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Quirky interview questions / A bad hiring practice hitting female candidates
Such hiring practices also disadvantage women. They hurt the employer by limiting the talent pool. They fortify the male dominated frat-boy culture that Silicon Valley is increasingly being criticized for. Telle Whitney, CEO of Anita Borg Institute, which is working on getting more women to study computer science and have more women fully engaged in … Continue reading
US / The 5.6 M working in HR and Recruitment
the Bureau of Labor statistics report from 2010 that there are 5.6 million professionals in the United States who work in HR Continue reading
Google+ / A Recruiter’s Advantage
Most likely you’re already using LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, but what many recruiters don’t know is that Google+ is starting to make an impact Continue reading
Hiring in India / Job portals are the most popular
Print media has lost its popularity as a preferred hiring channel and there is a heavy reliance on job portals who account for a majority of the overall hiring among Indian organisations, a survey says. According to a People Matters-CareerBuilder survey, among the channels used by Indian recruiting organisations, 82 per cent of Indian employers … Continue reading
Job Search and Hiring / The Smartphone Revolution
Nearly one-third of google searches for “jobs” come from mobile devices, making the smartphone the engine of choice for job seekers and recruiters alike Continue reading
The Chris Russell’s list of mobile recruiting apps
The link will take you directly to the app store Continue reading
US College Labor Market / Recruiting Trends 2013-2014
The college labor market is improving, up 3 percent from last year for all degrees. Strong demand for accounting, marketing, computer science, engineering, human resources, public relations, and the inclusive “all majors” group will increase hiring for Bachelor’s degrees by 7 percent. The increase in hiring has been steady but could be better. Continue reading
Job Searchers vs Recruiters / A widening gap finds DeVry University’s study
Seventy-two percent of job seekers are confident they know how to present their skills and experience. Yet, just 15 percent of hiring managers say nearly all or most job seekers have the skills and traits their companies are looking for Continue reading
The US Talent Shortage / Gimme a break says The Headhunter
Employers don’t do their own hiring, and that’s the number one problem. They outsource their competitive edge (recruiting and hiring) to third parties like Taleo, Kenexa, LinkedIn, Monster.com and CareerBuilder Continue reading
Job Search with Mobile Devices / 30% of Simply Hired Traffic
A new Simply Hired® study details how people are using mobile devices in their job search. The analysis crunches data on more than 30 million job seekers to deliver new insight into how and why people are using mobile devices as compared to traditional online job search. The data paints a new picture of the mobile … Continue reading
Job Board Advertising / Relevant for finding talent report says
eQuest’s Data Analytics Division has released a new white paper that underscores the critical necessity of advertising to attract and find quality candidates and provides a new understanding of what the term “job board” means in a time when definitions are constantly changing. This is the third white paper in a series that establishes the … Continue reading
Nanny Jobs / Three Sensitive Topics Parents Should Ask About in the Interview
Let’s face it, hiring a nanny is a very personal process and decision. The information you need to know in order to make the best decision isn’t the same type of information you need to know when hiring a housekeeper or a secretary. The person you hire as your nanny will be caring for and … Continue reading
Does education really matter when recruiting ?
From an interview with Laszlo Bock, senior vice president of people operations at Google On the hiring side, we found that brainteasers are a complete waste of time. How many golf balls can you fit into an airplane? How many gas stations in Manhattan? A complete waste of time. They don’t predict anything. They serve primarily to … Continue reading
LinkedIn / Most Recruiters Who Use Social Media
A new Jobvite survey on social media recruiting says that 94 percent of recruiters who use social media use LinkedIn Continue reading
HR / Recruiters whose job it was to locate the best candidates have largely disappeared
Corporate training has largely disappeared, along with the recruiters whose job it was to locate the best candidates for those programs, argues Peter Cappelli, a professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and author of Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs (click on the link to get a free e-book copy this week). … Continue reading
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