In the Social Media Resume, Angelo Fernando asks, “Do you know what’s floating around in your data cloud”? From The Welch Way:  Hiring is Hard Work.  In fact, given the central importance of your people, it’s as important as work gets. And yet, too often we rush headlong into painfully common pitfalls. Overall starting salaries for […]

The Labor Department reported today another 62,000 jobs lost in June, while the unemployment rate unexpectedly remained at a 4 year high of 5.5%. This is the sixth consecutive decline. Full coverage: Business Week MarketWatch Investment News The Fed will see the July jobs report before its next policy meeting on Aug. 5.

The weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week. The question: How would you rate the overall effectiveness of your career site? The results: A little embarrassing (55%) About average (45%) Award winning (0%) Check back next week or subscribe to the recruiting blog feed for a post on creating an effective candidate […]

Chris Isidore, from CNNMoney.com today wrote about the overall outlook on jobs and the economy.  Economists predict the bottom isn’t here yet, and expect job losses and unemployment to rise through the first half of 2009. All five component indices in the CEO confidence index fell – current, future, business, investment and employment. Employment and […]

For the first time in five years, more workers are at companies that are laying people off than are at companies that are hiring, according to a monthly survey of worker attitudes released Tuesday. Read the full story from MarketWatch. Online Job Ads Flat, and employment declines are expected to continue through summer, the Conference […]

NotchUp has been testing its’ career agent site for months, and today opens its service to all businesses. Since January, NotchUp has been approached by more than 1,000 companies to test run its service. 12 were selected based on diverse criteria to take an up close look and give it a try. NotchUp has received […]

Verbal Summary launches tool that combines audio and Resume. The new Web 2.0 tool promises unlimited possibilities, including: Resume Presentation Reference Checking Extending a job offer Recruiter training Interview feedback And more… Jerry Albright, Founder of Verbal Summary, shares that Verbal Summary has created the very first presentation tool designed for any desk in the […]

In part 1 of 2008 Relocation Trends, several trends were highlighted relating to relocation overall and the impact on recruiting with the real estate and employment conditions. Consider some additional facts: The Top Three Reasons for Reluctance to Relocate in 2008: 71% – Slowed appreciation/depressed housing market at departure 66% – High housing costs at […]

Peopleclick Announces Strategic Partnership with CareerBuilder.com – will a new shared application feature really maximize the pool of quality candidates?  Monster.com today announced an In-house Centralization of all North American customer service functions at an attempt to ensure a best-in-industry service. How does your organization stack up against Diversity Edge’s 2008 Best Companies for Diverse Graduates? […]

I am excited to share that over the past 4 weeks 1,300 new subscribers have joined The Talent Buzz group on LinkedIn.  Follow the link to join  – other HR, Recruiting, and Marketing Community experts and members in our LinkedIn Group.  This is a great opportunity to network, share ideas, and expand your personal or professional network. Share the link […]

Just when HR and Recruiting professionals thought the big boards lost all innovation, CareerBuilder launches job searching for iPhones.  While giving credit for trying to innovate – will successful, passive talent search and apply for their next career move on an iPhone? Meanwhile, Monster puts money where its’ heart is, and like rival Yahoo! HotJobs,  both are focusing on banner ads.  […]

This is a 2 part blog post series on 2008 relocation trends. In last week’s recruiting blog poll, the results showed based on the current employment market and economy 52% of organizations have increased their relocation benefits offered to new hires and transferees while 41% cited they have not changed their relocation benefits this year. […]