As a member of the busy staffing community, one way I deal with stress is by running. Ever want to run a marathon? Check out this real-time, up-close-and-personal video I did of me running the 2010 Columbus Marathon just a couple of days ago...



See Marathon Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh1vWbPwqJA



See what its like to run a marathon. Experience it from watching short interviews along…

Good News for Staffing Firms!…

At Openreq, as we help staffing firms fill their own jobs in recruiting, we very often run across firms that are either looking to sell their firm or potentially acquire other firms. The sellers are looking to exit for a variety of different reasons - retirement, lifestyle, cashing out, etc.



The buyers are interested in acquiring for a variety of reasons as well - faster growth,…

Monster officially acquired HotJobs from Yahoo last week, paying $225 million for the third largest U.S. job board, and setting in motion what may be a new chapter in the race for market share with Careerbuilder.…

When we speak with people who don’t work in the staffing industry regarding the number of candidates on the job market and the availability of candidates to place, they typically assume that since there are so many people unemployed, that we in the staffing industry should have plenty of candidates to represent to our clients.



Not exactly…they haven’t seen what recruiters and staffing professionals have seen - that there are lots of candidates on the market, but clients are being…

Even recruiters need to remind ourselves of a few resume do's and don'ts when preparing our own resumes for recruiter jobs. It's like the old adage about the cobbler and his kids (his kids never have new shoes). Same thing can apply for recruiters. We're all so busy helping everyone else with their resumes, that when we need one for ourselves, we sometimes don't take the time needed to do it justice.

Let's take…

At Your Earliest Convenience

In the spectrum of faux pas, pet peeve, and taboo, this grammatical goof may…