June 2010 Blog Posts (192)

Why do people stay at the same job?

I am always curious what makes someone stay in the same job for more than a few years. For me, it is passion, challenge, and the chance to be rewarded for being very good at what I do. That is why I run an agency, and that is why I like what I do. But I have to trade off team work (sometimes I am solo, sometimes I am not), and financial security (can you say 2009??), and I cannot easily specialize in one piece of the puzzle. That last one makes me tired some days.

But enough about me,… Continue

Added by Julia Stone on June 8, 2010 at 2:33pm — 4 Comments

The Dawning of the Cra#@pplication! You may be saving a tree, but you’re killin’ me!!

PART 1:

I recently posted an article on my company blog, www.Hooklineandthinker.us and here as well which highlighted the rise of Indeed.com and other job search aggregators, particularly in contrast to the Major Jobboards like… Continue

Added by Matt J Peter on June 8, 2010 at 2:30pm — 6 Comments

Targeted Recruiting Tactics

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Added by Trish on June 8, 2010 at 7:53am — 3 Comments

Unemployed? Move Along...Nothing To See Here.

This recent trend has me perplexed -the trend towards including exclusionary wording on job postings which state in various forms: “The unemployed need not apply.”

Laura Bassett reported this recently on Huffington Post in her post titled: Disturbing Job Ads: The UnemployedWill Not Be Considered. She outs a… Continue

Added by Nikole Tutton on June 7, 2010 at 11:00pm — 25 Comments

Winning With Words: Recruitment insights for Search Engine Marketing

Recruiters face a daunting challenge: how do we find and attract top talent in an age of information overload? Now that we have ready access to massive databases and information streams, some might think being a headhunter is a breeze. But they’d be wrong. While data and scale make some activities easier, they also create an environment where incremental… Continue

Added by Andrew Boyett on June 7, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

The Forgotten Secret Weapons to Optimization!!

The Forgotten Secret Weapons to Optimization!!…

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Added by Dean Da Costa on June 7, 2010 at 1:03pm — No Comments

This is Why Baseball is Still Relevant

For many people, sport is all about winning. The obsession with wins and losses obscures the real importance of the game. For me, sport is about bringing the best out in people and transferring these lessons to everyday life. And since Recruitment Process Outsourcing is part of my everyday life, I can use sports to help me be better at my vocation.

Last Wednesday was a “perfect” example.

With two outs in the 9th inning… Continue

Added by Barry Diamond on June 7, 2010 at 11:33am — No Comments

Jobseekers, are you really available?

Greg Savage wrote a blog post today about one of his pet peeves, people being late. Read it here. It's called No, you are not 'running late', you are rude and selfish

This is my turn.. Jobseekers, hear this. Yes there is a skills shortage. Yes, your services are required. However, don't expect everyone (ie all employers) to bend over backwards for you. No… Continue

Added by Dan Nuroo on June 7, 2010 at 10:47am — 1 Comment

Fundamental changes…or tempests in teapots?

People get bored. This is the number one reason that anything ‘new and shiny’ captures our attention. We get frustrated that what we’re doing is, well, kind of repetitive and doesn’t work the way

we imagined it would. Then something new comes along

and we think: Maybe this time things will be different! Maybe

that software will really work. Maybe this really is the

magic bullet.

Or, maybe…

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Added by Jeff Dickey-Chasins on June 7, 2010 at 9:08am — No Comments

How to Make a Career Change

It is NEVER too late for a career change! Sure, you might not have direct experience in a certain industry or job, but you need to prove to any hiring manager that your existing skills are, in fact, transferable skills.

If you’re debating about making a career change, don’t be afraid. Even if a career switch later in life seems like a completely radical change with many possible consequences attached to it, you should still go for it if it’s something you really…

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Added by Gavin Redelman on June 6, 2010 at 7:04am — No Comments

New Technology or Old Human Nature?

By Pat Meehan

In our quest to find the answers or connections that bond us, each of us, we seek to the world of high tech and the global social network. What do we find in this quest? We find the feel of the winter, summer, spring and fall. We connect through the common vision of the moon and the stars. We feel closer to those in other…

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Added by Pat Meehan on June 5, 2010 at 4:22pm — No Comments

Boolean Operators!!

Boolean Operators!!…

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Added by Dean Da Costa on June 5, 2010 at 2:17pm — No Comments

Recruitment Marketing Articles of the Week (5.29.10 to 6.4.10)

Originally posted on the SmashFly Recruitment Marketing Blog.

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing. This week’s topics include creating job ads rather than descriptions, job posting growth, recycling…

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Added by Chris Brablc on June 4, 2010 at 1:43pm — No Comments

The Problem with Getting Champagne-Quality Talent on a Beer Budget

As recruiters in a sluggish economy, I’m sure there are plenty of stories out there about how companies are looking to obtain top talent at bargain prices. Kind of like having “champagne tastes” while only wanting to pay for a beer. I’d like to address this with the hope of providing some education and also learning what some best practices might be to combat this. As a recruiter that has been through many different markets, I know the downside of this type of hiring practice. In most… Continue

Added by Stacey Grimes on June 4, 2010 at 12:21pm — 5 Comments

My Littlest Placement

I have been given a gift. Well – not given, necessarily. It was earned. Those are the best anyway,aren’t they?

We’ve been recruiting for a junior level IT role with a client for the past 3 weeks or so. Not much in the way of qualifications – college degree, some sort of “paid” IT experience combined with a nice personality and…

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Added by Jerry Albright on June 4, 2010 at 12:00pm — 7 Comments

Are your Recruitment Strategies Helping OR Hurting your future?

There seems to be (what to me is a disturbing) trend in recruitment from some hospitality operations out there. Now, I have written several articles about how salaries are NOT going down, in fact they are going up. How good people are very aware of their worth and value and are not willing to take a step back or pay cut to go back to work and are in fact willing to wait it out for the right opportunity. How if you do get a great person at a “low ball” price, they are a “rental” and will be gone… Continue

Added by Corey Harlock on June 4, 2010 at 11:40am — No Comments

Pulling Information for Your Resume

By Pat Meehan

Let’s take a look into your current job and start to identify all of the little things you do each day that add up to making you capable of doing your job responsibly, and without supervision. This takes a…

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Added by Pat Meehan on June 4, 2010 at 10:38am — No Comments

Social Recruiting: Influence via Social Media

For those who follow Chris Hoyt, AKA TheRecruiterGuy, you know that he recently began a new opportunity at PepsiCo. This week, he periodically tweeted about various aspects of his onboarding process. I'm not sure about anyone else, but after seeing what happened during his 1^st week, PepsiCo sounds like a pretty AWESOME place to work. Check out some of his tweets (…

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Added by Omowale Casselle on June 4, 2010 at 9:26am — No Comments

How can employers make themselves relevant to Gen Y?

Employers need to think big about how they are going to showcase their organisational culture and people to draw in, attract, and retain the next wave of high potential talent. While baby boomers still firmly rule the roost in the workplace, a new generation of graduates are emerging with a different set of influences and cultural reference points.

These graduates have grown up with technology around them, and thus have a different set of expectations from the world they interact… Continue

Added by Adam Lewis on June 4, 2010 at 4:04am — 2 Comments