Ah, the second week of the New Year! The birds are singing, the sky is bright and there is eagerness in the way people are getting back to work, planning to put last year behind them and make something great happen in 2011.

Some early economic indicators seem to have many employers putting out the “Help Wanted” signs and many candidates approaching their job search with a somewhat more optimistic outlook. Things can only get better.

Have you planned for this…

The constant motto when people graduate college or the whispers over the years from concerned parents is "Do what you love!"  Well, let us just put it out there - that is wrong!  Do what you love is such a generic phrase it nearly applies to all situations and to pin that upon one of the most critical parts of your life - career choice - let us just say is not a wise decision.  Why don't people say "Do what you are good at"?  Does it sound corny or mean spirited?  I don't believe so and I…

This week, I’ll be meeting with some of the best Human Resource and Recruiting professionals in the industry that spans over Retail, Finance & Accounting, and Consumer Packaged Goods to discuss challenges we’re facing with recruitment and retention.  As Director of Career…

Over the last 10+ years I have been asked countless times. It puzzles me that the (IT, Healthcare, Administration) professionals I am recruiting look at what I do and figure it to be a “job” anyone can jump into.  I curious to know what the reaction would be if Recruiter asked the Physician they were recruiting, “I was thinking about becoming a surgeon next week… It’s like the game operation isn’t it! ”  ZAP!!

As seasoned Recruiting Professionals do we really give the overall…

A business is not always the best place to be oneself. Often times one has to let go of his true personality in order to have a more professional persona. Many people feel that their work life is in a constant state of judgment and so-wait a minute…what am I doing? A blog is supposed to be an expression of a person through his/her writing! I am all for professional diction…

How many times have you posted a resume to a job that you thought was perfect for you? I know I have quite a few times. You get that little sense of satisfaction and walk around with a smile the entire day because you are certain that they will consider you. As the week progresses a timeline of emotions ensues:

What could have…

 I have a big account that I'm trying to service. Thus far, most of my leads have come from cold calling.

 I'm looking to share costs on the use of Monster or CareerBuilder. I plan to use this extra source 2-3

hours per week.I'm open to structuring a deal that is mutually advantageous....Would welcome any

inquiry...

Vince Procopio

Browsing Twitter recently I came across a pretty senior level role for a prominent UK organisation. Nothing unusual there. But, upon reading through the job advertisement it soon became apparent that no thought whatsoever had gone into its make-up. Indeed, this job post was over 200 lines long and consisted purely of dull cut and pasted content taken straight from a job description.

I decided to ask the advertiser why, as a leading light in their field, they saw fit to post such a…

After you understand the big picture of what you have been communicating with your audience about, the essential next step is to truly understand and empathize with your audience and their motivations.   Communications are far more than verbal, one must be in a position to read non-verbal signs and understand the motivations that are driving the communications.  True motivations are far more difficult to understand unless a foundation of trust has been established between the parties. …

London, UK – 17 January 2011: TwitJobSearch (http://www.twitjobsearch.com), the first real-time job search engine, is excited to announce their partnership with leading UK jobs board Guardian Jobs (http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/). The new partnership is a simple, cost-efficient solution to increase Guardian Jobs' reach and engagement with jobseekers via social media…

Time to get informed, especially if e-messages are a major player in your marketing toolbox. What am I talking about? There was a bill passed by the Canadian Parliament that received Royal Assent on December 15, 2010. This bill’s purpose is to enact the “Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act (FISA)”, Bill-C28. At its most basic face value, Bill-C28 prohibits sending commercial electronic messages without…

Let us take the campus to the Corporates

We have seen that, the boom in IT outsourcing saw a boom in increasing number of corporates visit the campuses in the last few years.However with the recession and the downturn refusing to take an upturn in USA and the west, the drying up of the campus programmes was the natural result.



We are noticing that the few campus programmes, that are still there, are going to the colleges with clout amongst the…

Here is our last recruitment marketing articles feature of 2010 in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing. This week we’ll be talking about how using social media wrong can be a good thing, making the most of an opportunity, remaining proactive, survey on employment in cities and making your top candidates feel wanted.

Here are the articles our that interested us this…

I know - very original title on the Friday before MLK day, but at least I’m current! Usually I try to write about something that touches me or inspires me that is related to recruiting. This week, ESPN did a story on Dr. King and how “whites and blacks” agree and disagree on various race issues in sports. I tried to find it on youtube to post it here for you and was unsuccessful. I get the feeling, knowing ESPN, that they’ll show it again so hopefully you get an opportunity to see the…

We've talked a lot on this blog about the government's crackdown on the misclassification of W-2 Employees as 1099 Independent Contractors and have provided resources that recruiters can use to educate their clients on this issue. But if your clients are like a lot of employers out there, they may be thinking it is unlikely that they will be audited, especially if they are a particularly small company.  However, even if a company is very small, there are a number of triggers that could…