In yesterday’s post, “The Effectiveness (Or Not) of Job Postings“, we shared an example of what not to do, and also highlighted the non-traditional approach to posting jobs that Deluxe Corporation is taking with the use of video. Deluxe’s feedback from their customers (both candidates and hiring leaders), and their results, speak for themselves. Using […]

As the saying goes, a picture says 1,000 words.. The level of satisfaction with job seekers and recruiters about the effectiveness of job postings in the online recruiting space. From continued high unemployment and never hearing back to record numbers of applications per job posting and employers chasing the next best thing.  Both Recruiters and job seekers […]

Having spent the past 15 years in recruiting I hear a lot of stories. Smile. Some are stories from candidates about their experience and qualifications while others are from vendors who have the next ‘best thing’ to solve my hiring problems. I heard some interesting points from TheLadders recently which led to more conversation. As […]

For talent acquisition professionals, recruiting on facebook is not a new concept.  Creating both a seamless and engaging process from the time an active or passive candidate sees or hears about an opportunity and enabling them to apply for a job – without ever leaving facebook, however, is. A few months ago, Bernard Hodes Group […]

Indeed.com has been a well known job search engine for years.  A few months ago, it became the largest job “site” in the world when measured by unique visitors, according to Comscore. How many visitors? In October, 2010, the site recorded 12.3 million unique visitors in comparison to Monster.com’s 12.1 million.  CareerBuilder recorded third place, […]

Earlier this year we published an article titled “Job Seekers Beware“.  More recently, we’ve received several e-mail inquiries related to job board scams and job seeker frustration, and questions related to several sites.  Some of the stunts some job boards pull can be classified however you see appropriate.   Words several recruiting professionals used to […]

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 […]

Top Recruiter TV, a Recruiter Earth Production is live, and Tiffany Crenshaw is the talent scout on stage. What’s the buzz about? Both Human Resources and Executive Recruiting  are as important to corporate America as athletic scouts are to professional sporting teams. They can literally change the very fabric of a company with the people […]

I had the opportunity to present at the Minnesota Recruiters Conference last week on Online Recruiting.  A big thanks to the co-founder of the group, Paul DeBettignies, for another great event. I focused on this topic as a follow-up to an article I wrote a few weeks ago called “Job Seekers Beware“.  These are a […]

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, […]

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:

Written by Alan Plantikow, PHR. Branding. As Talent Acquisition professionals, we live it every day and we fully understand the importance of a strong employment brand. We even preach “personal brand” to job seekers. But how effectively are we communicating this to our hiring leaders, and more importantly, are they listening? Here is an email […]