Searching Resumes
Tips for Searching Resumes One of the recruiters' most common tasks is searching for resumes online and searching within resumes as part of the applicant screening process. For professionals new to the recruiting industry, searching resumes can seem like a daunting task. How do recruiters find relevant resumes online? How do they find the right candidate for the job from the resumes they...
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It's Time To Update Your Resume
It's fair to say that nobody likes updating their resume. Rusty job seekers wait until the very last minute before making any changes - putting it off for months, even years, until they're absolutely certain they'll be re-entering the job market. However, this prolonged hesitation and dread over a simple document always has negative side effects on your job search. Hasty edits only lead to poor...
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Job Distributor Launches Job Postings Metrics Tool
eQuest, global job distributor and provider of recruitment technologies, has recently launched an online performance measurement and metrics application under the rather quixotic name of TRAQ24. The tool provides real-time job board metrics for analyzing candidate interaction, allowing recruiters to effectively determine which of their advertising channels and job postings are most...
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Bureau of Labor Statistics Launches Interactive Dashboards for Easy Comparison of Economic Data
The Bureau of Labor Statistics International Labor Comparisons Program (ILC) has recently unveiled a series of new interactive dashboards for comparing international economic data. The visual analytics tool will allow users to create a number of charts and graphs for interpreting a wide range of economic indicators. Below, an example of an ILC Interactive Dashboards in action, looking at...
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Recruiting the IT Factor
We've all seen it. We're all looking for it. We might even be trying to be it. But what is it really that makes a candidate a rockstar? What gives them the IT factor? From Agency Recruiters to Corporate Talent Acquisition, we're all essentially looking for the same qualities and characteristics. It doesn't even matter what line of business you focus on; whether it's...
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Career Exploration
Career Exploration Tips If you work in a career long enough, you're bound to go through periods where you find yourself reflecting over your accomplishments, successes, failures and progression over the years. Taking some time to do a career exploration can leave you content and proud of how you've grown in your career, or it can be the result of realizing that job you used to love now makes...
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Callidus Launches New Video Interview and Assessment Application
Callidus Software, a leading provider of Sales Performance Management (SPM) technologies, has recently announced the release of Sales Selector, a Software-as-a-Service sales video interview and assessments application. Sales Selector is currently being previewed at Dreamforce 2011, and will be made available to the general public in the fourth quarter of 2011. The cloud-based application is...
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Recruiting Companies
Types of Recruiting Companies Recruiting is crucial in helping corporations find the best talent for their open positions. Various recruiting companies specialize in different areas and provide unique services within the recruiting industry. These companies, known as recruiting firms, recruitment agencies, staffing agencies, or temporary agencies, have teams of skilled recruiters dedicated to...
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Jobs Prospects for Today's Graduates
For a college graduate, career planning--as involved as it can be--is the easy part of finding the ideal job. Finding a job after graduation is becoming more challenging as the economy struggles to rebound. Current college graduates have to complete with the previous graduates, as well as displaced or furloughed employees with years of experience under their belts. For many college graduates the...
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Jobscience Unveils Mobile Talent Management App
Jobscience, known for their TalentCloud suite of employee life-cycle applications, has recently announced Jobscience Mobile, the first mobile talent management app powered by Force.com, Salesforce.com's social enterprise platform for employee apps. The app allows on-the-go recruiters more ease-of-use in the field - forgoing cumbersome paper processing, it enables just-met candidates to submit...
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iCIMS Honored By Inc. 500 for Sixth Consecutive Year
iCIMS, known for their highly acclaimed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent management and applicant tracking solutions, has recently placed No. 2399 on the 2011 Inc. 500|5000 list of fastest growing private companies. This year marks the sixth consecutive occasion that iCIMS has made the prestigious rankings. Inc. Magazine, which publishes the list every year, aims to honor the top U.S....
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SkillSurvey Offers Webinar on Improving Reference Checking Efficiency
Known for their award-winning reference assessment solutions, SkillSurvey is hosting a best practice webinar focused on streamlined reference checking, entitled: "How to Improve Quality-of-Hire and Efficiency Using Web 2.0 Reference-Checking." SkillSurvey invites all talent acquisition professionals, HR leaders and HRIS/shared services professionals to participate in the hour long event on...
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