The Cheesecake Factory, a Talent Plus client, was honored last evening by Restaurants & Institutions as the Platinum award winner in the casual dining category.

Some students "lose their way" as they try to navigate their path from passion to profession.

With skyrocketing gas prices and airfares, it's a tough time to be a traveler. But some hotel chains - including The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, a Talent Plus client for the past 17 years - are managing to keep guests happy during these challenging times. In fact, for the second consecutive year, The Ritz-Carlton ranked highest in overall guest satisfaction within the luxury segment in the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study.

Lincoln Industries, a Talent Plus client, grades employees on how healthy they are.

"Kids Today, Leaders Tomorrow" seminar held at the London Business School on July 8, 2008. Talent Plus was a proud sponsor of the event.

The chain's latest concept is RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen, whose menu is designed around Southern California's cultural comfort with ethnic food. This new restaurant concept is utilizing Talent Plus' scientifically validated instruments to select managers and staff members as well as a GM.

Expanding waistlines and rising insurance costs have grabbed the attention of a lot of businesses as they rethink their approach to wellness, but Talent Plus has taken its efforts to a new level.

The second Tuesday of each month is set aside at Healing Waters Medical and Day Spa for domestic violence victims.

The Henry Ford Health System will soon use Talent Plus' Quality Selection Process to hire nurses, administrators and hundreds of other staff members for its new 300-bed West Bloomfield hospital. The hospital, to open by spring 2009, will need 1,650 workers.

In the classic book "Good to Great" Jim Collins says, "...to build a successful organization and team you must get the right people on the bus." His research shows that great companies and organizations do this.

The place you pick up your pills isn?t usually a source of mirth. Almost never.

Talent Plus and client partner Lincoln Industries offer pointers on launching a workplace wellness plan. The goal is to make the workplace a healthy and safe one where employees can thrive.

After spending time with Ritz-Carlton President Simon Cooper, BusinessWeek?s Carmine Gallo, a communications coach for the world's leading brands, expands on ways you can incorporate techniques from the upscale hotelier in your own company.

Dr. David T. Feinberg, CEO and interim associate vice chancellor for UCLA Hospital System, uses Talent Plus interviewing technology to help ensure UCLA is continuing to hire those that have the right spark for the culture.

Lincoln Industries, a longtime Talent Plus client, recently earned the first-ever Tube & Pipe Journal (TPJ) Industry Award due to their combination of business management, employee focus, and community participation.

Strategy consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton offers four principles to deliver customer satisfaction year after year.

Wouldn't it be nice if a hospital had the same world-class service as a Ritz-Carlton? Gerard van Grinsven, a former executive with The Ritz-Carlton, plans to create just that -- a hospital that focuses on the total experience of the patient.

Human capital can appreciate, depreciate or become a liability. An organisation's commitment to talent recruitment, selection, development and investment reduces the risk to its talent pool, minimises the challenges of transition and enables succession planning, notes Doug Rath, chairman of Talent Plus.

The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System has named Talent Plus client Denver Health a "learning laboratory." Denver Health is a comprehensive and integrated health care system which serves approximately 25 percent of all Denver residents and is the largest health care safety-net provider in Colorado.

Better pay and benefits are not the only incentives quality employees are looking for when searching for a job.

William J. Kalmar explores The Ritz-Carlton Mystique and why the best is the best, interviewing several longtime Ritz-Carlton leaders and featuring Talent Plus as integral in The Ritz-Carlton's ability to recruit and select extraordinary employees.

Talent Plus associate Dr. Dan Baker reveals the 12 secrets that keep happy people smiling.

Talent Plus Chairman Doug Rath and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company are featured in an article aimed at the dental profession highlighting new and innovative processes for more insightful problem solving, increased profitability, reduced overhead, and higher levels of customer loyalty.

"What Happy Companies Know," by Talent Plus associate Dan Baker and co-author Cathy Greenberg, is cited in the new book "Face Time" by Dan Hill. Author Joe Phelps highlights their book in a recent column.

Cathy Greenberg, co-author of "What Happy Companies Know," runs h2c, and is an expert in happy work environments - which result in increased productivity, the attraction of brighter employees and increased retention rates.

Talent Plus client Lincoln Plating (now Lincoln Industries) named one of the 25 best medium-sized companies to work for in America in the last three years by the Great Place to Work Institute in San Francisco.

Continual changes in global labor-force dynamics are affecting how employers hire and retain employees. Talent-shortage trends are emerging, and companies are now required to take an integrated, strategic approach to talent management.

Horst Schulze, president and CEO of the West Paces Hotel Group, is interviewed in The Peak, one of the leading corporate lifestyle magazines in Southeast Asia.

The March 2007 edition of Fast Company named the community of Kalamazoo, Mich., No. 18 on their list of top "Fast 50." Kalamazoo is a city using "community capitalism" to restore itself.

The Ritz-Carlton has embraced the growth formula: (Talent + Fit) x Investment = Growth.

Talent Plus president Kimberly Rath talks about Talent Plus' growth and expansion.

For some insurance companies, the same old way of doing business is no longer good enough. They're looking for something completely different to match talents to tasks, and talents to clients.

Ed Eynon, senior vice president, human resources, The Cheesecake Factory, leads a discussion at UCLA's Human Resources Round Table for Senior Executives, "Attracting and inspiring talent is everything in a company's ability to survive."

Utilizing a talent-based approach, Talent Plus Chairman Doug Rath speaks at UCLA with a focus on employees utilizing their unique talents to benefit an organization.

The Accenture High-Performance Workforce Study, conducted approximately every 18 months, is a research project that explores trends, issues and developments in human capital management at organizations around the world.

Learn how some spas are using personality tests to take the guesswork out of hiring and find the right staff from the start.

Want a job? Be prepared to offer up more information than ever before as companies search for the perfect fit for their bottom line. This article features Talent Plus' work with Autohaus on Eden.

As published in Workforce Management, Talent Plus client The Cheesecake Factory is profiled. Their rigorous employee training and development programs help them preserve their rich heritage of customer service -- and strong profits.

Just like a select sports team, companies need to lead with their best. Take this game approach into the business world and the rules of engagement are the same. In an article in the November and December 2005 issue of MultiFamily Housing Pro, Talent Plus' president and co-founder discusses the The Science of Talent.

Building a satisfied and valuable work force is no quick-fix procedure; it needs a focused and committed approach.

You can learn a lot about great customer service from The Ritz-Carlton. It takes the undying commitment to follow six steps ― the first is identifying top performers.

Gracing swank hotels and resorts from Bahrain to Boston, the Ritz-Carlton brand is synonymous with quality. As it expands, HR chief Sue Stephenson makes sure that Ritz-Carlton employees have the training and support they need to maintain the highest standard of hospitality. That's where Talent Plus fits in.

Smaller service providers such as Talent Plus help big companies recruit and screen job candidates, using solid technology, sure strategies for selection, and the guiding focus of their top executives.

Talent Plus is featured in the September/October 2003 cover story of Aircraft Interiors Magazine.

Since 1991, Talent Plus has partnered with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company to continuously improve the selection process.

One of the most effective ways for assisted-living companies to distinguish themselves in our increasingly competitive environment is to focus on quality. Staffing is a crucial element of achieving optimal customer service. This presents new challenges to hiring managers. While many organizations have traditionally relied on developing service-training initiatives, they have not placed sufficient emphasis on hiring and retaining individuals who have a natural passion for quality service and resident satisfaction.

Great customer service involves more than a sentiment. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company selects a staff that makes every contact with their customers positively memorable.

An interview in Leaders Magazine with Douglas B. Rath, president, and Kimberly K. Rath, managing director, Talent Plus, Lincoln, Neb.