Since day one, a desire to challenge status quo in our industry with game-changing innovation has fueled Bullhorn's efforts. Just Tuesday we announced the launch of our latest innovation, the Bullhorn Marketplace, the industry's first destination for staffing and recruiting software applications and services (full press release). Much like the iPhone and Facebook have opened their platforms to the development community with much success, Bullhorn has now opened its application platform to partners, customers and developers. With access to a rich set of APIs, now Bullhorn's Alliance Partners can bring their products and services, all pre customized ...
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Give your hiring process the Zappos treatment
I heart Zappos, and it has nothing to do with shoes (okay, it has a little to do with shoes) and everything to do with customer service and company culture.
Early on, Zappos decided that customer and employee satisfaction, not slick advertisements in paid media, would be the cornerstones of its marketing strategy. I visited a new restaurant last night that would benefit from adopting the same philosophy.
When my girlfriend and I ordered a repeat of the drinks that we’d had in the lounge, the waitress shook her head. She wasn’t familiar with that menu and couldn ...
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State of the Resume
Among the most common topics candidates seek my advice is about resume preparation. Most often I am asked for feedback regarding content or construction yet some questions are quite specific such as whether it is appropriate to use bulleted text or how much employment history to include. In the legal profession it is not uncommon for law firm partners to have a summary bio prepared by the firm's professional marketing staff. I have talked to very accomplished lawyers who have never prepared a resume for themselves and genuinely need some guidance when they decide to proactively seek a new ...
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Newton RPO Software and Customer, Buller Group, Featured Online on Recruiter
Newton's RPO Software and customer, Buller Group, are featured on popular UK-based Recruiter.
US-based software developer Newton has launched applicant tracking software designed for recruitment process outsourcers (RPO).
Joel Passen, co-founder of Newton and who ran an RPO company handling some 30 Silicon Valley clients for several years, told Recruiter that until now many RPOs hadn't been leveraging the benefits of technology because they'd tended to use outdated legacy or homegrown systems.
"RPOs manage a multitude of recruiters, thousands of jobs and thousands of hiring managers. This has been designed from the trenches as we know the ...
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Are You Measuring Your Job Board Performance? If not, you should!
Eric Shannon recently wrote an insightful article called "Everyone says job boards are dying - so it must be true, right?" where he tackled whether job boards would outlast the social recruiting wave. In the article, Eric provides some great evidence on why this question may be a bit premature (which I encourage you to read) but what really caught my eye was his list of common problems people bring up in regards to job boards:
Why is this such an evergreen subject? Here are several potential reasons:
- Job boards cost money: Recruiters and HR staff are always short of funding ...
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Facebook: A Powerful Corporate Recruiting Resource
In just about every business, the potential value of Facebook has been kicked around. Corporate recruiting is no different. There are 350 million users on this site - the most popular social networking platform on the web - and it's still growing aggressively. So, the upside is only going to grow. Add to this the fact that there's a robust application development community outside Facebook, which provides a steady stream of fresh, innovative thinking, and you can see the wide range of possibilities for professionals in our business.
But, it gets tricky. Facebook is a destination for both personal and ...
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Are You Prepared to Take ACTION on Your Great Ideas? Insights? Leads?
I was excited that over 1000 people attended our Good to Elite Webinar last week! It demonstrates that many professionals in our industry share the same passion for this topic. One of the topics discussed during the webinar was the concept of having an "IDEA" pad on your desk at all times. This topic received a ton of positive feedback.
All too often during the day, we come up with great ideas, insights . . .acquire new leads from discussions, etc. . . . that we do not capture nor take ACTION on.
The first issue (not capturing) drives the second (not taking action)!
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Are You Fast and Accurate? Quality of Hire and Recruiting Speed - How do you have both?
Recruiting speed and hiring for quality are two of the biggest challenges facing firms that employ contact center agents. By quality of hire, we mean the organizational standard that defines satisfactory job performance. By recruiting speed, we mean how fast the hiring process can move a candidate from point of contact to an accepted job offer.
Though the economic downturn has seen increased unemployment and created more job candidates seeking work, these challenges still remain. FurstPerson's 2009 Call Center Recruiting and Compensation survey found that many call centers expect to increase hiring in 2010. And, a recent research article ...
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GenY Free Agency & The Dangers of Social Media
Generation Y has had many descriptors placed upon them: digital natives, entitled, world-changers, ambitious, lazy, and impatient. These descriptors, the changing nature of the employment contract, and the lack of quality information about an organization prior to hire suggests that many companies may be in for trouble with the group that naturally shares online with breathtaking speed.
We've already seen examples of the damage that employees can do to a company brand using the Social Web. Remember the Domino's Pizza YouTube prank, or the Honda Product Manager promoting the design of their new vehicle on Facebook without disclosing ... -
DCTechRecruiter's Blog
I would attest to the fact that the time spent getting your name out there first as a proven solution provider which is beneficial for your employer and for personal branding. There is nothing wrong with helping your company recover it's ROI on you, and then delivering beyond that. I don't spend time now wondering where that referral came from, but usually ask so that way I can compliment the sender. I take networking very seriously as "pay it forward". So if you have a current dilemma, tap into my network at http://www.linkedin.com/in/dctechrecruiter ...
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A Few Minutes With Matt Charney
Matt Charney, whose Bullet Point to the Head article was so heavily commented on, talks about trends he's seeing at the 2010 ERE Expo in San Diego.
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How to Improve Applicant Experience: The DO’s and DON’Ts
Dr. John Sullivan's recent post on ERE.net, "How Candidate Abuse Is Costing Your Firm Millions of Dollars in Revenue", really got me thinking about applicant experience. Dr. Sullivan raises a great point early in his blog post; job applicants are often times customers and ultimately brand influencers. Today, too many employers are still oblivious to the concept of building a community around their applicant pools. Even some of the most respected companies ignore the majority of applicants that submit resumes. Other organizations treat applicants like circus animals requiring them to jump through burning hoops just to complete an ...
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Applicant Tracking Systems: Decipher the Pricing
Applicant tracking systems can include a variety of ongoing and one-time fees. Before you sign on the dotted line, make sure you know what you're agreeing to with this helpful guide. Setup Fees:
- Implementation: Upfront fee to configure the system
- Training: Initial fee to teach users how to use the system
- Configurations and Customizations: Fees for configuring or customizing the system to your process
- Consulting: Costs associated with receiving professional advice
Usage Fees:
- Installation Cost (For installed software) or License Fees (For hosted solution): Fee to acquire ongoing access to the system. Usage fees can vary by:
- Number of ...
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Being Yourself & Why It Works
It's funny the way life works sometimes. For years I was a bartender at a very popular local bar, and I was damn good at it too! My customer base was very large, I was making a lot of money, and I loved my job! What more could I ask for?? Life was really good! It was during my tenth year at this particular bar that I heard the terrible news, the bar was just sold to an individual who had no intentions in keeping it open. My "perfect world" had just crumbled in a matter of seconds. I ...
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Elevate the Corporate Recruiting Profile
For years, recruiters have labored in a certain level of obscurity. Occasionally, there is a high-priority hire that gets corporate recruiters a seat at the executive table, but it is fleeting. Once the offer has been accepted, they are again relegated to the daily strength management tasks that rarely garner the attention of a company's top leaders. Yet, so much of what corporate recruiters do is crucial to the daily operation - and strategic advancement - of a company.
When you think about what it takes to get a new product off the ground, enter a market or pursue an aggressive ...
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The Irony of #Whitehouse and #Gang tweets sharing the Twittersphere. Social Media is changing the landscape of how we all communicate with each other.
I read an article in the front section of the Philadelphia Inquirer on Sunday (yes, I still get a weekly printed newspaper—I’m old school sometimes…plus I like the coupons). The article, “Obama mouthpieces are men of few words.” Written by Phillip Elliott highlighted @PressSec as the behind-the-scenes ‘Twitterview’ into the White House through the eyes of Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. What I found interesting in the article was Gibbs has been tweeting under this Twitter channel since February 13, 2010 and already has over 38,000 followers. What I also found interesting (other than the nickname for ...
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Re-Imagining Recruiting Experiment
In this blog post, I'd like to run an experiment in Crowdsourcing ideas for the Future of Recruiting. If this experiment is to be successful, it will require participation from members of the community. So, let's get started!
The current model of recruiting was designed under a completely different set of assumptions....limited/non-existent technology, employment for life vs. free agency, regional/national employment vs. global, outsourcing, and limited metrics. Instead of being limited by the decisions resulting from these prior assumptions, let's imagine that the way your company is recruiting talent now does not have to ... -
How a recruitment marketing database increases your Job Ad ROI
The original post is located at The SmashFly Recruitment Marketing Blog.
The use of a recruitment marketing database is a new concept for many companies. The traditional thinking has been, If job seekers aren’t willing to complete their online apply process for a given job, companies aren’t interested in the job seeker. Recruiters already feel overwhelmed with sorting through applicants in their ATS system, how could they possibly have time to deal with the job seeker who won’t even complete the apply process?
As we’ve seen over the last year, however, companies are starting to realize ...
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INVERTISING: I might be on to something!
Greetings from Jody O'rdioni-
In honor of St. Pat's this week- I bring you the latest from Noreen O'Leary at Adweek. With special thanks to my friend Bruce O'Dorskind at The Dorskind Group.
Madison Avenue Wakes Up To Employer Branding
Employee Benefits: Workers as Brand Ambassadors The trend seems to be accelerating, but are consumers convinced? March 15, 2010
Lowe's employees star in current spots. In the battle to win over consumers during difficult economic times, marketers are sending their employees to the front lines. The trend seems to be accelerating.
Last week, Zappos introduced ...
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