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[ 6 ] HRO TODAY MAGAZINE | MARCH 2014 Seaton Acquires HRX Seaton Acquires HRX Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider HRX, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, joins the teams of Seaton, Staff Management|SMX, PeopleScout, and StudentScout. The combined organization has more than 44,000 employees serving more than 200 clients across 71 countries. This acquisition significantly extends the current global RPO leadership position of the PeopleScout division. Seaton recently announced 30 percent organic revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2013 driven by an increase in every service offering and the largest new client win year in the company's history. After the acquisition, Taryn Owen, divisional President of PeopleScout, and Jane Hussey will directly report to Patrick Beharelle, and the divisions will closely collaborate on global RPO opportunities. Accenture and Hemsley Fraser: Contract Extension Consulting firm Accenture and learning provider Hemsley Fraser recently decided to extend a mutual contract for four more years. The collaboration assists a global consumer goods client in reaching their leadership and management training goals. The initial seven-year contract initiated in 2007 provided more consistent management development for the client, which makes and sells products under 400 brand names worldwide. Since then, the company has run more than 2,540 courses, in 24 languages, for 45,000 managers in 76 countries. Hemsley Fraser's subject-matter experts liaised with a range of client stakeholders to create bespoke training programs tailored to the specific business objectives and cultural and operational differences in each country. Twenty-three blended learning programs on management skills, including virtual instructor- led courses, have also been designed and delivered. The global average satisfaction rating for all programs, from participants and stakeholders, is 94 percent. Accenture was appointed in 2006 to centralize the client's HR sourcing and to create consistent methodologies and core processes in its worldwide HR development practices. Prior to this, around 650 different suppliers were providing management training to the client. RPO and the White House Seaton's CEO Patrick Beharelle attended a White House summit along with 20 other CEO's of top U.S. companies who came together to meet with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. The group convened to discuss new ways to provide paths toward employment for qualified, long-term unemployed job seekers. The White House summit is one way leaders are answering a call from the President, who in his State of the Union address last week, announced that he is asking every business leader in America to help the long-term unemployed get back into the job market. The group developed a set of best practices in the form of a formal pledge, heretofore signed by more than 300 companies, to remove barriers to employment for qualified job seekers who have faced long-term unemployment. Seaton CEO Patrick Beharelle comments, "I am delighted to lend Seaton's recruitment experience and expertise to lead the Upside NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF WORK