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A Real-Life Recruitment Story You Can Learn From

Recently a friend of mine shared she had a new job to celebrate. The hiring process gave her her first experience working with a recruiter and her story is something every HR manager and recruiter could learn from. My Candidate Story. My Candidate Experience. I was recently, successfully wooed by a large, international company. At [...]

November 29, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Is Higher Education Just Like a Louis Vuitton Purse?

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In the age of information, we are now able to educate ourselves online, on our own terms, at our own pace, for a price anyone can afford: free. With this in mind, students are beginning to question the real value of a university degree. Given the rising cost of tuition in addition to the unfathomable [...]

August 19, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How to Design a Creative Infographic Resume

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Over the last few years, many tech companies have popped up to help the average, everyday person get a nice-looking online presence. I’ve watched this evolve from a simple online résumé, visualcv.com, to a simple landing page, about.me. There has been a lot of buzz about creating personalized infographics resumes with many aggregated LinkedIn and Facebook profiles. Many [...]

August 10, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Measuring the Immeasurable of Influence

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How to Measure Influence For decades, concepts like influence in the workplace were too difficult to measure because they were immeasurable, ambiguous, and elusive. But with the advent of social media sites and tools like Salesforce.com’s Chatter system, quantifying an employee’s influence has become as easy as analyzing the way fellow professionals respond to their [...]

July 22, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

5 Simple Steps to Build Your Personal Brand

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Dave Cutler found himself in an unenviable position last year – one that too many of us are familiar with. He was laid off. And like just about anyone searching for a job in today’s economy, Dave realized simply blindly shipping off his resume to every job posting wasn’t enough. He needed to stand out. [...]

July 19, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

5 Ways Mobile is Changing the Workplace & Flexibility

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Mobile & Technology Changes Workplace Productivity It’s no secret that mobile phones, tablets, and other transportable devices have infiltrated our lives including at work. Mobile phones and other personal devices have been a staple for traveling business professionals or managers with multiple units or location responsibilities to stay in touch wherever they may be. But [...]

July 15, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Bland Strategy: Three Phrases I Hate

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Tell me if you haven’t heard one of these lines at some point in your career: “This will never work at our company.” “Our managers won’t have a use for that.” “Our employees aren’t technically savvy enough for that.” Second verse same as the first… I Can’t Stand Bland and Blandness The first thing that [...]

July 5, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Respect the Work. Retain the Linchpin. Motivate Employees.

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Work. It’s what we all do all day long. It’s such an important piece of our lives. It’s how we identify ourselves and provide for our families. It’s all over our movies, televisions screens and mobile technology. So why something so important is treated with such disregard? If you prescribe to the notion that work [...]

July 3, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Why Nipple Tape Doesn’t Cure Workplace Conflict

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When HR’s the Target of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace It was my first “real HR” job at a small manufacturing company after leaving staffing. About a month or so into it, the VP of Operations called me into his office. He was obviously nervous and started stumbling through a rehearsed monologue on what a [...]

July 1, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

5 Top Company Perks That Attract Qualified Job Candidates

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Best Employee Perks That Your Employees Want The ultimate success of your business can hinge upon the quality of the candidates you recruit when hiring. Often, to get the best and brightest candidates to take positions within your business, you have to offer them something extra special. Some companies elect to offer these desirable and [...]

June 13, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Seven Rules to Becoming a Facebook Tastemaker

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Influencers of Facebook and Other Social Networks In a world where social data dictates the direction of the Internet, it is not an exaggeration to say that the new determining factor is all about who you know. This socially-driven future is already beginning at Facebook and Google, and other social networks, where countless hours are [...]

June 10, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Job Seekers Must Educate Themselves on Employer Brand

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Is Employer Brand Important in Candidate Selection? As a job seeker, one of the best things you can do is to get in the heads of recruiters, hiring managers and company leaders. If you understand why, how, and who they hire, you’re already steps ahead. This includes understanding an organization’s tools, processes and resources—everything from [...]

May 16, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Why Employers Don’t Hire Veterans

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VOTC, WOTC, & The American Jobs Act If you are a HR professional, or responsible for hiring at your organization, chances are that you are familiar with WOTC or the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. This tax credit is common for companies to receive when they hire job seekers who have received government assistance. Last year, [...]

April 12, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How Recruiters Use Social Media to Find Talent & Hire Online

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For Job Seekers: Online Job Search Tips & Advice According to a study done in 2011 by Jobvite, 95% of recruiters use LinkedIn to find new talent. But unless you understand the recruiting industry as it is set up today, that statistic doesn’t mean much. Recruiting has two functions; sourcing and screening. In some [...]