Pinstripe® Launches Talent Mindset, Unique Interactive Community for HR Executives and Hiring Managers
Innovative Online Resource Provides Strategies and Tools for Helping HR Professionals Win the War for Top Talent
BROOKFIELD, WI, November 14, 2006 – Pinstripe®, Inc., a leading recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and recruitment services firm, today announced the launch of Talent Mindset (http://www.talentmindset.com), an interactive online community designed to engage human resources (HR) executives and hiring managers in the exploration and implementation of best strategies, practices and tools for recruiting and retaining top talent and staying competitive as employers in the age of the demanding candidate. Talent Mindset is the brainchild of Pinstripe CEO Sue Marks, an industry thought leader with more than 25 years of HR experience.
“Our discussions with various HR executives over the years keep coming back to one principal theme – the persistent challenge that companies face in identifying, attracting and retaining the best qualified candidates,” said Sue Marks, CEO, Pinstripe. “This has become one of the top business issues of our era – and in many industries, has reached a crisis point – as traditional methods prove less and less effective in today’s increasingly global, interconnected workplace.”
The Economist recently called talent “the world’s most sought after commodity,” citing a Corporate Executive Board poll of senior HR executives in which three-quarters of respondents named “attracting and retaining” as their first priority, with 62 percent worried about company-wide talent shortages. Moreover, respondents expressed grave concerns about the quality of today’s candidates.
“What we envision with Talent Mindset is a truly interactive community, bringing together HR practitioners to solve strategic HR issues as well as everyday staffing problems,” added Anne Nimke, Pinstripe’s President and COO. “This is not about selling services – it’s about building a knowledge base of the best and most innovative ideas and creating a dynamic community that provides fresh, critical thinking on an ongoing basis.”
By registering with Talent Mindset, HR professionals can:
* See how their organizations stack up against the 10 Demandments, a new set of rules for building and sustaining relationships with talented potential employees in the age of the demanding candidate
* Assess their e-recruitment efforts and find out more about how to integrate best career website practices into their candidate sourcing and management initiatives
* Participate in free interactive webcasts with leading HR thinkers and visionaries
* Access the Talent Mindset blog, regularly updated with new content, ideas and opinion
Talent Mindset’s next free webcast, “The 10 Demandments - Rules to Live by in the Age of the Demanding Candidate,” will take place on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 2 PM CST. Sue Marks and Anne Nimke will provide employers with practical insights for applying the Demandments to their relationships with job candidates and applicants. All attendees will receive an executive summary, and web cast participants will also be eligible to win a copy of Kelly Mooney's book, 10 Demandments: Rules to Live by in the Age of the Demanding Consumer.
About Pinstripe, Inc.
An innovator in recruitment and employment process outsourcing, Pinstripe, Inc. designs, builds and manages talent acquisition and management systems for healthcare, financial services and technology companies. The company’s proprietary Requisition-to-Results (R2R®) platform is the first solution of its kind to integrate sourcing, recruiting, hiring, on-boarding, and off-boarding practices into a complete, end-to-end outsourced approach to employee acquisition and retention. By partnering with Pinstripe, clients are able to maximize the economic, operational, and strategic benefits of a high performing workforce, while minimizing compliance, security and other risks.
Based in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Pinstripe, a woman-owned business enterprise (WBE), was co-founded by Susan Marks and Anne Nimke, both 25-year industry veterans who previously established the largest independent staffing company in Wisconsin along with an enterprise-wide recruitment process outsourcing firm. Both companies were sold to a Fortune 500 company in 2000. Baird Venture Partners, the U.S.-based venture capital affiliate of investment firm Robert W. Baird & Co., is a major investor in Pinstripe. For more information about Pinstripe, please visit http://www.pinstripetalent.com.
About Baird Global Private Equity
With more than 40 investment professionals in the United States and Europe, Baird's global private equity business has raised and managed $1.5 billion in capital. Baird Capital Partners provides change-of-control capital and growth capital to U.S.-based, middle-market companies in the Business Services and Manufactured Products sectors. Baird Venture Partners makes venture capital investments in early- to growth-stage companies in the Business Services & Software and Healthcare/Life Sciences sectors. Granville Baird Capital Partners is a long-established private equity manager targeting mid-market growth companies in the UK and Germany with a focus on the Business Services, Healthcare and Industrial Products sectors. Baird Private Equity also has an operating team located in three offices in China, focused on facilitating and executing Asia sourcing, manufacturing and distribution opportunities for portfolio companies. The group’s investments are supported by Baird's full range of financial advice, operating expertise and industry research, providing a unique full-service approach to the entire private equity investment process. For more information, please visit http://www.bairdventurepartners.com.ShareThis
Innovative Online Resource Provides Strategies and Tools for Helping HR Professionals Win the War for Top Talent
BROOKFIELD,WI, November 14, 2006 – Pinstripe®, Inc., a leading recruitment processoutsourcing (RPO) and recruitment services firm, today announced thelaunch of Talent Mindset (http://www.talentmindset.com),an interactive online community designed to engage human resources (HR)executives and hiring managers in the exploration and implementation ofbest strategies, practices and tools for recruiting and retaining toptalent and staying competitive as employers in the age of the demandingcandidate. Talent Mindset is the brainchild of Pinstripe CEO Sue Marks,an industry thought leader with more than 25 years of HR experience.
“Our discussions with various HR executives over the years keep comingback to one principal theme – the persistent challenge that companiesface in identifying, attracting and retaining the best qualifiedcandidates,” said Sue Marks, CEO, Pinstripe. “This has become one ofthe top business issues of our era – and in many industries, hasreached a crisis point – as traditional methods prove less and lesseffective in today’s increasingly global, interconnected workplace.”
The Economist recently called talent “the world’s most sought aftercommodity,” citing a Corporate Executive Board poll of senior HRexecutives in which three-quarters of respondents named “attracting andretaining” as their first priority, with 62 percent worried aboutcompany-wide talent shortages. Moreover, respondents expressed graveconcerns about the quality of today’s candidates.
“What we envision with Talent Mindset is a truly interactive community,bringing together HR practitioners to solve strategic HR issues as wellas everyday staffing problems,” added Anne Nimke, Pinstripe’s Presidentand COO. “This is not about selling services – it’s about building aknowledge base of the best and most innovative ideas and creating adynamic community that provides fresh, critical thinking on an ongoingbasis.”
By registering with Talent Mindset, HR professionals can:
* See how their organizations stack up against the 10 Demandments,a new set of rules for building and sustaining relationships withtalented potential employees in the age of the demanding candidate
* Assess their e-recruitment efforts and find out more about how tointegrate best career website practices into their candidate sourcingand management initiatives
* Participate in free interactive webcasts with leading HR thinkers and visionaries
* Access the Talent Mindset blog, regularly updated with new content, ideas and opinion
Talent Mindset’s next free webcast, “The 10 Demandments - Rules to Liveby in the Age of the Demanding Candidate,” will take place on Tuesday,December 5, 2006 at 2 PM CST. Sue Marks and Anne Nimke will provideemployers with practical insights for applying the Demandments to theirrelationships with job candidates and applicants. All attendees willreceive an executive summary, and web cast participants will also beeligible to win a copy of Kelly Mooney's book, 10 Demandments: Rules toLive by in the Age of the Demanding Consumer.
About Pinstripe, Inc.
An innovator in recruitment and employment process outsourcing,Pinstripe, Inc. designs, builds and manages talent acquisition andmanagement systems for healthcare, financial services and technologycompanies. The company’s proprietary Requisition-to-Results (R2R®)platform is the first solution of its kind to integrate sourcing,recruiting, hiring, on-boarding, and off-boarding practices into acomplete, end-to-end outsourced approach to employee acquisition andretention. By partnering with Pinstripe, clients are able to maximizethe economic, operational, and strategic benefits of a high performingworkforce, while minimizing compliance, security and other risks.
Based in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Pinstripe, a woman-owned businessenterprise (WBE), was co-founded by Susan Marks and Anne Nimke, both25-year industry veterans who previously established the largestindependent staffing company in Wisconsin along with an enterprise-widerecruitment process outsourcing firm. Both companies were sold to aFortune 500 company in 2000. Baird Venture Partners, the U.S.-basedventure capital affiliate of investment firm Robert W. Baird & Co.,is a major investor in Pinstripe. For more information about Pinstripe,please visit http://www.pinstripetalent.com.
About Baird Global Private Equity
With more than 40 investment professionals in the United States andEurope, Baird's global private equity business has raised and managed$1.5 billion in capital. Baird Capital Partners provideschange-of-control capital and growth capital to U.S.-based,middle-market companies in the Business Services and ManufacturedProducts sectors. Baird Venture Partners makes venture capitalinvestments in early- to growth-stage companies in the BusinessServices & Software and Healthcare/Life Sciences sectors. GranvilleBaird Capital Partners is a long-established private equity managertargeting mid-market growth companies in the UK and Germany with afocus on the Business Services, Healthcare and Industrial Productssectors. Baird Private Equity also has an operating team located inthree offices in China, focused on facilitating and executing Asiasourcing, manufacturing and distribution opportunities for portfoliocompanies. The group’s investments are supported by Baird's full rangeof financial advice, operating expertise and industry research,providing a unique full-service approach to the entire private equityinvestment process. For more information, please visit http://www.bairdventurepartners.com.