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Passive Candidates: A Contrarian View
I must admit that I have always believed that passive candidates are often (not always) among the best job candidates. And that is a pretty standard assumption in the recruitment area. What do you think? However, one insightful recruiter writing at ERExchange tries to make a contrarian argument, asserting that this is not the case!
Essentially, [...]
All aboard! Mistakes to avoid in employee orientation
Workforce Magazine has a short piece on employee orientation that’s worth a quick read.
The premise:
People join organizations to do a job, and during their first day on the job all we want to talk about is the rules and reasons we may use for terminating them! It’s insane. And it’s a complete waste of money. [...]
Won’t you let me take you on a sea(code) cruise?
Ah, for some of you those words (”Won’t you let me take you on a sea cruise“) must evoke good memories…not for me; I am too young! Anyhow, seacode (cruise) is the latest and greatest outsourcing/offshoring scheme I have heard of yet.
This innovative idea involves a sea cruiser (really, I’m not kidding!) that [...]
Librarians without books? A paper-based profession reinvents itself for the digital world
(photo “seattle public library” by aileron, creative commons via flickr)
According to the Wall Street Journal: “Hiring demand for librarians is on the rise, even as corporate-library staffs see their numbers fall. To advance their careers, corporate librarians are leaving the stacks far behind.”
A librarian now “may be called an information scientist, knowledge manager, taxonomist [...]
Or, Too Much Time and Too Little Work!
For some people, especially many highly-paid professionals over 50, you may quickly find you have alot more time on your hands (and alot less work!) than you want or need.
According to this cover article in Fortune, many people over 50 who were highly compensated suddenly find themselves
unemployed. The article goes on to note that [...]
Too much work, too little time
Photo entitled “bad fr yr health?” by Esthr (Esther Dyson)(creative commons via flickr)
Read the conversation appended to the photo . . . if you have time.
There’s a very well-done article in the Christian Science Monitor about overworked Americans. The author compares us to Europeans and discusses the causes of the problem and possible future [...]
Vertical Job Search Engines: The Latest Approach to Internet Recruitment
In the apparently never ending list of innovations in Internet Recruitment, let me introduce Vertical Job Search Engines (VJSE). Also referred to as “Direct-to-Employer” Systems, they focus on directly connecting job searchers with premium employers. So how do you become a “premium employer?” Well, one way is to
be willing to pay for each click generated [...]
Catching up with the comments (a/k/a letters to the editor)
Consider this sort of a “letters to the editor” column (with hyperlinks).
We don’t see that many comments here, and certainly would love to see more.
A shortcoming of blog commenting, I think, is that if a comment is appended to a somwhat older post, many interested readers never see it, as they have already [...]
Podcast now available for May 2, 2005, HR/Employment blogosphere update
(microphone photo by mcmrbt/Rob, creative commons/flickr)
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Blogging For Recruitment: Take A Look At This Example
With all the “chatter” about using blogs to recruit new candidates, examples seem relatively scarce. Here is one example of a blog used for recruiting; it gives you some ideas as to what to expect there; I suggest you check out this blog.
In terms of content, you will find a mixture of things, [...]
Employee blogging as "cybersmear"
An interesting seminar invitation just came through my email.
Clearly some companies and/or their attorneys see blogs as a threat equivalent to “cybersmear” campaigns.
This viewpoint is indicated by the inclusion of the two topics of blogs and cybersmear in one handy seminar.
Here are the only three questions about blogging deemed relevant for this seminar:
1) What [...]
I’m going to sue YOU, not just your company: What YOU should know
Ever been personally sued, along with your company? Hoping to avoid that possibility? You will find a good deal of valuable advice in this article. Read on for what some of the contents are!
This article provides a nice summary of some important issues, including WHY plaintiffs may sue you (e.g., it exerts more pressure on [...]
Right-brain thinking a necessity for future jobs (a/k/a why I’m posting photos)
Photo by Felicity and Phillip (creative commons/Flickr)
Posting photos by others is an experiment here. The following is an explanation . . . of sorts.
A couple of weeks ago, I saw an article based on this book: “A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age,” by Daniel H. [...]
Deja Vu Job Market: Where Have All the Jobs Gone?
Some experts have been predicting an improved job market for several years now. But some recent indices don’t reflect an improving job market anytime soon.
Indeed, the widely regarded Conference Board’s Help-Wanted advertising index just indicated
a slide of two points in March. The index now stands at 39, identical to what it was one year [...]
HR/Employment blogosphere update for May 2, 2005
Photo by Brave Heart, entitled “What’s Ahead, you dare take the chance?” (creative commons license, via Flckr)(A sense of foreboding in the sudden darkness of what’s ahead, combined with the steep winding downhill.)
TERMINATION: DO YOU DARE TAKE THE CHANCE?
Workers Comp Insider: “Terminations: Seating the 800 Pound Gorilla,” linking to: Thoughts From A Management [...]
