Consider the benefits and risks of social networks when using them. The advent of social media has been an advantage for search consultants and recruiters as it drives professional background information onto the web - therefore making our job of finding people with particular expertise somewhat easier. However, don’t forget the risks too.

There is a lot of buzz in recruiting circles about the benefits of using sites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and…

Several weeks ago an apparent uptick in just-in-time MBA hiring was reported as graduation came and went for many students. Now, well into the summer, it appears that this uptick has become a trend, with a number of sources reporting steady increases in MBA recruiting. A recently released survey by the MBA Career Services Council indicated that 38% of U.S. business schools noticed an increase in on-campus university recruiting activities for…

As the owner of a…

Originally posted on the SmashFly Recruitment Marketing Blog.

If you didn’t already know, SmashFly Technologies is part of the MassChallenge Start-up Competition and as part of the 2nd round…

A recent job search success survey conducted by Notogroup was giving to 75 professionals across all job disciplines. Approximately half of those surveyed were unemployed and the remaining half had successfully landed a new job in the past 24 months. 68% of survey…

Tick Tock, Tick Tock, the initial scanning of a resume!!!…

HR Marketing process step 6- Campaign effectiveness check

Once the campaign is in the media it is important to check the effectiveness of the media.

Ineffective media is waste of time and money so in order to avoid this proper effective check should be done.

Here are some ways to do the effectiveness check

Web 2.0 Online media:

• ATS- applicant tracking system

• SEO check through running various searches like Boolean

• Google…

Interviewing is certainly the process by which we make the determination to hire someone. However, there is another critical component to the process…

A video resume is a short video created by a candidate for employment and uploaded to the Internet for prospective employers to review. The video resume describes the individual’s skills and

experience and is typically used to supplement a paper resume.

Video Resumes are becoming very popular for job seekers to get in front of hiring decision makers. You can use video on career job sites like mycareeri.com, to…

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR RESUME BLANK!!!

Every person, including you, has skills and…

How many of us have offered friendly advice to our friends or candidates on how to write resumes? How many of us have told them that the professional resume writers had it wrong? I have however over time I realized there is no one way to write a resume. Preferences in your resume vary among recruiters, human resource…

July 8, 2010 - The day Cleveland Died