Today, Barb Bruno launched www.happycandidates.com, a site designed to provide career assistance to those “can’t help” candidates, with the idea that the … Read more
UPS Says It’s Now Delivering Hires, Not Just Fans and Followers
When we last left off, UPS said that the candidates who were coming its way via Facebook and Twitter were more likely to convert to actual hires than were … Read more
HR for the 21st Century: Shirtless Men, Monkeys, and Dancing Women
Monkeys, shirtless men, and come-hither women. What’s HR coming to? CareerBuilder’s monkeys have the animal rights people in a tizzy, while the … Read more
Don’t Be a Sourcing Snob
Are You a Sourcing Snob? Ask yourself these questions: Is a candidate identified on LinkedIn intrinsically “better” than a candidate sourced from Monster? … Read more
Where are the placement opportunities in 2011?
The “Great Recession” has supposedly ended and the economy is recovering. But it sure doesn’t seem like it when you look at the unemployment rate, recent … Read more
High-Impact Social Recruiting Errors — The Top 30 to Avoid
Using social media to support recruiting efforts is justifiably a hot topic. Social media tools are one of the top three most powerful recruiting tools, … Read more
CareerBuilder’s Monkey Ad Is Super Bowl Favorite
It may be the Year of the Rabbit in China, but in the U.S. today, it’s the year of the dog. And the monkey, too. Two dog-themed commercials are … Read more
How Social Media Hurts Recruiting and What to Do About It (Part III)
This is the final piece in a 3-part series exploring the negative impacts that social media is having on recruiting departments across the world, and … Read more
2011 ERE Recruiting Excellence Award Finalists
This was the seventh year of the ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards, but it was the military talent category, added for the first time, that was mentioned by … Read more
Lemonade, Anyone?
The last two years have really proven challenging to any staffing firm, let alone a small, two-office firm specializing in worker bees—the entry-level … Read more