Recruiting Blogs (24,209)

Everyone needs an e-recruitment buddy

At the end of last year Michelle Jones, founder and ex-Managing Director of Simply lawjobs, started a new online recruitment business, called e-recruitment buddy.The company provides a bespoke vacancy management service to direct employers and recruiters, together with a range of specialist digital recruiting services.

Intrigued by the company’s offering we caught up with Michelle for a short interview, which is available via the born… Continue

Added by Julian Stopps on February 13, 2009 at 5:19am — No Comments

itzalive!

From Cheezhead - Seems just like yesterday we were reporting the end of itzbig, the first of the eHarmonies to officially go bye-bye. Not so fast! Back from the dead, former itzbig CTO, and now its CEO, Asad Khan sent me a message today proclaiming the company’s rebirth.

“We are changing our model to become more of a technology player for other job boards so as to deliver our superior matching and score card functionality to the widest audience possible.”…

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Added by Joel Cheesman on February 12, 2009 at 8:57pm — No Comments

Market Obfuscation

Hi All,

I dont know whats going on but i'm noticing decreased utility with the larger sites like Monster.com and Dice.com when compared to new comers like InterviewTomorrow.com I think we are seeing a change in utility with the larger sites and smallers (free) sites are working to provide value. What do you guys think?

-Amber.

Added by Amber Gold on February 12, 2009 at 7:41pm — No Comments

Are you an internet recruitment expert?

Are you the one? check it out

Added by Gordon Lokenberg on February 12, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

more-careers.com

more-CAREERS (Members Of Real Estate - CAREERS) is the premier job site for professionals seeking to advance their career within the real estate, renewable energy and related industries. This site offers domestic and international job opportunities in commercial, multifamily, hospitality, construction, financial services, corporate real estate, residential and renewable energy industry segments (including: water, wind, solar and bio gas). more-CAREERS is widely used by human resource… Continue

Added by Mason Kemp on February 12, 2009 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Do you think this will be helpful for recruiters?

Please look at this website. It is not completely "live" yet- however, we have been using this in the local Houston area and it is great. please give me feed back on what you think. WWW.EveryonesInterview.com

Added by Donald Murphy on February 12, 2009 at 12:54pm — No Comments

Open Letter of Support to Business Leaders

Twenty thousand business leaders and managers in ME, NH, VT, and RI will arrive to work on Tuesday to find a letter of support from the leading recruiting resource in those states: JobsInME, JobsInNH, JobsInVT, and JobsInRI.

I am proud of the initiative that we have taken to support employers and employees who will be among the workforce reductions in 2009. I am proud that JobsInTheUS is willing to support such an endeavor, and our willingness to accept short term costs to provide a… Continue

Added by Jason C. Blais on February 12, 2009 at 11:47am — No Comments

Dos and Don'ts for careers sites

Just posted a new vidcast about the dos and don'ts for careers sites. Check it out here or read below:

I'm in the midst of consulting a client on how to make their careers site more effective, and every time I do some research to take a look at what companies are doing out there, I get rather depressed seeing how terrible careers sites are these days.

They are the single most important part of any company's site, as… Continue

Added by ryanchartrand on February 12, 2009 at 11:40am — No Comments

Dr. Jekyll, Mr... Tech Support?

A vast majority of my blog has been dedicated to candidate advice. I figured amongst the cold blasts of snow, a lighthearted candidate story or two would be appropriate.

#1 – The Cold Shoulder

I was working on a Technical Support role for a company in Boston. I had a lengthy phone discussion with said candidate, for sanity’s sake we shall call him “Bob.” Bob seems interested in the role, I explain the need to meet with him prior, etc. Shortly thereafter, I receive a few emails… Continue

Added by Kelly Moeller on February 12, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Client or Candidate - who is the real customer here?

Is the client or the candidate the more important customer? When working for a staffing firm I can recall having this argument many times. It usually started when the candidate wanted more out of the client thus making some negotiations necessary. It was a two-way street, though, and the salespeople made their argument loud and clear when the client made similar requests.

So who really is the customer? The client? The candidate? Both? If both, who takes precedence during tough… Continue

Added by Gino Conti on February 12, 2009 at 9:41am — 11 Comments

Engaging Your Candidates With Blogs

Attention corporate recruiters! There has never been a better time to start a corporate recruiting blog. Read my article posted today on ERE to learn more:

Engaging Your Candidates With Blogs

Added by Ben Gotkin on February 12, 2009 at 8:53am — 2 Comments

Employment Agency question

I may have an opportunity part time working in an agency and we have been talking about light industrial as one of the areas I might concentrate on. The question is, what does an Agency need as far as workers comp or anything else to be able to supply companies with these type of workers. This would be in NJ. Thanks!

Added by Ellen Mancini on February 12, 2009 at 8:33am — No Comments

On the MagicMethod Menu: Open-Face

MagicMethod chat is today at noon (EST) on the MagicMethod network. There is no telephone call-in –our class chats happen online in the chat box on the Main Page of the network and they’re accessible by everyone who is a member of the MagicMethod network! Join today.

Today's session is Open-Face – anyone can bring questions about telephone names sourcing and get them answered. Even newbies.… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on February 12, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Google Makeover

Get a new online face… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on February 12, 2009 at 7:47am — No Comments

You recruited them, laid them off, now they're in hock

"Before, so many of us were living a good life here...Now we cannot pay our loans. We are all just sleeping, smoking, drinking coffee and having headaches because of the situation."

To make matters worse, a "new draft media law [in Dubai] would make it a crime to damage the country’s reputation or economy, punishable by fines of up to 1 million dirhams (about $272,000). Some say it is already having a chilling effect on reporting about the crisis."

So you… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on February 12, 2009 at 7:23am — 6 Comments

usefull terms for cooking

Bake--To cook, either covered or uncovered, in an oven.

Baste--To keep foods moist during cooking by pouring a liquid over them; you can use the meat drippings, melted fat, or any other liquid.

Beat--To make a mixture creamy, smooth, or filled with air by whipping it in a brisk motion.

Blanch--To precook a food briefly in boiling liquid, usually to loosen the skin; for example, you can drop tomatoes in boiling liquid for less than a minute, and the skin comes off… Continue

Added by Anderson on February 11, 2009 at 11:46pm — No Comments

Direct Marketing of Talent

Hi group, I'm new here. I've been in mid-level retained recruiting for quite a while (I helped start JobPlex.com back in the late 90s). Like a lot of folks in our industry, even with great clients, I'm experiencing a slow period. My question is, is it possible to market solid candidates I worked with for retained searches that didn't get offers? About half are still employed and half are between jobs. It's tough listening to their stories. So has anybody here had any luck taking great… Continue

Added by berrelc on February 11, 2009 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

America's Most Miserable Cities

Stockton, CA

Memphis, TN

Chicago, IL

Cleveland, OH

Modesto, CA

Flint, MI

Detroit, MI

Buffalo, NY

Miami, FL

St. Louis

Read the article and comments (the comments are, as always,… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on February 11, 2009 at 3:01pm — 1 Comment

American Tech Workforce is Tougher than Ever

Despite the massive layoffs across the board in technology from Big Blue to small-fry tech companies, there appears to be a streak of confidence among the masses. People in technology – engineers, software developers, IT, sales and marketing – seem to be a bit stronger through this crisis than in the past. Some of this may have to do with the bubble bursting on many of us in the dot com era. Or, it may have to do with the hope a new administration promises. More likely, much of it has to do… Continue

Added by Neil Costa on February 11, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

A New Trend for Savvy Job Seekers (Targeted ads towards on Social Networks)

While on Facebook I noticed an ad to the Left hand side which connected to a recent graduate from University of South Florida with a Masters degree in Engineering Management. I clicked on the ad which took me to the following resume

http://www.leonardoborrero.com/

Which also included links to his Linked In Profile.

I am not currently recruiting for engineering roles but I contacted him. He said that he is getting responses and… Continue

Added by Marcus Ronaldi on February 11, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments