March 2008 Blog Posts (213)

Minnesota Recruiters Group FAQ's

As posted on the MN Headhunter blog:

Over the past four weeks, the two preceding the Minnesota Recruiters (un)Conference | Winter 2008 and the two since, the number of Recruiters and HR professionals in this informal group has grown significantly.

Leading up to the event there were around 340 members and now…

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Added by Paul DeBettignies on March 14, 2008 at 8:52am — No Comments

The 10 interests/hobbies you just DON'T want to put on your CV!!

As it is a Friday and it is always good to have a laugh on Fridays I thought I would share some mad, wacky and strange ' interest's, that I have come across on CV's this week. These are all definitely classified as "don't put these interests on your CV" :

1. Chinese Folk Dancing

2. Dog Surfing (???)

3. Painting toy soldiers from the Crimea War

4. Abnormal psychology of sharks

5. Ladybirds (??)

6. Medieval Re-enactment Society

7. Vampires

8.… Continue

Added by Andy Headworth on March 14, 2008 at 5:08am — No Comments

Things At Monster Are Getting Uglier…

Thanks to Cheezhead for a great post on the horrendous mismanagement at Monster. It looks like the culture of impropriety that plagued the previous senior management team is continuing unabated with the new team.

Tags: Monster, Options Backdating, Corporate Governance, Weak Corporate Governance, How To Destroy a Decent Company, Great Short Opportunities

Added by TobyDayton on March 13, 2008 at 7:12pm — No Comments

"Half of AOL's Sales Force To Be Cut"* by Henry Blodget

As you will recall, the head of Advertising.com, Lynda Clarizio, has just been promoted to run AOL's broader ad-network group, Platform A. Lynda is taking the place of Curt Viebranz, who got canned last Friday.

Lynda's first order of business, one source says, is to integrate Tacoda, Quigo, and other recent acquisitions into Advertising.com. Advertising.com has been run as a stand-alone subsidiary, with a separate ad sales force from AOL's (which caused some friction). Our tipster… Continue

Added by 01. Lonnie McRorey on March 13, 2008 at 4:19pm — No Comments

AOL buys Bebo-

Mediapost - by Wendy Davis

AOL is hemorrhaging ad executives, but that hasn't stopped the company from agreeing to pay $850 million to acquire social networking site Bebo.

In a deal announced this morning, AOL said it has agreed to purchase the 3-year-old U.K.-based site, which claims 40 million worldwide members. Factoring in the number of people using its instant messaging services, AOL now can say its social network reaches 80 million unique users… Continue

Added by 01. Lonnie McRorey on March 13, 2008 at 4:03pm — No Comments

SENIOR ENGINEER FLY BY WIRE NEEDED

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Tandel Systems has extensive experience developing real-time aerospace and defense systems. We have the project management skills and the systems engineering capability to work with our customers to deliver fully tested real-time hardware/software capability for defense, space and civil aviation systems. We also have extensive experience with flight test systems development, independent verification and… Continue

Added by Austin Dillon on March 13, 2008 at 3:06pm — No Comments

WirelessJobs.com ~ it's a community, really

Change is afoot at WirelessJobs.com. Inspired, nonetheless, by the spirit of community that I really admire here at RecruitingBlogs.com.

Yep, after four years of blogging about wireless jobs, it's time for something different. Actually, it's time for something I've been wanting to do all along.

I've had a desire to create a real community that's focused on job-search within the… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on March 13, 2008 at 11:43am — 1 Comment

Notable Quotable

Looking out my window this morning here in East Aurora, NY (and wondering when Spring will officially arrive!) a particular quote comes to mind:

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ”

Charles L. Allen

Seemed apprpriate for not only the current weather and climate, but also for those of us in Sales and Recruiting.

Food for… Continue

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on March 13, 2008 at 11:04am — No Comments

Clue - 1st Sourcing Challenge

If you are interested in a clue that could help you skip a step in the first challenge, then here you go.

First Challenge Clue

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Added by SourceCon Dude on March 13, 2008 at 11:00am — 9 Comments

New notes on Vurv Express

Here is an FYI for anyone thinking about ATS systems.

Vurv express has just released a fee schedule to help get your team up and running:

Here it is:

Designed to fit the unique needs and budgets of small to mid-size businesses

*Travel Expenses not included in list price*

Vurv Express Recruitment 877.394.5648

Vurv Express Recruitment Training/Implementation Options…

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Hourly Professional Services

$200/hr- additional training, system… Continue

Added by John Turnberg on March 13, 2008 at 10:26am — No Comments

Where's the beef?

Prime beef that is! What I mean by prime beef is those individuals whose talents and skills exceed the average person in the market, and quite frankly companies are finding them in short supply. Not because they don’t exist, but because a lot of companies aren’t prepared to pay the higher price for the level of talent they desire, and as we all know in a supply and demand world if you can’t pay the market price for the goods then you need to look at different goods. Can you say Grade… Continue

Added by bill martineau on March 13, 2008 at 9:43am — No Comments

The Chicken or the Egg - the recruiters dilemma!

In a business world where communication is key, via websites, blogs, newletters, RSS feeds etc, recruiters are now more accountable than ever - not just to the companies that they provide a service for but also for candidates that they are interacting with every day. I therefore have a a nice question for all you recruiters out there that will get you thinking........ "Do you know who your clients are?"

In a sweepingly broad statement, recruitment organisations sit in two… Continue

Added by Andy Headworth on March 13, 2008 at 6:22am — 4 Comments

Local Social Networks and Pre-Offer Offer Letters

At SeattleRecruiting, I cover the pre-offer offer letter. You heard that right.

And at SocialMediaHeadhunter, I talk about local social networks for hiring.

By the way - if you work in Seattle, Charlotte or Kansas City, and are interested in writing for an SEO-enriched recruiting blog, I'm open to help. I use the… Continue

Added by Jim Durbin on March 13, 2008 at 1:41am — No Comments

Job Site Traffic Synopsis: Super Bowl

During my time at Monster I was able to actually see the results of our Super Bowl ad traffic, whether it was good or not so good. But I've always wondered how much Super Bowl commercials really impacted other job board's traffic. Moreover what other initiatives they utilize to maintain the growing need for more job seeker eyeballs after the… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on March 12, 2008 at 8:05pm — No Comments

Uncle Sam wants more Chad

Uncle Sam, once again, is not happy with our current one weekend a month (Army reserve status) arrangement so he's called me back into the active Army for a period of 1 year... or whenever he feels like sending me home.

I started my Army career on active duty back in '89, went into the Army reserves in '93 and am now inching ever so slowly to my 20 year mark. I'll be stateside (Fort Benning,… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on March 12, 2008 at 8:02pm — No Comments

Help me with some advice?

I'm an out of work pastor with lots of administrative and management experience. I suppose I should more precisely say that I'm an entrepreneur starting something new and paying the bills is still important. Which means I need steady income from a real job. Nearly all of my work experience is in the non-profit world. Back in the day, I did co-manage a McDonald's restaurant, worked in PR for the American Heart Association, and have done temp work on and off for years.

I sure would… Continue

Added by TOV - The Entertainment Industry Chaplains on March 12, 2008 at 3:50pm — No Comments

Professionals on the move

NetShelter Technology Media hired LAURA GAFFNEY as vice president, publisher network.

JOE SULLIVAN has joined StoreBoard Media as vice president, retail partnerships.

Moroch Partners named JERRIE VAN GELDER as managing partner. Van Gelder will serve as the Moroch lead for the national McDonald's breakfast business account and lead the McDonald's Field Activation Program.

Agency.com named JEREMY DALY as director of planning. Most recently, Daly was a partner and… Continue

Added by 01. Lonnie McRorey on March 12, 2008 at 11:03am — No Comments

Criminal Background Checks

I finally discovered a background check company called easybackgroundchecks that has reasonable packaging prices, is very easy to use, and has very good customer support.

The other beauty about this service is that they guarantee drug test results within 24 hours from the time the candidate left the lab facility. Most companies take 3 days to produce these results.

Added by JoAnna Povlas on March 12, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Hump Day Humor 3/12

In Sales (as in Recruiting) we must ALWAYS be ready to adapt to each unique individual and situation we’re working with.

Look for opportunities to be flexible on the fly!

Added by Jeffrey K. Radt on March 12, 2008 at 10:20am — No Comments

Passive Candidates- The Klondike Bar

Remember that jingle for the Klondike Bar? “Oh what would you do ooh ooh for a Klondike Bar?” I find myself asking the same question when it comes to finding to attracting passive candidates. I still feel the best lead is one that a colleague or business partner can give me. As long as you have a first and last name, there are so many avenues to find contact information for those candidates including LinkedIn and ZoomInfo. If you use Mozilla Firefox there is also another great way to do a… Continue

Added by Josh Neeble on March 12, 2008 at 10:11am — No Comments