Hockey and Alien Workplace Invasions
I asked the supermarket aisle staff whether they stocked Vancouver Canucks-flavored toothpaste and elicited a puzzled look. I explained that because there seem to be no limits to the Canadian obsession with hockey, I thought hockey-flavored toothpaste would make a nice summer gift for those friends of mine who, unlike me, think hockey is more exciting than watching logs rot or oil...
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Networking with Theory
So you've signed up for LinkedIn and Facebook and feel good about being in a network with recruiting potential. All you have to do now is to sit back and wait for the web jiggles or to create some of your own. Ah, were it so simple. To imagine that is all you have to do is like imagining that there's not much to succeeding in the U.S. Army besides signing up and knowing when to...
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Transgender Employees Face Extreme Discrimination in the Workplace
In June, plenty of cities stop business as usual for Pride. But business as usual can be a difficult thing to endure in this society, especially if you are transgendered. The National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has released a comprehensive study on transgender discrimination that revealed employers have a long way to go before their workplaces...
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Employees Have Opposite Reactions to Performance Review
The days are getting longer, and somehow this means it's the time of year when a lot of bosses decide it's high time to review their staff's performance. Although workers are reviewed in confidence, plenty of workers compare how their assessments went. Often, employees come away from performance evaluations with the distinct impression that the process is bogus. Impact Achievement Group has...
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Houston Firm Expands its Recruitment Department
Cotton farmers aren't the only ones with more work opportunities in Texas. Recruiters may be interested to know that a Texas recruitment firm in Houston is expanding its workforce. Murray Resources has decided that it needs to hire more recruiters to fit clients' demand for professional and management talent. Since 2000, the professional division of Murray Resources has helped companies...
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I May Be Boring, But I'm Very Rich
Last Thursday, I finally got to see The Cars in concert at the House of Blues in Boston. The Cars hadn't toured in 25 years, so this event was the buzz of the town - the band members being "local boys" after all. I love live music - and over the years, I have slowly, but steadily, been checking off my huge "bands-I-need-to-see-before-I-die" list. There are a few bands that have been stuck at...
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Apply with Linkedin: Six Views
Business sites, social media outlets, and online recruiting sites are buzzing about Linkedin's new Apply with Linkedin button - and it hasn't even launched yet! Why is this little new job application service causing so much debate and speculation? Â Â Job search is one of the main uses of the web. The Linkedin apply button has the ability to transform the job search process. Job...
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Federal Aid Aims to Help Former Inmates Find and Retain Jobs
"If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence," wrote Charles Bukowski. This writer deemed a "laureate of American lowlife" by Time was onto something. While you're in jail, it can feel obvious who really cares about you, but also afterward. Trying to get a job after serving time in justice facilities is not an easy feat. Plenty of employers are quick to...
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Drunker, Messier Masses
As more and more states make it illegal to smoke in your local bar, it is apparently not having much of an effect on sales in bars. In 2009, drinking places were the sites of the largest increase in labor productivity (output per hour). At a bar, this productivity means workers pouring more drinks. Apparently, as unemployment swept across the country, people were still willing to spend...
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Foreign-born Workers Find More Jobs in Physically Demanding Work Sector
The following pie graph may appear a bit deceptive at first. At first glance, it seems like foreign-born workers are an equal percentage of the workforce as workers born in the United States. As you examine the graph closely, you will see that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is simply comparing the occupations of both native and non-native workers. The figures suggest that native-born...
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Talent Pools and the Social Storm: iCIMS Social Recruiting Solution
As Linkedin's frothy IPO washes over the market, the few people that haven't been paying attention to social media are finally opening their eyes wide. The most staunchly conservative employers are building social distribution into their recruitment marketing and social networking into their sourcing efforts. Social recruiting can now, finally, just be called... recruiting. Building...
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Apply with Linkedin Button
GigaOm reported last night that Linkedin is launching a way for candidates to apply to job postings with their Linkedin profile. Much like a Linkedin Share button or a Tweet button, an Apply with Linkedin button would simply authenticate a user's Linkedin account and then transfer selected data to the application process. The system would help propagate Linkedin as a standard job application...
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