As I arranage the furniture in my new home, I can’t help but look back over the past 2 years spent posting on The Recruiting Front Lines on Blogger. For most of that time, I spent a great deal of my effort managing our marketing and education events for the sites of JobsInTheUS. During that [...]
Full Story »Settling In
Internal Company Email Exposed
Upon reading this internal communication, I realized just how much negative press has been devoted to exposing the dark underbelly of corporate greed through the acquisition of private and revealing emails. Rarely does one encounter a news bit that begins with, “Our station has acquired a copy of the internal email…”, and is followed [...]
Full Story »The HR/Recruiting Scourge of Blandness!
Sent to me by Robert Ayers, Senior Acct Mgr for JobsInME, from Peter Weddle’s recent newsletter:
The Scourge of Bureaucratic Correctness
There is today a scourge of bland communication oppressing the performance of corporate and staffing firm recruiting teams. While social media have captured their imagination, the vast majority of recruiters [...]
Two Sentence Job Ads Online?!
As a director with the leading online recruitment resources in New England, I’ve reviewed literally thousands of job postings over the past five years. While the use of internet resources, such as JobsInME, has become the norm across the country, both in urban areas and rural, many people writing the ads are still writing for [...]
Full Story »Tired of Staff Who Just Don’t Care?
Tired of Staff Who Just Don’t Care About Your Business?
The hospitality industry has historically seen one of the highest turnover rates of any industry. While a large part of this is due to the seasonality of many businesses, a lack of attention to the hiring process is also a major factor. The hard [...]
HR Is In Charge! …Now What?!
Staffing Up in a Down Economy
We are all on the same path…finding ways to do more with less. It is widely known that workforces are becoming leaner and leaner, while most are still faced with maintaining and even growing market share and productivity. It seems like an impossible task: reduce the number of people working for you, and increase your [...]
Full Story »NH Human Resource Professionals Come Together!
The Granite State Human Resource Conference’s 2009 Human Capital Summit took place on Tuesday, May 12, in Manchester, NH, attracting nearly 300 professionals in HR, nearly 50 exhibitors, and a dozen or so sponsors. This year, the conference offered more HRCI credits than ever before- with a PHR or SPHR able to pick up [...]
Full Story »Yahoo! News Story – Layoffs slow to 539K in April; jobless rate rises
Layoffs slow to 539K in April; jobless rate rises
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090508/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy
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Attracting the Best Candidates for Every Position Every Time.
Winning the War for TalentEmployer career fair tips for attracting the very best candidates every time for every position in your company.
The following tips have been culled from literally thousands of conversations with job seekers at career events. If you are serious about attracting and engaging the very best candidates, be sure to discuss [...]