Each year there are hundreds of predictions made about recruiting.  Some come to fruition, some don’t.  It’s always enjoyable to reflect back on last year’s and look into the crystal ball for this year. This year is no different.  Hundreds of predictions have been made about what 2010 holds for jobs, employment, and the recruiting […]

In a few days 2009 will be in the past, opening up a new year with new opportunities.  Times were certainly tough this past year.  How tough? One organization created job board coupons for Recruiters, while recruiting budgets were hit hard, and attendance at industry conferences was also down significantly – by some projections as […]

Thank you to everyone who was able to join me for last weeks #HCI and #Recruit webinar on Web 2.0 Recruiting and the Recruiting Budget.  If you were not able to attend, I have included the slides here. Recruiting With Social Media View more documents from Jason Buss.

No, it’s not a late April fools joke.  The millions of pages online from other job boards and career sites apparently aren’t enough, as Direct Employers is moving into a joint venture with Employ Media and and will be adding tens of thousands of dot-jobs boards and pages. In a post written 3 months ago, […]

Offering recruiters the ability to scour the Internet for top prospective candidates and leads without spending hours on dozens of individual sites or forming complicated Boolean search strings, AutoSearch recently unveiled its AutoSearch Mobile iPhone and iPod Touch application. It’s powered by AutoSearch’s web-based sourcing platform and unique filtering technology. It’s obvious there are several […]

At the ERE Expo this week, Kevin Wheeler from the Future of Talent Institute facilitated a session on what 2010 will bring for the workforce globally.  When talking about recruiting specifically, Kevin integrated social media and his views on how organizations may have it backwards. I had a chance to connect with Kevin after the […]

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 […]

It seems everyday there are more and more “experts” born in social media, including recruiters, recruiting vendors, and consultants.  Many creating more hype than value, and trends to position a product or service. The most insightful opinions come from your clients or target audience… I recently had the opportunity to listen to a presentation and […]

Earlier this year, Ning announced over 1 million social networks have been created on their platform.  How much could one of those with 1,200 members sell for? Lance Haun, and Laurie Ruettimann sold HRMToday, a niche social and blog network for the HR community.  The final bid on ebay last night was $4,075. The auction […]

Taleo released a new white paper on social networking and how it has changed recruiting and the next generation of online tools. The whitepaper gets into the details of the down economy and the new drivers of more effective recruiting – including the growth of social networking, blogs, and Web 2.0 technologies like Twitter, Facebook, […]

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.

In April 2005, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) board of directors approved a new top-level domain –  .jobs. EmployMedia, sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), had hoped to get corporate attention by creating a space devoted to posting and recruiting for job opportunities (i.e., Microsoft.jobs or IBM.jobs).  The […]