Talent HQ

Mobile is “it”.  With over 11 billion apps downloaded, we’re just getting started.  The prediction that mobile will overtake PC’s by 2013 as the most common web access device doesn’t seem too far fetched.  But…  Will mobile recruiting be “it” in the job search and recruiting space? We know organizations are investing in mobile recruiting, [...]

Today was the final day at the Multicultural forum on workplace diversity, and I had the opportunity to co-facilitate a session with a friend and colleague, Roycie Earvin. We focused our time on discussing social media – and the impact to diversity recruiting.  Attached are the slides from the presentation: Diversity Recruiting – The Impact [...]

Conference season is in full swing. I am looking forward to a session I am co-facilitating tomorrow called “Social Media – The Impact to Diversity Recruiting”. It’s at the 2011 Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity, in Minneapolis. In building out the content and research for the topic, a lot of information has been published from [...]

You’ve spoken, Weddles has answered.  Each year the top 30 job boards are announced. Each year, WEDDLE’s conducts a year-long ballot of recruiters and job seekers to determine which employment related sites they like best. The 30 sites that accumulate the most votes during the year are named WEDDLE’s User’s Choice Award winners – and [...]

LinkedIn continues its’ explosive growth on many fronts.  From members on the site, to the number of employees.  Some recruiters consider LinkedIn as the tipping point in recruiting with their database. Here are a few examples of their growth – and recent statistics: LinkedIn now has over 100 million members. 1 million new members join LinkedIn [...]

Indeed.com has been a well known job search engine for years.  A few months ago, it became the largest job “site” in the world when measured by unique visitors, according to Comscore. How many visitors? In October, 2010, the site recorded 12.3 million unique visitors in comparison to Monster.com’s 12.1 million.  CareerBuilder recorded third place, [...]

In 2008, I created The Talent Buzz and the reaction far outweighed my highest expectations. On what would have been the 3rd Anniversary of the site, I am thrilled to share a complete overhaul, expansion, and name…  And, a completely new site, Talent HQ. My original goal was to share ideas on recruiting, create some [...]