Novo Shares Tips for Identifying and Recruiting Top Talent In 2012

MILWAUKEE, Jan 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — “In 2012, companies looking to successfully add top talent to their company need to be aware of the shifting dynamics in the recruiting arena and become even more strategic in their approach,” said Cindy Lu, CEO of The Novo Group, a national managed recruitment outsourcing firm.

ManpowerGroup Advocates That Today’s Youth Will Drive Innovation and Business Success in the Human Age

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions and World Economic Forum strategic partner, is heightening the call for more collaborative public-private initiatives that focus on launching productive careers for youth worldwide, at the 2012 WEF Annual Meeting in Davos next week.

Since ManpowerGroup publicly identified the dawn of the Human Age one year ago at the WEF 2011 Annual Meeting, dramatic crises have ruptured around the globe, amplifying the forces that converged to create this new era. Unemployed young adults, between the ages of 16-24, are a factor in recent crises, particularly the Arab Spring. Civic upheaval in Egypt, Tunisia and Syriamagnified how a lack of opportunity among young adults triggers unrest.

HarQen Adds In-Browser Recording to Voice Advantage

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 18, 2012 — HarQen, Inc., today announced the addition of in-browser recording to Voice Advantage, its flagship product that lets users use their phone and a simple web-based dashboard to create and distribute custom, recorded phone interviews. For the first time, job candidates will be able to use Voice Advantage anywhere they have an Internet connection and browser.

Voice Advantage in-browser recording is a free upgrade to Voice Advantage customers, and does not require any software download. All that’s required is a PC or Mac with a microphone. Users now have complete flexibility to use either a telephone or the in-browser recording feature to record their conversation.

Popular Job Board Network Seeks New Ownership

TRUMBULL CT – 1/16/2012 – AllCountyJobs.com LLC, a regional job board network covering the Northeast from DC to Boston is for sale according to its CEO & Founder, Chris Russell.

The network includes 18 local job boards an 8 site green job network. The business also includes dozens of other job related domains and working blogs such as SecretsoftheJob Hunt.com.

Prep Your Hiring Authorities

Barbara Bruno, President, Good as Gold Training, HRSearch Inc.

The competition for top talent will continue to increase as the job market improves. Most hiring authorities have been in the driver’s seat for the past two years and have not had to sell their opportunity or company. This is not reflective of today’s reality. It is important for you to attract, interview and present the best talent available. Part of your job is to excite the job seeker about your company and opportunity. It is also important that you begin to prep your hiring authorities.

ManpowerGroup Releases Fourth Corporate Social Responsibility Update

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) January 09, 2012 – XOS Digital, Inc., the leading provider of content management solutions and digital media services for collegiate and professional sports organizations, today announced that it has surpassed 175 football coaching customers in the XOS PlayerOnDemand™ digital recruiting and scouting program, inclusive of more than 80 percent of the bowl-bound teams this year. The announcement was made today by Chris McCleary, CEO, XOS Digital.

“PlayerOnDemand is the industry leading program that allows coaches to recruit the best and the brightest players faster and more efficiently,” McCleary said. “With the recent additions of several high-profile recruiting reports, we now have the most comprehensive recruiting system to offer coaches at all levels.”

Bullhorn Reinvents Candidate Search

Bullhorn

14 December 2011, London – Bullhorn today announces the launch of the most advanced candidate search tool in the recruitment software market. The tool is included in this Winter’s release of the company’s applicant tracking software. The search tool provides more accurate results, plus a newly streamlined interface, saving recruiters time on every CV database search they perform.

Diverse College Recruiting Efforts Lead to Hires

More than 70% of employers responding to the Recruiting Benchmarks Survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) report their organization has a formal effort to hire diverse candidates – and these respondents averaged a higher percentage of new college graduate hires than those who hadn’t had a formal diversity recruiting effort. [...]

Sodexo Receives 2011 Optimas Award for Innovation and the 2011 OnRec Award for Excellence in Inclusion Recruiting

Gaithersburg, MD (December 7, 2011) – Sodexo’s approach to internal recruiting and subsequent five percent increase in internal hires was applauded by Workforce Management magazine with the presentation of the 2011 Optimas Award for Innovation. While the Optimas Awards are known for recognizing companies for tackling challenges with flexibility and ingenuity, the Innovation Award looks closer at innovative workforce management strategies that address fundamental business issues.

Recruiting Trends 2012

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