profession, Supporting Sound HR Practices
| Source: Kenexa
OMAHA, NE--(Marketwire - September 19, 2008) - At the Qwest Center -- Kenexa Corporation
(NASDAQ : KNXA ), a global provider of talent acquisition and retention
solutions, today received the Employer of the Year Award from the Society
of Human Resource Management's Nebraska State Council.
The award recognizes Kenexa as a great place to work, in particular for its
focus on employee engagement,
company-wide community service, employee training and development, and
sound HR practices. The award was presented to Bill Erickson, executive
vice president, Kenexa at the SHRM Nebraska State Council State Human
Resource Conference, which was held on Friday, September 19, 2008, at the
Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb.
"It is an honor to receive this award from an organization like SHRM, which
is devoted to serving the needs of HR professionals. As a company that is
passionate about ensuring that people are in jobs that they love, we fully
support the mission of SHRM. We are proud to accept the SHRM Nebraska
Employer of the Year Award on behalf of our approximately 400 employees
based here in Nebraska and our employees located around the world," said
Erickson.
The award was given based on the HR programs and practices that directly
support Kenexa's goals, such as the company's Director and Principal
Development Programs and Kenexa University™, which provides continuing
education for individual career growth and development. Kenexa also was
recognized for its commitment to community service and outreach, which
includes providing each employee with one paid community service day for
volunteering each year. In the last year, Kenexa-Lincoln employees
volunteered with Hearts United for Animals (HUA), conducted community
beautification projects, as well as donated 49.5 gallons of blood in
Kenexa-Lincoln's bi-monthly blood drives.
About Kenexa
Kenexa (NASDAQ : KNXA ) is a global leader in building the world's greatest
workforces using a combination of software, employee research science and
business process optimization. Kenexa's global solutions include applicant
tracking, onboarding, recruitment process outsourcing, employment branding,
skills and behavioral assessments, structured interviews, performance
management, multi-rater feedback surveys, employee engagement surveys and
HR Analytics. Kenexa is headquartered in Wayne, Pa. (outside Philadelphia).
Additional information about Kenexa and its global products and services
can be accessed at www.kenexa.com.