August 2009 Blog Posts (221)

ARE YOU A NAPS MEMBER?

Are you a NAPS Member?

The National Association of Personnel Services is committed to you being the best recruitment professional you can be and is amping up their benefits so you can leverage your power!

Effective July 15, 2009 every NAPS member will receive a 20% reduction on all KeenHire Assessment & Pre-Employment Screening product or service, every training product, seminar, and tool.

NAPS members… Continue

Added by Margaret Graziano on August 28, 2009 at 4:41pm — No Comments

Cloud Recruiting Nuts and Bolts - from $ apropos

From Chuck Hudgins' Blog: $ apropos

Over the course of the last few posts, I have fleshed out what I take to be the important aspects/core concepts of cloud recruiting. Two of the main points were:

Making use of social networking technology (using the same technology that makes up the cloud to connect others to the cloud)

Understanding that, in order to harness the power of free and apply… Continue

Added by Chuck Hudgins on August 28, 2009 at 2:30pm — 11 Comments

Creating a New Company Culture

It is obvious that there are companies out there that adapt so well to the ever changing environments. Some companies have a culture where adapting to technology almost comes as second nature. Yet there are other companies refusing to accept what is changing around them. The big question is.... How does a company cope with changing its culture?

My company is strong in being ahead of the curve when it comes to products and services. LexisNexis was the first to create legal research… Continue

Added by Stephanie Huff on August 28, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Recruitment Strategy Development – Successful Third Party Recruiting Relationships

RecruiterGuy has been on all three sides of the recruiting process. Three sides? Sure, I’ve been a third party recruiter, a corporate recruiting manager, and a candidate.

Today we are discussing the use of third party recruiters as a sourcing and recruiting partner. Wait! Stop rolling your eyes! Remember I’ve been on both sides of the desk. Currently as a contract recruitment consultant often I am on both sides in the same company.

Why would you want to include contingent,… Continue

Added by Bill Humbert on August 28, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Need to Skip Work? Then You Need to get Some Kids!

I used to work with this guy that would leave early on Fridays. He was a complete slacker. While the rest of us busted our humps to get resumes to clients, he’d belly up to the bar across the street. His excuse? Kids! And, he had a gaggle of them too.

Businesses lose $1.4 Billion Dollars annually to employee absenteeism due to childcare problems.

Now that I have a kid and one on the way, I get a free hall pass. Woohoo!

But, what about you buddy? You… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on August 28, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Want to Spice Up that HR Metric? Try this Google Widget

A couple of weeks ago I was reminded about Hans Rosling and his bubble chart that animates itself. As charts go, it's pretty fun to watch. So I asked myself last weekend if I could try the chart out on some recruiting metrics just to see how it would look.

Much to the chagrin of my kids on a sunny summer day, I tested two different kinds of animated bubble charts. The first from a software company, and then the Google Bubble chart tool.

Turns out that creating an animated… Continue

Added by Jeremy S on August 28, 2009 at 10:47am — No Comments

Recruitment Strategy Development – Successful Third Party Recruiting Relationships

Added by Bill Humbert on August 28, 2009 at 10:29am — No Comments

Searching for Business Information on LinkedIn, Jigsaw, and Hoover's

There are many websites that provide information on companies and organizations, some of these services are free, others carry a price tag. In this post I will focus on free sources to find useful business information. If you are a recruiter or a salesman and looking for clients in specific industries or if you are a recruiter searching for passive candidates that work for certain companies, then this post will help you to identify the best sources to find this information and the advantages… Continue

Added by Rami Madi on August 28, 2009 at 10:28am — No Comments

Does your Business need a recruiter?

When we hear about a company hiring a recruiter; someone who would hire or employ people for job openings in your business, the right man for the job would be one with an intellect, who knows how to deal with people, is familiar with your company's demands and how your business works ie. your business' budget, work environment, company culture, department need, has salesmanship and negotiating skills and most of all, is resourceful.

Whether or not you need to 'hire' a man of such… Continue

Added by HDot on August 28, 2009 at 5:50am — No Comments

Linkedin for Recruitment:How to source profiles using Linkedin?

Today social networking sites have a key role to play in recruitment industry. They are well regarded as effective recruitment tools for they have changed the way recruitment takes place. Linkedin is one such site which has made the lives of recruiters easier.

What is Linkedin?

Linkedin is a professional networking site that connects professionals from around the world, representing 170 industries and 200 countries,… Continue

Added by Padameshwar on August 28, 2009 at 2:16am — No Comments

How to get best results from the consultant?

One common complaint many consultants have is that some sections of the client’s team is not able to provide enough time or resources that are critical to the success of the assignment. This happens for a number of reasons, the more serious ones stemming from resistance to an outsider’s involvement in a company’s affairs and absence of the ‘brownie point’ system of work (as the consultant neither appraises or is appraised by anyone in the organization he or she is dissociated from one of the… Continue

Added by Sia Collins on August 28, 2009 at 1:34am — No Comments

Bend, You Won't Break ...

Staying fluid to the changing times is as necessary as the air you breathe to support your life. Change is constant. Inclement weather to clear skies, poverty to abundance, fear to certainty, unemployed to employed, in order to remain current you need to embrace change like an old familiar friend. Remaining flexible and being confident that change is imminent whichever way the wind is blowing will help you. Go ahead and bend really, you won’t break.

Your career will take shape when… Continue

Added by Lisa Kaye on August 27, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

How efficient is Your Application Tracking System:

Application Tracking System (ATS) has successfully replaced a Business' filing cabinet (full of prospective candidate applications for jobs in your business) by having spread its wings all over the internet. The system brings in more applications and helps you sort them out in less time, with less of your effort put in and hence, less cost per hire considering you haven't hired a recruiter to run the job for you.

An ATS allows your business to post jobs on a job board; a career site of… Continue

Added by HDot on August 27, 2009 at 1:28pm — No Comments

Maren Hogan Loves Cheeseburgers

Maren Hogan loves Cheeseburgers

Maren Hogan, never met her, but I know she likes Cheeseburgers. So much so she tweeted about it once.

That day I ate a big fat greasy Cheeseburger.

Recruiters should be Tweeting jobs every day.

Let’s look at Maren Hogan’s Tweet: I Love Eating Cheeseburgers.

This isn’t rocket science or extensive research. Tweet your… Continue

Added by Michael Glenn on August 27, 2009 at 12:54pm — 2 Comments

Get Noticed, Get Hired

Saying that the job market has changed is an understatement. Everyday we talk to people who have come up short using the tried and true methods of ten years ago. Meanwhile success stories continue to emerge about people tweeting their way to their dream job or being discovered on their blog. Now of course this won't be everyone's experience, but there is a reason why this is becoming a growing phenomenon. These people have figured out that the people… Continue

Added by Pedro S. Silva II on August 27, 2009 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Blue 32!! Blue 32!!!

• “The same things win. It doesn't matter where you coach them. The game's the same.” Mike DuBose

• “If you're bored with life - you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things - you don't have enough goals.” Lou Holtz

• “Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.” Vince Lombardi

• “You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That’s the mark of a true professional.” Joe Paterno

• “You can't get much done… Continue

Added by Kelly Moeller on August 27, 2009 at 12:10pm — No Comments

IT Recruitment

We are really interested in finding high calibre IT colleagues to join hmv without paying high agency fees. We want to attract these candidates direct to us. Does anyone have any ideas and thoughts about how we can do this.
Thanks

Added by Helen Dill on August 27, 2009 at 7:02am — No Comments

Check this out! Here is the next direction IT staffing will drive towards...quickly

Here is a recent press release for the newest upcomming industry standard for IT engagement resourcing.

Announcing The Quality Certified Candidate™ Program

Unified Technology Associates, LLC is pleased to announce our premier technical staffing program; the Quality Certified Candidate, because reputation is more than a resume™. This newest standard in technical staffing allows us to place highly qualified candidates that are scored with scientific backing on success probability… Continue

Added by Quality Certified Candidate on August 27, 2009 at 4:08am — No Comments

Recruitment through Twitter

“You are no one if you are not on Twitter”, a song by Ben Walker is sure to become an anthem for those use social media to communicate every second. Though envisioned as an SMS based social network,Twitter has become a fast and an effective communication tool. Today, it has crawled over every form of business leaving its imprints on them. Recruitment is one industry which has jsut joined the bandwagon.…

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Added by Padameshwar on August 27, 2009 at 2:03am — 2 Comments

Recruiters? Honest as the day is long!

I had a bad experience last week. A bad experience which quickly rebounded into a good one, I am happy to say.

It was Friday 6 pm. I was rushing to wrap up things at work. Last minute emails to complete. A call from our Director in China with a client issue. A Skype call from our Europe MD. And then my wife on the phone saying don’t forget to pick up the kids.

I race down the elevator to the under-building car park, juggling laptop, gym gear, mobile phone and security… Continue

Added by Greg Savage on August 26, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments