ExactHire Recruiting
DECEMBER 11, 2013
I talk with groups frequently about the use of social media tools to help drive qualified candidates to their open positions. While I believe strongly in those efforts, the fact remains that job boards still account for a significant amount of applicant traffic for most organizations. Naturally, then, clients typically want to know where they should post jobs and how to keep track of them.
HireRabbit
DECEMBER 11, 2013
If you are already recruiting from Facebook or planning to do so, you will be accessing as much data and information as possible about how other businesses are doing it. You will be analyzing the trends and your competitors. However, there is one organization that you might be overlooking in your Facebook recruiting study: The Military. Military organizations from around the world are using some of the best and effective strategies to recruit from Facebook.
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Forum One
DECEMBER 9, 2013
'Over eight weeks in the summer of 2013, my son and I cycled 3,700 miles across the country, from San Francisco back home to Alexandria, Virginia. The trip was something my son Alex had long been dreaming of and planning to do since graduating from high school. When other co-riders could not join Alex (18), Chris (that’s me, 52) decided to join – and thus launched the adventure, a two-month father-son road trip taking place just before Alex headed off to college.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 12, 2013
'LinkedIn’s recruiting revenues are now greater than Taleo’s and 98.2% of staffing professionals say they use some form of social media to find candidates. But as we all know though, we can also be found by lots of creeps we don’t necessarily want to connect with, either online or off. That’s a pain that Atmospheir ; a brand-new iPhone app just launching today, is trying to alleviate, with a platform they claim is the “social re-imagination of your address book.” HereR
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Jobvite
DECEMBER 10, 2013
When meeting with recruiters and sourcers in our research studies and industry conferences, we regularly hear them talk about relying on talent databases that are not their own for sourcing talent. They regularly write big “rent” checks for access to these databases. We are also seeing a trend towards “owning” their very own database, referred to as a recruiting CRM (candidate relationship management).
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ExactHire Recruiting
DECEMBER 13, 2013
With the automotive industry rebound in recent years, we’ve had the opportunity to customize our applicant tracking system technology for auto dealers around the country. In doing so, it dawned on me that there are some common reasons many of these automotive groups are looking for help with their hiring process: Turnover — With the improved economy, turnover figures are trending back to pre-recession levels.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 11, 2013
'The overall job market may still be soft, but thousands of software and computer science-related positions across the country are open and begging for applicants. In fact, programming jobs are growing at two to three times the national average of other occupations. By 2020, the industry expects to have a million more jobs than it can fill (see graphic below).
Jobvite
DECEMBER 10, 2013
When meeting with recruiters and sourcers in our research studies and industry conferences, we regularly hear them talk about relying on talent databases that are not their own for sourcing talent. They regularly write big … Continued.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 13, 2013
'They say you never forget your first, and I will always remember mine. My first big, official company Christmas party that is. It was unforgettable for some really good reasons, and for some not so good shall we say. So with the holiday party season in full swing, after some reminiscing, I’ll follow with some good reminders on how NOT to be THAT person at your next holiday party.
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Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 11, 2013
'Congress gets job done for once and strikes budget deal to avoid another shutdown in January [ABC News]. Twitter is the best tech company to work for , ending Facebook’s 3-year winning streak, and LinkedIn is 3 rd best overall [All Things D, Forbes]. Schneider Logistics, which runs warehouses for Walmart, will pay $4.7 million to settle wage theft allegations , but won’t admit fault [Huffington Post].
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 9, 2013
'Boeing Co. wants Christmas to come early as they wrap up the proposal process Tuesday for where their new-generation Boeing 777X family of jetliners will be built. But is the aerospace giant merely looking to stay cost competitive? Or are they actually out to bust the unions and get rid of pensions? When the plane was launched last month, the company had in hand no less than $100 billion in orders from airlines in the Middle East.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 11, 2013
'Back in March, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to ban homeworkers was a contentious debate topic, along with her use of VPN logs as justification. But even Marissa Mayer could only peer so far. She could not review what her Yahoo! workers were up to at a task level. Now, for those who run virtual companies but crave more control, there’s Hubstaff.com , a software company that tracks the amount of time contractors spend on specific projects and tasks — but goes one step fur
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 11, 2013
'Back in March, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to ban homeworkers was a contentious debate topic, along with her use of VPN logs as justification. But even Marissa Mayer could only peer so far. She could not review what her Yahoo! workers were up to at a task level. Now, for those who run virtual companies but crave more control, there’s Hubstaff.com , a software company that tracks the amount of time contractors spend on specific projects and tasks — but goes one step fu
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Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 13, 2013
'We all rely on tech nowadays, but how many technical companies do you encounter who consistently 1) answer your calls without automation, 2) adapt to unfamiliar requests quickly, and 3) actually care about providing solutions? Very few. But TempWorks is one of them. At TempWorks Software, the support team — AKA the people who “fix stuff” – plugs away 365 days of the year to simplify the business operations of their staffing customers.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'When the late John DeLorean wrote the prescient book “ On A Clear Day You Can See General Motors ” in 1979, he correctly predicted troubled times ahead for the giant automaker, writing that incompetence and bureaucracy on the “Fourteenth Floor” would lead to the loss of profit, market share, government intervention and ultimately the bankruptcy of G-M.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 8, 2013
'My post about mobile website myths last September drew some comments from some of the best staffing website designers out there including David Searns of Haley Marketing and Jason Lander of Staffing Robot. David pointed to an infographic his firm did on how mobile is changing staffing, and Jason showed off a mobile recruiting app he did for a client.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 9, 2013
'Ohio photographer ordered to repay more than $60,000 in workers’ comp benefits [Claims Journal]. Accountable Healthcare Staffing’s largest acquisition to date is HRN Services of Calif. [PR Newswire]. Computer Economics says IT salaries will meet or exceed inflation rate in 2014 , and hiring will rise [IT Jungle]. A recent success in the UK, Corporate Resource Services prepares to launch iintegra Software in the US [Sys-Con].
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Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 10, 2013
'G.M. promotes Mary Barra to CEO – the first female head of a major U.S. automaker [CNN Money]. Airbus owner EADS to shut down Paris headquarters & cut 5,800 jobs in order to remain competitive in international market [Telegraph]. Colorado to hire 230 temporary clean-up workers with $4.6 million flood recovery grant [Biz Journals]. American citizen who was born in Mexico sues Cal. state prisons after he was rejected for a guard job [LA Times].
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 13, 2013
'Bricks meet clicks: Kelly Services teams up with oDesk to “help large organizations integrate freelancers” [SF Gate]. The Zuckerberg Effect: Millennials want to be the boss , especially in the IT world. Why don’t their older colleagues? [Market Watch]. Union leaders reject Boeing’s “final offer ,” raising the likelihood that the 777X factory will move out of Washington [Puget Sound Business Journal].
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 12, 2013
'Jobless claims spike to 368,000, the highest level in two months [Market Watch]. Canadian job creation was the weakest in more than 10 years , outside of the recession [Huffington Post]. IT employment levels off in November while engineering jobs enjoy moderate growth [TechServe Alliance]. Less than 10% of career sites in the UK/US are equipped for applying via mobile [Recruiter].
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