August 2008 Blog Posts (261)

What's your hang up?

Dear Claudia,

Recently I have been experiencing a large number of people hanging up on me. What is driving the increase of this kind of behavior? Is it because my searches have been targeting the "Open Source" community (more radical "techies"), or do "greenhorns" just not know how to properly conduct themselves? What fosters such negativity to the recruiting community in general?

Sal Petrara

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Added by Claudia Faust on August 6, 2008 at 7:44am — No Comments

Announcing the Licensed Professional Recruiting Package (LPRP)

We are excited to announce our new Licensed Professionals Recruiting Package (LPRP). While we are still putting the literature together on the Broadlook corporate website. Here is a preview video. What you will see: a high impact recruiting software for any type of recruiting that involves licensed… Continue

Added by Donato Diorio on August 5, 2008 at 10:36pm — No Comments

Open Recruitment Innovation Day, Utrecht, Netherlands

I wrote about it before, Share Online Recruitment.

Practice what you preach

27th of August 2008 a couple of Online Recruitment gurus will sit together in Seats2meet, Utrecht, Netherlands. All day they will discuss W3Recruitment items, like advertising, toading, blogging, bannering, targeting, search, job boards, recruitment sites, linkedin… Continue

Added by Gordon Lokenberg on August 5, 2008 at 6:08pm — 1 Comment

Employment Branding Basics, Actions Speak Louder than Words

A basic understanding of the employment brand strategy and action

Have you heard these buzz words? Dynamic company, respected and valued, or how about team oriented environment? Sure they sound great but does it really mean anything to the employee? Today what you do has a far greater impact on your employer brand than anything else. We are consumers by nature and so naturally we want to be inspired, motivated, and happy, but are you doing anything to support those… Continue

Added by Mike Nale on August 5, 2008 at 4:52pm — 1 Comment

Nature v. Nurture... Understanding Process, Change, and the True Nature of Things

I remember having debates with classmates regarding the question of nature versus nurture - which one is more important? Are all things predetermined by your genetic code? Is the environment in which you were raised more relevant in the formation of your personality, your likes and dislikes?

I got to thinking about this the other day at the hairdresser's. Yes - the hairdresser's. Going in for my tri-annual cut/color ritual, I noticed that the weather outside was beautiful. The… Continue

Added by Nancy Ford on August 5, 2008 at 3:52pm — No Comments

JBOSS/SEAM Developers

Can anyone help me out in understanding why I am experiencing so much difficulty finding anyone with SEAM development experience? I realize that it is relatively new, but is it that rare?

Any information will be greatly appreciated. Also if I have not done this properly, please do let me know, I'm new to "blogging" and hope this post is appropriate.

Thanks to all!

Michelle

Added by Michelle Beck on August 5, 2008 at 3:01pm — No Comments

Upcoming MBA Resume Books Releases

New Resume Books Recently Released!

The following graduate business schools’ resume book databases have recently been released (or will be released in the upcoming week) for employers and recruiters to begin searching and filtering though the MBA candidates. If you haven’t already pre-ordered, this is your reminder!

Note: Many of these resume databases are offered as “All Candidate” combo packages for discount prices. For more information and…

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Added by Ryan Pratt on August 5, 2008 at 2:03pm — 1 Comment

I don't get it!

I emailed a few people regarding positions etc ...

And have not gotten one response is this how this site works?

Added by Sandy on August 5, 2008 at 12:50pm — 1 Comment

Purple unicorn - no responses

Have you ever had the best fit candidate you make contact then for some reason they seem to fall off the earth ... you ask youself did they ever exisited?

I have had so many purple squirrels and unicorns ...

Recruiting nightmares!

Added by Sandy on August 5, 2008 at 12:47pm — No Comments

Offers...what they are about may be changing soon

Over the last five to ten years many candidates have become very savvy when it comes to salary negotiations, and they understand that when a recruiter is talking with the company that it’s not just about the raw salary dollars, but the advantages of the overall package including everything from benefits, 401k contribution, vacation/PTO and even potential bonuses. However, after reading our last blog on… Continue

Added by bill martineau on August 5, 2008 at 10:08am — 2 Comments

3rd and Final SourceCon Sourcing Challenge (want a free pass and hotel?).

The 3rd and final Sourcing Challenge of the year is up. If you think you are good enough to solve or just looking for a free conference pass and hotel to SourceCon 2008, then read on.

Full Challenge Details

Good Luck !

SourceCon… Continue

Added by SourceCon Dude on August 5, 2008 at 9:49am — No Comments

Does That Mean I Hired a Twit?

Right around July 24th jobs started heading to a new board - a board where job descriptions are only allowed to be 142 characters or less. So in a world where employers are complaining that job boards don't typically give them enough freedom, one wonders why an employer might choose this one. Why would an employer want to post on what could quite possibly be the most limiting job board in existence today?

Could it be…

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Added by RecruiterGuy on August 5, 2008 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Job Boards Present An Even Distribution of Talent? (Um, Really?)

Over my gin & java this morning, I've been reflecting on a comment from a VP of Staffing from a huge, publicly traded staffing-firm this last week. In a nutshell, his comment was, to a degree, a defense of the major job boards. He referred to what he believed to be an "even" distribution of talent on job boards (i.e. Monster, CareerBuilder, etc.) Now, forgive me for being a little of a math-head, so I'm going to try to keep this short & simple (as I don't have too much time and there's… Continue

Added by Joshua Letourneau on August 5, 2008 at 8:47am — No Comments

LinkedIn: 50 Group Membership Limit set for August 14th!

fyi - if you've failed to read all of your recent emails from LinkedIn, you might want to pay attention to this.

On August, 14th, LinkedIn will begin enforcing a limit to the number of user-created groups any LinkedIn member may be part of at one time. They are setting that limit at membership in 50 (fifty) user-created groups.

If you have membership in more than 50 Groups (as most recruiters do), you will need to take the initiative to reduce your number of groups to 50… Continue

Added by Dennis Smith on August 4, 2008 at 7:49pm — 1 Comment

Job Advertising Nudges Down, Seasonal Trend or Economic Indicator?

Job advertising volumes in the UK took a further dip in July, according to the born Job Advertising Index. The index dropped one point, down to 90 points, following a three point decline in June.

Despite the decline, [more]

© Georgy Pchemyan |…

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Added by Julian Stopps on August 4, 2008 at 5:10pm — No Comments

“Love Shack” Social Media style- Web 2.0 cares Baby!

Does your social media network show LOVE via web 2.0 "Baby"?…

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Added by Heather Gardner on August 4, 2008 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Job Boards Obsolete? Not a Chance

There was a recent posting on the ERE Recruiting Network regarding the obsolescence of job boards.

Job Boards are not becoming obsolete. As a matter of fact it is the opposite. Job Boards, just like any other evolution, fall into a survival of the fittest game. As the industry becomes more & more competitive, the winners will be the ones that deliver results and offer the best value-added-service along with an affordable price point.

Job Boards are a by-product of the… Continue

Added by David Mezzapelle on August 4, 2008 at 12:23pm — 1 Comment

"Run For The Fallen" - Can You Run 1-Mile To Commemorate Our Fallen?

I was thinking that perhaps asking anyone here who reads my sporadic posts may be off-topic, but then, it's a social network . . . so why not. :)

Every once in a while, we have a chance to take part in something much bigger than ourselves. Here's that chance.

4690 U.S. military members have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and you can run 1-mile to commemorate our Fallen. Here are some details - I… Continue

Added by Joshua Letourneau on August 4, 2008 at 9:02am — No Comments

August 4, 2008

Mendoza’s Monday Member Showcase

Dave Mendoza talks with one of our members...

As if to test the six degrees of separation theory Dave and introduces us to Pat Cronin via shared connection Heather Gardner.

From Rookie of the Year to top executive Pat has much to share in… Continue

Added by Amitai Givertz on August 4, 2008 at 8:53am — No Comments

Need JAVA Programming job for this Candidate.

Objective

Seeking an opportunity to utilize my existing skills and learn new skills.

Education: 1984–1988 BSC Computer Science, University of Jordan

Skills: Extensive Java Programming experience.

§ Extensive device interface programming experience (reader, camera, handheld scanner… etc)

§ C++, VB & C# (.net) SQL programming.

§ Team player, understanding the power of WE.

§ Designed and programmed a complete POS system… Continue

Added by Joe Botto on August 4, 2008 at 1:23am — No Comments