March 2009 Blog Posts (231)

Stop undermining your career!

I wondering how many recruiters are doing three or more of these things right now...

Added by Steve Levy on March 9, 2009 at 10:03am — 3 Comments

Perhaps you missed this story last week; a women who really loves her Chicken McNuggets called 911 - three times - when her local Micky Dees ran out of them and she couldn't get a refund from the manager.

Of course, it sent my mind wondering if there was a parallel to recruiting - of course there is, there's always a connection between anything and recruiting.

What do you do when your recruiting McNuggets run out? Do you… Continue

Added by Steve Levy on March 9, 2009 at 9:58am — 7 Comments

When is the time of your career?

I remember growing up wanting to be like my heroes on the sporting field, I wanted to play AFL footy for Carlton, and of course play cricket for Australia, unfortunately I learned quite early I lacked one important ingredient to be successful in these fields.. Talent.

There was always hope though of course growing up, if I could practice that little bit more,… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on March 9, 2009 at 9:26am — 2 Comments

Candidate Prep Helps in Tough Market

In this tough employment market, the ratio of applicant to job opportunities is greater than ever. As a professional recruiter, what can you do to increase your chances? Ensure your candidate’s resume is up to date and prepare your candidates before sending them out. A good candidate preparation can help ensure your candidate gets a fair chance to showcase his/her skills.

“All things being equal, the technical skills are the same — it’s usually the person with more forthright… Continue

Added by Moshin Manji on March 9, 2009 at 5:09am — No Comments

A Return To What Matters Most

A Return To What Matters Most.....

Yes. There is a lot to be thankful for these days. I still have a job and can try to help others get a new job or better job. This is the power that I still have being employed in an industry I love-Recruiting & HR Consulting.

Looking back on the past year I felt myself want to fly forward as this new year came upon me. In March I have to look at the challenges ahead and realize it is… Continue

Added by Mike Rasmussen on March 9, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

Expert Recruiters Needed

I need a few Expert Recruiters to give advice and tips, host groups and blog on my Social Community SmartTechPeople.com . If you are intrested or want more information please email me at simoney@mymultimediainc.com

Added by Simone Yard on March 8, 2009 at 5:06pm — No Comments

A Fresh Approach To Job Order Leads

Every day, recruiters nationwide use job boards to prospect for new business leads. But searching job boards manually is a tedious process. As more searches are performed, an increasing amount of duplicate companies are encountered, and the process becomes increasingly inefficient. Ultimately, it becomes too labor intensive and time-consuming, and the project is often scrapped.

Evergreen Interactive has solved this problem. We have automated the process of searching job boards for… Continue

Added by Brendan Delaney on March 7, 2009 at 3:21pm — No Comments

SmartTechPeople - Add yourself to our Recruiters Directory

Hey Guys

My name is Simone, I am a former Recruiter, now I own and operate a Tech Community/Job Board called SmartTechPeople.com. I want to invite all Tech Recruiters to my site to list yourself under my Recruiters directory, browse member profiles/resumes and post your Tech jobs for FREE.

Take a minute to log into SmartTechPeople.com and list yourself please, it could prove to be a… Continue

Added by Simone Yard on March 6, 2009 at 11:40pm — No Comments

Who need a talent pipeline?

With restrictions being placed on essentially every aspect of our hiring it has made talent pooling an interesting endeavor. Sure, we have a few 'future opportunity' positions posted here and there, and the plethora of unemployed engineers in the area means I have a steady flow of unsolicited applications from experienced professionals.

But what of our entry-level talent?

Historically my company has had a strong co-op and intern program that was something of a farm system… Continue

Added by Gino Conti on March 6, 2009 at 3:26pm — No Comments

contact me for resumes.....more than 400+ consultants on our payroll

Hello Friends, This is Sravan working with Globaltek Inc and we have more than 400+ consultants on our payroll and out of them a pool of consultants were available immediately projects...... I request all the recruiters who have any contract spot should respond to this add with their requirements to datha@globaltek-inc.com

GlobalTek Inc is a leader in IT professional services focused exclusively on business intelligence & Datawarehousing. Fortune 500 companies partner with us as… Continue

Added by Sravan on March 6, 2009 at 3:15pm — No Comments

Chronos TSS

Total Staffing Solutions (TSS) Ltd, an Australian based (ASX:TSF) international recruitment and labour hire company, has increased its reach, breadth and business portfolio by joining forces with Chronos Consulting .

Chronos operates in over 70 countries including multiple offices throughout both North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. Whilst specialising in Engineering, Oil and Gas and Petrochemical segments, Chronos has recently developed specialty business in… Continue

Added by Dr Simon Harding on March 6, 2009 at 12:21pm — No Comments

Web 2.0 and Organizing your Recruiting Resources

Some of you saw an earlier web answer I gave regarding Web 2.0 and organizing your recruitment resources, and asked if I would write more. Well today I'll be starting my Web optimizaton tip list, I will try and publish a weekly tip, on organizing and planning a Web 2.0 strategy. I hope you will add your valuable knowledge, mistakes,and learnings to improve our overall understanding of what works and what doesn't work. My goal is to eventually share my complete strategic plan and process,… Continue

Added by Susan Hand on March 6, 2009 at 11:43am — No Comments

Fedex to give free Resume Printing

Please share http://news.van.fedex.com/freeresumeprinting

Added by Susan Hand on March 6, 2009 at 11:36am — No Comments

The Client Side - Is Agency Recruiting A Bubble Business?

Like everyone else, I've been thinking a lot about our industry lately and all the changes it is going through. There is no doubt that Agency Recruiting is going through permanent change. I came into this business on the heels of big change, in 2002. Internet, e-mail and job boards had all become much more mainstream and the IT bust had just occurred. From the beginning, for me, I had the view that this industry was evolving and getting better. I held a strong belief that this would continue… Continue

Added by Todd Kmiec on March 6, 2009 at 11:15am — 7 Comments

Great things being done by Great Companies for the Economy

I ran into a co-worker yesterday, that had been denied application to a high profile (government vendor) company, because she was unemployed. I couldn't believe it. Yes, I hear from hiring managers that they don't want someone out of work because the stigma is the candidates are lowest performers. However, in this economy??? Get real. But its happening, and it's happening at companies receiving benefits from the bail out. Okay so that is disappointing, we could moan and complain. However, I'm… Continue

Added by Susan Hand on March 6, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Meet Mark Olson: Crazy-Smart Marketing Guy

Mark Olson is one of the smartest job hunters I've met in a long time.

Feel free to check out his blog (Marketing | Truth).

Mark is a prime target for somebody looking for a Marketing VP - CMO - Marketing Idealist.

Check out his background HERE.

If you talk to him, I think you'll… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on March 6, 2009 at 8:45am — No Comments

March 6, 2009

TGIS [Thank Goodness It's Sumser!]

Contrasting last week's polemic on the death of sourcing, this week John reflects on "the conversation."

Something to say? Say it...Digging Into RecruitingBlogs.com v2.09

Bonus Track

Rayanne asks: "What would you do if your boss came back with a counter offer?"

Recruitomatic asks: "Why wouldn't they?"

Read today's… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on March 6, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Will Job loss rates reduce by Easter?

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) have suggested that the worst of the UK’s current job losses will be over by Easter 2009.

Research carried out by the CIPD indicated that unemployment trends in the UK followed the US, suggesting that the rate of job losses will decrease as American firms planning to cut jobs has “fallen from one in three to one in five”.

Added by Matt on March 6, 2009 at 6:41am — No Comments

Industrial Candidate!!

Hello Hello, I am looking for an Industrial Recruiter that works in the Raleigh, NC area to help me with my husbands job search. He has amazing experience and due to the recent housing slump his hours, bonuses, perks, duties, ect have been slowly dwindling. He has very solid work experience.

Some of his experience includes:

• Proven Track record in all Operation Department capacities: Shipping Management, Dispatch Management, and Receiving Management.

• Well… Continue

Added by Heather Leigh on March 5, 2009 at 5:23pm — 2 Comments

Recruiter Man

Taking a little inspiration from one of my all-time favorites, I re-wrote a song to cheer up an agency friend of mine who had a string of bad luck. I realize my lyrics aren't nearly as genius as the original, but hopefully this at least brings a smile to a few faces.

It's five o'clock on a Friday

The clock watchers all punching out

My manager he walks up to me

And he looks just a bit down and out

He says, "Son, can you find me a resume?

I'm not really… Continue

Added by Gino Conti on March 5, 2009 at 4:04pm — No Comments