MN Headhunter
A blog written by a Minnesota IT Recruiter about Minnesota jobs and business news, covering Recruiter, HR, career, job search, networking and social media topics, technology and the tech startup community. And a little Gopher football.
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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Take This Job And Shove It - Not A Great Exit Strategy
(AP Photo) This will shock those that know me but I think JetBlue guy, Steven Slater the now (in)famous Flight Attendant who slid down an emergency chute after having a couple of beers and telling everyone what he thought, is an idiot. This should not be celebrated. I am a BIG fan of telling people what you think but in a mature, responsible manner that (on infrequent occasion) may have a cuss word (only 1 cuss word) in it. Sometimes you have to let it out. But this goes way too far.... |
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Facebook Gets 500 Million Users | Paul DeBettignies Interviewed On WCCO AM Radio
Back on July 22nd after Facebook hit the 500 million user mark I was interviewed by Mike Grimm on HINESight on WCCO AM radio. We spoke a bit about Facebook for personal and business use and the way companies are using it for recruiting. Of course we found a way to inject Gopher football into the conversation. Mike does the radio broadcast for Gopher football. Click the Play button to hear his show. Wait a few moments for it to load and then forward to the 58:20 mark. We go to 70:37. ... |
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Minnesota IT Jobs
The following Minnesota IT jobs I am sourcing and recruiting for have just been posted on my Minnesota IT Jobs page: Immediate Needs: SAP SD Functional - Full Time, Employee Director Of Security Operations - Full Time, Employee Data Architect - Full Time, Employee PHP Developer - Full Time, Employee Ongoing Needs: Java J2EE Developer - Full Time, Employee, Consulting SharePoint Developer - Full Time, Employee, Consulting... |
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Minnesota Recruiter Jobs
The following new Minnesota Recruiter Jobs have been added to the Minnesota Headhunter Recruiter Jobs Page: Sr Recruiter - Full Time Job - Schwan's Shared Services, LLC. Technical Recruiter - Full Time Job - Pearson VUE Senior Recruiter - Full Time Job – Target Recruiting Manager 4 - Full Time Job - Wells Fargo Recruiter - Full Time Job - Polaris Click Minnesota Headhunter for most recent blog posts. Stay in touch with me by clicking Blog Posts by RSS, Blog... |
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Minnesota IT Jobs With Minnesota Non Profits
The following new Minnesota IT jobs have been added on the Minnesota Non Profit IT Jobs And Volunteers page: Information Technology Manager Job - Full Time - Twin Cities Public Television Information Technology Coordinator Job - Full Time - Minnesota Council of Churches Sr. Systems Software Programmer Job - Full Time - Hennepin County Network Administrator Job - Full Time - Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency Systems Analyst Job - Full Time - Human Services, Inc. User Interface... |
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Minnesota Recruiters Conference 11 | Summer 2010 | Recap
On July 30th, 2010 the 11th Minnesota Recruiters Conference brought 200 Recruiter and HR professionals to a new location and a new format. Thanks to Rebecca Warren, General Mills Recruiting Manager, and their team for hosting us. I was a bit nervous as after doing 10 of these at Best Buy (where we will be doing more events at) as there are always those things that are specific to a location. But this was as smooth as it gets. The other change was the format. Our first couple... |
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Using Networking Groups To Your Advantage
The following post is courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap: I know what you’re thinking: walking into a room full of strangers and announcing that you’re unemployed is as far from your comfort zone as you can get. Networking is awkward and makes you feel desperate. Do you really have to do it? The answer is no. Some people do find work without assertively networking. It just generally takes them a lot longer than those who are out actively saying, “I have a... |
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Minnesota Recruiters On KARE 11 TV Give Job Seekers Advice
Last week during our Minnesota Recruiters Conference we were visited by Scott Goldberg @ScottGoldberg of KARE 11 TV (local NBC affiliate) who was curious about our event and how we could get some information out to job seekers about the job search and some additional tools they could be using. That was easy enough after all we had 200 of us at the event and many companies who are doing some really cool things to better interact with candidates. Interviewed: Steve Lewis, Executive Director,... |
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Looking For Jobs One Job At A Time
The following post is courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap: “I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it” - Albert Einstein A rather uninspiring title today, but it was actually suggested by a friend. Not overtly suggested, but he was frustrated in his search and was looking for advice. And, like today's quote, your job is out there even if you're not looking for it. Of course it will become someone else's if you don't find it. Ah, but how to find... |
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Minnesota Recruiters Conference 11 #mnrec Twitter Stream
What follows is an unedited digest of the Tweets from the July 30th, 2010 Minnesota Recruiters Conference 11 (including the days leading up to and a couple after it) as picked up from What The Hashtag?! using #mnrec It looks like they picked up most if not all of the Tweets from the event. NOTE: the time stamp is +5 hours. In other words a Tweet at 4 PM was done at 11 AM Here goes… July 26, 2010 7:12 pm MNOnlineGuy: RT @steffenson: RT @Minnesotakevin: Employee Referral... |
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Minnesota Recruiters Conference 11 | Summer 2010 Invite
The 11th Minnesota Recruiters Conference will be held July 30th, 2010 at General Mills Corporate Headquarters. We are getting back to our original idea with this event and holding a structured unconference. Our first couple of events had 125 or so in attendance and it was a lot easier to have conversations with the presenters. As demand and space grew we went in the direction of a more traditional event of speakers and attendees. For this event we will start with a recruiter panel and... |