48 hours left! Help out the writer of your favorite post by sharing it with your network. 11 writers entered the inaugural Talent Buzz Blog Post contest. Here are the standings (based on the number of unique visitors to their post): How I Used Twitter to Get Meetings with 3 CEOs and a VP of […]
iCIMS Named to the 2008 Inc. 5000 List of the Fastest-Growing Companies Software-as-a-Service provider ranks in the top 23 percent of the list, with a three-year growth rate of 325% iCIMS, a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of talent management platforms announced this month that the company has been named to the 2008 Inc. 5000 list […]
Principles for Defining a Successful Sourcing Strategy September 10, 2008. 2pm to 3pm, EST. Recruiting over the web is not just about adopting new and better tools. Fundamentally it involves a shift in our attitude towards candidate lead generation. Online sourcing does not just provide new technology but results in a restructuring of the recruitment […]
The weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week. The question: How would you rate your organization’s adoption of social media in branding overall, and for recruiting? The results: It’s a struggle (64%) Slowly but surely (28%) Ahead of the curve (8%) From several conversations I’ve had, this continues to be a slow […]
Get into social network recruiting. By 2010, US business will be short 10 million workers. In the European Union, there will be a shortage of at least 300,000 IT employees. And in Japan, prospects for skilled labor are so dim that some companies are even encouraging fertility treatments. The global war for talent is a […]
By Jason Buss. 11 writers entered the inaugural Talent Buzz Blog Post contest. Here are the standings (based on the number of unique visitors to their post): How I Used Twitter to Get Meetings with 3 CEOs and a VP of Recruiting in 2 Weeks, by Willy Franzen 5 Free Tools to Cure Your Social […]
Managing the Millennials: Getting the Most Out of This Generation of Twenty-Somethings, an exclusive offer for The Talent Buzz Readers, from Intern Bridge. Use the coupon code “talent” during checkout, and receive 20% off. Click here for registration. Presented by: Alexandra Levit, Business Consultant, Speaker, and Author September 17, 2008. 1pm to 2pm, EST. ——————————————————————————– […]
The US unemployment rate is on the rise – to its highest level in nearly five years in August as the economy shed jobs for the eighth consecutive month. The economy lost 84,000 jobs in August. The economy has now lost 605,000 jobs since January. Economists have said the economy needs to create about 100,000 […]
Willy Franzen, founder of One Day, One Job posted: Use Facebook Ads to Make Employers Hunt You Down and reveals results from an experience on using Facebook for job searching. Check it out, and join the dialogue on his site. Willy’s post “How I Used Twitter to Get Meetings with 3 CEOs and a VP […]
Announcing the new HRM Today. You might notice that things are a little bit different at HRM Today, as HRM Today and HR Bloggers have joined forces to create a collaborative community for HR professionals. The new partnership means that there is one site — managed by Jennifer Barnes, Lance Haun & Laurie Ruettimann — […]
You’ve heard it before… LinkedIn has over 21 million professionals worldwide representing 150 countries, and is receiving over 9.5 million unique visitors monthly. Did you know the power networking site has 121,051 groups? The biggest advantage in belonging to a group (a majority of them) is the ability to search, contact, and network with other […]
By Jason Buss. What started as a blog post – “What Would Happen if Job Boards Were Obsolete?” turned into one of ERE’s hottest discussion board posts. Be sure to sign up and tune in for the free ERE Webinar this week on “Are Job Boards Obsolete”? Date: August 27, 2008 Time: 2:00 PM – […]