I received an email from a member of "My Linked In Power Forum" This information was posted on CareerXroads, and thought you might be interested in it because I actually work with VMO companies that require a SS# for a resume submittal. I've always been uncomfortable with trying to gather that personal information and trying justify why I must have it....

It is reported that



1. A major corporation will be hit with a class action suit…

On the Radar: Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

According to the RecruitPress site:

Welcome to the Job Board application for WordPress. RecruitPress is a free application to create a job board built on the powerful WordPress blogging software.

RecruitPress is not a plugin for WordPress. It is a group of widely available WordPress plugins and some WordPress core file modifications that you install on…

The Hudson Employment Index^SM fell 8.9 points in November to a record low of 91.9. What triggered the decline? Growing concerns about hiring and signs of personal financial

strain. One year ago, the Index registered 13 points above the current reading at 105.3. Another history maker of the Hudson Employment Index

- the fewest workers expect job growth. The number of workers

anticipating…

London UK, 10th November 2007 – D-Link today raised the stakes in the market for wireless media players with the UK launch of the D-Link DSM-510 Wireless MediaLounge player, which has been optimised for the Intel® Viiv™ processor. The DSM-510 is a powerful, yet compact media player capable of delivering video, digital photos, music and more to televisions and home entertainment centres from computers and…

Viral marketing is a strategy that leverages people and encourages them to spread a marketing message to others. This is a particularly powerful (and cheap) generation x’er recruitment tool, as young people are savvy producers and consumers of this type of information.



In fact, according to an article on WetFeet, viral marketing has become one of…

The CommonCraft team has done it again! This time they’re educating while answering the question..

On the Radar: Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Professional Networking Sites

December 11, 2007 at 2:00 pm

Eastern Standard Time (GMT -05:00, New York)

ERE hosts Scott Allen who writes on the The Virtual Handshake Blog for a free webinar today:

By now most recruiters are aware that blogs and social networking sites can be invaluable tools for sourcing…

The ERE team, including myself has been very busy lately building out a new blog for the Fordyce Letter. Jim Dalton has made it look awesome and there are three years of articles archived on the site. It is an amazing collection of third party recruiting

information. …

The born Job Advertising Index dipped by 4 points in November, signalling the start of an anticipated seasonal slowdown.

The…

The latest born podcast covering the week's online recruitment news is available.

On the show this week: Wipro adopts video interviews, CareerBuilder soars at the…

On the Radar: Monday, December 10th, 2007

The indefatigable Maureen Sharib does it again, this time on LinkedIn.

Join the Sourcers Guild group on LinkedIn here...

By Dave Mendoza, Master Cybersleuth, an Affiliate Partner, JobMachine Inc. Call Me Directly

Yesterday I hit 10,500 connections on Linkedin.

I am stating it not to boast - I sincerely want to mark the occasion to publicly thank everyone who has connected with me AND for those new to this site, I am extending an Open Invite to send me a direct…

Had a discussion with a colleague the other day about sales training.

We were talking about independent reps who are self employed. Therefore, any training costs are paid out of their own pockets.

It’s interesting to note how the training costs are out of reach for struggling sales reps who really need the help. Reps who can barely make ends meet at home let alone pay for high priced sales training.

And I…

I…

As Grandma used to say ‘Idle hands beget the devil’s work’. Someone below clearly has too much time on their hands. The full image is here.

But it has to be said it’s funny … unless you are from the backwoods and take offence easily.…

With the aviation-jobs.net board running well and starting to bite into the masses of aviation job boards that charge for posting , I believe its time to look at other options in the web and challenging the seo within the recruitment industry.



I have massive respect for Mr cheezman and yes I would want to be the UK equivialent , however that may take some time , so what new things can i share with you.



Over the…

So you think the war for talent is hot? Well yesterday I was sent an article by Geoff Colvin, senior editor at…