While the UK still struggles to get out of this recession (just as the rest of the world), there does seem to be a hint of economic improvement. In a recent report, low-carbon or green businesses are receiving funding from the Regional Growth Fund. The main purpose of this funding is to spur vacancy…

If you are interested in Information Technology, here are the hottest jobs in the IT industry now.  The IT field is growing and as the economy keeps getting better, the IT job market will only expand.  A great way to find and land one of the positions is to reach out to an IT recruiter! 

Here are some of the hottest jobs in the industry right now:…

Imagine that you’re one of the thousands of job boards that provided Indeed with job postings from its inception. Imagine that in addition to providing those jobs (which turned Indeed into the most visited job site on the web), you also spent money promoting those same jobs – thus providing Indeed with a lucrative source of income. Imagine that, in return, Indeed provided your job board with a stream of inbound referrals (both organic and…

The UK Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) are scheduled to come into effect in Q4 2011. The majority of UK based Recruiters and HR Managers are aware that the…

Lately I've been hearing and seeing a lot of articles and posts relating to the Video CV and the techno-geek in me just can't help having it's attention grabbed.

I haven't come across any companies that require a video CV (if you are one please let me know how they're working for you) but I was recently speaking to a consultancy who mentioned their CRM system possessing  functionality to enable applicants to record a brief video of themselves when registering at their…

“So. Please tell me about a time when you…”  No interview type is perfect but as a recruiter I’m a huge fan of competency-based.  Done correctly they really allow the interviewer to get under the skin of what you’ve actually done / achieved in your career.  If you’re lucky enough your interviewer won’t be too clued up and will ask you the old favourites such as: What would…

In 1993, Jimmy Johnson, then the coach of the Dallas Cowboys, credited a book called Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, with helping him prepare for the Super Bowl win that year. 

“Flow”…

The United States economy is growing faster than those of other large industrialized nations, according to a recent USA Today article.  So where are the direct-hire jobs already?

Well, according to the article,…

Negotiating a contractor's pay rate can be one of the most difficult parts of placing a contract candidate.  Where do you start, especially if you have had little experience placing the particular position in question?

Luckily, there are a couple of tools on the Internet that can give you a starting place for negotiations:…

Have you been ignoring your followers?

I joined LinkedIn back in 2005 not knowing that it would be such a global networking tool.

I heard about LinkedIn through a Yahoo group and decided to join. Many of the Yahoo group members had 500+ LinkedIn connections and I wanted to get to 500 as quickly as possible.  I joined all the open networker groups on Yahoo and accepted every invitation sent to me.  I reached 500 connections within a few months.  I sat proud in my office chair looking at my enormous network and then…

There are certain news stories we one cannot help but muse on all the absurd potentialities.  One such story is one that came through a news letter to which I subscribe.   It  is an article in The Republic, in Columbus Indiana, where it reports that the Texas Legislature may allow employees to bring their guns to work with them.   That's right.  They can bring their guns, potentially, as long as they leave…

Over the past few months there have been numerous articles, blogs and commentaries related to handling the increased volume of candidates applying for positions; the continued lack of response from companies once someone applies for a position and what if anything candidates can do; and suggested new “tools” for addressing these issues. Companies complain, candidates…

This past weekend I attended “Energy Leadership” hosted by iPEC, where I’m training to become a Certified Professional Coach.  Their website is http://www.ipeccoaching.com/ if you want to look into coaching or Energy Leadership.  The reason I wanted to become a coach was two-fold: first it would give me an opportunity to work with people one-on-one in a non corporate setting, and second it would give me an opportunity to add value to my existing…

We are excited to announce the release of:

our Detailed MOBILE JOB ADS

(as an add on to our traditional SMS Job ads!) 

Register as a Job Seeker and SMStheJOB will send Job alerts to your mobile and allow you to apply for those jobs by responding with a simple 5 letter code sent by sms.

By registering you tell us in what Job categories,…

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting, mobile recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. This week we’ll be talking about social media impact on referrals, recruitment fundamentals, customer buying habits of Talent…