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Self-Improvement comes in Small Steps

By Pat Meehan

Each person has many opportunities for self-improvement that fall in line with his/her self –awareness, or “realized, developed skills.” The recipe for effective self-improvement is as…

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Added by Pat Meehan on April 26, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Client Not Paying Me- Suggestions Please

I met with my new Travel client 4 months ago in NYC, the appointment was set up by email.

The meeting went well so I thought, they needed my services they are a small French.Travel Agency.

This was strange she did not call me on the phone, I like to talk on the phone at least once before a meeting.

I decided to take a chance and meet her so I did.

She made me link to her Facebook account before the placement was made she contacted me mostly by email. I thought it was nice so… Continue

Added by Jane Roth on April 26, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

How Staffing Firms Can Improve Efficiency and Reduce Costs with SaaS Software

Today staffing firms are under pressure to do more with less - and to stay connected, even when on the go.

How can you reach these objectives using traditional staffing systems that tie you to one location and one internal server?

The solution is to leverage staffing software using leading-edge Cloud Computing technology, which enables you to access to your most important business applications anywhere there's an Internet connection.

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Added by Tim Giehll on April 26, 2010 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Losing Top Talent?

While sitting in front of your current/future Boss and they ask that infamous question; what salary/rate are you currently considering - do they even mean it?

While Compensation Specialists create salary grades and point systems…

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Added by Neha on April 25, 2010 at 5:20pm — No Comments

The First Rule for Small Business: "Collect Your Money"

By Pat Meehan

If you own or manage a small business, you know the importance of cash flow. Without it bills can’t be paid, payrolls can’t be met, and stress infiltrates the…

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Added by Pat Meehan on April 25, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Pre Constructed Boolean Search Strings Part 11!!!

Pre Constructed Boolean Search Strings Part 11!!!…

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Added by Dean Da Costa on April 25, 2010 at 1:22pm — No Comments

Don't Just Pat a Veteran On The Back: Do One Better-Give them A Job!

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Added by Margo Rose on April 24, 2010 at 5:30pm — 5 Comments

The Longer the Gaze, the Greater the Familiarity

Sourcing Patterns: The Longer the Gaze, the Greater the Familiarity

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Submitted by Russ Moon on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 9:22am

Have you ever noticed that the longer you look at something the more familiar it becomes? You notice all the textures, nooks, crannies, the uniqueness of an object, the detail.

I thought about a trip I made with my wife to attend a conference with her in Philadelphia during the World Series last year.

We visited the… Continue

Added by Russell S. Moon III on April 24, 2010 at 3:36pm — No Comments

Semantic Search~BooleanBlkBelt and "ERE" and "6Sense" or "Resume Parsing"

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Added by Margo Rose on April 23, 2010 at 7:57pm — 2 Comments

Interviewing: The Doppelgänger of Dating

Let's compare how you prep for both and how you conduct yourself during & after.

To prep, you:

Pick out a great outfit; something impressive, yet not too over-the-top.…

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Added by Laurie Bell on April 23, 2010 at 2:56pm — No Comments

You can make 65K a year but only 17$ an hour… all at the same time!

What?

First off I am not talking about working your full time corporate job all while taking on hourly/contract or even part-time work at your local Kohl’s. No. I am talking about working one job and receiving, in your mind a salary, but in reality you are just getting an hourly wage.

Whether you’re exempt or non-exempt, we have all become hourly employees

The answer to the ‘HOW’ is so simple. Ready…… Continue

Added by Benjamin McCall on April 23, 2010 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Getting started ...Step 1 to recruiting in the social media world

Well you've got to start sometime and somewhere...so I must confess...this is officially my first blog..!!

I am an HR professional with over 15 years of experience with a passion for recruitment. I love to challenge my recruitment stategies and find myself on a mission to build my "virtual" community and become a leader in recruiting with social media tools.

BUT, how do I start and what do I do first??

Well this is why I am starting this blog. I will share…

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Added by Sophie Lemieux on April 23, 2010 at 12:48pm — 3 Comments

Downtime or Social Networking Time?

By Pat Meehan

This is not, by far, a scientific study or measured analysis but it seems to me that the slowest part of my day, meaning incoming calls, emails and people answering the phone, happens from about noon until 4:00PM. Then from 4:00 until 5:30, it all picks up again. …

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Added by Pat Meehan on April 23, 2010 at 12:01pm — No Comments

Pre Constructed Boolean Search Strings Part 10!!!

Pre Constructed Boolean Search Strings Part 10!!!…

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Added by Dean Da Costa on April 23, 2010 at 11:55am — No Comments

7 Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week (4.17.10 – 4.23.10)

Originally posted on the SmashFly Recruitment Marketing Blog.

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing. This week’s topics include the top interview deal-breakers, breaking down talent…

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Added by Chris Brablc on April 23, 2010 at 10:33am — No Comments

#SMIR was it any good?

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April 22nd 2010 was the second year for the Social Media In Recruitment Conference. If you follow me on Twitter, I provided a real time update on what the event covered along with others on the #SMIR tag. During lunch we

grabbed @SiteAdvisor and went round asking the audience what they

thought.

The video I blogged over at…

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Added by David Martin on April 23, 2010 at 10:27am — No Comments

Has Social Recruiting reached the Tipping Point yet?

For those of you that don't know what I am referring to, when I talk about 'Tipping Point':

The Tipping point is when the event of a previously rare occurrence become rapidly and dramatically more common

(If you want to understand this in a commercial context, then Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller… Continue

Added by Andy Headworth on April 23, 2010 at 7:35am — No Comments

Why you can’t rely solely on LinkedIn when searching for candidates

Quote from Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn.com “…we estimate there is nearly half a billion professionals in the world, and we are at north of 60 million today”

Like many search consultants and recruiters I use social media websites to find candidates and have no hesitation in recommending LinkedIn as it’s one of the best. A treasure trove of information, I log in everyday and have been building my…

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Added by Shireen DuPreez on April 23, 2010 at 7:35am — 1 Comment

Ireland embraces FirstScreen™ from HireLabs – The Red Lemonade factor

FirstScreen™ propels Irish job board specialists IWantANewJob

Ireland based IWantANewJob goes live with FirstScreen™, the talent assessment platform from HireLabs. Commenting on the positioning, HireLabs VP Sales, Hassan Bin Rizwan said that

…FirstScreen™ not only fulfills the much demanded talent screening solution for the Irish market, but also strongly positions HireLabs to extensively service regional markets through it’s channel partners.

President and COO… Continue

Added by Saleem Qureshi on April 23, 2010 at 4:24am — No Comments

What makes you more employable in 2010 Trait # 11 Political Awareness & Diplomacy

Thank you for joining us on discovering the traits that make you more employable in 2010, this is our second last trait, before we bring you a new series of great posts and information, so stay tuned!… Continue

Added by Stephanie Bressan on April 22, 2010 at 9:27pm — No Comments