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Is Honesty Really Worth It?

Well, well, look who finally decided to remember how much fun it is to blog!

To say it has been one of those weeks sounds so very cliché, but quite true. To say I minded would be a lie, though. Work has been an absolute whirlwind of activity in the last few days and I'm glad to have hardly had the time to justify taking a peek at my guilty pleasure that is RBC.

Those of you who have read my previous material know I'm a big proponent of the candidate's experience, taking… Continue

Added by Gino Conti on March 17, 2009 at 3:34pm — 16 Comments

Amity's gettin' married and has to sell (or rent) in NYC

RBC has to be more than blog posts and pithy discussions; along with more jobs to fill, eventually relocation comes to mind. And the reason for this post.

One of the fine recruiters here at the Tuttle Agency is preparing to tie to knot - knot, not noose; as such, her renovated 1 BDR in mint condition at...

5 Tudor City Place - 8th Floor Apartment (41st St. & 1st Ave.)…

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Added by Steve Levy on March 17, 2009 at 2:22pm — No Comments

SAP HR Compensation Lead – Jacksonville, FL. - IMMEDIATE

SAP HR Compensation Lead – Jacksonville, FL.

EMAIL RESUMES TO sonal@ismassociate.com

Added by Sonal D. on March 17, 2009 at 12:20pm — No Comments

SAP HR Payroll Lead – Jacksonville, FL (replacement)

SAP HR Payroll Lead – Jacksonville, FL (replacement)

EMAIL RESUMES TO sonal@ismassociate.com

Added by Sonal D. on March 17, 2009 at 12:19pm — No Comments

SAP HR Payroll Lead – Jacksonville, FL (replacement) - IMMEDIATE

SAP HR Payroll Lead – Jacksonville, FL (replacement)

EMAIL RESUMES TO sonal@ismassociate.com

Added by Sonal D. on March 17, 2009 at 12:18pm — No Comments

Brio Developer – Beaverton, OR - IMMEDIATE

Brio Developer – Beaverton, OR

EMAIL RESUME TO sonal@ismassociate.com

Added by Sonal D. on March 17, 2009 at 12:17pm — No Comments

Message Broker Tech Lead – NJ -IMMEDIATE

Message Broker Tech Lead – NJ

email sonal@ismassociate.com

Added by Sonal D. on March 17, 2009 at 12:16pm — No Comments

The Mobile Revolution ... cool info from ComScore

Quote from Heather Green's Businessweek Blogspotting article (Mar. 16):

According to ComScore, the number of people using their mobile devices to get news and information daily from the Internet doubled to 22.4 million from a year ago. Now that’s interesting and shows that the devices and the networks are living up to their billing as a way to get mobile data for more people. But what’s just as interesting is that the number of people who used their devices for… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on March 17, 2009 at 11:29am — No Comments

C# Developer - Toronto, Canada

This role will be responsible for maintenance and enhancements of the current applications, as well as work on migration of legacy content solutions to modern XML based technology. This position requires close working relationship with technical support, other development teams, analysts, and architects. This role will be involved in the full project development life cycle.

This role requires that you have a proven ability to deliver high quality software on schedule. The role… Continue

Added by Kevin Bradbury on March 17, 2009 at 11:01am — 1 Comment

A tale of triumph!

Okay, maybe it's not exactly triumphiant. But certainly a delightful success. I'm talking about a recent placement. Amidst the stories of tought times, several folks here are doing us the service of posting about the good things they have going - what a great and uplifting thing. We all need a little pep talk every once in a while, and what better way to get revved up than to see our fellow RBCer's having success.

I made a placement last week that has me on cloud nine. The lead came… Continue

Added by Becky Metcalf on March 17, 2009 at 10:57am — 1 Comment

Infrastructure Project Manager - Toronto, Canada.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Several years of continuously progressive experience within IT Operations, Systems Architecture, Networks and/or Telecommunications, preferably with hands-on technology exposure.

Minimum of 5 years progressive experience managing the delivery of global infrastructure initiatives in an enterprise-class project management office.

Passion for delivery and customer satisfaction which is driven by your ability to see the big… Continue

Added by Kevin Bradbury on March 17, 2009 at 10:37am — 1 Comment

Director of IT Services - Toronto, Canada

Our client is looking to bring on a Director-Level individual to manage BOTH Application Development & Infrastructure.

You must have experience managing developers and network / systems analysts.

Director of IT Services

Responsibilities:

• Business-oriented approach to systems design and development: Provide strategic direction that will allow the business to leverage IT effectively

• Responsible for all project management planning and oversight

•… Continue

Added by Kevin Bradbury on March 17, 2009 at 10:24am — 1 Comment

Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Q&A

In absences of my posts on TheATSGuy.com, many of my readers have been sending me questions directly, which I’m absolutely thrilled about. I thought that it might be helpful to introduce a Q&A section to my blog where I answer all of these questions and make them available to others. I will only using the questions and not private information such as names, emails, or companies. With that being said, please feel free to send me any applicant tracking… Continue

Added by Jake Stupak on March 17, 2009 at 10:22am — No Comments

March 17, 2009

Tutorial Tuesday with Kelly Dingee

Kelly suggests diversity in recruiting for diversity. makes sense to me.

Read...Taking your Diversity Sourcing further...don't just post a job...

Bonus Track

Do you listen to what you know you want and then get it [or is it the other way round?]

Pay attention class...… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on March 17, 2009 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Love my ATS!!!

Anyone here using CATS?

I just friggin' love CATS. Asim, Andrew and Sae do a kickass job with their product.

Not to mention they're all smart enough to know that just cause they're brilliant, it doesn't mean they have every idea. CATS set up BusyRecruiter.com as a means of opening up the flow of ideas. As a result I have had literally the best experience with this company, from their… Continue

Added by George Easton on March 16, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Opening in Richmond, VA

Are there any agencies looking to open an office in Richmond, VA?

Added by Andrea Schleicher on March 16, 2009 at 7:07pm — No Comments

One of our recent client was able to knock 80% of their recruitment money in just two months, We might do the same for you....

With the changes in the economy lot of people are looking for ways to reduce costs.

We are specialized in providing RPO services.

Scope of Services (RPO)

The scope of services, depending upon your requirement, may include but not limited to searching candidates from our internal database, job boards, Resume screening, response handling, research, corporate intelligence research, database maintenance, skills testing, research and monitoring open positions… Continue

Added by ░ Agastus on March 16, 2009 at 12:30pm — 41 Comments

March 16, 2009

Mendoza's Monday Member Showcase

Here's a guy who demonstrates you need to know very little to get hired as a recruiter and how it helps if you want to stay as one.

Read...Meet Scott Wilde, Sourcing & Diversity Specialist at American Family Insurance

Bonus Track

Today Rayanne reflects on the virtues of keeping a secular sabbath, or was that… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on March 16, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

LinkedIn Poll for Recruiters

Attention all recruiters who work for a fee.

There is a poll on LinkedIn that you should answer at http://polls.linkedin.com/p/27242/zkxwl

There are not enough good jobs out there and there are too many hungry recruiters, so every search seems to have muliple recruiters working them. Lately, those of us who work for a fee, especially contingency recruiters, are spending alot of time and money on trying to fill assignments and then learning that the positon is filled by… Continue

Added by Diane Skullr on March 14, 2009 at 8:49pm — No Comments

The Thumper Principle morphed into The Gambler edict

"If you can't say somfin nice... don't say nufin at all"

Phew, what a week... I had to really battle hard to ensure I kept the "Thumper Principle" in check. I really do prefer to live by this... I rarely react well emotionally, and tend to go over the top and embarrass myself when hindsight kicks in.

That said, I have this week so far self censored out 2 blog posts, 5 forum responses and 9 emails. By… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on March 14, 2009 at 7:59am — 2 Comments