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Down Economy Offers Upside
Posted by JasonAnalysts Agree: Talent Management Now Essential for Success
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- Redeploy existing resources to expand into new markets.
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Online job listings plunge
October job listings nationally fell 20% to their lowest level since January 2006, according to Monster Worldwide Inc.’s Employment Index; listings in New York fell 25%.
Join the discussion on RecruitingBlogs.com
If your Job Boards disappeared tomorrow, how would you get your candidates?
Monster now trading (MWW) on the New York Stock Exchange
Monster Chairman and CEO Sal Iannuzzi announced the company’s move to the NYSE during the quarterly financial conference call Oct. 30. “We believe,” he said, “the New York Stock Exchange is a prestigious platform for Monster, a platform that is committed to integrity in governance, innovation and global growth. These are exciting times for Monster and our move to the New York Stock Exchange is consistent with the goals and strategies and values of the new Monster.”
7 Tips for Jump Starting a Stalled Job Search
A growing number of jobseekers find themselves in the midst of a long-term job search. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. jobless rate soared to a four-year high of 5.7% in July 2008 and the average job search took more than four months to net results. However, some critics would put this number and the number of the unemployed much higher.
9 Sites for Successful Job Interviews
Job hunting is only the first step in the process of getting a new job, but how do you prepare for the interview that will land you the new career you want? The Web is filled with tools to help you figure out how to prepare for and give that perfect interview that recruiters are looking for. Here are nine tools for successful job interviews that include everything from test quizzes to interview tips, access to others who can answer your questions, and more.
Create a Five-Step Plan for Job Search Success
Finding work that you love, that also meets your financial needs, doesn’t happen by accident. It requires a well-thought plan of action and an intense level of commitment. A dismal economy punctuated by the worse job loss in years has resulted in a volatile, intensely competitive job market. Published job ads can easily generate hundreds of resumes from desperate jobseekers. Overwhelmed employers and recruiters sift through mountains of resumes trying to quickly eliminate candidates. The average resume getting just a 15 - 30 second review unless the candidate is able to capture the employer’s attention. So what can you do to get noticed by potential employers and shorten the duration of your job search?
Announcing the Winner of The Talent Buzz Blog Post Contest
Posted by JasonI am thrilled to share the results of the blog post, but first would like to thank each of the participants who submitted a post. The posts - and the content - received great feedback, attention, and great dialogue on several sites.
The top 2 posts each received over 700 unique visits, and there was only a 2 visitor difference between them. Instead of taking a poll, as initially intended, I decided to declare both of the authors winners of the contest. Each will receive an iPod touch.
The 2 winners (and their posts) are:
- How I Used Twitter to Get Meetings with 3 CEOs and a VP of Recruiting in 2 Weeks, by Willy Franzen
- Disagree with Donato Diorio, by Irina Shamaeva
Congratulations!
The other authors (and their posts) in order of the most visits are:
- 5 Free Tools to Cure Your Social Network Fatigue and get Your Life Back!, by Josh Kahn
- Recruiter’s Digital Secrets - Exposed, by Nicole Bodem
- Resumes, Resumes, Resumes, by Kathy Jacobs
- The Party on the Interwebs, by Maren Hogan
- Keep in Touch, by Craig Houston
- Tips to Better Prepare Yourself for this Fall’s Career Fair Season, by Amod Damle
- Social Networking - The Friendship Paradise, by Dinesh Movva
- Is it Time for Back to School for Your Organization?, by Sean Conrad
- Can you Find the Right Job Based on Your Past?, by Alex Cantu
Thanks to our readers who helped share these posts on a variety of sites! Stay tuned for the next contest later this fall - it will be big!
Managing the Millennials - Webinar
Posted by JasonManaging the Millennials: Getting the Most Out of This Generation of Twenty-Somethings, an exclusive offer for The Talent Buzz Readers, from Intern Bridge. Use the coupon code “talent” during checkout, and receive 20% off.
Presented by: Alexandra Levit, Business Consultant, Speaker, and Author
September 17, 2008. 1pm to 2pm, EST.
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About The Program
Tired of hearing about Millennials without learning specific actionable strategies?
Intern Bridge is pleased to welcome renowned Millennial expert Alexandra Levit for this special one-hour engagement. Participants will also receive a copy of Alexandra’s latest publication: Success For Hire.
Today’s twenty-something employees are ambitious, motivated, and dedicated to changing the business world for the better. However, without being told directly, it is hard for young employees to understand the importance of marketing themselves, getting to know the right people, adding tangible value to the organization, learning transferable skills, and charting their own career paths. In fact, twenty-somethings often experience lower productivity and higher turnover than other employees in organizations. This session will discuss how to employ core strategies that will make a difference in the degree to which twenty-somethings contribute to the bottom line and end up staying with organizations for the long-haul.
Program Outline
- Millennials in the workplace
- The good
- The not-so-good
- Types of organizations millennials want to work for
- Types of managers millennials want to work for
- What makes millennials tick
- Best practices for managing millennials
- Understanding millennial capabilities
- Strategies to assist millennials:
- Develop mutually beneficial relationships
- Build Flexible scheduling and assignments
- Provide constructive feedback
- Achieve performance objectives
- Prioritize skill acquisition
- Adapt to the workplace culture
- Build effective coworker association
September 10, 2008 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET
Hiring the right person is just the first step. To truly maximize the investment you made finding and hiring the perfect candidate, you need a new-hire development program that gets them off to a strong start. We’ll share our research results on time-to-productivity gaps across various jobs and industries and offer specific recommendations to close them.
This webinar will cover:
- The financial implications of long orientation periods.
- How to integrate hiring and development processes to build development plans for those crucial first months.
- Steps you can take to help assimilate new hires more quickly while reducing costs.
Click here to register.
Recruiting, Social Media, and Friends. Twitter Rocks!
Posted by JasonFrom Jason Buss (@jjbuss).
What all started with my first tweet - has continued to evolve into something so much more than answering that simple question - “what are you doing”?
After talking with a good friend earlier this year (@seerysm) about twitter, I decided to give it a try. So I started with a few followers, continued tweeting, networking, and talking with many great people. I even posted a few stories on my blog about twitter, including:
- 6 Benefits of Using Twitter as a News, Networking, and Marketing Tool
- Twitter vs. Plurk: What the Tweeps are Saying
- Social Media and Networking: Ten Twitter Tools
Until… Last night, when I had the opportunity to meet with many thought leaders in the recruiting industry (Don Ramer, CEO & Founder of Arbita; RecruitingBlogs.com founder Jason Davis; and LinkedIn Guru and Six Degrees from Dave’s own Dave Mendoza, and The Recruiting Roadshow’s John Sumser to name a few).
Even more special than that are the stronger relationships, and new friends with those that I have interacted with online for months. A big shout out to @marenhogan, @MNHeadhunter, and @txaggie94).
Other tweeps I met: @ttierney, @jokahn, @recruitingblogs, @jphogan, and @johsumser.
A special thanks for the opportunity goes to Paul DeBettignies, Co-Founder and Coordinator of Minnesota Recruiters.
Twitter and many other social media tools have tremendous benefits. Like most things, you’ll get out of it what you put into it.
Tweet on.
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Joongel.com: Plug-in Makes Social Searching Easier
As a follow-up to my posts on Going Green With Your Career, and HR going green, I just ran across a post on How to Use Green Social Media.
Last but not least… Is Facebook a Movement or a Business?
5 Strategies to Use LinkedIn for Recruiting Talent
Posted by JasonBy Jason Buss.
LinkedIn continues to grow substantially, with record users and site visitors month over month. With over 21 million professionals worldwide representing 150 countries, LinkedIn received 9.5 million unique visitors in June. Year to date, traffic is up 77%.
While using LinkedIn as a recruiting tool is not new, I recently spent some time with a group of recruiters discussing the sites advantages, highlighting :
- Competitive intelligence, and research. LinkedIn is a great tool for researching companies. Uncheck the “current companies only, see who has left the organization, the average length of tenure, and possible trends. Think and search creatively, you may be surprised at the amount of information you can find. Since a majority of users set their profiles to public, you can also build a search string to search LinkedIn profiles using Google. It can take some creative searching, but there is a tremendous amount of information just waiting to be mined.
- Build your network with candidates. Connect with strong candidates immediately after you speak with them. There are several advantages to this, including: building a candidate community with top talent, following changes when they move or get promoted via network updates (stay connected, send a congratulatory note), you’ll see all of the names and titles in their networks.
- Pick up the phone! Your competitors and search firms are. You are wasting your time if you solely rely on the e-mail functionality. Sounds simple, but quite likely an under-utilized tactic in corporate recruiting.
- Network with Recommendations. Top performers know and network with top performers. Use recommendations on an individual’s profile to network and build leads.
- Use the “download as a PDF” tool. If you don’t have a Resume for a lead, download their profile with the PDF tool on LinkedIn. Share their profile with a Manager - are you on track? What’s missing from the profile they might be looking for in an ideal candidate? Is this lead with pursuing.
In addition to these 5, there are many other possibilities in using LinkedIn for recruiting talent. While many sites in the recruiting space have declining traffic, LinkedIn is just one tool, with many advantages including it’s growth and momentum.
Most recruiters are using it - and all have access to it. Get creative and get more out of the site than your competitors are.
Interested in building and growing your network? Connect with me, and add (bussjj (at) gmail (dot) com) as the e-mail address. And, click here to join 2,000+ HR and Recruiting Professionals on The Talent Buzz LinkedIn group.
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