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Job hunt history: More Symmetrical

Brief history of online job hunt:

1. Job board:
Example: Monster, CareerBuilder & Yahoo! Hotjobs
Recruiter/HR: I can know my candidates only through resume.
Job seeker: only job description could I understand the job.
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Posted by JackChang on October 10, 2008 at 10:09am — No Comments

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Training for Recruiters

I received a note for my good friend Karen Pickens, a trainer for Next Level Training and knew some of the members of The Recruiting Network forum would like to know about this event. I think it is one of the premier training events available and they are giving away a great article on recruiting.

She said "I want to…

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Posted by Bill Vick on September 7, 2008 at 12:03pm — No Comments

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Chrome will be Gold for Networking...

The day has arrived where Google has announced what some of us have been -hoping- suspecting was on the horizon... It's move into the browser business. While I'm a fan of… Continue

Posted by RecruiterGuy on September 2, 2008 at 10:59am — No Comments

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Only 6 Days Remain to Register for SourceCon2008

Register Here and Agenda If you have not yet registered to attend the Sourcing event of the year, you still have 6 days remaining to get yourself signed up. Hurricane Faye has finally finished dropping r… Continue

Posted by SourceCon on August 27, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

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Replay Solutions Job Fair: ONRec SF Host Daniel Parrillo Will Be Featured

thehonestrecruiter, ONRec SF Host Daniel Parrillo Will Be Featured on Jobirn.com next Tuesday (August 26, 2008). He will direct recruit for Replay Solutions. Please visit http://jobirn.com and apply now, Daniel Parrillo will pre-screen resumes this week and will qualified that day. Of course, he will continue to recruiting at Next Tuesday. Replay Solutions (www.replaysolutions.com) is an exciting young company developing revolutionary software technology… Continue

Posted by JackChang on August 25, 2008 at 11:29am — No Comments

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Is Good Old Sourcing Dead?

Miles Jennings from Talentbar says: 1. Linkedin, Facebook, mySpace, JigSaw, Zoominfo are making people easier to find. 2. That changes the recruiter's function from sourcing to selling candidates on jobs and assessing them for the client 3. To perform these tasks well, a recruiter has to understand the business she is working in better than ever before.… Continue

Posted by Recruiting Animal on August 25, 2008 at 7:50am — No Comments

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Analyzing Body Language

I'm a fan of the neo-necon. She's a psychotherapist who was raised as Democrat but swung to the centre-right. So, she's not voting for Obama. The other day, she analyzed his body posture. I initially said that her comments were the product of pure bias but she challenged my opinion so I had a second look and think that it might be of interest to us as recruiters.

What’s up wi…

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Posted by Recruiting Animal on August 21, 2008 at 10:39am — No Comments

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Winds of change

I ran across an article that was written a while ago but it caught my attention nonetheless. The article was titled “The Dirty Dozen Dangerous Online Job Search Assumptions” and it can be found on job-hunt.org. It is riddled with comments about the job boards’ inability to ensure that the companies that advertise thru them are real or that the job positions for that matter are real. The article went on to recommend the use of an identity suppressed or cyber-safe resume. As I was reflecting on t… Continue

Posted by Moises Lopez on August 21, 2008 at 7:23am — No Comments

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Jobirn Recruiting Event: ONRec SF Host Daniel Parrillo Will Be Featured

TheHonestRecruiter, ONRec SF Host Daniel Parrillo Will Be Featured on Jobirn.com next Tuesday (Augst 26, 2008). He will direct recruit for Replay Solutions. Please visit http://jobirn.com and apply now, Daniel Parrillo will pre-screen resumes this week and will qualified that day. Of course, he will continue to recruiting at Next Tuesday. Replay Solutions (www.replaysolutions.com) is an exciting young company developing revolutionary software technology which is changing the way software is en… Continue

Posted by JackChang on August 20, 2008 at 9:06am — No Comments

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Crafting the candidate experience

I read this neat article on MSN titled "15 ways stores trick you into spending". I just wanted to share a few of the highlights of the tricks they listed. Some of them are obvious but their all interesting. One of these tricks was that the desirable departments are placed far away from the entrance. Another one of the tricks mentioned was that impulse-oriented items are placed n… Continue

Posted by Moises Lopez on August 18, 2008 at 6:48am — No Comments

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A Recruiter's Personals AD

The more I think about it the more I come to the conclusion that we need to return to the basics. I was involved in a discussion today about the need for recruiters to learn to create better job postings. There is still a lot of what we used to call spaghetti recruiting out there. For those of you not old enough to have heard that expression spaghetti recruiting is the methodology of throwing enough resumes at a hiring manager thinking one of them simply has got to stick! As I thought about job… Continue

Posted by Moises Lopez on August 15, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

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Sourcing is like attending a garage sale

The more I think about this the more it makes sense to me. Everything you need to know about sourcing you can learn by attending a garag… Continue

Posted by Moises Lopez on August 14, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

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Search engine - Ease of use

When you ask a group of recruiters about which search engine they prefer you are likely to get many and diverse response starting from AltaVista, Google, Yahoo, live, etc… You also might hear people say "I used to prefer (fill in the name,)" but changed to yahoo or Google or live because it was better. And the one thing that you will soon realize is that everyone’s definition of better varies as well. Since search engines are free and user can go from one search engine to another search engines… Continue

Posted by Moises Lopez on August 13, 2008 at 9:33am — No Comments

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How do I match the Right Tool to the right job?

Searches don’t happen real-time, they take place in databases, within search engines and under a host of algorithms. Some search engines are free of human intervention while others are a selection… Continue

Posted by Moises Lopez on August 12, 2008 at 1:10pm — No Comments

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3rd and Final SourceCon Sourcing Challenge (want a free pass and hotel?).

The 3rd and final Sourcing Challenge of the year is up. If you think you are good enough to solve or just looking for a free conference pass and hotel to SourceCon 2008, then read on.… Continue

Posted by SourceCon on August 4, 2008 at 9:45am — No Comments

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Keywords: The Simplest form of Searching?

Before you begin searching

No doubt, you are already used to doing keyword searches on the Internet. The thing you need to know about keywords in order to use them effectively on a search is that you have to match them to the keywords that would be found in the candidates web page, bio, profile or resume. Plain keywords may be the simplest form of searching but they are also the core of the search itself. Keywords are not either seen or read by the search engine in the same way that we… Continue

Posted by Moises Lopez on July 28, 2008 at 5:27pm — No Comments

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Sharkstrike LLC to Launch World’s Largest Community Job Keyword Engine

For Immediate Release Sharkstrike LLC to Launch World’s Largest Community Job Keyword Engine Boca Raton, FL – Sharkstrike LLC announced today its upcoming launch of the World’s Largest Community Job Keyword Engine. The keyword engine has been in development since 2003 with a patent pending. It’s the only application/job keyword tool that allows employers, job boards, recruitment advert… Continue

Posted by Jason Gorham on July 24, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

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R4 Conference The Recruiting, Human Asset and Liability Conference of 2008

R4 is Here!! And Who Should Care? Human Resource Managers, Recruiters, Hiring Directors, General Counsel, and C-level Executives. This is an opportunity to learn about innovative business solutions and to strategize with the top minds in the industry .needs to be there! R4 is for p… Continue

Posted by KarenM on July 24, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

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Urgent req for Asp.Net, Sharepoint Portal,Services

Hi, We have an Urgent req for ASP.net developers with Sharepoint Poratal/ Services. Web Application Programming Support. The Contractor may provide analysis and be tasked to study web data requirements. Manage software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, and other accepted design techniques. Provide programming assistance to develop, implement, update, and maintain web applications and database interfaces in support of requirements. The contractor may formu… Continue

Posted by Rahul Vaze on July 24, 2008 at 2:45am — No Comments

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Hewitt Associates Sourcing Manager Opening

Hi -I am looking for a Sourcing Manager to add to my team. The role can be virtual with light travel (normally to Chicago). I am looking for someone that has experience developing a sourcing strategy for either an internal or external client and has formally led a team. Please contact me if you are interested or would like to chat. chris.gould@hewitt.com Continue

Posted by Chris Gould on July 23, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments