State of Qatar Awards HRsmart $3.3 Million Employment and Recruitment e-Services Contract - Major Milestone for HRsmart as it Expands into the Global Government Arena

    RICHARDSON, TX, January 05, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- HRsmart, the leading talent management software company, today announced it was awarded a $3.3 million, one-year contract to provide Employment and Recruitment e-Service solutions to the State of Qatar.

As part of this agreement, HRsmart will be responsible for designing and implementing Employment and Recruitment (E&R) e-Services for Qatar, further supporting Qatar's vision of having an integrated one-stop-shop e-Service that connects Qatari residents, international job seekers and employers by providing all users with necessary E&R information and transactional services in support of the national labor market.

"The partnership with the State of Qatar is an important milestone for HRsmart as we continue to grow our business internationally and across verticals," said Mark Hamdan, Chief Executive Officer for HRsmart. "Through this partnership, Qatar will take advantage of our extensive experience and knowledge in designing and implementing recruitment solutions for businesses, which will help them to better align their human resources agenda with their business objectives. We are honored to receive this contract, and we look forward to working with Qatar over the next year and to building a long term relationship."

The E&R e-Service project for the State of Qatar is one of the key projects within the strategic plan of Qatar's e-Government Program. The project is a joint effort in collaboration with Qatar's Council of Ministers, Ministry of Labor and the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQatar).

The E&R e-Service project will enhance the Qatarization levels with a focus on the semi-government and private sector, facilitate the identification of the right resources for the government and semi-government sectors, enhance the job market transparency in Qatar by updating and posting available positions online, provide better information on the Qatari labor market and pre-employment training opportunities and enhance Qatari candidate readiness for the recruitment process.

HRsmart's mature Talent Management product suite, visionary roadmap and ability to support and successfully execute international implementations were key contributors to HRsmart winning this contract.

About HRsmart
HRsmart provides the fully-integrated Talent Management Application suite, including Human Resource Software, Human Resource Management, applicant tracking, performance management, learning management, career development and succession planning in a single unified platform. HRsmart helps organizations of all sizes attract, identify, develop, motivate and retain top performers. HRsmart is headquartered in Richardson, Texas has operations in the United States, Middle East, Europe, Canada, Latin America, South Africa, China, Australia, Singapore, France and Germany. Learn more at www.hrsmart.com.

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