We’re looking for a few great Recruiters… Recruiting and advising talent takes talent, and while there are enough opinions (and content) in the recruiting and job seeker space – a majority is driven by self proclaimed experts or an agenda to sell a product.  There’s also enough of the“sky is falling drama”. This is where [...]

Search HR pages, over 500 results.  Search groups, another 500.  The same goes for recruiting.  With all the clutter, there are few I have found that add value.  Like a lot of things, you’ll get out of it what you invest into it. In random order, here are 15 worthwile HR and Recruiting Pages (and [...]

By Irina Shamaeva. As a recruiter and a former candidate placed by recruiters, I often notice gaps in understanding the job search process between recruiters and job seekers. Here are a few helpful tips I’d like to share with job seekers. Where to Post Your Resume: Statistics show that 75% of candidates post their resumes [...]

It’s that time of year…  Announcing the 3rd annual Talent Buzz blog post / article contest.  If you write, or have ever thought of writing, this is for you! I am excited to announce the $1,500 blog post contest on The Talent Buzz. This time around, the stakes are higher as the winner will receive [...]

by @jjbuss. Congrats to @dmanaster and the ERE gang for another successful recruiting expo. There was no shortage of tweets, or great content.  Session coverage was provided by tweeps including @CincyRecruiter, @TheRecruiterGuy, @jrl2002, @ewmonster, @JennyDeVaughn, @sarahw79, and a whole lot more… While there were thousands of tweets, here were some of the top 10 favorites:

The Talent Buzz is hosting a premier networking event for HR & Talent Management professionals in the Twin Cities. The event will be held on Thursday, September 17th, from 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm, aboard Al & Alma’s Bella Vista Yacht.

Even though job aggregator sites and  job search engines have been around for years now, they have a significant number of challenges that come along with the benefits.  The irony is… almost all claim to be the largest, the first, have the most jobs, etc.  We’d expect that, right? What you might not expect is [...]

Last night was the debut of #TalentNet on twitter.  It was an active one, making it one of the top trending topics on twitter, along with American Idol and Swine Flu. What is is? #TalentNet is a hashtag event for recruiters that takes place the last Wednesday of each month at 9pm Eastern. Hosted through [...]

Have you googled yourself before? Lately? Hundreds of tweeps are talking about it, and Joe Kraus, Google’s director of product management thinks you have.  Why? “Because people are curious about what other people see when they search for their name.” To give users a bit more control over search results, Google recently introduced a new [...]

Over 30 upcoming webinars, teleconferences, and conferences have been added to The Talent Buzz home page – in the HR and Recruiting Events calendar. As part of the enhancement on the site, we are in the process of building the most comprehensive directory and list of events nationally.

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, [...]

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 [...]