Natural Resources Defense Council Selects SilkRoad's OpenHire

Chicago, IL

SilkRoad technology, inc., a leading provider of cloud-based talent management solutions, announced today that the Natural Resources Defense Council has selected SilkRoad's OpenHire recruiting management and applicant tracking system.

'SilkRoad's OpenHire will help us recruit strategically,' said Mercedes Falber, Director of Human Resources at NRDC. 'NRDC selected this system for its social media capabilities and the ability to reinforce our employment brand through the career portal. These features will allow us to cast a wider net and attract talent with the best fit in a cost-effective manner.'

OpenHire, part of SilkRoad technology's Life Suite of Web-based talent management solutions, is a market-leading recruiting and candidate management solution that turns the challenging task of attracting and hiring top quality talent into an efficient, manageable and trackable process. OpenHire offers the best candidate sourcing, qualification screening, process management, social recruiting, career site portal and resume tools in the industry. OpenHire includes advanced intelligent search functionality and reporting to support the latest Equal Employment Opportunity and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs reporting regulations.

OpenHire's intelligent search feature reads and understands both resumes and job descriptions, automatically identifying individuals best suited to a specific position and returning a list ranked by probability of placement. The comprehensive OpenHire Career Portal Studio is directed specifically at providing information to candidates on careers and job openings, as well as a means to deliver an organization's talent brand.

About Natural Resources Defense Council

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 1.3 million members and online activists. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world's natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Livingston, Montana, and Beijing. Visit us at www.nrdc.org.