Do you know how to use Facebook effectively, send tweets, and search for specific information using Google? Well then, you may have a job. According to WANTED Analytics, a firm that collects hiring-demand information, more than 1000 job offerings required applicants to have social media skills between May and August 2011, and increase of 160% from offerings in 2010. Continue Reading…
The popular, sales and customer service software company, Salesforce, is going to be expanding their scope within the next year to offer software solution for human resource management. Many believe the move is to move in on their competition.
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The online reputation monitoring panel featured three heavy hitters in ORM: Andy Beal, Brian Chappell and Andy Beal.
How much does it cost your company to interview a potential candidate? If you pay for their hotel, airfare, and transportation; you could be looking at upwards of $5,000 per individual. That’s a steep cost, and some companies are probably looking for a change. Continue Reading…
According to the LinkedIn press centre, 1-in-20 of all LinkedIn profiles are held by recruiters. Continue Reading…
There’s a meme concerning various human resources departments, and it has to do with the idea that attractive people earn more money than their less attractive counterparts. Is this a sign of discrimination on the part of HRs who give the meme life or just natural selection in action?
I recently spoke with Deb Lavoy, Director of Product Marketing for Digital and Social Media at OpenText, about enterprise design in the 21st century. She began by noting that we are moving from a mechanistic model for organizations to a more human model. I could not agree more. People are much more than machines and it is time to leave Fred Taylor behind.
Visit any app store and you’ll easily find numerous apps for job seekers. Until recently though, employers had no mobile app for searching for suitable employees. CareerBuilder saw the void in the app marketplace and created “CareerBuilder for Employers“.
Back in February, I wrote a blog post entitled Resume Qualifications that Show Your Business Doesn’t Know a Thing about Social Media. It was partly written as a showing of solidarity amongst the frustrated social medians (still working on a name for people that work in social media) out there who can’t meet the unreal expectations of businesses Continue Reading…
The concept of staffing your business can be a complicated, stressful situation. Hiring a competent crew who also upholds the principles of the hiring company can be incredibly difficult. While there are never-ending streams of advice, tips and tricks, many of these are overwrought and in some cases, dubious, leaving a potential human resources department with little-to-no answers when it comes to strategy.
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HR Managers from around the country will descend upon Las Vegas to take part in the 2011 HR Demo Show. The HR Demo Show will take place at the Venetian Hotel, in Las Vegas on May 24 through 26. Here, the latest talent acquisition technologies will be on display and provide HR managers reasons to upgrade their dated systems.
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