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CareerTours, a New Interactive Recruiting Web Site

On the Radar: Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

According to CentreDaily.com:

CareerTours a Web 2.0 recruiting tool that allows career seekers to "experience" their next career, announces the launch of over 1,000 new job boards. The company, which launched in 2007, features interactive video postings and a unique viral marketing system that connects the right careers with the right…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on January 29, 2008 at 6:14pm — No Comments

Thanks HRmarketer

A couple of weeks ago, Ben Yoskovitz who is the CEO of StandoutJobs.com if I knew of anyone he could talk to at HRmarketer. I didn't know anyone so I put up a post here on RecruitingBlogs.com asking for a referral. Someone emailed me a contact that day and I passed it along… Continue

Added by Slouch on January 29, 2008 at 5:19pm — 2 Comments

Work Meetings, Potato Chips, & eBay

One of the worst parts of being a virtual employee is that I rarely get

the opportunity to physically interact with my coworkers. I sit in my

office at home, and use the phone, Skype, Twitter, and Instant

Messenger to communicate with the other BSG Alliance folks. So, when I

have the opportunity to fly to Texas and have some face time, I always

jump at the chance.

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Added by Katie Tierney on January 29, 2008 at 10:38am — No Comments

Video Job Postings

If you haven’t seen them do yourself a favor and check them out. That includes candidates who are looking for some additional insight into the corporate culture and work environment of a particular company.

John Littlejohn (VP and GM of The Employment Guide)…

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Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on January 29, 2008 at 8:02am — No Comments

Minnesota Headhunter To Present At The StarTribune Career Expo

As posted on MN Headhunter:

Many thanks to Kevin Donlin of The Simple Job Search and The Simple Job Search Blog for referring the folks putting on the event to me.

Click Career Expo to see those presenting and list of the exhibitors with the job fair.

I was a late edition to the web…

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Added by Paul DeBettignies on January 28, 2008 at 8:37pm — No Comments

Podcast 43: LinkedIn Land In London

Online recruitment news on this week's show: LinkedIn arrive in London, NotchUp launch a pay-per-interview model and eFinancialCareers has the Answers.

All this news, and more, this week on born...…

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Added by Julian Stopps on January 28, 2008 at 3:17pm — No Comments

Training and HR Technology--Retrain the Brain.

As aging baby boomers look to keep on working, producers of `brain fitness' software—aimed at improving memory and keeping the mind sharp—see an opportunity to pitch their products to employers. Software tools to keep the brain fit are headed to the workplace. The products have been making a splash in the consumer market in recent years as older Americans wrestle with memory loss and other cognitive declines. And now vendors of "brain fitness" software are beginning to see employers as…

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Added by Amit Bhagria on January 28, 2008 at 11:15am — 2 Comments

Practical Salary Negotiations!!!

A Guide to Planning for Your Next Salary Negotiation.

If you are reading this article, chances are that you will be participating in some kind of salary negotiation in the near future. Congratulations, that means that you now have a golden opportunity to make more money, and this guide…

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Added by Amit Bhagria on January 28, 2008 at 11:13am — No Comments

Truly Inspiring!!!

Eight Children were standing on the track to participate in the running event.

* Ready! * Steady! * Bang !!!

With the sound of Toy pistol , all eight girls started running.

Hardly have they covered ten to fifteen steps , one of the smaller girl s slipped and fell down, due to bruises and pain she started…

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Added by Amit Bhagria on January 28, 2008 at 11:09am — No Comments

StandoutJobs.com Launches Today

My Friend Ben Yoskovitz has just launched his new company called StandoutJobs.com . Today is the official launch and they are doing it from Demo. They also just announced today that they have raised… Continue

Added by Slouch on January 28, 2008 at 10:54am — 1 Comment

Intelius launches new search for cell phone numbers

On the Radar: Monday, January 28th, 2008

Amid concern from some quarters, Intelius launches a new search option:

Phone Lookup by Name Includes: Phone number, address, phone type, carrier & more for cell phones, unlisted & un-published numbers, internet (VOIP), and other phone types. Phone Lookup also includes the…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on January 28, 2008 at 6:41am — No Comments

The National Online Recruitment Audience Survey (NORAS) 2008

The National Online Recruitment Audience Survey (NORAS) 2008 figures are out.

Added by Julian Stopps on January 28, 2008 at 4:51am — No Comments

Why I Won't Stop Blogging

The following is a real conversation I had last week with Jason Davis.

It is not a reenactment by paid actors:

JD: How many hires have you made at WorldLink that are directly related to WirelessJobs.com?…

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Added by Dennis Smith on January 27, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

TW3...Week ending January 25th, 2008

Closing out January, this week's round-up from the recruiting industry’s group blogs, portals and individual archives posted on Recruiting.com...

Browse the archives of "That was the week that was..."…

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Added by Amitai Givertz on January 26, 2008 at 6:30pm — No Comments

This Note's For You

My friend Heather Hamilton who never ever calls me back when I leave her a message wrote a post the other day about social networks and recruiting. I left her a comment saying that if she ever wants to recruit recruiters she should never check out RecruitingBlogs.com.… Continue

Added by Slouch on January 25, 2008 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Associations on the Net

On the Radar: Friday, Januray 25th, 2008

Check out the Internet Public Library for a truly comprehensive list of prominent organizations and associations. While you're there, "grok it!"

Added by Amitai Givertz on January 25, 2008 at 7:46am — No Comments

Resumes on Google: Extracted and freshly squeezed

On the Radar: Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Courtesy of Lonnie McRorey, a custom search engine for extracting resumes using Google. For an example of software engineers in California, click here.

Imperfect on most searches but helpful for the boolean-challenged, particularly for IT and engineering.

What do you think?

Added by Amitai Givertz on January 24, 2008 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments

The Second Generation Of Job Aggregators

The job aggregator or vertical search engine is now an accepted part of the online recruitment industry. Companies like Indeed, WorkHound and AllTheTopBananas have impressive offerings and appear to be gaining traction as…

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Added by Julian Stopps on January 24, 2008 at 5:23pm — No Comments

Buzzy Jobs - International Recruitment Job Board

I recently joined a start up venture launched on 2nd January 2008 with Buzzy Jobs (www.buzzyjobs.com) and Buzzy Agencies (www.buzzyagencies.com). The company is privately owned and not part of a group like some of the major job boards in the market place.

Buzzy Agencies - is a website built for Candidates and Clients to find specialist recruitment/employment agencies within it niche… Continue

Added by Dina Mistry on January 24, 2008 at 2:13pm — 1 Comment

Jason Goldberg: The Startup CEO School of Hard Knocks

Recently Jason Goldberg, previously CEO of Jobster, wrote a great article on lessons learned.

This is a follow up piece to that with additional thoughts and commentary (from another CEO with lessons learned, and now getting into the job space...)

Read the full post:
http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-ceo-hard-knocks/2008/01/21/

Added by Ben Yoskovitz on January 24, 2008 at 12:22pm — No Comments