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Power to the Employees

It is a no-brainer that empowered employees will be happier at work, more productive and enjoy better relationships with management. Even the most ridiculous of micro-managers wants empowered employees, but aside from said micro-management standing in the way, management may not know how to empower their staff. Any leader would love to have a staff of take-action workers who can drive themselves,...

Looking for Work Outside of the U.S.: A Practical Perspective

For most people, traveling the world is a dream for a distant retirement attained after years of financial self-sacrifice and moderation. It just is not feasible for the majority of people to whisk themselves away to foreign lands on a whim regardless of their passion for travel and foreign culture. One option, however, is to take the plunge and take on employment in another country. Aside...

Specifics: Getting the Most out of Asking for Career Advice

It should be common knowledge by now that the best way to get quickly ahead in your career is to follow the lead of those who have been there and done that successfully. Figuring out how these career pioneers succeed is a primary means for reaching your own career goals. But when directly seeking career advice it is easy to go about it the wrong way. If you are limiting your knowledge-seeking...

Why Integrity is the Most Critical Professional Skill to Master

In more than 10 years in the staffing business, I've placed hundreds of candidates and interacted with thousands more. And of all the attractive qualities these candidates brought to the table, the one that's proven the most important is the most basic: integrity. What is Integrity? Integrity is often mistaken as synonymous with honesty. It's deeper than that. My preferred definition...

HireVue Launches Talent Interaction Platform after Securing $25M Funding

Stemming from a $25 million round of funding (led by Sequoia Capital), digital interview company HireVue recently launched its Talent Interaction Platform, designed to enhance existing applicant tracking, talent management, business and social applications. The new tool aims to deliver high-definition clarity into people's character, cultural fit, personality, and potential. Features...

10 Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Own Recruiting Firm (Part 1)

As a result of the recent and prolonged economic crisis, the idea of a job-for-life has almost evaporated and the concept of job security has been severely diminished as firms outsource, offshore and streamline their operations and start to move to an increasingly contingent labor model. What we are left with is a climate where people are starting to view employment as no longer safe and...

Get Connected During Conference Season

Among other important goals, a huge reason we travel for conferences and spend time away from our family and friends is to make worthwhile professional connections. Sure, there are the sessions and the beloved sponsored parties and such, but networking is the real meat of the conference. Networking doesn't come naturally to everyone, and for those to whom it does come naturally; there is always...

Recruiters on Reality TV?

There's a reality show for just about everything nowadays; why should recruiting be any different? Apparently, it's not. There's a "hit" web-reality series called "Top Recruiter: Miami Reality Series Season 2." The series, from LaVoie Entertainment and sponsored by companies such as SilkRoad and HireVue, claims to put "some of the world's most talented talent professionals in...

Kenexa Releases Social Learning Management System Addition to Learning Suite

Kenexa, recently acquired by IBM, has released the first learning suite to incorporate a social learning management system (LMS), which includes social features such as complete networking, collaboration and knowledge sharing capabilities, and a user rating tool for sharing experiences with other users. The suite also includes a learning management system and mobile learning...

Ricoh Announces new Mobile Worker Productivity Services

Global technology company Ricoh's American branch has detailed its new portfolio of mobile productivity services including mobile printing, scanning, document storage, and collaboration among other features. Ricoh Mobile Worker Services is designed to directly address the challenges of mobile workers while attempting to access, store, scan, and print data stored at a home office. The new...

The Psychology of Pickiness and Desperation: a Manual for Job, Talent and Spouse Hunters

A recruiter has interviewed 20 candidates—all, in the end, unsatisfactory, for a position that had to be filled yesterday. He's getting desperate. So, given the severe time constraint, will or should he lower his standards for the 21st candidate, raise them or just maintain them? Equally important to ask is whether his response, and those of others in comparable situations, can be...

One-Third of Employees Insecure in Jobs, Unprepared for Workforce

A report from Lumesse, sampling over 750 HR leaders from around the world, determined that 39 percent of HR leaders worldwide and 35 percent of those in the U.S. are incapable of sufficiently preparing their workforces for skills soon to be in-demand. As a result, 32 percent of employees globally and 26 percent in the U.S. feel insecure in their jobs. Additionally, 82 percent of respondents...

Bullies: High School in the Workplace

Bullying has been a school-age reality since the first time children were brought together in one room schoolhouses to learn the Three Rs. But just because that type of emotional and physical harassment, commonly called bullying, is frequently associated with juveniles, it is also prominent in other places of socializing, competition, and learning—the workplace. Not only that, the bullies of...

How Being Selfish Built Zappos

Zappos has quickly become an industry leader in getting company culture right. There is a constant tug of war amongst the practices of recruiters between hiring based on cultural fit vs. skill set. Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, makes it clear that cultural fit is the company's number one priority. Fred Mossler and Tonhy Hsieh have built up one of the most widely known brands in their industry...

The 5 Ways Job Types Self-Destruct or Self-Sustain

Take a close look at your own job type. Is it a job with a future, apart from the question of whether robots, rather than you, will be performing it in the future? By this, I mean not only a job you may be able to count on for your future, but also a job category or type that will still exist for others (long) after you've left it.—perhaps a job slot that will eventually be filled by...

Social Recommendations Website to Help Users Identify Service Providers

Former Buy.com CTO and Co-Founder of Recmnd, Inc., Navid Nobakht, has unveiled the launch of a free, crowdsourced search engine that lets user find business tools, apps, and companies for any need. The site, Recmnd.Us, is powered by the same platform powering Recmnd's first online recommendations website Recmnd.Me, which helps recruiters find job candidates among college students and working...

Should I tell my Boss I'm Pregnant?

This article is for my ladies, all the working women out there. What do you do in this situation? The topic arose from a discussion with a family member over this past weekend. She had been interviewing with a company for quite some time (more than one month), and during that process, she and her husband became pregnant. Now she faced a dilemma: To tell or not to tell? Her thoughts were...

US Leadership Ranking Shaky in new Global Leadership Survey

Talent management solutions provider SHL has announced the results of its inaugural Global Leadership study that seeks to provide a view of the leadership potential of various countries around the world. The study identifies the top 25 countries continuing the highest supplies of leaders proportionate to workforce. While the U.S. was ranked no. 5 in the world in leadership potential, it is facing...

Work4 Launches Social Recruiting Score, Analyzes Social and Mobile Recruitment Efforts

Do you think your firm is doing enough when it comes to mobile and social recruiting? Ever wonder just how you can adequately gauge these important areas? Well, Work4, the #1 Facebook Recruiting Solution, aims to help you accomplish this and more with the launch of the Social Recruiting Score. The Social Recruiting Score is a free, internet-based tool that analyzes a company's social and...

Desktop Messaging Communication System Added to DeskAlerts

DeskAlerts, a web-based alert solution to improve communications and productivity within any organization, has announced the launch of a corporate wallpaper add-on that includes a locked-screen message alert functionality and RSS feed. The new add-on lets DeskAlerts users publish corporate desktop wallpapers that act as an internal communications channel that goes beyond text-based messages. The...

HR Big Data Made Easy

"Seventy-seven percent of HR professionals do not know how workforce potential is affecting the company bottom line," was the recent frank and disabling conclusion of a SHL survey of 600 HR professionals worldwide into how well HR understands big data. They went on to add that the, "Big data deluge is leaving HR unclear on how talent data can enhance business results." It's time to Gaze...

The Art of the Internal Job Interview

In case the name didn't give it away, an internal job interview is one that you undertake for a position at your current employer. And though internal interviews have a reputation for being "easier" because you already have insider knowledge of your company's practices and culture, you are still tasked with proving your qualifications and workplace value when choosing to move up the ranks...

Overwhelmed? Manage Your Tasks with these 5 Tips

For recruiters and employers, managing time and tasks efficiently can be very important. Multiple contacts, opportunities, jobs to fill, and follow up items can all make up the "to-do" list. Resumes need to be reviewed and interviews with candidates need to be scheduled, prepared for and completed. There is also connecting with clients to update on finding and filling positions efforts. Plus,...

Workable Solutions, Inc. Launches new Insurance Exchange Portal

Workable Solutions, Inc., an administrator of private health insurance exchanges, has announced the launch of WorkableChoice.com, a new website offering a turnkey solution for health insurance industry companies to offer continued benefits to their employees. The exchange lets employers offer more health plan options without burdening their employees with information overload. Additionally,...

Does Your Company Look like Congress?

I came across an interesting article on Yahoo! News, "Capitol Hill's 40 under 40: Will youth invasion change Washington?" about how younger people are "invading" Congress. The article starts by asking, "Can youth and relative inexperience be virtues?" and apparently, two members— Illinois Republican Aaron Schock and Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard— of Congress are trying to...

January: Down Month for Small Business Employment

The monthly CBIZ Small Business Employment Index (SBEI) measured a slight decline in small business employment for January 2012, falling by 2.37 percent after a 0.39 percent gain in December. However, despite the small upward turn of the national unemployment, the private sector accounted for 192,000 jobs, far outpacing the 165,000 job projection. January's private sector numbers also surpassed...

Onboarding: 5 Steps to Instantly Engage New Employees

There is mounting evidence to show that effective onboarding will increase the performance and retention levels of new staff. For example, ExecuNet research shows that in the period between 2004 and now when the number of firms with onboarding strategies has doubled there has been a corresponding decrease in the failure rate of new hires from 25 percent to 20 percent. More research from the...

eScribe Meeting Management Software Upgrades with Real-time Voting

eScribe's PROFESSIONAL edition of its meeting management software for iPad is receiving an upgrade to enhance the real-time chat and collaboration tools already present in the solution. The release of the PROFESSIONAL version sees the addition of real-time voting from all meeting participants using their iPad. eScribe's paperless meeting platform is now able to support nearly any meeting...

Self-Improvement Tips to Avoid an Impending Career Derailment

Career derailment is an all-too-common ailment befalling even the most competent careerists among us. Especially in economic times such as these, it is even more of a detriment to be fired or demoted or even just hit a career stall point. There are a number of behaviors (both internal and external) that can benefit individuals on the brink of career collapse. Developing and utilizing these...

Higher SSI Taxes Leads to Steep Drop in Consumer Confidence in January

Economic research organization The Conference Board reports that consumer confidence in the U.S. slipped to its lowest level in more than one year in January as higher Social Security taxes have led to shrinking take-home pay. The organization's confidence index fell 8.1 percent from December 2012 from 66.7 to 58.6, the lowest it has been since November 2011. The Conference Board blames the tax...

How your Current Resume is Hurting You

Blame it on naiveté, misinformation, or simple ignorance, but many job seekers are going about trying to "stand out" in the wrong ways. Of course the goal of a resume is to demonstrate how a given candidate stacks up against competing applicants and hopefully shows what makes a particular candidate unique, but there are definite wrong ways to go about getting noticed. Some of the following...

Crunched for Time? Let Kronos do the Work

If you're an HR professional, what would you say that you spend most of your day doing? If your answers include things like correcting scheduling errors, making amendments to payroll and dealing with employee absences, then you need to reconsider your HR strategy! The 21st century brings us an abundance of software programs, all of which have the ability to make our daily work lives that...

6 Ways To Interview Without Uttering a Word

One of the most common mistakes made by interviewers is talking too much during the interview. There are several quite obvious drawbacks to interviewers dominating the interview. The first and most obvious one is that the interviewee's 'talk time' may be reduced as a result, which means that the interviewer will basically glean less information from the candidate, potentially leading to a less...

Infographic Says Career Specific Training Gives Job Seekers Advantage

As many recent grads continue to search for jobs in today's employment market, more and more college students are beginning to ask, "Is a degree even worth it?" Chicago-based Computer Systems Institute has created an infographic, "Hire Education: 4 Reasons Your Career Specific Training Makes you the Best Hire," that offers some data on why opting for vocational career training just...

TrackerSuite.Net Gets Next-Gen Facelift with Smartphone Access and Flexible Security

Software developer Automation Centre has announced an update to TrackerSuite.net, the company's library of online project management applications for project management, billing, CRM, HR, and reporting. The new version now supports mobile accounting, help desk and CRM tools, email tracking, and customizable security options. TrackerSuite.net now lets users submit expense reports and support...

The Dos and Don'ts of Employee Poaching

Employee poaching: The art of luring good employees away, sometimes from your competition, by conveying why your organization is better than their current employer. Think it's shady business? Not if it's done correctly. A recent survey indicated 69 percent of employed workers are either seeking a new job or would be open to hearing about one. This puts them in the passive category,...

4 Reasons to "Opt-In" to ZipRecruiter's Resume Database

So, you're on the job hunt and have uploaded your resume to job board databases like Indeed, Monster and CareerBuilder but you still haven't received any bites? Do you ever wonder why it seems like your resume gets lost? Martin Yate, author of the "Knock Em' Dead" series, breaks down why this usually happens in his article, "Resume Getting Lost In The Resume Databases?" He...

20 Percent of Small Businesses Unsure How to Handle Employee Health Insurance

According to EMPLOYERS' survey of small business decision makers, about 20 percent are undecided on what type of healthcare benefits will be offered to employees over the next three years. The opinion poll snapshot revealed that: • 41 percent of small businesses provide insurance for their employees • 20 percent plan to directly provide insurance to employees within three years •...

What About the Not So Ideal Candidate Profiles?

A lot of ideal candidate profiles are going to look the same, because many recruiters have the same generic ideas on what makes a great candidate. It's the same old, same old. We look to key talent, identify their traits, values and motivators and then create ideal candidate profiles around these factors. Has anyone noticed that those ideal candidate profiles are more what we think they should...

6 "Must Have" Qualities for a Startup New Hire

There has never been a more exciting time to be an entrepreneur. In fact, being an entrepreneur has moved from the status of 'mad scientist' to officially cool, thanks, largely to a string of explosive entrepreneurial success stories that now dominate the media, many of which now hold lofty positions in the Fortune 500. Banks, angel investors, venture capitalists, celebrities, TV personalities,...

5 Reasons to Market Yourself with an Infographic

Infographics: graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly. And to 'de-Wikipedia' the definition, infographics are basically a bunch of data/information compiled into a visual(s). Before working at Recruiter.com, I had never heard of an infographic. Yet, I quickly learned that they're everywhere—and for...

6 Apps to Run your Recruiting Firm From a SmartPhone

Research from Potential Park tells us that over 57 percent of job seekers want to search for jobs and engage with recruiters and hiring managers using a smartphone. Yet, the 2012/2013 HR Systems survey by CedarCrestone suggests that only 16 percent of recruiters and 11 percent of hiring managers are using mobile apps for recruitment. This means there is quite a significant gap between the...

Do You Have a Hate-Hate Relationship with an Employee?

Managing an employee who constantly rubs you the wrong way is a very challenging situation, but one that will arise. Even the most easy-going, diverse managers will at one point (probably more) have an employee that they simply don't get along with. The best bet is to fire them. I kid, I kid. You can't fire everyone that you dislike. Finding ways to make it work is worth it. For starters, if...

Entelo Launches Recruiter Academy Resource for Talent Acquisition Pros

Recruiting software company Entelo recently launched Recruiter Academy, a premier online destination for continued talent acquisition education and insight. The new Academy offers recruiting and sourcing professionals: Complimentary courses Live expert panels On-demand videos How-to articles from talent acquisition industry leaders Resources on inbound and outbound...

Enhanced Socialtext Platform Released by Peoplefluent to Increase Employee Engagement, Productivity

Leading social HCM technology company Peoplefluent has released the next version of its enterprise collaboration and networking software, Socialtext 6.0. The new Socialtext streamlines employee interaction and engagement to boost business employment. Enhanced functionality of the platform includes micro-blogging, social networking, content creation, expertise location and video capabilities, and...

Fewer Jobs Posted but U.S. Employers Increase Hiring Rate

July saw fewer jobs posted by U.S. employers but they still hired more workers, an indicator of only modest improvement in the job market. For the month, openings number 3.7 million, a decline of 180,000 from June. However, hiring increased to 4.4 million, an increase of 100,000 over June and gaining on the five million job pace pre-recession. Layoffs also fell to a 13-year low dropping to 1.5...

Fellowes Finds Paper Trails Greatly Contribute to Exposed Company Secrets

Office supply firm Fellowes has revealed that up to 65 percent of workers know what their colleagues make while 21 percent know their boss's salary. The most common source of the confidential information were pay stubs (40 percent), staff contracts (22 percent), and bank statements (12 percent). Paper work belonged to both employees and companies. A substantial portion of the workforce (39...

Need help Managing Payroll and Benefits? Try Bswift

Are you an HR professional who has been desperately searching for a better way to manage your payroll and benefit function? Bswift is an American-based professional company that has more than 25 years of experience in the business, providing companies around the world with the solutions that they need to improve productivity at the workplace. While there is a huge offering of products...