November 2009 Blog Posts (221)

Merrill brokers pressured to also be bank tellers

About a week ago I read an article in the New York Post entitled “Merrill Flinch: Retail banking push meets broker resistance.” I’ve read similar articles in Registered Rep and so on. Anyone could have (and many did) predict that this and more would happen. This is one of many instances where completely opposite and conflicting corporate cultures are going to clash.

BofA is pressuring Merrill brokers to start pushing retail banking products. The big brouhaha in the news is that BofA… Continue

Added by Darin Manis on November 20, 2009 at 5:41pm — No Comments

Twenty percent true unemployment in 2010?

On October 9th I posted a blog about how it might take 4 years to get unemployment back to normal. I referred to a Wall Street Journal survey of 48 economists which shows that on average these economist believed that the official unemployment rate would peak at 10.2% in February of 2010. They were half right.

The Department of Labor released the October unemployment numbers and the official unemployment rate is now at 10.2% (a 26 year high) while the true unemployment rate (including… Continue

Added by Darin Manis on November 20, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

St Louis Area Job Openings with NARA

One organization is saving nearly 1,000 jobs and possibly creating other St Louis area job openings in the future.

It was recently reported that the National Archives and Records Administration's new $100 million high-performance National Personnel Records Center is only months away from the start of construction. The facility will help NARA save about 800… Continue

Added by Cheezhead on November 20, 2009 at 5:29pm — No Comments

Employer Branding vs. Catchy Slogans what works?

There is much discussion on Social Media Groups and by people posting blogs about Branding.

When you think about it…what is Employer Branding? Isn’t it employers doing the right thing by running a company that people respect and where employees want to work? Often I think if an employer has a catchy slogan they believe it is enough to attract attention, get people interested in their product and their brand is… Continue

Added by Paul Paris on November 20, 2009 at 1:12pm — 2 Comments

Rock em, Sock em, and Knock em!

On Wednesday I rocked at an Interview I had with a small recruitment firm that has been in business for 15 years, has a great company culture and offers a opportunity to hit the ground running! My observations when I walked in were; a small staff, everyone smiling and no one looked like they had a migraine. The staff really looked passionate about their jobs and like they were happy to be there. The hiring manager was very impressed I had done my "homework" on the company. It seems there would… Continue

Added by Shennee_Rutt on November 20, 2009 at 10:56am — No Comments

URGENT Cognos Developer required

Position: Cognos Developer
Location :San Francisco.
Duration :one year project.

Requirement

*Cognos 8.4

*Strong "Hands On" Data Manager experience (Including Extractions, Data Loads, Transformations)

*Report Suite and Framework Manager

*Experience working with HR and Finance Business Groups.

Added by Toben on November 20, 2009 at 10:49am — No Comments

Is the term ‘employer brand’ a misnomer?

It’s a phrase that has been around for years, yet different people define it in different ways. Some think it’s just about a slogan or ‘tag line’, others equate successful companies like Virgin or Google with it, But what IS an employer brand? And should it be called that in the first place?

Take a can of Coke or a Mars bar, or a Ferrari if you like. Each are made to a constant formula or recipe. They never vary. They are proper brands (or in the case of the Ferrari each car is a…

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Added by Alasdair Murray on November 20, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Stuck for blog content? Here are 101 things you can write about on a recruitment blog

One of the questions I get often asked as a blogger, is what to right about. So in preparation for the blogging track I led at the Recruiting Unconference, I put together a take away for the bloggers that attended my tracks.

So if you blog about recruitment, in any way and constantly get stuck for subjects to blog on, take a… Continue

Added by Andy Headworth on November 20, 2009 at 8:39am — 5 Comments

Why Employer Branding?

By David Kippen

Brands are fascinating. Search Google and you get 525 million hits. Search your home and you’ll find virtually every surface either branded or displaying something branded. Shut your eyes and think for a moment and chances are good even your internal landscape is cluttered with brands. And if you’re among the top 15% of consumers, you (and the other 14.xxx%) account for approximately 1.5 billion brand… Continue

Added by Featured Writer Series on November 20, 2009 at 12:00am — 3 Comments

Warning: long-term side effects of recession may include…

by Jeff Dickey-Chasins for OnlineRecruitingNews.com

As the recession begins to wane, it’s a good time to assess what effects it has had on the relationship between employers and employees. Why? These changes will continue to reverberate over the coming years and affect how recruiting and hiring is conducted, what technologies and approaches are… Continue

Added by Eric Shannon on November 19, 2009 at 8:39pm — No Comments

Silicon Valley Talent Poaching Highlights

We hear about it in the news every so often out here in Silicon Valley: a big player at Google has left for Facebook. Or a Yahoo executive has been seduced by Microsoft. Or some perky young startup has snatched a head developer from a venerable software giant.

Silicon Valley's human resources arena, ripe with star engineers and executives, is like a day time soap opera, full of unexpected surprises and shocking betrayals. Every time a transfer of talent occurs, juicy questions… Continue

Added by Darwin Redshield on November 19, 2009 at 7:27pm — No Comments

My Thanks to All

I truly appreciate the kind words of the community and the generosity of this contest's benefactor.

I thought it would be interesting to share a brief back-story on how the piece evolved.

My son was in the hospital the week before the contest ended. My wife was staying with him during the day, and I would come up there straight from work so she could go home, see our daughter and prepare his food and sundries for the following day.

Recruiting via social media… Continue

Added by Chris Hood on November 19, 2009 at 7:20pm — No Comments

My Thanks to All

Added by Chris Hood on November 19, 2009 at 7:20pm — No Comments

Expose Your Jobs on Facebook

LinkUp, the fastest growing job search engine, has an innovative Facebook application for employers called: Current-Jobs-at-Our-Company. The application allows companies and employers to easily publish their open job listings to their Facebook page or company’s ‘Fan’ page.

The App places a jobs widget on a company’s Facebook ‘wall’ as well as a separate jobs tab on the company's ‘Fan’ page that lists all of the current listings from the company’s corporate website. When job seekers… Continue

Added by Molly Moseley on November 19, 2009 at 4:29pm — No Comments

Reflections from the #TruLondon unconference: Tales from a customer service evangelist!

Reflections on the unconference TruLondon

Today was an auspicious event: Trulondon an unconference planned by Bill Boorman and his merry band of geniuses. I have admired Bill from afar because he embodies something sorely missing from the industry of recruiting: a heart of gold.

It has been an honor to participate in Bill’s blogradio show over the past few weeks. I am the girl who toots the horn of compassion. We simply can’t take the “human” out of human resources, yet so… Continue

Added by Margo Rose on November 19, 2009 at 3:52pm — No Comments

What's Your Tribe?

Do you lead one? Do you have one? It's a pretty good question these days since there's a lot of talk about Tribes going around. And it seems to be an evolving situation but an interesting one since it's apparent that it's becoming a very powerful cultural phenomenon. I would say that it's probably because of the increased connectivity we all have allows us access to people who have the same views and values. For more on Tribes, I would recommend Seth Godin's book, oddly enough titled:… Continue

Added by James Seetoo on November 19, 2009 at 3:42pm — 1 Comment

Reflections from the #TruLondon unconference: Tales from a customer service evangelist!

Added by Margo Rose on November 19, 2009 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

The Corporate Recruiters Handbook

After 20+ years of toil in the recruitment industry, the last 12 being focused on Internet recruiting, I have put all of my knowledge into a free Handbook; you know, the paper stuff. Maybe one day it will get read on a Kindle?!

If you would like to pre-order your free copy, delivered to your doorstep, please check out my website for more details. And yes, we are delivering everywhere so it is not just for the UK.…

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Added by Peter Gold on November 19, 2009 at 2:47pm — 2 Comments

The Wheel: Innovation

Innovation in tight times is always hard. It can be especially difficult in the tough economic times we face now. To be the innovative person now is like being Noah facing the task of building an ark in the middle of a desert. You can compare it to the Wright brothers taking their first… Continue

Added by Benjamin McCall on November 19, 2009 at 2:33pm — No Comments

Any suggestions on collecting a fee?

I have had my own recruiting firm for just over 5 years now and have NEVER had a problem collecting a fee from a client....never say never. I now have a deadbeat client (read Tom Wolfe's "A Man in Full" to see the real name for a deadbeat) that made $105 M last quarter and won't pay my lousy fee.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!!

Added by Bruce Tracy on November 19, 2009 at 9:56am — 1 Comment