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On communications, another bullshit job...

Quote for the Day: Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

"Essentially you're getting paid well - in the six figures up to 50 percent of your base for bonus - to write e-mails, memos and articles for senior management that their employees have no interest in reading. Oh, and through these written communications we're supposed to inform and engage employees so that they're proud of the company they work for."

Stanley Bing,… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on August 8, 2007 at 7:30am — No Comments

XEROX is Optimized with Jobs2Web

Early last year I introduced one of Xerox’s staffing leaders, a friend of mine who we’ll just call Dave to ensure his phone doesn’t ring off the hook after this post, to the concept of Search Engine Optimization for recruitment purposes. After only a few conversations Dave took the SEO ball…

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Added by Chad Sowash on August 7, 2007 at 8:16am — No Comments

On the paradox of Voodoo Metrics...

Quote for the Day: Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

"Despite management's obsession with hard numbers, many organisations are a fact-free zone, swirling with untested

assumptions. Horrifying sums of money are committed on superstition or

whim. Thus, fact-based management is really triple-distilled common

sense. It's hard. It requires judgment, practice, help, humanity and

wisdom. It needs scepticism and experimentation. It needs reasoned

optimism… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on August 7, 2007 at 6:00am — No Comments

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Added by Justin Barrett on August 6, 2007 at 10:16pm — No Comments

Link2Justin on Linked In (link2justin@gmail.com)

Looking to expand my network of sourcing and recruiting professionals. Please feel free to link with me via http://tinyurl.com/yv5kfq using link2justin@gmail.com. I will certianly accept RecruitingBlogs.com requests!

Added by Justin Barrett on August 6, 2007 at 10:06pm — No Comments

Video: Hiring Stories From Silicon Valley Revealed

At the recent TechCrunch party in San Francisco, we interviewed a number of high profile and interesting entrepreneurs and venture capitalists about their hiring stories and frustrations.

The result is a short, entertaining video with the likes of Robert Scoble, Guy Kawasaki, John Furrier and others.

Check out the full blog post and video at:…

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Added by Ben Yoskovitz on August 6, 2007 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Is your Website 1.0 or 2.0?

I just ran across a posting on Darren Barefoot's Blog that describes very simply, the differences between web 1.0 and web…

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Added by Nicole St.Martin on August 6, 2007 at 9:00am — No Comments

On 21st century workplace revisonism...

Quote for the Day: Monday, August 6th, 2007

"Hierarchical, system-centered thinking, while not warm or fuzzy, has produced enormous benefits over the last century, and more gains are likely to be in store. Its single-minded focus on maximizing efficiency has driven productivity in manufacturing and much of the service sector higher and higher. Such gains would have been hard to achieve if managers gave workers free rein."

Peter Coy,… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on August 6, 2007 at 7:00am — No Comments

How To Answer The 64 Toughest Interview Questions!! (pdf file)

Hello All,
I have recently come across this book and I thought of sharing with one and all.

http://innoworld.org/64.pdf

Do let me know your comments on the same!!!

Regards
Karuna Gupta

Added by Karuna Gupta on August 6, 2007 at 6:41am — No Comments

I've been tagged several times. I guess I'm the slow runner

I’ve been tagged. Thanks, Amybeth, Lesley, and Karen. Does that mean I can tag several people back? Things that make you go hhhhmmmmm. What that means is that I need to tell eight things about myself that you probably didn’t know. These are also things that you might not have wanted to know, but the “Tag Receiver Code” commits me to comply."

THE RULES: 1. Post…

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Added by Moises Lopez on August 4, 2007 at 5:38pm — No Comments

Anyone ever use TripleAldo/Jobwarehouse to send email ads?

I need to know if they are reputable.

Added by Chris Russell on August 4, 2007 at 4:33pm — No Comments

It's a Rat Race I Tell Ya

I liked this post. It's a funny business.

JR Fent

Added by Slouch on August 3, 2007 at 11:43pm — 3 Comments

RecruitingBlogs.com Maintenance Alert

RecruitingBlogs.com will be in maintenance mode
from 6:00am PDT - 9:00am PDT Saturday August 4. Ning has some updates
to do throughout the network.

Added by Slouch on August 3, 2007 at 11:05pm — No Comments

Facebook and Recruitingblogs

Hey all -- if you want to get on Facebook, I can help.

You may have seen that jobster has launched Talent Networks on Facebook.

http://apps.facebook.com/jobster

The jobster app on Facebook features a directory of employers that FB members can sign up to hear from. We give employers the tools they need to manage the contacts.

So far the response has been off the charts.

Our list price is $895/month per… Continue

Added by Jason Goldberg on August 3, 2007 at 6:48pm — 5 Comments

On rules for IBMers on Second Life...

Quote for the Day: Friday, August 3rd, 2007

"Building a reputation of trust within a virtual world represents a commitment to be truthful and accountable with fellow digital citizens. Dramatically altering, splitting or abandoning your digital persona may be a violation of that trust. ... In the case of a digital persona used for IBM business purposes, it may violate your obligations to IBM."

Shel Holtz,… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on August 3, 2007 at 7:00am — No Comments

How does a good Sourcing professional continue to develop all the talent in their pool? (Question posted by Jeremy Langhans)

This is a good question in that it helps to define the role of a Sourcer by the contemporary standards associated with recruiting. Wikipedia defines the sourcing function as it relates to recruiting as "...the identification and uncovering of candidates (also known as talent) through proactive recruiting techniques." (Wikipedia,…

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Added by Preet Mroke on August 2, 2007 at 4:53pm — No Comments

8 Random Facts about myself

1. Post these rules before you give you the facts.

2. List 8 random facts about yourself.

3. At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names (linking to them)

4. Leave them a comment on their blog letting them know they’ve been tagged

1) I am married and have daughter and two…

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Added by Michael Glenn on August 2, 2007 at 11:27am — 1 Comment

A Press Release From The Recruiting Animal and Myself

Today John Sumser wrote a post on interbiznet and The Recruiting Animal and myself have decided to issue a joint press release in response.

Sumser Stole My Schtick



JD: Hey, Animal, did you see what Sumser wrote today?

Animal: Who's Sumser?

JD: You know, the guy…

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Added by Slouch on August 2, 2007 at 10:17am — No Comments

On longing for the good ol' days of Recruiting 1.0...

Quote for the Day: Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

"Recruiting 2.0. I say phewy! Get recruiting 1.0 right first, people. Remember the days when TPR's actually headhunted vs trolled the job boards? Remember the days when Corporate Recruiters actually added value vs spammed the hiring manager with resumes?. Long for those days? I do, and I wonder if we will ever get them back when technology seems to be making us lazier instead of really adding value where it matters… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on August 1, 2007 at 7:30am — No Comments

Monster Stumbles. Is CareerBuilder Next?

Monster announced yesterday that it is laying off 15% of its workforce,

or roughly 800 people. The announcement followed the release of their

quarterly financials - Q2 earnings dropped 28% even though revenue was

up 20%. Looks like costs have gotten somewhat out of control. And no

wonder, considering the fact that Monster’s ability to keep visitors

coming to its site has become increasingly difficult and increasingly

costly. Perhaps they’ve gone too far in the… Continue

Added by TobyDayton on July 31, 2007 at 6:24pm — No Comments