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Greetings on 11.11.11--Veteran's Day in the U.S.

On this day, we honor those who served our country as members of the armed forces.

Public schools are closed. So too are banks and state and federal government offices. Today, wreaths were laid at…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we’ll be talking about Hiring Veterans, Recruiting mistakes, employee retention, Talent Communities and polishing the process.

Here are the articles our that interested us this week (in no particular order),…

This 1999 photograph provided by Chrisitie's shows the Rhine river by German artist Andreas Gursky. Titled "Rhein II," the chromogenic color print face-mounted to acrylic glass was sold for $4.3 million Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, at Christie's in New York City, setting a record for any photograph sold at auction. (AP…

                                        Social Media Architecture/Framework!!!!!! Part 2

This will be the 2nd in a series of posts about Social media architecture/framework.

In part one we went over the why, we talked about branding and about seeing what is being said out there about you.

Now it’s time to go over some of the social sites.

Sites: now keep in mind there are hundreds and more every day. They…

I don’t know about you, but I had never heard of the staffing or recruiting world while I was in college.  I am personally lucky for making it to Dawson because I knew someone who worked here after I graduated.  She called me one day and said “We are looking for a new recruiter and I think you would really enjoy it.”  My response “Absolutely, I’ll send you my resume right away!”  After I hung up and did what I needed to I thought “Okay, so what exactly is staffing and I will be recruiting…

When you are starting to build your Talent Community (or Talent Network), it’s extremely important to think about this question.  In understanding why candidates want to be part of your Talent Community, you can start creating communities & messaging that better appeal to your best target candidates.

So the question remains, when a candidate opts into your Recruiting…

Dear Penn State Undergrads,

You have just been hit between the eyes with a hard dose of the real world.  I notice that you are not handling it very well so let me try to give you something to think about besides  your folk hero and the game on Saturday.  As i have listened to your comments ,i am reminded of the time many moons ago when my world consisted of Wildcat football games, painting the "A" at the University of Arizona, boondockers with a keg or two and once in a while a…

Why an Empty E-Mail InBox Makes You More Productive.

Guest Blogger – Amanda Smith – BOB Director of Marketing

If you have ever caught a glimpse of one of the TV reality shows about Hoarders then you…

It's been a while since I have participated here on RecruitingBlogs.com, I think it's been many months. I do still look at the things I used to look at in order to judge the overall health of the network and I am really impressed. Noel and Tim have done an incredible job in terms of the new design and flow of the network. I am really happy that they are the ones who are now responsible for ensuring RecruitingBlogs.com lives and thrives. However, the reality is that they just for a lack of a…

We recruiters often talk about how candidates need to give more to their employers and how they need to be seen to want to add value, to want to drive for good outcomes but it is a game of two halves and as Employers we all have to look at how we attract, retain and develop our people - do we have a formal employee engagement strategy in place?…

In the world of staffing, the words "temp" and "contractor" are often used interchangeably. But in our experience, there are some differences between the two.

The word "temp" conjures up the old stereotype of the lower paid worker provided by a staffing agency. Temps often fill in for employees on vacation or to bridge the gap while a company replaces someone who has quit. Companies also turn to temps for…

Weathering Inevitable Change Online

Klout, the site that measures your social media activity to calculate your online influence, changed their algorithm in late October.  Klout users’ scores dropped, spurring a stream of negative buzz on Klout’s website.  But…

Top 10 Interview mistakes to avoid

As recruiters we spend all day speaking to candidates and preparing them for their upcoming interviews, but despite this many seem to fall foul of even the most basic of mistakes when interviewing themselves to develop their career in recruitment.

As a little reminder I have listed below the top 10 mistakes made by recruiters when interviewing for a new recruitment job

Know your billings – You are in…

Why on earth would anyone want to be a recruitment consultant?

About a week ago I caught up with an old friend who asked me what I do for a living? "I find people new jobs and companies new employees" I said. "Uh, so you mean your work is to find other people work?" She replied, puzzled. "I thought you studied psychology?"

It wasn't until I sat looking across from her that I realsied what an oxymoron my job description seems to be. My work is finding other people work.…

Poor HR, employee engagement is their responsibility, yet it is definitely one of those things that cannot be done alone. Employee Engagement is one of those things that companies really struggle with when it comes to prioritizing, surveying, implementing and monitoring effectiveness; why? Well it is overwhelming. When we think about engaging our employees and our teams we want to be sure that we have all of the pieces together, we want it to be successful and repeatable and there are a lot…

“Today more than ever, the fate of an organization depends on its ability to recruit, retain, and, when necessary, replace talent.”

–        Emmett C. Murphy, Talent IQ

In his best selling book, Talent IQ, Emmett Murphy lays out a very clear and researched process for increasing your company’s productivity and profitability. It all…

Last week, I spoke about Talent Communities and inevitably what I envision them to be.  But let’s take a step back and talk about what many organizations have in place today: Talent Pools.

For those unfamiliar with Talent Pools.  Talent Pools are a collection of recruiting contacts separated by specific disciplines & other…