According to an article written by Selena Dehne of Jist Publishing 83% of recruiters leverage search engines to uncover information about potential candidates. But, did you know that these same candidates are conducting the same type of research on you? Unfortunately there are a lot of people out there that feel recruiters have a bad […]

Most of you would be familiar with this trend. You make some great friends at work and develop this fantastic sense of camaraderie with them when one of them decides to leave and go on to another job. You have a tearful farewell party for them and sign their goodbye card with an endearing message […]

Like many job searchers in the social media field, I have more than one resume. I have the one that highlights who I am in the social media and online spaces. I have one that highlights my technical skills. I have one that shows every job I have held since 1991. I recently went to […]

I wanted to share something with you…do you search the web for contact and background info (potential candidates or business development leads)? Have you tried Donato Diorio’s Broadlook Capture and/or Diver? I have recently started using them and I believe they are superior to all else in this category. I am a pretty advanced Google […]

There are two days left for entries into The Talent Buzz blog post contest. Just write a blog post related to recruiting, marketing, social media, social networking, or human resources. Blog post content cannot be posted on another blog, and the author who has a post with the most visitors wins the iPod touch. It’s […]

By Jason Buss. If you haven’t had a chance to check out the newest addition to blog aggregator sites, visit Alltop. Alltop helps you explore your passions by collecting stories about “all the topics” on the web. They have grouped these collections — “aggregations” — into individual Alltop sites based on topics such as environment, […]

Have a blog? Ever thought about starting one? Don’t have the time, but have a great idea to share? Haven’t had 15 minutes of fame? The Talent Buzz is having a blog post contest, and is looking for more great content to share with our readers. It’s that simple! Blog post content must be related […]

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 […]

By Jason Buss. The HR Metrics Center just launched a new on-line business service for human resource professionals. The web site provides an on-line capability for human resource professionals to build HR or human capital metrics for their organizations. The HR Metrics Center includes a dynamic on-line survey providing the ability for member organizations to […]

In the past couple of weeks I have received about a dozen invites to join Plurk.  I haven’t joined yet, not because I don’t want to be an “early adopter”, but more so as a result in how much time in the day there is to blog, network, and connect with others.  Sure, there are tools […]

Twitter has proven to be a tremendous asset as a virtual networking tool to over 1 million users. If you haven’t signed up or don’t understand why you should start, here are the top 6 reasons I use twitter and the value that I have gained from it as a recruiting professional, networker, and blogger. […]

Viva Las Vegas! Great times, networking, education, and twittering, Kennedy Information’s Recruiting Conference this spring is from May 13-16, 2008. Kennedy’s Anna Brekka, Senior Director of Talent Management Services kicked off the general conference sessions on May 14th. I had the opportunity to meet with several industry leaders including RecruitingBlogs.com founder, Jason Davis, and Talent […]