eQuest's "Big Data for HR" Expands Its Reach by Aggregating Data From Multiple Sources

SAN RAMON, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 3, 2012) - eQuest today announced that its "Big Data for HR" service has widened its reach beyond its own powerful data collection warehouse to include employment data records from a wide variety of highly respected, third party sources. Data sources include salary, supply and demand, hiring statistics by source, and reports by governmental agencies from around the world.

eQuest has already amassed over 1.1 Billion job performance records through its own job posting delivery service and routinely collects 1 Million data records per day.

eQuest consultants utilize this highly prized data to develop more effective recruitment campaigns, reduce spending, and target candidates faster for their customers. The program provides companies a clearer understanding of the entire recruitment process.

David Bernstein, Vice President of eQuest's Big Data division says, "Data is coming at organizations more quickly than ever before. To remain competitive, all organizations need to analyze both internal and external data, as quickly and cost effectively as possible. This fuller spectrum of incoming information allows us to predicatively strategize and leverage a company's recruitment strategy well into the future."

Mr. Bernstein's blog can be found at: http://www.equest.com/news/floating-point/

About eQuest
eQuest is the global leader in job-posting delivery and job board management services, including candidate sourcing metrics and job board evaluations (Big Data), job board consultation and planning, job board negotiating, and billing control. eQuest posts jobs to any posting destination in the world, reaching over 180 countries and territories and thousands of job posting destinations worldwide. eQuest is one of the most recognized and admired brands in the human resource industry, supporting world Applicant Tracking Systems, including Kenexa, Taleo, Oracle, SuccessFactors, SAP, Peoplefluent and Ceridian. For more information about eQuest, call 800.495.4479 or visit www.equest.com.