I know, amazing.  Guilty as charged, right here too.

Let me back up…If your organization is tactical in nature and responsive to every fire the C-level throws at the HR department to fix, then that is precisely what you will get – every fire and nothing more.  If you are responsive, but also focused on autonomous mastery of the HR discipline, consistency of purpose, and include everyone in your organization in this transformation –  the C-level will come to you for that…

Executives want to change jobs at an alarming rate, but they don’t necessarily expect to move up.  According to a recent comprehensive survey by BlueSteps (a career management service of the Association of…

Baltimore, MD - June 8, 2011 - The Green Job Bank announced today that its index of current green jobs has passed 10,000 unique postings for the past two weeks. With green jobs in many categories, including renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal), energy efficiency,…

Recruiting the right talent for your organization isn’t easy.  But thousands of recruiters and companies every day are able to successfully find candidates that fit their organizations.That isn’t to say, however, that there are not things that can be improved in their recruitment marketing strategy.

Filling the current open job position is the immediate goal for your organization but the…

There are several dimensions to the question of privacy and how it plays into background checking (and I may talk about some of them in future blog posts) but here I want to address the issue of what I call the “always there” trend. The trend itself is not all that new. Since the invention of email and laptops employees and managers have felt an increasing obligation to always be available for work: Nothing new there. The new part comes when you start to look at the opposite side of the…

Although the pace of US job growth appears to be slowing for most sectors, hiring demand for recruiters by corporate HR departments and staffing agencies has boomed this year, up 64% since January. On a year-over-year basis, demand was up 36% over May 2010, with over 10,100 new job ads posted. Hiring by direct employers made up the bulk of this activity, with over 6,600 ads or 66% of overall demand. Demand by direct employers has also increased at a faster pace, up 44% over May 2010 vs. a…

The International Union of Food Workers have yesterday revealed progressions in Russian Parliament, which if followed through could see a ban on the use of temporary agency workers in Russia.

If the bill is adopted it will undoubtedly cause a huge shake up in the Russian food production industry, especially after findings show that over 40% of organizations surveyed confirmed their use of temporary agency labourers as being a core level of their production.

Read the full story…

With competition for open positions higher than it’s ever been, a correspondingly high emphasis is placed on error-free resumes and position applications.

 A recent survey of Human Resources executives revealed that an overwhelming 76% offer no forgiveness for even a single typo – which often times includes a correctly spelled but improperly used word (affect versus effect, for example).

Businessinsider.com offers a great selection of common resume mistakes…

New version 15 adds optional SmartSync functions to email capabilities.

Oceanside, CA (PRWEB) June 08, 2011

Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc. (APS), makers of SmartSearch®, a leading recruiting business solution and applicant tracking system (ATS), announced an important new SmartSync…

Below is my newest recruiting contribution on our Groupon Blog, about a somewhat non-traditional and unconventional candidate journey to fulltime employment here. Feel free to comment and to add your own stories about "outside-the-box" (cliche alert!) hiring!

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From Job Fair to Job Offer…

The National Tooling and Machining Association is using Robots to make engineering and manufacturing jobs look cool to kids and young adults.

A recent article by NPR called Robot Wars Prepare Kids For Manufacturing Jobs, reports that the NTMA runs…

There has been a lot of talk in the media about workplace flexibility, but it usually refers to workers' need for flexibility in their schedules to balance their work and personal lives. But employers need flexibility, too.  They need the ability to adjust their workforces to the ebbs and flows of their business.  In fact, according to a special report by Workforce Management,  “Flexibility has become one of the most important initiatives and priorities as…

Companies that do business in multiple states already know how hard it is to keep up and comply with the seemingly endless, and often contradictory, list of state and federal laws.  A recent Supreme Court decision on a hotly debated Arizona immigration law could make doing business across state lines even trickier,…

Working mothers are helping create a new niche for recruiters - placing professionals in flexible work arrangements, according to The Washington Post.

The traditional workplace model has left many mothers passed up for promotions and relegated to less time-sensitive, mundane work. For some, it has…

We already know that healthcare and information technology are two of the biggest industries for jobs, particularly contract positions. So what do you get when you combine those two industries together? A hot new recruiting niche that is boosting job orders for recruiters working both perm and contract placements.

A study by the University of San Diego Extension showed that…

In this episode:

• Dedication of NLX Operations Committee to help employers, states and job seekers
• Member involvement in the NLX Operations Committee
• Goals of NLX Operations Committee

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• Unparalleled Resources in Recruitment
• NASWA and DirectEmployers Relationship Explained
• NLX Operations Committee