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How long can you last?

In one position I would jingle my car keys at about 7:00 p.m. letting my manager know I was finally leaving after working for twelve hours. At another company I would see people sitting at their desk playing on the internet to look like they were working - staying as long as they could for political reasons. I heard employees arguing about how early they came in and that they stayed later than everyone else, but yet they still had nothing to do. Why is it in some corporate cultures sitting in… Continue

Added by Tina M. on May 22, 2009 at 5:30pm — 4 Comments

Rip-off report

Does anyone have any good companies that can remove rip off report from Google searches? My company had petty person, write negative information about us. (We just made INC 500). It is the second to come up on Google searches, and it leads a bad reputation for a great company.

Please let me know!

Thank you

Kayla Goodhue
GlobalTranz

Added by Kayla Goodhue on May 22, 2009 at 5:14pm — 2 Comments

Video Resumes

The vote is still out on the advantages of having and sending video resumes. I have read many articles on this subject and the decision is pretty much split right down the middle as to whether they offer a real benefit as opposed to a traditional resume. I have diligently completed a Visual CV as well as profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, Recruitingblogs.com and Twitter. I am socially networked and totally Googleable… do I really need another web presence to drive people to find/contact/reach… Continue

Added by Leslie Mason on May 22, 2009 at 11:52am — No Comments

The Client Side - I........uh.............I make cold calls. There I said it.

In a conversation over the last week on RBC the subject of cold calling came up. One responder said that cold calling is unprofessional. Now to this person's defense, they were saying that they believe warm calls are more professional and that you should know something about who you are calling before you call. As I spent much of the past week cold calling, I chuckled some and thought a little about this conversation and perspective. My perspective is that this is an apples and oranges kind of… Continue

Added by Todd Kmiec on May 22, 2009 at 9:42am — 1 Comment

Are you Fullfilled in your life? Does your work life have purpose?

Hello to all,

I sincerely hope you are having a great day.

I am back from the gym and completed most if not all my weekly goals and getting ready for my mastermind call with Jason Larson, (www.larsconstruction.com) and I am inspired by what lies ahead of my day, my week, my month, my year....... My (our) Life!

I wanted to share an exercise I recently adopted into my daily routine, which is called "MORNING QUESTIONS", which is part of a program I am doing (… Continue

Added by Brian K. Johnston on May 22, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Phone Interview Tips

Employers use telephone interviews as a way of identifying and recruiting candidates for employment. Phone interviews are often used to screen candidates in order to narrow the pool of applicants who will be invited for in-person interviews. They are also used as a way to minimize the expenses involved in interviewing out-of-town candidates. If you are lucky you will have a predetermined time for a phone interview, but other calls might come… Continue

Added by Kunin Associates on May 22, 2009 at 8:56am — No Comments

Forbes wants people to reinvent their careers

Eight people who were once big earners before seeing pink are profiled by Forbes as an indicator that anyone can reinvent themselves and become more fulfilled.

We see a Senior Vice President at Wellpoint who refused to relo from New Hampshire to Indiana - and the company acquiesced; a web development consultant who fiddles with code on his cell while the barber trims his locks;… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on May 22, 2009 at 8:45am — No Comments

Job openings for Siebel Professionals @ Capgemini Mumbai

Job openings for Siebel Professionals @ Capgemini

Below are the details for your reference.

**Job Responsibilities for Siebel EAI:

• Minimum 3 years of Siebel EAI experience with knowledge on MQ series and webservices

• High knowledge on configuring Integration Objects, Data Mappers; good knowledge on SOAP concepts, XML and web services

• Experience on workflow and scripting is a must.

• Experience on designing real time interface is a… Continue

Added by Ritesh on May 22, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Candidate Data Theft - On the Increase

At Pan Eight Consulting, we have worked with a number of clients who have experienced candidate or customer data theft in some shape or form.

The economic downturn is leading to an increase in data theft, with recruitment agencies the worst hit sector and most susceptible.

Increasing competition for a diminishing number of client job offers among agencies is causing a rise in data theft.

Based on a recent survey, among recruiters, three quarters of data… Continue

Added by Pan Eight Consulting on May 21, 2009 at 7:26pm — No Comments

Campaigning for people to lose jobs. Shame media

I rarely get up on my soap box, but man.. this has really annoyed me.

I love my football, I love my sport, I love hearing about it, I love reading about it and basically I cannot get enough. However this month, there has been a couple of issues arising which really sticks in my craw.... (where is my craw by the way?)

Anyway, in the media here, there seems to be a pre-occupation with people losing their jobs, specifically coaches of football clubs. Aren't we in a recession?… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on May 21, 2009 at 6:42pm — No Comments

Tough Time for Nurse Grads

It saddens me that there are many recent grads in healthcare and that few facilities are willing to give them an opportunity. While I do understand that it's a matter of investing time and money into someone who may take off within months, healthcare is sorely in need of nurses. Few nurses are interested in teaching because teaching does not pay as well as other areas of nursing, so though there may be men and women interested in becoming nurses getting into nursing school is not easy. Although… Continue

Added by Patricia Craig on May 21, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Let the Games Begin! A whole new Recruiting world awaits....

Let me explain something here to the guys. When you get married, Game Over.

I was playing a video game. It was 2 AM. I was using my Plantronics headset with mic shouting at my team of online gamers (mostly college kids) when all of a sudden my wife pulls the electrical plug.

We were on the last level to slay the Dragon monster and she drops the power strip in my lap. Friggin’ unplugged and offline, my team lost hours worth of… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on May 21, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Account Executive- Public Sector

We are (www.technodyne.net) looking for an account executive

TechnoDyne is a growing, privately held, IT Consulting Company located in Wayne, NJ. We are looking for an Account Executives with 5+ years of experience to join the team!

These are full time sales professional positions that will be working from home office. They are expected to spend the majority of their time in the field selling in front of the customer. Required to visit our corporate office in Wayne as and… Continue

Added by Ravi Revuri on May 21, 2009 at 10:18am — No Comments

Need Some Help

Its a little unnerving not to understand twitter and its working... whats with, someone's following you... sounds like I am being stalked... anyone care to explain the concept and make me feel at home here? I post stuff but no one replies! What am I doing wrong.... I try to work with splits.org and reply to posts... same results... no replies... its sad....I try to log on to chat... same thing, no replies... how depressing....but I'm not about giving up... so heres me asking for help... you can… Continue

Added by Louella Machado on May 20, 2009 at 5:29pm — 1 Comment

Should Employers Know What You Post On Your Personal Sites?

According to a study by Deloitte LLP, a majority of employers feel that they have a right to know what’s being posted on personal social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. A rant or negative opinion about a company can end up damaging reputations and divulging secrets valuable to competitors. But most of us can’t help but check up on our personal sites. The most common reasoning for staying active in personal social media goes something… Continue

Added by Louis Bina on May 20, 2009 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Effective Networking in your Underwear

It sounds like everyone’s worse nightmare…. You go to the office and suddenly realize you’re just wearing underpants, or worse nothing at all. I think we’ve all had that dream, am I right?

BUT, in reality it doesn’t really matter how you’re dressed to affectively present yourself in the BEST positive light. From the comfort of your home (wearing whatever), simply get involved and BRAND yourself as the expert that you WANT to be.

Here’s how I roll in my… Continue

Added by Heather Gardner on May 20, 2009 at 3:22pm — No Comments

BYOBM - If you've got it, flaunt it!

Spring has sprung! Birds are chirping, pedestrians are darting out in front of my car, I narrowly avoid running into people on bikes – seriously some of you people are slightly dangerous. Ahhhhh…. Summer is on its way. And to top it off I’m seeing signs of an upswing in the market. WOO HOO!!

Recently, I was fortunate enough to take part in a few events focusing on job hunting, technology, new products, etc. at the Microsoft building in Cambridge, MA. Can we talk about how… Continue

Added by Kelly Moeller on May 20, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Dating Scammers now using ere.net

Hello Everyone;

I often receive tons of email scams (nigerian, russian women, UK lottery winnings) But this is the first to utilize ere.net.

Read below.

Perhaps not a (fake) member and spidered the email addresses from ERE.

Happy Memorable Day, please pray for our troops!

SalCPC

kelly williams sent you a private message, "hello":

my dearest new friend,

it give me a great honor to contact you after viewing your profile which interest me in… Continue

Added by Salvatore Petrara, CPC on May 20, 2009 at 10:49am — 5 Comments

The marketing tightrope

Marketing a job board is akin to walking a tightrope with two contentious children hanging from either end of your balancing rod. On one side you have your employers, wanting more exposure, better candidates, and yes, their logo in a prominent location. On the other side you have your job seekers, wanting some sort of response from employers, a really great (or at least well-paying) job, and lots of stuff for free.

The challenge? Too many job seekers and you’re most likely spending… Continue

Added by Jeff Dickey-Chasins on May 20, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Has the Cellar been reached???

The Employment Guide, job fair employers, and job-seekers at Citifield have given us reason to believe that the sky is the limit once again for this great nation’s economy and job market. On Thursday, May 14th 2009, at 8am people weren’t lined up outside of the Mets new stomping ground to catch an early game. No, the line was full of Job-Seekers galore looking to hopefully help in the lowering of the tremendous 8.1% unemployment rate (www.labor.state.ny.us/) in New York. Upstairs waiting in the… Continue

Added by John Vincelli on May 20, 2009 at 9:03am — No Comments