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Companies Not Hiring…what will you do?

Posted on September 30th, 2008 in Featured, Internet recruiting tips, Social Networking, Zee Industry Recruiting Trends

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Morning all,
Today I awakened to a great post by Maureen Sharib entitled Companies Not Hiring, Workers Not Looking As Economy Falters.   It alerts us [...]

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Monitoring your recruiter brand, finding passive candidates and more

Posted on September 29th, 2008 in Featured, Internet recruiting tips, Social Networking

Morning!
Today I had the delightful experience of waking up and reading Jim Stroud’s excellent post regarding finding passive candidates via their username handles.  He reveals to his readers the tool UserNameCheck, a nifty beastie that simply queries bunches of social networking sites to see where a particular username is taken.
Jim’s idea for using this to [...]

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Making your job post seductive Part 1

Posted on September 26th, 2008 in Internet recruiting tips

Morning all,
This neat little bit of information is just a sample of the goodness you’ll receive from the RISE Recruiters Private Membership.  Enjoy!
Have a great job position available?  Highlight the benefits!
Benefits are more than simply monetary. 
Do you offer medical/dental? Vacation? A smashing 401K plan? Are your perks above and beyond the rest of the [...]

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Kudos to Bill Vick and XtremeRecruiting

Posted on September 25th, 2008 in Featured, Internet recruiting tips, Kudos, LinkedIn, Social Networking

Morning all,
Today’s kudos gets sent to Bill Vick of XtremeRecruiting.tv.  Now, if you’re not aware of Bill, the man is an absolute Jedi Master when it comes to virtually every aspect of recruiting online.  A savvy businessman and one of the first recruiters to really embrace what the Internet could offer his colleagues, his accomplishments [...]

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Prowling Layoffs BEFORE they actually happen for outplacement

Posted on September 24th, 2008 in Featured, Internet recruiting tips, Outplacement

Morning!
Brief, pithy and to the point - ever wish you had a direct feed into the companies that will start massive layoffs so you can offer your "Make Them Beg To Hire You" services (ie, job-finding techniques)?
If so, wonder no more…. and mosey thyself over to:

Yahoo News Full Layoff Coverage
Mass Layoffs Monthly News
Network World Layoffs
Newspaper [...]

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3 Easy steps for recruiting in the fierce financial waters

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 in Featured, Internet recruiting tips

Morning!
The stock market….it’s about as heavenly as a lead balloon right now.  Wouldn’t you say?
As a recruiter, are you currently taking advantage of this turmoil?
Think about it.  True, hiring might be a weee bit dismal right now in these sectors…but that DOESN’T mean this downturn will continue to haunt the economy for the next 13 [...]

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You lost Internet connectivity…now what?

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 in Featured, Internet recruiting tips, Recruiter Blogging Tips

Morning all,
Great minds truly think alike!
I just finished reading Maureen’s insightful post entitled: What would you do if the Internet went away?  To wit:
…Think it can’t happen to you? Ha! I live in Ohio and on Sunday, September 14 at about 1 p.m. an ill wind started to blow in from the southwest. I was [...]

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Sexism and HR - Why stupid people should NEVER hire others

Posted on September 19th, 2008 in Featured, Internet recruiting tips, Social Networking

Morning!
Today’s topic is centered upon a concept that’s near and dear to my heart, especially as I’m currently battling PMS that would make Bambi’s mother double as Godzilla’s worst nightmare.
It centers  upon stupidity. 
More importantly, men afflicted with stupidity. 
Now, before you go screaming at me that I’m being
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Kudos - Jim Stroud in US News and World Report

Posted on September 18th, 2008 in Featured, Kudos, Recruiter Blogging Tips, Social Networking

Morning all!
Today’s post centers upon the Man, the Myth, the Maverick Master of Talent Acquisition, Jim Stroud of The Recruiters Lounge.  I’d like to direct your attention to the US News and World Report article that spotlighted him like so!
And I quote:
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Sexist Recruiting and Hiring - Enter Sebastian the Romance Novel Hero

Posted on September 17th, 2008 in Featured, Internet recruiting tips, Social Networking

Morning,
Quick!  Watch this clip below! And tell me….what product do you think Sebastian is marketing?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Well? 
Now, I’m certain that if you’re a guy, you’re thinking to yourself right now,
Jeepers Barb, what a flagarantly sexist approach to getting people to buy vitamins!
and if you’re a woman, you might be thinking:
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