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Latest Jobcasts on Jobs in Pods

Recruiting with New Media is still in its infancy but here are some hip employers who are doing just that and reaping the rewards. Jobs in Pods features over the phone interviews with your employees about what its like to work there.

* Nestle Purina’s Human Resources Management Trainee Program

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Added by Chris Russell on October 15, 2009 at 10:50am — No Comments

Niche job boards: how to find them

Much has been written about the big 3 job boards as a place to find work. But those sites are just a small slice of the available job market. In the past few years companies and recruiters have begun shifting their jobs to many niche job boards - local or industry specific sites and online communities. Recruiting today is all about location and quality of hire.

Thats why these niche sites are so popular. Many charge much less (for job postings) than the big… Continue

Added by Chris Russell on October 7, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

Creative ways to pimp your job description

If you write a lousy job description, chances are you'll get a lousy response rate. Having run my own local job boards for the past 10 years I cant tell you how many times I've seen bad job descriptions.

Job postings should inspire people to apply, not the opposite. The branding you place on these 'mini-stories' should mirror your corporate culture and promote your company as a great place to… Continue

Added by Chris Russell on September 21, 2009 at 7:00am — 10 Comments

Jobradio's iphone app is free

JobRadio.fm is a public service project that myself and Peter Clayton (Total Picture radio) launched in October of last year. The ideas is to aggregate career advice podcasts into an internet stream that plays continuously 24x7.

The goal of the station is to help make people better job seekers.

We have recently announced an iphone/ipod touch app so if you know a job seeker… Continue

Added by Chris Russell on August 21, 2009 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Where to post your Solar jobs

Having trouble filling solar jobs? Here’s a look at where to post them.

There are dozens if not hundreds of so-called green job boards popping up online these days. Every blogger and his mother seems to have one attached to their site touting it as the place to post your “eco friendly” postings. The problem is these green sites are not targeted enough.

A ‘green job’ is a relative term and many types of jobs can be green. So if you have a… Continue

Added by Chris Russell on July 6, 2009 at 10:56am — No Comments

Got wind jobs? Here’s where to post them

There are dozens if not hundreds of green job boards filling the spaces in the online recruitment landscape. Every blogger and his mother seems to have one attached to their site touting it as the place to post your eco friendly postings. The problem is these green sites are not focused enough.

A ‘green job’ is a relative term and many types of jobs can be… Continue

Added by Chris Russell on July 2, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Jobcasting with GE

A jobcast is an audio interview with an employer about their jobs & culture. This one is with GE for their leadership program called OMLP. Learn more at Jobs in… Continue

Added by Chris Russell on May 26, 2009 at 11:49am — No Comments

Official JobRadio.fm press release

JobRadio.fm, my new career advice internet radio station is already attracting more than 1,000 weekly listeners. Have you tuned in yet? Listen live.

JobRadio.fm Brings Career Advice to Internet Radio

New online channel broadcasts career advice talk and jobcasts 24/7

Internet radio now has a unique new channel for job seekers and career advice professionals, it’s… Continue

Added by Chris Russell on December 14, 2008 at 7:23pm — No Comments

Follow the life of my social media intern

This year my intern is twittering about life as a social media intern. More details here.

Added by Chris Russell on May 8, 2008 at 9:10am — No Comments

Pictures from SHRM show in Nashville

These are taken from the SHRM staffing&management expo in Nashville April 14-16…

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Added by Chris Russell on April 17, 2008 at 12:28pm — No Comments

Connecticut job boards

The CT job market consists of a variety of newspaper sites, one large independent network and of course craigslist.

CTjobs used to be privately owned until a newspaper consortium bought them out. Now the site is just a rehashed listing of print classifieds. Its also rather expensive.

AllCountyJobs.com which runs 4 regionally specific sites in the state offers:… Continue

Added by Chris Russell on March 25, 2008 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Social Media Recruiting Radio - Today @ 12 noon EST

Join Chris Russell from Jobs in Pods and Ben Yoskovitz of Standout Jobs will be discussing using social media to recruit. Call in to ask questions (347-945-5971) or listen at your desk.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/SocialMediaRecruiting

Added by Chris Russell on March 6, 2008 at 11:29am — No Comments