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Furloughs Only Work in the Military

The global economy has gotten so bad that Japan and some countries in Europe have tried to save jobs by implementing "work-sharing" programs. Here in the U.S., employers are equally concerned with keeping employees on staff, while still cutting costs. Their response is to implement furloughs. Furloughs are unpaid days off and Dr. John Sullivan, in his article for ERE, Employee Furloughs Can Be a Bad… Continue

Added by Candice Arnold on March 13, 2009 at 4:43pm — No Comments

Advice for College Students and Recent Grads From an Executive Recruiter

The following is a guest post from Jeff DiPaolo, vice-president of PrincetonOne Search, based in Cleveland, OH, an executive recruiting firm and part of the MRINetwork

There is no denying that the current job market for the upcoming graduating class is a challenging one. However, there are still jobs out there and qualified, proactive, well-trained candidates will be able to snag good ones.

Many career counselors are urging… Continue

Added by Candice Arnold on March 13, 2009 at 4:32pm — 1 Comment

The Client Side - Aging Baby Boomers and the War For Talent

Last week I wrote about our industry and the post bubble world and the responses were fantastic and all really helpful from my perspective. Some of the discussion touched on the aging Baby Boomers and the upcoming War For Talent. The thought on the War For Talent of course is that as the Boomers retire there will be fewer workers to fill their slots creating excellent conditions for recruiters and our industry. I buy that argument. The Baby Boom generation has been a powerful force and has had… Continue

Added by Todd Kmiec on March 13, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

March 13, 2009

TGIS [Thank Goodness, It's Sumser!]

Having been stirring the pot for two weeks, today John goes for shaking it up.

Sorry, no Nun jokes...Digging Into RecruitingBlogs.com v2.10: Sourcing Dead, Horse Lives

Bonus Track

Rayanne in reflective mode? Ah, if only...

Enjoy...… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on March 13, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

The Best Linkedin Invites Ever Written - For Recruiters

I was on the sofa picking my nose and watching MTV, when my Dad shouts, “Get a job!” I reminded Pops that I needed a car to get to a job. He reminded me (again) of my dusty moped. Again, I pleaded how hard it was to maintain a studly image riding a Moped.

“Get a job or find another home!” He ordered.

16 years of building my image – A collection of the finest samples of cologne, Polo collar turned up and advanced technology in Acne medication – all for naught.

It… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on March 13, 2009 at 8:00am — 5 Comments

Bert and Ernie go to the unemployment line

You know it's bad when our beloved Sesame Street stalwarts are tossed out to the streets. Yes, Bert and Ernie have been given their pink slips.

When icons are impacted, it is no longer an issue of whether one political party is wrong or right.

Added by Steve Levy on March 12, 2009 at 9:21pm — 2 Comments

Dave Mendoza BobbleHead Style

Do you have a bobblehead that looks like you? I don't either but Dave Mendoza does

Added by Slouch on March 12, 2009 at 5:55pm — No Comments

Incident and Problem Manager

Hi Folks,

Anyone know of a Problem and Incidnet Manager looking for a Hot opportunity??

Added by Latika on March 12, 2009 at 5:04pm — No Comments

Chasing a Chinaman Through New Jersey (revisited)

I wrote this blog on my personal myspace page last summer. At the time the company I was working for was going downhill rapidly and I had only been there for a year. I read Claudia's Discussion about the meaning of success and it made me think how far I've come and what a journey it has been. I think one of my strengths as a Recruiter has been being able to identify with my candidates. I've been job hunting more than I care to think about in my life and it's always fresh in my mind how scary… Continue

Added by See_Jane_Recruit on March 12, 2009 at 2:44pm — 1 Comment

Infusing Humanity Back Into Business

My friend Karen Swim, who is one of my favorite people on RB, recently wrote a blog post entitled Paying The Bills, Feeding The Soul about humanity and connectivity in business, a topic which is of the utmost importance to me. I hope you'll all read it. My comment ended up being a post all unto itself, so I've pasted it here, with some… Continue

Added by Christian Fauchald on March 12, 2009 at 2:05pm — 3 Comments

March 12, 2009

Third Party Thursday with Mark E. Berger

Mark reminds us that after all these years [1999..2009] people still recruit Java dudes.

Get Mark's entry here...Number Range Searches in Google (aka Numrange)

Bonus Track

Rayanne causes a chuckle quoting Joel Cheesman: "The phone is bigger than any other medium."

Check your Inbox Joel, you're sure… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on March 12, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Walking the Line Between "Contact" and "CyberStalking" in This New Age of Social Networking

In today's ever-evolving world of email, blackberries, iphones, twitter, ning, facebook, myspace, linkedin and a plethora of other social networking mediums, it's important to understand that although there is a lot of information readily available about people, there are still lines over which we must not cross when expanding our social networks.

I attended an all-day session of the Recruiting Roadshow that was held in Portland and sponsored by Adidas. One of the key ideas that was… Continue

Added by Nancy Ford on March 11, 2009 at 8:46pm — 1 Comment

The Real Pipeline...........

Mergers of late… and of the years past were touted to be all about the pipeline. But is the pipeline the specific compounds that have been moved forward or the physicians and scientists that created them.

I would contend that the select group of intelligent and experienced individuals, who worked so diligently to select just the right compound, are the real pipeline, the real value of pharma and biotech companies.

When the headcount reductions come who will be there rebuild the… Continue

Added by Denise Milano Sprung on March 11, 2009 at 8:02pm — No Comments

Looking with VOIP System Tester with SIP and H. 323 Experience in Middletown, NJ

Hello All,

Please see i am looking to fill this position with my Telecom Client.

Location : MIddletown, NJ

Duration : 9+ Months

Design test cases from requirements sources, design and implement test lab environment, interact with vendors to resolve MRs.

Skills :

1) Voice Service / Product Testing

2) SIP / H.323 Protocols

3) Layer 2/3 IP Networking

4) Verbal / Written communications

5) SIP / RTP Trace… Continue

Added by Sunil on March 11, 2009 at 6:55pm — No Comments

Employment During a Recession?

Employment During a Recession?

It seems the news is the same every day “Recession!” “Poor economy!” “Stock Market down!” But what can you do to make lemon-aid out of lemons during these turbulent times? Especially in regard to employment?

First let’s look at it from the employer’s perspective:

During economic good times, the best performers are quickly snapped up by those “employers of choice” who can pay higher… Continue

Added by Margie Tosch on March 11, 2009 at 5:44pm — No Comments

A kick in the BUTT is exactly what my CAREER Needed

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So on Friday my contract recruiting position ENDED and I became unemployed. During this economy, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that even the most successful companies need to take a look at their books and where it…

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Added by Heather Gardner on March 11, 2009 at 5:37pm — 2 Comments

UAW cuts hourly rate to minimum wage!

You'll believe anything!

But they did agree in negotiations with Ford to reduce it to $55 per hour with benefits.

This reminds me of a few months back when lots of Lehman Brothers software developers hit the streets and really believed they were worth the $200K+ base they were earning; when sussed out, it was clear that skill-wise they might be worthy of $100K here in NYC.

For so long the… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on March 11, 2009 at 4:04pm — 11 Comments

Waterboarding techniques in recruiting?

"While other forms of intelligence-gathering have benefited from research and technological advances — intelligence officers can intercept telephone and Internet communications or use satellite images to find people — interrogation has suffered from a lack of innovation. And our military lacks an elite unit of highly trained interrogators to call upon when high-level people in terrorist organizations are captured. Too often, the questioning is left to whoever is closest at… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on March 11, 2009 at 1:15pm — No Comments

March 11, 2009

Claudia's Wednesday Wisdom

"Struggling" asks about success and Claudia let's them off the hook, waxing philosophical.

Read it here...Wednesday Wisdom: The Quest

Bonus Track

Rayanne goes classical, waxing philosophical herself by quoting:"The unexamined life is not worth living."

Sock it to me, Ray-Ray...… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on March 11, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Don’t Hide During the Recession

How’s the view from under your desk these days? I know who you are!! Get out from under the desk. Yes, there is another recession and you’re nervous about keeping your job, yet hiding is not going to help you. Actually, it’s the worst thing that you can do. If your company doesn’t want you, can’t afford to have you -- they will find you no matter where you are. The better strategy is to make yourself a valued player and decrease the odds that you will finally be listening to recruiters when… Continue

Added by Karen Russo on March 11, 2009 at 11:15am — No Comments