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US Job Market grows 4.1% in March 2011

The job market in the United States grew 4.1% in March as compared to February. The expansion in March did not meet our expectations. We expected a higher increase in labor demand for this time of year. The moderate growth may be a reflection of the significant developments in Japan and the Arab countries.

United States Job Openings

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Added by Henning Seip on March 29, 2011 at 2:59pm — 1 Comment

The benefits & limitations of White Label technology

For any recruitment technology, there comes a point when they need to decide how they are going to expand and innovate their platform.  Do they build in-house or do they look for partnerships with white label technology providers?

 

There are positives and negatives of both strategies, however, let’s take a look specifically at white label technologies and the value it provides to technology solutions.  White Label technology providers create and innovate solutions that are…

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Added by Chris Brablc on March 29, 2011 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Unusual interview questions......

I had dinner with a group of ex colleagues last night - one of those get togethers that happens once every 2 - 3 years and where you spend all evening catching up on what happened to so and so etc. Was great fun but, I was reminded of something that made me laugh regarding unusual interview questions and I thought I'd share it.

 

One of the guys who still works with this very well known american technology company said that he had got divorced just a year or so ago. He felt…

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Added by Nick John on March 29, 2011 at 12:09pm — 14 Comments

How Important are Work Ethics to You?

 

Ethics are a big deal in the corporate world. Companies want to be seen as ethical, therefore making them a top notch company to work for and trust in. Not only should a company be ethical, but so should their employees. Would you work for an unethical company just because you need a job? Some people would, but you need to figure out for yourself how important ethics are to you!

We have all seen the scandals on TV…

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Added by Shana Borwegen on March 29, 2011 at 11:28am — No Comments

Social Networks and Recruiting Collide

 In two previous post I discussed whether LinkedIn will Replace Monster & Careerbuilderand shared 5 Ways Staffing Professionals Can Leverage…

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Added by Tim Giehll on March 29, 2011 at 11:24am — 1 Comment

The danger of ‘big’ – it sometimes goes away

One of the first business lessons I learned many years ago was that it is often better to havemany smaller customers than fewer large ones. At the time, I was learning the ropes from a battle-hardened magazine publisher. He said (in reference to my naive comment that I would rather have Microsoft as an advertiser than a dozen smaller ones), “Where are you when your big customer decides to ‘shift focus’? Your loss will be 100% of income, rather than 15% or 20%. How long does…

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Added by Jeff Dickey-Chasins on March 29, 2011 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

Fixes for Employee Morale

Keeping people happy especially when it’s a group of people is a difficult task, combine that with all of the other uncontrollable factors in business and you’ve got yourself a challenge.  In a recent article published by Kate Page, she defines results from a study asking employees and managers to rank 10 job characteristics, and then posted the top five (Page, 2011).  They are as follows:

Employees seek:

  1. Appreciation for their work
  2. Feeling part of…
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Added by Jason Monastra on March 29, 2011 at 9:01am — 1 Comment

Review of the new Monster iPad app

I was invited to Soho to review the new Monster recruitment app that launched last week. Sadly, I was rather unwell and could not attend but my colleague, who works in recruitment software development, attended in my stead and perhaps this was a better person to review it anyway.

‘Although the venue, Bar Chocolate, had a slightly misleading name as there didn’t appear to be any chocolate, the promise of nibbles and free beer put me in a positive frame of mind.

I will start by…

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Added by Emily Stevenson on March 29, 2011 at 7:11am — No Comments

"You want to leave your job because ?? !!"

 

A question I always ask at interviews is “Why do you want to leave your current job?” and then delve deeper to understand their ‘real’ motivation to leave. I’ve learnt not to be satisfied with standard responses such as ‘better opportunities’, ‘career prospects’, location, compensation, lifestyle choice………….whatever



So, the other day when this young 20 something answers, “For career stability and improving my work / life balance”, I probe further and realise it’s due to…

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Added by Alban on March 29, 2011 at 12:30am — 5 Comments

How busy recruiters save time





There's no way around it - recruiters are busy busy people. Now that's not a bad thing and anyone in recruitment will support me - it is one of the most exciting and challenging career paths you could wish for! But the truth is that there are a lot of elements that go into being a successful recruiter AND there are only a certain number of hours in the day.
Recruiters need to know their employers well - they need to understand the work…
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Added by Stephanie Bressan on March 28, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Making Sure Sex Offenders Don't Dodge Elude Background Checks

Sex offenders are not the most welcome employees with most employers.   While some employers we talk to believe that sex offenders should be given a second chance and that consideration for a position should be based on their talents and not their sex offenders, others believe quite the opposite.

Certain  employers believe sex offenders are toxic to the workplace environment.    I tend to agree.   Office morale is often diminished and there is often undue focus placed on the sex…

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Added by Gordon Basichis on March 28, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Interview Mindset – “The Customer Visit”

One of the many tips I give to executive level candidates going on job interviews is to have a customer visit mindset. When people think to themselves “I’m going on an INTERVIEW,” they become more humble, modest, respectful, etc. They speak when spoken to, and accept the one-down hierarchical aspect of the interview setting. This is highly counterproductive.

On the other hand, executives who visit customers are proactive, engaging, and on an equal footing with the…

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Added by Mark Bregman on March 28, 2011 at 4:29pm — No Comments

Who’s at the ERE Expo? Jimmy, Stuart, Manolo, Anne Wrap Up



As suspected, the shoes were a hit! While not the online viral marketing sensation I had hoped, but some interesting facts did come out of this.

 

Metrics – we all want them to justify our investments especially in social media and…

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Added by Kathleen Smith on March 28, 2011 at 3:10pm — No Comments

What Ever Happened to WOW!

“I think work and business can be creative and exciting, a hoot, a growth experience, a journey of lifelong learning and constant surprise. But, to be honest, I think such rewards will only be yours if you learn to approach your career and enterprise with the strategy I call…THE PURSUIT OF WOW!”

 

-          Tom Peters, The Pursuit of WOW!

 

I was re-reading Tom Peters 1994 best seller, The Pursuit of WOW! and I came across a list of…

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Added by Nick Tubach on March 28, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

A very simple question...well, perhaps two.

I'm consistently impressed with the folks on recruitingblogs.  Specifically, the varying philosophies and methodologies that span this blog all pointing to one common goal; client satisfaction.  With this in mind I have two questions:

 

1)  What is the value that you, as an external recruiter offer your client - (what do they pay you for?)

2)  Do your clients give a hoot where/how you source your candidates?  Specifically, if they are impressed by your candidates but not…

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Added by Christopher Poreda on March 28, 2011 at 12:09pm — 32 Comments

Linkedin - No more Free Job Posts !!!

Linkedin has rolled out a subtle but important change to the groups. When you go to the JOBS section of any group on Linkedin, you now only see Paid Linkedin Jobs, the free jobs are now in subtab (Career discussions). This would dramatically drop the views your Free job post get on Linkedin groups.



Not a surprising move by Linkedin to drive customers to pay for the job posting. If you started your group on Linkedin, now you have less control of it (they did not even notify the…

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Added by Suresh on March 28, 2011 at 12:00pm — 10 Comments

Client Layoffs

There are some customers that, no matter what you do, are not going to turn into a done deal. Yet, many people still invest hours of time with them in hopes that maybe it will pan out. Unless you are into doing pro bono work, one of the best things you can do for difficult candidates and clients is to lay them off so you both can get on with your lives. The time you free up can be spent assisting those who really want and need your help.



Your time is tremendously valuable as is the… Continue

Added by Scott Wintrip on March 28, 2011 at 11:40am — 2 Comments

Are Credit checks before they hire you fair in the current economy?

Scenario: Harry (name changed) ran a successful business before the downturn in the economy caught up with him. He was faced with a situation of a bunch of dues ranging from overblown credit card dues to home mortgage to car payments, etc.

Next, Harry started looking for a job. A graduate with multiple skills; all he needed was to combine his transferable skills and finding a job was a non issue – so he thought.

Then came the road block - his credit score stopped him from…

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Added by Ramesh Anand on March 28, 2011 at 11:35am — 1 Comment

Does failure make us excel?

Whilst watching the England cricket and rugby teams YET AGAIN bouncing between top form and utter disaster, I was struck by an interesting theory. Generally speaking, in between bouts of sudden glory, the English sports teams tend to do one thing spectacularly well-let everybody down. We get all built up with feelings like ‘this is Henman’s year!’ ‘it’s England’s turn to win, we’ve got Rooney!’ and then boom. Rooney can’t be bothered and Henman goes out in the quarter finals AGAIN. We…

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Added by Emily Stevenson on March 28, 2011 at 9:10am — 4 Comments

Why People Leave their jobs - #1 Reason!

After combing through countless books, articles, and various online posts - the #1 reason for people leaving a company is their direct boss.  Bosses have the ability to change, enhance or ruin a work environment.  And they can do it quickly.  So if bosses are the number one reason, why do we have so many poor ones?  Training.  Let me put it better, the lack of training.  Bosses, leadership, or management - however you describe the people that oversee your day to day life; are the glowing…

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Added by Jason Monastra on March 28, 2011 at 8:32am — 25 Comments

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