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New Phrase
I was reading this article from our local business magazine and came across this phrase which was new to me (emphasis mine): Twin Cities television viewers are most drawn to sports, comedies and dramas, and they’re increasingly using digital video recorders and other time-shifting technologies to watch their favorite programs, according to Comcast Corp.’s second annual “TV Pulse Survey.” I would argue that Taleo is a “time-shifting technology,” if you get my drift. ...  The Hire Sense -
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 17:33
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Minnesota Jobs And Employment Report: July 2010
It’s been a while since I blogged about jobs reports and with some mixed signals we are getting in the local and national economy it is time to start following them again. Today the State of Minnesota (all states), Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), released job numbers for July 2010. 9,800 jobs were created for the month. June numbers were revised up from -3,700 to -800. The unemployment rate is at 6.8% unchanged from June. The U.S. unemployment rate is... MN Headhunter -
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 16:43
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Employee Handbook – Protecting at Will Employment
At Will Employment – What Is It? “At Will” employment is the term used for the basic employment adage that an employer can fire any worker for any reason or for no reason at all… for good cause or bad cause; an employee is employed “at the will” of the employer and the employer determines how long to employ a [...] The Recruiters Lounge -
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 12:44
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Recruiting with the "wayback machine" for Twitter
Are old tweets good tweets? Sometimes! While the main purpose of status updates is to answer the "what are you doing right now" question for our friends and followers, historical data can also prove very useful to recruiters. SnapBird lets you find other people's Twitter messages posted much further back than what's archived in the results of Twitter search itself. You just need to know their Twitter username. For example, Glenn's handle is gutmach, so type that in the "Who?" field. Type your... Shally's Blog -
Thu, 08/19/2010 - 11:36
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2010 Corporate Diversity Report
Diversity Recruiting continues to be on both Executives and Recruiting minds. It’s also on the mind of Senator Robert Menendez, our only Hispanic Senator. Menendez recently stated “As Chair of the Senate Democratic Hispanic Task Force, one of my top priorities has always been promoting and expanding diversity at all levels of our [...] The Talent Buzz -
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 20:02
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Minneapolis Ranks #1 In Medical Device & Minnesota #6 In Quality Of Life
Business Facilities magazine (July/August 2010) ranks cities and states on a number of different categories. We missed on a few I thought we should be on and a few we need to get better with so we can be ranked. From the 2010 Business Facilities Rankings Report: Metro Rankings Top 10 Metro – Medical Devices and Equipment #1 Minneapolis, Minnesota #2 New Haven, Connecticut #3 Salt Lake City, Utah #4 San Jose, California #5 Madison, Wisconsin Top 10 Metro – Quality... MN Headhunter -
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 17:57
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What is the point of a diversity niche job board?
The other day I received a call from a potential advertiser who asked me a very pointed question: “What is the purpose of a diversity job board?” At first, I was a little taken aback because the answer seemed so obvious to me. But more important, I quickly realized, is that it was not so apparent to him. When it [...] The Recruiters Lounge -
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 15:56
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40% May Do A Job Search This Fall, Time To Start Talking About Retention
Maybe because I hang out with recruiters and HR folks who focus on recruiting I am missing out on the conversation but are there any circles talking about retention? Not an article here or there but substance. Or a HR event topic? Try this: you are hiring Software Developers (or accountants, customer service associates, project managers, etc.) so you post jobs on your site, place some ads, engage the referral network (and a number of other tactics) and start looking at companies in your area... MN Headhunter -
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 15:13
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Beloit College Mindset List: Class Of 2014
Since 1998 Beloit College has put out a yearly list of things that describe what the incoming freshman class at college and universities have experienced culturally. Having now stepped “Over the Hill” some of the items below freak me out. See when these kids were born I was more than half way through my college days. As I get ready for another year of volunteering at the University of Minnesota this helps put into perspective why sometimes I wonder if I landed on Mars. It also puts into... MN Headhunter -
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:17
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Spelling Does NOT Matter
Here is a new title from a sales employment ad: Accont Exceutive Honestly, if I could spike my coffee right now I would. Whatever price this medical company paid for the ad has been wasted before a single click. The Hire Sense -
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 08:36
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Would You Hire You?
One interview question (or some variation) job seekers frequently get is, “Why should we hire you?” This has to be one of the toughest questions we face because we are now self promoting and selling ourselves. My suggestion to get comfortable in answering it is ask yourself this question ahead of time, “Would you hire you” and why? If you cannot sell yourself you have little chance of selling anyone else on your abilities. So think about your work experience. Think about what you... MN Headhunter -
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 14:27
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10 Strategic Tips For Employee Retention
Lots of Model Survey are being used nowadays for the purpose of HR-benchmarking such as the classic Cross-Sectional Surveys, Longitudinal Surveys and other copyrighted Management Model Survey such as Engagement Model Survey, David Ulrich Models etc… but because of the complexity of human behavior a scenario of one survey conducted in one specific place is not applicable in another place. [...] The Recruiters Lounge -
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 11:11
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An Open Letter To The SMBMSP Crowd
For those of you wondering what is SMBMSP it is the Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis St Paul group. For those of you wondering why I am writing a letter, here goes... Rick Mahn has decided to start charging $10 for the monthly events and I want to be very open and transparent about this, I support this change. Here is a disclaimer, I am now one of the sponsors. Here is another, Rick did not ask me to write this. He did not see this before posting. We have had conversations about this... MN Headhunter -
Mon, 08/16/2010 - 15:46
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Who's Hiring On Wall Street?
The following post is courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap: Author: CareerAlley For those of you who have followed by blog from "the early days", you will know that I work for a Wall Street firm. Two years ago, the answer to my blog title would have been "no one". But today, there are more jobs on Wall Street than they can fill ("not true" you say?). Some of the headhunters I use to fill my open positions have been begging me for names of potential... MN Headhunter -
Mon, 08/16/2010 - 11:04
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The Worker Identity Theft Crisis (And How You Will Save The Day)
The Price of Admission to the Digital Age Identity theft is everywhere. It’s the crime of the millennium; it’s the scourge of the digital age. If it hasn’t happened to you, it’s happened to someone you know. Using Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data, Javelin Research estimates that about 9 million identity thefts occurred last year, which means that about 1 [...] The Recruiters Lounge -
Mon, 08/16/2010 - 06:42
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Jobs in Retail - Who's Hiring
The following post is courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap: “Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.” - Bo Derek One of the first part-time jobs I had when I was in college was in Retail. Granted, it was working as a cashier in a (now bankrupt) department store. It's where I got my first taste of "working with the public" and I can tell you, there were as many rewarding experiences as there were lousy experiences. Retail is an interesting... MN Headhunter -
Sat, 08/14/2010 - 12:43
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Minnesota Blogger Conference 2010
I am thrilled to hear that finally, FINALLY, we are going to have a blogger conference in our area. I have heard many people talk about the need for one for years, myself included. Hats off to three friends who I have much respect for before they put this together and now the cup runs over with it: Melissa (aka Missy) Berggren (@MarketingMamaMN) writes The Marketing Mama Arik Hanson (@arikhanson) writes Communications Conversations Katie Schutrop (@kshoop) writes k@tie.in.mpls They have... MN Headhunter -
Fri, 08/13/2010 - 18:20
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Top Reasons Resumes Are Rejected – You’re Overqualified
It’s very discouraging to send countless resumes out into the world, and hear absolutely nothing back. It’s hard not to take it personally. Yet if you talk to hiring managers about why they reject most resumes, the reasons are pretty predictable. One of the most common is that the resume shows the applicant is overqualified. In other words, they’re too [...] The Recruiters Lounge -
Fri, 08/13/2010 - 16:37
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From CNBC: Are CEO’s To Blame For High Unemployment
Most of the time on most days I have CNBC on mute sprinkled with some MSNBC and FOX News (I can’t watch much of either one), CNN and of course ESPN (because we all need balance). This is a great exchange with James Pethokoukis, of Reuters BreakingViews, and Dan Gross, of Newsweek on why unemployment is where it is, why CEO’s are not hiring, why with reductions in productivity they may now need to (or soon). An interesting topic to me is how we have workers without jobs yet companies cannot... MN Headhunter -
Fri, 08/13/2010 - 12:36
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Inspiring Creativity: How to Make it Run Wild in Your Employees
I wrote this post for TLNT.com, a blog about "The Business of HR," that I wanted to share with my readers as well. A recent Newsweek article titled “The Creativity Crisis” points to research that shows for the first time that American creativity is declining, most seriously in younger children. It goes on to say that in order to combat this decline we need to focus on how creativity requires the constant blending of both divergent thinking (generating many unique ideas),... Past Five -
Fri, 08/13/2010 - 11:51
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