Softscape Enhances Hiring & Recruiting Assessments With Gallup Integration

Company Leverages Scientific Strengths-Based Selection Methodology To Improve Quality-of-Hire For Customers

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Wayland, Mass., USA – February 9, 2010–Softscape, an innovator powering completepeople management solutionstoday announced out-of-box integration toGallupthat adds additional depth to an already robust set of assessment capabilities within Softscape’s Hiring and Recruiting software suite. These new capabilities include competency-based, skills-based, and psychological assessments, all in a flexible and configurable architecture that enables human resources professionals, recruiters, and hiring managers to more easily create, modify, deploy, and re-use assessments during the pre-hire screening process.

Gallup’sStrength-Based Selection(SBS) methodology was developed by Don Clifton, the father of strengths-based psychology. The company has more than 500 SBS clients, and nearly 4 million people have completed an SBS assessment. The SBS instruments, which are currently available in 27 languages, have been proven to reduce cost-per-hire, accelerate recruitment and selection time, facilitate on-boarding and time-to-productivity, and improve quality-of-hire.

“With job applicants outnumbering open positions by six-to-one in today’s difficult hiring environment, organizations are overwhelmed by the sheer volume of potential candidates,” said Madeline Laurano, a principal analyst forBersin & Associates. “Pre-hire assessments not only provide a crucial mechanism to facilitate the selection process, but they also ensure that candidates possess the right competencie, skills, experience, and temperament to be successful contributors once they are hired.”

More than most common applicant tracking system (ATS), Softscape’s Hiring and Recruiting suite has been consistently validated by industry analysts and includes position management, job templates, job postings, social networking posting, career site management, vendor management, referral management, candidate screening and assessments, candidate matching, interview scheduling and interview kits, offer management, on&#45b;arding, and compliance reporting. In a recent comprehensiveTalent Acquisition reportissued by leading analyst firm Bersin & Associates, Softscape was recognized for its comprehensive solution, strong competency management support, and high level of configuration capability.

Softscape’s Hiring and Recruiting suite is one of several, natively-integrated components within the Softscape Apex® people management solution. This industry-validated HR platform provides a single system for organizations to manage workforce performance, learning management, career development, succession planning, 360 feedback, compensation management, incentive compensation, hiring & recruiting, HR management, social networking and collaboration, workforce planning, and workforce analytics.

“Many of our customers are being inundated with job applicants as a consequence of the poor job market,” said Dave Watkins, CEO and co&#45f;under of Softscape. “The advanced capabilities that we have brought to market are solving real-world problems today and offer customers the infrastructure they need to accelerate growth while reducing administrative costs. Softscape’s pace of innovation has never slowed as we continue to exceed the expectations of our sophisticated multi-national customers and further pioneer the HR technology market.”

For more information about Softscape’s solutions, please visithttp://www.softscape.com

About Softscape (www.softscape.com)

Softscape is the global leader in complete people management software that enables organizations to more effectively drive their business performance. Recognized by industry analysts as the most comprehensive strategic human capital management solution, Softscape provides full employee lifecycle management, including a core system of record, in a single, software platform for improved business intelligence. The company offers customers of all sizes and in all industries the most flexibility and choice with multiple purchase, configuration, and deployment options. For 15 years, Softscape has helped millions of workers across 156 countries be more successful at their jobs while contributing to bottom-line business results. Softscape’s customers represent Fortune 500/Global 500, mid-market, and government organizations, including Barclays (NYSE:BCS; London:BARC), AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN[ADR]; London:AZN), Seagate (NYSE:STX), GKN (London:GKN), Kone Corporation (OMX Helsinki:KNEBV), and Edcon. Softscape is based in Massachusetts with offices in London, Sydney, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Johannesburg.

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