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Cheezhead - 6 min 3 sec ago

ERE Hosting Cincinnati-Area Meetup: 1/21
ERE has been listening to us Cincinnati-based recruiting professionals belly-ache long enough: they’re hosting a Meetup right here in our neighborhood later this month! ERE is starting off the new year by hosting a Meetup — a chance for recruiters in the tri-state area to do a little networking after hours. Thanks to our sponsor Taleo, we’ve got drinks and appetizers — all you need to do is show up to meet and network with familiar faces (and some new ones) in our industry! Over the...

Research Goddess - 2 hours 55 min ago

the first job board coupon book
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and JobTarget have released the first-ever job board coupon book featuring discounts from over 1,000 niche, diversity, and regional job boards. The discounts range from 5-50 percent off postings throughout 2009. The majority of coupons are redeemable on SHRM’s Job Posting Center (www.shrm.org/jpc). “We’re excited to offer all of these job boards and savings coupons in one centralized location,” says Gary Rubin, SHRM’s Chief Publishing...

Cheezhead - 5 hours 16 min ago

the new year brings monster alliances
Monster Worldwide and the Sun-Times News Group, the source of news for the greater Chicago area and principal operating subsidiary of Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. have announced a partnership that will bring co-branded Web sites, online, and print services via the Chicago Sun-Times at www.suntimes.com/monster. In addition, the alliance will also bring co-branded web sites to the Sun-Times News Group’s 70 suburban publications, which include The SouthtownStar, Post-Tribune, The Herald News, The...

Cheezhead - 5 hours 29 min ago

is there an hr guru inside you?
I recently came across another HR community (yes, I know there are literally gazillions of these, but couldn’t we use just one more?) that was created by the folks at the Monster-owned Affinity Labs. HRGuru was launched in late March 2008, just three months after Monster acquired Affinity Labs, a company that builds online communities to improve the lives, careers, and education of their members. Because of the paternal link to the grand daddy of all job boards, HRGuru has the largest...

Cheezhead - 6 hours 27 min ago

How you can make a difference. Be Different. Do Different. Act Different.
Here we go with the advice again. I can’t help it. I got a lot of good advice growing up and it stuck and helped me through a great many scrapes that my headstrong impulsiveness got me into. Anyway one of the trusted maxims that my Sabbath School Teacher always doled out besides that Jesus wanted me for a sunbeam was: “People are like fruit, you don’t know what they’re really like until they get squeezed“. Meaning that, an apple could look shiny and amazing (I’m...

Marenated - 8 hours 23 min ago

The Truth About Telecommuting
Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap From: Patti Ghezzi I used to fantasize about telecommuting. No wasted time on the road. No parking fees. Wearing sweats all day. Juggling personal life and work without fear of my boss’s disapproval. What I longed for was freedom. I wanted to shed the straightjacket of the office and do my work without having to keep up appearances or deal with office politics. Please, I felt like screaming some days at the office, JUST LET ME WORK! Through a series...

MN Headhunter - 8 hours 31 min ago

2009 predictions
In the years that I’ve been doing predictions, this round seems to be particularly difficult. Why? Well, the overall landscape is relatively depressing. For now at least, the days of new and interesting start-ups are on hold. The big guys aren’t exactly in an experimental mood. And even social networking seems sorta played now 5 years after the introduction of MySpace. That said, here’s my best shot at breaking out the crystal ball and taking a glimpse into 2009. “New”...

Cheezhead - 8 hours 37 min ago

Social Media Recruiting: How to source candidates on Flickr (Part 1)
When one thinks of Flickr, immediately photo sharing comes to mind. Perhaps pictures from an overseas trip, cute animal pics that make you go awww…. or some artsy-fartsy commercial stuff. But I bet you never think of Flickr as a resume database do you? Well, in some ways, it is… Think about it, at its heart, Flickr is a community and where there is community there are passive candidates. At least, that’s how I tend to think. Maybe after this series of posts you will too. All...

The Recruiters Lounge - 8 hours 47 min ago

Minnesota Morning
Yeah, Woo Hoo for the first official work day of 2009. I have been working very hard over the holidays so while some are only getting up to speed I am already in high gear. As I posted on Twitter and Facebook this morning: “2009 business world, it's me versus you. Hope you are rested, fed, and up to the fight because I am going to kick your ass.” I have been getting some inquiries by out of town friends about the U. S. Senate contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. Today the Canvassing...

MN Headhunter - 8 hours 50 min ago

joblighted: a single page job aggregator
Joblighted is a new job aggregator that tracks jobs from a variety of niche boards, including VentureBeat, Startuply, MetaFilter, and Coroflot. The small number of technical jobs (about 25,000) aggregated to the site works well because of the Google map at the top of the page that shows where each job is based. The relatively uncluttered map makes for easy navigation. Search functions allow the user to set up filters for job distance, location, date posted, and key words. The user can also sign...

Cheezhead - 10 hours 43 min ago

Lauryn Franzoni - Executive Editor ExecuNet.com
Lauryn Franzoni is the Vice President & Executive Editor for ExecuNet Founded in 1988, ExecuNet is a membership organization for business leaders who believe that the right connections can... For the full article - including video, audio and text, visit the XtremeRecruiting.tv website.

Xtreme Recruiting - 11 hours 15 min ago

Students Use Email for More Than Just Social Networking
A number of recent studies have reported that the use of email to reach college students is a dying marketing channel because the students are primarily using email to sign up for email alerts from sites such as CollegeRecruiter.com and to sign up with social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn. Our targeted email product is our biggest product by revenue so this is an area that we know a lot about. We've long questioned the validity of these studies as we've seen no drop-off...

College Recruiter Blog - 12 hours 12 min ago

Minnesota Business, Technology, Sports And General Topic Blogs Updated
What follows is an update (20 blogs) to my blog roll. These blogs will also be added to my TwinCitiesBlogs.com project. Minnesota Business Blogs: Digital In Motion Maria Energia Sustainable Middle Class Techrigy Twin Cities Real Estate Gal Barker and Hedges Real Estate Blog VisiOlo The Celebrity I Am Not Communications Conversations Minneapolis Online Marketing Blog Twit In Biz Minnesota Technology Blogs: Blasted Consulting Inside The Nerdery buildcontext I [heart] code! Minnesota...

MN Headhunter - Sun, 01/04/2009 - 23:58

Meet Maha Akiki, RecruitingBlogs Social Butterfly
BY Dave Mendoza, Adjunct Faculty, JobMachine Partner, RecruitingBlogs.com First Published on RecruitingBlogs.com Maha Akiki RecruitingBlogs Profile: Linkedin profile: Blog Posts Six Degrees: Tell us of your home world. Maha: My husband and I recently celebrated our ten year anniversary. We have two boys. Damian is 6 ½ and Aidan is almost 2 years old. Princy, the cat, has allowed me to share her space for the past 12 years. Damian started first grade in September, and this is his third year attending...

SixDegreesfromDave - Sun, 01/04/2009 - 23:01

Sourcing Shorties
Given the recent Shorty Award craze, I started thinking how I could leverage its popularity for my own sourcing purposes. After all, there is a ton of information available on the website - just take a look at the massive number of tweeters who have been nominated for various awards! So, the idea of this post is to provide a few examples of how to source shorties. Consider this: the tweeters who were nominated for these awards are interested in social media, and are considered some of the best...

Research Goddess - Sun, 01/04/2009 - 22:00

Using Twitter to find a Job
Did I tell you that I am a Twitter addict? For those who don't know what in the world is twitter - here's a small description from wikipedia - Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. Senders can restrict delivery...

Gautam Ghosh - Sun, 01/04/2009 - 13:44

Thinking About Zen, Careers and Spiritual Work
As an Executive Search Consultant I'm constantly talking with people about their careers. The funny thing is that most people don't think about it that much. Certainly not as much as I thought they would considering the amount of time and effort they are putting into it. Studies show that most people spend more time at work than they do with their family. For such a huge investment of their time it's still quite rare for me to talk with a candidate who's extensively mapped out the career path...

The Asia Pacific Headhunter - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 16:05

Minnesota Morning
Happy first sort of official work day of 2009. Sort of because I know a lot of people have today off. Sort of because I know a lot of them are checking their email all day. With big sports events like the Super Bowl and World Series politicians usually do a “bet” of sort. If you win we send you a (fill in the blank). Usually local food, beverages, etc. I am thinking Governor Tim Pawlenty should call the Illinois governor and do a “bet” on who fills their respective senate seat first....

MN Headhunter - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 12:28

jobs and workers decrease
While fewer employers posted jobs online last November, fewer people were searching for work. Beyond.com recently released the results of the November 2008 Milgram Report, which is released every month and collects statistics and data from thousands of niche sites. The report showed that there was a 13.87 percent decrease in the total number of jobs posted during November 2008 when compared to October and that there also was a 6 percent decrease in the number of resumes posted. Candidates with...

Cheezhead - Fri, 01/02/2009 - 11:17