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Comments (0) 09.22.2010
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Silver Bullet

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

You are in search for the killer app, the mythical recruiting silver bullet, an online recruiting one shot one hire solution although you know, in the real world, a broad strategy is the answer, moreover the ability to create fluid relationships between our technologies and platforms resulting in hiring date is the real topic.

One recruiting answer is never the recruiting answer, quite the contrary really. Hiring companies who use technology to dynamically weave many VERIFIED initiatives into their process and collect analytics and hiring data is the key.

BUT… you don’t have the budget to buy everything so you NEED the analytics to help verify “WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS“, which is why streamlining job seeker traffic through a central analytics system is a MUST.

How can you make a DECISION if you don’t have the DATA?

Mobile… SEO… Twitter… Facebook… Syndication… by themselves are merely flash with little BANG, although intertwined and connected with analytics and hiring data provides the real key. Don’t settle for FLASH when you need HIRES. So think twice when approached by a vendor bringing you a bag tricks without the ability to produce companies who can testify with hiring data.

In the end you need a combat load of silver bullets not merely one in the pipe.

Combat load od Silver bullets

 
Comments (0) 11.09.2009
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Find Your Jobless Rate

Monday, November 9th, 2009

I was sent the following New York Times link which provides an interactive experience when researching the impact of the current economy on a variety of groups.

The Jobless Rate for People Like You

Use the blue arrows on the top of the graph or just mouse along the graph itself.

 
Comments (3) 04.07.2009
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Taking advantage of job seekers

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

The balance has shifted quite dramatically from a market dominated and controlled by talent to recession. Just a few years ago we were all asking ourselves what to do when the Boomers exit the market and how to address the coming void of talent? Now Boomers are competition in a talent rich and jobless market. Competition is high and the opportunity to separate yourself from the pack is sought after daily.

A few weekends ago I spent time at a local church where volunteers helped job seekers by critiquing resumes, providing interview consult and aiding in online job search. These people are looking for help everywhere and in any way possible.

Enter predators
In these situations certain types of people and/or companies automatically see opportunity to take advantage of the person in need by angling a product, service or elixir to sell them. I understand meeting a market need is necessary although charging the jobless is victimizing and is no different morally and ethically than banks approving home loans that could not be paid back.

For example, on several occasions this month I have answered call requests from vendors to chat about “partnerships”, which I have accepted. What I’ve noticed is the number of vendors trying to advertise to JobCentral job seekers for job seeker paid programs has more than doubled. I see moral and ethical lines being crossed by these companies in trying to monetize a situation instead of helping it. Needless to say I’ve opted not to agree to these types of partnerships even though lucrative revenue splits were promised and comments like “Monster and CareerBuilder does it and they make good money“.

When does helping the man or woman next to you take precedence over your revenue stream?

 
Comments (0) 02.16.2009
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The Perfect Employee?

Monday, February 16th, 2009

First and foremost I’d like to say not everyone can be the perfect employee, nor should we expect every employee to seek the bar let alone try and jump over it. Many employees are focused on life outside the office even though their life inside it offers the livelihood they enjoy outside. Did that make sense?

Read “A Message for Garcia(written by Elbert Hubbard in 1899) and ask yourself if you are like Rowan, a steadfast employee who trusts leadership and moves swiftly forward or the “other” type of employee who has to engage a workgroup to see if the message is really necessary and if Garcia really deserves said message.

I understand that in today’s economy trust is not the easiest thing to find, although if you find yourself in a situation where you love what you do and you love the organization then you’d better, at the very least, be looking for the bar. Why? Imagine the amount of extremely qualified and hungry workers out in the market today who would do anything for your position. Moreover, think of the stress this type of economy puts on employers who genuinely NEED to do more with less. You can make the decision to leave at 5:00pm and do just enough or you can truly help your organization by giving more. I understand this is simple math, but you have to remember if the company doesn’t make it through these tough times where does that leave you?

 
Comments (6) 02.09.2009
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Top 20 Companies that are hiring!

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Fortune has gone through their 2009 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For then smartly responded to the economy by publishing another, more poignant, list of their top 20 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR with at least 350 openings.

1) Edward Jones (#2 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

2) Google (#4 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

3) Wegmans Food Markets (#5 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

4) Cisco Systems (#6 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

5) Genentech (#7 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

6) Methodist Hospital System (#8 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

7) Whole Foods Market (#22 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

8) Microsoft (#38 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

9) Burns & McDonnell (#50 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

10) Ernst & Young (#51 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

11) Booz-Allen Hamilton (#52 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

12) KPMG (#56 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

13) PriceWaterhouse Coopers (#58 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

14) Scripps Health (#59 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

15) Mayo Clinic (#63 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

16) Baptist Health South Florida (#79 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

17) Bright Horizons (#80 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

18) Publix Super Markets (#88 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

19) T-Mobile (#96 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

20) Accenture (#97 on Fortune’s Best Companies List)

Anyone see a pattern here?