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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...

Why You Can No Longer Sue Your Employer

Slideshare offers an interesting slideshow on the top 10 reasons employees sue their employers. They include: 1. An applicant believes he or she should have been hired. 2. An employee believes he or she was unfairly disciplined. 3. An employee believes he or she was harassed. 4. An employee believes he or she was subjected to discrimination. 5. An employee believes he or she was...

Will You Hire Pot Smokers Even if It's Legal?

It's now legal for recreational users to smoke marijuana in Colorado but that doesn't mean employers have to play along. According to the Denver Post's marijuana editor (yes, such a job exists), smoking pot became legal on Jan. 1 after Colorado voters approved a constitutional amendment in November 2012 allowing it. The new law means it's legal for a licensed retail establishment to sell...

Employers Challenged to Attract, Retain Key Workers in 2014, Says Bersin by Deloitte

A new report from research and advisory firm Bersin by Deloitte predicts that companies will be challenged to attract and retain key talent as the global economy continues to recover into 2014. These challenges will demand that organizations focus on talent acquisition, skills development, and generating an engaging work environment while integrating technology and analytics and redesigning the...

Interview Like a Rock Star

As a candidate you are only as desirable as the potential you project during the interview process. Because this first impression is truly the definitive factor that determines whether you will or will not receive the job offer, there is (understandably) significant pressure on job seekers to show off their potential without over-doing it. In other words, you need to interview like a rock star...

Economy Grows at Rate of Over 4 Percent in Wake of Strong Consumer Spending

The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 4.1 percent from July through September, much higher than initially anticipated. The improved rate comes largely thanks to stronger consumer spending (especially in health care) and is the fastest expansion rate in two years. During the second quarter, the economy grew at an annual rate of 2.5 percent, and it is predicted that current-quarter growth will...

10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Asking Any Interview Question

It doesn't matter whether you are the interviewer or are being interviewed. There are ten questions you should ask yourself about any question you are thinking of asking. Here they are: 1. Is my question going to sound clichéd, stale or formulaic, rather than core? You can find yourself impaled on the horns of a dilemma when it comes to asking formulaic, clichéd questions, such as...

Are You Prepared to Work Alone?

This question is directed to management. What would you really do if every single person on your team or in your department called off of work on the same day? This may sound purely hypothetical, but hear me out. A family member was out of town for the holiday season. She used her vacation time to take off, but it did not cover the last two days of the time she'd be away. She also had...

Beyond.com Survey: 33 Percent of Job Seekers Denied Interviews in 2013

Beyond.com, The Career Network focused on helping people grow and succeed professionally, recently announced results from a comprehensive national survey of unemployed Americans detailing their 2013 job search experiences and confidence levels of obtaining a job this year. The survey, which received more than 2,300 responses from unemployed persons in various industries, found that even...

Beyond.com: One-Third of Job Seekers Unable to Land an Interview in 2013

In a survey of more than 2,300 unemployed Americans from various industries, careers website Beyond.com found that nearly 80 percent of job seekers applied for jobs multiple times per week in 2013, yet less than 15 percent landed more than five interviews throughout the year. A further 33 percent reported securing no interviews at all. Over half of respondents said that they had applied to over...

4 Biggest Workplace Fears – and how to Control Them

No matter which side of the fence we sit on—manager, candidate, employee, recruiter—we all have fears. But, facing our fears, and deliberately pushing ourselves outside of our comfort zone, is an important path to self development, self-growth, career progression and promotion. So, what are the biggest workplace fears, and what can we do to overcome them? 1. Fear of public speaking. This...

Social Media Responsibility 101

In this day and age, social media has become more important to our daily lives than ever. Every morning check of Facebook has become as routine as breakfast and coffee and with the ever increasing level of ease in using this type of media through our phones, music players and even cars. There is no doubt of its immersion into our daily lives. This comes with a price, however, that many do not...

A Look at the 2013 HR and Recruiting Space

There's plenty of time to talk about social recruiting, building a company culture and the importance of going mobile. This is a look back at how the recruiting and HR space felt this year. As another great 365 days in the world of HR and recruiting has come and gone, here's a little highlights reel to wrap up what we saw in 2013 complete with buzz terms, what made us laugh, what inspired us,...

3 Benefits of Choosing a Sales Job

We're living in a day and age when good jobs are hard to find. For this reason, it's definitely important to consider positions that make the most of all of your skills. If you happen to have a strong background in sales and you haven't been at least considering applying for positions where that might be an asset, you could be missing out on a wealth of opportunity. Let's take a closer...

Why Your B2B Company Needs a Blog, Like Yesterday!

Many businesses that market to other businesses (B2B) find it challenging to draw the same engagement and excitement, as say, a B2C company might. A lot of B2B companies don't realize what a powerful tool content and resources can be, and that is a huge missed opportunity. As a B2B content creator, I'm going to be honest with you: It's not as easy to create content in this space. That...

Study Reveals Top Seven Factors Disrupting the Workplace in 2013

According to the 2013 Employee Engagement Survey released by TINYpulse, management transparency was a leading factor in determining employee satisfaction, beating out culture and relationships with immediate supervisors. The research also found that relationships with coworkers is more important than relationships with supervisors with a 23.3 percent higher correlation between the former and job...

Is Your Firm Ready to Hire Someone Over 65?

The topic of aging populations has been on the lips of HR professionals for some time now, but it has always been just out of real touching distance as we've never really experienced the sharp end of older worker engagement; that is those over 65, who will represent a fundamental change to the working landscape. But, it seems we are beginning to reach that sharp end now as U.S. DOL...

TheLadders Redesigns Services, Updates Mobile Feature Set and Website

At TheLadders' first ever JobMobile Summit, the company unveiled new features added to both its mobile app and website that accelerate engagement and reduce friction between candidate and recruiter. New features identified at the Summit include: • Push notifications that alert smartphone users of new published jobs within seconds of their posting. • An activity feed that displays...

Recruiting@Work Solution Enables Collaborative and Predictive Hiring

Saba, a leading provider of next-generation cloud solutions, has announced Recruiting@Work, a recruiting solution that addresses three requirements: predictive recruiting, collaborative hiring, and accelerated screening and onboarding. Recruiting@Work is a part of the Saba Cloud and gives recruiters and hiring managers better objectivity when making hiring decisions. The solution is a social,...

Pearls of Wisdom from Leadership Greats

There is always something to be said from taking advice from those who have been there and done that. There is strength and efficiency in learning from successful people. Whether you completely agree, or think it's total bologna, these ideals and practices are part of what got these leaders where they are today. Find out what came out of the mouths of industry leaders. Phil Libin, CEO of...

Understanding the "Booming" Impact of Healthcare in 2014 [Interview]

It was one of the biggest issues debated over and over again in 2013, and now in this new year, this issue is becoming a reality. Drum roll please...it's the healthcare industry, and specifically ObamaCare. The debates ranged from it's unconstitutional and should be repealed, it will hurt small businesses and the flop of the website rollout is an indication of the law's future failure to...

CareerBuilder Forecasts Cautious Hiring Plans in 2014

Employers are being cautious in 2014, especially due to debt issues in Washington. According to CareerBuilder's annual forecast, just 24 percent of companies reported that they will add full-time, permanent employees in 2014, a drop of two percentage points from 2013. Around one in four employers (23 percent) said they will hire at a slower rate or will completely refrain from hiring until...

How to Prepare for an Interview

The interview process is one of the most terrifying and necessary things a person can do and will do to themselves at least once in a lifetime. No matter how menial the job, there is almost always a moment where someone sits you down and asks you a few questions. For those in the professional setting, this means getting dressed up, making sure you look like you're well put together and not...

Getting Referred is the way to Your Dream Job

You may not like it, but the truth is that getting a job is about more than just having the right skills and experience and applying to job boards. The best way to land your dream job is to get referred or recommended by an influential employee within your target employer's business. Come to think of it, to some degree, it's always been this way (i.e. it's not what you know but who you know). The...

Companies More Likely to Train Employees to Increase Analytical Skills than to Hire

In a study on Big Data trends undertaken by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), it has been revealed that organizations are 2.5 times more likely to train current employees in order to increase analytical skills than to hire additional analytics staff. The report, The Age of Big Data: A Progress Report for Organizations and HR, found: • 47 percent of organizations plan to train...

4 Very Unusual Ways to Assess a Candidate's Personality

We all understand the importance of objectivity and scientific rigour in our selection processes, which means using proven assessment methods, such as structured interviews, psychometric tests, assessment centers and practical exercises. But, life would be boring if we just focused on these heavy weight assessment techniques and didn't given the occasional nod to, shall I say, some more...

CyBlock Web Security Solution by Wavecrest Computing Released into the Cloud

Wavecrest Computing, the makers of CyBlock, a security and web-usage forensics solution that provides threat protection, web filtering, reporting, simplified management, and other features, has announced the availability of CyBlock in the cloud. The cloud-based solution addresses the network-security needs of organizations of any size, regardless of setup. CyBlock Cloud is appropriate for...

Talygen Offers Turnkey Project Management Solution for Businesses

Business management automation firm Talygen has unveiled a turnkey project management solution for performing tasks related to CRM, sales, HR, and billing from a single program. The tool helps businesses and freelancers establish and maintain client relationships, run campaigns, and monitor employees. "Project management is already overwhelming as it is," said Harold Saini, Chief Program...

Passing the 'Turing Test': Why You May Have to Prove You Are Not (Interviewing) a Robot

As robots ever more deeply penetrate society and the job market, the "Turing test" is probably the only test you will ever, in your entire lifetime, have to both learn how to pass and how to administer. No idea what I'm talking about? Before getting acquainted with the Turing test details, listen—and listen carefully—to Time magazine's Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer's...

How Big Data Can Improve Hiring Decisions in 2014

Big data is everywhere these days: big businesses use it, sports teams use it, campaigning presidential and prime ministerial candidates use it. It has pretty much gone mainstream. This is why I thought it was a good time to take a fresh look at big data in HR and hiring, as it can no longer be consigned to the wings, like it still is in many talent management teams. Admittedly, big data...

CareerBuilder and EMSI Create List of Best Jobs for 2014

CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI) have compiled a list of 12 of the highest paying, fastest growing jobs for 2014. The list includes occupations that grew by at least 7 percent between 2010 and 2013 and are projected to increase in 2014 as well. Each job also falls within a higher-wage category of $22 per hour or more. "More high-wage jobs will be created in...

The Job Seeker's Countdown for 2014

Happy New Year! Last night was filled with champagne bottles, party hats, confetti and many cheers for the New Year. To continue the celebration, Recruiter.com wants to offer job seekers a list to ensure everyone is well prepared to successfully tackle the job hunt in 2014. We watched the ball drop to bring in the New Year, but here's a special countdown for job seekers to set themselves up...

Manpower Employment Survey Finds Optimism among Employers for Q1 2014

ManpowerGroup's latest Employment Outlook Survey reveals stable hiring plans for early 2014 and continued optimism among employers who have reported a 13 percent increase in net employment during the current quarter. This employment outlook is the strongest measured since 2008. Of the 18,000 employers surveyed, 17 percent foresee a rise in staffing levels during Q1 2014 while 7 percent expect...

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

I can't understand it. No kid can understand it either. Yet huge numbers of adults claim that even if they didn't have to work for financial, moral or other imposed reasons, they would continue working, because otherwise they'd be bored to death. Frankly, I find that generally incomprehensible, even with regard to many of those who have fascinating jobs, as would the average kid, who...

Glassdoor Releases List of Best Places to Work in 2014

Glassdoor's list of best companies to work for in 2014 has ranked two social media firms and a business consultancy at the top of the heap based on employee reviews. Bain Co., Twitter, and LinkedIn were found to offer challenging work, opportunities to work with top industry talent, and the chance to change the world. That said, surprisingly, compensation wasn't the primary driving...

Top 3 Reasons to Work for a Not-For-Profit

According to a report from the Organization for Cooperation and Development Research, the gap between rich and poor is widening in most countries of the world. And in countries such as the U.S, Canada and Germany, middle income earners are also being left behind by the rich. Add to that the ageing population, the debt fallout from the global property crash, public spending cuts and it becomes...

Culture Change vs. Culture Fit: Which Produces the Best Hire?

Culture fit based hiring sets the standard when it comes to modern hiring best practices. A whole host of studies have reported that positive culture drives profit, and that employees who fit that culture outperform those who don't. This is why employers and recruiters are geared towards hiring for culture fit. The problem is not all aspects of the current culture are healthy, and in fact, a...

Spire Technologies Announces TalentSHIP Big Data-based Demand-Supply Mapping

Big Data analytics and contextual search technology firm Spire Technologies has announced the global launch of TalentSHIP, the company's first Context Intelligence platform and the industry's first unstructured data analytics platform for talent supply chain management and talent growth management. TalentSHIP is designed to be utilized for various HR management needs including talent...

jobipedia.org Offers Job Seekers New Year's Advice: Write Thank You Notes

HR Policy Association website jobipedia.org recently revealed some of its best advice for job seekers in the New Year. Based on job seeker questions about standing out during interviews, the company said a consistent piece of advice offered by hiring officials was to follow up after an interview with a well-crafted, punctual thank you note. Recruiters offering advice on jobipedia.org all...

Small Business Retail and Wholesale Hiring Rockets Past 2012 Levels

Cloud-based HR services provider TriNet has announced findings from its SMBeat report, an analysis of small business employment and human capital economic indicators. The report found that at the opening of the 2013 holiday shopping season, job growth had increased 25 percent month-over-month reaching 1.44 percent in the retail and wholesale markets. A year-over-year increase was also measured...

Tips to Becoming an Employer of Choice in 2014

2014 is just hours away and with it will come opportunities for companies to make a fresh start in the areas of sourcing top talent, increasing productivity, improving organizational culture and brand and employee engagement and satisfaction—all of which can affect retention rates. The FORTUNE 100 Best Places to Work will officially launch January 16, 2014. And though you'll have to wait a...

What is the Ideal Salary Figure for Happiness?

What salary level does it take to make employees happy? This is the question that reward professionals, recruiters, employer brand strategists would all like to have a simple answer to. And this is especially true as the new year rolls in along with new opportunities for employee poaching. In fact, a recent study by staffbay.com found that 87 percent of workers plan to look for a new job in 2014....

'Non-Code Codes'—a Way to Maintain Office E-Mail Privacy?

The boss of an IT-whiz friend of mine has ordered him to cc or forward to him , all of his emails to or from any other staff member, regardless of their content or email service used. That's because my friend's computer is the only one in the office network that is not under real-time, on-screen surveillance with live access to employee emails. Now, that's really intrusive. So, what...

New Whole-Systems Leadership Development Solution Launched by Phillips & Co.

Global communications firm Phillips Company has announced the launch of its leadership development solution that provides internal communications strategies for clients. The solution offers a whole-systems approach that helps organizations influence people toward leadership goals and employer success. This is achieved through helping clients identify and encourage employees to focus on...