A while ago, I mentioned to you about how I have a daughter who studies philosophy and literature in college. We’ve discussed multiple different ways her world of arts and my world of business coincide and have even produced a blog from one of those very discussions. This time we have a series of blogs set up for you, this being the first. This day is a day we take some advice from the greatest playwright of our time and apply it to the business world, because what Shakespeare taught us…

Areyou thinking of having your own online job board software? Great! You will find many solutions to this, since there are many websites offering their service to help you build your own one. You can build a web based job site, which can have integrated latest technology to track the applicants.

In the package of the online job board software for your site design, you may get-

1) Some give you five or some offer six home page templates; you have enough option to choose one…

Resume writing is a skillful task which includes summary or listing of your work experience and skills relevant to the field of you are entering. It highlights your, accomplishments to show a potential employer that you are qualified for the work you want.

Before you write resume, take time to do a self-assessment on paper. Outline your skills and abilities as well as…

Demand is outpacing supply for the following ten titles in the cities listed. As a result, prospects in these areas are more likely to be open to using your services especially if you provide data, such as this information, on market demand and the impact this will have on their ability to hire quality talent.



Accountants and Auditors in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (146% normal demand)



Computer Specialists in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (163% normal…

The times they are a-changing, and so are the workers previously known as temps.

A recent article by The Ithaca (New York) Journal talks about the rise in temporary hiring, stating that U.S. employers added 300,000 temporary jobs in 2010.  And that's just one of the recent changes the article reports in temporary…

Some of the most frequent questions we get at Top Echelon Contracting revolve around the proper classification of workers: When is it OK to classify them as 1099 independent contractors? What are the ramifications of misclassifying workers? When should they be W-2 employees? What triggers an IRS audit?

If you get these same types of questions from your clients, you may want to check out my video chat with…

I have received calls from several (which means more than 2) recruiters these past few weeks.  All had the same general questions for me:  How’s business?  Is the worst over?  Have any job orders?  What’s it like in your market?  Are things picking up?



I’ve got news for you.  Unless you plan to do something different to…

I know what you are thinking, what does a Disney song; have to do with the Pyramids? Well the connection is really very simple.

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Early February I posted a blog entry called “To Video or Not to Video? Resume video’s are they going to help or hinder?” and it sure did get some feedback. It also brought me to another mind-set on how video recruiting should really be handled. And of course the world has a funny way of connecting people and organizations that share…

A few weeks ago my out of office message told anyone that sent me an email that I was unavailable because I was having my wisdom teeth removed. The plan was to go in and have all of them yanked out at the same time - to just be done with it. I'm an advocate of change, but this wasn't the kind of change I'm usually excited about. So my out of office was simple and somewhere along the lines of:

"HEY, THEY'RE JUST TEETH... Apologies, but I'm…

An HR thought leader is someone who has innovative ideas and concepts – someone who, despite what is going on around them, defies convention and tries something new and succeeds. It is a term that was coined over fifteen years ago and has a lot of new dynamics in the current age. I have recently written to you about resources for those who desire to be on the track to HR thought leadership but there is more to sharing innovative ideas than just outlets. There are common traits that can be…

  It’s not expected that benefits should be equal with every opportunity or position out there but is it possible that the benefits offered for government positions are better than private positions.  It depends on what benefits and opportunities you’re looking for, what appeals to you.  I will say this; can you ever reach a government employee after 5pm even 4pm if you’re calling on a Friday?  For most of us working tirelessly, to make enough money for the government just to have a bit left…

If you are like most recruiting organizations, you post your job advertisements to multiple recruiting channels for every one of your job ads.  Whether its job boards, social networks, email or mobile recruiting, you distribute these job ads with one goal in mind: acquiring as many qualified applicants as possible.

This is a fine goal, however with…

By iCIMS' Blogger, Jill Cienki

We are all guilty of it at some point. You hit that point in your day – the wall. And the cure for the wall? A snack! (I know you are getting hungrier and hungrier as you read this.) While you consider what you will have for your mid-morning, mid-day, or mid-afternoon…

Why do job seekers go to job boards? Ahem – to find a job.

I might add that’s why they network, Tweet, post profiles on LinkedIn, and troll through company career sites. They just want a job. Right?

Well, no. Not exactly. They want a lot more than a ‘job’. They in fact have an entire laundry list of desires:

• work that fits their skill set
• work that pays well
• work that lets them…

Recruitment is a fantastic industry to be in! In general recruiters love dealing with a variety of people, juggling different needs from different candidate and different employers and matching candidates with employers (both from a job description perspective and also from a personality/environment perspective).

Many recruiters started as professionals in another field, whilst just as many came out of Uni with an HR or similar degree and decided helping people find their…