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I guess after my last post on innovation, I felt like I had to come back to you with more. So check this out. I came across a site of innovative business cards and was DELIGHTED to see that a Recruiter’s card was among them. Gives me hope that there are LOTS of Recruiters willing to innovate whenever and wherever [...]

Okay, so its not REALLY recruiting related, but hopefully it will spark some ideas. What is the craziest, most daring stunt you can think of (and pull of) to meet your hiring goals. Check out what Prince (his purple badness) is up to these days. (I love his daring!) -snip-snip- Prince is launching his new Planet Earth album as a [...]

Now this is innovative thinking! I wonder how many recruiters have recognized his talent and given him a call already? -snip-snip- When nonvoters are asked why they don’t participate in politics, the most common answer they give is that they don’t think they can have any impact. The system’s gamed, they say, broken, and lawmakers are only concerned about the [...]

Some big names in search met Thursday at the Red Herring East conference and allowed their brains to be picked by venture capitalists eager to find the next good idea. A panel consisting of Ask.com, Answers.com, Truveo/AOL and Microsoft search gurus deflected a slew of questions. Who do you think are the next big search companies to watch? Who’s going [...]

The demise of the U.S. Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform legislation is a setback for the technology industry’s push to increase the annual cap on H-1B visas. But count on a Plan B from H-1B proponents. The Senate bill was the primary vehicle for efforts to raise the H-1B cap from its current limit of 65,000 visas per year, plus another [...]

When I saw this video it was not news to me, but I thought it might be something you would find interesting. I wonder how many ways you can apply this technique to find resumes online? (Hmm…) By tweaking the strings, you can do the same things on Live and Yahoo as well. Just fyi… Cool Google Search Trick – [...]

A few eye-opening stats… For every 100 women enrolled in college there are 77 men enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html For every 100 women enrolled in the first year of college there are 79 men enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html For every 100 women enrolled in the second year of college there are 71 men enrolled. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2004.html For every 100 women enrolled in the third year [...]

I stumbled across this blog post from some anonymous person online and thought it was too interesting not to share. As someone who has played in both camps, I found the observations pretty profound. I think it would be very eye-opening to a lot of folks. Life at Google – The Microsoftie Perspective Excerpts… Q: What are the office arrangements [...]

It’s recruiting season and the forecast looks sunny for job seekers, so long as they’re talented and willing to work at landing employment. That’s the consensus among analysts, students and big company recruiters who are struggling to find enough qualified applicants to fill their posts. The overall unemployment rate for the computer industry at the end of last quarter was [...]

How many 6-figure jobs do you know that do not require a college degree? You may be surprised when you read the list I found. Check out these stats from CityTownInfo.com. From their website… If you’re loaded up with MBAs and engineering degrees, it’s usually relatively easy to get a good job. But most people aren’t in that category. So [...]

Ooohhh!!! This is too controversial to ignore. What were these lawyers thinking? Check out the video below (but read the article beneath it first). snip-snip Want to hire cheaper foreign workers instead of Americans? A lawyer tells you how to game the immigration system—and it’s all on YouTube. The video looks as though it could have been shot at almost [...]

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    Companies Leverage Employer Profiles to Drive Quality Applications, Leverage Employee Referrals and Gain the Inside Track on Highly-Qualified Candidates Mountain View, Calif. – June 25, 2007 — Affinity Circles, Inc., the leading provider of trusted social networks for affinity-based organizations, today announced the launch of inCircle Employer Profiles, an interactive profile that allows employers to target job listings [...]