Initial claims for unemployment dropped last week, surprising economists who had expected to see a modest increase. Instead, the U.S. Department of Labor … Read more
What’s Important to Employees — Around the World
Don’t expect your American recruiting methods like email blasts to work smoothly in other countries. That’s the message from two experienced … Read more
Creative Excellence Award Winners Announced for Best in Recruitment Advertising
The best creative ad campaigns by recruitment ad agencies and corporate recruiting departments were named Tuesday at the 2010 Creative Excellence Awards, … Read more
Fix Flawed Dot-jobs Process, Weddle Says
Peter Weddle, a recruiter-consultant-author who heads up an association of people who run job boards said today that the “process was flawed” … Read more
Jobster’s Last Remnants Sold to Jobing.com
Except that Facebook has 500 million users and is worth billions, Recruiting.com (nee Jobster) might have made a better movie. Its story has all the … Read more
The Dot Jobs Saga: 13 Questions Sent to .Jobs Registrar
Thirteen questions have been put to Employ Media by the Internet’s addressing authority, which is in the process of trying to decide if it should … Read more
Bond International Buys U.S. Staffing Software Provider VCG
Staffing and recruiting tech provider VCG Software has been acquired by British-based Bond International Software for $9 million. Bond, a publicly traded … Read more
More Cell Phones Than Computers Means You Can’t Ignore Mobile
At every HR trade show, demo, product announcement, or webinar technology vendors of every stripe talk about their mobile interfaces. Even if it never … Read more
Fidelity Slickens Up College Recruiting
Fidelity has upgraded its college recruiting brochure, creating an interactive online version, and has made its online jobs information more friendly to … Read more
Kennedy Information Is Part of Bankruptcy Filing
Kennedy Information, publisher of an executive search directory that was once the bible of the industry, is part of a bankruptcy filing by its parent, BNA … Read more