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American employment services company

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IBM Watson Talent Type Subsidiary Industry Human Resource. Founder Nooruddin S. Karsan Rhea Varghese Key people Rhea Varghese (co-founder, chairman of the board and CEO) Products Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, CRM, Brassring, Employee Assessments, Talent Frameworks, Watson Talent, Watson Career Coach, Watson Candidate Assistance. Parent IBM

**Kenexa**, an IBM Company, provides [employment](/source/Employment) and [retention](/source/Employee_retention) services. This includes [recruitment process outsourcing](/source/Recruitment_process_outsourcing)[1] [onboarding](/source/Onboarding) tools, employee assessment, abilities assessment for employment candidates (Kenexa Prove It[2]); and Kenexa Interview Builder, a structured [interview](/source/Job_interview) [archive](/source/Archive) with example questions.

## History

In 1986, Kenexa began by providing [recruitment services](/source/Employment_agency). Within its first decade, the firm created its first automated recruiting management system, and provided [employee research](/source/Employee_research) and [employee performance management](/source/Employee_performance_management) .

By 1998, the company had purchased fifteen organizations, and offered on-demand [human capital management](/source/Human_capital_management) services. During the next three years, they acquired four additional companies and were able to offer employee [screening](/source/Screening_(economics)), behavioral assessment and skills testing products.

In 2005, the company realized its [initial public offering](/source/Initial_public_offering) followed by the acquisition of BrassRing LLC, Gantz Wiley Research, Knowledge Workers Inc., Psychometric Services and Webhire, which preceded the purchase of HRC Human Resources Consulting GmbH and StraightSource in 2007, which expanded their business in Europe.

From 2008 to 2009, the company expanded to 30 offices in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. It took control of Quorum International Search Limited, and, in 2010, the Centre for High Performance Development and Salary.com.[3][4]

On August 27, 2012, it was announced that Kenexa had been acquired by [IBM](/source/IBM) for $1.3 billion.[5] The acquisition was closed on December 4, 2012, and Kenexa became known as "Kenexa, an IBM Company" with approximately 2,800 Kenexa employees in 21 countries joining IBM.[6]

The assets of Kenexa/ Brassring has recently been sold to Infinite Computer Solutions to Acquire IBM Talent Acquisition Suite SaaS Products Including BrassRing™ on Cloud on April 15, 2021

## Divisions

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**Brassring LLC**, Founded in 1999 in [Waltham, MA](/source/Waltham%2C_MA), is a provider of candidate searching, hiring strategy, skills management and outsourcing software applications.[7]

The **Centre for Performance Development**, founded in 1996 in [London, England](/source/London%2C_England), is a [management training](/source/Management_training) company that offers [human resources consultancy](/source/Human_resources_consulting), [leadership development](/source/Leadership_development) and management training.[8]

**Gantz Wiley Research**, founded in 1986, and in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a [survey data](/source/Survey_data) [analysis](/source/Marketing_research) firm which conducts [surveys](/source/Statistical_survey) of and clients for customers ranging from [banks](/source/Bank) to [discount stores](/source/Discount_stores).[9][10] The company was responsible for creating the WorkTrends database of [employee survey](/source/Employee_surveys) results, which looked at subjects such as [customer relations](/source/Customer_relations), [employee engagement](/source/Employee_engagement), and leadership.[9]

**Knowledge Workers, Inc.** of [Englewood, Colorado](/source/Englewood%2C_Colorado),[11] founded in 1985, supplies technology assistance and [human resource consulting](/source/Human_resource_consulting) [government agencies](/source/Government_agencies).[12]

**Salary.com, Inc.**, in Waltham, Massachusetts, is a [compensation](/source/Financial_compensation) and [human resource management](/source/Human_resource_management) services company, primarily in the U.S. [human capital](/source/Human_capital) [software as a service](/source/Software_as_a_service) (SaaS) market. The company's services are used by [compensation professionals](/source/Compensation_professional) for talent management processes.[13]

## See also

- [List of talent management system companies](/source/List_of_talent_management_system_companies)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Kenexa Corporation | Company Profile from Hoover's"](http://www.hoovers.com/company/Kenexa_Corporation/rfrttif-1.html). Hoovers.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Peak Workforce Solutions"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100327052535/http://www.peakemploymentsolutions.com/lang/american/otherpeak/peakservices.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.peakemploymentsolutions.com/lang/american/otherpeak/peakservices.html) on March 27, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["IBM Smarter Workforce"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120522013158/http://www.kenexa.com/about-us/history). Kenexa. 2015-04-30. Archived from [the original](http://www.kenexa.com/about-us/history) on May 22, 2012. Retrieved 2015-10-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Kenexa Corp (KNXA:US): Stock Quote & Company Profile - BusinessWeek](http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=KNXA:US) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20101126182822/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=KNXA%3AUS) November 26, 2010, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["I.B.M. Snaps Up Kenexa"](https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/ibm-snaps-up-kenexa/). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 2015-10-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["IBM Smarter Workforce"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140429162621/http://www.kenexa.com/aboutkenexa/mediaroom/ctl/detail/mid/667/itemid/714). Kenexa. 2015-04-30. Archived from [the original](http://www.kenexa.com/aboutkenexa/mediaroom/ctl/detail/mid/667/itemid/714) on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2015-10-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["IBM Kenexa BrassRing Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek"](https://investing.businessweek./research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=25752). Investing.businessweek. Retrieved 2015-10-08.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Centre for Performance Development Limited: Private Company Information - Businessweek"](https://investing.businessweek/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=38567878). Investing.businessweek. 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2015-10-08.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hotstocked1_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hotstocked1_9-1) ["Kenexa Corporation KNXA description of business"](https://hotstocked./companies/k/kenexa-corporation-KNXA-description-54006.html). Hotstocked. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-10-08.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Minneapolis Research Firm Finds Success Talking Customers, Employees"](https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/pandemic-takes-a-toll-on-employees-emotional-well-being.aspx). November 5, 2012. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200410201648/https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/hr-topics/benefits/Pages/pandemic-takes-a-toll-on-employees-emotional-well-being.aspx) from the original on April 10, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Knowledge Workers, Inc"](https://experience/alumnus/channel_hoovers_employer_profile?id=127395&channel_id=consulting&source_page=employers).[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Kenexa Acquires Knowledge Workers, Inc"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110930144239/http://nasscom.in/Nasscom/templates/NormalPage.aspx?id=43381). Archived from [the original](https://nasscom.in/Nasscom/templates/NormalPage.aspx?id=43381) on September 30, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Private Company Information"](https://bloomberg/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=156991). *[Bloomberg Businessweek](/source/Bloomberg_Businessweek)*. Retrieved 2016-10-20.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

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