Expanding Southeastern Development Group "Checks-In" With PeopleMatter Hire

Online, December 15, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The Greater Valley Group (GVG), a real estate development company with properties throughout west Georgia and eastern Alabama, announced that it will implement PeopleMatter Hire™ to automate and streamline hiring and onboarding tasks for its Hampton Inn & Suites hotel properties. PeopleMatter Hire will help find, hire and manage the Hampton Inn & Suites' workforces with fully integrated tools such as applicant tracking, background checks, hiring assessments and electronic I-9 verification.

With plans for rapid growth, GVG needs a scalable talent management solution that allows managers to find quality employees quickly and easily. PeopleMatter Hire lets job seekers apply online, from any computer, mobile device or tablet with an Internet connection. Hiring managers can sort through hundreds of applicants by role, availability, assessment results and more to find the right person fast.

Hire's online system also organizes, manages and stores all hiring and onboarding paperwork securely online, so managers and business leaders can access documents and metrics reports anytime, from any Internet-accessible device. The system's simple, clean user interface and ability to translate into multiple languages ensures high internal adoption and a greater return on investment.

"We chose PeopleMatter to help us find the right people for our team, and to bring out the best in each of them," said Walter D. Shealy, III, GVG president and chief executive officer. "Hire's tools and applications will help us find team members that will be with us for a long time, providing the quality customer service that is our signature hallmark. As GVG expands, having the right people in the right jobs will be critical to our long-term strategic growth."

"Hire is a great match for GVG's HR hiring needs and commitment to exceptional customer service," said Nate DaPore, president and chief executive officer of PeopleMatter. "Our integrated tools are built to identify and hire quality candidates and help develop them into ambassadors for the GVG brand."

PeopleMatter continues to rapidly develop products to transform talent management in the service industry, with plans to launch learning and scheduling modules next as part of the PeopleMatter product ecosystem.

About PeopleMatter
PeopleMatter is a talent management solution for the service industry. We help companies like restaurants and C-Stores hire dependable employees and other service-industry employers, ignite their passion and inspire enduring loyalty by providing a comprehensive suite of HR tools including hiring, learning, scheduling, performance management, rewards and recognition and workplace social media collaboration. Our mission is to transform the workplace by providing managers and employees with tools that catalyze the innate human drive to make a difference-because happy, engaged employees and managers lead to exemplary customer service. PeopleMatter. The name says it all. PeopleMatter is headquartered in Charleston, S.C., and on the Web at www.peoplematter.com.

About Greater Valley Group
The Greater Valley Group's mission is to provide quality residential, retail, dining and commercial development in the rapidly expanding region of the Greater Valley Area. We are proud to be the leaders setting the standard for growth surrounding the new Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia plant. The experience and enthusiasm brought by every member of the GVG team enables strategic hospitality, residential, retail development and commercial office space growth during this ambitious expansion in the communities of the Greater Valley Area, which include West Point, Georgia; Valley, Alabama; and Lanett, Alabama.
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