Archive for February, 2010
The $1,500 Blog Post Contest
Posted by JasonIt’s that time of year… Announcing the 3rd annual Talent Buzz blog post / article contest. If you write, or have ever thought of writing, this is for you!
I am excited to announce the $1,500 blog post contest on The Talent Buzz. This time around, the stakes are higher as the winner will receive a $1,500 Visa Gift Card for the winning post. Yep, that’s right, $1,500.
Last year’s competition was great, and the winner was Seth Simonds for writing “Gosh! Napoleon Dynamite’s Guide To Social Networking“.
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The Future of Work via Elance?
Posted by JasonHigh unemployment will likely continue in the coming years, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress today. While that is not the news anyone would hope for, it was widely expected.
One approach the unemployed and underemployed are taking is leveraging online forums and tools to compete for work. Elance, one of the major players in this space recently released , Elance, recently released their online talent report.
Elance currently has over 100,000 experts (service providers) registered world-wide, and ready to take on and compete for projects from web programming and marketing, to legal and virtual assistants. The site also publishes nearly $250 million has been paid (and earned) through the site, with over 300,000 projects posted in the past 12 months alone.
Top 25 Digital Recruiters
Posted by JasonHR Examiner is continuing to measure influence. This morning, they announced the top 25 most influential online recruiters, as a follow-up to their quest to identify the most influential people in the world of Human Resources.
To calculate influence HR Examiner partners with Traackr, a Boston based online reputation discovery tool. You can view the entire list of top recruiters and the prior list published from HR Examiner - the top 25 HR digital influencers of 2009.
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Avature for Recruiting
Posted by JasonWhen responding to an open job req, how many Recruiters have ever said to a hiring leader: “Let me develop a sourcing strategy” or “Let’s see what comes in after we post it”? How about changing that with this response: “Here’s what we have in our portfolio of talent” and/or “Here’s who I’ve been connecting with in the industry”
Adding value as a Recruiter is no new concept, and neither is a great recruiting CRM. Both have been around for years. Many think of and consider CRM’s a Sourcer’s tool. For Recruiters that find themselves wasting time on managing prospects on spreadsheets, network drives, Outlook folders, or in an ATS… Think Avature.
The Twitter DM Deleter - Twedemption
Posted by JasonBlast applications announced today the official launch of Twedemption, a new “mass delete” direct message service for twitter.
For Recruiters and other twitter users that frequently communicate with their followers, Twedemption allows users to mass-delete direct messages. For a a one-time fee of $5.99, you can safely and securely delete multiple or all DMs from your inbox on the go. The biggest benefit with reducing DM’s is the time it takes to load with on-the-go apps.
LinkedIn Moves On Campus
Posted by Jason
As LinkedIn gets closer to its’ 7th Anniversary this May, the professional networking site is picking up steam on College and University Campuses world-wide. The site surpassed 55 million users in December, 2009. Their members span all 7 continents and 200 countries are represented. A new member joins every second.
So what’s next for the professional networking giant? It’s moving on Campus.
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2010 Superbowl Ad Winner: CareerBuilder vs. Monster.com?
Posted by JasonWith air time estimated between $2.5 and $3 million, both job boards are looking to gain traffic and exposure during high unemployment times.
In our poll last year, CareerBuilder won the superbowl ad contest big time with 71% of the vote. After announcing the acquisition of Yahoo! HotJobs last week, the Monster.com beavers hope to take the top spot over CareerBuilder’s whitey tighties.
Which ad did you like best this year? Vote here, and if you didn’t see the ads, you can see both ad spots below the poll.
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Be sure to vote for your favorite 2010 Superbowl ad on YouTube’s ad blitz page before February 14th, 2010.
Monster acquires HotJobs
Posted by JasonWith Monster.com controlling 1/3 of online job postings, they announced their eating one of two main competitors, HotJobs. The deal is expected to close the 3rd quarter of this year.
Monster also plans on doubling the number of newspapers that it works with to about 1,000 for online job postings and advertising.
Background:
Yahoo acquired HotJobs in 2002 for roughly $445 million in cash and stock. One analyst stated that unique users on the HotJobs site in December declined 32 percent year over year, in a note to investors citing data from comScore.
Yahoo’s sale of HotJobs, which had been rumored for months, is the latest example of the Internet company’s reorganization under CEO Carol Bartz who took the helm in January 2009.
Under the terms of the deal, Monster will pay Yahoo $20 million to $31 million a year for Yahoo to redirect traffic to its site. How does the revenue compare between the two job boards? HotJobs generates annual revenue of about $100 million. Monster’s 2009 revenue totaled $905 million.
It is not clear yet what impacts this deal will have on HotJobs’ employees, for Recruiters, or Candidates yet many have stated the consolidation will be beneficial on many fronts.
A Job Board Nightmare?
Posted by JasonHe thought (and hoped) it was just a bad dream. Little Johnny just wanted to find a job, but he got lost in a universe cluttered with a million new job boards.
He woke up, it wasn’t just a dream, as 25,000 will go live this week.
While I have never claimed to be a “jobs” SEO expert, I’ve had several conversations the past couple of months with recruiting industry peers and there continues to be a lot of confusion and questions about what goals Direct Employers is trying to accomplish with the .jobs domain.
