Category-Defining Social Talent Startup Taps Talent Management Visionary to Drive Strategy and Key Partnerships

Cloud-Based Digital Interview Platform Makes Archaic Interviewing Process Up to Ten Times Faster, Consistent and Data-Driven
 

WAYNE, Pa., August 27, 2012 – Kenexa Corporation (Kenexa) (NYSE:KNXA), a leading provider of recruiting and talent management solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) for $46.00 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion.

Its modern-day pop-culture evangelists may not know the meaning of the economic term “creative destruction” or embrace its origins. You might not, either. That’s cool, and we don’t have to get into it, but go here and here if you’re interested in learning the history (and the irony).

In a seminal scene from the movie “Anchor Man,” the inimitable Will Ferrell, playing Ron Burgundy, tells Christina Applegate’s character, Veronica Corningstone, “I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal.” And the audience laughs. Being Ron Burgundy is kind of like being a large company, when it comes to employment branding. People know what you are. You don’t have to spend too much time raising awareness.

 
US Army, Avnet, and Hershey’s Chocolate just a few of StormWind’s notable new customers
 

Last week, #HRTechChat’s Lead Co-host Brent Skinner hopped on the phone with John Sumser, prolific human resource industry analyst and editor in chief of HRExaminer Online Magazine.

Pre-Employment Assessment Technology Strengthens Hire Quality and Customer Service
 

 
Company Recognized in Internet/E-Commerce Category at Annual Event of Orange County Technology Innovators and Educators
 

Company to Support Inaugural U.K. Event as Gold-Level Sponsor