By @jjbuss. Brendan Mullins was finishing up his MBA and thinking about what to do with his career, finding himself at a fork in the road. He had been in software development prior to college and really enjoyed it.  After thinking about his possibilities and potential career paths he attempted to do additional research on […]

Remember SuperBowl XXXVIII? Tom Brady, 26, was the youngest quarterback to win 2 Super Bowls.  Don’t follow sports? Just think about the Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson halftime show controversy.  Yes, that’s the one, in 2004. That was the last time Monster.com aired a Super Bowl commercial, paying nearly $2 million for a 30 second […]

By Jason Buss. Nearly 3 1/2 years ago John Sullivan wrote an article on ERE called “The Best Recruiting Strategy is the we Find you Approach“.  There are still so many relevant points today with the two strategies he outlined – “you find us” and “we find you“. While some would argue there are more […]

By Jason Buss. Amidst rising unemployment, and what some call a recession – or even financial crisis, it’s that time of year to finalize your plans for 2009 recruiting budgets.  This post contains ideas on things you can do to cut (if needed) – or optimize your spending. Once you know anticipated volumes and skills […]

By Jason Buss. I came across a tweet tonight from ZenRecruiter regarding a discussion on ERE – whether or not Resume databases have a normal distribution of talent. The discussion came from a question posed by Madeline Tarquinio as a follow-up to my post: “What Would Happen if Job Boards Became Obsolete“? There is some […]

By Jason Buss. Ask a job seeker where he or she would start their online job search. Jobster certainly wouldn’t be at the top of their list, since it primarily branded itself within the HR and Recruiting community. I quickly started 3 job searches on Google using a keyword and location, and a Jobster result […]

It’s a bad day (and week) for newspapers. Will Craigslist begin charging for job postings in more cities? Congratulations to iCIMS’ CEO, Colin Day, for being named a “Forty Under 40” Award Winner.

In a web 2.0 world and in a competitive market, we all know engaging leads and potential candidates is key. Having a job title of “Manager Human Resources – Pest Control” maybe OK for the business card, but probably not necessary for the online posting. Guess what, boomers? Generation Y thinks you’re kinda inept. At […]

It would be great if attracting top talent to your company was a simple process – get prospective applicants excited about the benefits of working for your company, then offer them a private and effortless way to figure out whether the position is the right one for them to pursue. In reality, however, attracting talent […]

By Jason Buss. A Career Site Conversation with Benjamin Yoskovitz, CEO & Co-Founder of Standout Jobs. Jason: Please introduce yourself for The Talent Buzz readers. Ben: I’m currently the CEO & Co-Founder of Standout Jobs, which started in 2007 and launched at the end of January 2008. Prior to that I was the co-founder of […]

By Jason Buss. LinkedIn continues to grow substantially, with record users and site visitors month over month. With over 21 million professionals worldwide representing 150 countries, LinkedIn received 9.5 million unique visitors in June. Year to date, traffic is up 77%. While using LinkedIn as a recruiting tool is not new, I recently spent some […]

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: […]