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.
Human Capital Management
What Matters Most in a Candidate?
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Employment Branding
Sourcing Candidates from Social Media- What’s Missing?
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).
Human Capital Management
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 [...]
Business & Economy
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 [...]
Employment Branding
Abstract from 20/20 Employment Branding
Abstract from 20/20 Employment Branding:
Employment Brand DefinedIn this session, we’ll talk about creating and leveraging a “brand” to increase your recruiting success. We’ll identify the strategies that are used in marketing and advertising to attract customers, and apply them to the goals of attracting the best possible candidates. So, instead of building a consumer brand [...]
Human Capital Management
RFL: The Recruiter / HR Relationship
Let’s go everyone. The current is against us, and it’s time to make sure we’re all paddling in the same direction. No more name calling. No more insidious comments behind each others’ backs. No more jokes at the other’s expense. Now more than ever, HR Professionals and Recruiters must get along for the betterment of [...]
Employment Branding
RFL: Your Recruitment Advertising is Failing If…
I just can’t hold it in any longer. Through dealing with hundreds of employers over the last few years, providing guidance and education on recruitment advertising and employment branding, I have become a rather tough critic of the job ads that I see. I’ve developed and presented programs on these topics to employers, providing very [...]
JobSeekers
JobsInRI – Live in Lincoln!
The properties of JobsInTheUS have launched a focused initiative to reinforce strong and lasting connections with the local communities they serve in AL, LA, MA, ME, MS, NH, VT, & RI. Unlike most internet resources, these companies are participatory in local business and trade associations, HR Associations, career centers at colleges, universities, trades schools, and [...]
JobSeekers
JobsInME- Connecting in South Portland
The properties of JobsInTheUS have launched a focused initiative to reinforce strong and lasting connections with the local communities they serve in AL, LA, MA, ME, MS, NH, VT, & RI. Unlike most internet resources, these companies are participatory in local business and trade associations, HR Associations, career centers at colleges, universities, trades schools, and [...]
