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Who's hiring, who's not, and what else is hot
New numbers from a TalentSpring survey of 208 organizations in the U.S. and Canada (50 large companies, 39 medium-size, 205 small, and 114 agencies).
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'Tis the season -- well, the week, because of the SHRM conference -- for human resources vendors to issue press releases. Peopleclick, for example, is talking about its social media capablities; Personified is too. For Kenexa, it's issuing PRs about interview questions. And Monster's talking up its "customizable talent management suite."
CareerBuilder, meanwhile, is talking about its "Applicant Explorer" so that recruiters looking through the resume database can get easy access to information about the candidate on social media sites, blogs, news sites, and discussion groups.
Explorer isn't all new. CareerBuilder has had it in beta since February. But ...
Kennedy and Onrec are apparently combining forces and merging their Fall events in one form or another. No word yet on whether it's part of a larger or more ongoing partnership.
I'd love to hear how you feel about healthcare reform.
I'm at a one-day workshop, put on by the Canadian company Brainstorm, on college recruiting. It's at the Marriott Manhattan Beach (apparently home of a painfully slow Internet connection).
Sabine Gillert, senior brand consultant for TMP, offered up four questions to ask yourself about your company and how it's perceived. I thought I'd share:
Some info on the new Supreme Court nominee:
Manpower Employment Blawg's quick notes
Her "firefighters" employee-assessment decision was "terrible"
Sides with employees more than employers, but "balanced overall"
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I recently did a little interview with Continental Airlines for the June issue of the Journal of Corporate Recruting Leadership. Continental says it'd like to improve the candidate experience, becoming a bit more like Starbucks (and its giving of coffee gift cards to candidates).
Perhaps, after some designated point in the hiring process (such as after the first interview), Continental could email each ...
I thought the video resume pasted below hit many of Mike's top 10 qualities of a good video resume.
Dave Schmidt (who I don't know ... he just happened to email his video resume to me) wrote the script first, and then gathered images to support what he wrote. He recommends that others build their resumes in this same order. "Don't include much of anything that can't be visualized," such as a job title, he says.
Scriptwriting and recording/editing took about seven hours. Well -- another two hours following the feedback he received from colleagues.
Image-gathering took ...
"I got the dev life in my bloodstream," this song says.
Actually, I think this song is in my bloodstream. Play it a couple of times and it'll be stuck in your head too.
Kudos to CareerXroads and Rob Dromgoole for pointing it out.
Just reading a new report from Littler on the contingent workforce.
I've pasted one of the interesting sections below.
"Littler predicts that, assuming the recession is ending or has ended, 50% of the workforce added in 2010 will be made up of one form or another of contingent workers. As a result, approximately 25% to as high as 35% of the workforce will be made up of temporary workers, contractors, or other project-based labor. The numbers of professionals working in temporary or alternative work arrangements will continue to rise. Flexible work schedules and telecommuting will increase as companies turn ...
We've mentioned before that despite the recession, there are still jobs open.
I saw a segment on CNBC this morning that also was interesting, about job openings, relocation, training, and related issues. I'll paste it below.
"The end of the recession is now in sight," according to a CNBC guest. He says there's always a "giant error of pessimism" at or near the end of recessions, and that things should improve this summer.
Monster, VisualCV, TES Connect, TheLadders, and the NYPD are nominees of the Webby award, in the employment category, announced today.
CareerBuilder has been nominated for the best use of GPS or location technology.
TheLadders also got a nomination in the b2b rich media category.
"Honorees" include Zumeo, naturejobs.com, AfterCollege, EY, Jet Blue, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, CareerBuilder, and others.
Apple may be vulnerable to direct sourcing, the Journal says.
Funny where it says "despite his reputation as a tyrant."
One alert reader let me know about this job posting on Craigslist. These apparently aren't your run-of-the-mill recruiting jobs; rather, they are business opportunities that require a $297 "association fee." There are some allegations about the company here.
This Morningstar article isn't overly rose, but it suggests "the economy could easily hit its bottom by June."
Hi Todd,
I want to let you know that Yodle is hiring inside sales reps in our NY, Philadelphia, Charlotte, and Boston offices.
Over the past few months, we have hired many former agency recruiters into sales rep roles. These individuals are doing extremely well and believe their agency backgrounds translate well to our rep roles.
If you come across anyone you want to forward my direction, please feel free.
Thanks
Pam
Pam Russo
Director, Recruiting
Yodle
prusso@yodle.com
Ed Newman, a familiar name and face to ERE junkies, is taking over the leadership of Futurestep, an RPO company owned by Korn/Ferry. Futurestep bought the Newman Group (which is speaking about workforce planning in San Diego) in June of 2007.
