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Job Site Traffic Synopsis: Super Bowl

During my time at Monster I was able to actually see the results of our Super Bowl ad traffic, whether it was good or not so good. But I've always wondered how much Super Bowl commercials really impacted other job board's traffic. Moreover what other initiatives they utilize to maintain the growing need for more job seeker eyeballs after the… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on March 12, 2008 at 8:05pm — No Comments

Uncle Sam wants more Chad

Uncle Sam, once again, is not happy with our current one weekend a month (Army reserve status) arrangement so he's called me back into the active Army for a period of 1 year... or whenever he feels like sending me home.

I started my Army career on active duty back in '89, went into the Army reserves in '93 and am now inching ever so slowly to my 20 year mark. I'll be stateside (Fort Benning,… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on March 12, 2008 at 8:02pm — No Comments

Help me with some advice?

I'm an out of work pastor with lots of administrative and management experience. I suppose I should more precisely say that I'm an entrepreneur starting something new and paying the bills is still important. Which means I need steady income from a real job. Nearly all of my work experience is in the non-profit world. Back in the day, I did co-manage a McDonald's restaurant, worked in PR for the American Heart Association, and have done temp work on and off for years.

I sure would… Continue

Added by TOV - The Entertainment Industry Chaplains on March 12, 2008 at 3:50pm — No Comments

Professionals on the move

NetShelter Technology Media hired LAURA GAFFNEY as vice president, publisher network.

JOE SULLIVAN has joined StoreBoard Media as vice president, retail partnerships.

Moroch Partners named JERRIE VAN GELDER as managing partner. Van Gelder will serve as the Moroch lead for the national McDonald's breakfast business account and lead the McDonald's Field Activation Program.

Agency.com named JEREMY DALY as director of planning. Most recently, Daly was a partner and… Continue

Added by 01. Lonnie McRorey on March 12, 2008 at 11:03am — No Comments

Criminal Background Checks

I finally discovered a background check company called easybackgroundchecks that has reasonable packaging prices, is very easy to use, and has very good customer support.

The other beauty about this service is that they guarantee drug test results within 24 hours from the time the candidate left the lab facility. Most companies take 3 days to produce these results.

Added by JoAnna Povlas on March 12, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Hump Day Humor 3/12

In Sales (as in Recruiting) we must ALWAYS be ready to adapt to each unique individual and situation we’re working with.

Look for opportunities to be flexible on the fly!

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on March 12, 2008 at 10:20am — No Comments

Passive Candidates- The Klondike Bar

Remember that jingle for the Klondike Bar? “Oh what would you do ooh ooh for a Klondike Bar?” I find myself asking the same question when it comes to finding to attracting passive candidates. I still feel the best lead is one that a colleague or business partner can give me. As long as you have a first and last name, there are so many avenues to find contact information for those candidates including LinkedIn and ZoomInfo. If you use Mozilla Firefox there is also another great way to do a… Continue

Added by Josh Neeble on March 12, 2008 at 10:11am — No Comments

U-N-U Radio Station

Hello my friends,

I wanted to share a business venture. I'm now the owner/station manager for UNU Radio, which stands for unsigned/new/undiscovered. I stream awesome, authentic Indie music from all genres 24/7. I'm also going into the management aspect of the industry. Please support me and my efforts to bring great music to the forefront!! Thanks and I wish you all the best. The main station page is www.unuradio.com, but… Continue

Added by latarsha dc on March 12, 2008 at 7:54am — No Comments

HR Crucial to Executive Compensation Process

The world of executive compensation has changed during the past few years. Never before has there been more attention paid to the finer details of compensation programs, and the roles of key players in the executive compensation process have changed dramatically.

In most companies, it is now the job of the board compensation committee to govern executive compensation - and for good reason. Board members have a fiduciary responsibility to manage not only the costs of the executive pay… Continue

Added by Amit Bhagria on March 12, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

Are they a leader or are they a manager?

http://recruitnik.blogspot.com/2008/03/are-they-leader-or-are-they-manager.html

Added by Recruitnik on March 11, 2008 at 11:32pm — No Comments

2008 SourceCon Sourcing Challenge 1 update - The Fab 5

Harry was chatting with 5 people online 15 min ago who are luck enough to get an additional 24hour head start on the rest of the competition. They are only 1/3 the way there but have the night to get a little further ahead. If you can find out who the 5 are, then they might be kind enough to give you all the clues

Harry told me he will be back same time same channel tomorrow

Good luck!

SC

Added by SourceCon Dude on March 11, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

UK Retail HR E-recruiting Network

I have just got our UK based corporate e-recruiting network into 'beta' feel free to read a little about it on my main blog E-recruitment in Retail.

Added by Peter Gold on March 11, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Launched Social Media Headhunter: Back into Recruiting

It's been over two years since I've taken a job requisition or interviewed a candidate, but I've decided to jump back into recruiting with socialmediaheadhunter, a blog that is designed to help me place social media candidates with companies.

I'm not abandoning Durbin Media, SMH is rather an extension of my current services.

I can train staff in social media and provide… Continue

Added by Jim Durbin on March 11, 2008 at 11:53am — 4 Comments

The Silver Lining Exists

There is often a silver lining to everything. You just need to look for it yourself.

The big news from last week was the negative report that employers slashed jobs nationwide to the tune of some 63,000 in February. In fact, this news was easily the lead story for much of the day Friday.

Well, here’s some news that’s equally important (and very relevant), but I’d be willing to guess that many people won’t see it unless they’re looking for it and you especially won’t find… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on March 11, 2008 at 11:15am — 2 Comments

Podcast 49: You Say CV, I Say Razume

The born digital recruitment news podcast is out.

On the show this week: Job advertising volumes rocket, online advertising has a shaky start to the year and introducing Razume.

All this news and more, this week on…

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Added by Julian Stopps on March 11, 2008 at 4:18am — No Comments

Monday Recruiters

Funny Stories for Monday floating around.

Towards the end of a job interview, the recruiter asked a young engineer fresh out of an Ivy League school, "And what starting salary were you looking for?" The Engineer said, "In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package." The recruiter said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, a company matching retirement fund for 50 percent of your salary, and… Continue

Added by Sally Raade on March 11, 2008 at 3:45am — 3 Comments

Minnesota Recruiters (un)Conference | Winter 2008 | Recap

February 29^th a group of 125 local Recruiters, HR professionals and a few college students attended the third Minnesota Recruiters event at Best Buy corporate headquarters sponsored by JobDig, LinkUp, and Oberon.

For complete information on the…

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Added by Paul DeBettignies on March 10, 2008 at 9:45pm — No Comments

Dave, You Rule!

I had a personal emergency today and didn’t go online until almost 2 PM this afternoon. Lo and behold, there were over 200 linkedin invitations in my gmailbox! And the day isn’t over yet.

WOW! All thanks to Rock Star Recruiter Dave Mendoza, mover, shaker, kingmaker – or queenmaker, to be gender-exact. This phenomenon has nothing at all to do with me or my overnight popularity. Au contraire, it is a reflection of the leadership and strong sway of Dave… Continue

Added by Maya Walker on March 10, 2008 at 9:31pm — 6 Comments

In Defense of Eliot Spitzer - NOT

Eliot Spitzer, the governor of NY, has just made headlines as an allegedly admitted customer of a prostitution ring. This is the guy who, as NY’s former Attorney General, prosecuted more than his share of sex workers.

This is my Letter to the Editor that Chief Executive magazine published in June, 2005. It was in response to an editorial on Spitzer’s heavy-handed treatment of business.

Spitzer’s… Continue

Added by Dr. Janice Presser on March 10, 2008 at 3:34pm — 1 Comment

Anyone know of any good broadcasts on lead generation? 1:00-1:30 everyday?

I have a bit of time each day. 1:00-1:30 to be specific. Looking to listen to anyone talking everyday at that time about lead generation, preferably front/end.

Thanks!

"the moose" hunter

Added by Joshua Kahn on March 10, 2008 at 3:26pm — 5 Comments