Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 4, 2011
Productivity is defined as: Doing the right thing (effectiveness). in the right way (efficiency). all the time (occupancy). The only way poor quality can happen is if you do the wrong thing, or the right thing in the wrong way, or if you don’t do the right thing in the right way all the time. It just seems such a waste if you don’t do the right thing in the right way all the time.
Jobvite
OCTOBER 7, 2011
This week at the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas, we launched the Jobvite app for Facebook. With this new app, people can find, refer and apply to jobs privately within Facebook, where they’re most likely to connect and share information on a daily basis. Companies, recruiters and employees can share and match jobs to friends with Jobvite’s proprietary matching technology, providing better access to opportunities for job seekers and more quality hires for employers.
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Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 3, 2011
Fox News recently released a poll stating that if President Obama was a CEO at a Fortune 500 company he would have been fired by his board of directors by now. I get that President Obama’s approval ratings are not good, but is being president ever a popularity contest, whether it’s president of the United States or the head of a 10-person company?
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 7, 2011
Steve Jobs impacted millions of people during his life in a myriad of ways. His death is seminal as well. And it is sad he died a relatively young man with lots of great things yet to accomplish no doubt. I get that. What I don’t get is all the people who think their star should shine brighter because they once happened to cross paths with Jobs. First of all, let me establish one thing immediately, so you don’t get the wrong idea with this post.
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Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Rest in Peace Steve Jobs. Your contribution, inspiration and creation will live on. TechConsult UK is working with Scandinavian employers to recruit for work in a major European gas field. TechConsult UK is supplying personnel for companies working on a number of projects, including the Ormen Lange 2 development. [The Northern Echo]. Economic downturn and improved career progression causes accountants to seek overseas roles.
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Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 4, 2011
Defense contractor and staffing agency DSU Incorporated recently published a whitepaper titled, “Emerging Industries for Supplier Diversity Initiatives.” The document is available as a free download on the DSU Inc. website www.dsuincorporated.com. [The Sacramento Bee]. Atrium Staffing announced its selection of New York-based Emerging Media as its agency of record to manage its strategic messaging, positioning, media training and media relations efforts.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 3, 2011
The 2011 Microsoft SharePoint Conference is happening this week in Anaheim. Unlike the 2009 conference, the next release of SharePoint (then 2010) will not be announced and debated, but the focus will be on looking back over recent wins (eg., customer case studies), and looking forward to what's coming up in the next few years (especially the cloud opportunity and the partner ecosystem).
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 5, 2011
There is a huge difference between e-mail marketing and spam, but some people just don’t seem to get it. I rarely pick on just one company, when so many have absolutely no idea how to market themselves via e-mail. But I’ll make an exception here, as this one particular company has been especially bad as of late. The company in question is called SourceLists Inc., who lists their web address as [link] Moonfruit.com is a web design company.
Jobvite
OCTOBER 7, 2011
This week at the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas, we launched the Jobvite app for Facebook. With this new app, people can find, refer and apply to jobs privately within Facebook, where they’re most … Continued.
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Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 5, 2011
IQTalent Partners announce Thomas Stocking as the new COO and General Manager for Gandi.net’s US Operations starting in October. [PR]. Advice on Entering the Recruiting Field. [ERE]. Ramon Vera, 41, is facing charges from his involvement in robbing the payroll from the office of employment agency Job On Link in Cubao. Vera also allegedly ordered his relatives, junkshop owner Agustin Cusay and his wife Jocelyn, robbed and killed last September 9 in Barangay San Bartolome.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 3, 2011
I’m here in Las Vegas at Bill Kutik’s HR Technology show where it’s very hard to see sign of the banking collapse – the Greek Contagion – that hit the markets today. The hundreds of yards of vendor booths have been packed with attendees most of the day. Here’s my take on what’s hot and what’s not. What’s hot is unified talent management.
Staffing Talk
OCTOBER 3, 2011
I first met Norwegian economist, university professor and international productivity expert Tor Dahl when I was the editor of a business magazine. Tor wrote these lofty, thought-provoking, Harvard Business Review -type pieces that uniquely combined research and statistics with philosophy. When we recently began thinking about unique voices we could bring to Staffing Talk, Tor eventually came to mind and we had lunch the other day to catch up and renew our acquaintance.
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