Human Capital Institute and Monster Canada Announce Agreement

The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a global professional association and educator in talent management strategies, and Monster Canada, Canada's leading career management portal, have announced that Monster Canada will support HCI initiatives as a global underwriter, helping bring the latest human capital education, metrics, and tools to leading corporations.

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) September 28, 2006 -- The Human Capital Institute (HCI) (http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/hci.home), a global professional association and educator in talent management strategies (http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/track_communities_overview.guid), and Monster Canada (http://hiring.monster.ca/), Canada's leading career management portal, have announced that Monster Canada will support HCI initiatives as a global underwriter, helping bring the latest human capital education (http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/edu_overview.guid), metrics, and tools to leading corporations.

Monster Canada is a Platinum sponsor of the Montreal City Summit (http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/home.guid), hosted by HCI and McGill University. The Summit, which will take place October 19, 2006, is aimed at exploring the challenges and opportunities Quebec faces on the North American and global stages. The full-day event will feature keynote speakers as well as moderated panels in several topic areas of critical importance to Quebec's future, including demographics, globalization, and the role of knowledge and education.

Monster Canada will also sponsor five of HCI's B-School breakfast events (http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/events_academics.guid), held in partnership with leading Canadian universities and aimed at providing the business community with the opportunity to network and hear the latest strategies and practices to effectively manage talent.

In addition, Monster Canada will enhance HCI's member resources (http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/membership.guid) by providing access to its extensive recruitment resources.

As a result of the agreement, HCI will in turn provide corporate membership (http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/membership.guid), with access to associated education, resources, and tool sets, to Monster Canada employees and select Monster Canada client companies.

"The alliance between HCI and Monster Canada enables us to reach out to more organizations in Canada, providing them with the talent management tools they need to build competitive advantage," said Allan Schweyer, HCI's President & Executive Director. "We appreciate Monster's support."

"We're pleased to enter into an agreement with HCI that allows us to combine our resources for greater reach. We look forward to providing more companies in Canada with a rich array of talent management resources," said Gabriel Bouchard, Vice President and General Manager of Monster Canada.

ABOUT MONSTER CANADA

Monster Canada (www.Monster.ca) is Canada's leading career management portal - a bilingual, user-friendly online resource that is revolutionizing job seeking and recruitment. Headquartered in Montreal, Monster Canada is part of Monster, the leading global online careers and recruitment resource. Monster was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts. Monster has 26 local language and content sites in 24 countries worldwide. Monster is known for connecting quality job seekers at all levels with leading employers across all industries and offers employers innovative technology and superior services that give them more control over the recruiting process. To learn more about Monster's industry-leading employer products and services, please visit: recruiter.Monster.ca (http://hiring.monster.ca/index.aspx?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Frecruiter%2Emonster%2Eca%2Findex%2Easp)

ABOUT THE HUMAN CAPITAL INSTITUTE

The Human Capital Institute is a think tank, educator, and global professional association dedicated to the advancement of talent management practices with individuals and organizations. HCI serves as a catalyst for innovative thinking in integrated talent strategy, acquisition, development, engagement, management, and measurement. Through research and collaboration, HCI programs collect original, creative ideas from a field of the brightest thought leaders in talent management. Those ideas are then transformed into measurable, real-world strategies that help its members attract and retain high-performing people, build a diverse, inclusive workplace, and leverage individual and team performance throughout the enterprise. HCI members represent a broad coalition of educators, talent managers and executives. For more information, please visit: http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/hci.home

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