Via CareerBuilder.com … Employers throughout the world are increasingly struggling to keep pace with expanding hiring needs. A recent workforce planning study conducted by Aon Consulting for one of its clients showed that nearly 60 percent of its key knowledge workers and leaders would need to be replaced in the next five years. But, demand [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘productivity’
July 13, 2009
Hire Smarter with Social Media
Via Harvard Business Publishing … A recession might seem like good news for employers looking to hire: with unemployment rates up, you’ve got more people to choose from and the opportunity to hire at a lower price. While the current economic situation might make this a great time for you to expand your team, it [...]
July 8, 2009
ATS: A KEY BUSINESS SOLUTION IN ANY ECONOMY
Today’s job market has created a conundrum for growing companies. The landscape is rich with qualified candidates. But issue a want ad, and some statistics note that 200 applications are likely to respond. How can any employer reasonably cope with that flood of candidates? Those corporations, healthcare organizations and government departments using an applicant tracking [...]
June 5, 2009
Staffing.org Report: Internet Best Practices
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 [...]
May 28, 2009
‘Talent on Demand’: Applying Supply Chain Management to People
Via Knowledge@Wharton … Failing to manage your company’s talent needs, says Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli, “is the equivalent of failing to manage your supply chain.” And yet the majority of employers have abysmal track records when it comes to the age-old problem of finding and retaining talent. Supply chain managers “ask questions like, [...]
May 21, 2009
What HR can offer in tough times
Via Human Resources Leader … The economic downturn is putting significant pressure on many organisations. In such times, CEOs usually turn to finance and operations to assist them in adapting to the times. However, HR can also make a valuable contribution at the executive table. HR needs to play a pragmatic role in these times. [...]
March 27, 2009
SaaS: The Better Way to Buy
From ITworld … For growing businesses, I know of no better way to purchase software than as a hosted service, paid for on a per-user/per-month basis. While the equation may not work for the smallest companies, and some IT departments avoid it in order to build an ever-larger empire for themselves, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is the [...]
February 9, 2009
PreCheck and Hirebridge Announce Partnership to Provide Seamless Integration, Linking Background Screening and Applicant Tracking System
Houston, TX – PreCheck, Inc.™ and Hirebridge LLC, today announced the integration between PreCheck’s background screening service and Hirebridge’s applicant tracking and hiring management system. Through these system integrations, both companies are able to offer clients the five core integration components and as a result abridge the hiring processes for their clients. “We saw this as a [...]
January 28, 2009
Is an ATS a solution or a tool?
Via JobMachine … A person buys the best hammer in the world only to discover that it doesn’t change their ability to hammer a nail. Sounds silly, yet companies that set out to buy what they’ve determined is the best ATS often find nothing has improved a year after installing it. Their mistake is buying [...]
October 14, 2008
New Site Aims at Creating a Common Job Language
Via ERE.net … What’s a marketing manager? Ask five people, and you’ll get five definitions. Look for resumes, and you’ll get hundreds of people doing vastly different things. Mark Bielecki is trying to clean it all up with a new site, Joblish. (And you thought startups had used up every possible fanciful variation of the [...]
