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 […]

By @jjbuss. Brendan Mullins was finishing up his MBA and thinking about what to do with his career, finding himself at a fork in the road. He had been in software development prior to college and really enjoyed it.  After thinking about his possibilities and potential career paths he attempted to do additional research on […]

Attendance at conferences has been down significantly this year across most industries, some reported between 50%-75% fewer attendees with the economy as the main driver. In response, OnRec and Kennedy Information are teaming up this fall for what they are calling “Two Industry Powerhouses, One High Impact Event”.

Earlier today, The Wall Street Journal announced their launch of FINS.com, a new career site for financial professionals. The site boasts coverage of all major financial sectors with associated jobs and news, in-depth research on companies, and daily columns offering advice and career insight. The good news for job seekers is FINS.com is free to […]

Today I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Dan Schawbel, the “Personal Branding” guru.  You can read the “Personal Branding Interview: Jason Buss” on Dan’s blog. If you haven’t had the chance, I would highly recommend Dan Schawbel’s book, “Me 2.0″.  In his book, Dan talks about the importance of personal branding and gives […]

Even though job aggregator sites and  job search engines have been around for years now, they have a significant number of challenges that come along with the benefits.  The irony is… almost all claim to be the largest, the first, have the most jobs, etc.  We’d expect that, right? What you might not expect is […]

The social media craze is alive on many fronts and, for Recruiters, it is no different.  There are companies offering a wide variety of services to advance their presence online for recruiting, skill development for sourcing talent, as well as the first social recruiting conference being held in June, to name a few.

Last night was the debut of #TalentNet on twitter.  It was an active one, making it one of the top trending topics on twitter, along with American Idol and Swine Flu. What is is? #TalentNet is a hashtag event for recruiters that takes place the last Wednesday of each month at 9pm Eastern. Hosted through […]

Have you googled yourself before? Lately? Hundreds of tweeps are talking about it, and Joe Kraus, Google’s director of product management thinks you have.  Why? “Because people are curious about what other people see when they search for their name.” To give users a bit more control over search results, Google recently introduced a new […]