For the majority of white collar workers, it’s hard to imagine a day without checking email. For many blue collar, seasonal, retail, and temporary workers SMS, MMS and texting is the reality. More than ever before, people use text messaging for the majority of their communication while numbers for online communications are slipping. With this knowledge, it’s time for recruiters to take the next step and connect with candidates where they can be most easily reached – their mobile phones.
November 29, 2010 | Posted in
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This year’s Thought Leaders have provided us with great articles as well as some very useful webinar presentations. Here is a short list of some of the best; by people like Melyssa Bernstein from TMP, Gautam Godhwani from SimplyHired, Carol Mahoney and Carmen Hudson both formerly with Yahoo! and Lizz Pellet Fellow, Johns Hopkins University.
November 23, 2010 | Posted in
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The number of CEO changes announced in October, 81, was down 27 percent from the 111 CEO departures announced in September, according to the latest report on CEO turnover by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. Furthermore, the year-over-year drop was 9 percent. October 2010′s was the lowest monthly total since April 2009, when 78 CEOs left their posts, and for the year of 2010, the pace of CEO departures is virtually even with 2009: to date, 1,048 chief executive departures have been announced, up just slightly from the 1,028 departures announced by this point last year.
November 18, 2010 | Posted in
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Consumer brand identity and Employment Brand effectiveness will evolve into a more closely aligned value proposition with the green movement. Companies that practice sustainable leadership, embrace social responsibility and leverage that into their EVP will be well positioned for Gen Y and generations of the future.
November 17, 2010 | Posted in
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Imagine for a moment you and your hiring managers are on the same page – there is a clear understanding not only of who is needed in the department(s), but your hiring manager also knows how to ask for the right qualifications and desired work skill and is able to explain the needed ‘fit factor’.
November 17, 2010 | Posted in
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A large part of the human capital supply chain is the acquisition and sourcing of many talents – but the process of obtaining these assets in the first place is also an important detail. Resumes are read, interviewees are spoken to, and decisions are made. Quality hiring practices are too frequently abandoned because of the [...]
November 17, 2010 | Posted in
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A recent article on careerbuilder.com has some interesting numbers: 17% of unemployed workers have received at least one job offer since they have become unemployed. Of those who received a job offer, 92% rejected it. Of those who rejected a job offer, around 50% said that the pay was 25% below what they were making [...]
November 15, 2010 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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Peterborough, NH (November 11, 2010) — RecruitingTrends.com, the resource dedicated to serving and providing recruiting professionals with information about the latest trends in the industry, announced their latest lineup of Recruiting Trends Thought Leadership authors – who are selected from a broad spectrum of industries and service areas in an effort to represent the fullest possible spectrum of the recruiting community.
November 11, 2010 | Posted in
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Peterborough NH (November 10, 2010) – As Veteran’s Day approaches, and we honor those who have served for our freedoms, RecruitingTrends.com would like to remind recruiters and other professionals why looking at former military members to fill the talent gap in any organization can beneficial in many ways.
November 10, 2010 | Posted in
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Lots of stories – some of them hilarious, some of them tragic – about the increasing use of social media by HR professionals are out there. Until now, much of the use has been directed toward finding and screening candidates. But problems associated with such use have begun to ripple out, and HR professionals everywhere [...]
