Many HR processes have been transformed in the recent past as the evolution of social media has given rise to new HR issues and methods. Traditional employee recruitment practices are now a small piece of a much larger puzzle. Placing an online or paper ad, networking at trade shows and other events, sourcing internal candidates, or gaining employee referrals – these are all still effective ways to accumulate potential hires, yet many of these have been affected by social…

Most everyone has heard the famous quote from Winston Churchill “Those that fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it”. While this quote focuses on understanding the negative things in your past so you don’t do them again, I also think it’s important to look at the positive side as well. There is lots of information and experience from your past that you most definitely want to replicate and you need to be good at identifying these as well.…

Double and even triple-digit increases in demand year-over-year exist for all of the top jobs in the United States. As you speak with prospects and customers, it’s imperative you impress upon them the sense of urgency now required on their part when selecting and onboarding talent from your firm.

TOP 25 IN THE U.S.

Volume added in the past 60 days and the percentage increase compared to last year.…

Equipment maker Caterpillar, Inc., announced in its third quarter earnings statement that it has added 9,000 people to its "flexible workforce," according to a recent news release by Staffing…

Companies know that to survive the current economic climate, fixed costs need to be kept as low as possible.

Redundancies have been made, suppliers have been asked to give better prices and longer payment terms and we see everyone trying to do more with less.

So what do you do when you have cut everything back to the bone and you suddenly have fresh…

How does one find value in their job? That is a question that has been studied, analyzed and reported on for hundreds of years. As the scope and look of jobs change, the variables of work change, but the one

common denominator will always be the same: You/Employee/Associate/Team

Member…..

Is value measured by ROI? Is it measured by your salary? Perhaps by the performance results in your assessment? For some it is a commission check while others find value…

Metrics' for ROI

So…

I recently Googled the term “Make a Difference,” and found a host of inspiring stories and blogs about great charitable work and helping…

Future employers search for candidates' presence on Twitter and other social media sites. Why? They’re looking for dirt, that’s why.…

Joe Navarro's career as a counterintelligence special agent for the FBI made him one of the most uniquely qualified experts on nonverbal communication. When you spend 25 years interrogating terrorists and criminals you're bound to pick up on a few things.

In Chapter 1 of…

This post is part of a blog series on Brazen being sponsored by JobSTART101. They asked Brazen members to answer the question: What do I wish I knew before I started working? Here's my response…



We've all spoken and heard the words. “When I grow up, I want to be a cowboy, an astronaut, veterinarian, doctor, fireman, etc.” As I grew up, I had many friends that wanted to be a…

It’s been estimated that as much as 40% of the current desktop-based recruitment searching will migrate to mobile devices by 2014. I suspect the change may occur even more…

Originally posted on the SmashFly Intern Blog.

Recently I’ve been thinking and writing a good deal about recruitment marketing in our web 2.0 world, and I realized that I often come up with more questions than I have suggestions regarding social recruiting. Some remain skeptical about the actual utility derived from social recruiting, but I believe its…

ClearedJobs.Net, a veteran-owned job board serving the security cleared community, unveils a new online community to continue its outreach to the veteran and military community. Building upon its successful Military Spouse Appreciation Day campaign for the last two years and its longstanding relationship with the US military, ClearedJobs.Net has launched “Cleared Military”…