This post was written byIrina Shamaeva, Partner, Brain Gain Recruiting for The Talent Buzz blog post contest. In these hard times, some of the more adventurous people try to launch their own businesses. Those who are cautious but curious might be investigating this option along with searching for a job if they are in the […]

Written by Rachel Polish for The Talent Buzz blog post contest. I’m tough. I’ve jumped out of a plane, slogged my way through boot camp for Coast Guard reservists, run two marathons page 38 and got in a fist fight with a male college wrestler (I won, but it’s a long story). To increase my […]

Written by Julia Forsyth for The Talent Buzz blog post contest. Using BigEars to weed out the Noddies… (Or How we Discovered a Great Tool for Screening Job Applicants.) Anyone who’s ever interviewed people, knows the feeling of a dud interview. You’re 3 minutes in and you know its not gonna happen…..but you have another […]

This post was written by Raina Van Cleave for the The Talent Buzz blog post contest. Due to “tough economic times,” my “position” had been laid off, and unfortunately I was going with it! It was my first full-time job out of college and my first time losing one. I spent three years managing projects, […]

Written by Christy Bradley for The Talent Buzz blog post contest. I have thoughts & ideas & reasons that stem from exposure, relationships, observation & little experience. Simply because I have a job. Been there going on 17 years. Pretty secure baring an idiot move that would get me fired. So, this current time of […]

Google.  What would we do without it…  Remember when? Search engines have made a significant impact to Human Resources and Recruiting.  As an example, the last statistic I saw was 4-5 million job related searches are conducted every day.  HR and Recruiting professionals also use search engines for a variety of job related reasons including […]

By Jason Buss (@jjbuss). As unemployment continues to soar, job seekers and candidates are pulling out all the stops and doing everything possible to network and look for new opportunities.  This includes using social media and social networking sites as another tool during their search, and while these are not new methods, more and more […]

Last week indeed.com announced their new industry trends research tool to aid both job seekers and employers in navigating through the job market. Industry Trends is a unique view of job posting and job seeker trends in 12 major industries.  With the most comprehensive search engine for jobs, with over 12 million unique visitors per […]

You watched the Super Bowl.  Maybe for the game, or for the ads.  Both Monster.com and CareerBuilder were going head-to-head to gain traffic to their sites, build awareness, and get in front of the growing unemployment rate. This year, Monster was also building awareness for their re-designed site.  Late last year, they pledged to revolutionize […]

Super Bowl ads, a favorite for many game watchers… And after an entry back after taking some time off, Monster.com returned to the Super Bowl scene. Afterall, they are trying to build awareness for their totally redesigned site. Vote Now! [poll id=”11″]

I’ve had the opportunity to explore and test a variety of SEO-based tools and theories in recruiting, and have published a series of posts on this topic with the business results after implementing. And over the past couple of years there has been a lot of buzz about SEO for jobs and recruiting, job seeker […]

By @jjbuss. When it comes to twitter, you might be a twitterholic, a newbie, or still wondering “what’s the point“?  Regardless of who we you are and what you think, the twitter community continues to grow at an astounding rate with millions of users and over 1.1 billion tweets. The micro-blogging leader also continues to […]