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Topic: Does anyone care about our Yoouth: 15-24 unemployed by the end of 2011 will be 74.6 million, a rate of 12.6%. Although this number sits lower than the 12.7% of 2010, the ILO has suggested that since 2010 many young people have given up looking for work and dropped out of the labour market all together. In the month running up to this publication, youth unemployment in Britain rose further and punctured into the million – breaking all records. The repercussions of this significant statistic could be momentous. Fingers of blame are most likely to be pointed back and forth at Westminster with politicians going round and round in circles to attempt to find some sort of answer. One thing that is certain from all of this is that if we fail to utilise the talent, ambition and energy of our younger generations then the problem is going to grow and inevitably affect us all in the long run. The Prince’s Trust’s director of communications, Paul Brown commented on youth unemployment in the summer of 2011, “Youth unemployment is like a dripping tap, costing tens of millions of pounds a week through benefits and lost productivity. And, just like a dripping tap, if we don’t do something to fix it, it’s likely to get much worse.” Research conducted by the TUC showed that long-term unemployment can have devastating long lasting effects. Those who were out of work for over a year in 1980’s were more likely to be struggling with the current economic crises as opposed to those that had made it through the 80’s economically sound. The report also showed that those who had made it through the crises in employment now earned more than those who struggled for employment.Germany’s rate of youth unemployment sits at 8.9%, the lowest across the European Union, this could well be down to an excellent and well managed vocational training system that is designed to tool their youth with employable skills across a variety of roles. As the British economy struggles with youth unemployment, many are turning their gaze to what other countries are doing to learn and eventually find an answer to this seemingly endless problem. The current government seems to have grasped the importance of work-based learning in order to develop young people with the right skills and as a result have injected more money into the apprenticeship scheme in order to encourage firms to take them up. Although this is currently having little impact – there are only 11 apprentices for every 1,000 employees in the UK, compared to 40 in Germany, where there is no state funding for apprenticeships. So why are employers not taking up these opportunities? A recent survey conducted by the British Chambers of Commerce highlighted on why this could be – even with a lack of workplace skills, many employers felt the scheme wasn’t relevant to their sector and therefore not the answer. Across Europe, in Austria for example, there are more than 250 apprenticeship trades, ranging from car mechanics to clerks to hairdressers with employers getting a significant input into the design of the course, its content and overall, making sure the skills that are needed are developed. From a student point of view these apprenticeships can evolve into degree programs, increasing the appeal of the system and, in some cases, earning a wage whilst learning.In contrast to this the UK seemingly has far less opportunities for apprentices. The website for UK apprentices states they plan to have over 30,000 19-24 year olds taking up apprenticeships by 2013 – equating to 3.2% of those currently unemployed. Other approaches that have been put in place such as intern roles and work experience to help graduates are at times seen as little more than hiring free labour for a three to six month period, with many feeling like companies have a revolving door of interns, often leaving graduates in the same boat in which they started. March 2011 saw the Private Equity Foundation release its Manifesto for Action for young people who are NEET. The report compiled with sources ranging from local authorities to think tanks to central government. The manifesto proposes recommendations for system wide change in tackling the problem surrounding leadership, investment, delivery and best practice. The ten recommendations of the Private Equity Foundation Manifesto for Action report: • Create better coordination – a ‘NEET taskforce’ could coordinate policy • Focus on prevention – resources allocated according to likelihood of being NEET • Publish transparent information on performance – objective comparisons of results drives improved delivery • Increase investment on NEET – longer-term financing for proven interventions • Reform Commissioning – increase collaboration between local authorities and ser vice providers, create standard processes to reduce red tape • Grow the best provision – increase networked commissioning and business support for the best providers • Foster better links to employment – make it easier for employers to engage with young people • Support case management approach for those most at risk – this will help them to navigate the variety of support services they need • Improve information on local provision – create clear measures of success locally • Increase knowledge of what works – establish an anonymous database on the effectiveness of interventions What next? Shaks Ghosh, PEF chief executive says, “young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are facing a tough jobs market at a time of reduced support services. This issue will continue to be nobody’s priority unless we act together.”It is time to start to make the necessary changes to facilitate our youth, and ultimately the future of our country – starting with leadership. A NEET taskforce with a leading role co-ordinating policy could be a strong starting point. Alongside this we should strive to prevent a young person becoming a NEET, give them the necessary help to find a job or the option of suited education as early as possible. With regular independent audits and a transparent operating system, objectives and results could be easily monitored. Of course there is the constant need for investment, a key element of the problem initially. The voluntary sector needs to have the full support going forward. There needs to be an understanding of the financing options available to tackle the current NEET crises.Finally, and most importantly, there has to be more communication between local authorities and those providing a service. Whether it be an apprenticeship, intern role or education, each party needs to ask the right questions of the other, each party needs to understand exactly what they can do to benefit the growth of the a person. There needs to be plan, action and engagement from all parties, otherwise we’ll all suffer in years to come.…; Added by Andrew Boyle at 6:35am on January 3, 2012

Blog Post: Understanding the differences; Acting on the commonalities…: The common practice, when looking at the prospects of selecting the right individual for an overseas assignment, is usually to focus on the individual’s technical/functional skills, with the…; Added by Patrick Courtois at 7:19am on January 5, 2009

Blog Post: Not All Recruitment Analytics are Equal: If you’ve been to a HR conference the past few months, you more than likely have heard analytics and big data mentioned at least once or twice (and probably more than that.) And for good reason. …; Added by Chris Brablc at 3:53pm on October 23, 2013

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Blog Post: A recruiter friend of mine is in Africa doing some charity work for OneMama.: So Siobhan has been an amazing friend, collegue and business partner of mine for close to 8 years now. A few years ago she got hooked on this idea of going to Uganda to help out in a birthing clinic.…; Added by Jeff Weidner at 11:25am on July 25, 2008

Topic: Dave Mendoza Reveals "The Dark Side of RecruiterEarth: When Funny Is Actually Spite": tory behind its formulation and its intent is anything but funny. I waited a couple of days to let this this situation and its implications 'sink in' to properly address all the issues involved. Today I will make an attempt to remove any ambiguity on where I stand on the video, its creators, Chris Lavois - a public figure in our industry. It started as a 'gag reel' to loosen up for a more serious video about an entirely different topic matter. I requested, and I was promised, - without any ambiguity - that this video would not be produced nor aired at any time. In emails to date, this has been confirmed by Chris LaVoie, a Recruite earth Co-Founder, that he fully understood that it was never my intent to have this video shared with the general public. You may be asking yourself why it matters, "It was funny Dave, why the issue?" The video you may have seen was originally taped in November at Kennedy Expo four months ago. I was given no expectation that the material would be aired, I was not informed of the video by Recruiter Earth, nor did the video even give credit to RecruitingBlogs.com nor Jason Davis. Above all, I want to inform Recruiter Earth's membership that the video you saw was edited entirely out of context, of which none of this material should have been on aired. Chris LaVoie and Recruiter Earth never had legal rights to make it available to the public and overall it wasn't a funny situation. Overall it was an abuse of trust. The video was made to look like a comedy at the expense of my friend Jason Davis and though it is a funny Video, RecruiterEarth's intent was not meant for comedy and I'll explain why. Let me give you a bit of background on the process that led to this seemingly, lighthearted video: This past September, Recruitfest, Toronto, was produced by Recruitingblogs.com and a cocktail party was hosted at the home of Jason Davis. Being one to enjoy "Where are they now" Baby pics I took a photo as a prank on my friend, Jason Davis, on my iphone of a picture frame. A month later on Halloween when Jason asked me who I was pretending to be for the holiday, I told him I was going as "him" - he was puzzled but a few hours later I used the little boy picture as my own profile photo for the day. The initial intent on my part was that of an innocent prank, a shenanigan, - but It was poorly executed and the impact was something I could not have expected 4 months later and has been a matter of personal regret. As a partner of RecruitingBlogs.com, I know first hand that decisions to ban members are never easy. Over the last several months Chris LaVoie has been an active participant on RecruitingBlogs.com but instead of being active by adding content and participating in the ongoing conversations about recruiting, Chris would use RecruitingBlogs.com in order to promote RecruiterEarth in a way we like to call 'Predatorial' networking. His behavior was that of someone whose sole purpose was to attract RecruitingBlogs.com membership to his own, with the intention of selling products to them. You see I am the first to tell you that Recruiter Earth is slick, just like its leadership. The word "slick" is defined by Webster's dictionary, however, as "deftly executed and having surface appeal or sophistication, but shallow or glib in content; polished but superficial." The look and feel is that of a Vodka ad in GQ magazine - and it feels that way because it is indeed utilizing its membership information to continually promote its Red and Black book of passive candidates, among other products. We at RecruitingBlogs.com spent at least two months determining whether to ban Chris Lavoie from RecruitingBlogs.com, and once he was banned - he shot back at jason by banning JD AND then manipulating my gag reel - with Recruiter Earth going out of their way to make it look like it was through my own consent. It is no coincidence, that four months after that video was shot that it would appear without warning or notification just as he was being banned himself from RecruitingBlogs.com. The video was produced to spite Jason Davis, myself and RecruitingBlogs.com because he was removed by our community for his lack of respect. The timeline and the lack of consent is consistent with this conclusion. The fact that Chris LaVoie continued to air the video after informing me he would remove it merely confirms this understanding. As much as i would like to take credit for being funny, this was a concerted effort to have as many people see this as possible and completely taken out of context. The more I learned about the timeline of actions leading up to the video being posted, the more I understood it was no coincidence. It was Chris LaVoie's way of giving a middle finger to RecruitingBlogs.com after he was banned. I am absolutely appalled. I always found Chris to be a personable sort of guy, the kind you can crack a joke with down the hall of a conference, but interestingly enough Chris was always fond of closing a conversation with "Let me know when you're ready to join the "Dark Side." I certainly saw the site's underbelly this past weekend and over the last several months hitting our membership to join his own site. What is more interesting is that Chris repeated this refrain right as I was about to hang up the phone telling him to take the video down. It speaks volumes that Chris would view himself and Recruiter Earth in this manner. It is easy to contrast the healthy ecosystem as reflected by Recruitingblogs.com - a community whose membership can be secure without fear that their private membership data will not be sold to vendors, and whose leadership works to benefit its membership with transparency and worthy, user generated content without the hollywood glitz. This description is decidedly contrary to that of Recruiter Earth, whose membership is availed to vendors, a constant stream of vendor related spam, and whose leadership can often be found lurking from profile to profile promoting a competing site and its products and spamming its membershp via email. It is a depiction Chris LaVoie thinks is funny, or perhaps a freudrian slip of the tongue of how he views his practices as compared with that of our own at RecruitingBlogs.com. It is not, however, how Jason Davis and I do business nor do we find such juvenile responses to being banned humorous, pitting one friend against the other to show spite. When the goal is to sell people things rather than to build community, I agree with Chris, it is the 'Dark Side' of the industry and it is what we are trying to Change - not continue to propagate as the image of an industry we want people to take pride in. Sometimes what seems funny turns out wrong, but it becomes unethical when the sole intent is to manipulate it as an instrument of spite. PS: As soon as I posted my response to the Video on RecruiterEarth Chris Lavois banned me as a member of RecruiterEarth within 5 minutes, then he banned Maureen, I assume Jerry Albright - Oh Well lol - really Chris be an adult. There are so many simple solution, like for example, taking the video down you have no signed release for nor stated permission otherwise - and apologizing. Escalation is pointless especially against individuals not even involved because they shared opinions on the matter. Chris Lavoie - I would appreciate it if you apologized. It's warranted.…; Added by Dave Mendoza at 11:40am on February 10, 2009

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