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Job Seekers Must Educate Themselves on Employer Brand

by theguestblogger
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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 →

Five Networking Rules of Engagement

by Mike Haberman
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Business Networking Rules of Engagement There is a no lack of networking advice or tips out there in the blogsphere today. Additionally, you can buy any number of great books by authors such at Keith Ferrazzi and Harvey Mckay. But I have been networking for a long time as well, plus I have read all [...]

May 14, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

4 Essential Pillars of a Talent Community

by theonecrystal
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The Buzz About Online Networks & Talent Communities “There’s a lot of buzz on Talent Communities in the HR world right now.”  It seems like that’s something that’s heard at least a couple of times a day and it’s true, there IS a lot of buzz out there.  Everybody wants to have a voice in the conversation because of [...]

May 10, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Great Divide: Adapting to a Digitally Diverse Audience

by Autumn McReynolds
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  Diverse Audience Among Digital Natives   Know your audience. This phrase has been drilled into the heads of marketers and content creators since the beginning of marketing and content creation. And while your mind may immediately jump to a consumer audience, the reality is that recruitment marketers must be in-tune with their job seeker [...]

May 3, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Average is No Longer Good Enough

by Mike Haberman
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The Average Employee at Work Is Just Average Thomas Friedman wrote about the effect that the ever increasing use of technology and the increasing global competition is having on unemployment in the U.S. His conclusion is that average is no longer good enough for American workers. Friedman says “In the past, workers with average skills [...]

April 30, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Why Employers Don’t Hire Veterans

by theguestblogger
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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 →

The Single Most Essential Trait in HR Executive Leadership

by Mike Haberman
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  What Trait Makes for a Great Leader and Leadership?    A presidential candidate discovered that being well read is fundamental to success in the race, or at least in order to keep from being embarrassed. No, I am not talking about the presidential race in the U.S.; rather I am talking about the presidential [...]

April 2, 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 [...]

March 29, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Employee Social Network Brings Employees Closer Together

by Lisa Bonner
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Corporate Social Networks Solution for Workplace Engagement   Three years ago we launched an employee social network at our company for both professional AND social groups.  Many of the executives were concerned.  There was a perceived loss of productivity.  The buzz around the water cooler was, “I’m not sure about this social network thing. I [...]

March 12, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Is It Luck or Business Leadership Skills?

by Lisa Bonner
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When I decided to turn my HR career around, I went all in. Go hard or go home.  I began reading human resource materials, connecting with anyone that I could find who was remotely interested in HR.  I’m fully dedicated to what I loved. I’m starting to receive the benefits of all that work.  Once I took control [...]

February 24, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

3 LinkedIn Profile Setting Secrets for the Job Seeker

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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**This is a guest post written by Joshua Waldman author of “Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies.”  Why are we even talking about social media in the context of job search?  Simple!  Recruiters are using social media and recruiting to find talent. In fact, several surveys in the last few years point to a very [...]

December 26, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

3 Ways to Use Social Media to Source Quality Candidates

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Most of us will agree that the most talented people are already in good jobs and doing well. Passive job seekers are just that, passive and not actively looking, that is why sources like Linkedin are such good sources to find talent but just because I can find someone on Linkedin doesn’t mean I can [...]

December 2, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Resumes Don’t Get You Hired. Interviews Do.

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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A resume will get you through the door, but the interview is what will get you hired. You might be the BEST at the JOB you are interviewing for, but if you don’t master communicating that in an interview, you may not get the job. Interviewing is a skill that can be learned… here is what [...]

November 15, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Work Life Balance – It’s Complicated

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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If you have to work for a living – and most of us do, life can get really complicated especially if you have a spouse and/or kids.  I have gotten past that point in my life, where I have to worry so much about the work life balance, as both of my children have left [...]

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