How to Post Jobs in LinkedIn Groups
With over a million LinkedIn groups created, you've probably already come to understand their potential as a recruitment tool. LinkedIn groups offer highly focused channels centered around particular expertise, experience, interest, or profession. The optimal strategy for engaging with particular LinkedIn groups of interest to you unfortunately involves some work. Real participation in...
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The Courage of Recruiters
"The will and effort to face and deal with anything recognized as dangerous, difficult, or painful, when and because it is believed to be the morally or otherwise right thing to do, instead of withdrawing"—a decent definition of "courage" "Courageous" describes U.S. Navy Seals under withering fire during a rescue mission, weakened cancer victims...
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Female Talent Seen As Untapped Resource in Emerging Markets
According to Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Founding President and Chairman of the Center for Work-Life Policy, women will play an increasingly significant role in emerging markets as global organizations experience the need for highly skilled talent. Speaking live from The Economist's second annual The Ideas Economy: Human Potential Summit, a thought leadership event focusing on talent development,...
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The Zen of Negotiating Power
Zen ain't just a Bush song. It has also contributed a lot to thinking about business relationships and negotiations. There are two different sides to every business conversation: two halves of a whole. Successful negotiation is about reconciling the differences - chipping away at sides until a single polished viewpoint remains. The best negotiators in the world are those who respect and...
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Should You Ask An Old Employer For A New Job?
Times are tough for the job seeker - there's no doubt about it. Job seekers need to utilize every resource at their disposal if they want to get ahead with their careers.They may find themselves calling up old co-workers and managers just to see what opportunities are available. Since there's already the foundation of a solid relationship (having worked together in the past) these ex-employees...
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Pre-Employment Testing Technology Joins Forces With Web-based Recruitment Solution
Criteria Corp, a leading provider of pre-employment testing software, has recently partnered with Hyrell Online Hiring Systems, a web based recruitment solution, to deliver combination candidate assessment, job posting, and applicant tracking services. Together, the paired technologies offer an efficient and effective way for employers to tackle their hiring needs. "We are extremely proud of...
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An Open Letter from an Agency Recruiter
Welcome to the world of recruiting! Here you will find endless opportunity, flexible schedules, lucrative compensation and a challenging pace. You will also find a number of people (candidates and clients alike) who will tell you to your face how much they hate Recruiters. Some will even go on in great detail so that you know the exact reasons they hate 'all' Recruiters. Yay. For...
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LinkedIn and Facebook Partnership Rumors
Everybody likes a rumor. But Wall Street loves a rumor. Yesterday, there was chatter about a potential LinkedIn and Facebook Partnership. Who started this rumor? Who knows. It probably comes from a source of a source who overhead something in a bathroom. But yesterday, Business Insider reported that LinkedIn may be reporting on a partnership with Facebook and that it had "maybe something to do...
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Applying to Jobs with Video? It's here.
Video interviewing is so 2005. Applying to jobs with video? Now that's 2011. JobOn, a provider of web and video job matching technology, has recently unveiled an innovative new recruitment platform that allows job seekers to apply for jobs using pre-recorded video interviews. The solution made its first public appearance at DEMO FALL 2011, the highly regarded conference series for identifying...
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Halogen Software and Vital Analysis Release Joint Report on Driving Employee Performance
Halogen Software, known for their leading talent management solutions, has recently released a joint report with technology and research firm Vital Analysis, entitled: "Does Your Talent Strategy Really Drive Employee Performance?" The report argues that by demolishing HR silos, organizations can adopt a more fluid management structure that encourages high performance from employees and...
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Talent Assessment Vendor Checkster Launches Interview Checkup
Checkster, known for their cloud-based talent assessment solutions, has recently launched Interview Checkup, an assessment tool designed to assist employers in their candidate selection process. The tool focuses on improving interview debriefing, a critical stage of the hiring process wherein multiple interviewers come together and compare their candidate evaluations. "The interview is the...
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LinkedIn Recruitment Groups
There are well over a million LinkedIn groups now, all catering to specialized professions, locations, interests, and industries. Recruitment professionals can use LinkedIn groups to post jobs, network with members, and participate in discussions. LinkedIn groups are truly a recruiter's playground, if not downright paradise! Recruiter manages a number of specialized LinkedIn recruitment groups...
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