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Kennedy Information announces free lodging at the Mirage for paid attendees at the 2009 Recruiting Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Talent Buzz readers and network members can receive a $200 discount off the registration.  Click for conference details and registration. In an e-mail this week, Kennedy Information shared they understand that budgets are tight and [...]

Recruiting departments and teams have faced a variety of unique challenges over the past 12 months in comparison to previous years. Many have overcome these, and several were recognized last night in San Diego at the 2009 ERE Recruiting Excellence Award Dinner. A quick congratulations to this year’s winners: Best College Recruiting Program – Ernst [...]

With job seekers in mind, the search engine for jobs leader Indeed.com launched a video tutorial series earlier this week.   The first 3 videos / chapters include  search tips, e-mail job alerts, and my.indeed accounts. As the trend continues to shift from job boards to search engines, sites like Indeed will continue to offering [...]

Small businesses can now identify and recruit talent more effectively and efficiently via high-tough, automated system. Hiring Managers Can Identify Top Prospects 70% Faster With HarQen’s VoiceScreener™ And Effectively Manage More Candidates With Fewer Resources.  HarQen, a leading web-telephony company announced today that they are offering VoiceScreener, an efficient, automated telephone interviewing service, to small [...]

by @jjbuss. 21 blog posts were submitted for the $1,000 contest, and the results are in! A quick thanks to all of the authors who submitted for the contest. Congratulations to Seth Simonds for receiving the highest number of unique visitors to his post! Seth wrote “Gosh! Napoleon Dynamite’s Guide To Social Networking“, and has [...]

If you’re not an idiot, you’ve seen the movie. Now, with even bigger hair and sweeter dance moves, five hints on social networking from the master, Napoleon Dynamite! 1. Give, like, creative and real compliments. “You have a sweet bike. And you’re really good at hooking up with chicks. Plus you’re like the only guy [...]

Written by Lauren Berger for The Talent Buzz blog post contest. Over the course of the past week, I have read the following articles on social media: “Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism” by Christine Rosen “Facebook, MySpace, and Social (Media) Diseases” by Robert X. Cringely “How Twitter Can be Corrosive to Online Marketing” by [...]

Written by Rob Pitingolo for The Talent Buzz blog post contest. In light of the increasingly tight job market, I have been hearing phrases like “it’s all about who you know” and “networking is the name of the game” a lot lately. There is certainly truth to the claim that knowing people who work for [...]

Social media can be an inexpensive way to communicate with an audience. Websites such as MySpace and Facebook, and even the corporate networking site LinkedIn, can play a role in connecting with your members and enhancing your brand. But before you jump in, make sure you have a good understanding of how best to use [...]

For personal reasons or due to my company, I have felt like I have been on one long interview since 2004. Of course that’s not true, but anyone who is in the midst of looking for a new job or contract probably feels like I do – it’s a never-ending relationship. This never-ending recruiting relationship [...]

Roughly 75% of jobs are gotten through networking. Unless you plan on staying in your city forever… you should be making friends online. (That doesn’t mean creating a Facebook profile.) Traditional social networks (Facebook/LinkedIn/MySpace) are used for maintaining relationships you’ve already built. You meet in person… then you connect online. That’s how they work. But [...]

LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Ning, Plaxo, the list goes on. Tech-heavy tools that are being used as sourcing and recruiting aids are becoming more popular by the day and it is truly a cultural phenomenon. There was a time not so long ago when people didn’t have work email addresses. Now if you don’t have [...]