Recruiters, Meet Texting
Recently, at a bar named for zombies, a young woman lamented the fact that she would have a phone interview in two hours. After polishing off several drinks, the interview-- sure enough-- did not go very well. Often the image that gets promoted with technology and the working person is the image of some peaceful beauty on the beach using the latest technology with blue skies everywhere. ...
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Can Hacker Attacks Create Jobs?
The New York Times reports in "Web Hackings Rattle Media Companies" by Brian Stelter how hackers have broken into the websites of PBS, Fox.com, and Gawker Media. These break-ins have had horrible results for all of the sites. According to Stelter, one of the producers likened the hacking to throwing rocks at a storefront window. As more and more people use the internet to gather their news,...
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Patent Reform With An Eye Toward Job Creation
Job creation comes from innovation. Where are the Edisons and the Bells of today? What's stopping them from turning the creative spark inside them into a roaring flame. Maybe it's the patent office. Filing a patent in the United States is tricky, and if the patent is disputed, could lead to very expensive litigation, making defending one's patent untenable for the small inventor fighting a...
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Military Health Care Costs Skyrocketing
One key aspect of the ongoing debate about the health care system in the United State is the sky rocketing cost to employers. The burden of providing health insurance means large corporations have less money to invest or to hire more people, while smaller business must fight to survive. There is still debate as to how effective the new health care law will be in curbing costs, but there seems...
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Highest Pay In CA and NY
It has long been conventional wisdom that in the United States there is a cultural divide between the states on the two coasts versus the middle of the country. The coasts, both east (especially the north east) and west, have different different politics and different values from the rest of the country, or so the argument goes. Maybe. But what does seem clear is that people living on the...
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College Students Remember Recruiters (and their pens)
The graduating class of 2011 is in a better position than recent graduating classes to walk past the podium and into a new job. Still, the senior year in college is a difficult one for students. Essays still need to get written, labs still need to be conducted, and parties still need to be planned. In between all of that, seniors need to somehow try to apply for some jobs. Not every senior...
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Bad News and Recruiting
Over the past couple of years, reading business magazines or watching the news has been kind of like going to see the Saw movies. If you don't leave in the middle, you'll probably lose a little of your humanity by the end. We are constantly bombarded with news about unemployment, looming inflation, and stock market crashes. Reflecting all that fear, your wedding ring is now probably worth...
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Seven Things Hiring Managers Lie About
Everyone loves to blame recruiters when things go wrong with a placement. When a candidate backs out, a client mysteriously stops returning phone calls, or a hiring manager tells a candidate that the position is closed (during the interview), one thing is always true: it's somehow the recruiter's fault. Recruiters, whether corporate or agency, are the facilitators of the talent transaction -...
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CA Technologies Deemed One of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women
The work of recruiters is not always recognized. But Working Mother, the only national magazine for career-committed mothers, has recognized some companies, in part because of the dedication of recruiters. Working Mother has released the 2011 Best Companies for Multicultural Women awards. The award honors companies that hold managers accountable for recruiting, retaining and promoting...
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Small Businesses Reap Awards for Environmental Innovation
Although everyone's talking about green jobs, do you still have a vague image of granola roasters when you think about small companies working to protect the environment. The companies that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized for their environmental commitment sound like anything but DIY enterprises. The EPA is funding the continued work of innovative,...
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U.S. Confirms where Children Harvest, Mine, and Assemble
How often do you hear someone lament that everything causes cancer? Or that of course they are wearing clothes and eating food at the expense of another person's exploitation? In the United States, consumers often express their resignation about the cycle of violence and production. Although this weary acceptance of unfair working conditions persists in the collective psyche, every so often,...
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Five Ways to Hire More Veterans
It's a tough job market out there. This year, unemployment rates have been around 9%. For particular groups, such as veterans, it's even tougher. The unemployment rate for veterans who served in the military since 2001 was 11.5% in 2010. Young male veterans (18-24) who served during the Gulf War had a ludicrous unemployment rate of 21.9%. When nearly a quarter of our young veterans are...
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