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Facebook Recruitment Advertising

While going about my daily search for great entry-level jobs to write about, I came across a Facebook Flyer ad for YardBarker's entry-level jobs. I was impressed that they were using Facebook as a recruitment medium (employers really aren't taking advantage of this yet), but I thing that YardBarker swung and missed on this one. With a few alterations to their ad, they could have come… Continue

Added by Willy Franzen on March 25, 2008 at 9:54am — No Comments

personal comments.....

i feel during an interview it is extremly important for the candidate to get to know the interviewer to allow them to relax throughout the process. letting them to get to know you allows you to get to know more about them in the process. the interview is not just about what is on their resumes as far as experience and education. you should get to know the person. sometimes, in some jobs, it is just as important. you get to know their personality and interests. when people speak about what they… Continue

Added by Recruiterdude on March 25, 2008 at 6:35am — No Comments

"TIPS ON FOLLOWING THROUGH YOUR GOALS"

Whether these goal are business or personal the fallowing recomendations will help you"

Instead of having many asperations, or goals, narrow them down to at least three. Give each one a priority for example:

1st priority

2nd priority

3rd priority

write them down, and set dead lines for each goal "realistic time frame" make sure that they are realistic time frames for each one.

put together a plan… Continue

Added by Rosa Lutar on March 24, 2008 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Unprofessional or Unethical?

People look at taking a counter offer in many different ways. Some think it’s unethical and/or unprofessional and of course it can be both, but it also can be neither.

Let’s take the scenario of a high profile college coach who isn’t quite on the hot seat, but isn’t able to lock down a raise and a contract extension. Said coach, who may be worried about his job security, interviews with another school, gets an offer, but then turns it down after his current school offers more money… Continue

Added by Jim Martineau on March 24, 2008 at 4:20pm — No Comments

A blogger being sued

Interesting post on Gigaom about one of Cisco's employees - a lawyer with a blog who is being sued along with Cisco.

Added by Slouch on March 24, 2008 at 3:32pm — No Comments

Environmental Scan of Technical Recruiting Industry - As I See It !!

Social Trends:

• Demographic Shifts

o Days of the Account Executives in the designer suite and expensive sadden are LONG GONE

o Companies are limiting the amount of money vendors and suppliers are allow to spend on lunches and gifts with hiring managers

o Smaller technology centers are struggling; technological companies are moving back to Silicon Valley, San Francisco and California in general – after the mass-exodus after the dot-com demise.

o Although the technology… Continue

Added by Daniel Parrillo on March 24, 2008 at 12:50pm — No Comments

What Should Be in a Technical Resume...

In almost fifteen years of experience in technical recruiting, you would not believe the technical resumes I have seen from even some very senior members in our technology community. Thought I’d remind folks of a few things that a technical resume should be.

Believe statistics should show:

* Average hiring manager spends 10-15 seconds reviewing a resume (80% on the first page)

* If you can keep someone’s attention on your resume for longer than 15 seconds, you increase your… Continue

Added by Daniel Parrillo on March 24, 2008 at 12:42pm — No Comments

Not Sure If Politically Correct? – Let Candy Be Your Guide!

In this day and age of politically correctness, I often find myself scanning the words flowing in a discussion for (what I would consider to be) little improprieties that come up. I often find myself asking fellow co-workers and personal friends not to use a particular word around me or express the opinions that I feel are offensive to my ears or what I consider to be politically incorrect.

The word “retard” was a word I often used as a child to refer to someone weird or… Continue

Added by Daniel Parrillo on March 24, 2008 at 12:38pm — 1 Comment

Is it a Job? – or a Career?

Most folks see the commute each morning as beginning of their work day – and not the next day in the progression of their career. Actively searching employment candidates are often searching for a “job” – and not they really believe is the natural progression of their careers, which encompasses their desires and ambitions. The best employee is one that wakes up in the morning and looks forward to starting work on that new exciting product or project. One that has a balance between their career… Continue

Added by Daniel Parrillo on March 24, 2008 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Heard of Outsourcing ? How about "Insourcing" ??

The word outsourcing is all too common in today’s discussions, newsletters and blog postings… You would think the word insourcing would be just as popular.

“Insourcing is when a company needs to bring in skills or specific content expertise that is not resident in the organization already.”

Insourcing is often the result of a new business initiative, strategy or opportunity that the client would like to take advantage of or a market they would like to investigate. Often the… Continue

Added by Daniel Parrillo on March 24, 2008 at 12:36pm — No Comments

Who is responsible for validation in a sourced list?

Read original post on www.iDonato.com

Quick post. Rob McIntosh made a great comment on my recent post List Metrics; how to measure quality in a list?. Instead of replying to the comment, I though I’d write a quick post on this, as it is something I have some strong feelings on.

Rob asked, “Who owns list validation?”. Rob goes on to point out that sometimes great lists never… Continue

Added by Donato Diorio on March 24, 2008 at 12:11pm — No Comments

are you hiring for todays needs or for future needs?

one of the things i have consistently done in my recruitment efforts is look at the potential of each candidate. while i do not share what my thoughts are on this front with the candidate, i believe it is so important to know what roles you believe the person can play in the future. what it allows you as the recruiter to do is really consult with your hiring managers about what their current needs are and, more importantly, what their future needs are. they can start to game plan a development… Continue

Added by Recruiterdude on March 24, 2008 at 9:55am — No Comments

Quality versus Quantity: The Dilemma of “Open” Networking

I hesitate to say that I am not an open networker because, to many people, that makes me a completely closed networker and that's not true either. “Open networking” is a term used to describe people who will accept any social network invitation they receive without regard to relationship, approach or justification for the invitation.

Recently I received a call from fellow recruiter / blogger / twitterer Heather Gardner. Among other… Continue

Added by Valerie Gonyea on March 23, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

i have been at the blog dance for a while, it's time to get up and dance....

so, i have been reading recruiting blogs for many years and found them to be incredibly informative for most of that time. in the not too distant past, my company (which will go unnamed) asked me to create a company related blog for each of the markets i served. i resisted most of the time feeling as though i didn't have much to contribute, plus i didn't feel as though i had enough to say. i don't know why, but early this morning i changed my mind and here i go. i someone reads this and finds… Continue

Added by Recruiterdude on March 23, 2008 at 8:36am — 2 Comments

Ten Tips to Move Up When Everything Is Going Down

Below is an article that was sent to me; I found it helpful to keep things in perspective. Happy Sharing!

Ten Tips to Move Up When Everything Is Going Down

When economic concerns become a lead topic at the water cooler you know it's weighing on everyone's minds. It's true there hasn't been this much reason for economic concern in most of the working lives of most HR leaders, so we went to those who had been working since the 70's - and even some since the 60's to… Continue

Added by Meg Campbell, CIR, CDR, ACIR on March 22, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Emotions Run Wild When You Leave a Job!

Article Title: Emotions Run Wild When You Leave a Job!

Author Byline: Marilyn J. Tellez, M.A.

Author Website: http://doitnowcareercoach.info

Emotions Run Wild When You Leave a Job!

Who hasn’t experienced a sense of relief after a downsizing, firing, or quitting a bad job? Often, this relief is mixed with a feeling of euphoria; a happiness that has no basis in reality. This euphoria can last for several weeks. How long it lasts depends upon the personality of the… Continue

Added by Holli Maestas on March 22, 2008 at 10:31am — No Comments

Who benefits from Google and Indeed?

I've had a question running around in my head for well over a year now... What job sites use Google as their core traffic provider? So I thought I'd take some time perform some research, using Hitwise, and then it prompted yet another question... What job sites use Indeed as their core traffic provider?

So I took some time and gathered the following one week worth of data from Hitwise (week ending 3/8/2008) and thought I'd… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on March 22, 2008 at 9:03am — No Comments

Is your life ticking by? Ceate wealth via a franchise...

In times of economic uncertainty and ever increasing personal taxation do you get a sense that your hard earnt salary is worth less than ever before? Certainly it must be true that working for someone else limits your ability to dramatically affect your income whereas running your own business could allow you to benefit directly from the effort you put in.

Im sure many people think of working for themselves but in the back of their minds enjoy… Continue

Added by Gavin Chase on March 22, 2008 at 8:54am — No Comments

BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS and PROVIDING TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Added by Casey J. Brinkman on March 21, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Passive Candidate Engine: Turbo-charged search

On the Radar: Friday, March 21th, 2008

Miles Jennings who manages the Ning community TalentBar: HR and Recruiting Networking Group has got a powerful tool discretely buried on the sidebar:

We recently added a capability for passive candidate search on TalentBar. Using this search, you can easily search through the Internet and find resumes according to keywords, locations, etc... It…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on March 21, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments