In an economic downturn, there are some employers and many state and local governmental concerns that look to cut costs by avoiding background checks on public officials and political candidates.  Invariably, it seems, such avoidance of background checks comes back to haunt them.   Ugly stuff about an employee's political history is later discovered and this proves embarrassing and in certain cases costly.   There are often civil litigation and liability issues to be considered.

All…

Staying active on social media sites like Twitter and LinkedIn is definitely a survival tactic that is required for today's online recruiter. But never forget your site has to be the most effective cause for conversation. Today I will outline a method that recruiters can utilize to make the most of the ever increasing popularity of online social media.

The main step: Create a…

Recruiting Candidates With Polygraphs Is Like Executive Headhunting

Sourcing and hiring C-level Executives is a storied art, replete with stories of overcoming adversaries (gate-keeping assistants), clandestine meetings, goodie bags proffered (stock options, signing bonuses), and cutthroat dealings with competitors. Skilled practitioners of the art are held in justly high esteem for their ability to produce these rare and valuable…

Ok. I'll admit it. I too got pulled into believing that as a newly independent IT Recruiter I could jump-start my desk with Bounty Jobs by getting right into the recruiting as the job orders are already there, (due to non-compete agreements, I had no JO's initially.) Also there are big companies involved and the playing field is somewhat leveled with big firms. Their model clearly has potential.

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As of January 1, the minimum wage went up in these states: Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.

We’re not talking about a large amount, either for the wage or the increase. In Ohio, for example, the minimum wage went up from $7.30/hour to $7.40, and in Arizona it went from $7.25/hour to $7.35/hour. The federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour, and states are free to have a higher minimum wage. …

Screening candidates online can be very effecient and cost effective. In the past, phone interviews were the only way to screen candidates early in the hiring process. But with new technologies, things have changed for the better. Now recruiters and organizations have the ability to effectively screening candidates with a few keystrokes and a click of a button. Oh, bless you technology!

Multimedia interviewing is a great way to effectively screen candidates. Recruiters have…

Hirestrategy - The Source

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"How can we speed our hiring process so that we don’t lose out to top talent?"  This is a question Agile is asked about quite a lot – especially in the last few months.  We blog about this subject frequently and we even wrote a white paper…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing. This week we’ll be talking about what job seekers want, pulling teeth with change, Google & employer branding, how to position your employer brand and making your employer brand about actions.

Here are the articles our that interested us this week (in no particular order), enjoy!:

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Resume is a promotional document that carries a lot of importance. It is a key job-hunting tool used to get a job interview. It summarizes your accomplishments, your education, as well as your work experience, and should reflect your special mix of skills and strengths.

choose a resume formats and approach that is concise and effective and highlights the skills your…

Yep.  Just had to say that.  It pains me greatly.  But what else can we do?

I'm sure many of you are (hopefully) off-the-hook BUSY!  I am absolutely thankful to be in the position I find myself in. 

But can we - more importantly - should we take on every new search that comes our way if we're too busy?  I've decided it's better to let a potential client know we're simply not in a position to entertain a new search with them.  I've done this twice now.  This…

Hello and good day! 

I thought it woud be a great idea to share a list of remarkable recruiters/staffing thought leaders, I know personally, or "follow" intentionally, to gain inspiration, which has supported the Inbound Recruiter vision, (Get Found, Convert, Analyze.)  Inbound Recruiter could not have been formed without each of these industry leaders "original thoughts" (innovation) and accomplishments in our field. (Order unimportant, They ALL…

I work for a recruiting corporation in Northern VA.  I focus on accounting and finance and place professionals on temporary and temp to hire positions. There are a lot of factors that are in play with our market.  Yes, we are one of the best markets in America.  However, that also means that we have some of the toughest competition because everyone that is anyone is here.  To top it off, many of the larger users of temp are moving their lower level operations out of town because labor is…

[Originally posted on http://bit.ly/fXqICa]

Being a mid-level financial manager looking for work in this market is still tough. It has been for a while. When we have heart to heart discussions with these capable people, we hear many complaints. Here are some of them.



Complaints about Companies:



Companies are low-balling: Candidates feel that companies are taking advantage, and paying less for…

On February 9th, 2011 I began this series on Discrimination with some thoughts on the…

I found this one on the following site, but will repost it here as well. :)

http://jokesandfunnystoriessite.blogspot.com/2006/03/ode-to-recruiter.html#top1

Ode to the Recruiter