HireDesk Announces Strategic Relationship with Seyfarth Shaw

Vancouver, B.C. - HireDeskô, a provider of employee recruiting, assessment and hiring solutions, have announced a strategic business relationship with Seyfarth Shaw, one of North Americaís largest labor and employment law firms; and a leader in helping clients to strengthen their human resources capabilities, while reducing legal risk. The two companies, along with the Human Capital Institute, will be conducting a free Web seminar on November 18 at 1:00 pm EST entitled ëQuality of Hire: Reducing the Risk of Employment Litigationí. People interested in attending may register online at www.humancapitalinstitute.org.

Under the relationship, HireDesk will partner with Seyfarth Shaw attorneys in providing hiring process audits and best practices implementations for HireDesk clients. The result: a strong legal compliance and risk reduction capability for users of HireDesk candidate recruiting, screening, selection, and retention solutions. Under the agreement, the skills of Seyfarth Shaw employment counsel will accompany every implementation of the HireDesk HireQualityô solution for corporate HR departments.

The relationship also involves HireDesk bringing to clients the skills of Seyfarth Shaw at Work, the Seyfarth Shaw subsidiary delivering both leader-led and e-Learning solutions in equal employment opportunity compliance, affirmative action planning, effective interviewing skills, effective use of performance management systems, workforce diversity, and related topics. Taught by Seyfarth Shaw at Work attorneys, and supported by the firmís Learning Management System, the courses have been acclaimed for their practical, entertaining, and cost-effective formats.

ìWe see this relationship as a real win for our clients,î said George LaRocque, HireDesk General Manager. ìOur clients tell us increasingly that they are concerned with the legal compliance issues surrounding recruitment and employment decision making; a field of increasing complexity. Now, we will offer clients a resource created specifically to answer these questions as a regular part of implementing our HireQuality solution for corporate HR departments.î

ìWe will also draw on the expertise of Seyfarth Shaw in designing our core technologies, implementation protocols, and reporting systems, so that our systems produce the data and reports HR managers need to monitor EEO and affirmative action compliance, and look for areas of potential risk,î said LaRocque.

ìRecruiting, screening, and hiring employees in a way that reduces legal risk needs to be a team effort,î said Michael Warner, senior attorney and lead partner in the HireDesk ñ Seyfarth Shaw initiative. ìWe believe our relationship with HireDesk offers a great blend of technology, HR best practices, and legal expertise. From design, to implementation, to ongoing training, both ìquality of hireî and legal risk reduction can be dealt with, each by the best available resource,î said Warner.