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5 Best Places for Gen Y to Find Top Jobs

Employment opportunities for Generation Y

One of the biggest problems young job seekers have is determining where to look for jobs. They get stuck looking in the same places and are limiting their prospects as a result. If you limit yourself to one or two job boards, you’re missing out so many other opportunities. 5 Best Places for Gen Y […]

Did you know that jobseekers use mobile phones?

Using Mobile Devices to Find Work

Jobseekers Are Using Mobile Devices To Find Work I had a good time chatting with Mobile Dave about how jobseekers are using mobile devices to find work. I quoted some stats from a recent report from SimplyHired and put a video around it. (see below) Mobile Dave is actually running a series on Mobile Recruiting and featuring […]

*Breaking News* Blogging4Jobs Acquires Job Seeker Talent Community

Acquisition of an online job seeker talent community

In 2007, the popular human resources and workplace blog, Blogging4Jobs.com was created with one goal, to help job seekers learn the unwritten rules of the job hunt.  Nearly 5 years later, the blog’s focus has changed to incorporate job search, workplace, HR, and leadership topics boasting traffic of nearly 100,000 monthly visitors.    And today, […]

Put a Ring on it. 2012 Employment & Jobs Outlook.

Retaining your top temporary workforce & the contract workforce performers by giving them what they want

Job Seekers to Employers: Put a Ring on it Indulge me just for a moment as one of Beyonce’s songs comes to mind. . . ‘Cause if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it Don’t be mad once you see that […]

Success Factors Acquisition of Jobs2Web Legitimizes Social Media in Recruiting

When Recruitment Software Goes Social

My first response to the social media recruitment news the acquisition of Jobs2Web by Success Factors only two days after the acquisition of Success Factors by SAP was “holy shit.” While the news of power purchase by SAP might be boring to some, I find the manner in strategy in which they broke the news to be interesting none […]

Trading Places: More Employed Americans Proactively Changing Jobs

More Employed Americans Proactively Changing Jobs

Snagajob Labor Happiness Index shows proactive workforce, more concern over economy RICHMOND, Va.– With the national unemployment rate holding steady at better than 9 percent, it can be hard to believe anyone is finding a new job. The 5th-annual Labor Happiness Index commissioned by Snagajob – hourly job specialists with the world’s largest community of […]