StepStone Solutions Reveals Global Survey

17 February 2011: A new global survey of HR professionals published today by StepStone Solutions reveals that corporate policies and lack of understanding are stifling recruiters’ use of social media such as Facebook and LinkedIn to acquire new talent, despite the fact that two thirds of employers say they want to hire more people in the coming year. From the candidates’ perspective, 82 percent of jobseekers respond positively to contact via social media, making it ideally suited to building talent pools among in-demand staff. The full survey results, the barriers to social media adoption, and ways to overcome them and drive new candidate streams, are discussed in a new White Paper from StepStone Solutions which is available here…

SmartPost Expands Social Media Presence With TweetMyJOBS

NEW YORK CITY, NY— FEBRUARY 9, 2011 — SmartPost, the innovative online job posting and sourcing product from Bernard Hodes Group, further extends its reach and targeting for customers by adding another top social media channel, TweetMyJOBS, to its industry-leading e-media library.

Recruiting with social media has become mainstream with many of today’s top employers. These social networking sites allow companies to gain a competitive advantage and have proven to be one of the more powerful tools a recruiter can use to optimize their jobs while evangelizing their employment brand. In addition, more job seekers than ever before are using these and other unconventional means to find jobs—with social media adoption ranking high among many age groups. According to Bernard Hodes Group’s recent research report on social media use, The Employment Conversation, the frequency to which individuals use such sites is also growing with Millennials accessing them at least 24 days per month, Gen Xers with 18 days per month and Boomers with 13 days per month.

Accurate Background Expands Global Leadership

LAKE FOREST, Calif., February 10, 2011 – Accurate Background, a global leader in the background screening industry, is pleased to introduce Traci Canning as their new Vice President of International Development.

Canning brings extensive global leadership experience in the background screening industry with a focus on operations, product development, and compliance. During her career, she has led the development of technology solutions and implemented efficient global operations methods that resulted in cost savings for her clients and better overall effectiveness from her international teams.

Hodes iQ Creates Client Advisory Council To Drive Product Innovation & Nurture Client Relationships

NEW YORK, NY— FEBRUARY 16, 2011 – Hodes iQ, the award-winning talent acquisition and management solution from Bernard Hodes Group, has formed a Client Advisory Council to support its growing client base and product suite.

The Client Advisory Council, a group of senior executives and other related stakeholders inside the Hodes iQ division, embodies some of the brightest minds in the HR community. The Client Advisory Council will be a vital connection to the industry and will shed an important light on how Hodes iQ can better serve its customers and position its products to meet the challenges of an ever-changing talent acquisition landscape.

Help more Candidates – Save more Time!

February 15, 2011. Happy Candidates is a comprehensive Career Portal for Job Seekers. Most Staffing and Recruiting Firms place less than 5% of the job seekers they attract and do nothing for the other 95% – UNTIL TODAY!

For the first time in history, Staffing and Recruiting Firms can assist 100% of the job seekers they attract. Happy Candidates will dramatically improve the job seeker experience and provides them with 100% of the resources they need to find a job on their own.

Record Low Job Seekers Moving, Starting Own Firms

CHICAGO, February 15, 2011 – The percentage of job seekers starting their own businesses or relocating for new positions fell to historic lows in 2010, according to a new report that attributes the declines to an increased aversion to risk-taking just as the job market begins to show some signs of life.

In its latest quarterly Job Market Index, global outplacement and executive coaching consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. found that over four quarters of 2010, an average of just 4.7 percent of unemployed managers and executives started their own firms. That is down from an average of 8.6 percent in 2009 and is, in fact, the weakest start-up activity on record since the firm began its tracking in 1986.

Regis Selects PeopleAnswers to Help Lower Costs; Increase Salon Visits and Sales

Pre-Employment Selection Software Uses Unique Behavioral Science and Technology to Improve Quality of Hires and Optimize Hiring Process DALLAS – February 15, 2011 – PeopleAnswers and Regis Corporation today announced a software licensing agreement for Regis to use PeopleAnswers as its new talent assessment software for selecting and hiring salon stylists and managers. The expected [...]

SkillSurvey® Welcomes Orange Regional Medical Center as Client Hospital Adopts Best-Practice Approach to Checking References

Wayne, PA – February 16, 2011 – SkillSurvey®, Inc., the inventor and leading-provider of Web 2.0 reference-assessment solutions, has announced that Orange Regional Medical Center is now a subscriber to Pre-Hire 360®. The 450-bed institution with campuses in Middletown, New York and Goshen, New York, is using Pre-Hire 360® to assess its candidates prior to [...]

Why “Software Engineer” Is Nation’s Best Job, While Recruiter Ranks #55

Working as a software engineer is a pretty sweet job these days. With a boost from the development of apps for iPods, tablets, smart phones and other devices, the profession of software engineer – which has been considered a great job for many years – has jumped to the top of our new CareerCast.com 2011 Jobs Rated Report. On the other hand, our worst rated job is Roustabout, who is the lowest-level person working on an oil rig. It’s a dirty, low-paying, dangerous job, as evidenced by the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that took the lives of many roustabouts.

Higher Education Job Openings and Employment Surge in 2010

Advertisements for job openings in higher education surged 44.4 percent in 2010 compared to a decline of 27.2 percent in 2009, according to a new report from HigherEdJobs, the leading source for jobs and career information in academia