With air time estimated between $2.5 and $3 million, both job boards are looking to gain traffic and exposure during high unemployment times. In our poll last year, CareerBuilder won the superbowl ad contest big time with 71% of the vote.  After announcing the acquisition of Yahoo! HotJobs last week, the Monster.com beavers hope to […]

The social media craze is alive on many fronts and, for Recruiters, it is no different.  There are companies offering a wide variety of services to advance their presence online for recruiting, skill development for sourcing talent, as well as the first social recruiting conference being held in June, to name a few.

The weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week. The question: How would you rate your organization’s adoption of social media in branding overall, and for recruiting? The results: It’s a struggle (64%) Slowly but surely (28%) Ahead of the curve (8%) From several conversations I’ve had, this continues to be a slow […]

By Jason Buss. The weekly recruiting blog poll results are in from last week. The question: What is the primary focus of your recruiting metrics? The results: Measuring productivity (54%) What metrics (26%) Measuring value (10%) A combination (value and productivity 10%) In addition to the obvious quality of hire, there were 3 top picks […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]