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Recruiting, Staffing, Jobs and Job-seeker information from St Louis Missouri.
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ERE Column On Recruiter Marketing
I've a column up today over at ERE.net on why recruitment marketing is changing the way we approach the employment process.Here's a little taste of what I'm trying to say. These are uncertain times, but also exciting ones. Jobseekers, through social media, now have access to information on their would-be employers that is truly revolutionary. In addition to being connected through social networks to hiring managers and other employees, candidates can gather information on individual recruiters,... |
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Make This Week Count
My annual holiday column comes a bit late, so I'll just post the ghosts of blogposts past on my recommendations for candidates and recruiters over the holiday. This is a short week. If you hate your job, you're probably loving that you get two and a half days of work, followed by another half day on Friday. If you're freaked out by the economy, you're probably wishing you had more time, and wondering what January will be like.I'm with you. I've been there. In December 2004, my last year... |
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Interview With Bob Bishop, St Louis Marketing Recruiter
1. You’re a marketing headhunter. What exactly does that mean? Narrow it down for us. It means that I’m an Executive Recruiter specializing in Marketing. I’m using Marketing as an term encompassing other aspects of marketing like advertising, sales promotion, online marketing and corporate communications. In my case, I’m a retained marketing recruiter which means that the client actually pays a percentage of our fee “upfront”, to engage our services. I specialize in the marketing... |
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Interview With Bob Bishop, St Louis Marketing Recruiter
1. You???re a marketing headhunter. What exactly does that mean? Narrow it down for us. It means that I???m an Executive Recruiter specializing in Marketing. I???m using Marketing as an term encompassing other aspects of marketing like advertising, sales promotion,... -Jim Durbin |
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St Louis CIO's Plan On Hiring in 2009
From a recruiter at Apex Systems that submitted an article On LinkedIn he read on MarketWatch reporting on a Robert Half survey (got all that?), it seems that St Louis CIO's are bullish, or at least not timid about hiring... -Jim Durbin |
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St Louis CIO's Plan On Hiring in 2009
From a recruiter at Apex Systems that submitted an article On LinkedIn he read on MarketWatch reporting on a Robert Half survey (got all that?), it seems that St Louis CIO's are bullish, or at least not timid about hiring in the first quarter. A net 11 percent of chief information officers (CIOs) in the St. Louis area expect to hire information technology (IT) professionals in the first quarter of 2009, according to the most recent Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report. Thirteen... |
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Paying To Interview? I Don't Think So
It wasn't that lot along that we first heard about the getting paid to interview business. Notchup, which got a blurb in this months Fast Company, on p.66, was one of those companies - they pay you to interview. It's premised on the idea that the best passive candidates (how I hate that term) need an incentive to get interviewed. Whatever your thoughts on the long-term success of the program, it sure beats something I just heard about - where a company demands a non-refundable application... |
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Paying To Interview? I Don't Think So
It wasn't that lot along that we first heard about the getting paid to interview business. Notchup, which got a blurb in this months Fast Company, on p.66, was one of those companies - they pay you to interview. It's... -Jim Durbin |
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BarCampStl: Bar Camp St Louis December 13th
Todd Jordan and Ryan Keeter are setting up a St Louis barcamp at the City Museum downtown on December 13th to bring together the coolest folks in the 'Lou.What is a BarCamp? uh, it's an unconference. Which is an unscripted meeting of people designed to get you thinking about what you most want to do instead of the more traditional conferences you go to with tracks, set pieces, and the occasional happy hour. The best part is they tend to bring in very high-power creative types looking to connect... |
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Don't Discourage Job Candidates With Negative Talk
Recruiters are considered experts in hiring by most candidates. Even the least successful of us have a load of knowledge on the employment processs that a lot of candidates will never have, and so when it comes to asking about the local job market, our opinion tends to carry a lot of weight. Unfortunately, most candidates we talk to aren't hired. It's a function of the system. If we had 100% contact to hire ratios we'd all retire after a month, or if we worked inside, would be let go because... |
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Don't Discourage Job Candidates With Negative Talk
Recruiters are considered experts in hiring by most candidates. Even the least successful of us have a load of knowledge on the employment processs that a lot of candidates will never have, and so when it comes to asking about... -Jim Durbin |
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Is Obama Victory Good For Temporary Staffing?
Way back in the olden days, around 2000, it was clear that a recession was coming when temporary staffing stalled. In those days, temp staffing was like a canary in a coal mine. Companies used us as a way to get projects done, and a drop in staffing was a drop in new projects. Today, the decrease in temp staffing is something a bit more alarming. In the last 8 years, many companies started using contractors as way to replace permanent staffing and bypass onerous regulations. Managers got... |
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BarCampStl: Bar Camp St Louis December 13th
Todd Jordan and Ryan Keeter are setting up a St Louis barcamp at the City Museum downtown on December 13th to bring together the coolest folks in the 'Lou.What is a BarCamp? uh, it's an unconference. Which is an unscripted... -Jim Durbin |
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Background Checks Vendor: Guardian Testing
I use Joe from Guardian Testing for my background checks. He was recommended to me on Twitter, and he's exactly what you need if you're doing checks on your candidates or employees. This is an unpaid endorsement. 1) Joe, can you tell me a little bit about your company and what you do? No marketing speak is allowed for this question. Guardian Testing Services is a full service drug testing and background check company specializing in pre-employment screening of candidates in both regulated and... |
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Background Checks Vendor: Guardian Testing
I use Joe from Guardian Testing for my background checks. He was recommended to me on Twitter, and he's exactly what you need if you're doing checks on your candidates or employees. This is an unpaid endorsement. 1) Joe, can... -Jim Durbin |
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Is Obama Victory Good For Temporary Staffing?
Way back in the olden days, around 2000, it was clear that a recession was coming when temporary staffing stalled. In those days, temp staffing was like a canary in a coal mine. Companies used us as a way to... -Jim Durbin |
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GIMA Event: Audience Targeting
GIMA always has the best networking events in St. Louis. Relevant panels, good location, and a good mix of people from outside St Louis. They're covering audience targeting, and we're hearing more about online/offline integration- which is both scary and great. It appears that results really can be tracked, as evidenced by a story about determinig how many rolls of paper towels were sold from a campaign. Not much on Web 2.0, despite a dead on question from Brian Cross about tracking... |
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GIMA Event: Audience Targeting
GIMA always has the best networking events in St. Louis. Relevant panels, good location, and a good mix of people from outside St Louis. They're covering audience targeting, and we're hearing more about online/offline integration- which is both scary and... -Jim Durbin |
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Resume Advice: Unpaid Work On Your Resume
Blue Sky Resumes has a thought-provoking post out about unpaid experience when preparing your resume. Louise is a professional resume writer, and you should take what she says as holy writ: Too often, people feel that unpaid experience doesn't belong on a resume but this is completely wrong and also self-defeating. Why does it matter whether or not you were paid to do something? Do you learn more when you're being paid? Is the experience any less valuable when you work for free? No, unpaid... |
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Resume Advice: Unpaid Work On Your Resume
Blue Sky Resumes has a thought-provoking post out about unpaid experience when preparing your resume. Louise is a professional resume writer, and you should take what she says as holy writ: Too often, people feel that unpaid experience doesn't belong... -Jim Durbin |