As the number of mobile devices and users increases rapidly, contractors are helping the wireless telecommunications industry keep up with the demand.

More than 3.8 million Americans are employed in this sector, which accounts for 2.6% of all U.S. employment, according to CTIA, the International Association for the…

Scott shares the power of Forest Ranger Leadership and how it keeps you from having to constantly put out “fires.”

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Yes I've brought this up in the past.  Yes - I am still P.O.d by the idea.

I am SICK AND TIRED of writing a reply only to find out my comment is now under some sort of consideration.  This is usually (almost always) some sort of ad/marketing/follow these links type of post. 

Shouldn't there be some sort of indicator on the blog itself letting us know our comments may (or most likely may not) be approved by the blog writer?

Hello, I work for ERP implementing company. WE are looking to hire accounts manager. We tried dice, LinkedIn no luck. I should say we didn’t try much.

Finally we decided to reach out staffing company who can help us to find the resource. Can u please refer someone to us ?Kindly let me know. I know many staffing company…

There needs to be a healthy balance in satiating the population needs 

Employment generation is a key factor,

would appreciate how do companies generate employment opportunities,

what kind of  employment opportunities are the majority attracted to, rather put this way what do prospective employees

look for when they look out for a job.

How can a recruiter facilitate an appropriate placement that match's the prospective…

If you are completing I-9s for contractors, you should continue to use the current form despite the August 31, 2012, expiration date listed in the upper right corner of the form, according to the U.S. Citizenship and…

Someone might be close to acquiring Monster - finally.

The who’s-going-to-buy-Monster rumors have come and gone over the years - LinkedIn being one of the most recent - but the buzz this time ‘round may be more than a ploy to pop the stock.

Sources have been pointing to Fall as the time it’s all supposed to go down. Only time will tell, but here are a few of the players in the mix, ranging from logical to not-a-chance-in-hell:

• Microsoft -…

There are many reasons I adore my current boss – I was reminded of one just the other day. I was coming off an especially grueling couple of weeks. One particular search, which should have been an easy fill, had become nothing short of a nightmare. Without going into all the gory detail (I’d like to keep my job) let’s just say there had been a communication breakdown between me and my client. As a corporate recruiter, my only option is to keep working with this…

How?  By applying mobile optimisation to your email campaigns

Any business that needs to attract active or passive candidate talent to jobs or talent pools has or will at some time run a range of targeted email marketing campaigns.  These targets may be from your own talent pool/database or via purchased lists or through some other list…

Hiring managers and Social Media!!

So first this post is more geared toward corporate recruiting, but some could be applied toward any staffing.

So one of the big questions I get is what can hiring managers (HM) do to help staffing with regards to social media. The answer is simple, a lot.

It can start with ensuring the HMs has a complete LinkedIn profile and at the very least a twitter account. If at all possible a Blog, and accounts with…

Yesterday, SmashFly CEO Mike Hennessy and VP of Sales & Customer Success Mary Grace Hennessy were featured guests on the DriveThruHR Internet Radio Show hosted by William Tincup and Bryan Wempen (you can listen to the recording here.)  On the show, they spoke about current trends in recruitment marketing and sourcing and William…

Yesterday I was directed to an interesting article discussing what the author considers to be the most important interview question (never asked). The focus was asking candidates what they really wanted from the job in order to understand what is truly driving them.

The article (as good articles do) got my mind wandering and led me to think about…

Are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees protected from discrimination?



(September 10, 2012)



Issue: 

You are updating your company’s employment discrimination training for managers and supervisors. Because lesbian, gay, bisex

Every Monday morning brings new opportunities, as well as some old problems. As you look at your week, mark off 1-2 hours to work on your long-term social recruiting strategy. This effort will help you construct  better inbound candidate lead generation. When a recruiter starts to think about "social recruiting", it is easy to become overwhelmed with determining when and where to start. Try to keep it simple, and take one step at a time.

The first thing to establish is time.…

Back in the old days, as we hiked ten miles to work in the snow with no shoes, when you took a temp, contract, or direct hire order in the staffing and recruiting business you did everything in your power to fill it. Yet, today, I hear leaders complain that staff members often come to them saying they cannot find anyone for some orders. When these leaders take the time to dig in to the details, they often find that “could not find” means that no one could be found in the database, through…

Recently I was interviewed by Terry Edwards, from Drew Coaching.

The audio recording is available, free, and can be accessed via the link below.

http://recruitment-coach.com/asktheexpert/

During the…

Saying ‘no’ to your boss may seem like the most impossible thing to do but in some instances a firm no is the best option. The main problem for most people is how you go about saying no, as this can affect the relationship you have with your boss.

Realistically there is no one size fits all answer for this as everyone has a different type of boss, some bosses are axe…

File this one in the "Another Jerry Rant" section......

Here's what has happened to me about half the time I've had a chance to catch up on the latest here:

I see an inviting title and click.  Right off the bat I realize "Yep - another self-promo blog" and back out.  I'll give a few of them a shot - but still find myself wondering why this junk was posted.  I mean - for many of them it's hard to even find a way to kick-start a conversation.  Just plain old…

Two years ago I attended the Annual Carolinas Payroll Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC. As a vendor my role was to raise awareness for my organization and discussion potential career opportunities we had for a client implementation. The next morning at 9:45 AM, I was approached by the conference coordinator and asked if I could step in and do a 45 minute presentation given that one of the…

I saw this in an ad that turned up in my inbox recently.  The ad was for a recruitment manager for a professional services firm:  "You will have had experience in a similar role in a professional services organisation."  Nothing particularly unreasonable or earth-shattering about that, you'd think.



In fact, if you analyse most of the roles advertised in recruitment at the moment, or in many other fields for that matter, the bottom…