RALEIGH, NC -- 08/04/08 --
The HR-XML Consortium announced today that it
has awarded certifications to BackTrack, Inc., Fidelity Investments,
HireRight, InfoMart, and Sterling Infosystems, Inc. BackTrack is a new
certification, whereas the awards to Fidelity Investments, HireRight,
InfoMart, and Sterling Infosystems are renewals of earlier certifications.
Background on these certified companies is provided below:
BackTrack, Inc. (http://www.backtracker.com) is among the nation's most
experienced and most respected employment screening firms. Employment
screening is their singular focus. BackTrack's proprietary, team-based, and
carefully managed systems are designed to speed processes, improve internal
and client communication flows, and ensure accuracy and completeness of
data.
Fidelity Investments (http://www.fidelity.com) is one of the world's
largest providers of financial services. Fidelity offers investment
management, retirement planning, brokerage, and human resources and
benefits outsourcing services to more than 21 million individuals and
institutions as well as through 5,500 financial intermediary firms. The
firm is the largest mutual fund company in the United States, the No. 1
provider of workplace retirement savings plans, one of the largest mutual
fund supermarkets and a leading online brokerage firm.
HireRight (http://www.hireright.com) is a leading provider of on-demand
employment background and drug screening solutions that help employers
efficiently implement, manage and control screening programs. Many
companies, including more than 65 of the Fortune 500, trust HireRight
because the company delivers customer-focused solutions that provide
greater efficiency and faster results. Leveraging HR-XML standards,
HireRight provides pre-integrated employment screening services through
enterprise e-recruiting solutions from top providers.
InfoMart (http://www.infomart-usa.com) is one of the country's largest
privately-owned Consumer Reporting Agencies, providing pre-employment
background screening to companies nationwide. Their services include
criminal histories, credit and driving records, drug testing, personality
assessments and education and previous employment verifications. The
company prides itself on its dedication to customer service, technology
solutions and accurate information reporting.
Sterling Infosystems, Inc. (http://www.sterlingtesting.com) is one of the
nation's leading providers of outsourced pre-employment screening and
background checking services. Its services are facilitated through its
leading online order and delivery system, Sterling Direct, and are used
primarily by Corporate Human Resource, Loss Prevention, Security, and Risk
Management Departments.
The HR-XML Consortium's "HRcertify program" certifies HR solutions that
conform to the HR-XML Consortium's interoperability standards.
Organizations that successfully complete the HR-XML Consortium's
certification process are awarded a logo to use on their websites and a
conformance statement within a registry located at www.HRcertify.org.
The HR-XML certified logo indicates that the solution provider is a
technology leader and is ready to integrate flexibly and opportunistically
with customers and partners.
Other HR-XML Consortium certified companies are:
Acxiom Information Security Services; American Background; Applicant
Insight Limited, Inc.; Assess Systems (a Bigby Havis Company); Candidate
Manager; CareerBuilder.com LLC; CareerJunction; ChoicePoint; ClearStar.net;
Data Solutions, Inc.; deverus; First Advantage; Hewitt Associates; HR
Services, Inc.; IntelliCorp; Jobpartners Ltd.; Justifacts Credential
Verification, Inc.; Kelly Services; Kenexa; Lawson; Manpower France;
MetLife Inc.; milch & zucker; Monster; Oracle; onTargetjobs; Peopleclick;
PreVisor; Questionmark; SHPS; Sovren; Stepstone; Talent Technology; Taleo;
Vertical Screen, Inc. (BIG, Certiphi, Truescreen); unicru; USIS; Valtera;
Verifications Inc.; and Volt Information Sciences.
For information about the HR-XML Consortium's certification program, please
visit http://www.hrcertify.org.
About HR-XML
The HR-XML Consortium, Inc. (http://www.hr-xml.org) is the recognized
authority on, and leading source of, global interoperability standards for
human resources management.
Membership within the HR-XML Consortium is open to HR professionals,
vendors, consultants, and other users or providers of HR systems and
services. Want to learn more? Register to attend HR-XML's Global
Partnering & Integration Summit, October 13-14, Chicago, IL
http://www.partneringsummit.com.
Contact:
Kim Bartkus
Director of Standards & Certification
HR-XML Consortium
Email Contact
303-622-4524
