Via CollegeRecruiter.com …
There’s been an interesting discussion in the NACE JobPlace discussion list about the perception by many employers that students who do a more effective job of searching for employment opportunities will have a better chance of being hired.
I agree but caution those who believe that the best candidates are those who try the [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Don’t Make Candidates Jump Through Hoops
Posted in How To, applicant tracking, best practices, hiring, job seekers, recruiting, resources, screening on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What You Need to Know About the May Jobs Report
Posted in Statistics, hiring, recruiting on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From US News & World Report …
A flurry of conditionals has couched their “flickers of hope” and “green shoots,” but government officials may finally have their chance to speak with unobscured optimism.
The Labor Department reported Friday that employers cut 345,000 jobs from their payrolls last month, a bad sign in nearly any economy but this [...]
Staffing.org Report: Internet Best Practices
Posted in How To, applicant tracking, best practices, hiring, job boards, job seekers, productivity, recruiting, resources, sourcing on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Human resources research and information site Staffing.org has published an excellent report titled, “Internet Best Practices,” which details how candidates are finding and applying to job opportunities.
It is packed with interesting stats that most recruiters will find useful and informative, for example, “While the Internet is it not yet a universal tool, it approaches that [...]
Google recruiter: Company kept ‘do not touch’ in hiring list
Posted in How To, Statistics, applicant tracking, best practices, compliance, hiring, recruiting, screening on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Via MercuryNews.com …
A recruiter who left Google last year says that the company had maintained a “do not touch” list of companies including Genentech and Yahoo, whose employees were not to be wooed to the Internet search giant.
That revelation could be significant in light of this week’s disclosure that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating [...]
