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Celebrate The Little Victories...

My name is Mike Alaimo and I work with TransTech, an IT staffing firm based out of Chicago. My role is to lead and manage a team of 6 highly talented recruiters. I'm posting this short blog to share my recent experience in celebrating the little victories.

In recent years, we would get frustrated by earning second place in the interview process. The normal reaction would be to sigh, and justify why the client should have hired our candidate. Now, we're looking to celebrate being in… Continue

Added by Mike Alaimo on July 20, 2009 at 3:06pm — 1 Comment

Businesses With Social Media Programs Outperform

Wetpaint and the Altimeter Group released a study today that confirms what seasoned communicators with several years of experience already know. Deep engagement with consumers through social media channels correlates to better financial performance. How much?

Companies engaged in social media grew company revenues by 18 percent over the last 12 months. The least engaged saw revenues sink 6 percent over the same time period.

"The closer any company is to its… Continue

Added by Rich on July 20, 2009 at 11:54am — No Comments

CNA's in WA

I have a client in WA seeking to hire CNA's.

Does anyone know other resources I could find CNA's from? The area's I need help with currently are:
Bainbridge, WA 98110
Olympia, WA 98506
Sequim, WA 98382

Please let me know...

nsepping@gmail.com

Added by Deborah on July 20, 2009 at 11:37am — No Comments

Creative Ways in Rewarding Your Employees

In these challenging financial times it can be hard to come up with ways to reward your hard working employees. You really want to recognize them financially but your bottom line just won’t allow it. Here are some reward suggestions that will keep your employees motivated and feel appreciated.

· Give them verbal praise in front of their peers and your customers. If you have a company newsletter write an article about their valued contributions or… Continue

Added by Kunin Associates on July 20, 2009 at 10:07am — No Comments

Radio Resumes by "The Bull" and Clear Channel. 94.9

The unemployment rate went up to 9.3%. Thats approximately 400,000 people in Georgia.

To aid the unemployed community, a Radio in Atlanta is doing something different,

something not many have thought about, something "out of the box...."

They are offering their listeners an opportunity to advertise them self, a 30 sec window to go on air.

They can mention their name and their story on the channels website, the radio promises to air it..

30 sec is a lot of time.. But… Continue

Added by Vinodh Rengarajan on July 17, 2009 at 3:58pm — No Comments

Home Tweet Home

Very interesting lunch today at the Metroplex Technology Business Council... the subject was "Social Media: New Strategies for the Enterprise" and the speakers were Bob Pearson and Scott Anderson. This was the first time I have ever attended a luncheon where the speakers… Continue

Added by Leslie Mason on July 17, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

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Added by Dr.Umesh Saharia on July 17, 2009 at 11:12am — No Comments

Social networking in Office? Its Not Professional.

Social networking is the talk of the day, they have replaced pubs where people used to hangout after office hours, now its all My space, Twitter or Facebook. If you are not in it then you are ancient. These social networking does give you kind of security from the prying eyes of the manager.

Social networking sites have also become great place to market or to recruit

Its true that networking sites have started providing more Source of hire to the recruiters...

Its become now that… Continue

Added by Vinodh Rengarajan on July 17, 2009 at 6:45am — 1 Comment

“Leading Edges in Recruitment- Brand Presence”.

Recruitment is not the same it was 5 years ago, it has evolved and has crossed all boundaries, talent can be attracted from any corner of the world. Under such circumstances companies are prone to face competition from every end for employing great candidates. It is vital for a company to understand its strengths & weakness, define its boundaries and to formulate its approach strategies to succeed in recruitment.

Every company will have a unique feature or a unique employment… Continue

Added by Vinodh Rengarajan on July 17, 2009 at 6:42am — No Comments

Bring your organization to life!

A Worthwhile Investment.

More and more HR recruiters are using video technology to solve the challenge of nurse vacancies. According to a Wharton School of Business National Research survey, there is a 51% greater understanding of any subject presented through video. The survey also states that prospects are 72% more likely to purchase a product or service when video is used. This translates directly to job candidates' positive response when introduced to the facility through a… Continue

Added by Valerie Ellinor on July 16, 2009 at 4:29pm — 6 Comments

Greatest Guitarist Evuh!

Who is (or was) the greatest guitarist ever? I asked that question on recruitingblogs.com two years ago. It was a serious question. Someone recently replied Dolly Parton.

Think about it for a second. If you had to come up with a list of ten bands that really kicked ass where would you start?

Look, everyone has got an opinion here. But,… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on July 16, 2009 at 3:30pm — 12 Comments

Need a promotion? PROMOTE Yourself!

I've spoken before about that success of an HR person, or a Recruitment professional in the corporate world is akin to an umpire in a sporting event. If you don't notice them, then they are doing something right.

However, as some of my English friends say.. "Bollocks to that"

In the Recruitment world, Agency or Internal, it is a challenge to get that promotion, unless of course you are the last person standing in an agency! I know many people who now run 200+ people… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on July 16, 2009 at 9:26am — No Comments

ARe you prepared for the rebound?

HireAbility.com's Recruiter Training Center is once again bringing you a stellar, exclusive training with staffing guru, Fran Goldstein online Wednesday, July 15th at 1 PM EDT.

Are YOU prepared for the rebound?

Register for $14.99 at www.recruitertrainingcenter.com.

Congratulations, you have led yourself and your company through some very difficult times this year. The focus has been on survival, holding onto accounts, and keeping revenue up. Now it's time to… Continue

Added by Jill Sullivan Grueter on July 15, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Data Capture And Automation Made Real Easy.

Social media as a base for recruiting is the new trend..

Be it twitter or my space or facebook.

Its effective..

Finding Candidate and when i say candidates i mean great candidates who match the requirement to a T are easy to find..

But when you post a job posting, resumes just pileup (given the current conditions).

It becomes quite a challenge to get data from those resumes which match your requirement,

fortunately solutions are available for automated data capture… Continue

Added by Vinodh Rengarajan on July 15, 2009 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Is Social Media Changing Use of 3rd Party Staffing Vendors?

July 14, 2009

For the short term, I believe yes. It creates a forum for people to connect, and find new candidates in mass form. However, the great thing about Recruiters is that we take all the information in, whittle it down and create a nice tight package wrapped in the form of a great candidate. This is what we do.

Think about it – you post on Twitter that you’re looking for an Art Director. It gets retweeted time and time again until your inbox is overflowing and you don’t… Continue

Added by Kimberly Easley on July 15, 2009 at 11:43am — 5 Comments

My Bed Is My Office....

Some days there is nothing like waking up, stretching out, watching your dogs cuddled nicely on the bed, your lap top open and ready to conquer the world when you stop and wonder, why on earth would anyone want to drive into the office today? One of the benefits of owning your own business is that you can define your work life and your work place. With the age of Twitter and Facebook allows you to be everywhere and anywhere and “work” can take on a whole new meaning.

With the price… Continue

Added by Lisa Kaye on July 15, 2009 at 1:38am — No Comments

Why do Recruiters want to hear Objections from Clients and Candidates?

Did you know that over 60% of sales are made after the offer has been rejected 5 times? If you are a recruiter or an account manager then you need to make certain that you are hearing NO as it may happen 5 times before you get to a YES. It doesn't matter if you are asking for them to send you a resume or return a signed fee agreement. Unfortunately 75% of the recruiters and salespeople out there will give up after the first rejection. This explains why 20% of the team closes 80% of the… Continue

Added by Craig Silverman on July 14, 2009 at 6:49pm — 3 Comments

Java recruiting

Marcus :
The job is located at Mount Sinai Medical center on the upper east side of Manahttan.
I am actively searching on the web etc.
However the job is on our website and Dice and is getting no response.
Where have all the JAva guys gone to?
Is everyone a microsoft developer?

Added by Michael S Mantel on July 14, 2009 at 4:16pm — No Comments

The job search is no time for nicknames

This entry is more geared towards job seekers rather than recruiters.

It is something simple that can lead to a bit of confusion and prevent you from getting submitted or it may lead to you falling through the cracks and that is nicknames.

Lets say your name is Ray Jay Johnson Junior.

I would drop the Junior and go by the same name through out the process.

If your resume lists your name as Ray, be Ray through the entire process. Never say, "You can call me… Continue

Added by Marcus Ronaldi on July 14, 2009 at 3:01pm — No Comments

Help with job search

Recruiters, I need help. I was recently caught in the tsunami wave of layoffs at IBM. My consulting background is varied. I am experienced in BI, DG, MDM and presales consulting.

Here is my dilemma; It appears that many of the recruiters that contact me are looking for singular toolset or just do not understand that one person can be experienced in presales and post sales consulting. There also seems to be a problem understanding that one person can be an architect and actually know… Continue

Added by Steve Willetts on July 14, 2009 at 2:48pm — 1 Comment