February 2009 Blog Posts (293)

February 23, 2009

An Hour With...

Check out the post in the forum today and share your thoughts on our proposed panel for recruiters in need... An Hour with my Accountability Partner

Bonus Track

Rayanne reminds us that when time is money there's no time like the present.

Read her post...… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on February 23, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

The Perfect Employee?

First and foremost I'd like to say not everyone can be the perfect employee, nor should we expect every employee to seek the bar let alone try and jump over it. Many employees are focused on life outside the office even though their life inside it offers the livelihood they enjoy outside. Did that make sense?

Read "A Message for Garcia" (written by… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on February 23, 2009 at 8:04am — 3 Comments

Recruiting an Archbishop

Imagine having this as a retained search...

The New York archbishop has been referred by the late Pope John Paul II as the "Archbishop of the world" in deference to the historically lofty position of the leader of the New York diocese. Considering that the Archbishop of New York is far more than a theological CEO - the outgoing Cardinal Edward Egan had to close a $48 Million budget deficit - this position is one that practically ensures the holder elevation to Cardinal and a far… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on February 23, 2009 at 7:15am — No Comments

Digging Into RBC v 2.07

(Feb 20, 2009) Last night, I got into a long conversation about the meaning of "media", how it has evolved and what it means for the HR/HCM/Recruiting Industry. It all spiraled out of a round of appreciation for Rayanne Thorn's new vehicle, "Bonus Track". The idea behind "Bonus Track" (graciously sponsored by MaxHire.net)…

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Added by John Sumser on February 22, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Tilting at a favorite windmill, again.....Assessment

Anyone who has read my posts and comments over the years or who works closely with me knows that I have a few pet ideas outside of my direct domains of recruiting software and yacht racing.

One of those pet ideas revolves around assessment, both pre-hire and post-hire.

The idea is stone simple, but it meets lots of resistance: in many cases, it’s a waste of time to assess individual performance with the usual success metrics.

Not all the time of course-… Continue

Added by Martin H.Snyder on February 22, 2009 at 11:06pm — 3 Comments

Gen Y in the Workplace: Four things that won’t change regardless of the economy

“Over 80% of the people in Deloitte’s workforce are under 35, so we’ve got to get this right.” - W. Stanton Smith

Stan Smith is national director, Cross Generation Initiatives at Deloitte LLP and author of Decoding Generational Differences: Fact, Fiction…or Should We Just Get Back to Work? An expert in workforce attitude trends, Stan shared recent research findings with me in this recent podcast “trends that are long term… Continue

Added by Peter Clayton on February 22, 2009 at 6:17pm — No Comments

The Layoff - An HBR Case Study

"A Bain & Company study of layoffs at S&P 500 firms during the 2001 downturn showed that it took them six to 18 months to realize savings from job cuts. And, when calculating savings, most executives fail to account for the cost of recruiting, hiring, and training new people who will be needed when good times return—let alone consider the damage to morale and productivity. Those costs are often much higher than people imagine, which helps explain why the study also found that firms that… Continue

Added by Peter Clayton on February 22, 2009 at 5:57pm — No Comments

PART V: Happy Feet; the success of standing out!

I was reading this enjoyable penguin tale (yes I have the kids book and the DVD) and it reminded me of a tough economy and how to succeed.

Let me break it down for you....

Our Hero Mumble is the embodiment of what (I think) it takes to succeed in the current world.

Our little hero was a little… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on February 22, 2009 at 8:53am — No Comments

How to Make Yourself More Findable Online (Part 2)

Read my latest Brazen Careerist article with Glen Cathey (Boolean Black Belt) here.

Part… Continue

Added by Maureen Sharib on February 21, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Sometimes the bottom-line shouldn't be green

I was so busy making calls this week that I missed this article about sportsmanship.

Read it - please

Having been around recruiting since 1985 (I probably should stop giving indications to how old I am because of the… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on February 21, 2009 at 11:47am — 2 Comments

Recent Job Openings at Microsoft I'm working on Filling

Hi Folks,

I just had a new position open up that I'm now sourcing candidates for. This is a Lead Software Development Engineer (position number 249787) in Test opening on the Ad Platform Team. See the job description below...ping me if you're interested in learning more about the opening. jmorse@microsoft.com or 650.693.3812. Email is typically the best way to get i touch with me

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Program Manager - Windows Live Service Operations Team… Continue

Added by Jeff Morse on February 20, 2009 at 8:52pm — No Comments

Can Recruiters Help me Raise $3 More for Kids?

I'm a sucker for a good charity and even more so when helping that charity comes with a good time. On Saturday March 7th I'll be taking part in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids' Sake 2009 event in Dallas, TX.

Bowl For Kids' Sake is the largest annual fundraising event for Big Brothers Big Sisters, providing funds to offer positive mentoring relationships… Continue

Added by RecruiterGuy on February 20, 2009 at 6:29pm — No Comments

Diversity Recruiting

What is the best way to promote diversity exclusive recruiting services (which include career fairs and direct placement)....through a company's Diversity & Inclusion dept, HR or through the dept with the need?

Most recruiters will naturally say through the hiring manager, however, since employers are very concerned with diversity hiring and compliance, this may ultimately need to pass through specific individuals at some point.

Thanks in advance for your… Continue

Added by Michael Chavez on February 20, 2009 at 5:19pm — No Comments

How do you promote your Recruiting/HR Team Internally??

It brings up more questions than answers in my mind.

Depending on your company culture, HR may still be seen as the workplace equivalent of going to the principal's office. So then it's up to us as HR professionals to promote all of our strategic efforts, to get out in front of the office and be seen as a positive contributor to our organization's success. Right?!

Sure ,we do this with our HR Management and/or VP's, but do your worker bees really get it?

I'm sure the… Continue

Added by Dan Goyeneche on February 20, 2009 at 4:07pm — No Comments

The Client Side - The Malaise Continues

It's tough out there folks and there is no hiding from it. We have seen things revert to where they were in the fall with positions melting away. Somebody tweeted a question this morning asking for what industries or jobs are still in high need and in need of recruiting assistance. We have about 1/4 of the jobs that we had a year and two years ago so while things are way down, we do still have jobs. We even had a client this week who builds bridges pull their positions after the stimulus… Continue

Added by Todd Kmiec on February 20, 2009 at 12:36pm — 2 Comments

Global Twitter Job Feed Directory

Global Twitter Job Feed Directory

At Workhound, our mission is to organize the world’s online recruitment data. We are tracking the pronounced shift towards social media. New platforms are emerging (e.g. facebook and twitter) and we’re building semantic tools to make sense of the data found on them. We have several new products that we will be introducing over the next 2 months to address this… Continue

Added by william fischer on February 20, 2009 at 8:58am — No Comments

February 20, 2009

TGIS [Thank Goodness, It's Sumser!]

John points to Rayanne's new Bonus Track feature on RBC as a shining example of the "medium is the message."

Hmmm... Digging Into RBC v 2.07

Bonus Track

Rayanne dives in deep, bungee jumping in the chasm of… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on February 20, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Hawaii Update 2/19/09

Hello Everyone

I wanted to send an email out to everyone and I appreciate all of your kind regards over the past months. As some of you know The Brand Management Group suffered a fatal blow with the US Recession and the sudden demise of the TV program in part. Since December when we shut down things have been idle at best and Helpwantedhawaii.info is still going strong and was recently rated a growing blog from Wordpress. Actually it is a large online job board I created over a year… Continue

Added by Mike Nale on February 20, 2009 at 2:51am — No Comments

February 19, 2009

Third Party Thursday with Bill Radin

Today Bill examines the self-limiting beliefs that can keep us walled-in, prisoners to our thoughts and behavior.

Read Bill's analysis here... We have met the enemy

Bonus Track

Rayanne posts something that you could file on the same shelf:… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on February 19, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Frupervisor Fires Frolleague

Urban Dictionary: A Froleague is a co-worker and part of your Facebook network. A Frupervisor is your Supervisor at work and on your Facebook.

Here is a story. The names have been changed to protect the innocent….and guilty.

It was Monday morning when Bob got the call. “He lost his teeth and his arm was broken” said his girlfriend. Her boyfriend, Larry, was in a horrific auto accident.

Bob tried to send flowers to Larry at the hospital but they didn’t have a… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on February 19, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments