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Monster Announces Availability of New Social Recruiting and Comms Products

Monster has announced the launch of two new social recruiting services, TalentBin by Monster and Monster Twitter Cards, as well as a new communications platform called Monster Talent CRM. Monster's new strategy focuses on adding massive scale to its business, expanding its total addressable market, and significantly increasing and enhancing the value it provides to customers through a variety...

WittyParrot Releases New Content Delivery Platform with Free Trial Download

WittyParrot has announced a 14-day trial download of the WittyParrot content delivery platform. "We are thrilled to offer 14-day trial evaluation versions of the WittyParrot product for individuals and businesses to experience the simplicity of capturing, sharing and reusing content," Anil Jwalanna, CEO of WittyParrot, said. WittyParrot helps marketers, salespeople and customer-facing...

Which Jobs Will Soon be Replaced by Robots?

It would be easy for readers to dismiss this article as some kind of science fiction banter, but the truth is that automation has been replacing human jobs for over a century now, so it's really science reality. What's changing now is the sheer scale and intellectual capacity of job automation by 'software substitution', and it's something that all workers, job seekers and agency recruiters...

Interview is to Job Offer as Clothing is to First Impression?

The title of this article is slightly incorrect as we all know every interview does not equal someone being offered a job. Yet, does a job seeker's clothing always affect other's first impression of the individual, whether positive or negative? I ask this question because of a recent observation: While in Barnes Noble, I noticed a gentleman seated across from me conducting job...

4 Tips to Stay Productive This Summer Season

The summer season is in full swing, but are you ready to tackle it effectively this year? We've all undoubtedly felt the increasing temperatures outside, but what about the heat that tends to rise inside the office? You know, that sluggish feeling as the sun's rays peek through the office window, beckoning you to ditch the cubicle and come outside? It can be pretty tempting to call in "sick" or...

Randstad Study Reveals What Employees Want Most from Their Employers

According to a Randstad survey of more than 11,000 U.S. adults, honesty, reliability, and security outranked every other workplace trait workers are looking for when seeking a new employer. A few traits that respondents didn't care about were state-of-the-art technology, environmental commitment, and willingness to take chances. Top ranked "corporate personality" traits were: •...

Step Right Up

It's not a job search. It's a snipe hunt. I'm wandering through the woods, nose to the ground like a bloodhound, looking for something that doesn't exist. And even though I know it's a hoax, even though I know that I'll never find anything, I keep searching, clapping my hands like a child and calling, "Here Snipe! Here Job! Here Anything!" Gone are the days where I could throw on a tie...

Starbucks: How Tuition Reimbursement Benefits Both Employee and Employer

One of the top 100 companies to work for is collaborating with one of the top 100 Universities in the world to provide tuition assistance to its employees. "I love that we can receive benefits and stock rewards at 20 hours/week...there is potential for anyone to move up the ladder," explained a Starbucks employee, in response to its ranking by Fortune. Not only does Starbucks treat its...

The Curse of Job Hunting in Your Shangrila

It's always the same: The more beautiful or otherwise appealing the locale, the harder it is to find a job there—or so it seems. Job hunting in one's Shangrila appears to be stymied by what looks like the curse of an inverse law: the more irresistible the location, the more difficult it is to land a job there. The specific locales, like those to be analyzed here, illustrate the relentless...

iCIMS Releases eBook for Job Seekers

Leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition software solutions, iCIMS, Inc. recently released the second in a two-part series of research eBooks, which object to provide dynamic data insights on job seekers and recruiters to help today's candidates with their job hunt. The "Searching for the Perfect Job: The Resume, Interview, and More" research eBook is now available...

Is it Possible to Hypnotize Your Interviewer?

There are thought to be several power words in hypnosis that are supposed to be able to tap into the unconscious mind and enable you to unknowingly pull the strings of the people you are engaging. Of course, we are not talking zombie-like trances here, but more subconscious persuasion and mild influence. Typically, these power words are used in sales and marketing to help convince a buyer/client,...

Boxwood Technology Launches Virtual Career Fair Solution

Boxwood Technology, a provider of career center and career-related services to the association community, has announced the launch of Virtual Career Fair, a cost-effective way of bringing employers and job-seekers together in a confidential setting. Employers gain the benefit of screening high quality candidates while associations benefit by delivering another valuable member service, with no...

Building the Dream Team

Imagine you're a basketball coach, coaching your team during the biggest game of the year. You've trained your team throughout the year, drilling into them the various plays and passes, both offense and defense. It's coming down to the last minute, score is tied, and suddenly the stars align. Your team is in the perfect position – your point guard sees your power guard wide open, passes...

How to Fire Yourself and Hire a Replacement?

As a CEO/founder of a successful business you are likely to find yourself in the unique position of potentially having to fire yourself and hiring a replacement (crazy as this may sound. Yes, a HBR study shows that just 50 percent of CEOs remain in control after 3 years, 40 percent after 4 years and less than 25 percent were leading their company at IPO. It stands to reason, really, because the...

Obesity and How it's Affecting the Workforce

Employee relations and EEO work to solve workplace conflict and they deal with discrimination so that it doesn't have to go to court. However, times and stereotypes are changing; the growing number of overweight (Body Mass Index, BMI, of 25 to 29.9) and obese (BMI of 30 or more) working professionals deal with workplace discrimination and workplace bullying. But is it really discrimination...

Summit Research Confirms Link between Employee Benefits and Company Growth

Summit Professional Networks, a leader in information services for the insurance, financial services and legal industries, has launched the Sustained Growth Collaborative (SGC). The SGC is a major research and content initiative in conjunction with the Institute for Exceptional Growth Companies (IEGC). The SGC's mission is to foster a better understanding of middle market companies and to...

LBi Software Puts HR Case Management in Reach of SMB Market

LBi Software, provider of customer-focused human resources technology, has announced a fully-featured HR case management and call-tracking workflow solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). LBi Software is now offering its flagship solution, LBi HR HelpDesk, to the small and midsize business (SMB) market in tiered pricing model including a free-forever trial for companies with fewer...

Korn Ferry Launches Big Data Talent Analytics Engine

Korn Ferry has announced the launch of Korn Ferry's Four Dimensions of Leadership Talent (KF4D). KF4D, which will serve as the firm's new talent intelligence "engine," helps companies to identify top talent for their organizations, assess performance and developmental gaps of their leaders, measure the effectiveness of their global talent workforce overall, and compare their level...

12 Action Items for Creating an Amazing Employee Referral Program

As reported by the 2012 CareerXroads Annual Source of Hire Report, referrals are the number one source of external hires, at 24.5%. The average organization gets nearly a quarter of their outside hires from referrals; consider what a company with an above average employee referral program could do. CEO of TalentSark, Dave Lefkow reports that successful programs have the potential to generate...

When and Why Employees Should (Not) Be Paid in Advance

Try to get your dog to roll over or beg by giving it a doggy biscuit before it does the trick. Actually, don't. That will never work. It won't work with dogs, cats, lions, horses, porpoises, mice, bears or any other animal domestic, wild or in a circus or lab—except for one: humans, who will not only understand and happily accept a reward in advance, including payment in advance, but...

Survey: 61 Percent of Workers Believe Job Hopping Damages Career Advancement

According to the 2014 Emerging Workforce Study, workers perceive job hopping as damaging to a person's career success and believe being loyal to one employer pays off in the long run. The study of more than 2,000 U.S. workers, which was conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Spherion Staffing Services, showed that 61 percent of respondents feel that "changing jobs every few years is usually...

Can An Employee Bounce Back From a Demotion?

In the current career ladder style of career progression, the only way is up, but unfortunately, there isn't a mandatory parachute provided, and often the only way down is to take a crashing fall or at the very least an undignified demotion. This can mean that demoted employees can feel demoralized, disengaged and dispossessed which can lead to further under-performance and a heavy dismissal at...

Do You Orientate or Indoctrinate New Hires?

I have been experiencing a growing disquiet with the all prevailing and almost universally accepted practice of culture fit based hiring. Why? Because it is regarded as the magic wand of hiring yet its flaws are regularly overlooked. Flaws, such as it limiting diversity and creating homogeneous teams that may struggle to question the status quo and which could stifle innovation. But, don't get...

Words of Advice from our Founding Fathers

Happy Independence Day! On this day we celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, and the 13 colonies that separated themselves from the rule of Great Britain to establish what we now know as the United States of America. This day will be filled with barbecues, family and friends getting together and many, many fireworks displays. And although all of these...

Send Word Now Announces Employee and Customer Communications App

Send Word Now, the leading provider of emergency notification and critical communications services, has announced the release of SWN Direct, the company's newest solution for urgent corporate communications and collaboration. SWN Direct is a recipient mobile app that enables rapid, secure and encrypted interactions between an organization and its employees, customers and stakeholders. "Our...

PremierPoint Solutions Releases No-Cost Edition of Site Provisioning and Governance Assistant for SharePoint

PremierPoint Solutions today announced the release of a no-cost edition of its Site Provisioning and Governance Assistant (SPGA) for SharePoint. The free edition of SPGA, an automated SharePoint self-service site collection creation tool, allows users to create and provision unlimited SharePoint site collections automatically, with all the capabilities and limits the administrator has...

Befriending the Big Fish: Do or Don't?

It's nice to be friendly with coworkers, and even candidates. But what happens when they want to take things to the next level? Facebook Official... What do you do? Making a first impression is critical in developing a professional relationship. While gestalts are important, you can't fall privy to failing the relationship. Posting something negative or obscene is a quick way to poison that...

A Nine-Step Hiring Process? Rigorous Screening to Find the Best Candidates

Maren Donovan, CEO and founder of Zirtual, a service that connects busy professionals and entrepreneurs with virtual assistants, is a bit of an iconoclast. With Zirtual, she challenged the status quo and democratized the world of personal assistants by building a nationwide network of virtual employees who perform the duties of traditional personal assistants at more affordable...

Voxy Announces Unique Referral Incentive, All-expense Paid Vacation

Education technology company, Voxy, recently announced its unique approach to the employee referral scheme. The company is offering an all-expense-paid immersion trip to anyone who recommends a friend to work at Voxy—regardless of whether the referrer works for the business. The company explained that it is looking for talented engineers interested in working on game-changing, innovative...

5 Wily Ways to Lead the Pack

Notice that the title above does not distinguish the global pack of job seekers from the global pack of recruiters and HR managers. That's because the five tips that follow are for both groups. If you follow these suggestions, you will indeed stand out among your competitors who, because of the pressures to upgrade and push harder in a tight job market or merely because of their sheer...

Randstad Finds Millennials Don't Stop Working on Vacation

According to a new Randstad engagement study, more than four in 10 workers check in with work while on vacation, and one-quarter of employees feel guilty if they actually take all their vacation days. Major takeaways from the study include: • 42 percent of employees feel obligated to check in with work while on vacation; and • 26 percent feel guilty using all of their allotted...

Harris Allied: Branding Should be Leveraged as a Recruiter Tool

Executive search firm Harris Allied suggests that a potential employer's value to the marketplace and its key points of differentiation can play a key role in its ability to attract top talent as part of its recruiting efforts. Factors such as the marquee value of a company's name, its industry position, and even its corporate culture all contribute to the brand presence that can influence...

Big Data Changing Face of Recruiting

In "The Graduate," Dustin Hoffman's character was told the future was plastics. Fast forward almost 50 years, and that advice might now be stated as "Big data" and nowhere is that more apparent than in human resources. "Big data is the future of recruiting, but you can't just data mine your way to the right candidate," Ali Behnam, cofounder and managing partner of Riviera Partners, told...

Unqualified for the Job? Sell Yourself in 4 Ways

Let me paint a picture for you—one that many job seekers find themselves in today. Carol is a 25-year-old employed PR assistant who hates her job. She's been working for a small firm since college graduation, but recently began applying for new roles. Carol is a great writer and communicator with ample experience in the PR field. And besides working for the same firm for the past 3 years,...

I Need a Raise! How to get What you Deserve

Asking for a raise is one of those things, like doing your taxes, which you only do when you have to. It isn't a fun thing, to ask your boss for more money for the same work, but sometimes you just have to be brave. Corporate war chests, thanks to the recession, are larger than they've been in the past, while compensation hasn't increased much. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...

Subliminal Sourcing: Courting Candidates Through the Subconscious?

Like many scientific advances, the progression of neuroscience over the latter half of the twentieth century has been both wonderful and slightly disturbing to watch. Wonderful because the discipline has allowed us to more fully understand ourselves and the world we live in — and, hopefully, that will continue; disturbing because neuroscience has revealed some truths that may be difficult to...

IT Hiring Gets Broader and Deeper in 2014, Says Computer Economics

More than half of IT organizations are increasing IT staff headcount this year in the most positive sign for IT job growth since the beginning of the recession, according to the 25th annual Computer Economics IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study. The most positive finding in the study this year is that at the median, IT staff headcount will rise 1.0 percent, an indicator that has remained...

Recruiters on jobipedia.org Advise Job Seekers to Volunteer

According to recruiting professionals from jobipedia.org, a free career advice website, college graduates who desire to land jobs and who don't have internships under their belt should volunteer. And a recent study "Volunteering as a Pathway to Employment" by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), supports the jobipedia.org experts' advice. The CNCS study revealed...

WCRI Identifies New Predictors of Worker Outcomes

Eight new studies from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) identified new predictors of worker outcomes that can help improve the treatment and communication an injured worker receives after an injury, leading to better outcomes. "Better information about the predictors of poorer worker outcomes may allow payors and doctors to better target health care and return-to-work...

A Quick Lesson in Digital Tech Etiquette

Yahoo! recently posted a video, "New Rules for Stylish and Proper Tech Behavior with Guest Voice of Reason: Jerry Seinfeld" where the comedian gave "advice" about today's tech etiquette. The video followed a QA along the lines of: Q: Dear Jerry, If someone posts about a death in their family, is it appropriate to "Like" the post? A: Yes, yes. Death is not 100 percent...

Isn't My Boss Supposed To Manage Me?

Many employees find themselves in a weird, topsy turvy, reverse management situation where they feel the need to pressure and chase their boss who is not living up to their expectations in one or more areas. They might not be paying enough attention to your queries, or they may be overly critical, failing to recognize good performance. It's a common problem as shown by this Dale Carnegie Training...

The Cold, Hard Truth About "Ideal" Jobs

In a perfect world, everyone lands a perfect job: they fit with the company culture; they love what they do; they get along well with their colleagues and bosses; they perform well; they make enough money to live comfortably. Oh, how rarely this actually happens. According to a Gallup poll released last year, there are two "actively disengaged" employees for every "engaged" employee...

Aging Workers Push Disability Costs Higher According to New Disability Report

The cost of long-term disability claims rose for at least a fifth straight year as expenses tied to the aging workforce drove payments higher for insurance companies. Insurers paid $9.8 billion in disability claims in 2013, even as the number of workers receiving the payments fell for a second straight year amid a decline in the jobless rate, according to a report by the Council for Disability...

Cost Benefits of Recruiting Baby Boomers

As has been well documented, baby boomers are at retirement age but they're not ready to doddle off into the sunset. They want to stay active in some capacity, which could mean huge cost savings and other less tangible benefits for companies willing to recruit them. That's the viewpoint of Timothy Hearon, managing partner of an outfit called Boomerswork.us. His firm specializes in placing...

Do You Know How To Pitch Yourself At Interview?

We all know that the interview process is a sales process. The client is the employer and the product is you, the candidate. To maximize your chance of being chosen for the job you need to sell yourself effectively, using skills such as: prospecting, appointment setting, pitching, answering questions, and of course, closing the deal. Closing is one of the most crucial yet most overlooked aspects...

New .CAREER Top Level Domain (TLD) Set to Launch

DotCareer LLC has announced the launch of .CAREER. The first phase of the launch is the .CAREER "End Date" Sunrise Period beginning on June 16th, 2014 for 60 days. During the Sunrise Period, registrants with validated marks in the Trademark Clearinghouse may submit an application for an available domain name in .CAREER that matches their mark in the Trademark Clearinghouse. Upon close of...

Feet-Cleaning Fish: a Work-as-Payment Job Model

Imagine that you've hired an insatiable and indiscriminate glutton to dispose of your restaurant's edible garbage. Understandably, you might ask yourself, "Why am I paying this guy—when I'm actually doing him a favor?" From your perspective, his job is his reward; so, separate payment on top of that makes no sense. Generalizing from this example, it's worth asking 1. How many real jobs...

How Not to Build a Company Culture

Let's start with a thought experiment: you arrive at the first day of orientation for your new job. You're seated in an auditorium with a crowd of new recruits, each of you eager to start this adventure together. This, you feel, is going to be a good job. You're passionate about the field and your specific role at this company. You've been so excited over the past couple of days, as the...