Women's Earnings On the Rise
Society assumes we bridged the gender equality gap a long time ago. In truth, there's still much to be done, especially in terms of equal earnings. Fortunately, significant progress has been made over the last 21 years. Between 1979 and 2010, the earnings gap between women and men narrowed for most age groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Additionally, women aged 25 years and...
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First Advantage Backs Workstream
First Advantage, a global provider of talent acquisition solutions, recently announced their substantial investment in Workstream. Workstream supplies companies with technology products and services that focus on talent management and talent acquisition. Their highly regarded software solutions help employers reduce inefficiencies and assist in managing essential functions relating to the...
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5 Tips for Working With Recruiters
It's still a tough economy out there. Last month, the unemployment rate rose to 9.2%. Maybe you're one of the millions out of work and hunting for a job. You've tried job boards, employer's websites, and called everyone you know. Still no luck. Maybe it's time you considered contacting a recruiter. Whether you're unemployed or just looking for a change, recruiters can help. It's THEIR job to...
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Old School Networking Still Lands People the Most Jobs
How did you get the job that you have now? Did a friend put in a good word for you? Or a friend of a friend of a friend? Or did you just call up the organization and see if they were interested in meeting with you? Although a huge percentage of people find themselves using internet job boards, old-fashioned networking remains the dominant way people find new jobs, according to a study...
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Monster Frees Resume Search Technology
Monster.com, known for their job board and intelligent resume search technology, is now offering to share their powerful 6Sense semantic search technology with the rest of the world. The SaaS-based SeeMore platform will be the first of its kind - a cloud based semantic search and analytics service for managing companies' own resume and applicant databases, Monster confirmed in a recent press...
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The Top Three Tips For Your Video Interview
The next time you go on a job interview, you may find yourself in front of the computer - or a video camera. Sounds great right? No driving, no traffic, no gas. Almost seems too easy (except the part where you still have to ace the interview, dress up, and impress a total stranger). Take a deep breath and don't panic. Fortunately for the job seeker, video interviews are a lot like their...
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New Study Pinpoints Most Common Weaknesses in Leaders
Checkster, a leading provider of talent assessment tools, recently announced their findings of a leadership competency study. The study looked at over 17,000 businesses, non-profit and government employees in order to determine which management skills needed the most improvement. Checkster showcased their results in a recent press release, ultimately concluding that, "the ability to energize...
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Wage Disparities by Ethnicity and Education
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released some interesting wage data for the second quarter of 2011. The results feature some unsettling disparities. For the 100.6 million full-time wage and salary workers in the U.S., the median wage amounted to ($753). Further demographic breakdown, by ethnicity and education, are featured below on the graph. In terms of ethnicity, Asians appeared...
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GF Education Group Calls for Employer Feedback
GF Education Group are the creators of the CBL Exam (Certified Business Laureate) exam, which is a business test that qualifies and quantifies the skills of recent college graduates. The career test attempts to remedy a common hiring problem: assessment of applicants with little or no "real-world" experience. The CBL Exam offers testing in the core skills and competencies required for working in...
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Employee Referral
The Employee Referral: A Recruiter's Friend While many recruiters may think that the best way to find qualified candidates for an open position is to search resumes and comb through their talent pools, there is another simple and effective solution for sourcing talent: the employee referral. Employee referrals save recruiters time and effort in finding qualified candidates. When a current...
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Candidates and Tasty Kool-Aid
When it comes to understanding this legendary candidate dichotomy, recruiters are quick to forecast with wild-eyed certainty that one type is intrinsically more valuable than the other. One school of thought seems to suggests that job seekers "actively" looking for work are less desirable and hence unemployable. Recruiters who subscribe to this belief must have deep rooted suspicions about...
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TEDS Expands Healthcare Solutions
TEDS, Inc, a leader in the human capital development field, recently announced a number of new solutions aimed at hospitals and health care organizations. The new healthcare management tools allow organizations to "streamline their workforce, ensure regulatory compliance and maximize efficiencies," TEDS said in a recent press release. "In 1991 TEDS created a vision for full integration of...
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