To Compensate Employees for their Time Challenges Private Industry
Over the last year, employers have been rallied to create more positions for workers. In many industries, the cost of employing people has gone up substantially, even in comparison to the previous year. As a collective, employers in the private industry paid two percent more to workers than in the previous year. Does this compensation benefit employees directly, or is this increase in...
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Fastest Growing Industry Also Well-Paid
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work," said the inventor Thomas Edison. According to American economists, the fastest growing industry has little to do with work traditionally done in overalls. Over the next decade, it's predicted that the most rapid job creation will occur in the management, scientific, and technical consulting...
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Interview with Maren Hogan of BraveNewTalent
Recruiter.com sits down with Maren Hogan of BraveNewTalent, a new social recruiting tool. We all know you, except for the ones who... don't. What's your background? Okay well, I'm Maren. I like puppies, long walks on the beach and some recruiting stuff. Just kidding. Probably most know me from my blogging and community building in the recruiting space. I have nearly twelve years of...
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Federal Grants Hit or Miss for Existing Teachers
What is going on with the schools in your area? Are there any jobs available? Or has every last job dried up-- leaving laid off educators with little hope to find work any time soon? News is reaching some states that funding has been freed up for their schools. The federal $10 billion education fund is supporting education jobs and is being distributed to states by a formula based on...
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Beating the Recruiter Blahs
As a recruiter, you get what you put in. It's an old cliché, but in our business, it's time tested and quite true. That means that you work hard, stay focused and drill into resumes as quickly, efficiently and deeply as possible. However, there are times when that level of commitment and delivery is just not there. It may be that the position you're trying to fill is a purple...
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Employ Media Defends .JOBS
There has been a firestorm of debate in the online recruiting industry over a new development in the job posting space. Employ Media, along with the DirectEmployers association, has been working to develop thousands of targeted ".jobs" websites ending in the extension .jobs (versus .com or .net). For example, newyork.jobs would contain jobs in New York or architects.jobs would list jobs for...
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Project Management Tips: Dealing With Criticism
Have you ever felt defeated after a critique session? Do you take it personally when your boss picks apart your plans? Is it a personal failure if someone can't share your vision for a project? It can be hard to cope with criticism of our work, but one of the most important skills of successful project managers is knowing how to deal with criticism appropriately. Here are some of the most...
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Obama Proposes Oil Companies Lose Special Privileges
As a recruiter, you might serve companies in very different standings with the government. Do you have a sense of how much value the government places on the companies you serve. Sometimes, it's counter-intuitive. For instance, right now oil companies have come under scrutiny recently by President Obama. They have received special status for a long time. President Obama called on...
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Exit Interviews: Why You Want to Offer to Handle Them
Client relationships are the cornerstone of a solid recruiting firm. Simply put, the more your clients trust and depend on you, the more secure your firm's financial future will be. There are a million and one ways to keep your clients happy, and every recruiter will have different formula for success. One, often overlooked, service that can add to your "building loyalty" arsenal is the exit...
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American Trains to Depart from San Joaquin
Finally, it seems like the promises for greener public transportation are coming to fruition. Another region is dedicating itself to transportation that everyone can use, this time in California. The push for better mass transit is corresponding with a push to support local, or at least national, jobs. Cities are pressured to adhere to a push to "Buy America" because they qualify for...
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EPA Minimizes Pollution from Stormwater and Generates Green Jobs
Lately, it seems like every time it rains in New York, a flood warning is issued. While we've seen the horror of severe flooding, there can be a lot of environmental damage every time there is a big storm. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), stormwater is one of the most widespread challenges to water quality in the nation. After a big rainstorm, large volumes of...
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Geologists Make Bad Recruiters
"Color: Minor color tonal variations exist but within the tolerance limit....Hardness: 6.5 to 7 on Moh's Scale... Density: 2.3 to 2.4 Kg/cm3... Water Absorption: 1.0% – 1.2 %... Porosity: Low to very low... SiO2: 95%-97%"—Variation range of selected sandstone properties, www.mineralszone.com Wouldn't it be nice if candidates were as easy to read as rocks?—If only all of...
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All the Recruiting News That's Fit to Print
We have a nice little update on Recruiter.com that I want to let you know about. We now have a latest activity page which shows new members, articles, news, and discussions, all about recruiting and HR goings-on. Right now, it's just what's going on just at Recruiter.com. It's a nice snapshot that I know I check out regularly myself (of course.) We're going to keep updating the space though...
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Jobzle Adds Some Sizzle to Local College Hiring
Everyone has a take on how to do recruiting and job posting better. It seems like every day, a new startup takes on job posting with a little bit of a different spin than the last guy. It's an incredibly dynamic, fragmented industry. The stakes in Internet employment are big and there are tons of players. Job boards and recruiting technology vendors do well when they address very specific needs...
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New York Times Sells Stake in Indeed.com
On April 21st, the New York Times announced that it had sold part of its stake in Indeed.com. The New York Times was one of the original backers of Indeed.com when it invested five million dollars along with Union Square Ventures and Allen Company, LLC. The New York Times cited a $5.9 million ($3.4 million after tax or $.02 per share) gain from the sale of a portion of their interest in...
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Media Recruiters: Swim in Your Local Talent Pool
Working in an industry that thrives on change and uses the latest technology, you can often rely on the Internet to find great talent. As media recruiters, we can get caught up in searching LinkedIn and social media networks, looking for the best and brightest talent using the newest technology. We of often confuse interest in the medium (social networks and digital properties) with the most...
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Hiring Tool Clearfit Named a Top Company to Watch in Cloud Computing
ClearFit is a software system delivered over the web that helps employers find candidates with the right experience and cultural fit for open positions. IDC recently released a report entitled, "10 Cloud Companies to Watch" and named ClearFit as one of the ten companies highlighted. The report detailed emerging, growing companies in Canada which demonstrated innovation in "cloud" based...
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Unemployment Especially High in California
No matter how much we know it's unlikely, the grass can't help but look greener on the other side of the fence. It seems like every news website is quick to tell us which cities have bustling streets, healthy citizens, and affordable homes. The reality is that if your hometown is just trying to figure out how to get people back to work, you're in good company. In the United States, a total...
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Career Advancement
We all want to see our work rewarded. It's only natural to feel good when a boss says good job or be told that you've earned a raise. Accolades or financial awards are nice, but we as humans need to feel like we're getting somewhere and making progress in our work-lives. Many people desire advancement, but they don't follow a specific plan in order to achieve this goal. To meet your...
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Chally Tracks Down What Customers Want
Once a boss rolled her eyes out for her face when she heard a coworker quip, "The customer's always right." What makes a good salesperson is not so simple as a willingness to parrot a customer's words. If you recruit workers in sales, you might be interested in trying to figure out what it is that customers really appreciate from sales representatives. If you've been recruiting in this field...
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Employers Seek College Grads Fresh out of School
Are companies hiring the newest graduating class, or aren't they? A recent survey from CareerBuilder suggests that recent college grads should try to stay optimistic. Recruiters might see if this thread of possibility holds strong this spring and summer. According to CareerBuilder, forty-six percent of employers said they plan to hire recent college graduates in 2011, up from 44 percent in...
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Project Damage Control Plan: A Must for Every Project Manager
Project failure is not an option if you pride yourself on being a capable project manager. Unfortunately, failure can and does happen due to poor time management and organization, unanticipated staff issues and underestimating project costs and scope of work. While project snags and setbacks can occur in any project, they don't necessarily have to lead to project failure. Project failure can be...
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Tips for Independent IT Consultants
If you are tired of working as corporate IT career, you may be considering making the move to independent consulting. As an IT consultant, you can use the skills you honed in a corporate environment, but before you make that leap, there are some aspects of independent IT consulting that you should understand. Understand You Client's Needs When negotiating a new job, it's very important...
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Balanced Scorecards
A balanced scorecard is a tool used to align daily workflow with long-term organizational goals and principles, as well as keep track of how well these goals are achieved. Balanced scorecards are highly helpful to large institutions as a reliable way to improve internal operations and clarify the roles of the individuals and teams involved. What They Are The balanced scorecard is an...
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Rising Costs of Living Leave People Wanting Second Jobs
It can be hard enough to help someone find a job without working around a job candidate's prior commitments. But increasingly, recruiters may encounter people who are looking for a second job to supplement their income. The cost of feeding and supporting a family is rising. For a lot of people, this means trying to figure out how to keep up, and the best answer within their reach is to...
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Overcoming The "Your Competition is Cheaper" Objection
When recruiting, recruiters face a lot of opportunities to overcome objections. It's what we do. We overcome objections during the sourcing process with nearly every cold call we make. We overcome objections when we are prescreening candidates that aren't entirely sure they want to keep the door open to new opportunities. We overcome objections when we close candidates on our client's...
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A Thousand Jobs Gained or Lost Can Make Big Waves on a City's Economy
What's one way to make a difference? Support a growing economy in a small city. In a smaller economy, the effect of bringing new jobs into the area can really impact a lot of people. This can be observed by the way a relatively small number of new jobs was able to revitalize the economy of Sandusky, Ohio. Over the past year, Sandusky's employment increased nearly eight percent. Similar...
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U Visas Benefit Safety for All
When you read about a company busted for violence or discrimination in the workplace, what image is conjured in your imagination of the whistle-blower? Do you think of an undercover reporter or activist? If so, you may be interested to learn that oftentimes when the government becomes involved in trying to bring justice to a place of work, it's because an immigrant worker has chosen to help...
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Creating your own Marketing Hook
Any promotion is built around a marketing hook. Think of a hook as a thirty-second pitch, your most important, and often only, chance to attract attention and interest during limited interaction with potential clients and customers. A Hook is the Most Basic Element in Promotion. Think about yourself, your product and service for a moment. If you cannot immediately conceive of a simple word...
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Auto Industry Compensation Highest in Manufacturing Sector
When you hear about problems with the American automobile industry, it's important to remember that any layoffs are not simply layoffs, they represent the loss of jobs in one of the highest-paying manufacturing industries in the U.S. Compensation costs for auto workers were among the highest of any manufacturing industry in 2009. This continued to be true even when you consider the fact that...
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How to protect your brand on Twitter
Ok, so you've finally convinced your CEO that your company (say, "Company XYZ") needs to have a presence on Twitter. Don't worry, it's never too late. Your CEO is still not 100% sure how tweets will help grow the business, but he/she is certainly intrigued by any service that boasts 200 million accounts to date. Creating a Twitter account is easy as 1-2-3. Alas, you hit a major snag almost...
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GreenJobInterview Partners with The National Association for Health Care Recruitment (NAHCR)
Have you ever found a perfect interview for a job candidate and been disappointed that the prospective employee was apprehensive about the interview? While there might be any number of reasons to feel less than enthusiastic about an interview, one reason might be that the person does not want to fly. Even when the company is paying for the trip, it can simply feel like too much of a hassle...
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Supreme Court Rules that Companies Can Ban Class Actions
Think about all the people whom you helped find jobs. How many of them are for private companies? Probably the image that you like to conjure in your mind is an image in which workers are able to stand up for themselves. As of now, things have changed for workers. Now when workers sign a contract, they might be giving up their right to hold companies responsible for illegal practices. ...
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Branching Out: Tips for Coaching Candidates for Interviews at Banks
A lot of banks use general recruiting firms to fill branch-level positions, and this can be a great opportunity for general recruiters who want to branch out. Just like a finance professional, you can start with your local bank and build your way to becoming a high-level banking executive recruiter. If you want to build some roots in the industry, start asking around at banks with branches in...
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Circumplex Models in Recruiting: Part I (The Blenders)
The image you are looking at is an abstract rendering of what is called a "circumplex model", a term coined in 1954, by Professor Louis Guttman, creator of the "Guttman Scale", widely used in statistical surveys. The circumplex model—a system of variables that have a circular law of order—has numerous applications in personality and personnel assessment and is a powerful...
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Creating a Conference Planning Checklist
Conferences are excellent opportunities to educate and inspire, encourage industry players to network, or synchronize team members' efforts for a common goal. When organizing a conference, it is important to consider not only the obvious elements such as speakers and seminar topics, but also many behind-the-scenes details that make the event go smoothly. A conference plan is essential to its...
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Finance Recruiters: Tips for Better Candidate Screening
As recruiters, we want to see our candidates succeed, and we can sometimes be a little too general in our screening questions and too forgiving about the answers we receive. When you don't ask the tough questions and expect stellar results, you do your candidates, your clients and yourself a disservice. As a finance recruiter (or if you're just recruiting in that industry), it's your job...
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Record-Breaking Dependence on Government Assistance
There's a big shift in how Americans are affording to get by. No wonder recruiters are seeing so many people trying to figure out a new career path. As it stands now, Americans depend hugely on government support. A recent article in USA TODAY by Dennis Cauchon reveals that "Americans depended more on government assistance in 2010 than at any other time in the nation's history." This...
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Mass Layoffs Slow Down
Recently a woman expressed lukewarm enthusiasm about her positive visit to the dentist. "I didn't believe my dentist at first when she said that I had no cavities," the patient said. "Then I realized that I hardly have any real enamel left. At a certain point there just isn't any tooth left to fill." It is with this degree of resignation that one might look at the good news of March in...
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McDonnybrooks: McDonald's' Second Battle
"Donnybrook Fair, annual Irish event known for its brawls; first known use: 1852"—Merriam Webster, on the origin of the term "donnybrook", derived from Donnybrook, Dublin McDonald's has recently had a two-front war on its hands: While making its contribution to the battle against the threat of a double-dip recession by launching a recent massive hiring campaign, it is also...
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Prove that You're the Best
We had an interesting conversation with an important potential client the other day. It was a marketing VP and they said something that a lot of marketing VPs probably say: "How can you prove to me that you're the best?" It's a fair question for which we should probably have a canned response. But instead, I think I said something like "I don't know, how could I possibly prove that to you?" I...
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HealthcareSource Meets Demand for SaaS Recruiting Software
"Hiring and managing a staff of more than 7,500 employees is a major human capital challenge," said Eric Maxwell of CoxHealth in Springfield, Missouri. With all of the factors to consider in hiring and retaining quality staff, many companies are turning to HealthcareSource for a little help. Eric Maxwell is one of the people whose daily working life has improved with the services...
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Common IT Interview Mistakes
Here are a few common IT interview mistakes. A lot of things can go wrong for you in an interview--prepare in advance to avoid these common gaffes, and you'll give it your best shot. Don't Talk Only in Techspeak Discuss you knowledge and qualifications, but be prepared to talk about it with managerial or HR staff, who won't necessarily share your expertise. Resist the urge to wow them...
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Small Businesses Bond With the Government
Recruiters may expect to see some job growth in small businesses that can find ways to work with the government's vision of transportation. Whereas previously small or disadvantaged businesses had a hard time securing large government contracts, soon these companies may have a better shot at growing their business by securing these contracts. Most government contracts require a business to...
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Latinos, Blacks, and All Women Endure Lower Paychecks in the United States
"Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will," explained the South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. Success is a difficult thing to measure. How do you determine success when your neighborhood is flooded or teachers at your child's school are being laid off? Is the freedom to succeed something that most Americans feel in their daily lives? Although Nelson Mandela...
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Department of Labor Proposes to Strengthen Affirmative Action for Veterans
In 1976 "Rocky" hit the theaters, Fidel Castro became the President of Cuba, and the first laser printer was invented by IBM. Also, it was the last time any lawmakers made any changes to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act. A lot has changed in job markets since 1976, yet these same rules from more than thirty years ago are still the rules in place. No responses to...
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Dehiring: The Job of Job Destruction
"Full unemployment: the ideal state in which no one has a job, because no one needs one, and all economic effort is voluntary."—a working definition Two well-dressed men happen to be sitting beside each other on a commuter train. Having left his newspaper in his office, one of them starts a conversation. First man: "Too bad these trips always have to be round-trip." Second...
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Our First Company Handbook
Ok, maybe I'm a little late to the water cooler on this one. This instant company handbook has probably circulated through three million employee emails. But it's too funny not to share, so here it is: our startup now has an official company handbook. I came across this at an important time for our company. Maybe it's just the necessary introspection generated by doing 2010 taxes, but I've...
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