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: […]

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 […]

How is the candidate experience at your company? Leslie Stevens writes on ERE about improving it. CareerBuilder.com Launches WorkInRetail.com to Connect Retail Employers and Job Seekers, after a recent survey showed more than one-third (36 percent) of retail employers say they have open positions for which they cannot find qualified talent. View the press release […]

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. After posting a few HR blog links and reporting on The HR Metrics Center, I received a confirmation e-mail (1 1/2 hours) after registering. I logged on, and while only trying the free service, here are some observations: Unless you have free time to waste, there was little value in the service […]

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 […]

By Jason Buss. Nearly every reputable business is talking about “going green” right now and trying to find ways to green up their operations as a selling point to their customers. Not just a passing fad, the green movement is a trend that will be around for quite some time, and more and more customers […]