BOCA RATON, FL — Sharkstrike.com™ (www.Sharkstrike.com) has announced the release of its free online resume and profile searching tool for recruiters and staffing professionals. “Recruiters and staffing professionals, who utilize our free tool, will be able to access more resumes online and reach more people in LinkedIn, as well as Twitter. Our current tool allows users to search from over [...]
Meet me at First Thursday! — My fab 15 for the week… Can you imagine a CEO speaking at a job fair using this tehnology? 1. Impact of Recession on Search Firms 2. Performance reviews are bogus (and this is why) 3. Should Job Seekers Post Their Resumes On-line? (Umm… yeah) 4. Industry stats are quoting a click through rate [...]
First Thursday presents… Layoffs, Salaries and Sex in Second Life In this episode: Karen is all doom and gloom about the economy, while Jim looks for the silver lining for Recruiters suffering from the econoclypse (get it? like the apocolypse?); by referring them to different industries to recruit for. Or at least Jim tries to, Karen won’t let him speak. [...]
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My fab 15 for the week: 1. It seemed every manager with an employee whose salary was above midpoint felt compelled to retitle the job, rewrite the job description and push hard for an upgrade. 2. Me vs We 3. Is talent more important than technology? 4. Unhappy on your job? Talk to the doctor… 5. High Five! 6. Feeling [...]
There are LOTS of searchengines out there, but the most popular searchengines are: Google, Yahoo and MSN. Which one is the best? That’s a tough call when you consider all of the factors, but there is at least one group of geeks who debated the issue in a way that can best be described as… memorable. See for yourself! GOOGLE [...]
Click here to subscribe to The Recruiters Lounge — The Recession: A Silver Lining for Corporate Recruiters By Rob McGovern, Founder and CEO of Jobfox . The Changing Rules of the Road As talk of the economy takes center stage, one has the feeling that we’re hanging on the last branch before the abyss. It’s as if one moment we’re in the [...]
Click here to subscribe to The Recruiters Lounge — Q: Jim, I need a job and the market looks grim. Can you give me some advice? A: Sure, scroll down this page and watch my video. I gave an hour long webinar on job hunting and share a bunch of tips that you can immediately act on. Oh! Will you [...]
If you are a Linkedin Power User and (when it comes to recruiting/sourcing) swear by Linkedin, you DEFINITELY want to listen in to this. WARNING: Do not let your employer hear it however! Jim and Karen debate and get into hissy fits (Jim this time) over who owns your Linkedin contacts. If an employer pays for an account upgrade, does that account still belong to you after you leave the company? Do you think you know the answer?
