After watching part of the congressional hearing during which the CEO of BP became a piñata for the posturing , lynch party of our illustrious representatives, I have come to a great realization. We, the American public, you and I Bubba, us folks, have made a giant hiring mistake of the…

If I wasn’t already excited about the potential for 2010 to be a better year, the start of February cemented it. Three mega-deals were announced the first week of February by Monster, Manpower and Spherion,respectively.

Details on each here:

• Monster &…

Forget James Taylor – I love traffic jam.

In recruiters' rush to take advantage of the social media phenomenon, the power of email may have been overlooked. In fact, in a number of business studies conducted during the past year, email has been found to convert more prospects to customers than social media efforts alone.

Recruiters have traditionally relied upon email to market themselves, their services, and their job orders to candidates and companies . . . long before social media sites like LinkedIn and…

One of the main concerns about using social media for recruiting is that employees utilizing these tools will take actions that will damage the employment brand of the company. While this is certainly possible, there is also the potential for damage to be done using the telephone, email, or in-person. Perhaps, it is the ever presence of the web or the publicity that well-known brand gaffes have received that is leading to an overabundance of caution when determining how to use these new…

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Most of us are told that recruitment is a sales job. And it is.

But the truth of…

In my previous blog, I indicated that there would be a series of blogs discussing mapping out your job search in order to navigate to the next destination in your career. This was a result of being asked

by some of my former colleagues and employees at Lynx Aviation and

Frontier Airlines who want to know what they should be doing as they

face the uncertainty ahead in their job search. This is the second in

a series, which will address steps for those who face job…

• A job at an…

When the hiring manager at one of your clients informs you that unemployed candidates will no longer be considered for their job openings, the best question you can ask them is also the simplest:

"Why?"

It's not the only question, by any stretch of the imagination, but just like any objection, it must be overcome by finding out the true reason for the objection. Once you find that reason--and are able…

Fredericksburg, VA – June 21, 2010 – Job.com, the fastest growing career portal on the Internet, will be giving away over $5 million in free recruitment services at the 2010 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition in San Diego, California.…

"And what do you do?"

How many times have you been asked this question? How many times have you asked…

Has anyone found a way to enhance staff morale in today's economy?

Way back in February, I wrote about the “Stay Interview” (http://hrscooops.wordpress.com) and I wanted to add a bit more information about that since it seemed to be a particular topic of interest.

Most of us are quite familiar with the exit interview; however, it seems that the reasons employees stay is not asked nearly as frequently as why employees leave. That doesn’t make a lot of sense to…

While undergoing new system changes, the training component is often underrated, and as such, miscalculated in budgets. Upgrades and enhancements to any organization, large and small, involve change management practices while introducing such changes to these organizations. The natural reaction to these changes are taken negatively as…

Are you feeling a little left behind by the inundation of smartphone technology? Fear not, dear mobile phone technophobe, as SMStheJOB will continue to offer sms universality, regardless of how many you-beaut, bells-n-whistles, reach-for-the-stars hardware options – and their…