May 2009 Blog Posts (190)

How to use an Executive Recruiter in this Market

We all have been witness to a challenging job marketplace for the past year plus, and those especially hard hit have been the recruiters that make a living placing professionals into firms across many industries. From my personal perspective, as a recruiter within the financial industry, my area of expertise has been decimated. However, the light I see at the end of the tunnel is not an oncoming train, and I sense that companies will need to start turning back to the recruiters to find… Continue

Added by Mark Moyer on May 12, 2009 at 9:35am — 2 Comments

May 12, 2009

Above the Fold

Ann Clifford points to eight winning strategies she calls The Bill Gates Method.

Maslow, weep.

Tutorial Tuesday

Take a few minutes to watch Glen Cathey dissect LinkedIn and then take a stab at answering the $64 something question… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on May 12, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Social Network Impact...

Not a week goes by that a Social Network Evangelist gets asked how to measure the power of their network. And hey, why not? If I were a naysayer and on the fence about a process that, at a glance, takes up a significant amount of time but is a challenge to measure - I'd probably ask too.

Just a few months ago I posted a quick video and blog… Continue

Added by RecruiterGuy on May 12, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Applicant Tracking System Vendor List

I thought that I would keep this post nice and simple. For anybody interested in viewing my latest list of applicant tracking system vendors, it is now available at www.TheATSGuide.com. There are currently over 140 vendors listed, and it continues to grow. Please feel free to comment on any systems that I may have missed.

Best of luck!!!

Jake Stupak

www.TheATSGuy.com…

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Added by Jake Stupak on May 11, 2009 at 9:07pm — No Comments

What makes a job board suck? (Employer version)

Per the previous post, let’s take a look at a few things that can make employers (yes, the folks actually paying) throw up their hands and run screaming from a job board. (Remember, this is just one man’s opinion - throw your own into the mix with a pithy comment). So, without further ado, here are 4 things that make a job board ’sucky’:

Keep reading....

Added by Jeff Dickey-Chasins on May 11, 2009 at 5:04pm — No Comments

Sleep Deprivation and Its Effects on Team Productivity

Here’s something we can all relate to on a Monday: Bob Sutton recently wrote a post on an article from the Academy of Management Review titled “Sleep Deprivation and Decision-Making Teams: Burning the Midnight Oil or Playing with Fire?”

Staying up late for work may sometimes be a necessary evil. What this article’s research found was that, while individual sleep deprivation has been… Continue

Added by Louis Bina on May 11, 2009 at 2:33pm — No Comments

Selling In The Current Economy

Selling In The Current Economy

May 8, 2009 by cvitello

My guess is that the title of this blog is one of the most searched strings on Google as of late. Everyone responsible for generating revenue or increasing profits for their business is looking for the answer to this question. You will not find it here, I am sorry to say. I wanted to share with you some of my thoughts on the subject, and what I have seen recently.

There has been, without a doubt,… Continue

Added by Chernee Vitello on May 11, 2009 at 2:03pm — No Comments

TOP 10 Tips When Working with a Recruiter

When working with a Recruiter it is always a good idea to follow these simples tips to ensure that everyone gets the best out of the situation. 1) Take time to know the Recruiter before meeting with them. Make sure they handle the type of opportunities you are looking for, whether it be temporary or permanent. Also make sure they handle the discipline you need such as; Accounting, Finance, IT, Sales, Medical, etc.

2) Fees are almost always paid… Continue

Added by Kunin Associates on May 11, 2009 at 12:45pm — No Comments

Top 10 Reasons Mothers Make the Best Recruiters

As a belated mother's day gift to the mothers on the board...

Top 10 Reasons Mothers Make the Best Recruiters:

10. We’ve been lied to by enough men and children to know exactly what a lie looks like before it even gets out of a hiring manager or candidate’s mouth.

9. We’ve spent most of our lives surrounded by whiners so we are able to tune out anything annoying.

8. The meanest hiring managers/executives/company owners are not intimidating to a woman… Continue

Added by See_Jane_Recruit on May 11, 2009 at 11:59am — 1 Comment

THE BILL GATES METHOD

Opinions may vary, but there is little doubt that Bill Gates has built, and continues to build, a very successful company. I find his secrets and his business strategies to be interesting and helpful:

1. Think and do. The bottom line is results. Thinking is a means to an end – and that end is action. You must take action to get results.

2. Only hire very, very smart people. The biggest problem with mediocre people is that they take up space that could be occupied by brilliant… Continue

Added by Ann Clifford on May 11, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Animals, Merit and why the Bloom is on with our new Top 100 Series

Happy Monday,

I hope everyone had a great weekend and that all RBC moms got lots of love. This Monday we have two special posts including an in depth expose on the Recruiting Animal here:

http://www.recruitingblogs.com/animal-the-recruiter-the-recruiting-animal

"Is he a beast? A predator? A caged animal pissed off with Gen Y whiners and the recruiting world?"

And a straightforward question from a flummoxed recruiter… Continue

Added by Ann Clifford on May 11, 2009 at 11:28am — No Comments

Crazy Sexy Cool (Recruiting/Sourcing) Part I

It was almost a year ago when I was digging through various search strings running in an uncountable number of tabs within my browser that it struck me how powerful the browser could really be for recruiters willing to take advantage of it. Of course at that point I was only thinking about bookmarks and Firefox plugins, so of course the little monster that resides inside my head just pointed to toolbars and… Continue

Added by RecruiterGuy on May 11, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Advisory....Do not do business with www.istmanagement.com

As a recent applicant for a position with IST Management, the recruiting manager in the Upper Midwest was very rude and obviously not a professional, representing his company. To summarize this occurance, Mr. Charles Beasley responded to my resume in a very offensive manner. Regardless of the current economy, representatives from companies need to be professional in their correspondence.

If you are aware of any companies, who use this business, please inform them this company is… Continue

Added by Chris on May 11, 2009 at 2:24am — No Comments

Product Head: Retail Loyalty Analytics , Bangalore

Salary: DOE

Job Type : Full Time / Permanent

Experience : 7 To 15+ Years

Job Description:

POSITION: Product Head: Retail Loyalty Analytics

REPORTS TO: Line of Business Leader (LOB Leader)

EXPERIENCE: 7 years and beyond

EDUCATION: Bachelors' degree in technical disciplines and MBA in Marketing & IT preferred

POSITION LOCATION: Bangalore

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

Manthan is looking for a candidate with product management… Continue

Added by Amit Gupta on May 9, 2009 at 3:35am — No Comments

Microstrategy Developer in Bangalore, India

Microstrategy Lead – Bangalore

Job Description :

Experience: 4+ Years

SKILLS :

Understanding Requirement Mapping Data Model to Reports Able to build complex reports using Microstrategy Proficient in Design and creating Attributes, Facts, Complex Metrics ( Metric Qualifications, Compound Metrics, Smart Metrics, Prompts (Objects, Metrics, etc) etc Proficient in building complex reports (Incorporating hide/unhide data, Totals/Subtotals, using complex… Continue

Added by Amit Gupta on May 9, 2009 at 3:29am — No Comments

Microstrategy Architect in Bangalore, India

1. Title: Microstrategy Architect

2. Experience: Overall IT experience of 6+ years 3. Job Profile: (Detailed Description)

Should have worked on a BI project end-to-end using Microstrategy as the BI tool. Provide consulting support to achieve account objectives and production success. Services include: product installation and implementation, enhancement, integration or audit to meet customer business requirements Perform data modeling, application development, technical product… Continue

Added by Amit Gupta on May 9, 2009 at 3:20am — No Comments

Business Development - Head Testing , Bangalore

Salary: DOE

Job Type : Full Time / Permanent

Experience : 15+ To 15+ Years

Job Description:

Title : Head Testing - BD

Location : Bangalore

Experience : 16 Years +

Job Specifics:

Testing practice head – some on with 16 - 20yrs exp, good at operation or sales or presales, or some one who has headed the testing group of atleast close to 200 +

Well for the testing head, we are keener to look at some Sr. Business development person… Continue

Added by Amit Gupta on May 9, 2009 at 3:19am — No Comments

Remedy Professionals, Pune

Salary: DOE

Job Type : Full Time / Permanent

Experience : 5 To 15+ Years

Job Description:

We have 10 multiple role in Remedy Development for Pune. We are looking for more of remedy development experience. Salary ranges from 10 L to 30 L.

Remedy development experience is must to have with Patrol and ARS.

Please reach out for me at amit.gupta@recruitingpundits.org

or call me at 9717690088

Thanks,

Amit… Continue

Added by Amit Gupta on May 9, 2009 at 3:18am — No Comments

Urgent Opening -- EMC Document science / xpression --- Developer / Architect

Hi I am looking for a EMC Document science / xpression --- Developer / Architect

Location : Trenton / NJ

Duration : 6 - 12 Months

EMC xPression

WebSphere IBM , APF

· Solid understanding of Document Sciences xPression services platform

· Experience in integrating xPression with various Enterprise Content Management systems

· Experience in integrating xPression with advanced printing services

· Ability to design… Continue

Added by Gunjan on May 8, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

The Strategy of Choosing an ATS

Surprisingly, the first step to choosing an Applicant Tracking System is not actually looking at the different options out there. As brought up by the folks at Aon Consulting, the first step to implementing an ATS is looking internally to determine exactly what you need. This may take some time and effort (two things people are not usually eager to give up) but in the long run it will actually make the… Continue

Added by Louis Bina on May 8, 2009 at 5:29pm — No Comments