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Economy Entrepreneurship

Because the economy hasn't turned around yet, many college students and graduates are looking in a different direction. No longer is there an expectation of "having that dream job" when graduating from college. I am seeing many 19-22 year olds becoming entrepreneurs more than ever before. Many of the people that I connect with in the business/entrepreneur world are seeing the same thing. College students are to be commended to looking into a "Plan B" for the future and not waiting to see what… Continue

Added by Wanda Deese on October 26, 2009 at 12:41am — No Comments

How accountants can make recruiters’ jobs much easier

Over the last few weeks Mindset’s talent division started to receive an unusually high number of applicants from a large American medico-pharma company with a significant presence in Australia. This was unusual as this company has until recently had a high reputation for good HR practices and high staff engagement. Their employees have been hard to attract!

Our consultants started to probe deeper as to the reasons for the sudden change. It seems that with the GFC the company’s… Continue

Added by Aaron Dodd on October 25, 2009 at 10:18pm — No Comments

Your Social Media Moment is Coming Soon!

Are you ready?

It is coming soon. Maybe tomorrow, maybe sometime in 2010, but it is definitely coming to your office.

No, I’m not talking about Halloween, or Christmas. I’m not even talking about the end of open enrollment.

I am talking about the day in your HR career when you are confronted by the need to make a strategic recommendation about social media.

Most HR professionals won’t be ready!

If you will just invest a little… Continue

Added by Michael VanDervort on October 25, 2009 at 5:53am — 3 Comments

Annoucing the launch of Technodyne in Canada

I am glad to announce the launching of Technodyne, Inc in Canada

Pl help me establish in Canada

I am looking for business leads in information technology. I can assist you with any of your IT staffing requirements. We have about 20 dedicated onsite/offshore recruiters working for us.

Look forward to hearing from you

My mail id is infoca@technodyne.com

Added by Ravi Revuri on October 24, 2009 at 10:20pm — No Comments

To Tweet or Not to Tweet?

If you’re like many, you’re standing by observing this social networking frenzy – nothing short of a blitz – and wondering, what IS this stuff?? And why would I want to “follow” my local TV station anyway? It’s a big waste of time, right? Not so fast…

The simple fact is, there may soon come a time when having a Twitter account will be as critical to a business person as having a Blackberry. No longer an option, but a necessity. So get past your disdain for that which you’re not… Continue

Added by Shannon Russo on October 24, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Get off it JD

JD: Hello

Animal: Did you break your arm?

JD: Whaddya mean?

Animal: I hear you want to talk to me? Why can't you pick up the phone? Did something happen to you?

JD: No, I'm fine..... Hey, did you see? You're # 1 on twitter.

Animal: I'm #… Continue

Added by Recruiting Animal on October 24, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Today's phone call to The Recruiting Animal Inspired by Lance Haun

Ring Ring

Animal: hello?

JD: It's me.

Animal: (screams) JAY DEE

JD: You know, you have not called me in 3 weeks.

Animal: I have not talked to Anthony Meaney or Jim Durbin for years.

JD: I know because if we don't call you you would never call us.

Animal: (silence)

JD: It's doesn't matter. Listen, I'm calling to tell you that twitter has gone to… Continue

Added by Slouch on October 24, 2009 at 3:30pm — 5 Comments

San Antonio Jobs Get Some Fuel

One popular automaker is planning to create hundreds of San Antonio jobs (Click here).

Toyota recently announced its plan to recreate a second production shift at the company's Tundra pick-up truck assembly plant in San Antonio. The plan, expected to be in place by February 2010, could create up to 850 jobs.

While the… Continue

Added by Cheezhead on October 23, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Would Antoine Walker be a Good Recruiter?

An interesting question indeed. There are many recruiters, search consultants, headhunters or talent acquisition specialists (for the purpose of this article, all titles are interchangeable) whose skill and talent closely mirrors the approach he took to playing basketball.

Additionally, if you look at his career resume for his years in the NBA, as well as where he went to school, you will see the same trend that mirrors the career trajectory of a recruiter.

Let’s look at a… Continue

Added by Chris Hood on October 23, 2009 at 5:46pm — No Comments

HR is the New PR

Hold on to your hats, folks. Your HR team is the new face of PR. Human Resource departments aren’t just cubicles full of paper processing, copy making, policy writing drones, they are the future of your company’s business success. Ask any corporate human resource professional, and they will tell you that they wear many hats from recruiting, to referee, operations expert, legal counsel, trainer, and now branding, public relations, and marketing experts. Yes, you heard me correctly, Public… Continue

Added by Jessica Miller-Merrell on October 23, 2009 at 4:12pm — 3 Comments

Meaning Over Money; How Companies Can Add Value to Entry-Level Positions

With the economy beginning to turn around, entry-level job seekers are starting to shop around the job market instead of jumping at the first company who offers them a paycheck. Choosing a first job is a tough decision for anyone, but for recent college graduates, it’s their first leap into the real world.

A few months prior to graduation; my classes, email inbox and seemingly every conversation I had with my parents revolved around my job search. I hadn’t even ordered my cap and… Continue

Added by Laura Gargolinski on October 23, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Job Search Tools for MBA Alumni from Top-Ranked B-Schools

Sign Up for the MBA Alumni Resume Database & Job Board Today! Starting immediately, MBA alumni will be able to market themselves to and search jobs from thousands of the biggest and best MBA employers around the globe. You will be able to put your full resume and a streamlined profile online using your school's new alumni MBA resume database and job board…

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Added by Ryan Pratt on October 23, 2009 at 1:14pm — No Comments

Duplication of Effort

Because the market is loaded with high unemployment, hiring managers are approaching candidates directly to circumvent paying fees to recruiters. Corporate recruiters are therefore competing with the very professionals they’re assigned to support. Agencies, sensing a schism and a possible opportunity to snap up a quick albeit reduced fee, are vying to squeeze a toe in the door with the hiring manager and pitching the line, “I can do it better for less and without politics.”

I… Continue

Added by Suzanne M King on October 22, 2009 at 3:38pm — 1 Comment

The Fine Line Between Follow Up and Harassment

It’s happened to all of us.

As a Recruiter, you send the job description to a candidate to review for consideration and potential submission to your customer, have a “great” phone conversation, lock up the details, psych up your Sales Guy with the “perfect” candidate and boom…after sending the resume to the Sales Guy to send to your customer, you hear crickets. Chirp, chirp. Your candidate falls off the face of the earth.

Or as a Sales Guy, you send the “perfect” candidate… Continue

Added by Jeffrey Burkhardt on October 22, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Resume Review - Getting Through the Stack Fast

I'll never forget the moment I saw 9,000 as the number of applicants to one position I was working on. I was an internal consultant to a Fortune 500 company and the shock I got from registering the number 9,000 was dumbfounding. How the heck was I supposed to feel that 9,000 people had a fair shot at the position? And how could I possibly feel confident that I had presented only the absolute best qualified candidates? I sat back and tried to breathe through this sudden crisis of the mind and… Continue

Added by Lesa Caskey on October 22, 2009 at 1:51pm — 4 Comments

Do You Know What You Are Looking For?

So often, I have people that are looking for a new job, network with me but they can’t tell me what kind of position they are seeking. Sometimes they only know they don’t want to do the same thing as their previous position, or they don’t want to ‘limit’ their options, or they just don’t know what’s available. They tell me they are “open right now”.

I can’t help you if you can’t tell me what it is you want!

That may sound obvious, but to a great many job seekers it’s the… Continue

Added by Harry Urschel on October 22, 2009 at 1:07pm — No Comments

A Big Bowl Of Reality'os

In the past I have pondered the phenomena of entitlement associated with Gen Y and Millenials. Well, hold the phone...I think the past 10 months has given all of us - Gen X'ers and Y'ers and beyond - a little dose of reality. 2009, so far, has shown us economic turmoil that most of us have never experienced in our lifetimes - and hopefully never will again. Collapse of the housing market, unemployment rates through the roof, banking crisis, bankruptcies, layoffs...you name it. It all equals one… Continue

Added by Ragan Kellams on October 22, 2009 at 10:48am — No Comments

Hiring Manager Profiles and Why Recruiters Dread Working in Corporate America

It’s Friday. You got a date planned with your soul mate. Reservations were made in advance. Then Tom over in Accounting, a total Dork with a capital D, asks for an activity Report on all the candidates in the last six months.

Cindy in the PMO Group created half dozen flow charts on the Recruiting process. She is so impressed with her flowcharts she is convinced that this is the process that all Recruiters should follow. Problem. The flow chart includes weekly meal… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on October 22, 2009 at 10:26am — 1 Comment

You can be Heroes

It's a great job when it all comes together isn't it?

The last 12 months haven't been the best in industry, many people struggling to stay afloat, keep themselves relevant and employed across all markets. But TODAY, I got my groove back...

It didn't start well today. The bat signal was being loud and clear from a distressed constituent (AKA A grumpy/distressed call from the business). A hiring emergency was happening... "holy recruitment issues… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on October 22, 2009 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

When are we really interviewing?

I am one of those extremely lucky men who has the good fortune to get critiqued by my wife on a daily basis. I am not the only one, you know who you are out there if you’re like me, or better still…like my wife. Yes, on a daily basis as I am having what I believe might be a conversation about dinner at the Jones’ the night before, or the upcoming Scout meetings for the boys – I am being covertly scrutinized from head to toe about everything from the length of my hair or nails, my… Continue

Added by Randy Levinson on October 22, 2009 at 4:30am — 5 Comments