Social networking sites are banned by nearly a quarter of all companies, many of which see them as a drain on productivity and a haven for idleness, according to a new survey. The survey also said that 8 percent of firms encourage the sites, which can help employees network, market their products and reach colleagues. […]

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 […]

By Jason Buss. Diversity, Inc. revealed top companies for African Americans. While revenue may being growing in the RPO arena, reducing costs by 40% while increasing quality has to be an extreme example from the most broken recruiting function a RPO provider could find. As a follow-up to my post on AllianceQ, I came across […]

Doug Berg, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of jobs2web writes about the 100+ million job related searches on google last month.   I also recently shared some great successes with capitalizing on this opportunity – and the results after implementing the product. Internet entrepreneur Darren Bahnsen has announced the launch of College Jobs Network, a FREE […]

National BDPA and WorkplaceDiversity.com Announce Winners of the 2008 Best Companies for Blacks In Technology.  HSBC North America, Merck and Company, Monsanto, State Farm Insurance, Wal-Mart Stores, WellPoint and Wells Fargo Bank are among the winners.   Contract hiring is under scrutiny in Michigan after a report by the Interagency Task Force on Worker Misclassification, issued last week, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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? […]

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.  […]

Indeed.com will be launching free job analytics for employers at the 2008 Annual SHRM Conference and Expo. WHEN do you post your jobs? The Washington Post reported yesterday trends in job seeker traffic would suggest between Monday and Wednesday would be your best bet. Tech News World on Video Resumes:  Lights, Camera, your Hired.  Or probably […]

Where are you at with the whole social networking thing? YAHOO! reports social networking will generate $2.5 trillion by 2020. And, while Facebook’s estimated value increases by billions in the past month, Monster has decided to shut down Tickle this month. Still not a believer? Think about the possibilities…  Twitter alone has proven valuable in recruiting and networking, in finding a […]