Recruiting Blogs (24,213)

Why user interface matters and why you should care

Having spent the last nine months building our Recruiting CRM application to interface with many different systems I've been given the unique opportunity to look inside many different HR and recruiting software applications commercially available on the market. I've also had the chance to respond to many RFP's, RFI's, and product bake-offs with competitors. I'm continually blown away at how poorly designed many of these applications are from a users perspective (but not entirely surprised given… Continue

Added by Michael Johnson on March 30, 2009 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Hello World.

Added by Jonathan McLeod on March 30, 2009 at 12:14pm — No Comments

March 30, 2009

Above the Fold

When it comes to managing the message one wonders if the tail isn't wagging the dog, or something like that.

Read Rich Becker on the front page...Be careful what you believe about Social Media

Mendoza's Monday Member Showcase

And on the subject of dogs, where are have all the smart recruiters gone?

Read...… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on March 30, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

MagicMethod News

Hi,

Thursday’s MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Class Chat was a great success! We had about twenty people show up on pretty short notice including Shally Steckerl and Glenn Gutmacher to give us some great advice regarding LinkedIn’s most recent (and some hints at coming!) changes. You can read through the Class Log here.

There's some great new content posted on the MagicMethod site that you might find interesting. Among… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on March 30, 2009 at 7:08am — No Comments

Pie night clarity

Wow... what a night.

A night of mayhem, madness, excitement, order and anarchy, and let's not forget, pride and fun and smiles.

That was my night tonight. I attended my son's first football club meeting, in the form of a jumper presentation and pie night (A great Aussie tradition). It was Zach's first involvement in a footy club, and his excitement all… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on March 29, 2009 at 6:13pm — No Comments

Be Careful What You Believe About Social Media

Eric Clemons, professor of operations and information management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, drew some fire with his argument that the Internet shatters all forms of advertising. Enough so that he updated his post in an attempt to quell the criticism (or perhaps fan the flames) on TechCrunch, telling people how to properly frame their rebuts, ridiculing them for how they… Continue

Added by Rich on March 29, 2009 at 11:45am — No Comments

“3 email rule” improves communication immediately!

One of my MAJOR pet peeves is abuse of email. Way too often, email is used as a passive aggressive way of spouting off. The sender wants to tell you something, but they really don’t want to hear what you think, because if they did they would have called you and SPOKEN to you. Don’t get me wrong, I think email is a great communication tool - when used properly.

So, today I am going to share my “3 email rule” with you in the hope that I can do my small part to… Continue

Added by Cathy McCullough on March 28, 2009 at 10:29am — 1 Comment

The New Kid on the Block

I've been researching social media for my recruitment team. Last year we implemented an ats (Taleo) and now that we have such an awesome tool I think our recruiters are ready and eager to jump into the world of recruitment technology.

I am our Taleo System Administrator so it seemed like a natural project for me to accept - with the help of my good friend and colleague.

We've been exploring tools that both of us use for personal reasons (Myspace, Facebook, Bloggings) and… Continue

Added by Veronica A on March 28, 2009 at 9:26am — 5 Comments

How To Ask For A Raise?

As with negotiating salaries, negotiating a raise also requires preparation and organization of how you are going to go about it.

Find out about the company policy

Different companies have different policies regarding salary increments depending on the amount and the time of the year. Do your homework and be well prepared for the interview.

Read the Salary Survey Report

A Salary Survey Report will provide you the current value of your job which will help in the… Continue

Added by Faryal Humayun on March 28, 2009 at 2:20am — No Comments

BIWO - Talent Inventory Control

We're all reading about massive layoffs and cost cutting measures but are companies really getting it right? I don't think so. It seems that HR Leadership (oxymoron?) is still making the "easy" decision regarding their talent inventory, that being Last In First Out (LIFO). Severance packages will be less and they don't have to deal with uncomfortable dismissal discussions with tenured employees. This is very short sighted and while they can stand up in front of their executive team and say "we… Continue

Added by Robb Myers on March 27, 2009 at 7:27pm — 1 Comment

State of the HR and Recruiting Profession Research

Let's face it, we are all undergoing a lot of changes in our profession. To help understand the major trends, demographic drivers, compensation, and business drivers of recruiting and HR roles, we are conducting a major research study on the state of the HR and training profession. I would like to invite anyone to participate - all participants will get a copy of the detailed study findings.

Click Here to… Continue

Added by Josh Bersin on March 27, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Recruiting and HR Networks

Two recent posts pointing to many recruiting and HR networks compiled by John Sumser

Link one

Link two

Added by Slouch on March 27, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

The Client Side - Splits, Splits.org, Twitter, etc.......

I'm really looking forward to seeing how things evolve with Splits.org and Twitter along with other aspects that may tie in with them. As an interested observer who does a lot of splits, I think the idea and effort behind this so far is innovative and has a ton of potential. For me, splits have always been a relationship thing. You connect with someone and work together a little bit and as the trust and comfort level strengthens you are able to do business together profitably. On the other… Continue

Added by Todd Kmiec on March 27, 2009 at 11:17am — 1 Comment

Penetrating interview questions

From somewhere on the Internet, I saw these questions; I think they hold potential:

Which of the "Facts of Life" girls are you most like?

If you were a deodorant, would you be a roll-on, stick, or spray?

Do you prefer Emanuel Lewis or Gary Coleman?

Would you rather have ebola or smallpox?

Would you rather have bamboo shoved under your nails, Chinese water torture, or your ankles chewed off by a pack of wild dogs?

If you were a… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on March 27, 2009 at 10:39am — 9 Comments

The Money Dance, Part 1: Being Prepared

Salary discussions with a prospective employer are at best uncomfortable, so I am going to talk about how to maintain the advantage in these interactions. Since this is fairly complex, I am breaking this into 2 posts. One to discuss how to prepare, and the other to help you through the actual discussion.

Ken from Massachusetts asks how to respond when an potential employer asks what compensation he is looking for. He was thinking his default would… Continue

Added by Bill Meirs on March 26, 2009 at 9:46pm — No Comments

Looking for a Senior Workload Simulator Tester - Baltimore, MD

Hi Partners,

We have an urgent requirement to be filled out for the following position. Kindly forward any of your consultants who fit the bill.

Position: Senior Workload Simulator Tester

Location: Baltimore, MD

Duration: 2 yrs

We have an exciting opportunity working as a Senior Workload Simulator Tester with a Federal Government Client.

The candidate must have strong experience with IBM Web Sphere Workload Simulator for z/OS to validate… Continue

Added by RT on March 26, 2009 at 6:10pm — 1 Comment

Talent Community - or just a pipeline?

I have been a recruiter now for almost 10 years now. I started out in a hiring manager role and then moved into general IT staffing. From there I moved into more of a niche field of recruiting. In my years I have always maintained a certain "method to my madness". This method consisted of sourcing candidates, qualifying them and placing them into what I would consider is my pipeline. These were always people that I have placed on positions and people that I WANT to place on positions. This… Continue

Added by Jake Wyant on March 26, 2009 at 2:27pm — 2 Comments

Louisianna Jobs Added During February

While most of the country is losing jobs, Louisiana jobs were actually added during February.

During February, the State of Louisiana had a total non-farm employment of 1,942,400 workers, an increase of 800 jobs from January and 6,200 jobs from last year.

A report by the Louisiana Workforce Commission notes… Continue

Added by Cheezhead on March 26, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Hot list of Consultants

Hi friends,

Here is the available hotlist of my consultants.

Radheshyam Isukapalli……….. J2EE Lead
Prakash Parte ……………………Sr. Java Architect Developer
Ramesh S ………………………….Sr.JAVA J2EE
Poornima …………………………..QA Tester
Raja s Jakkilini……………………….Peoplesoft Techno Functional Consultant
Krishna I..................................SAP CRM

Please send me your direct client requirements to dasari@shellsoftinc.com

Added by chetan on March 26, 2009 at 11:36am — No Comments

Split placements are encouraged.. contact me at datha@globaltek-inc.com

Hello Friends,

This is Sravan working with Globaltek Inc as a Sr. Business development Manger. I am looking for split recruiters who can place my consultant. If any one are interested please contact me at 908-821-9714 immediately. I have bunch of people who are available for projects right away... the number is 75 sounds great to make good placements isn't it....???? So lets have a win-win relation and start the game now.... what do you say....???Any help and suggestions are really… Continue

Added by Sravan on March 26, 2009 at 10:58am — No Comments