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Talk to Ted Williams, CEO and Founder of GrouperEye for a few minutes and you’ll quickly understand the difference he’s attempting – and about to make in the college recruiting space. Over the past decade not much has changed with college recruiting.  For the most part companies  have focused on building relationships with Career Centers [...]

Earlier this year, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) reported a 22% decline in college hiring in comparison to 2008. CollegeRecruiter.com also reported in May internship opportunities nationally tumbled. Given the significant decrease in campus hiring, the past season was more competitive for students vying for internship opportunities.  For organizations that understand the [...]

It seems everyday there are more and more “experts” born in social media, including recruiters, recruiting vendors, and consultants.  Many creating more hype than value, and trends to position a product or service. The most insightful opinions come from your clients or target audience… I recently had the opportunity to listen to a presentation and [...]

Earlier this year, Ning announced over 1 million social networks have been created on their platform.  How much could one of those with 1,200 members sell for? Lance Haun, and Laurie Ruettimann sold HRMToday, a niche social and blog network for the HR community.  The final bid on ebay last night was $4,075. The auction [...]

Taleo released a new white paper on social networking and how it has changed recruiting and the next generation of online tools. The whitepaper gets into the details of the down economy and the new drivers of more effective recruiting – including the growth of social networking, blogs, and Web 2.0 technologies like Twitter, Facebook, [...]

Interactive marketing solutions provider Jobs2Web today was ranked #228 on the Inc. 500 – an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs.

In April 2005, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) board of directors approved a new top-level domain -  .jobs. EmployMedia, sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), had hoped to get corporate attention by creating a space devoted to posting and recruiting for job opportunities (i.e., Microsoft.jobs or IBM.jobs).  The [...]

The Talent Buzz is hosting a premier networking event for HR & Talent Management professionals in the Twin Cities. The event will be held on Thursday, September 17th, from 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm, aboard Al & Alma’s Bella Vista Yacht.

The 2009 results are in! HRO Today Magazine today announced the carefully watched results for its annual Bakers Dozen ranking of major recruitment process outsourcing firms. The results were based upon a survey completed by 378 HR executives who are current buyers of RPO services. The RPO providers were rated on the breadth of their [...]