Yesterday was Labor Day, and my local newspaper ran excerpts from people talking about their first jobs.  Thought I’d share mine, and I invite you to write me about yours!

At age 11, the Bronx Butcher Shop that supplied our family with meat hired me, ostensibly to do deliveries.  Deliveries aren’t non-stop at a small local butcher, so in between, I kept the place…

I’m obviously a huge fan of what social media is doing in the world of recruitment. I genuinely am.  I’m truly excited by the way digital social platforms are shaking up recruitment & selection as a whole.

The reason for this post is to try and calm some of the sensationalism and general BS doing the rounds. Not that I want to be a downer to anyone’s…

Hi all,

I'd like to invite you to participate in our 3rd annual State of Recruiting Survey. The deadline for completing the survey is Friday September 9th, 2011 at which point we will start the analyze the results. 

Are…

Leading talent acquisition & recruiting business software makes it easier for candidates to apply for job postings with new LinkedIn feature

Oceanside, CA (PRWEB) September 02, 2011

Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc. (APS), makers of the SmartSearch® applicant tracking system (ATS), announced the addition a new "…

Clever Candidates

Healthcare Practitioners are in demand. With many sectors seeing decreased hiring, healthcare is one of the few areas that has seen consistent growth and there aren't any signs that it will slow. The competition for talent is fierce and job ads are being left online longer in the hopes of filling positions. We took a look at the ad age of job listings placed by direct employers to see how long they are staying online.

Over the past 30 days, we saw 165,000 unique healthcare…

The main goal of any brand is to sell a skill, service, or knowledge.  That is exactly what you want to do with your personal brand.  Point out your skills and strengths that are unique and use them to set yourself apart from the crowd.  Take time to think about who you are professionally, then write it down and decide how you want to communicate this to others.

Decide on the Avenue

There are plenty of social media options out there, in fact,…

I received a call last week from my recruiter friend Maureen Mackey. She wanted to rant about the bad job seekers out there she is seeing too many of these days. I'll bet more than a few of you also have complaints so listen to hers and add a comment about what job seekers are doing wong.

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This summer the little blue guys came to the big screen.  No, I’m not talking about Blue Man Group.  I’m talking about the Smurfs!  I remember watching the television show as a kid, thinking to myself, “Why won’t Gargamel leave the poor guys alone?”  You see, Gargamel was the evil genius (or so he thought) that was always devising a plan to capture the Smurfs.  His plan, much like that of…

There has been quite a lot of argy bargy in the recruitment space recently following the launch of the 'Apply with LinkedIn' button, hot on the heels of their IPO announcement. A large amount of the debate is centred around the impact of the tool and, given LinkedIn's ever extending reach…

Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the 2011 RCSA International Conference in Port Douglas. This year’s theme was innovation, and there were number of excellent world class speakers on the topic.

The three key points that resonated with me were;

1. Successful innovation is the result of many small incremental changes or improvements made over time and is rarely about a big shiny new…

I spent quite a few years working in the CRM space, many of those talking customer loyalty and retention strategy with some of the biggest brands out there.  In all of the conversations we would have with their customers, there was one consistent and familiar story which often went something like this:

"How did you become a customer of…

As regular followers of this blog will know, I work as a Rec-to-Rec consultant (i.e. I recruit recruiters for recruitment companies – say that after a few glasses of wine!). I recently received a call from the owner of an agency explaining that he had heard good things about me and could I meet with him to discuss helping him find new consultants. As always, I was upfront about my fees and in return for some commercial advantages and as a gesture of good will I agreed to a 1% discount, which…

Are first impressions really that important? The answer is... YES!

When the decision comes to hire a new employee, the candidates that are chosen almost always will share similar educational backgrounds, skills and experience. Because of this, it can be the small things that make the difference between getting the job or not. A lousy handshake or dirty shoes can be all it takes to…

After you’ve identified your company’s Customer Value Proposition (CVP), and understand the difference between how potential candidates perceive your company and what you want them to think, it’s important to take charge and implement your employer branding plan.  

Amongst all of your branding elements lies the idea of generating employment buzz.  This motivates your employees to share their enviable work experiences with their…

Situational Interview Questions:

Situational job interview questions, more commonly known as “hypothetical interview questions” are questions an interviewer uses to find out how you would approach certain problems if they were to arise. This type of questioning is designed to help the interviewer with determining how you would handle a certain situation. Unlike behavioural interviews which you are required to provide examples…

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

Did you know that you can search candidates in Google Plus using the site command?



The Google search syntax is as follows:



site:(City | State) Keyword



For example, if you want to search C++ programmers in San Jose, California, your Google search string will be:



site:plus.google.com…

USS Hornet

On July 4th, 2007, I visited the USS Hornet.  Steeped in History, she sits proudly in the San Francisco Bay.  On that day, we witnessed fireworks over the Bay with a wonderful daylight concert, games, and a fun family outing.  The Hornet sank the Yamato, a Japanese supercarrier in WWII and recovered the astronauts who flew the first mission to the moon.  It was here as I witnessed over the SF Bay…