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Qlik Launches Product for Governed Self-Service Business Intelligence and Data Visualization

Qlik, a leader in data discovery, has introduced Qlik Sense, a device-independent, self-service visualization and discovery product for enterprise-class governance and performance. Built on a modern architecture and powered by the patented, industry-proven Qlik data indexing engine, Qlik Sense gives users the unrestricted ability to create personalized data analyses and explore the...

Blatant Media Announces Newest Version of Absorb LMS with a Host of New Enhancements

Blatant Media, developer of the Absorb Learning Management System (LMS), has announced the release of Absorb LMS 5.0, a major upgrade to its industry-leading LMS that includes more than 400 enhancements and features. Some of the key additions to the upgraded LMS include: Mobile friendly (responsive HTML5) administrator interface with an all new look and feel New...

The China Syndrome: Job Meltdown, or Recovery through Illegal Migration and 'Amnesty' ?

I am not an economist, politician, statistician or STEM-trained (science/technology/engineering/mathematics) job-seeker (since I have no degrees in any of those fields and am happy with my current job). But I am curious—about what the eventual impact on job opportunities and economies will be when illegal immigrants anywhere in the world are granted "amnesty". That's in quotes because...

LoanSage Simplifies Raising Business Capital with New Platform

LoanSage, an online resource for growing businesses, has announced the launch of its new online platform to help business owners access up to $2 million in capital and loans within a day. The platform educates businesses on the various types of term loans, working capital loans and alternative funding options that are available to small and medium businesses. The LoanSage proprietary algorithm...

Four Tips for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

When I turned 13, I got a Gameboy Color. When longtime entrepreneur and life coach Stacia Pierce turned 13, she got her own company. "It was kind of philosophy and the way he grew up," Pierce explains. "We have a tradition in our family, that my dad and all his brothers and sisters would give their children companies ." Pierce ran her company, a combination ice cream shop and game...

Would an Unlimited Vacation Policy Destroy Your Business?

To most employers -- who are naturally focused on turnover, output, client responsiveness and availability -- the idea of providing employees with unlimited holidays is a frightening prospect. It probably brings visions of empty offices, client calls going unanswered, shop counters with no staff, and general anarchy. It is clear that there are plenty of industrial and professional areas where an...

How the Huffington Post Can Land You a Job

Sure, folks think about the Huffington Post for great recipes, crime news, and even the latest on autonomous vehicles, but did you know it could also help you find a job opportunity? Well, if you know how to mine its vast information for the right tidbits, it can. Where it's going to help you most is in the job interview. It offers information on general life skills that can be a gold mine for...

Social Media Best Practices

It's been roughly a decade since social media hit the recruiting industry, surpassing the popularity of blogs in the last seven years. As social media started morphing into social recruiting, the industry — from sourcing to HR and talent management — has wrestled with both the ways social can make individual tasks easier and the constant growing burden of staying up to date. A...

How Would You Like to Recruit: Over the Web or IRL?

Numerous telecommunications methods are available to everyday users of the World Wide Web: emails and instant messaging, conference calls and video conferencing, web casts and web conferencing, video interviewing and video conferencing -- wait, I said that already! As you can see, the list goes on and on, and with the abundance of technology that allows us to telecast ourselves into offices...

How Recruiters Can Cure the Bad Manager Epidemic

Employees quit managers. In fact, 75 percent of employees quit the leaders they work for and not the company. Employees grumble and hit their breaking point, morale lowers and productivity suffers, all while recruiters and hiring managers take the blame. Whether you are considering a current employee or new applicant to fill a leadership role, looking for certain traits can help you skirt the...

How Much Faith Should You Put in a Candidate's Previous Job Titles?

While we read regular reports about employers all over the world being afflicted by talent shortages due to lack of education and experience in the marketplace, we see less coverage of how the behavior of employers may also be contributing to these talent shortages in the job market. The balance of reporting may not be right here, as there are many examples of self-defeating employer tactics...

Accountemps Identifies Most Annoying Buzzwords in the Workplace in New Survey

According to an Accountemps survey of human resources managers, certain terms and phrases are more common, and irritating, than others. For example, "dynamic," "deep dive" and "leverage" were among the most overused and annoying business buzzwords cited by survey respondents. "When it comes to effective communication in the workplace, the importance of clarity cannot be stressed enough," said...

Beyond.com Reveals Majority of HR Pros View Job Seekers as Unqualified

Beyond, The Career Network, has announced that there may be a significant disconnect during the hiring process. The company's national survey of job seekers and HR professionals showed that 75 percent of HR respondents said they were having trouble filling open positions because too many of the candidates were unqualified. Meanwhile, the survey found that 55 percent of job seekers felt they...

Technology and Business Skills in Online Learning: a Growing Trend

Although college costs continue to soar and tuition costs have increased 72 percent since 2000, according to a Deloitte study, the job market remains tight. Recently, a highly competitive demand to fill jobs with those most qualified has been met with a sharp spike in learners searching for online courses to improve their business skills. And in turn, this massive increase has resulted in job...

Why So Many People Won't Talk to You, if You Aren't a Wireless Phone (Part II)

In Part I, a disturbing paradox of the wireless phone and other digital communications technology was identified. Because of such technology, people who are physically distant are treated as though they are near, while most of those who are physically near, e.g., at a bus stop, in a hostel or in an elevator, are treated as though they are distant, out of view, out of mind and out of...

Newtek Finds Most Small Business Websites Not Optimized for Internet Traffic

Newtek Business Services, a provider of professional business services to small businesses, has announced the findings of its SB Authority Market Sentiment Survey, a monthly report addressing concerns of independent business owners. Based on a poll of over 1,400 respondents, the key finding from the August survey is that 50 percent of business owners say web traffic from search engines is an...

Taking Risks in Your Resume

When Columbus set sail in search of the new world, he and his crew didn't know what they would find. Like today's modern job hunter, these explorers set out in search of fabulous riches (or, you know, employment) with only a bold hope that they might one day return home victorious. In order to find work in these treacherous waters (in other words, in this economy), sometimes you have to...

Monster Launches Cloud-Based Recruitment Marketing Platform with Proprietary Talent Databases

Monster Inc., one of the world's largest employment websites, has launched its Cloud Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) tool to identify and reach qualified candidates with targeted messages and custom recruitment campaigns through a single process. Monster Cloud CRM enables recruiters to scan their private talent databases and run email-based recruiting campaigns with custom messages to...

Nine Tips for Recruiting and Retaining Millennials

In a competitive industry filled with young digital professionals, hiring and retaining a talented team is a major challenge and a top priority for all tech-oriented organizations. With the recent press surrounding the millennial population, any company that strives for significant growth over the next decade will need to take this new and exciting population very seriously. So what are the...

Recruiting for Soft Skills Doesn't Make You a Softie

There's been a lot of buzz about the extinction of the traditional resume. Professional social networks like LinkedIn are slowly but surely killing the paper dinosaur, but there's not a whole lot of discussion as to why this is the case. Currently, the job market is leaning towards a list of skills and qualifications as a means of deciding a candidate's fit for a position, not...

Apex Payroll Releases Next-Gen HCM Solution

Apex Payroll, a provider of comprehensive payroll, payroll tax, human resources, and timekeeping cloud-based technology, has announced at its Annual User's Conference the release of a new online workforce management solution, My Employer On The GO. The online tool is designed as a browser and device independent application, allowing businesses and their employees to streamline their...

Is There a Positive Side to High Staff Turnover?

Staff turnover hit the headlines at the start of the year when the Hay Group announced the results of its study, which predicted a talent exodus, with worldwide employee voluntary turnover levels set to "reach new highs, rising sharply in 2014." With this crisis in staff loyalty upon us, it is no surprise to see a lot of commentary on corrective steps that should be taken to counter this threat...

Recruiting and Cultivating Talent in the 'Disengagement Economy'

On first blush, Robert Hall's vision of contemporary life seems nearly apocalyptic: families are breaking apart, customer loyalty is a joke, people hate their jobs, faith communities are fragmented, and the red state/blue state divide looks unbridgeable. In short: human relationships are in a sad state. It's a bleak picture, but Hall, cofounder and former CEO of ActionSystems, now a...

Payrolls Rise at Lowest Rate in 2014

American employers hired fewer workers than forecast in August and the jobless rate dropped because people left the workforce, bolstering those on the Federal Reserve who want to be more deliberate in removing monetary stimulus. The 142,000 advance in payrolls was smaller than the lowest estimate in a Bloomberg survey and followed a revised 212,000 gain in July, figures from the Labor...

CareerBuilder Survey Finds Office Bullying High Across Multiple Demographics

Twenty-eight percent of workers reported they have felt bullied at work, and nearly one in five (19 percent) of these workers left their jobs because of it, according to a CareerBuilder study. The survey found that workers in management roles, those with post-secondary education, and other workforce segments also suffer from bullying, though it is more prevalent for some minorities and low-income...

Have You Checked Your Hiring Process for Transparency?

More than half of the respondents in an employment screening report said that hiring and retaining talent is their top business challenge. Could it be due to the communication disconnect in the job market between employers and candidates? The need for a more transparent recruitment and hiring process is evident, especially with 77 percent of job applicants saying they receive absolutely no...

Interview Questions: the Good, the bad, and the Illegal

They coif their hair, tailor their suits, and shine their shoes. They anxiously wait alongside the ill-prepared for their time slot of as much eye-contact as they can handle without going blind. The millennials scroll down responsive Web pages on their mobiles to cram in as much company knowledge as they can before their time is up. Welcome to the interview life. They've prepared and...

Workboard Helps Distributed Teams Achieve Goals with Productivity iPhone App

Workboard Inc., a provider of management, teamwork and leadership solutions, has released the latest version of its iPhone app. The mobile app is built for Workboard users to easily communicate by sharing and prioritizing goals, collaborate on action items and track work through completion. Workboard is a web-based application used by to share priorities, action items and feedback, and to...

Why So Many People Won't Talk to You, if You Aren't a Wireless Phone (Part I)

It's a catchy, humorous title that makes a point, even if through some hyperbole. The paradox it exposes is, however, no exaggeration. Because of wireless technology, those who are far are near; those who are near (say, in a shared elevator) are far. You're at a bus stop, or on a train, with lots of time before your long daily commute to or from the office is over once again, with a...

Have You Ever Been Asked to Reapply for Your Own Job?

What would you do if you were asked to reapply for your own job? You'd think it quite a peculiar request, right? I mean, how can you apply for a job you already have? Well, as some of you may have experienced unfortunately, your company is, under certain circumstances, able to put staff jobs back on the internal job market and have employees reapply for their own jobs. Why would they do this?...

Payrolls Up in 35 States in August, Unemployment Up in 24

Payrolls climbed in 35 states in August, while the unemployment rate rose in 24, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. California led the nation with a 44,200 increase in payrolls, followed by Florida with 22,700 more jobs. While national payroll gains slowed in August compared to the previous six months, labor market indicators have shown signs of strength as an improving...

What Can We Learn from 2014's High-Profile Firings?

It is estimated that replacing a lost employee costs a company anywhere from 90 percent to 200 percent of that person's annual salary. For any size company, that number is huge, but when you consider the sheer amount of money some high-profile careers offer, that total can be devastating. Recently, the news has been hopping with big name CEOs and athletes who face employment loss. While...

How Video Interviews Simplify Retail Recruitment

Recruitment in the retail industry is a time-consuming process. Whereas hiring managers in other industries may selectively interview candidates based on strong resumes, retail hiring managers usually have to make staffing decisions based on personal interviews. Retail representatives are hired based on skill sets that are difficult to define on paper, which means that hundreds of potential...

What Fantasy Football Can Teach Recruiters

As the leaves start to fall and the cold air settles in, the beginning of fall is a joyous occasion for some. It's the perfect time of year to go apple picking, carve pumpkins, and begin your fantasy football season. Some of us have already begun and others are still waiting for their drafts to take place. But most of us have never given much thought to how fantasy football can make an impact...

5 Ways to Reward Staff that Don't Require Much Money

When most employers think about reward, they tend to think of it in a monetary sense, e.g., what pay, bonus, and benefit levels will enable staff to feel valued while encouraging specific, positive behaviors? However, a purely monetary approach to reward will make your reward program unnecessarily expensive and less effective. Did you know that there are plenty of non-financial types of...

Bersin by Deloitte Examines Biggest Drivers of Talent Acquisition Performance

A new report examines 16 factors that drive the performance of a talent acquisition department. In a study of 297 talent-acquisition professionals, Bersin by Deloitte Consulting LLP looked at what moves talent acquisition departments from being transactional and reactive to being stronger, with branding, pipeline building, strong assessment practices, and a nice integration with the...

Research Finds Job Seekers Demand Job Applications Be Made Available on Mobile

Job site Indeed.com has released global research examining job search behavior in the U.S., U.K., and Australia. Globally, 62 percent of job seekers are using mobile devices for their job search and 55 percent of jobseekers cite 'convenience' as the core driver for mobile job search. Another 66 percent of individuals would apply for a job opportunity on a mobile device if the process was...

Why Your Organization Needs to Tread Carefully on Social Media

(Note: This article deals with some events that occurred much earlier in the month, but I waited to write it because doing so at the time seemed crass to me. These corporate mistakes are related to two very serious occurrences – i.e., the anniversary of 9/11 and the assault of Janay Rice – I didn't want to detract from those occurrences by shifting the spotlight to related, but...

Should You Believe What You See in a Video Interview?

Video interviews have been around for quite some time now, and I guess that many of you probably feel there is not much left to learn about this expedient format of interviewing. The benefits always outweighed the drawbacks in the early days, as video interviewing was overwhelmingly enabling. Now that video interviewing is established as a mainstream form of interviewing, we can now look at some...

Finding Jobs with Good Work-Life Balance

It's no secret that millennials seek a balance in their lives so that their professions don't define them. But the question has always been, "What jobs provide that balance?" Now there is an answer for what the top 20 jobs are for work-life balance. Here is the list from Glassdoor.com. The report is based on at least 20 work-life balance ratings per job title shared on Glassdoor between July...

CAYIN Unveils Next-Gen Digital Signage Player with Upgraded SMP-NEO Software

CAYIN Technology has announced the launch of its next-generation digital signage player, embedded with renewed and upgraded SMP-NEO system software. The CAYIN SMP-NEO series digital signage player includes four significant features of SMP-NEO: SMP-NEO has a new UI that utilizes various visualizations, such as infographics, calendars, maps, icons, and network topologies, to present data...

ADP Small Business Report: Employment Increased by 78,000 in August

Private sector small business employment increased by 78,000 jobs from July to August according to the August ADP Small Business Report. Employment data that are specific to businesses with 49 or fewer employees is reported each month and broadly distributed to the public, free of charge. The ADP Small Business Report is produced by ADP, a leading global provider of Human Capital Management...

Innovative Reward Techniques for Your Employee Referral Program

When launching a referral program, the foremost thing that organizations need to consider is the "why factor" - why should employees refer? Since referring candidates is not part of their basic job responsibilities, there has to be a compelling reason for employees to consider participating in the program. Unless the reasons are compelling enough to motivate employees to participate, all the...

'Recruiter' in Paradise: This Is Work?

Meet Melchor Baldevieso, 32. That's him, basking in the sunshine aboard an employer's pontooned motorized banka, or "pump boat", the "Princess Hanessa", anchored in the dappled turquoise glassy waters off Crocodile Island (which is only shaped like a croc, not home to even one) in legendary Boracay, Philippines. (No sharks either, say the locals.) He's on the job—the job of...

ManpowerGroup Finds Hiring Plans Up for Q4 2014

The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, released by ManpowerGroup, indicates momentum in hiring plans among U.S. employers for Quarter 4 2014, as U.S. employers report the strongest Net Employment Outlook since Q1 2008. The Q4 2014 Net Employment Outlook of +15 percent is up from +14 percent in Quarter 3 2014 and from +13 percent over the year. Of the more than 18,000 U.S. employers...

4 HR Questions Big Data Can Answer Better Than a Human Can

HR big data comes with a big reputation: it can transform business decision-making, and it can boost credibility and influence. In fact, a lack of data-backed decision making is damaging HR credibility, as shown by this report by KPMG, which revealed that 85 percent of CEOs surveyed believe that HR teams 'fail to provide insightful analytics' and that this erodes trust. Many HR...

How to Turn Down Your Boss the Easy Way

Saying no to a boss is nerve-wracking and induces fears for retaliation. No one wants to do it, but if you value your job, you should be prepared to decline assignments when necessary. Saying no is preferable to doing a subpar job, and your boss is likely to respect your honesty. Use these tips to say "no" to requests professionally and with integrity. The most effective way to say no is to...

eBay Enterprise Announces Platform to Drive One-to-One Commerce Marketing

eBay Enterprise, a global provider of retail-optimized commerce solutions, has announced the eBay Enterprise Commerce Marketing Platform, a new omnichannel engagement suite that will enable marketers to drive and optimize one-to-one commerce at scale. Designed and built in strategic partnership with FICO, a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, the platform...