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Advantages of Video Interviewing

My previous two posts on video-enabled talent acquisition focused primarily on benefits derived directly from the features available from top-tier solution providers (The Power of Video Interviewing and The Benefits and ROI of Video Interviewing) . Here, I’ll highlight the benefits that arise from smarter decision-making in a more collaborative hiring environment that, in the [...]

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The Benefits and ROI of Video Interviews

Last week, I kicked off a multi-post series on video interviewing. In the first post, I countered some of the common misconceptions about video interviewing with the actual facts: It’s engaging and relevant in ways that video resumes are not; it’s safe and legal; and it’s beyond Skype’s capabilities. With common objections and hurdles removed, [...]

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The Power of Video Interviewing

Meeting online through video has evolved from an easy way to connect grandparents and grandkids via Skype to a fully integrated part of the talent acquisition lifecycle. How did it happen so quickly? What’s the promise of integrating video interviewing into your workflow? And, what’s next for this technology? I will be publishing a series [...]

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An Apology to All Job Seekers and Candidates

We call it the candidate experience.  You call it BS.  We call it employment brand.  You just want respect. The first job board was launched in the early 90′s.  Some experts state there are now more than 40,000 job boards.  Add in publisher networks, blogs, and communities and the number quickly surpasses 100,000.  To me, [...]

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Ask A Recruiter: College Degrees, Feedback, and Networking

It’s the “Ask A Recruiter” series on The Talent Buzz.  This post contains 3 questions from job seekers, along with answers from Recruiters.  Job seekers, click here to ask your question.  Recruiters, click here if you want to assist with answering. Job seeker question on college degrees:

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Job Hunt Chat

by @jjbuss. Calling all job seekers and recruiters! #JobHuntChat started on twitter 2 months ago, and is quickly growing.  You can experience the chat every Monday night at 10 pm EST. I had the opportunity to attend and contribute last night, and would highly recommend this venue.  5 questions were tweeted, follow-up questions were submitted [...]

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A Recruiting Webinar You Do Not Want to Miss

A “must listen” webinar / debate for 2010! It’s free, and Lou Adler will be facing off with Dr. Tom Janz – one of the originators of the behavioral interviewing movement, and Dr. Charles Handler – a nationally recognized assessment guru.  For 90 minutes they will be debating the question:  “Does Behavioral Interviewing Prevent Companies [...]

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The Interviewer – iPhone App for Hiring Talent

Want a Better Way to Interview Job Candidates? There’s an App for That: The Interviewer. Accelerate Mobile Apps, Inc. today announced the release of The Interviewer, an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that makes the process of interviewing job candidates easier and more effective. The Interviewer offers a simple yet powerful approach to [...]

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Voice Screener Telephone Interviewing Service

Small businesses can now identify and recruit talent more effectively and efficiently via high-tough, automated system. Hiring Managers Can Identify Top Prospects 70% Faster With HarQen’s VoiceScreener™ And Effectively Manage More Candidates With Fewer Resources.  HarQen, a leading web-telephony company announced today that they are offering VoiceScreener, an efficient, automated telephone interviewing service, to small [...]

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Recruiting Blog: BuzzLinks 10-03-08 Hiring Decisions, Employee Confidence, & facebook

Hiring Decisions Miss the Mark 50% of the Time First of Its Kind Study Reveals Experiential-Based Selection Techniques Improve Recruiting Outcomes Organizations or their new hires regret their hiring decisions 50% of the time, costing the average organization millions in the way of lower performance, less engaged new hires, and higher turnover. The Recruiting Roundtable, [...]

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Tips to Better Prepare Yourself for this Fall’s Career Fair Season

As end of summer rolls around the corner and back to displays are popping up at your favorite department stores, along with the backpacks, laptops and the latest gizmos and gadgets, students returning back to college this fall should start giving some thoughts to the upcoming campus recruiting season. While there are many kinds of [...]

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Recruiting Blog: BuzzLinks 08-04-08: Unemployment, Talent Shortage, Legal Interview Questions

Businesses shed 51,000 jobs in August; unemployment rate up to 5.7% and there is further softening in online advertised job vacancies in July, The Conference Board Reports. The Myth of a Talent Shortage, by Kevin Wheeler. Don’t ask illegal questions in job seeker’s interview.

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