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By @jjbuss. Ever thought of writing? Blogging? Had 15 minutes of fame yet? I am thrilled to announce the 2nd Blog Post contest on The Talent Buzz.  This time, the stakes are higher as the winner will receive a $1,000 Visa Gift Card for the winning post.  Yep, that’s right, $1,000. The contest last year [...]

Google.  What would we do without it…  Remember when? Search engines have made a significant impact to Human Resources and Recruiting.  As an example, the last statistic I saw was 4-5 million job related searches are conducted every day.  HR and Recruiting professionals also use search engines for a variety of job related reasons including [...]

By Jason Buss (@jjbuss). As unemployment continues to soar, job seekers and candidates are pulling out all the stops and doing everything possible to network and look for new opportunities.  This includes using social media and social networking sites as another tool during their search, and while these are not new methods, more and more [...]

Last week indeed.com announced their new industry trends research tool to aid both job seekers and employers in navigating through the job market. Industry Trends is a unique view of job posting and job seeker trends in 12 major industries.  With the most comprehensive search engine for jobs, with over 12 million unique visitors per [...]

You watched the Super Bowl.  Maybe for the game, or for the ads.  Both Monster.com and CareerBuilder were going head-to-head to gain traffic to their sites, build awareness, and get in front of the growing unemployment rate. This year, Monster was also building awareness for their re-designed site.  Late last year, they pledged to revolutionize [...]

Super Bowl ads, a favorite for many game watchers… And after an entry back after taking some time off, Monster.com returned to the Super Bowl scene. Afterall, they are trying to build awareness for their totally redesigned site. Vote Now! [poll id="11"]