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10 Germiest Jobs In America…

The Dark Daily (Clinical Laboratory and Pathology News/Trends), which I read frequently, recently reported a study of the 10 Germiest Jobs In America, by “Dr. Germ,” AKA Charles P. Gerba, Ph.D., a microbiologist at the University of Arizona in Tuscon. Here’s the list:

1) Teacher, day care workers

2) Cashier, bank employee

3) Tech support, computer repair.

4) Doctor or nurse

5) Lab scientist

6) Police officer

7) Animal control officer

8) Janitor or… Continue

Added by Peggy McKee on December 3, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Google Maps for Recruiting...

I've received a few requests asking about how recruiters can use Google to better source candidates or streamline some recruiting efforts. Since I was actually in the process of playing with some Google Maps mashups when the last request came in I thought I'd hit on some neat things recruiters can do with Google Maps. First let me say that I'm by no means implying that Google is… Continue

Added by RecruiterGuy on December 3, 2008 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Animal Show Wed Dec 03 NOON EST

08.12.03: LISTEN HERE

GUEST: JOSH KAHN, Sr Pipeline Generation Specialist

Josh on: Twitter,… Continue

Added by Recruiting Animal on December 3, 2008 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

First-of-its-Kind Solution for Posting Jobs to an Exclusive Network of Top-Ranked MBA Schools

The new MultiPost Job Network enables employers to simultaneously broadcast open positions to MBA students and alumni of more than 50 top-ranked schools in the U.S., Europe and Asia – using one single job posting form.

(Columbus, Ohio, December 1) MBA Focus™, a leader in technology and services for recruiting MBA talent, has pioneered the first service that enables employers to easily, instantaneously post open positions directly to students and alumni of more than 50… Continue

Added by Ryan Pratt on December 3, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Would you hire YOU?

You spent all your life savings, mortgaged your home, borrowed from a bank and opened up a Staffing company. You are searching for a Senior Recruiter. Would you hire YOU? If your entire business depended on the recruiting abilities of one person, would you hire YOU to be that person?

Somehow, somewhere and for some reason, you chose to be a recruiter. It offered an excellent earning potential. You got excited and showed up to work. In the beginning, you were very teachable. You were… Continue

Added by Tirtis on December 3, 2008 at 8:55am — 1 Comment

The Rise of the Twitterati (per Kathleen Parker)

"In the Information Age: Knowing equals Being." - Kathleen Parker , Washington Post (may require free sign-up - worth it if you want to follow the DC political scene)

She asks, "Come to think of it, how long before we begin to expect, if not demand, that public officials twitter?" I think she has something here: Shareholders should demand that executives twitter… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on December 3, 2008 at 7:45am — 4 Comments

Drink 'em Pretty

Dear Claudia,

Is it unethical to recruit in a bar? A friend of mine says that alcohol and recruiting do not mix because people tend to make stupid decisions under the influence; I say that some of my best placements have come from strangers I met over drinks. What do you say?

Cheers in Boston

Dear Cheers,

Oh, for crying in your beer. I say that it’s a mark of a slow economy when recruiters have nothing better to do than argue the ethics of… Continue

Added by Claudia Faust on December 3, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments

The 5 Ps of Sourcing

Someone left a message over on the SourcersGuild board and I thought you all might have an interest in it and in my answer!

So I need to go back to the basics. I have just started looking for talent in a new industry (HVAC Custom Electrical Design). I know I need to start with a competitors list and do some research. Does anyone have a train of thought list that they use when they are… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on December 3, 2008 at 4:00am — No Comments

52 ideas on using social media within HR

It has taken me a while to get this lists published, I originally had the idea six months ago! Below are 50 51 52 ideas on how you can use social media within your HR and Recruitment strategy.

Not all of the ideas are practical for all organisations, and I would never recommend you trying to implement all of them at once! Or for that matter without an overall strategy *insert ad for Inspecht social media consulting here*. The list is more designed to stimulate ideas and… Continue

Added by Michael Specht on December 3, 2008 at 3:58am — No Comments

TalkSourcing Radio Show

Join me today at 1p.m. EST on the TalkSourcing segment of the Recruiting Animal's (Noon) Radio Show. I'll be there to answer your questions on phone sourcing after Animal's guest interview with Josh Kahn, winner of Sourcecon Challenge 2008 at noon EST.

How do you "do" a company's telephone bank? (Be prepared to spend some time.)

How do you match current titles to names that come off that phone bank?… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on December 3, 2008 at 3:00am — No Comments

Good habits...(how flossing every day changed my life)

I have always hated flossing and I am guessing I am not alone. I did it once a week for good measure, not including the frantic flossing the week before the dentist visits.

Well, a friend told me that if I floss every day, there are other great side effects. She suggested that her allergy symptoms went away after a week of flossing. I suffer from bad allergies and frequently have trouble hearing because I get so stuffed up.

So I started, and you know what? My hearing is… Continue

Added by Julia Stone on December 2, 2008 at 2:48pm — 1 Comment

Top 5 pharma layoffs in 2008 -

Fierce Pharma outlines how 20,000 pharma folks were laid off from 5 companies in 2008.

I hate to point this out, but if big pharma can let all of those folks go without major issues continuing to do business, then those employees were not adding value (or very much of it).

As one marketeer put it to me: if you can’t show me where you made me $$, saved me $$ or saved me time - why do I employ you? Pharma sales reps with biology/chemistry or molecular degrees - send me your… Continue

Added by Peggy McKee on December 2, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Happy Birthday : The Computer Mouse turns 40

mouse.jpgInvented by a team of researchers led by Doug Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute in California in 1968, computer’s most dynamic input device, the “mouse”, has entered into its 40s on Monday.

The first-ever mouse was made from a wooden block with wheels mounted on its base, and featured a red button on top of its case, and a cable at its back, which probably made one of the… Continue

Added by Kunal on December 2, 2008 at 10:12am — No Comments

Top 7 Mistakes Hiring Managers Make When Advertising Open Positions

There are plenty of reasons a particular job ad may not work well. Sometimes these mistakes are tough to recognize and even harder to learn to avoid.

Here are seven mistakes that can cause an ad to provide less bang for the buck than desired:

Not writing good ad copy

The key to writing good ad copy is to grab the job seeker’s attention, give enough details about the position to make it clear what the candidate will be doing, keep job… Continue

Added by Candice Arnold on December 2, 2008 at 9:11am — No Comments

Novel Ways of Sourcing

Today's MagicMethod Phone Sourcing Class is going to center around different ways of sourcing-bring your best practices to class at noon (EST) and let's discuss!

Maureen Sharib

Telephone Names Sourcer/MagicMethod Trainer

"Diversity of stimulation means novelty, and novelty means challenge to thought." ~ John Dewey, Democracy and Education

******

Don’t miss Tom Cook,… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on December 2, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

My Favorite Time Of Year-Time To Raise the Bar

It's been 1 year since I made a vow to myself to make the most of 2008.

A year later I look back on that time and realize a year changes so much. Never does one really think about what they have until they look in the mirror and reflect on who they have become. This is me.

It never ceases to amaze me how much we should love each and every day for the miracles we have. It is as though life always points us where we need to go, when we need it most. At least it seems that… Continue

Added by Mike Rasmussen on December 2, 2008 at 2:30am — No Comments

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Added by Kinsley Lee on December 1, 2008 at 7:23pm — No Comments

What kind of career is recruitment for heavens sake! Anyone can do it..

Is it me or is the world mad? How many untrained recruiters does it take to change a light bulb..... too many to count, they just haven't a clue! Trouble is, they don't even know it...

Its getting to that time of the year when I like to review my experiences in the world of recruitment. Thankfully Im blessed to have a highly trained group of professional recruiters around me but I have to say that my contact with some in the industry… Continue

Added by Gavin Chase on December 1, 2008 at 6:33pm — 3 Comments

Wal-Mart man crushed by shoppers on Black Friday: Related to recruiting?

Last week some of you may have read the sad news of the man crushed by overzealous shoppers at a Wal-Mart on Black Friday (see the article here) (opens in a new window)

As sad as this news is, and not to downplay this by any means, I began to wonder how many times I myself may have "crushed" a good candidate in a similar way. In order to do this… Continue

Added by Steve on December 1, 2008 at 5:17pm — No Comments

Being a General in the War for Talent during an Armistice

If you have been reading my posts here (thanks if you have :)) then you'll probably realise that I have been thinking, studying and reviewing the role of Internal Recruitment within my organisation. It has been a really interesting, revealing and introspective journey. Especially with focus sharpening in the areas of the business which are not what some people would consider as core.

Was I over complicating things? We have our systems, our processes, our metrics. We achieve the… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on December 1, 2008 at 4:42pm — 2 Comments