Matt Grimm, chief operating officer of Anduril, said the defense technology company has approximately 400 employees and plans to increase its workforce to 700 to 800 by the end of 2021, Inside Defense reported Friday. Grimm said the company is looking for hardware and software engineers and employees with artificial intelligence skills.
Read More »Oracle’s Celeste O’Dea: Cloud-Based Tech Offers Agencies Means to Streamline Hiring Process
Celeste O’Dea, business development director for public sector technology at Oracle, has said cloud-based technologies could help federal agencies recruit a new generation of public sector workers and retain existing workforce. O’Dea wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that human capital management and talent acquisition systems on the cloud could aid agencies in streamlining recruitment procedures and outcomes.
Read More »Booz Allen’s Sarah St. Clair on Lessons Learned From HR Tech Upgrade Project
Sarah St. Clair, vice president responsible for human resource services at Booz Allen Hamilton, told Diginomica in an interview published Tuesday about the company’s experiences and efforts to address challenges associated with upgrading its HR technology system. St. Clair discussed Booz Allen’s move to execute the Workday project to manage recruitment operations and mentioned some of the actions the company made to mitigate negative impacts associated with project implementation.
Read More »BayFirst to Reward External Referrals for Cyber, Counterintelligence Positions
Consulting firm BayFirst Solutions has moved to bolster its recruitment efforts through a program that will offer bonus payments of up to $3,000 for external referrals to fill positions in its cybersecurity and counterintelligence organizations. The Washington-based national security and defense contractor said Friday eligible non-BayFirst employees who refer candidates subsequently hired for …
Read More »Executive Spotlight: Interview with Evan Scott, President of ESGI
“Hire the best and allow them to succeed–Set them up for success, not failure.” EM: You are the CEO of ESGI celebrating your 17th year. Evan Scott: Yes, I am CEO and founder of ESGI. My firm handles senior level searches for federal contractors. The strategy from day one was based …
Read More »BAE Offers Over 1,000 Graduate, Apprenticeship Posts in Australia for SEA 5000 Program
BAE Systems has unveiled a new strategy that will open recruitment to more than 1,000 graduates and apprentices in Australia as the company pursues a contract under the SEA 5000 Future Frigate program. The Early Careers Program will serve to help BAE establish a pipeline of talent who will support …
Read More »Cubic to Recruit More Professionals to Develop Learning Tech Platforms for Navy LCS Program
Cubic‘s global defense segment plans to recruit new employees to support the development of learning products and services for the U.S. Navy at a company facility in Orlando, Florida. The company said Wednesday it secured more than $12 million in contract funds to create game-based courseware for the service branch’s littoral combat ships. Cubic currently employs more than …
Read More »BayFirst Solutions LLC Launches New Recruitment Effort: The BayFirst Difference
BayFirst Solutions LLC announced the commencement of its new recruitment effort, the BayFirst Difference, in early March. The BayFirst Difference is the climax of a five-year-long strategic planning initiative to affect record growth in the company. Despite being announced in early March, BayFirst had laid the groundwork for the BayFirst …
Read More »Deloitte Secures $63M NGA HR Mgmt Contract
Deloitte has received a $63 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide management services to NGA’s human development directorate. NGA said Wednesday the professional services firm will support the directorate in efforts to implement a new approach to oversee human resources operations that include recruitment and retirement programs. Deloitte is …
Read More »LMO to Provide Air National Guard Recruitment, Retention Support Under Army Contract
The U.S. Army has awarded advertising agency Laughlin, Marinaccio & Owens a firm-fixed-price contract worth $12.6 million to provide the Air National Guard with recruitment and retention services. LMO will perform work in Arlington, Virginia, through Jan. 19, 2017, the Defense Department said Friday. The the full obligated amount is from the Army’s fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance funds. DoD …
Read More »WWT Unveils Denver Office for Engineering, Sales Operations; Jim Kavanaugh Comments
World Wide Technology has launched a regional office in Denver to house the operations of WWT Asynchrony Labs as well as accommodate its engineering and sales operations. WWT CEO Jim Kavanaugh said Friday the St. Louis-based systems integration firm plans to leverage Denver’s information technology workforce and resources to broaden …
Read More »Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Recognized in ‘Military Friendly Employers’ List
Victory Media has selected Engility for its annual list of the top 100 “military-friendly employers” in the U.S. to acknowledge the technology company’s recruitment and employment programs for former service members. Tony Smeraglinolo, Engility president and CEO, said in a statement issued Wednesday that military veterans account for almost 23 …
Read More »BAE’s Ian Graham: Diversity Key in Legal Staff Retention Efforts
Ian Graham, general counsel of BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary, believes that an organization must incorporate discipline into its efforts to retain a diverse team of legal professionals, Bloomberg BNA reported Thursday. Graham, who also serves as a senior vice president and corporate secretary at BAE Systems Inc., told the audience during …
Read More »IBM to Help Peace Corps Implement Cloud-Based Talent Mgmt Platform; Anne Altman Comments
An IBM subsidiary has been awarded a five-year contract from the U.S. Peace Corps to provide a cloud-based technology for the agency to recruit and engage volunteers. Kenexa will help the Peace Corps implement IBM’s recruitment and talent management platform that is designed to run on a SoftLayer cloud infrastructure designed for …
Read More »Scott McVicar: BAE UK Graduate Recruits to Focus on Cyber
BAE Systems‘ recruitment efforts for 2015 will focus on cybersecurity as the company plans to allot one-third of its total graduate intake to its U.K.-based applied intelligence business. The company said Sunday that its cybersecurity arm will have the highest number of new hires for the third consecutive year due to the continued and evolving threat of cyber crime. …
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