Partnership provides customers with access to the world’s largest sourcing network

NEW YORK, NY— JUNE 27, 2011 — SmartPost, the innovative online job posting and sourcing product from Bernard Hodes Group, further extends its reach and market penetration by adding Halogen Software to its growing list of technology partnerships.

SmartPost will be an integrated offering inside the Halogen eRecruitment™ module, the latest addition to its Talent Management Suite. The integration allows customers access to thousands of job posting and sourcing destinations at the click of a button, along with the industry’s most robust metrics and competitive analytics and benchmarks.

“Our alliance with Halogen puts SmartPost in front of hundreds of new customers and delivers another layer of visibility into their talent management and recruiting strategy,” said Carmen Doherty, vice president, senior director, SmartPost.

In addition to removing the administrative hassles of posting, editing and closing jobs, the integration will track lead source through to hire, job board performance across all sourcing channels, manage job posting inventory and contracts, as well as control spending.

“As the economy continues to improve and hiring activity increases HR leaders will need resources and tools that help them control costs and make process improvements that have bottom line business impacts,” said Donna Ronayne, vice president of marketing and business development, Halogen Software. “We’ve partnered with SmartPost to give our customers a simple, effective way to maximize their sourcing strategies and better align them with their recruiting initiatives.”

ABOUT SMARTPOST
SmartPost, from Bernard Hodes Group, optimizes any organization’s recruitment marketing investment with a software solution that uniquely combines innovative job posting and sourcing technology with customer service and strategic consulting. The thousands of options inside SmartPost’s job distribution channels offer the greatest reach in the industry, including posting opportunities only available to SmartPost clients through strong media partnerships. SmartPost can recommend the most effective job boards, communities and affinity sites, which along with its one-stop billing system and industry-leading descriptive, accurate metrics enrich recruitment management and enhance decision-making. SmartPost delivers improved recruiting results and bottom-line ROI. SmartPost is available from www.SmartPost.com and through leading ATS/TMS systems.

ABOUT BERNARD HODES GROUP
Bernard Hodes Group (www.hodes.com) offers innovative solutions and strategies to help companies find, keep and engage the best possible talent. Partnering with clients, Hodes offers a full array of integrated solutions, including: recruitment communications and support, strategic planning, hiring process assessments, and staffing technology (www.SmartPost.com). Headquartered in New York, with over 80 offices and affiliates around the globe, Bernard Hodes Group is a part of Omnicom Group Inc. (www.omnicomgroup.com) – a leading global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, interactive, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

ABOUT HALOGEN SOFTWARE
Halogen Software is recognized as a market leader by industry analysts and is strongly endorsed by the thousands of HR professionals who use their Talent Management solutions. The company offers a complete suite of web-based products that automate, simplify and integrate performance appraisals, 360 degree feedback, compensation management, succession planning, job descriptions and learning management and recruitment. Halogen’s offering makes HR best-practices accessible to companies of all sizes and its healthcare, education, manufacturing, public sector, hospitality, financial services and professional services specific suites meet the unique needs of these industries. Halogen is consistently recognized by the industry and its customers for its exceptional implementation and support services, and has won multiple awards for its corporate leadership and product innovation, including HR Technology Product of the Year. For more information, visit http://www.halogensoftware.com. Subscribe to Halogen Software’s Employee Performance and Talent Management blog http://www.halogensoftware.com/blog/ or follow Halogen on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/HalogenSoftware.