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 [...]
Human Capital Management
Attracting the Best Candidates for Every Position Every Time.
JobSeekers
RFL: Digital Resumes, URI Career Fair, and Job Seeker Story of the Day
DIGITAL RESUMES
Okay job seekers, here’s the best kept secret in Digital Resumes: YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THE RECRUITER IS GOING TO SEARCH FOR! Searching a resume database to find a candidate is often very similar to searching any other database- you enter a key word or phrase that you’re searching for, and the database [...]
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 [...]
JobSeekers
JobsInAL – Face to Face in Birmingham!
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, [...]
Attention All Job Fair Exhibitors!
STEP UP YOUR GAME
While organizing 4 job fairs in different states this month, I’ve been keenly aware of our need to differentiate our events from the rest. When it comes right down to it, all that really matters is that local job seekers find good opportunities, and the local employers who exhibit connect with [...]
JobsInTheUS
Have Career Fairs Lost their Value?
At JobsInTheUS, we are taking our web-based employment advertising resource from the net to the neighborhood. We’ve launched an initiative to host 4 career fairs in September- one each in Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Alabama. In the spring, we’ll be hosting 7, including those 4 states, plus Mississippi, Louisiana, and Vermont. [...]
JobSeekers
On the recruiting frtont lines in Augusta, ME
Wow. Some days really make you wonder about the future, and about the real employment adversity faced by many Americans.
I spent the better part of the day on Monday, March 10th, at the August Civic Center exhibiting at the Augusta Job Expo. The company I work for was there promoting our [...]
JobSeekers
Community College of RI Job Fair
On March 5th, the Community College of RI hosted a career fair for their students. I attended to speak with students about career opportunities in the state, and promote our website. The event was well run and organized, held in the cafeteria during mid-day. This allowed for good traffic, maybe 125 [...]
Employment Branding
College Student focused job fair in NH
Another busy day on the recruiting front lines! My first stop this morning was to an event facility in New Hampshire, to meet with a potential partner and explore the capacity of the venue. As it looks now, we’ll have 70 NH employers exhibiting their employment brand to potentially 1,000 job seekers looking [...]
