March 2010 Blog Posts (271)

7 Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week (3.14.10 - 3.19.10)

Here's a new weekly feature we are rolling out on the SmashFly recruitment marketing blog, called the "7 Best Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week". Here are the top

articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing on topics such as recruiting,

social media and job boards.

So let's get started. Here are the articles that peaked our interest…

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Added by Chris Brablc on March 19, 2010 at 2:32pm — No Comments

How Technology is Driving the Massive Restructuring of Employment

Over the last couple of weeks, we've been exploring the massive restructuring of employment occurring today -- how traditional, full-time jobs with benefits are disappearing, while various forms of self employment are rising. Confirming these trends is this report by CBS News, indicating that one third of all people working today are freelancing.

So what's…

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Added by Jay Fenello on March 19, 2010 at 1:05pm — No Comments

HireSuite Affordable Job Posting And Distribution Network

HireSuite Affordable Job Posting And Distribution Network

Employers and Recruiters that subscribe to Hire Suite's Basic Service can also post through Hire Suite to the following premium commercial job boards, often at discounted rates.

You must have an individual account with each premium board you want to use. Hire…

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Added by Rick Whitley on March 19, 2010 at 12:23pm — No Comments

Mobile stats and vision

I have been overwhelmed with the number of queries my last blog post has generated about mobile data.

So in response I have put together some slides to help share the data from the various questions.

Did you know 2 in 3 mobile web page visits are from 1 in 5 phones?

Did you know 87% of new Internet subscriptions are mobile broadband / mobile web on mobile?

Why is AppStore a marketing channel?

How might Blackberry stop the iPhone… Continue

Added by David Martin on March 19, 2010 at 12:18pm — No Comments

Take a Health Tip from the Smokers in Your Office

What sort of healthy practice could those stigmatized smokers at your place of work be doing?…

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Added by Laurie Bell on March 19, 2010 at 12:17pm — 4 Comments

Diversity Sourcing Part 3!!

Diversity Sourcing Part 3

As promised, I will now continue with part 3 of…

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Added by Dean Da Costa on March 19, 2010 at 11:23am — No Comments

You Can't always get what you want.........

People ask "how do you get ideas to write all the time?".. Life does it, seriously, things pop up from nowhere and fester in your mind, and boom there is a blog post in the making. Whether it be good or bad... whatever, a post is there.

This happened to me tonight, watching idol of all things. One of the contestants sang "You can't always get what you want". I love this song by the way, but it stirred something inside me.

I was guest judging at an… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on March 18, 2010 at 10:02pm — 1 Comment

Top tip for your CV - Get rid of it..

Catching up on Twitter yesterday, a tweet by Matt Alder caught my eye. Called 'Resumes are Old School, Use SlideShare & Twitter to Get Hired' Matt was referring to the story of Laura Gainor, PR and Media Strategist at Comet Branding who used Twitter and Slideshare to secure her current role.… Continue

Added by Gareth Jones on March 18, 2010 at 11:43am — 3 Comments

The best recruiters take a drill to client meetings (or how cultural 'fit' is important too)

Some recruiters remind me of my house hunting days. I’d go to great effort to describe what I was looking for - the area, the price range, what I definitely wasn’t interested in etc. and lo and behold I would be bombarded for weeks afterwards with details of properties that were too big or too small, in a different location or not in my price range. I often think it must feel a bit like that for…

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Added by Alasdair Murray on March 18, 2010 at 11:00am — 7 Comments

"CAN HR--PROFESSIONALS BE OUR NEXT CEO???

"An HR personnel deals with different line functions of business.

Adversities instills within an HR personnel the magical people

skills which my dear folks can't be taught like

marketing,finance,development etc."…

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Added by BOLON DERA on March 18, 2010 at 8:20am — No Comments

Social Media and Background Checks - Yes or No?

There have been some feisty twitter debates raging today around the ethics, legality and morality of the use of social media to conduct background checks on candidates. The debate is quite polarised.

The “anti camp” is claiming that using social media in this way is an invasion of privacy. They claim that recruitment selection decisions should only be based on professional criteria and to exclude someone from a position because of something they said on twitter or the football club… Continue

Added by Aaron Dodd on March 18, 2010 at 7:11am — 2 Comments

What makes you more employable in 2010? #5

Trait #5 Team Work

Today we are discussing trait #5…

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Added by Stephanie Bressan on March 18, 2010 at 3:00am — No Comments

4 Reasons Satan might be your Online friend!

About a month ago I joined FourSquare.com. Seeing so many updates on Twitter from people I'm connected to telling where they are, great places to eat, etc etc. At first, like anything else it was kind of creepy. Allowing people to not only see what you are doing but also show the exact location to which they were doing… Continue

Added by Benjamin McCall on March 17, 2010 at 10:53pm — No Comments

HireRight launched its benchmarking survey today at http://bit.ly/HireRight

Each year, HireRight surveys recruiters and other professionals involved in workforce screening to understand the policy and practices of organizations worldwide. The responses are combined and reported anonymously to ensure individual responses remain confidential. Final results are published several weeks later as the HireRight Benchmarking Report.

I'm inviting everyone that's interested in learning how others screen candidates to…

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Added by Omar Barraza on March 17, 2010 at 8:50pm — No Comments

They Shoot Recruiters, Don't They?

A question for corporate recruiters and hiring managers...if a contingent hire goes wrong, which of these is likely to be at fault:…

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Added by Mervyn Dinnen on March 17, 2010 at 7:10pm — 11 Comments

Is a Company Culture Important in the Hiring and Selection Process?

Recently, a former co-worker sent me an article ( click here to read the article ) on how advertising agencies must change their approach to hiring. The article, written by Meredith Vaughan, President of Vladimir Jones, describes the bold approach this company took in changing their process in hiring individuals. I applaud the steps Meredith has taken in incorporating the company brand into every aspect of their business.… Continue

Added by Gary Hamrick on March 17, 2010 at 7:01pm — No Comments

No Cold Call Recruitment-Is it possible?

1.Clarification- For the purposes of this article when I talk about cold calling I mean business development calls to prospective clients, not cold calls to candidates.…

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Added by Rob on March 17, 2010 at 5:50pm — 18 Comments

Are You Measuring Your Job Board Performance? If not, you should!

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Added by Chris Brablc on March 17, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Interview Feedback!!

Interview Feedback

Should we hire the candidate or not

At the…

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Added by Dean Da Costa on March 17, 2010 at 3:10pm — No Comments

Geoff Peterson about Mobile Recruiting at ERE expo

Today at ERE Expo Geoff Peterson is giving away a workshop on Mobile Recruiting.. And yes that is cool! Mobile hits Recruitment bigtime today.. After the workshop the welcome reception at ERE is being sponsored by Lokloq - Shake your Job so we will be mobile all day long.

The 3 things people carry around, keys, wallet and Mobile.…

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Added by Gordon Lokenberg on March 17, 2010 at 2:13pm — 2 Comments