In the Social Media Resume, Angelo Fernando asks, “Do you know what’s floating around in your data cloud”? From The Welch Way:  Hiring is Hard Work.  In fact, given the central importance of your people, it’s as important as work gets. And yet, too often we rush headlong into painfully common pitfalls. Overall starting salaries for […]

The weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week. The question: How would you rate the overall effectiveness of your career site? The results: A little embarrassing (55%) About average (45%) Award winning (0%) Check back next week or subscribe to the recruiting blog feed for a post on creating an effective candidate […]

For the first time in five years, more workers are at companies that are laying people off than are at companies that are hiring, according to a monthly survey of worker attitudes released Tuesday. Read the full story from MarketWatch. Online Job Ads Flat, and employment declines are expected to continue through summer, the Conference […]

NotchUp has been testing its’ career agent site for months, and today opens its service to all businesses. Since January, NotchUp has been approached by more than 1,000 companies to test run its service. 12 were selected based on diverse criteria to take an up close look and give it a try. NotchUp has received […]

Web 2.0 is about enhancing creativity, information sharing, and collaboration. The definition must have been written with the intent to exclude job postings and job boards as part of the world wide web. With all of the talk about attracting passive talent, the war for talent and focusing on hiring quality, I was surprised to […]

The weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week. The question: What is your satisfaction level with your current A.T.S.? The results: We’re shopping? (59%) Meet’s most needs (41%) Exceeds our needs (0%) Looks like a great time to be in A.T.S. sales! The biggest challenges overall I’ve heard with applicant tracking systems is […]

A Professional Development Seminar from Kennedy Information Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 1pm (ET):  Click here to register. Social Media, Social Networking, Web 2.0, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter – How are these “social media” sites changing the landscape of recruiting? Gone are the days of placing an ad in the paper or on a job board, […]

As a follow-up to my first and second post on the Spring Kennedy Information Recruiting Conference last month, I mentioned I would be taking a look back to the first national staffing and recruiting conference I attended almost 10 years ago to see what’s new and what’s not. Why? For starters, it was time clean out the many totes […]

This is a 3 part series, focused on deploying and managing effective corporate career sites. The 3 posts will include: Part 1: Effective Corporate Career Sites & Measuring Results Part 2: Top 5 List for Deploying an Effective Online Career Center Part 3: Results unveiled: Integrating SEO and PPC Tools Part 3: Results unveiled: Integrating […]

The weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week. The question: How would you rate your organization’s current approach and strategy for online recruitment? The results: What strategy? (49%) We need help! (32%) About average. (19%) Award winning! (0%) 81% have no strategy, or need help. We’ll provide additional information and resources in […]

This is a 2 part series on Service Level Agreements, and includes: Part 1: Service Level Agreements Purpose and Benefits Part 2: Key Steps in Establishing Service Level Agreements Part 2: Before establishing a service level agreement, it is important to consider the overall purpose and benefits, as well as assess the overall readiness for […]

This is a 2 part series on Service Level Agreements, and includes: Part 1:  Service Level Agreements Purpose and Benefits Part 2:  Key Steps in Establishing Service Level Agreements Part 1: Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) have been around for some time, and was a hot topic within the talent acquisition space dating back 6-7 years […]