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25 Random Things... about IIPE (moving the FB trend to RBC)

25 Random Things ... about IIPE (moving the FB trend to RBC)

1. Despite IIPE being headquartered in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico- not one member of the IIPE team is a native to Playa Del Carmen.

2. Karen Russo, CEO has been recruiting for over 20 years.

3. IIPE meetings usually take place after the work week; on the beach... we all actually really like one another and don't mind spending a Saturday on the beach to strategize.

4. The IIPE team speaks… Continue

Added by Kristen Durkin on February 27, 2009 at 12:01pm — 1 Comment

http://www.indeed.com/p/viewjob.php?pid=864382884537522&id=490529

Added by James, CPC on February 27, 2009 at 11:17am — No Comments

Furloughs Only Work for the Military

The global economy has gotten so bad that Japan and some countries in Europe have tried to save jobs by implementing "work-sharing" programs. Here in the U.S., employers are equally concerned with keeping employees on staff, while still cutting costs. Their response is to implement furloughs. Furloughs are unpaid days off and Dr. John Sullivan, in his article for ERE, Employee Furloughs Can Be a Bad… Continue

Added by Candice Arnold on February 27, 2009 at 8:42am — No Comments

Social networking Status: Dismissed

A 16-year-old girl from Essex was fired after she described her office job as "boring" on her Facebook page.

In the last five years social networking has exploded into everyday life with most people now having a Facebook, Myspace or Bebo account. Users of these sites will however been thinking twice before sounding off too much about their everyday life.

This week a 16 year old girl from Clacton working at a marketing and logistics has been given the sack for suggesting… Continue

Added by Matt on February 27, 2009 at 8:33am — No Comments

Staffing Swagaholics

It's a common sight at conferences whether it's ERE, ASA, local staffing conferences or job fairs - droves of people with "bags of swag". Along with this phenomena, comes the related "swag swap" where you get together with colleagues and make strategic trades of promotional products for their most important clients (translation get the stuffed toy for their son, daughter, nephew or niece). There is nothing like watching staffing professionals in tense negotiations, "I will give… Continue

Added by Moshin Manji on February 27, 2009 at 5:00am — 1 Comment

Web 2.0 in Recruitment presentation

Hi guys, thought I would share my presentation on Web 2.0 in Recruitment that I did for the Inspecht HR Futures conference in Melbourne Australia today http://hrfutures.inspecht.com.au

You can download the pdf here http://www.recruitmentdirectory.com.au/Blog/web-2-0-in-recruitment-a115.html

If you know slideshare.net - the presentation… Continue

Added by Thomas Shaw on February 26, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Persevere - Providing Good Customer Service Even When It's Outside Your Purview

Establishing a new telephone account the other day, I noted that there was going to be monetary credit if I simply logged on to the cell phone company's home page and filled out a simple survey. Obviously I am going to take full advantage of such an offer, so I dutifully went online, filled out the survey, clicked their "submit" button and then checked my account balance. No credit. "Okay," I thought, "maybe it takes 24 hours for their system to credit the account. I'll check… Continue

Added by Nancy Ford on February 26, 2009 at 3:03pm — No Comments

Recruiters are jerks

Imagine the shock when I actually had a candidate tell me this on the phone today. His statement was so matter-of-fact that it blew my mind. He was adamant about it too, completely unwavering in his opinion. Fast forward through several minutes of conversation and although his tone had lightened, he stuck to his guns. "Think what you want, but I'm still convinced recruiters are jerks…"

What could possibly have led him to such a fervent belief? Why automatically classify all… Continue

Added by Gino Conti on February 26, 2009 at 2:57pm — 9 Comments

Need interns? Try "NYC Ladders for Leaders"

I met Andre Joseph at a recent NYC meetup. He is the Deputy Director, Corporate Relations and leader for the NYC Ladders for Leaders Program.

Let me tell you about the program and why it is essential for metro NYC employers.

NYC Ladders for Leaders is a corporate internship program that was launched by Mayor Bloomberg… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on February 26, 2009 at 1:41pm — No Comments

Success with Twitter

Twitter is officially a viable recruiting tool, we all know that. It's also pretty easy to record your success, especially when others do it for you. Big thanks to @thecoleorton for documenting a recent hire I had through Twitter.

Source: http://thecoleorton.com/post/81436248/how-i-got-someone-a-job-via-twitter…

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Added by Brad Hogenmiller on February 26, 2009 at 12:24pm — 3 Comments

Interviewing for the WIN!!

I've been watching candidates interview for years as I would always ask my client to sit in during the conversation. The one thing I've quickly noticed is the candidate’s inability to close the interview. What do I mean by closing the interview; I'm talking about gaining the right to advance through to the next round.

If you ask most people this question, "Are you a Salesperson?" the instant response is "no way" or "I could never do that" or "I can't sell anything." That is simply… Continue

Added by Patrick Ryan on February 26, 2009 at 11:46am — No Comments

My visit to Columbia University's ACM student chapter

After a day of uncertainty as to if I could even make it to the city (my gentle stomach was revolting) I traveled to Columbia University at the behest of the VP for Corporate Affairs for the student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery to talk about careers… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on February 26, 2009 at 11:42am — No Comments

Looking for Simadyn Controls Engineer

Hi All,
My name is Carlos and I am contacting you from Soft Source Inc. Currently we are looking for Simadyn Controls Engineer for Saudi Arabia: 2 - 4 weeks The roles are gas turbine startup and commissioning. Compensation: Excellent salary plus expenses (include hotel, food and lodging) will be offered. Interested candidates please send their resumes @ carlos.fonseca@softsourceinc.com

Regards,
Carlos Fonseca

Added by fccc on February 26, 2009 at 11:23am — No Comments

Candidates with Quality Over Candidates in Quantity

MBA Focus has an exclusive pool of 50,000+ elite MBA students and alumni.

* Each partner school is highly-rated by professional magazines like Business Week, U.S. News & World Report and Wall Street Journal to ensure the candidates are high quality.

* Registration for the resume database is behind each schools’ career service intranet to ensure the pool of candidates is exclusive and authentic.

* Reach only qualified candidates across all industries and… Continue

Added by Ryan Pratt on February 26, 2009 at 11:14am — No Comments

Post All Your "MBA Required" and "MBA Preferred" Jobs

You can easily broadcast all your job openings via MultiPost, MBA Focus’s new job posting tool. MultiPost allows you to:

* Post MBA-qualified jobs across all industries, functions and locations.

* Reach 50,000+ candidates or a more specific selection of your choice (interns, graduating MBAs, alums from any or all our partner schools).

* Unlike ordinary job boards, ours are school-endorsed and used by students and alumni who are actively and passively searching for… Continue

Added by Ryan Pratt on February 26, 2009 at 11:08am — No Comments

Converting Views To Applications

I have recently launched my jobsite www.nuclearcareersonline.com and am getting a good number of jobs and views. However I am only getting 0.5% - 1% conversion from views to applications.

Please can you guys advise me on the best ways of increasing this ratio to 5-10%?

Or is this the Holy Grail of jobsites?

Thanks

John UK

Added by John Sadler on February 26, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

New SmartJobBoard version available

SmartJobBoard, announcing the release of the new version 2.1 of its job board software. Release includes lots of new useful functions, bugs fixed, and performance optimization. Most important features to be outlined are: applications history and management for job seekers and employers, anonymous resumes, multi select lists, dashboard in admin panel and much more.

After releasing the first version in August… Continue

Added by Rodion on February 26, 2009 at 8:27am — No Comments

Swinging for the Fences...

In true St. Louis “baseball fanatic” fashion I want to talk a little about what I affectionately call the “curve ball”… I was thrown said curve ball late last week and my lack of refinement in my initial response to it immediately reminded me of just how important flexibility and a dynamic attitude can be in recruiting. To be honest, it’s been a little while since I had a pitcher who really “stepped up to the plate” and surprised me – (okay, I’m done with the baseball lingo now, I just wanted… Continue

Added by Becky Metcalf on February 25, 2009 at 6:29pm — 6 Comments

New Grads: Struggling to get hired??

02.25.09New Grads: Struggling to get hired??Posted in Recruitment tagged Compensation, Employee Retention, IT, New Grad, Recession, Recruiter, Recruiting, Recruitment, Retention at 4:36 pm by sweens

I was sitting here in my office today wondering what I could blog about. I got to thinking and what I ended up focusing on was how ‘new grads’ are likely the largest group within the candidacy pool who will have the greatest struggle finding IT employment in the coming months or years. I… Continue

Added by Tom Sweeney on February 25, 2009 at 4:38pm — 1 Comment

FREE Job Search webinar: Tomorrow, Feb 26th 1 PM CST

If you are like me you are getting many, many phone calls from job seekers and in many cases you are not able to help them as much as you would like.

I started a web site called Be Your Own Headhunter that has been on my mind since the ’01-’02 Recession. The goal being to help job seekers find a new job or at least make their search easier.

If you have folks you cannot help send them my way and through the webinar…

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Added by Paul DeBettignies on February 25, 2009 at 4:34pm — No Comments