How to Gain and Retain Recruiting Clients in a Crisis Economy
It's impossible to avoid the dire news these days. No matter where you turn the story is the crashing economy, the panicked sell-offs on Wall Street and bleak unemployment rates. What's a recruiter to do? As agency recruiters, we make our living off of companies hiring talent, growing and improving. But it's not time to panic yet. Here are some tips on retaining your current recruiting...
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Talent Management Company Halogen Partners with PDS
PDS - a leading provider of HR, benefits, payroll and recruiting systems, recently announced their partnership with talent management solution provider Halogen Software. Through their combined efforts, PDS will now be able to offer a truly comprehensive performance management solution to their clients. "Our focus is on HR, payroll, benefits, and recruiting solutions," said George Brady, vice...
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Already Have a Job? Your Next Job is a-Callin'
Question: If you're already happily employed, why would you be looking for another job? Answer: You should always be thinking one step ahead. Just because you have a great job now doesn't mean it's time to throw out your resume and kick your feet up on the desk. You never know what might come around the corner. Maybe the company goes under, maybe you're fired or laid off, maybe your friend...
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Hiring Pessimists
"We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect."—John Kenneth Galbraith, Harvard economist, author and presidential economic adviser Imagine you are considering two comparable job candidates, one who seems, on the basis of his or her remarks and in general, to be quite the optimist, while the other, quite the pessimist. Other things being equal, which would you favor...
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Veterans Receive Grants for Jobs Training
The Department of Labor recently announced the distribution of 23 grants that will provide homeless veterans with job training resources. The grants have a combined value of $5,436,148, and are distributed on behalf of the department's Veterans' Employment and Training Service as part of the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP). The recipients of the awards include state and local...
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U.S. Metros See Job Growth
While U.S. job market growth has exceeded expectations for July, a look back over the past year reveals a bumpy road for many metropolitan areas. Although fears that our economy will dip into a second recession have mostly subsided, unemployment continues to plague certain areas. There is progress, however. A number of metropolitan areas across the U.S. have seen substantial job market growth...
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Gen Y Myths Debunked
The Kenexa High Performance Institute - a division of parent company Kenexa, recently made public their research on the work habits of millennials - also known as Generation Y (those born between 1982 and 2003). Their findings, released in a white paper entitled "Attitude? What Attitude?" largely dismissed the sensationalist claims of the public media which often suggest, rather dubiously, that...
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3 Myths about Staffing Agencies
There's a lot of misinformation surrounding staffing agencies. Often times, people don't fully understand what staffing and recruitment firms can do for them so they assume they'll be better off trying to find a job on their own. Months later they're still struggling to find work. Still, myths and false claims abound and continue to plague the recruiting and staffing industry. This article aims...
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LinkedIn Rocks, Dow Rolls, 117,000 New Jobs
LinkedIn's recent IPO and lofty valuation have made many speculators posit that the stock is overvalued. Others declared a "new bubble" in "Web 2" companies like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Groupon. While yesterday the Dow suffered its worst loss in the past few years, LinkedIn surprised investors with better than expected earnings. On their first quarterly results reported since going public,...
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Recruitment Technology Provider Kenexa Buys HR Assessment Company
Kenexa, a global provider of Recruiting and HR business solutions, recently announced their acquisition of The Ashbourne Group - a supplier of HR assessment and development solutions. The Ashbourne Group has almost 20 years industry expertise and caters primarily to audiences in the U.K. and Ireland. The Ashbourne Group has garnered a significant reputation for their work on the U.K. public...
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Applicant Tracking Vendor myStaffingPro Announces Mobile Recruiting Webinar
Known for their SaaS applicant tracking system, myStaffingPro recently announced an upcoming webinar entitled, "Go Mobile: 20 Tips for a Successful Mobile Candidate Experience." The webinar seeks to educate participants on the increasingly popular "on-the-go" recruitment market, sometimes called "mobile recruiting". The event will take place Thursday, August 18th at 2pm (ET), and will be hosted...
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HR Recruiting Software Vendor iCIMS is Finalist in Customer Service Award
iCIMS, one of the largest providers of Software-as-a-Service HR recruiting software and applicant tracking systems, proudly announced their nomination as a finalist in the best practice category of "Customer Service" by the New York Enterprise Report Small Business Awards. The NYERSB Awards are an annual offering, aimed at honoring the tri-state area's premier small businesses that strive for...
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