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Employability - Is Lisa more Employable then Lakisha?

Two prospective employee resumes come across a hiring manager’s desk. Both candidates have the same skills and qualifications as well as have degrees from prestigious colleges. One candidate however, may have an unfair advantage, a traditionally non-ethnic sounding name.

According to an article by David Wessel of the Wall Street Journal, "A white sounding name on an…

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Added by Nicole St.Martin on August 21, 2007 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

Company Blogs For Recruiting

Just yesterday, I was having lunch with an acquaintance of mine discussing various recruitment strategies by incorporating the voice of the customer or voice of the employee in this case. No doubt company blogs came up. Why? Because they build relationships and engage ongoing, multi-faceted conversations. And while some companies are leery of

allowing their employees to speak freely about their work…

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Added by Catherine Horgan on August 21, 2007 at 2:07pm — No Comments

How would you pay a retained firm for a candidate you referred to them?

A retained firm is working a position for your company. Your company gives that firm a name to connect with regarding that position. Do you pay the same fees on that candidate?

How do you construct your agreements with retained firms to account for referrals from your company that get placed at your company? What are best practices for this?…

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Added by Joshua Kahn on August 21, 2007 at 1:04pm — 4 Comments

I'm on Recruiting Animal's Show Tomorrow (w/Amybeth Hale) - YIKES!

Should be interesting (well, at least I HOPE)- never been grilled or roasted on a radio show and Amybeth will be there to back me up (THANKS!!!!).

The topics? Who knows- it will involve Internet Research, possibly SourceCon, and for SURE- no phone sourcing questions. Why? Because that's just not what I do and I have almost zippo experience doing it.

Tune in tomorrow at Noon EDT here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/animal

Hey Animal: Internet Research is…

Added by Suzy Tonini on August 21, 2007 at 12:25pm — 3 Comments

On compensation double standards...

Quote for the Day: Monday, August 20th, 2007

"Why is it that the same managers who use “people don’t work for money” to justify underpaying workers are convinced that their own bonus and long-term incentive plans are great and highly motivating?"

Know HR Blog, Why is Money Not Motivating to Employees, But it is to… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on August 20, 2007 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Homer Simpson can boost your traffic!?!

Well, Homer and a large ad campaign that is…

Burger King struck pure advertising gold in July with the clever Simpsonizing of their commercials, which provided a 774% increase in site traffic.…

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Added by Chad Sowash on August 20, 2007 at 3:55pm — 1 Comment

Jim Durbin Gets His First Blog Sponsor

Now we're talking.

Added by Slouch on August 20, 2007 at 11:15am — 2 Comments

"We were candidates before we were recruiters "

"We were candidates before we were recruiters…

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Added by Recruitnik on August 19, 2007 at 11:08pm — 3 Comments

Jim Stroud Sells His Blog

Congrats to Jim Stroud who says here that he reached a deal with the mystery organization. Jim says he will release more info later.

This is great and I bet we will see more of this sort of thing in the years to follow.

Good work Jim

Added by Slouch on August 19, 2007 at 10:43pm — 3 Comments

RESUMES ARE DEAD AS DOORNAILS BUT NOT AS EXCITING

As the originator of bioblogs, a new art form for traditional resumes, I am interested in what recruiters think about them and particularly, if they don't care for them, what they suggest as an alternative to the look-alike resumes that circulate these days.

For those who haven't yet seen a bioblog, here's where to see them:

1stbioblogger.wordpress.com

bioblogger.typepad.com

Color and b/w samples are shown on these blogs, and recruiters who are used to working with the… Continue

Added by MICHAEL HOLLEY SMITH on August 19, 2007 at 4:39pm — 1 Comment

If You Recruit in India

Come join my new site, indianjobnetwork.com that I put together wih my friend Suresh.

We're in start up mode and hope to bring a lot of traffic to you.

Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter

Added by Jeff Altman on August 18, 2007 at 9:05pm — No Comments

Alexa is a toy, comments from the gallery

I have long thought of Alexa as more of a toy than a tool, but instead of focusing on my thoughts let’s see what others are saying.

Alexa needs an overhaul. It’s long since become less than useful. -…

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Added by Chad Sowash on August 17, 2007 at 1:19pm — No Comments

On the irony of finding sales talent...

Quote for the Day: Friday, August 17th, 2007

Finding sales talent can be as challenging as finding new clients. You have to consider your search for good salespeople to be no different than any other marketing or sales effort. You have to find a large list of prospects, and attract one or more of them to join your firm. Of course, this state of affairs is ironic: you need to be a good salesperson in order to attract someone to help you with… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on August 17, 2007 at 11:00am — No Comments

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Added by Francois Guay on August 16, 2007 at 6:49pm — No Comments

Is this chick for real?

So, normally, I try to stay away from commentary on other people's opinions, because everybody's got one and if they were all the same, this world would be a very boring place. But, a couple of weeks ago I posted on Penelope Trunk's article regarding ettiquette, and voiced my own opinion that she was way off base. Well, she's at it again and honestly I am now beginning to wonder if her writing is satirical because her advice…

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Added by Ragan Kellams on August 16, 2007 at 3:38pm — 7 Comments

60 seconds to a better college graduate?

?What don't they teach students in college? Apparently, a lot of things that businesses want.

When you interview graduates, do you long for technical skills or pine for interpersonal abilities? Or do you want both?

Take a minute (literally!) and share your knowledge.

Added by John Kaufeld on August 16, 2007 at 1:34pm — 1 Comment

Just Hit 500 members on RecruitingBlogs.com

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Added by Slouch on August 16, 2007 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

More gruel, I mean more VIDEO please!

After announcing the addition of VIDEO, to JobCentral Employer Pages, I was asked by several companies “Can we list more than one video?“…

But of course!

Check…

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Added by Chad Sowash on August 16, 2007 at 11:38am — No Comments

On keeping confrontational jerks around, or not as the case may be...

Quote for the Day: Thursday, August 16th, 2007

"Confrontation is never easy. This is especially true with someone like a jerk, who actually thrives on confrontation. As you work though the other reasons to keep a jerk around that I’ve included on this list, keep in mind that confrontation is also an issue in the manager’s mind. What can you do? Simple: Partner with the manager to work though the other issues, and when the manager arrives at the conclusion that now… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on August 16, 2007 at 11:00am — No Comments

The 80% solution for those tough to fill openings

Attending my brother’s graduation from college some twenty years back has brought inspiration in what I do every day since. He was an industrial engineer and the speaker was talking about resolving problems (that’s what we do right!) and that an 80% solution today is better than a 100% solution that’s late, and being an IT recruiter many of my code delivering clients agree that putting in a system that handles most of the needs now is better than continuing to wait with no solution…

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Added by bill martineau on August 16, 2007 at 9:34am — No Comments