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How to Get Hired If You're a Recent Graduate

You've just graduated from college... Congratulations! Now put away the champagne, it's time to get a job. Your first task as a recent graduate out of school is to understand your marketability as a job candidate. A college degree and a firm handshake will only get you so far in the real world. You'll soon discover that recruiters, employers, and hiring mangers are looking to hire experienced...

5 Ways Contingent Labor is Killing your Company

Ah, contingent labor: a word beloved almost as much as human capital or incentivize... In 2011, the joys of temp labor have finally been brought to the professional masses. So much so that we all seem to be contingent laborers, strangers passing each other in a corporate night(mare). It's not that there is no care for the collective spirit of the employees that make up a company, it's that at...

When Candidates Attack!

Being a Recruiter can be a lot of fun...in a very bad way. Most Recruiters have a few horror stories that are hysterical, though maybe they didn't seem so at the time. In a business where we deal with people day in and day out, most often strangers, there are a number of variables at play. As Recruiters it's our job to identify the unknown, address it and quantify it. But sometimes...

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff in Recruiting

Agency Recruiters have pretty cool jobs. Every day is something slightly different; lots of variety, a good deal of flexibility and a healthy dose of down time to surf the net, catch up on the news or listen to music. Oh yeah, did I mention the commissions? All in all, it seems like a pretty sweet deal. But then, there's a lot of competition and a tough market to boot. So is being an...

Bust Your Job Seeking Bad Habits

If you've been unemployed for several months, you know how easy it is to settle into an unproductive job seeking routine. The days just seem to blend together - between firing off batches of halfhearted emails and chasing after yet another fruitless lead, it's easy to lose sight of your goals and stop pushing yourself to succeed. Every job seeker gets stuck in a rut once in a while. The trick...

GreenJobInterview Teams Up with Chesapeake Energy to Present at Taleo World

GreenJobInterview, known for their live virtual interviewing technology, will be presenting at Taleo World 2011, the annual thought and business leadership conference hosted by Taleo Corporation, a global provider of on-demand talent management solutions. This year's conference will be held September 11th through the 14th at the Hilton in downtown San Fransisco, California. Kip Welch,...

Teenagers and Minority Groups Experiencing Highest Unemployment

The unemployment rate held at 9.1 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported, with approximately zero new jobs added over the month. While the nation experienced some minor job creation in health care and education, a massive strike involving 45,000 workers in the telecommunications industry helped keep employment numbers down. (The employees on strike were off company...

Emerging Leaders are Unprepared to Navigate a Post-Recession Marketplace

New research by Paradigm Learning, a leading training and communications organization specializing in the design of business games, simulations, and "Discovery Maps" - suggests that many current and emerging business leaders lack the critical thinking skills needed to succeed in a post-recession environment. Marked by increased volatility, this era of uncertainty is characterized as the "new...

The Top 4 Signs You're a Career Recruiter

Everyone's career affects them. A friend of mine has been managing a Pharmacy and Retail Store for years and he's developed a rather odd perception towards his customers...he doesn't really like them. Lawyers fear getting cornered at parties for free legal advice. And health professionals? They hate everyone always calling them about their strange medical problems. Just go see your...

The Lost Art of the Thank You Letter

The after interview thank you letter is regarded by many modern job seekers as an antiquated formality. They view the thank you letter as trivial, bothersome, and time consuming - an unnecessary epilogue that might be skipped when wrapping up the interview process. To those that subscribe to this philosophy: Not writing a thank you letter after your interview is like tripping at the finish...

5 Effective Onboarding Practices Featuring iCIMS

Onboarding is one of the most important processes within the recruitment life-cycle. The successful adjustment of newcomers is essential for facilitating their performance, engagement, and retention. Recently SHRM conducted a survey of organizations' onboarding programs, and found that onboarding has become a key part of retention strategy for 72% of respondents. In addition, 61% of...

TheLadders CEO Marc Cenedella Joins Lineup at Human Potential Summit

The Economist, a trusted name in international politics, economic analysis, and business news, is once again hosting the Human Potential summit as part of their ongoing "The Ideas Economy" live series of events. The second-annual Human Potential event will focus on talent development, global recruitment and job trends and the evolving landscape of hyper-competition and what it means for...

Recruitment Marketing Technology Provider Arbita Set to Launch RPO Solution

Arbita, known for their recruitment marketing technology, media and services, is entering the recruitment process outsourcing market with a unique solution that stands apart from traditional RPO offerings. Leveraging 18 years of recruiting industry expertise, Arbita RPO aims to provide better hires, cost savings, and valuable recruitment and talent metrics to client companies while remaining...

Facebook Career Networking App Sees Strong Growth

Talent.me, a career networking service on Facebook, is steadily growing in popularity, recently garnering over 10,000 "likes" on their Facebook fan page. The latest milestone foreshadows the budding career app's lofty ambitions to take its place amongst the other heavyweight social career networks such as LinkedIn, Branchout, and BeKnown. Leveraging Facebook's network of 750 million active...

Layoffs Looming? 4 Ways to Keep Your Job In Uncertain Times

When the economy suffers, businesses get nervous. In an effort to curb costs, employers attempt to cut out the fat - starting with jobs. In such uncertain times, your job might be here today and gone tomorrow. If you're lucky you'll see an imminent layoff coming, giving you some time to prepare. Other times it might not be so apparent, depending on the size and structure of your organization....

New Name For Workforce Solutions Provider

Payroll Solutions/AvantX Corporation, previously known for their payroll, time and labor solutions, is changing their company name in order to better represent their widening portfolio of workforce management solutions. Their new name, Sentric, Inc. - is a reflection of their customer focused philosophy - and the re-branding will allow the company to drive forward a wider range of products and...

5 Northeast Areas See Unemployment Over 11 Percent

As of July 2011, there are five major metropolitan areas in the Northeast experiencing unemployment rates above 11 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported. At the same time however, the Northeast also lays claim to a number of regions with very low unemployment rates that rank far below the national average of 9.1 percent. Out of the 50 northeast metropolitan areas, five...

Canada: Older Job-Seeker Haven?

If you are having a hard time placing older job-seekers, consider sending them to Canada. According to the 2010-2011 PwC (formerly, Pricewaterhouse Coopers) 14th Annual Global CEO Survey, "Canada was unique in the emphasis CEOs placed on older workers; 60% of CEOs in Canada stated that they had plans to make 'some' or 'significant' change to their people strategy to...

It's Like Butter, Baby: Spreading Yourself Too Thin

Being a Recruiter is fairly straight forward. It's your job to go find the right person for the right role at the right time; cut and dry. While those of us on the inside know how eminently difficult and complicated that can actually be, to the outsider, our job seems pretty clear and easy to define. Defining a Recruiter's role and responsibilities may be easy, but the reality of the...

Job Description Builder Sees Increased Popularity Amongst HR Professionals

Halogen Software, a leading provider of talent management technologies, has recently announced that their unique job description builder has now become one of their best-selling solutions. Halogen reports that their Job Description Builder has proved popular across all industries, but in particular, HR professionals from healthcare organizations have flocked in great numbers to the innovative...

Applicant Tracking System Integrates Apply with LinkedIn Button

Advanced Personnel Systems (APS), known for their applicant tracking system SmartSearch, has recently enhanced their flagship offering with the apply with LinkedIn button functionality. SmartSearch recruiters can now include the button as part of their job postings, allowing candidates to submit their LinkedIn profile in lieu of a traditional resume. LinkedIn, the worlds largest professional...

Zero New Jobs Added For August

The U.S. employment situation is looking progressively worse each month as the latest job figures come rolling in. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that zero new jobs were added for the month of August, and that actual employment numbers for June and July were netted downwards after closer revisions. The U.S. unemployment rate remains at a stagnant 9.1 percent. In response,...

iCIMS Kicks Off Annual Customer Advisory Council

iCIMS, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service talent management solutions, is hosting their 2011 Customer Advisory Council (CAC) at the M Resorts in Las Vegas, September 6th through the 8th. The annual event, which brings together a subset of iCIMS customers to discuss product ideas and trends in talent management, will also showcase innovations from the iCIMS community and the latest...

Career Assessment Test

Career Assessment Test Tips A career assessment test gives you an opportunity to reflect over your current career, your educational and professional training, your accomplishments and your career advancement--or lack thereof. The career assessment is where you be brutally honest with yourself and acknowledge not only your strengths, but your weaknesses and what you need to improve on in order...

Branding Strategy

Employer Branding Strategy Some of the newest trends in recruiting today come from marketing, and this includes employer branding. An employer branding strategy is a way for a recruiter to represent an employer to job applicants in a way that makes the company an appealing place to work. In the modern recruiting world, employer branding can be a powerful way to attract qualified candidates to...

3 Great Questions to Ask during your Interview

You know your interview is almost over when you hear that often dreaded phrase, "Do you have any more questions for me?" Your interviewer wants to start wrapping things up, and they're signaling to you that this is your last chance to really impress them. By now, you've probably had ample opportunities to ask a few great questions of your own, and you should never save all of your best...

Tips on Doing a Career Search Using Google

Using Google to do a job search can make finding your ideal career less time consuming once you know how to search. If you Google "careers" or "jobs," you'll end up with more results than you have time to sift through--and it may overwhelm you. The key to making a Google career search work for you is to narrow down your job search to those jobs you know you definitely want, and then...

Searching Resumes

Tips for Searching Resumes One of the recruiters' most common tasks is searching for resumes online and searching within resumes as part of the applicant screening process. For professionals new to the recruiting industry, searching resumes can seem like a daunting task. How do recruiters find relevant resumes online? How do they find the right candidate for the job from the resumes they...

It's Time To Update Your Resume

It's fair to say that nobody likes updating their resume. Rusty job seekers wait until the very last minute before making any changes - putting it off for months, even years, until they're absolutely certain they'll be re-entering the job market. However, this prolonged hesitation and dread over a simple document always has negative side effects on your job search. Hasty edits only lead to poor...

Job Distributor Launches Job Postings Metrics Tool

eQuest, global job distributor and provider of recruitment technologies, has recently launched an online performance measurement and metrics application under the rather quixotic name of TRAQ24. The tool provides real-time job board metrics for analyzing candidate interaction, allowing recruiters to effectively determine which of their advertising channels and job postings are most...

Bureau of Labor Statistics Launches Interactive Dashboards for Easy Comparison of Economic Data

The Bureau of Labor Statistics International Labor Comparisons Program (ILC) has recently unveiled a series of new interactive dashboards for comparing international economic data. The visual analytics tool will allow users to create a number of charts and graphs for interpreting a wide range of economic indicators. Below, an example of an ILC Interactive Dashboards in action, looking at...

Recruiting the IT Factor

We've all seen it. We're all looking for it. We might even be trying to be it. But what is it really that makes a candidate a rockstar? What gives them the IT factor? From Agency Recruiters to Corporate Talent Acquisition, we're all essentially looking for the same qualities and characteristics. It doesn't even matter what line of business you focus on; whether it's...

Career Exploration

Career Exploration Tips If you work in a career long enough, you're bound to go through periods where you find yourself reflecting over your accomplishments, successes, failures and progression over the years. Taking some time to do a career exploration can leave you content and proud of how you've grown in your career, or it can be the result of realizing that job you used to love now makes...

Callidus Launches New Video Interview and Assessment Application

Callidus Software, a leading provider of Sales Performance Management (SPM) technologies, has recently announced the release of Sales Selector, a Software-as-a-Service sales video interview and assessments application. Sales Selector is currently being previewed at Dreamforce 2011, and will be made available to the general public in the fourth quarter of 2011. The cloud-based application is...

Recruiting Companies

Types of Recruiting Companies Recruiting is crucial in helping corporations find the best talent for their open positions. Various recruiting companies specialize in different areas and provide unique services within the recruiting industry. These companies, known as recruiting firms, recruitment agencies, staffing agencies, or temporary agencies, have teams of skilled recruiters dedicated to...

Jobs Prospects for Today's Graduates

For a college graduate, career planning--as involved as it can be--is the easy part of finding the ideal job. Finding a job after graduation is becoming more challenging as the economy struggles to rebound. Current college graduates have to complete with the previous graduates, as well as displaced or furloughed employees with years of experience under their belts. For many college graduates the...

Jobscience Unveils Mobile Talent Management App

Jobscience, known for their TalentCloud suite of employee life-cycle applications, has recently announced Jobscience Mobile, the first mobile talent management app powered by Force.com, Salesforce.com's social enterprise platform for employee apps. The app allows on-the-go recruiters more ease-of-use in the field - forgoing cumbersome paper processing, it enables just-met candidates to submit...

iCIMS Honored By Inc. 500 for Sixth Consecutive Year

iCIMS, known for their highly acclaimed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent management and applicant tracking solutions, has recently placed No. 2399 on the 2011 Inc. 500|5000 list of fastest growing private companies. This year marks the sixth consecutive occasion that iCIMS has made the prestigious rankings. Inc. Magazine, which publishes the list every year, aims to honor the top U.S....

SkillSurvey Offers Webinar on Improving Reference Checking Efficiency

Known for their award-winning reference assessment solutions, SkillSurvey is hosting a best practice webinar focused on streamlined reference checking, entitled: "How to Improve Quality-of-Hire and Efficiency Using Web 2.0 Reference-Checking." SkillSurvey invites all talent acquisition professionals, HR leaders and HRIS/shared services professionals to participate in the hour long event on...

When Colleagues Become Unfriendly Recruiting Competition

If you've been in the recruiting business for even just a year, chances are good that you've already seen some turnover among the recruiters in your office. Maybe it's a little, maybe it's a lot, but it's there. It can be a sad occasion with office friends moving on. Other times it can be a relief...the guy with the bad attitude is finally out the door. But either way, there's a...

What Recruiters Can Do For You...And What They Can't

Recruiters find themselves in a complicated and often misunderstood role. Job seekers are attracted to their services and industry expertise - yet at the same time repelled by the seemingly fickle relationships, the possibility of failure and rejection, and worst of all - job opportunities that may never fully materialize. Before working with a recruiter, job seekers need to come to terms with...

Gag Clause

What is a Gag Clause? A gag clause is often used as part of an employment contract as a way for an employer to protect special and/or proprietary corporate information, trade secrets, and confidential employee information. In legal use, a gag clause refers to the situation when individuals are ordered not to speak of certain information. Use of Gag Clauses Employment contracts will...

Company Culture

Company Culture and Recruiting Company culture, also called organizational or corporate culture, is the sum of the business values, routines, work environment, management structure, branding, symbols and objectives of a company. Corporate culture can be easily summed up by the phrase "how we do things around here," and it can be a very important thing for recruiters to understand. The...

Mass Email your Resume: Resume Distribution for Job Search

Give your job search a boost. Get your resume in the right hands. Send your resume to the largest network of recruiters on the planet today! SEE IT IN ACTION If you are looking for a new job, you are probably applying to a huge amount of jobs online and emailing your resume to any recruiter and employer that you can think up. Employment sites, job boards, niche sites, social...

The Power of Project Simplicity

The Power of Simplicity As a project manager, you have to hold a million details in your head, tailor your approach to every new project and manage complex relationships between teams. Especially if you're managing many projects at once, your job may seem to encourage complexity. Sometimes we will also make things more complex in order to stay challenged, but it can be equally challenging to...

Tips for Using Employment Agencies in Your Job Search

Whether it's your first or second career, employment agencies can be helpful to you in your job search. Career employment agencies tend have many job postings you may not find online or in the newspaper. An employment agency can act as a liaison between you and a prospective employer. Employers rely on employment agency recruiters to refer to them the best possible candidates. The agency...

Flex Time

What is Flex Time? One of the newest trends in business today is the concept of flex time, and anyone who works in human resources or recruiting should be aware of how it affects companies and employees. Flex time (sometimes spelled flextime) is basically a way of working that values achieving set goals more than actual time put in at the office. Work time is flexible, and employees can come...

Retention

Retention Strategies for Recruiters Employee retention strategies are the ways that companies try to keep their employees working with them in order to reduce turnover. While it may seem like recruiters only need to know about ways to get candidates hired at a company, being aware of retention strategies is very important. Recruiters should know and use the same kinds of strategies big...