Via BNET …
Everyone is talking recession. President Bush is promising tax relief, and it hasn’t been a very cheery couple of days for the markets. Two thirds of Americans think we’re either already in or on the edge of a recession, and, not surprisingly, consumer spending has slowed. Among all this gloom and doom, yesterday the Informed Reader blog at the Wall Street Journal trawled the Internet and found an upside to our economic woes:
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Whether you’re an aspiring intern or a senior-level executive, it’s important to set aside prep time before a job interview. Even those high up on the corporate ladder make gaffes that could easily have been avoided. And if it’s been a while since you hunted for a new job, you may be surprised at the creative techniques employers are now using. Here’s a collection of our top downloaded articles on job interviews to help you get through the process blunder-free.
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Via Scobelizer …
It’s sad to hear about layoffs at companies like Yahoo. Right now it seems like a bad time to be laid off. I’m here to offer some hope.
I laid myself off in February 2002. Remember that time? It was far worse than what we’ve seen so far in the economic turmoil of 2008. It seemed like EVERYONE was laid off. There was even a Website that tracked layoff after layoff. No good news, like the funding of Automattic, was coming out. 9/11 just happened and it seemed to be particularly dire.
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Via HRO Today …
The Honickman Group finds recruitment costs escalate after implementing RPO, but for SVP of HR, the costs are more than repaid in business results.
If you follow conventional wisdom about outsourcing recruitment services, then you know cost savings are a primary driver for turning to a third party. But when soft drink bottler The Honickman Group turned to an outsourced solution, it more than doubled its recruitment costs to more than $1 million.
A case of RPO gone wild? Actually, for the Mid-Atlantic bottler, whose headquarters are based in Pennsauken, NJ, the outsourcing engagement has been transformational, according to company officials. Positions are filled more quickly, vacancies that used to plague Honickman during its peak seasons are no longer left unmanned, and the quality of candidates has improved as well. Under a variety of measures, the engagement appears to be wildly successful. Still, what about that gigantic spike in recruitment costs?
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Via ERE.net …
Currently, the most underperforming corporate recruiting tool is the careers or jobs webpage. Honestly, taking your own for example, is there any chance it conveys the energy and excitement that you encounter on a regular basis as an employee? You and I both know that the answer is probably not, because 99% of corporate careers sites are just plain ugly and boring. It’s truly unfortunate that one of the primary channels of communication that both applicants and candidates experience is so poorly managed.
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