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		<title>Recruiting in an Aquarium</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/2010/05/recruiting-in-an-aquarium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 23:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor market]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The young captains, many of whom don't know they're way around seas, and lacking the knowledge that only comes with age and experience, are ill-equipped for fishing in the open waters.  Yet that's where they'll soon be sent.  And quickly, they'll find that those exotic fish are harder to find in the open ocean than they anticipated. ]]></description>
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		<title>What Matters Most in a Candidate?</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/2010/05/what-matters-most-in-a-candidate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 16:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JobsInTheUS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recruiting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[screening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Click Here for PollOnline SurveyEnterprise Feedback Management &#124; Polls &#124; Email Marketing
 &#124; Crowdsourcing SoftwareView MicroPoll

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		<title>Bring an HR Business Partner</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/2010/03/bring-an-hr-business-partner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business & Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Granite State HR Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR business partner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR Professionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational dynamics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategic hr]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jasonblais.com/?p=809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past 7 years, I worked as an HR business partner, both internally and externally, though have never worked directly in an HR department.  Within my previous organization, JobsInNH, I worked closely with HR to develop and deliver training programs, employee surveys, and employee incentive programs in addition to recruiting, interviewing, and hiring. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Registration</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/2010/03/blog-registration/</link>
		<comments>http://jasonblais.com/2010/03/blog-registration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Capital Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[GCUGJEHU777V
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		<title>Sourcing Candidates from Social Media- What&#8217;s Missing?</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/2010/03/sourcing-candidates-from-social-media-whats-missing/</link>
		<comments>http://jasonblais.com/2010/03/sourcing-candidates-from-social-media-whats-missing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HR Professionals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recruiting front lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staffing philosphy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ideally, a well developed employment brand strategy will include activities geared toward attracting both the active and passive candidates. Active seekers can be attracted with traditional job posting advertisements and by posting jobs on your own website, and making them search engine optimized (you'd be shocked by how many job searches start in a Google search field).]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts for the Long Term Unemployed</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/2010/03/799/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JobSeekers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this to a former colleague who is now working as a Director at the Maine Workforce Investment Board and a published author.  He had reached out to dialogue about what the long term unemployed can do to stay current and increase their chances of becoming employed.
I definitely agree that volunteering and, when possible, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Job Advertisments Up in February 2010</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/2010/03/new-job-advertisments-up-in-february-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://jasonblais.com/2010/03/new-job-advertisments-up-in-february-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business & Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[February 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job postings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Now Hiring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Based on the foremost 3rd party authority for metrics of online job postings, the number of new job ads has grown in the US for the third straight month, nearing levels from 2006.]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring Managers-the Problem Might Be YOU</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/2009/11/hiring-managers-the-problem-might-be-you/</link>
		<comments>http://jasonblais.com/2009/11/hiring-managers-the-problem-might-be-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recruiting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhode Island Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The report below, published in 2008 by the Governor&#8217;s Workforce Board of RI, outlines the issues facing the hospitality industry in that state- a state which relies heavily on this sector of the economy (who doesn&#8217;t love Newport?).  What&#8217;s disconcerting, however, is that it&#8217;s now been a year since this was originally published, and there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Garbage Truck Golden Rule</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/2009/11/the-garbage-truck-golden-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://jasonblais.com/2009/11/the-garbage-truck-golden-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business & Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doing well by doing good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational dynamics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jasonblais.com/?p=749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This was just passed internally to our company from a person I think very highly of, and I thought it was worth anybody&#8217;s two minutes to read- though I don&#8217;t know where it originated (OKAY, SINCE POSTING THIS, I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS, AND HAVE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE PROPER ATTRIBUTION, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Release from Jason C. Blais, JobsInTheUS</title>
		<link>http://jasonblais.com/2009/10/news-release-from-jason-c-blais-jobsintheus/</link>
		<comments>http://jasonblais.com/2009/10/news-release-from-jason-c-blais-jobsintheus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business & Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Capital Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JobsInTheUS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[press release]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategic hr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[JobsInTheUS.com to Provide HR Services to Employers Through Strategic Partnership With HRSentry


WESTBROOK, ME&#8211;(Marketwire &#8211; September 30, 2009) &#8211;  JobsInTheUS is proud to announce the addition  of a new suite of services powered by HRSentry, a Vermont-based company.   HRSentry&#8217;s mission is to create, deliver, and support services that empower
organizations to be self-sufficient in [...]]]></description>
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