RISESMART INC.
ATLANTA, GA

, today announced that the solution it developed for corporate HR teams, RiseSmart Insight™, has been named a Top HR Product of 2017 by . RiseSmart Insight was selected amongst a vast pool of new HR products and is the first and only outplacement solution with transparency throughout the entire process—not only improving oversight, but giving HR teams the ability to track the return on their outplacement investment. The award recognizes products based on level of innovation, ease of use and value added to the HR profession. “Human Resource Executive has been evaluating HR products and conducting this competition for 29 years," explained David Shadovitz, editor of Human Resource Executive. "Our goal has always been to identify products and services that clearly offer value to the HR community while demonstrating innovation. We felt that RiseSmart Insight filled an unmet need for HR professionals to understand exactly what happens to their employees after a layoff, protect their employer brand, and prove ROI on their outplacement investment.” “We’re honored that RiseSmart Insight has been recognized as a top HR product by a group as well-versed in HR solutions as Human Resource Executive,” said RiseSmart Founder, President and CEO Sanjay Sathe. “Insight was created to fill a market void by giving HR professionals transparency into what is happening with transitioning employees. Before Insight – and currently in other outplacement models -- HR professionals sent a list of impacted employees to an outside vendor through insecure channels such as email, hoping they’ll land a new job. With Insight, companies can track and analyze outplacement performance in real time and in a secure environment, helping business leaders make important business decisions quickly.” “RiseSmart Insight is the only platform that allows employers to measure the impact of outplacement services on their employer brand and calculate the ROI on their outplacement investment,” said Shri Iyer, senior director, product management at RiseSmart. “RiseSmart’s Alumni Sentiment Rating (ASR) calculates a net score, similar to a net promoter score, making it easy for companies to view and understand the positive and negative sentiment of former employees after a layoff.” About RiseSmart Insight RiseSmart Insight is the industry’s first HCM software solution to provide HR professionals with a complete system of record for real time outplacement performance tracking and analysis. It gives HR teams visibility into all aspects of outplacement activity at their fingertips to drive business decisions and calculate ROI. enables secure transmission of sensitive HR data, simplifies management of outplacement eligibility lists with one-touch activation capabilities and provides a collaborative workspace for centrally managing metrics, comments, and documents – all with bank-level encryption. measures how former employees feel about the company and provides a view into the net promoters and detractors among alumni employees. RiseSmart’s ASR helps organizations measure their outplacement ROI while taking action to improve alumni sentiment, if necessary. About RiseSmart RiseSmart, a Randstad company, is the leading provider of contemporary career transition services for organizations in more than 40 industries and 70 countries. The first outplacement and redeployment provider to recognize, and respond to, the new Employee Relationship Economy, RiseSmart’s “beginning to beginning” approach combines dedicated career coaching and personal branding with patented technology and tools to support transitioning employees. RiseSmart partners with HR teams and provides onsite support, specialized training and secure reporting in a results-oriented approach. Founded in 2007, RiseSmart delivers landing rates exceeding 80 percent and time-to-placement 60 percent faster than national averages. The company has earned awards and recognition from more than a dozen organizations, including Bersin by Deloitte, Gartner Inc., the Brandon Hall Group and Fortune magazine. For more information, visit Customer satisfaction is our #1 goal. And with our 100% customer retention rate since inception, we mean that. Our RiseSmart Client Services team is completely dedicated to exceeding your expectations. This is one of the many ways in which we differ from traditional outplacement companies and outplacement agencies. From day one, we're with you every step of the way – and we mean it. Our Client Services team is guided by the same philosophy that shapes everything we do here: To activate your RiseSmart outplacement services, select the appropriate option in the form below and we'll be in touch soon. (*required) Get back to work fast with RiseSmart! RiseSmart offers outplacement services that are better, smarter, and faster than the rest – delivering greater value for better savings than those of outdated, traditional offerings. We’ve helped thousands of people find new jobs quickly with the outplacement resources we provide through our outplacement programs. In the process we have also helped world-leading companies reduce costs and protect their valuable brands. THE RISESMART STORY From that frustration came inspiration. Whereas traditional outplacement offerings tend to focus more on helping laid-off employees cope with being jobless, RiseSmart helps those employees turn a setback into an opportunity by giving them relevant job leads and expediting the job search process to move their careers forward. And guess what? Traditional outplacement companies are still living in the past. Taking Care of Business Sanjay and company co-founder Dan Davenport started out working in coffee shops and even moved into a modest first office inside a warehouse to get the company going in 2007. A year later they were in Silicon Valley, and along came investors who believed in their idea: a mix of individualized, personal service backed by the latest technology could help people find new work much faster and at a lower cost to their former employers than more traditional approaches.