Chad Sowash's Blog (79)

My Journey to ERExpo

I started my journey to the Spring ERExpo show out of Indianapolis on a flight Monday at 6:45amEST through Denver and landing in San Diego at 9:35amPST. Booking the flight I wanted to ensure that I had plenty of time to prep for the reception that night, meeting friends throughout the day and final prep for the conference. Great plan, although it didn't quite work out that way.

First my flight was put into a holding pattern over Denver due to the weather and then… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on April 7, 2009 at 9:38am — 1 Comment

Back from Benning!

I'm back full-time and ready to roll!

I want to thank everyone for the multitude of messages, calls, texts and comments I've received over the past year, while I was plugging away at Fort Benning.

I'm coming back to a much weaker economy which strengthens the need for efficiency and cost savings.

That's where we excel.

I look forward to speaking with and/or seeing you all soon.

- Chad…

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Added by Chad Sowash on March 3, 2009 at 7:53am — 1 Comment

The Perfect Employee?

First and foremost I'd like to say not everyone can be the perfect employee, nor should we expect every employee to seek the bar let alone try and jump over it. Many employees are focused on life outside the office even though their life inside it offers the livelihood they enjoy outside. Did that make sense?

Read "A Message for Garcia" (written by… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on February 23, 2009 at 8:04am — 3 Comments

A Message America Needs

This Saturday Night Live (SNL) skit is HILARIOUS and SCARY at the same time (Because it's true).

Don't Buy Stuff |02:28|

Saturday Night Live

The sure-fire way to get out of… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on February 11, 2009 at 7:52am — No Comments

Chad N Cheez is BACK!

The player won't work with the RBC platform so check out the podcast here.

In this "Transition Edition" Joel and I talk about veteran hiring, why vets make great hires, the economy and of course… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on February 10, 2009 at 10:29am — No Comments

My Favorite Super Bowl commercial

Using an 80's Mr. Mister song to hit the proper demographic.… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on February 10, 2009 at 7:49am — 1 Comment

For the common good? Seriously?!?

I've heard so many "thought leaders" and "enthusiasts" spout off about what's good for the industry, what's needed and what's not. Well on that premise let us focus on the "Common good" of the industry.

What exactly does "common good" actually mean? It obviously holds various connotations for different people and the true essence of the "meaning" will have great range… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on February 9, 2009 at 7:21am — 10 Comments

The Best Job in the World, APPLY NOW!

Looking for a six figure job? How about six figures in six months? What will you do? It's only the best job in the world!

"The Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef is a newly created position. There are a few minor tasks that need to be taken care of, but the most important duty is to report back to Tourism Queensland (and the world) and let us know what’s taking place on the Islands of the Great Barrier… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on February 2, 2009 at 8:45am — 2 Comments

Indeed surpasses Monster AGAIN!

Hitwise data showed Indeed surpassing Monster's traffic back in late 2007. Now comScore data has followed suit with a list of the biggest gains in the job search category along with the lone Monster… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on January 26, 2009 at 1:42pm — No Comments

Jobster calling on desperate measures?

So the economy isn't doing very well, that's putting it lightly, and the 55 million Jobster had in funding is fading fast? What do you do now? Apparently you turn to interstitial ads and anything that will bring in cash.

Where do you draw the line? At this point… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on January 15, 2009 at 7:06pm — 3 Comments

Chad gets some NBC Nightly News

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Earlier this month I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Ron Mott, Terry Pickard and Dwayne the cool camera guy (from NBC) while showing them around Fort Benning, GA. They were able to film an extensive physical training (PT) session and even made it to the… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on December 31, 2008 at 12:01pm — 5 Comments

Chad gets some NPR (National Public Radio)

It was the day after Christmas and I found myself in front of a microphone, wearing headphones and fighting the normal pre-interview butterflies at the brand new WFYI studios, just outside of downtown Indy. Then through the headphones I hear the voice of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday host, Liane… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on December 29, 2008 at 11:01am — 2 Comments

My 15 minutes officially started on CNN

Today my mug showed up on CNN's American Morning program.. Check it out...

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Added by Chad Sowash on December 22, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Beauty and the SEO Beast

Beauty

Over the past couple of weeks you might've recognized that JobCentral has undergone heavy cosmetic surgery. This new, more aesthetically pleasing and thoughtful design was developed to provide a better user experience...

The Beast

...while housing a combination of newly search engine optimized, geo-targeted, occupational coded, and company branded pages. (over a million for… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on November 5, 2008 at 7:17pm — No Comments

Indeed's Two Masters

Jonathan Duarte asks, "If Indeed is getting most of the content from ATS’s directly, why would they continue accepting content from a duplicate source that is not adding to their brand?"

Ever felt like you were suckered into a post? Awe, what the heck...

You can't be surprised when I say Money is the answer, isn't it usually? Indeed has smartly positioned themselves as a… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on October 29, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

Going Chrome?

Are you going to use Google Chrome?

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Added by Chad Sowash on September 3, 2008 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

The Death of Recruiting.com

Jason Davis joins Joel and I to discuss the rise and fall of Recruiting.com, moreover the birth and fast popularity of RecruitingBlogs.com.

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Added by Chad Sowash on September 2, 2008 at 11:57am — No Comments

Who benefits from Google and Indeed?

I've had a question running around in my head for well over a year now... What job sites use Google as their core traffic provider? So I thought I'd take some time perform some research, using Hitwise, and then it prompted yet another question... What job sites use Indeed as their core traffic provider?

So I took some time and gathered the following one week worth of data from Hitwise (week ending 3/8/2008) and thought I'd… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on March 22, 2008 at 9:03am — No Comments

Job Site Traffic Synopsis: Super Bowl

During my time at Monster I was able to actually see the results of our Super Bowl ad traffic, whether it was good or not so good. But I've always wondered how much Super Bowl commercials really impacted other job board's traffic. Moreover what other initiatives they utilize to maintain the growing need for more job seeker eyeballs after the… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on March 12, 2008 at 8:05pm — No Comments

Uncle Sam wants more Chad

Uncle Sam, once again, is not happy with our current one weekend a month (Army reserve status) arrangement so he's called me back into the active Army for a period of 1 year... or whenever he feels like sending me home.

I started my Army career on active duty back in '89, went into the Army reserves in '93 and am now inching ever so slowly to my 20 year mark. I'll be stateside (Fort Benning,… Continue

Added by Chad Sowash on March 12, 2008 at 8:02pm — No Comments