Jobvite, the company that helps recruiters tap the referral power of employees’ social networks, got a $15 million injection of new capital that it … Read more
Survey Finds More Companies Credit-checking Candidates
Even as states and the U.S. EEOC are getting tougher — and talking tougher — on the use of credit checks, more employers are using them, says a … Read more

FellowUp With Your Social Network Connections
How many times do you make a professional connection on LinkedIn or Facebook, only to forget about following up or staying in touch? Granted, if we are … Read more
Second Round Review Could Be Last For Cost Per Hire Standard
By the fall, HR could have its first officially recognized standard, the first step in a long journey toward standardizing the metrics we all discuss, but … Read more

Recruitment Drives LinkedIn Revenue as Company Nears IPO
Next week, when LinkedIn is likely to begin offering its stock for sale, the 8-year-old company could find itself worth $3.3 billion. According to filings … Read more
Recruitment Drives LinkedIn Revenue as Company Nears IPO
Next week, when LinkedIn is likely to begin offering its stock for sale, the 8-year-old company could find itself worth $3.3 billion. According to filings … Read more
.Jobs Manager Accused of Bad-faith Negotiating
As the issues surrounding the management of .jobs Internet addresses move to arbitration, the positions taken by the leading parties are not only … Read more
What’s Being Done to Keep Good People
Buck Consultants asked 91 companies what they’re doing to retain top performers. In a nutshell: Read more
HR Tech Firm Formerly Known as StepStone Solutions Offers Look at Worker Attitudes
Here’s an interesting statistic from the HR software firm formerly known as StepStone Solutions: In the U.S., 37 percent of men and 24 percent of … Read more
Did Apple Mastermind Anti-Poaching Deal? Lawsuit Says it Did
The other shoe is dropping in last year’s anti-poaching case the U.S. Department of Justice brought against six big-name tech firms, and it is … Read more