SIRVA Implements SilkRoad technology’s RedCarpet For Onboarding and Life Events

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 25, 2009 -- Winston-Salem, N.C. (September 18, 2009) – SilkRoad technology, inc., the leading provider of talent management solutions, announced today that SIRVA has recently implemented RedCarpet™ onboarding and life events management solution. SIRVA operates in more than 40 countries with approximately 2,600 employees and an extensive network of agents and other service providers in over 175 countries. With their global reach and local expertise, people trust SIRVA to listen to their unique needs and deliver seamless relocations every day.

RedCarpet is the second in a line of three Life Suite solutions SIRVA is implementing in order to reach and retain the best talent available.

“When aligning corporate priorities with HR strategy, our initiatives become quite clear. We need to enhance our ability to attract, develop, and retain the most talented people,” said Joan Rebolj, Director, Learning and Corporate Development for SIRVA. “For SIRVA’s needs, SilkRoad’s Life Suite of talent management solutions by far out-weighted their competition. The ease of use for both systems administrators and end users coupled with the creative license this product suite offers, made SilkRoad the preferred talent management systems partner.”

To date, SIRVA has implemented OpenHire for recruiting management, RedCarpet for onboarding and life events, and is in the process of implementing WingSpan for performance management. Their goal in implementing the SilkRoad Life Suite is to select the best talent and keep that talent engaged from pre-employment through the employee life cycle. SIRVA is a service company, so their people are what they offer to their clients. Selecting the right talent for the right job is critical. They have called their talent acquisition portal “Careers that Move,” and OpenHire is assisting them in identifying candidates who will flourish in their environment.

For SIRVA talent acquisition is more than finding someone with a specific skill set; it is finding the right person who fits their culture and demonstrates their values and leadership behaviors. Once the candidate is selected, prior to start date, RedCarpet drives their introductory engagement process which lasts approximately 100 days—they call this “Your Move to SIRVA.” Onboarding is critical to the engagement process, and often times it is what makes or breaks an employee’s commitment to an organization.

Once WingSpan is fully implemented, it will take over to continue the engagement process throughout the rest of the employee’s career with SIRVA. They will call this phase of the employee life cycle “Moving Your Career.” Once implemented, SIRVA will use WingSpan for aligning goals, assessing employees, coaching, career counseling, succession planning, compensation planning, and more.

Rebolj also stated that “Integrating our existing talent management system with the SilkRoad solutions has been a fluid process. SIRVA is a service organization. We expect excellence from our employees, which means in turn, we must offer our employees nothing short of excellence. Partnering with SilkRoad will help us achieve that excellence. We believe this suite of systems will not only help our management team be more effective, it will also help our employees manage their careers.”

About SIRVA, Inc.

SIRVA, Inc. is a leading provider of relocation solutions to a well established and diverse customer base around the world. The Company handles all aspects of relocation, including home purchase and home sale services, household goods moving, mortgage services and home closing and settlement services. SIRVA conducts more than 300,000 relocations per year, transferring corporate employees, along with individual consumers. SIRVA's well-recognized brands include Allied, Allied International, Allied Pickfords, Allied Special Products, DJK Residential, Global, northAmerican, SIRVA Mortgage, SIRVA Relocation and SIRVA Settlement. More information about SIRVA can be found on the Company's Web site at http://www.sirva.com.

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