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June Job Openings Experience Five-year High Though Hiring Remains Modest

The U.S. Labor Department has reported that employers advertised more jobs in June than at any other point within the past five years. The positive news was countered by the finding that employers are also hiring fewer workers, a mixed signal for the job market. Job openings rose by 29,000 over May, reaching 3.94 million; however, total hiring was down by 289,000 to 4.2 million—the biggest one...

HireVue Acquires Advanced Interview Coordination Software Reschedge

Leading talent interaction and digital recruiting provider HireVue recently announced that is has acquired Reschedge, the world's most advanced interview coordination software. The cloud-based solution has a unique algorithm that automatically crawls through calendars to connect the right people at the most convenient time and place. Reschedge's team will be joining the team at...

New Offering Delivers Context-aware Talent Solution from SumTotal, Skillsoft

A partnership between integrated HR-solutions firm SumTotal Systems and learning-content company Skillsoft has resulted in an industry first intelligent talent solution. The offering allows companies to deliver in-context learning and talent content to employees both when and where they need it. SumTotal's recently announced elixHR platform provides Skillsoft content assets such as traditional...

4 Reasons for Recruiters to Stay Home and Out of the Polar Vortex

It's no joke out there as this polar vortex sweeps across the nation. As I write from a recliner here in Omaha, Nebraska, the temperature is at -9 degrees and the wind chill is at -36. Skin can literally freeze in a matter of minutes, about how long it takes to scrape the ice off of an entire SUV. While going into the office is possible, who in Sam Hell wants to go out in this?! Here are four...

Serf's Up!—Modern 'Debt Serfdom' vs. the Enviable Leisure Time of a Medieval Peasant

"Manorial records from fourteenth-century England indicate an extremely short working year—175 days—for servile laborers"— Juliet B. Schor It has been widely lamented of late that the average worker is sinking into a state of near serfdom—especially with respect to onerous debt, dubbed "debt serfdom", increasing work hours and the need to hold down multiple jobs, often at lower...

Organizational Performance Suffers as Project Managers Lack Professional Development

A new study by ESI International, the Global State of the PMO annual survey, has shown that organizations offering professional development training for project managers have a higher project success rate. The survey also found that project managers are being trained by as much as 20 percent fewer skills than in 2012. Organizations that do apply training on the job and measure its impact on...

Should Your Effort at Work Truly Mirror Your Compensation?

How many people have come across a job ad that said, "Salary is commensurate with experience"? I've seen too many to count. So, a candidate applies for the job with the experience-based salary, lands an interview, impresses the hiring manager and is ultimately offered the position. Now it's time for salary negotiations. The hiring manager tells the worker the company will offer...

Providing Candidate Feedback on a Shoestring

In the first part of this article, we showed studies which revealed that 80 percent of employers were not providing candidate feedback. So, what? I hear you say. Well what we also argued, based on evidence, was that a failure to provide candidate feedback would damage both your employer and company brand, making it harder for you to attract top talent via word of mouth hiring and social referrals...

Job Search Lessons from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

As we all know, poor Rudolph was a bit of an outcast. Shunned by his peers and unappreciated for his unique talents, he might have lived the rest of his days in obscurity, had not Santa recognized his glowing red nose as the solution to his supply chain problem. (Incidentally, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created by Robert L. May in 1939 as a promotion for Montgomery Ward department...

Is the Best Candidate the one Who's Good at Getting Hired?

Beyond.com does over 10,000 resume critiques every day. Our career advocates talk to thousands of people a month, and we conduct research and surveys to understand the behavior and attitudes of thousands of career professionals. Our complimentary services help many people improve their resume, and we offer a paid service for those who want to rely on a resume writing professional to hone their...

Fluig Identity Beta Merges ID Management, Talent Management with Big Data

Business management software developer TOTVS has announced the availability of the beta version of Fluig Identity, a cloud-based identity management service with Big Data combined with talent management capabilities. The offering lets business combine social media and enterprise data to construct an identity graph making it easy to match open positions with employee strengths. To do so, Fluig...

Efforts-to-Outcomes Insight Tool Released by Social Solutions

Developer of Efforts-to-Outcomes (ETO) software, Social Solutions, has announced the release of ETO Insight to provide a tool that offers service providers insight into client progress toward goals with rapid response to client needs. ETO Insight, now a standard feature with TouchPoints, is a configurable reporting dashboard tool that offers a quick, visual view of progress towards an...

Meta-Costs: The Costs of Calculating Your Hiring and Opportunity Costs

Every decision you make, every resource you use carries opportunity costs—alternatives that you've given up because of a decision—including the opportunity to have made any of infinite alternative, foregone decisions. Those opportunity costs can also be measured in terms of the value—cash, moral, sentimental, status, etc.—of what your resource could have gotten you if expended...

How to Match Military Skills to Private Careers

There's an obvious challenge for veterans looking for work and the companies wanting to employ them: matching military skill sets with civilian hiring needs from corporations who may not be willing to hire them in the first place. The employer and job hunter both need to identify the right crossover skills. Smart human resource professionals are going to find success by staying ahead of the...

MS Dynamics and WCC Elise-based Recruitment Solution Increases Efficiency

CRMATCH, a fledgling ICT solutions provider for managing recruitment and employment processes, has announced a new recruitment solution based on Microsoft Dynamics and WCC ELISE. CRMATCH is an accurate CRM system with intelligent search and match functionality to help recruiters manage complex data and find the right candidate via their database, job sites, and social networks. On top of the...

CBO: US on Track for Lowest Deficit in Five Years

The Congressional Budget Office has reported a $97.6 billion deficit in July and continues to predict a 2013 annual budget gap sinking to a five-year low. The July deficit raises the 2013 budget year gap to $607.4 billion, 37.6 percent lower than the $973.8 billion deficit during the first 10 months of 2012. The current annual deficit forecast by the CBO is $670 billion for the budget year ending...

Trimble Announces Next-gen Work Management Solution

A next-generation work management solution has been released by Trimble that provides cloud-based software for making mobile workforces more productive through enhanced scheduling tools and performance analytics. The work management solution is an integrated part of Trimble's suite of field service management solutions. "Field service organizations are constantly striving to be more...

Social Media Takes Poll Position in Internet Activity

No wonder so many recruiting professionals are calling 2013 the year of social recruiting. The social media boom totally changed how we source, recruit and even hire. Everything about recruiting has changed due to social, from screening to sourcing talent pipelines. Recruiters climbed aboard this bullet of a train and have fully embraced the power of reaching sizable audiences with less spend or...

Does Failing to Provide Candidate Feedback Harm Your Business?

According to the 2012 Candidate Experience survey by Gerry Crispin of over 100 American companies, about 79.1 percent of unsuccessful job applicants do not receive feedback from employers and only 9 percent receive what could be considered useful and more detailed feedback. So, the general consensus amongst employers is that providing feedback to candidates is generally not a priority during...

How to Have a More Fulfilling Career

The majority of people want purpose in their job. They want to feel challenged, appreciated and respected, as well as properly compensated. Unfortunately, many waste countless hours dreaming of improvement while few take action toward achieving concrete goals that lead to a prosperous work life. Success begins with being motivated to continually improve as an individual as well as improving...

Glassdoor: 42 Percent of Workers Expect Pay Raises in 2014

According to the Glassdoor Q4 2013 Employment Confidence Survey, around one in three employees (32 percent) said pay raises were among their top work-related resolutions for 2014, while 42 percent of workers expect a pay raise in the next twelve months—a high in nearly two years, Glassdoor said . The survey results also showed that 22 percent of the 2,000+ respondents said looking for a new job...

4 Areas that Keep HR up at Night

Oh HR, the beloved human resources department. Many debates have accumulated on whether or not companies really benefit from having this particular group of people. Some people say "no," let's do away with HR. Case in point, Bernard Marr's article, "Why We No Longer Need HR Departments." He offers some pretty compelling reasons for why a company's HR department should get the...

The Law of 50 and 30 in Under Employment

Talk of unemployment rates and the bad economy was all conversation and news was about just a few years ago. Now that the unemployment rate is back to a suitable number, the chatter has subsided and things are back to normal. Well, they're actually super not back to normal. A less noticed section of workers is on the rise; the under-employed. These are workers who do have jobs, but their...

Starting a Business After Age 50: A Look at Baby Boomers and Entrepreneurship

When you hear the word "startup" most often you think of millennials. Known as the "go-getters," it's no surprise that entrepreneurship is associated with this generation. In fact, a poll revealed that 54 percent of the nation's millennials either want to start a business or already have started one, and another 11 percent planned to start one within the next year. Startups are...

NetTemps.com Acquired by Major Niche Job Board Operator

NetTemps.com, a leading resource for IT and engineering positions and management jobs, has been acquired by JobsInLogistics.com, Inc., which operates a number of niche boards such as JobsInLogistics.com, AllRetailJobs.com, JobsInTrucks.com, and others. NetTemps.com brings over 20,000 employment related sites from its job distribution network and its audience of candidates for management, hourly,...

Should Employees Appear in Employer Brand Advertising?

Twenty years ago the answer to this question would have been a simple "no." The idea that a company would spend (well risk, actually) $1 million on prime time TV ad space featuring eager but cinematically incompetent employees was preposterous. Most companies would not even be able to afford it, let alone entertain the prospect. But, as we know things have changed. Thanks to the internet and...

What You Need to Know Before Changing Careers

Changing careers used to be considered a very risky and foolish move. Decades ago, it was rare to change career paths and blaze new trails. Not only were college educations fewer (many people were more hesitant to switch careers after studying so many years at their chosen profession), but work experience and loyalty to one's firm was considered of the utmost priority. Of course, today's...

Worker Productivity Increases at Fastest Pace in Four Years

Worker productivity was boosted at its highest level in four years during Q3 2013, indicating improved economic growth. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, productivity increased at an annual rate of 3 percent, up from the 1.9 percent estimate and the 1.8 percent rate recorded during Q2. The rise in productivity was due to increased economic growth that was much stronger than estimated....

Accountemps Survey Suggests Productivity Peaks on Tuesdays

A new survey from Accountemps indicates that Tuesday is ranked as the day considered the most productive by HR managers. Thursday and Friday were virtually tied for the least productive days of the week. Nearly 40 percent of polled HR managers reported Tuesday as the most productive day. Tuesday has long been cited as the most productive day in similar surveys over multiple decades. When asked...

Pick up the Phone and Cold Call – It Works for Job Seekers

One of the most effective tools job hunters have at their disposal is the cold call – but only if it's done correctly. Simple steps can turn the daunting task into a pleasant experience that could result in employment. Chad Oakley, president and chief operating officer at Charles Aris, said the reason for the cold call is two-fold: a) Many companies don't post every role they're looking to...

Top Business Trends of 2013 List Released by MyCorporation.com

In its "2013 Business Trends: Year in Review" infographic, MyCorporation.com has identified the top business trends in the U.S. for the year. Based on data including over 100,000 businesses formed, the study identified micro-sized businesses as the largest area of business growth in 2013. Micro-sized businesses were followed by extra-large Fortune 500 companies. Business were surveyed on...

How to Rehire (Not Fire) a Failing Employee

Research suggests that around 38 percent of employers allocate their highest levels of resources to poor performers and just 8 percent give much of their time to high performers. This means that it's likely that most of you will have experienced the situation of a failing employee; that is, someone who is not meeting performance targets and who you are perhaps considering firing or placing on a...

2013 Atlas Van Lines Migration Patterns Details America's Relocation Trends

Atlas, one of the nation's leading movers, recently released its annual study "2013 Atlas Van Lines Migration Patterns," which tracks the nation's interstate (between states) moving patterns year-to-year. The most recent study found that the majority of America achieved a balance between inbound and outbound moves, while the total number of moves increased 6 percent from 2012. Similar...

'If I Didn't Work, I'd Be Bored to Death'—Really? [Part II]

As was explained in Part I, those with "monotonous" jobs who say that not having to work and being nonemployed would "bore them to death" may actually believe that 1. such nonemployment freedom would somehow be more "monotonous" or anxiety-inducing than their jobs. 2. contrary to the perceptions of others, their jobs are not monotonous. 3. not working will cost them...

In-House Recruiters: Here's Why You're not Being Paid Enough

"She's doing quite well" "Very hardworking" "Some of what he does is pretty good" "We're quite pleased" Just some of the euphemisms you will read on someone's first appraisal. The truth is probably something closer to: "We had high hopes as they looked so good on paper and blew us away face-to-face and whilst they're doing ok, we're not exactly bowled...

Do You Support this Lawsuit Against Facebook?

Two Facebook users, Matthew Campbell and Michael Hurley, have brought a lawsuit against Facebook, the world's largest social networking site. According to CNN.com, the two men desire the lawsuit to be turned into a class action lawsuit on behalf of 166 million more Facebook users. They accuse the company of scanning "private" messages between users for links and other information, which...

Getting Back to Work After the Holidays

It's rough. We're used to sitting around with a beer in one hand and drumstick in the other. It's funny how getting used to doing absolutely nothing can be a habit in three days. Why can't workout routines or healthy eating become habit in that amount of time? In any case, it's back to work, and that actually means more than your body occupying a seat. Time off usually means extra work...

Employees Fear America to Lose Entrepreneurial Lead from Lack of Corporate Support

According to a new study by Accenture, U.S. employees are eager to be entrepreneurial, but most think that their companies are not doing enough to support their efforts to generate ideas. Entitled "Corporate Innovation is Within Reach: Nurturing and Enabling an Entrepreneurial Culture," the study revealed that 53 percent of employees think that their employers have improved their support of...

RIVS Details Partnership, Solution Integration with HiringThing

Digital interviewing provider RIVS has announced the details of its partnership with HiringThing, a recruitment management software provider. This strategic partnership and solution integration will help streamline the recruiting process through the combination of RIVS's digital interviewing platform and HiringThing's Job Posting and Applicant Tracking platforms. The integration will allow...

CareerCloud Launches Premium Job Leads to Help Employers Publicize Future Hiring Needs

CareerCloud, LLC recently launched a "Premium Job Leads," a new tool designed to help employers spread the word about upcoming job openings. Premium Job Leads is a social and mobile friendly online job flyer, which the company says helps drive qualified traffic to a company's career site. Employers fill out a short form describing the number of jobs they need to fill, the reason behind...

4 Recruitment Marketing Action Points for 2014

Are you planning to update your recruitment marketing strategy for 2014? Or, are you planning to continue (or already continuing) with the well used 2013 version? Will your 2014 marketing budget submission be a safe replica of the already accepted 2013 budget, with perhaps a tame 3 percent uplift to acknowledge inflation? If this is what you are planning to do with your recruitment...

Millennials Would Rather Talk than Text at Work

There's a common perception about Millennials that they are the generation that would rather communicate through keystrokes than in person. That's why the Internet, through social media networks like LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter, would seem to be the best way to network them for recruiting. One major study contradicts that thinking on a global basis. Turns out Millennials, those folks born...

How Do You Feel About Spying on Employees?

It turns out that IKEA is A-okay with it and has been for 10 years now. That's right, in the last 10 years, the New Times reports that Swedish furniture company IKEA has spent $654,170 on hiring private investigators to follow around their employees in France. While we hold our privacy dear here in the United States, it turns out that most European countries, including France, have far more...

The New Way to Get a Job in the Digital Age

In this digital age, both job applications and interviews are undergoing a technological evolution. Questions that require video responses are now often found on job applications and interviews are regularly carried out over Skype. One revolutionary new hiring app that features questions requiring recorded responses on their job applications is Apploi. Whether through audio or video (two of...

Chally Group Releases PerformanceTrac 2.0 with Expanded Talent Insights

Chally Group Worldwide has released PerformanceTrac 2.0 for businesses to target development solutions and drive productivity across the workforce. PerformanceTrac provides data-driven diagnoses of workforce potential and comparisons of that data with the current state of performance. This helps determine a precise transition and developmental plan necessary to meet strategic goals. "We know...

Merger of Elance and oDesk to Accelerate Online Work Movement

Leading online workplaces Elance and oDesk have announced an agreement to merge the two companies to better connect people with employers while creating better access to top talent for businesses. The new company will continue to operate as two separate platforms at the original destinations of elance.com and odesk.com. The newly formed entity will invest more resources in technology and on...

'Bitterdankenfreude': Joyful Thanks for Bitter Defeat—a Powerful Life and Career Tool

Have you never been wronged in a way that was just right? It begins with someone or some situation wrecking your life or at least making it a whole lot harder, crushing your hopes and bitterly disappointing or discouraging you. Setting the Stage for "Bitterdankenfreude" You apply for a dream job and are ignored, or worse, get it and lose it to downsizing. Or a malicious colleague at work...

Bloomberg Index Says Wage Growth to Increase in 2014

Bloomberg BNA's Wage Trend Indicator (WTI) predicts an accelerated growth in income during the second half of 2014. After consecutive quarters with flat wages, the index rose from 98.7 in Q3 2013 to 98.78. Private-sector wage growth is expected to be 2 percent over the coming months, higher than the 1.8 percent year-over-year gains demonstrated in the third quarter. "We are beginning to...