5 Ways to Jump Start Your Job Search
The New Year is about renewal, rejuvenation, and possibilities. The year 2010 is already leaving on a high note as U.S. Consumers are on track to spend over $450 billion by January 1st. Job seekers can use positive economic forecasts like the one above to their advantage. Ending sales numbers for their companies may be average […]
5 Smart Reasons to Hire the Unemployed
5 Reasons to Considering Hiring the Unemployed I posted last week about a dilemma that stemmed from organizations who will not consider hiring the unemployed. In the past I could understand to a certain degree why companies would’ve shied away from those who were laid off simply because traditionally, the majority of employees reduced […]
Social Media Screening for New Hires? Proceed With Caution!
At the speed of well, light, social media has exploded as the favored recruiting and screening tool for many recruiters and employers. National surveys say 73 percent of HR and recruiting professionals now rely on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and corporate blogs to identify, approach, and check out candidates for job openings. Why? The social networking […]
What You Don’t Know About Resume Screening Software Could Be Sabotaging Your Job Search
Ten years ago, only large recruitment firms and big-budgeted corporations could afford to use resume screening software as part of their talent acquisition process. Job seekers who were applying to small-to-mid-sized companies were immune from the vagaries of these tools. With the proliferation of the ‘software as service’ delivery model, this no longer holds true. […]
8 Musts For Your Employee Handbook
8 Musts For Your Employee Handbook As 2010 begins to come to a close, companies and their human resource teams are talking, forecasting, and planning for the upcoming year. While numbers are being crunched and turnover data evaluated, it is equally important in your 2011 planning and budgeting to take inventory of hot topics, recent […]
