With experts, sites, and communities popping up everywhere it’s been an interesting year in the world of HR and Recruiting blogs.  This past month has been no different. Earlier today, Jobing.com announced the acquisition of the Cheesman Group, including the popular and sometimes controversial blog Cheezhead.com.  Cheezhead founder, Joel Cheesman, also wrote an official post […]

Talk to most corporate or agency recruiting leaders and you’ll likely hear the same thing regarding recruiting budgets for 2010…  Flat from 2009.  A majority of firms reduced their budgets in 2009, so the definition of flat is still down from 2 years ago.  While experts predict retention will be the #1 problem organizations face […]

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.

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 […]

by @jjbuss. 21 blog posts were submitted for the $1,000 contest, and the results are in! A quick thanks to all of the authors who submitted for the contest. Congratulations to Seth Simonds for receiving the highest number of unique visitors to his post! Seth wrote “Gosh! Napoleon Dynamite’s Guide To Social Networking“, and has […]

By @jjbuss. Ever thought of writing? Blogging? Had 15 minutes of fame yet? I am thrilled to announce the 2nd Blog Post contest on The Talent Buzz.  This time, the stakes are higher as the winner will receive a $1,000 Visa Gift Card for the winning post.  Yep, that’s right, $1,000. The contest last year […]

Google.  What would we do without it…  Remember when? Search engines have made a significant impact to Human Resources and Recruiting.  As an example, the last statistic I saw was 4-5 million job related searches are conducted every day.  HR and Recruiting professionals also use search engines for a variety of job related reasons including […]

Super Bowl ads, a favorite for many game watchers… And after an entry back after taking some time off, Monster.com returned to the Super Bowl scene. Afterall, they are trying to build awareness for their totally redesigned site. Vote Now! [poll id=”11″]

I’ve had the opportunity to explore and test a variety of SEO-based tools and theories in recruiting, and have published a series of posts on this topic with the business results after implementing. And over the past couple of years there has been a lot of buzz about SEO for jobs and recruiting, job seeker […]

Today AIRS announced the release of their Annual Job Board and Recruiting Technology Directory, which can be downloaded for free. This marks the 5th annual edition.  According to AIRS, this is the largest, most up-to-date, and most usable career site and recruiting resource on the market.

Looking for a new job? JobCompass, a newer iPhone application wants to help! It will cost you $3.99, if you didn’t get a 99 cent copy before Christmas. It’s worth the money, even compared to a free iPhone or iPod touch app from CareerBuilder. If you are considering a job search app, I would recommend […]