By Jason Buss. LinkedIn continues to grow substantially, with record users and site visitors month over month. With over 21 million professionals worldwide representing 150 countries, LinkedIn received 9.5 million unique visitors in June. Year to date, traffic is up 77%. While using LinkedIn as a recruiting tool is not new, I recently spent some […]

CareerXroads Top 25 Corporate Job Sites: Highest Rated Companies for the Job Candidate’s Experience in 2008. Authoria Drives Success of Leading Retail Organizations Through Unified Approach to Talent Management. From Shally Steckerl: Seven Days Without Sourcing Makes One Weak.

With the increase in gas and energy prices, has the telecommuting tipping point finally arrived? 76% of all companies in the survey were found to have some kind of succession plan in place, yet 40% of companies lacked any process or capability to identify future talent. Succession planning does not mean getting carbon copies. At […]

Say it isn’t so! According to this article, hiring decisions are made within the first 10 minutes of meeting a candidate. Check out web tips for recruiting in a web 2.0 world. While your at it, add friendfeed to your recruiting bag of tricks. Wachovia has a record $8.9 billion loss, cuts dividend, and set […]

By Jason Buss. Online Job Board Offers Job Seekers FREE Listing and FREE Video Resume Posting Until Jan. 1, 2009. One day there is talk about the drawbacks of video resume’s. The next, a new job board, FutureResume.com opens shop. The site is scheduled to go live for employer job listings in August. During that […]

“Is it enough just to be on LinkedIn and Facebook?” “I just got an invite from a friend who’s on Plaxo. What is it and should I join?” “Will I dilute my networking effectiveness if I’m on MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter?” Read “Beware of social networking overload“, By Eve Tahmincioglu. One company that seems […]

By Jason Buss. For RSS and e-mail subscribers it should come as no surprise I am not a big fan of most job boards – that is – the way that they are typically used by most organizations and candidates. For new readers, welcome, and here are a couple of posts to set the stage: […]

By Jason Buss. The weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week. The question: What is the primary focus of your recruiting metrics? The results: Measuring productivity (54%) What metrics (26%) Measuring value (10%) A combination (value and productivity 10%) In addition to the obvious quality of hire, there were 3 top picks […]

By Jason Buss. Like it or not, your personal brand and reputation is built in many ways – consciously or unconsciously – by what you do, the sites and tools you use, where you work, your profile, and more. You likely use social media and social networking sites along with a variety of tools on […]

Dayak, the online recruiting marketplace that links employers with professional recruiters, recently launched its full-service innovative site to quickly and efficiently fill employer job openings. Dayak’s new recruiting solution allows employers and recruiters an opportunity to work together to fill open positions in nearly every industry. There are no costs associated with posting a job […]

Be a talent scout. The best way to grow your business is to get the most from the people behind it. Performance Management: A retail perspective. America’s Human Capital is tested. If the ultimate source of an economy’s ability to grow and prosper is its human capital, the US is in trouble

By Jason Buss. In recent polls, Americans report that after the economy it’s the environment that people are concerned about. This is expected after seeing record prices at the gas pumps, in heating oil, the housing market, and more. Given this focus on the environment and climate, it is not surprising that politicians are coming […]