December 14 2006 - Hundreds of leading
African-American students were recently connected with recruiting executives
from 60 prominent companies, including Wal-Mart, Bank of America, AT&T
and Nike, thanks to a partnership between the Thurgood Marshall
Scholarship Fund (TMSF) and TalentPen, a candidate collection and personality
matching system.
The New York-based college fund promotes equal access to higher
education, working with 47 historically black public colleges and universities
to prepare the brightest students for today's workforce. TalentPen was
an instrumental partner for TMSF's Sixth Annual Leadership Institute, a
November conference that prepares new graduates for corporate
employment. Approximately 600 students attended the event, which featured an
interactive Recruitment Conference to connect outstanding students with
recruiting executives from Fortune 500 companies.
TalentPen was chosen by TMSF for its focus on developing a talent pool
database, accessible to recruiters from companies supporting the
foundation. TalentPen created a candidate profile collection system that
integrated seamlessly with the Thurgood Marshall website. During the month
before the conference, students went to the TMSF website and created
profiles of their education, work preferences, and internship experience.
Supporting companies were given access to recruit from the candidate
pool through TMSF's private TalentPen system, accessed directly on the
web. These companies had individual account access for multiple
recruiters to enter candidate qualifications, see matching candidates, and
invite top matching candidates at the Leadership Conference to meet in
person with company representatives.
The result culminated in record-breaking success among the number of
live meetings between companies and students during the recruitment
conference. Companies that participated included: Bank Of America, AT&T,
General Mills, Aetna, Phillip Morris USA, Wal-Mart, Shell Oil, Freddie
Mac, Nike, Verizon, MetLife, The NBA, Miller Brewing Co. and the CIA.
"Companies all over the country struggle with diversity," explained
Dwayne Ashley, president and chief executive officer of the Thurgood
Marshall Scholarship Fund. "A lot of it has to do with understanding the
company culture when attaining and retaining candidates. TalentPen is a
phenomenal program that allows companies and organizations to more
efficiently screen (job candidates). The system sorts our data in a better,
more efficient way and ranks candidates."
"These schools serve as the major resource for corporate America to tap
talented and well prepared African-Americans for critical management
positions," said Susan Govea, partner and vice president of marketing for
TalentPen. "We are thrilled that TalentPen was an ideal solution for
the Thurgood Marshall Fund's specific needs and for the companies that
used our system to identify the candidates who best matched their needs
and culture."
About eBullpen, LLC
Based in Pleasant Prairie, WI, eBullpen, LLC helps employers and job
seekers alike find better employment matches by putting personality
matching up front in the candidate sourcing process. eBullpen created the
TalentPen candidate collection and matching system to give employers an
edge in talent acquisition and the tools for improving the hire - not
just the hiring process. TalentPen allows employers to incorporate
eBullpen's proven assessment techniques and technologies into their existing
career site or ATS. With either system, the end result is a streamlined
hiring process and a faster placement of qualified candidates who fit a
company's culture.
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