Social recruiting, using social networks to source and hire talent, isn't new and it isn't going away. To understand what recruiters and human resources professionals are doing to find people for ...
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Trends to watch
New Source of Hire Results from 2013
What does source of hire mean? It means, how companies fill open jobs. In other words, where do companies look and post to find candidates? That's what CareerXroads asked companies for the 13th year. ...
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Job Search From Your Mobile Device
A hot trend to watch is the desire of job seekers to search and apply for jobs from a mobile device according to Jobvite's 2014 Job Seeker Nation Report. And there are some other take-aways as ...
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Expect More of This In 2014
So, like everyone else, I have to share my predictions for the workforce, hiring and recruiting for the next year. In case you missed some of the other's you can scroll to the bottom to check them ...
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12 Careers Expected To Be In-Demand in 2014
Hot, in-demand, expected to grow, good-paying jobs still exist! This is always good to hear! The trick is, landing them! You may have the exact match of skills, but, simply applying online for your ...
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Lead The Pack With Your Love For Social Media
Can you use your social media savvy and love for social media to help your career? ...
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The ROI of Social Recruiting Exists
The newly released Social Recruiting Survey results by Jobvite provides proof that social recruiting works and that there's ROI in social recruiting! ...
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Motivation Monday: Get On Social Networks
Employers are moving to social networks to hire new employees. Shouldn't you get on social networks too? Why?
Here are four reasons 78% of recruiters have turned to social recruiting and what you ...
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Be the 9 Percent- Unplug
Do you have a summer vacation planned? If so, might I suggest you leave your technology behind!
We live in a schizophrenic society. Our time is constantly divided between too many to-dos, ...
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What Will You Do Differently Based On This?
If I told you your chances of securing a new job were greater if you found and used connections inside the hiring company to refer you, would you believe me?
If I told you that social networking ...
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5 Workplace Trends That Sway
I find it fascinating to watch trends in the workplace. As a former HR practitioner, I have enough first-hand knowledge to understand how policy changes rock a company.
This post was initially ...
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Starting a Side Gig: 6 Essential Tools to Get You Going
Having the right tools for the right task can make all the difference when it comes to starting a side gig. The fact is, freelancing can sometimes involve the strenuous chore of task management, ...
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Skills Gap: Myth or Truth?
We've got trouble- that starts with a capital "T" and that rhymes with "E" and that stands for employment! Lifting from the Music Man this morning for a little chuckle! But seriously, we've got to ...
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Social Recruiting Just Works Better
Jobvite has released their 2012 social recruiting survey results! If you are avoiding social tools like LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook, I hope this summary of their findings convinces you to ...
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Insights to Help You Create a Better Job Search Strategy
CareerXroad's 2012 Source of Hire survey results are out! This annual survey has been running for over a decade and provides a summary of how companies have filled their open positions in the past ...
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On the Fringe
There are two groups of people who are struggling to find employment in the workplace. Gen Y (recent college graduates) and Boomers (soon to be retired). These groups are on the fringe of the game. ...
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Two Phrases Critical to Your Job Search & Career Success
True Blue Buds and SEO
As I look back over the past year and then look toward the future (2012), I wanted to focus on these two concepts. This is loosely based on Chris Brogan's three words idea for ...
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4 Lessons Learned from Job Search in 2010
This post is one of many Career Collective posts by career and resume experts on things job seekers should keep an eye on in 2011 . I am honored to be part of this group and want to thank Miriam ...
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3 Lessons from Failure in 2010
What did you learn this year? What valuable life-lessons did you experience? Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It allows us to put some distance between the event and our emotions so we can more ...
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Is Business Changing? Will There Be a New Normal?
There's a trend these days in HR, Marketing, Customer Service, leadership and certainly other areas within organizations. It is the use of social media. Like it or hate it, it is infiltrating ...
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Three Trends Job Seekers Should Observe
It is Labor Day! At its very roots, "[Labor Day] constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country." That's what ...
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1 Year Anniversary
How time flies. It was a year ago that I started writing my blog. I have learned so much about human nature, myself and technology.
I've written over 330 posts, ...
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The End of the Recession Means…
If you are the kind of person who believes in studies and data from studies, then you have to read Robert Half's most recent study completed in conjunction with Career Builder EDGE 2009 Study:
The ...
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Freelance, Independent Contractor, Consultant, Solopreneur
Hey, welcome to 2009! An economic market made up of micro businesses. Where did all the big companies go, you ask? Well, what happened to the dinosaurs?
Thanks primarily ...
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Insights into Where this Economy Will Bring Us
Remember the "transporters" in Star Trek? You would step onto the platform and Scottie would transport you where you wanted to go. Pretty cool, right. It seems like ...
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Executive Jobs Worsened in 2008?
The classic question, how long will it take me to find a job can be answered most simply with "Longer than you want". Yet the general calculation of 1 month per $10K of your salary ...
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Who Is Unemployed- A, B and C Players
In order to be the best job seeker possible, you need an understanding of what is going on in the heads of hiring professionals. In the current economic situation, with hundreds of thousands of ...
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What will the stimulus do for white collar unemployed?
How is this rebuilding of roads and infrastructure projects going to help the thousands of unemployed investment bankers, mid managers, and others?
Really great ...
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We’re In A Holding Pattern
Rather than feel like Chicken Little, running around squawking "The end is near", I just have to believe that the information below is on track.
Right now we are all cutting back (businesses as ...
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Changing What We Do
There was an article in the NYTimes this week about the conditions of the labor market in a Wisconsin town that lost over 4,000 GM jobs. These overpaid ($28/hr) workers are now ...
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