Metashift
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
'It was a great pleasure to attend and speak at The Mobile Recruiting Conference 2013 in Atlanta last week. This was the third year the event has run and Michael Marlatt did a great job of ensuring it was as valuable in terms of insight as the previous two. I''m now back in the UK and reflecting on some key issues and themes that will define how mobile recruiting will develop over the coming 12 months.
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
'Recruiters hit the bar scene. Cocktail parties are all the rage in the recruiting world. That was the angle in this special assignment story aired by Milwaukee NBC affiliate WTMJ-TV. The setting for the story was actually Boulder, Colorado, so they may have come by the story via their network news feed. Regardless, it’s worth looking at. The focus of the story was a cocktail party at a Boulder bar.
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Jobvite
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
Imagine moving to a new city where you don’t know anyone and don’t have access to the Internet. The first things you’ll need to do are find a safe place to live, a job you’ll … Continued.
GradLeaders
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
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Hiring Thing
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
'Attracting top talent and keeping applicants engaged throughout the recruitment process can result in significant savings down the road by getting the right candidate in the door and keeping him or her there.
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ExactHire Recruiting
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
Because our employee onboarding software utilizes electronic signatures , we are quite frequently asked “are electronic signatures valid?” The short answer is…yes. Requirements for Valid Electronic Signatures However, for this to hold true, there are conditions that have to be met. These were established with the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN) of 2000.
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
'Last night, Breaking Bad fans were rewarded for six years of loyal fandom with a definitive ending; a nice big explanation point. It was an ending that actually ended things; the writers were apparently determined not to leave unfinished business. Every loose end was tied — unlike with shows from recent memory, including Lost and The Sopranos, and least of all like what happens in recruiting.
Jobvite
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
Imagine moving to a new city where you don’t know anyone and don’t have access to the Internet. The first things you’ll need to do are find a safe place to live, a job you’ll love, childcare for your kids and a good doctor, all on your own. You have no recommendations from friends and family, no physician review websites, no Angie’s List and no online cautionary tales to keep you away from the three bedroom, two bath with the nightmare neighbor.
Unbridled Talent
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
I attend and speak at dozens of conferences each year – many focused on audiences of practitioners in the Human Resources, Recruiting and Leadership Development professions. One common theme at all of these events? A paltry number of actual practitioners (i.e. professionals who work in their field at a company that they don’t own and/or isn’t a consulting firm and/or isn’t a law firm) on the agenda as Speakers.
Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo
HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.
Hiring Thing
SEPTEMBER 23, 2013
'We are excited to partner with two great organizations in October for the launch of our educational webinar series. We’ll cover how to attract and recruit talent using social media and also look at the legal landscape of using social media to screen candidates.
Bersin
SEPTEMBER 27, 2013
Oracle OpenWorld 2013 has brought a small city of attendees to downtown San Francisco—60,000 attendees are here for a week of new product introduction and the sharing of learning experiences. (I admit that the enormity of supplying 60,000 fresh boxed lunches each day was not lost on me as just on indication of the preparation […].
ExactHire Recruiting
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
Well, this blog about assessing employees hits home as I just had my one-year work anniversary with ExactHire. I love my job, by the way, and wish everyone could enjoy coming to work as much as I do! (I am not kissing up because I have already had my annual review!) But, it brings up a good question that affects all employers regardless of size of company or industry…how do you assess employees?
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 14, 2013
'Tech VC Anil Dash has done a lot of stuff I admire. He’s worked as a columnist for Wired, he serves on the board of one of my favorite sites, Stack Exchange, and he’s done and advised successful startups. He claims to hold dearly to values like inclusivity and honesty and proudly mentions on his blog that he helps companies at the intersection of technology and media.
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Jobvite
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
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Unbridled Talent
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
I attend and speak at dozens of conferences each year – many focused on audiences of practitioners in the Human Resources, Recruiting and Leadership Development professions. One common theme at all of these events? A paltry number of actual practitioners (i.e. professionals who work in their field at a company that they don’t own and/or isn’t a consulting firm and/or isn’t a law firm) on the agenda as Speakers.
Hiring Thing
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
'Technical debt is a term used to describe architectural or implementation issues with software that inhibit further development. Practically every successful software project, if it''s been under development for long, has some technical debt.
Bersin
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
The onset of autumn used to mean all the excitement of a new year of school – new clothes, crayons, backpacks and lunchboxes. Later in my professional life, it was the time to welcome in new freshman classes, attempting to reassure parents that their offspring were going to survive the first term of their college […].
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ExactHire Recruiting
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
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Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
'A recruitment ad for a Canadian hospital, depicting a smiling woman wearing a hijab and white lab coat, has attracted 112 job applicants, received 150,000 Facebook page views and 1,800 shares. The ad, which reads…“ We don’t care what’s on your head. We care what’s in it. ”…recently debuted in several newspapers and via social media, in an attempt to raise the profile of the facility.
Jobvite
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
At Jobvite, we recognize that there are times where as a Jobvite Engage user you really wish you could easily share the ultra rich contact records in your pipeline with your recruiting team, hiring managers, … Continued.
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
'For more information about making a great staffing or career website, check out the designs at Tempworks. Myth #1. Most of Your Candidates Visit Your Site with a Mobile Device. Not so. Yes, mobile is gaining on the desktop. But it still accounts for less than 20% of browser traffic. That’s up more than 50% YTY, but it’s still a minority of your visitors.
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Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
'“ There’s no experience like experience.” Between December 2007 and June 2009, when the United States went through its longest, and by most measures, worst economic recession since the Great Depression, between 8 or 9 million jobs were lost in this country, depending on whose numbers you use. And older, more experienced workers took a disproportionate hit.
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'Over the last few decades, fueled in great part by advancing technologies and the recession, American workers have been forced to become more productive and versatile than ever before. And with those demands came more flexible tools (laptops/tablets instead of desktops) and schedules (the remote work trend). So that must mean that the modern American workspace has likewise transformed, right?
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
'The Wall Street Journal says Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia’s mobile business is a bold move to challenge Apple and Samsung in the mobile device wars. Bold is a stretch. Nokia is running out of cash. Obvious. Necessary. Inevitable. Late. Those are better descriptions. And, oh, one more: insufficient. It’s insufficient and not just because Nokia only sold 20m units in the last 12 months in comparison to Apple’s 143 million and Android’s 580 million.
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
'“ My sales people have turned into order takers. They’re all chasing paper, the next transaction. Our customers don’t even know all we can do for them. How do I get my sales force to focus on building client relationships ?” Sound familiar? That’s what the sales manager of a prospective client said to me on the phone the other day.
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Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
'At a coffee shop this morning the guy next to me started crying. He was talking to a friend and explaining how after 37 years of working through malaise and misery his ungrateful employer terminated him. At least he doesn’t have to come to a small room every day, take a seat, and pass the time reading newspapers, browsing the Web and poring over textbooks from college and then “file a report” on his activities.
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013
'[just a heads up: the linked posts contain some obscene language]. What started out as what I presume to be guys on Hacker News critiquing an Economist post on the ratchet life of Facebook users evolved into a strategy discussion on how to get a job or, alternatively, a girlfriend or two. It started with zxcvvcxz worrying that if he posted a picture of himself out on a date with a girl that would send a “signal to other girls that I’m not available when I would definitely consider myself
Staffing Talk
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
'Has anyone ever told your fortune in an unwelcome way? My grandma had a friend named Mickey who, every time he saw me, offered his two cents on my career trajectory. “You’ll be a nurse one day,” he would say, taking drags on his cigarette and standing in oversized boots, laces untied. The level of confidence in his voice unnerved me; but even as a shy kid, I had enough moxie to press him on it.
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