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Best Strategies for College Students Searching for Jobs
One of the country's foremost experts on college recruiting is Lindsey Pollak. When Lindsey speaks -- and she does so very well -- I listen and so should you. Lindsey recently interviewed Trudy Steinfeld, Executive Director of the Wasserman Center... Steven Rothberg, CollegeRecruiter.com http://www.CollegeRecruiter.com/pages/stevenrothbergbio.php

College Recruiter Blog - 2 hours 39 min ago

Why The Undercover Boss Should Be An Undercover Job Seeker Part 1 Of 3
CBS rolled out a new show following Super Bowl XLIV called Undercover Boss. Reviews of the show have been fairly good with many saying how cool it is that a CEO or President of a company would hang out with the “little people”. I think it is a cool idea. I do wonder though, if CEO’s were providing real leadership they should be doing this already on their own to learn what the real impacts are of the decisions they make. Anyway, to this blog post... Last summer I was asked to speak...

MN Headhunter - 3 hours 20 min ago

Minnesota Morning
I am having one of those moments where I am sitting at my desk and wondering where to start and instead of doing something productive I have looked at a bunch of web sites, watched Morning Joe and looked through my TweetDeck stream. Busy is not productive. And I still have no idea where to start so I am doing this blog post in hopes that I can get my mind “jump started”. So since all I have done so far is to look at blogs and news sites here is a list of links for you to check out from the...

MN Headhunter - 5 hours 50 min ago

Simple Elegance: Best Recruiting and Business Practices, Courtesy of Godin and Jarvis
What would Google Do?,Elegant Organization, It seems most competitive organizations now agree that providing a pleasing hiring experience to job seekers is in their best interests of finding the best talent and ultimately retaining it. Further, many companies have also...

It's All About The Experience - 7 hours 37 min ago

Avature for Recruiting
When responding to an open job req, how many Recruiters have ever said to a hiring leader: “Let me develop a sourcing strategy” or “Let’s see what comes in after we post it”? How about changing that with this response: “Here’s what we have in our portfolio of talent” and/or “Here’s who [...]

The Talent Buzz - 9 hours 9 min ago

Lessons for HR/Recruiting Leaders from Andy Williams' Memoir
OK, I admit it -- I'm a big resolutions person. I make a large wall chart of my 30-some resolutions and then proceed throughout the year to track my progress by color-coding goals achieved by category (i.e., Professional, Intellectual, Financial,...

It's All About The Experience - 10 hours 52 min ago

The Twitter DM Deleter - Twedemption
Blast applications announced today the official launch of Twedemption, a new “mass delete” direct message service for twitter. For Recruiters and other twitter users that frequently communicate with their followers, Twedemption allows users to mass-delete direct messages. For a a one-time fee of $5.99, you can safely and securely delete multiple or all DMs from your [...]

The Talent Buzz - 11 hours 38 min ago

Geography Matters
I just read an ad for a mid-level sales position. Interesting part was the location listed in the ad: Milwaukie, WI The hiring company is based in Fresno, CA which is, I suppose, in relative proximity to Milwaukie, OR. However, the Wisconsin town of the same name is spelled “Milwaukee.” In hiring, details matter. (And wouldn’t you think Monster would have a checker of some form for these errors?)

The Hire Sense - 11 hours 51 min ago

Mobile Job Seekers
So let's talk mobile applications for employment. Why? Well quite simply because I'm tired of hearing people say that job seekers aren't ready to apply for jobs via their mobile. And I think I'm to the point where I just have to call it out and say, "that's crap." If done right, I can't think of a single reason a job seeker wouldn't want to submit interest for a job via their mobile device. After all, we're being honest and talking about what the job seeker wants...

Recruiter Guy - 12 hours 38 min ago

Facebook Pages - Fad or Future?
Who knows where Facebook Pages could end up but after my last post where I suggested greater integration with your ATS and maybe using a Page instead of a Career Site(!) could the humble FB Page play a bigger part than we think? I for one think Facebook will be around for a very long time and will continue to grow and whilst they are currently considered the "non-work" social network this like many other things will change. I've heard the stories of the younger members starting to leave as Mum...

Hire Strategies - 15 hours 26 min ago

The Illegality Of Facebook Due Diligence
Well, there isn’t any precedence yet, according to this StarTribune article. Clearly the proper use of social networking sites during background checks for candidates is going to be a tremendously important legal topic soon. This topic has been percolating for some time. The article references an obvious starting point: “We can suggest to employers that they include in their application process some statement that says ‘we do reference checking including use of information...

The Hire Sense - Mon, 02/08/2010 - 17:30

Twitter Followers, Facebook Friends No Longer Trusted
I've long been a proponent of social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs, and others as they've proven themselves to be wonderful sources of information and referrals. But it appears that the gravy train may be coming to... Steven Rothberg, CollegeRecruiter.com http://www.CollegeRecruiter.com/pages/stevenrothbergbio.php

College Recruiter Blog - Mon, 02/08/2010 - 16:23

Project: Paying It Forward In Social Media, 2010
Last week, I had the extreme honor of having an article I wrote published on Mashable. You can check it out here, and when you do, please make sure to click through the links for the people who are mentioned and used as examples. There’s a great story behind them, and the article being written [...]

Research Goddess - Mon, 02/08/2010 - 11:00

How Not To Network With A Recruiter
Last Monday, I read a post on Career Rocketeer that talked about some appropriate ways in which to network with others. The following phrase jumped off the page at me: “When approaching a new networking partner, DON’T ask for a job. This is about the worst thing you can do. Networking partners want to be helpful [...]