Tyco Selects Kenexa's Customized CareerTracker(R) for Global Rollout
December 06 2005 - 7:58AM
PR Newswire (US)
- Tyco Turns to Kenexa for Complete Performance Management and
Career Development Solution - WAYNE, Pa., Dec. 6
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kenexa(R) (NASDAQ:KNXA), a leading
provider of talent acquisition and retention solutions, today
announced that Tyco International (NYSE:TYC)(BSX:TYC) has selected
Kenexa CareerTracker(R), the company's flagship performance
management solution. Tyco is a global, diversified company that
provides vital products and services to customers in five business
segments: Fire & Security, Electronics, Healthcare, Plastics
& Adhesives, and Engineered Products & Services. With
250,000 employees located in 72 countries worldwide, Tyco will
utilize Kenexa's CareerTracker to automate its performance
management and career development process, ensuring workforce
alignment with critical business metrics. The Kenexa-hosted
CareerTracker solution will be customized to meet the needs of Tyco
and its employees, including the implementation of a
self-registration interface. Julian Kaufmann, vice president of
Leadership and Organizational Development for Tyco International,
said, "Kenexa's CareerTracker is a solution that is flexible enough
to meet the needs of an organization of our size, and is customized
to ensure our employees receive the information they need to align
their performance goals with our organizational objectives. We look
forward to utilizing CareerTracker to assist with our performance
management process as well as our leadership development and
succession planning efforts." Kenexa CareerTracker is a performance
management, leadership development and succession planning system
that helps organizations maximize employee performance, decrease
external hiring costs, reduce turnover, and develop a better
understanding of their current talent pool. Kenexa CareerTracker
users are given the opportunity to create individual action plans
utilizing over 2,000 competency-based resources and build career
paths that align with organizational goals. Kenexa's President of
the Human Capital Management Division, Troy Kanter, commented,
"Tyco has created an operating discipline of continuous improvement
that is an integral part of its culture. This includes the
development of the company's products, processes and people. Kenexa
CareerTracker will support the on-going improvement of Tyco's
performance management processes and the career development of its
people." More About Kenexa CareerTracker All Kenexa CareerTracker
users are given the opportunity to set personal performance goals
that directly align with business unit goals and roll up to
organizational objectives, interact with their performance data to
create individual development plans, access over 2,000
competency-based resources, and build career paths within the
organization. The end result is a system that supports an ongoing
performance appraisal process, continuous employee improvement, and
comprehensive talent management. About Tyco International Ltd. Tyco
International Ltd. is a global, diversified company that provides
vital products and services to customers in five business segments:
Fire & Security, Electronics, Healthcare, Plastics &
Adhesives, and Engineered Products & Services. With 2005
revenue of $40 billion, Tyco employs approximately 250,000 people
worldwide. More information on Tyco can be found at
http://www.tyco.com/. About Kenexa Kenexa Corporation (NASDAQ:KNXA)
provides outsourcing, employee research and software to help
organizations more effectively recruit and retain a productive
workforce. Kenexa solutions include applicant tracking, employment
process outsourcing, phone screening, skills and behavioral
assessments, structured interviews, performance management,
multi-rater feedback surveys, employee engagement surveys and HR
Analytics. Headquartered in Wayne, Pa. (outside Philadelphia),
Kenexa employs more than 600 people worldwide. More information
about Kenexa and its global locations can be accessed at
http://www.kenexa.com/. DATASOURCE: Kenexa Corporation CONTACT:
Sarah Teten of Kenexa Corporation, +1-800-391-9557, or ; and Jeanne
Achille, The Devon Group, for Kenexa Corporation, +1-732-542-2000,
ext. 11, or Web site: http://www.kenexa.com/ http://www.tyco.com/
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