Fairfax County Public Schools Selects Kenexa Recruiter(R) BrassRing for State-of-the-Art Recruiting Solution
| Source: Kenexa
WAYNE, PA--(Marketwire - August 12, 2008) - Kenexa®
(NASDAQ : KNXA ), a global provider of talent acquisition and retention
solutions, today announced that Fairfax
County Public Schools, the largest school district in Virginia, has
selected Kenexa Recruiter® BrassRing to give the schools
the solution they need to locate and track candidates as they move through
the hiring process.
"With more than 20,000 full-time school-based positions within our
organization, we were looking for a flexible system that would be
easy-to-use and integrate all of our talent management processes -- from
posting new positions to interview scheduling and candidate
communications," said Joe Houston, HR Technologist for Fairfax County
Public Schools. "The
state-of-the-art solution that we selected from Kenexa also includes a
component that manages our employees' certifications, which allows us to
easily further the professional learning needs and career aspirations of
our staff members."
Kenexa Recruiter BrassRing builds on a traditional applicant tracking
system, and provides much more, including requisition creation, processing
and posting, resume searching, sorting and filing, applicant workflow,
interview scheduling and tracking, and candidate communications and
reporting. The solution helps organizations manage salaried, hourly and
contract employees with one interface that is standardized on a single,
global platform.
Bill Erickson, executive vice president, Kenexa, said, "As the thirteenth
largest school district in the United States, Fairfax County Public Schools
often leads its category for adopting the most innovative solutions to the
business problems faced by large school districts." He continued, "With
Kenexa Recruiter BrassRing's intelligent, user-friendly solution, the
schools can optimize their workforce and increase their organization's
effectiveness and competitive advantage."
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.