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Who's the Boss?

Dear Claudia,

My company just went through a series of layoffs, and in an unexpected turn of events I have been promoted to replace the manager of our small recruiting team. One of the remaining recruiters is really angry that I was given the promotion; she’s been with the company longer, and says she was being groomed for the job by our old boss (who was let go in the last round of layoffs). As you might imagine, between the layoffs and the politics our office is not a fun place… Continue

Added by Claudia Faust on March 25, 2009 at 7:16am — No Comments

AMDOCS Project Manager - CONTRACT - Toronto, Canada

I have a client requiring an AMDOCS Project Manager.
Experience required with:
Ensemble
Enabler
Websphere

Please send me a word version of your resume ASAP.
kevin.b@talgroup.net

Added by Kevin Bradbury on March 24, 2009 at 3:56pm — No Comments

LinkedIn Tips and Tricks

LinkedIn Tips and Tricks

I wanted to share my experience and some quick LinkedIn tips with everyone in this first blog post. It all started when I was new to recruiting in the nuclear industry sector. My biggest challenge was in finding candidates for expatriate assignments. I immediately started scourging the job boards and turning them upside down for the right candidates for my highly specific jobs. To add a cherry to the cake, the skills criteria for candidates were… Continue

Added by Sophia Simon on March 24, 2009 at 3:06pm — 10 Comments

Successful Recruiters Needed

My name is Simone Y., and I own an operate a Social Networking Community/Job Board for Technical Professionals called www.SmartTechPeople.com . We are adding a "Recruiter Spotlight" section to the site and I would like to spotlight Successful Tech Recruiters .

If you are interested we will send you a questioner to fill out about yourself and your company, we will then invite you to the site to create a profile, which will be linked to the article, we will also list all of your open… Continue

Added by Simone Yard on March 24, 2009 at 2:07pm — No Comments

Financial Solutions for Business Executives WorldWide

ABNA offers an immediate solution to businesses world wide facing cash flow challenges. By complementing your current internal receivables process, we offer solutions at no upfront cost which will increase your yield, reduce your DSO and offer a centralized solution to any partial/overflow/full AR Management needs you may have, or assist with past due collection efforts where your in house efforts could be spent in a more effective avenue.ABNA International has offices, collectors,… Continue

Added by Jennifer Stacey on March 24, 2009 at 1:44pm — No Comments

Bountyjobs abilty to build client relationships

I wish there was a person at Bountyjobs.com you could talk to make suggestions. I would like to discuss the importance of client/recruiter relationships and encouraging more interaction. I would also like to suggest in their marketing role, they suggest once a recruiter becomes engaged, one phone call is allowed to find out the minute details of this opportunity. If a recruiter is focused on quality not just quantity of submission then speaking to the hiring manager is an important… Continue

Added by Suzanne Gill on March 24, 2009 at 12:18pm — No Comments

MIS Business / Data Analyst and Tester - ICG Performance Measurement & Analysis (PMA)

Job Specification

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:

The Institutional Client Group (ICG) Performance Measurement & Analysis team is a newly formed global function, created to provide senior management with business intelligence on performance, exposure and productivity across all product groups.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

As part of a new team being formed in New York, deliver tactical and strategic business intelligence solutions which will measure and help improve… Continue

Added by RAJ MANGAM on March 24, 2009 at 11:55am — No Comments

Nail your Interview!

I usually don't plug other people's services on this blog, but in these difficult times you need to distinguish yourself from the rest of the pack when you interview. I have worked with Greg Chenevert for a few years now and have found him to be the most effective coach on all things related to communication. He has worked to help all types of people improve their communications in the areas of sales, interviewing, networking, writing. Even political… Continue

Added by Bill Meirs on March 24, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Salaries experience a big freeze

In February I discussed Land Rovers decision to cut working hours and freeze all pay increases, in order to save jobs. At this time research published by www.recruiter.co.uk suggested that workers would rather take a pay cut than loose their jobs altogether, well this seems to be the case at Honda in Swindon.

Yesterday Honda announced redundancies, wage cuts and pay freezes were to take place at its Swindon factory as a result of the current economic problems experienced in the motor… Continue

Added by Matt on March 24, 2009 at 8:01am — No Comments

Dartboard Sourcing

ERE has been so kind as to publish one of my how-to's:

Many sourcing expeditions are doomed to failure because the sourcer “assumes” they have found what the customer wants. The fact is, in these instances, the sourcer hasn’t asked enough questions of the customer on the front end of the process to know what the customer wants. This is because they do not possess the depth of experience in sourcing to know what questions to… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on March 24, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Need work? Staff companies a good find

Here is an article we wrote recently for 24 hour newspaper called- Need work? Staff companies a good find, EmployPrep provides recommendations collectively gathered from staff and clients to help job seekers consider when conducting their search for the right staffing company to represent them.

Read… Continue

Added by Moshin Manji on March 24, 2009 at 4:51am — No Comments

Seeking Neonatal Nurse Practitioners Nationwide

Whether you are a new NNP grad or an experienced practitioner, I'd love to speak with you regarding a variety of job opportunties available throughout the United States.

For more information, please visit www.LinkousRecruiting.com or contact Kelly at 1-800-738-NNPS (6677).

Added by Kelly Linkous on March 23, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Web Madness Tournament - Which Company is the Hottest to work for in 2009

March Madness has hit the entire country and although there is the BIG Dance, there are many other dances taking place these days including one within our very own web/software marketplace. Working in the high profile world of web companies, we’re seeing the market swing on a quarterly basis with last years high-fliers beginning to plateau (Slide, Yelp, Ning), landmark companies going radio silent (Microsoft, Google) and new Cinderellas emerging on a daily basis (too many to mention - call us… Continue

Added by BINC Search on March 23, 2009 at 4:49pm — No Comments

Craig's Updated RBC profile

Just created a new profile on Recruiting Blogs!

Added by Craig Silverman on March 23, 2009 at 4:18pm — No Comments

Chimps and Dartboards

Let's face it, people love to be in control. Not only that, but we like to think we have control over (or at least a handle on) things that are completely and totally unpredictable. Take, for example, the stock market. There are plenty of people who are supposed to be experts, yet it has been proven that even the experts don't get it right all of the time.

A Swedish newspaper gave $1,250 each to five stock analysts and a chimpanzee named Ola, to test who could make the most money… Continue

Added by Gino Conti on March 23, 2009 at 4:01pm — No Comments

Keep your contacts fresh, Keep your value High

I while ago I was interviewing a Sr. Sales VP from one of the biggest consulting companies in the world. He had built a top notch sales department during a 20+ yr run with the company, and was let go as a cost cutting measure because his salary and comissions were now looking like a large overhead expense to the accounting department, not evidence of the value he was providing to his company.

During the interview I was trying to find the angle to use in marketing this talented sales… Continue

Added by John Kaufman on March 23, 2009 at 2:49pm — No Comments

ABL (Asset Based Lending) and why a staffing company should stay away from the stuff……..

Recently, I’ve came across a few deals where my prospect has an asset based deal in place in order to fund the operations of their company. Simply put, asset based lending is a lending relationship where the lending is secured by the asset of a company. In my industry (staffing) the asset is often the company’s account receivable but can include the building the company operates out of (if they own it) and/or office equipment (again if they own it). However, if the staffing agency’s AR looks a… Continue

Added by Daniel Stacy on March 23, 2009 at 11:14am — No Comments

OBSERVANCE OF “EARTH HOUR, 2009” ON 28.03.2009 AT 8.30 PM TO 9.30 PM

OBSERVANCE OF “EARTH HOUR, 2009” ON 28.03.2009 AT 8.30 PM TO 9.30 PM

1. In March 29, 2007, 2 millions residents in far away Sydney in Australia switched off their lights and electrical appliances for an hour from 7.30 PM to 8.30 PM local time.

2. This innovative action has captured the imagination of people of 400 cities in 35 countries across the world. They switched off lights and appliances from 8 PM to 9 PM on 29.03.2008 to observe “EARTH HOUR,… Continue

Added by N.N. Mahapatra on March 23, 2009 at 7:51am — No Comments

The Survivors Club

http://www.thesurvivorsclub.org/

Recently, I started reading the Book the Survivor's Club. Here in the midst of economic challenge we need to become survivors.

I found myself needing to find hope in the midst of a time where my employer had to cut my hours and pay in half.

The challenge now is real. I am using my tricks learned as a sourcer-knowledge of how to find a hiring manager or candidate to find those who can help me network to find new… Continue

Added by Mike Rasmussen on March 23, 2009 at 12:18am — No Comments

When the going gets tough...

Someone posed a question on the bulletin board a bit ago... and my comment turned into a blog.

Subject: "6 months and no placments..no nothing...what's going on?"

Post:

Well folks it's been 6 long months since I opened the door to my nice new office here in Orlando, FL and well...I see it coming to a close right before my eyes. With thousands and thousands gone for websites, rent and supplies here I am humbled.

There was a time when… Continue

Added by Christian Fauchald on March 22, 2009 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments