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 […]

uBoast Brings Job Seekers, Providers, and Matchmakers Together (The Startup Review). Create video resumes, build long-lasting relationships, and utilize a streamlined recruiting process increasing the ease of communication. uBoast is a professional networking site that specializes in enhanced virtual resumes, video profiles, real-time video interviewing, contains a job board pooling openings from throughout the entire […]

Get into social network recruiting. By 2010, US business will be short 10 million workers. In the European Union, there will be a shortage of at least 300,000 IT employees. And in Japan, prospects for skilled labor are so dim that some companies are even encouraging fertility treatments. The global war for talent is a […]

I wanted to share something with you…do you search the web for contact and background info (potential candidates or business development leads)? Have you tried Donato Diorio’s Broadlook Capture and/or Diver? I have recently started using them and I believe they are superior to all else in this category. I am a pretty advanced Google […]

Run Recruiting Like a Factory Manager if You Want to Hire More Top Prospects. Sourcing prospects from local events. RPO Interest Grows While Global Hiring Slows.

Google launches Insights for Search. There are many possibilities with this tool – although it provides more flexibility and functionality for advertisers and marketers to understand search behavior – think of the possibilities for research and intelligence. Social Media Tools You Can Use to Recruit. Willie’s Woes in Perspective: Some Thoughts from Readers, by Kevin […]

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. 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 […]

CareerXroads Top 25 Corporate Job Sites: Highest Rated Companies for the Job Candidate’s Experience in 2008. Authoria Drives Success of Leading Retail Organizations Through Unified Approach to Talent Management. From Shally Steckerl: Seven Days Without Sourcing Makes One Weak.

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: […]

Doug Berg, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of jobs2web writes about the 100+ million job related searches on google last month.   I also recently shared some great successes with capitalizing on this opportunity – and the results after implementing the product. Internet entrepreneur Darren Bahnsen has announced the launch of College Jobs Network, a FREE […]

The recruiting blog results from the first weekly poll are in. The question: What is the biggest challenge in using social media to source candidates? The results: Internal push back (45%) Lack of time (29%) Fear with loss of control (17%) Don’t know how to use tools (9%) I wasn’t surprised that internal push back […]