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Wanted: Over 200 Customer Service and Support Professionals

Wanted: Over 200 Customer Service and Support Professionals »

TEXARKANA, Texas, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — As the United States economy is strengthening, Adecco Staffing US, part of the world’s largest recruitment and workforce solutions provider, continues to see job opportunities for qualified professionals in the Texarkana, Texas area. Adecco currently has a demand for over 200 customer service, computer system support and technical support professionals within a direct marketing services organization.

Throughout the recession and now into the economic recovery, the professional services industry has continued on a steady upward trend with the addition of over a hundred thousand jobs within the last few months. Given this growing demand, Adecco is looking for local individuals with customer service and technical backgrounds for call center and support positions. Ideal candidates will have excellent written and verbal skills, computer and internet knowledge, a typing speed of 30+ words per minute and strong customer service and time management skills. Previous call center experience is considered ideal, but Adecco is willing to train qualified candidates.

“At Adecco, we’re proud to be helping so many members of our community get back to work through meaningful employment opportunities,” said Alyson Blake-Wilson, Regional Vice President with Adecco Staffing US. “We’re actively recruiting and are in the process of interviewing and hiring a wide range of professionals for these positions with an excellent company.”

Adecco Staffing will be holding a job fair for these positions on Saturday, February 18 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. To learn more about the fair, please call the local Adecco Staffing branch at (903) 334-6514.

To apply for these positions or to learn more about Adecco Staffing, please visit www.AdeccoUSA.com and select Branch ID 7798.

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Infographic by DeskTime Unveils Negative Working Habits

Infographic by DeskTime Unveils Negative Working Habits »

(PRWEB) February 15, 2012 A direct correlation between tracking employee time and an increase in productivity has been observed after analyzing data about how people typically spend their time at work. This information has been compiled and arranged in the form of an inforgraphic made by DeskTime, which has monitored over 1 million of work hours.

The study shows that the average employee will spend 12% of the working day using unproductive applications, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. Only 59% of the day is spent using applications, which are deemed productive. This amounts to 65 hours a month, which have not been used productively.

The date demonstrates that after a month of using a time tracking system, the productivity of an employee increases by 15%. When considering this data it must be understood that the employees have access to the collected time-tracking data, that is, they see which applications they use and they see the amount of time spent productively, unproductively, and neutrally.

Additionally, the statistics show valuable information on generic working habits, such as a high level of different applications used (including both desktop applications, as well as different web sites) – which indicates a tendency to be doing a lot of link-jumping at work. Though this may be a good indicator for, for example PR employees, it might not be the best result for, say, programmers.

In summary, the results of the analysis demonstrate that access to employee time tracking statistics are beneficial both for employees to self-manage an increase in their own productivity, as well as for managers of HR personnel, to understand the working habits of their employees.

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Supplemental Health Care Launches New Corporate Website

Supplemental Health Care Launches New Corporate Website »

PARK CITY, Utah, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Supplemental Health Care, a national provider of healthcare workforce solutions, is pleased to announce the debut of its new corporate website. The improved internet destination for the staffing firm, www.supplementalhealthcare.com, expands the company’s digital recruiting power and provides a more robust job searching process for its website users. Included on the site are a host of new components such as a candidate job alert system, Healthcare Library resource center and Dream Job locater.

Supplemental Health Care’s new website was designed to provide content that is readily accessible, informative and well-organized for its online audiences, including nurses, therapists, health information management specialists, and other clinical healthcare professionals. This streamlined approach is demonstrated with simplified navigation and additions such as a job search module on each page that allows candidates to identify jobs within their specialties with ease and efficiency. The site is also equipped with improved job searching functionality and a job alert system that emails candidates new employment opportunities from the company’s national job database.

“Supplemental Health Care is excited to reinvent our online presence with a new website that captures the extensive benefits of online recruiting,” said Janet Elkin, Supplemental Health Care’s President and CEO. “In addition to a sleek layout that effectively reflects our brand, the site now combines our workforce strategies with the latest staffing trends that utilize the internet as a central platform for healthcare recruiting and job searching efforts.”

The redesigned website also contains an alternative Dream Job finder, which puts a fun and creative spin on traditional job searching by identifying opportunities based on candidates’ favorite hobbies and pastimes. The Dream Job search criteria yields results from the company’s available job opportunities that match various lifestyle interests such as camping, exploring museums and cultural attractions, enjoying the beach or dining at world-class restaurants, among others.

To complement the new job searching features on the site, Supplemental Health Care has created a selection of web-based resources for visitors seeking more educational resources about the healthcare and staffing industries. The Healthcare Library includes a growing selection of online industry resources and editorials discussing high-level industry topics. Additionally, viewers will find detailed information pages highlighting its extensive staffing services and employee benefits, as well as location-specific information for each of its local and national divisions.

Visit Supplemental Health Care online to view the new website and learn more about its workforce solutions.

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Talent Acquisition: Revolutionized

Talent Acquisition: Revolutionized »

A new startup company that launched Monday is looking to provide companies with an innovative way to acquire their next hire. This solution gives companies a powerful platform to not only post jobs and receive applications, but also screen candidates and even interview top prospects all on one site. Companies are able to do all of this at absolutely no charge.

Spark Hire, launched this Monday, is a robust and all encompassing solution for talent acquisition. By combining all phases of hiring a new employee, from the initial job post to the face to face interview, Spark Hire gives companies the rare ability to find their next hire quicker, easier and at absolutely no cost. Spark Hire does all this by integrating innovative online video services that help streamline the screening and interviewing process. “We live in a fast-paced, digital age where every minute matters,” says Josh Tolan, CEO of Spark Hire. “Our goal is to save companies precious time and money in their recruiting efforts.”

Spark Hire centralizes everything companies need to find the talent they want. Companies simply post a job on Spark Hire and receive applications from interested job seekers and consultants. However, companies receive more than just a resume. They receive a Profile Video: a 60 second video recorded by applicants in which they introduce themselves to companies and explain why they should be hired. This feature allows companies to instantly screen candidates based on communication skills and drive, something not possible with just a resume. It also serves as a time-saving alternative to phone interviews for identifying potential candidates.

With potential candidates identified, companies can set up online interviews with their top prospects. Utilizing the Spotlight Interview, companies can conduct a one-way interview in which they send multiple questions to candidates who respond back with 60-second video answers. Companies can watch the responses at their convenience and determine which candidate is a potential hire. Companies can also conduct an online Live Interview in which they interview a candidate through a real-time, split-screen video feed. The interview is recorded and available for playback whenever needed. Traditional face to face interviews involve scheduling conflicts, time commitments and expensive travel arrangements. Companies can even send e-mail invitations for online interviews to pre-existing candidates who have not signed up on Spark Hire yet. Spark Hire eliminates these conflicts by putting companies face to face with their top candidates in high quality, online video interviews.

“Achieving an objective requires focus,” says Tolan. “Spark Hire helps recruiters and hiring managers focus on the objective of making the perfect hire by centralizing all aspects of the talent acquisition process. Centralization makes Spark Hire powerful and video integration makes it personal.”

This powerful and personal combination makes Spark Hire the premiere recruiting solution for any company. Spark Hire offers their innovative features to all companies at no charge.

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Premier Recruiting Firm, CyberCoders, Partners with Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers to ‘Put America Back to Work’

Premier Recruiting Firm, CyberCoders, Partners with Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers to ‘Put America Back to Work’ »

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CyberCoders, the leading worldwide recruiting firm, partners with Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers and their “Putting America Back to Work” initiative to offer every single unemployed studio audience member a surprise gift—a job. CyberCoders and Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers’ team share the same mission – to offer people the tools and resources they need to improve their lives. Dr. Drew Pinsky hosts the television show designed to reinvent, rebuild and restart lives.

“Partnering with an organization like Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers to find great jobs for deserving people was an honor and a perfect fit for CyberCoders,” said Heidi Golledge, CEO and founder of CyberCoders. “The job market is definitely improving but there are still a lot of people out of work. CyberCoders.com has thousands of open jobs backed by our team of Career Experts who assist folks in everything from applying to jobs, to interview tips, to writing that perfect thank you email. We are proud to be able to put our career resources to work to put America Back to Work.”

Golledge surprised members of the Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers’ audience with jobs. Indeed, one audience guest was surprised with very special job offer. Corporal Mounlier Rodriguez, who served four years with the U.S. Marine Corps, was offered his dream job at CyberCoders. In addition, as a daughter of a Marine Corps Prisoner of War, Golledge then followed up by giving Rodriguez and his family $5,000 in relocation assistance in honor of his service to our country to allow him to move closer to family.

“Thank you Dr. Drew and CyberCoders. I love what I do and every day it’s a new challenge that stimulates me to learn and grow,” said Rodriquez, who now works at CyberCoders’ Los Angeles office. “I feel complete and fulfilled working at CyberCoders and have been given the opportunity that I have been dreaming about for years while in the military.”

Ten-thousand resumes were submitted to Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers “Putting America Back to Work” initiative. The Lifechangers’ team and their partners, including CyberCoders, created an intimate job fair that allowed company representatives to conduct face-to–face interviews with hundreds of handpicked job seekers.

During the show, Dr. Drew spoke to the studio audience about the results of those interviews.

“This audience is filled with people who have gone through our interview process because of the job fair,” Dr. Drew said. “Many get to this point and never get that job. I’m getting anxious just thinking about you guys but I know something you don’t know: You’re hired, you’re hired, you’ve all been hired.”

“We commend Dr. Drew and the Lifechangers’ team for launching this important movement,” said Matt Miller, CTO of CyberCoders, “and are proud to stand by and partner with such a worthy cause. At CyberCoders, we put people to work every day, and we are honored to support another partner like Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers who have the same goal.”

To read more about who was impacted by this initiative and look for a job please visit: http://www.cybercoders.com/dr-drews-life-changers/

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ManpowerGroup Recognized for Fourth Consecutive Year as One of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises

ManpowerGroup Recognized for Fourth Consecutive Year as One of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises »

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — For the fourth consecutive year, ManpowerGroup has been recognized by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) as one of America’s Top Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises. The national award recognizes 29 top corporations for their world-class programs that help to create level playing fields for women’s business enterprises to compete for corporate contracts. ManpowerGroup is one of only three corporations to be recognized for the fourth consecutive year.

“ManpowerGroup is committed to working with diverse business owners, and especially women entrepreneurs,” said Jorge Perez, senior vice president of Manpower North America. “These small- and medium-size businesses are growing rapidly and are critical to the jobs recovery. It makes good business sense to help emerging enterprises grow and develop given the positive contributions they make to the labor market and the economy as a whole.”

ManpowerGroup continues to advance its supplier diversity initiatives with innovative programs that engage women-owned businesses in ways that add value. For example, in 2011 ManpowerGroup launched an Executive Mentoring Program to match high-potential, diverse suppliers with ManpowerGroup’s top leaders in order to create business and leadership development opportunities. In addition, ManpowerGroup’s hallmark annual roundtable event is an unsurpassed development opportunity for suppliers in the staffing industry.

ManpowerGroup will accept the award during a ceremony at the Landmark Theatre in Baltimore on Thursday, March 22.

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TEKsystems to Attend the 2012 Outsourcing World Summit

TEKsystems to Attend the 2012 Outsourcing World Summit »

HANOVER, Md., Feb 14, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — TEKsystems(R), a leading provider of IT staffing solutions, human capital management expertise and IT services, will attend the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP(R)) 2012 Outsourcing World Summit on February 20-22 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL. TEKsystems Global Services representatives will attend various educational sessions, exhibit at booth #14 and network with fellow outsourcing professionals to discuss business opportunities in 2012.

The 2012 Outsourcing World Summit’s theme is Outsourcing Beyond the Horizon: Turning Today’s Opportunities into Tomorrow’s Successes. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the event and will focus on how the economy has reshaped the industry and created new opportunities for innovation. Attendees will learn best practices, hear real-world scenarios, get updated on the latest technologies, including the cloud, and network with over 700 outsourcing professionals from around the world.

“Each year the Outsourcing World Summit provides us an opportunity to be updated on the latest challenges facing our clients. The summit provides a great opportunity to gain a better understanding of how to best adapt our Global Services capabilities to meet the evolving needs of our customers and help them overcome their challenges,” says TEKsystems Global Services Vice President, Randy Verdino.

For more information about the IAOP and the Outsourcing World Summit, visit www.IAOP.org .

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Visier Inc. Releases Visier Workforce Analytics

Visier Inc. Releases Visier Workforce Analytics »

Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) February 15, 2012

Visier, Inc., an innovation leader in delivering workforce analytics through the cloud, has released Visier Workforce Analytics, an HR analytic solution that empowers human resource professionals to access, measure, predict and share critical workforce data.

Successfully implementing and effectively managing workforce analytics is one of the most critical issues facing HR professionals and executive leaders today. Visier Workforce Analytics enables organizations to better align their people strategy with their business strategy, by uncovering deep insights into their workforce data and empower HR professionals and executive management to make more informed business decisions surrounding their human capital.

“Human capital is the cornerstone of a successful business,” according to John Schwarz, chief executive officer of Visier, Inc. “Our goal is to help HR professionals bridge the gap between data and decisions, transforming data into valuable insights that identify problem areas and help human resource departments quickly deploy a solution.”

Visier Workforce Analytics empowers HR professionals to gather past and present workforce data and be able to predict future possible talent-related events and behaviors with advanced clustering techniques. It can answer the critical what-if and the-why questions facing organization and help HR professionals make decisions with confidence to achieve a more strategic HR leadership approach.

Visier provides HR professionals a real opportunity to align workforce strategies with corporate strategies by easily sharing their uncovered insights with a simple capture of data exported into a PowerPoint presentation – and telling their workforce story in a compelling way, in order to influence decision makers into action.

With Visier Workforce Analytics, HR professionals can:
• Check the health of organizations by viewing, at a single glance, the most fundamental and critical workforce information.
• Explore vital workforce data with powerful, intuitive and interactive visualizations across locations, organizations, tenure, roles, pay levels and many other views.
• Predict and plan future events and behaviors by answering critical what-if and the-why questions, such as who is at risk of leaving next, and understanding the root causes behind employee turnover.
• Share findings and tell their story in a compelling way, by selecting key insights and visualizations to share with stakeholders and decision makers in PowerPoint and streamline HR monthly or quarterly reporting.

Visier is changing how enterprises approach analytics by delivering pre-built analytics that bring the sophistication of predictive capabilities, with the ease-of-use of consumer applications. With Viser Workforce Analytics, HR professionals can easily integrate critical HR and business data in an end-to-end cloud-based solution, eliminating the need to provision, deploy, manage and maintain expensive disparate HR systems.

Visier is the choice of enterprises that understand their people are their greatest investment, and are seeking to optimize their investment in human capital.

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Jobscience Takes the Gold in Talent Acquisition Technology for the 2011 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards

Jobscience Takes the Gold in Talent Acquisition Technology for the 2011 Brandon Hall Excellence Awards »

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Feb 15, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Jobscience, a leading Talent Relationship Management provider, today announced its recruiting application has won the coveted Brandon Hall Gold Award for Excellence in the Talent Acquisition Technology category.

“Social networking is a game-changer for recruiting and will impact the way entire organizations are built,” said Ted Elliott, CEO of Jobscience. “Companies that leverage the social connections of their employees will be the market leaders of the future because of their ability to attract skilled talent while they are passively searching for jobs and engage them before the competition. Our technology solution approaches talent acquisition like customer acquisition and turns recruiting into a marketing exercise. We help our customers create ’employment brands’ and tap into the leading social networks as well as their internal connections — to create talent pools. These talent pools empower companies to quickly access and acquire the top talent in the market.”

The Jobscience Recruiting application, built on Force.com, leverages customer relationship management (CRM) concepts, workflows, and best practices, which enable companies to gain, retain and grow employees through the full TRM lifecycle for talent optimization. Whether a company is sourcing talent for future growth plans, actively filling open positions, or managing rehires, the CRM approach of creating and managing a pipeline of talent in a searchable and active database is the key to a closed-loop talent strategy that creates a 360 degree view of the employee lifecycle.

“2011 provided us with a unique viewpoint of how organizations are driving business results and performance improvement through technology,” said Mike Cooke, CEO of Brandon Hall Group. “This was the year in which technology providers and their clients have been able to transform the power of mobile, social, talent, learning, sales and marketing technologies, with proven, validated results. Most impressive to our judges was an underlying theme around collaborative relationships, a deep understanding of client needs and how technology can be leveraged to create opportunities and operating efficiencies for organizations of all sizes. I am proud to announce these first-rate solution providers as award winners in the most competitive year yet.”

A panel of veteran, independent senior judges evaluated the entries along with Brandon Hall Group’s industry expert analysts and leadership. The winners are listed at www.brandon-hall.com .

About Brandon Hall Group Having worked with more than 10,000 clients globally and after 20 years of delivering world-class solutions, Brandon Hall Group is the preeminent research and analyst organization focused on developing research-driven solutions to drive organizational performance for emerging and large organizations. Brandon Hall Group has an extensive repository of thought leadership, research, data and expertise in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Sales Effectiveness, Marketing Impact, and Executive Management. ( www.brandonhall.com )

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GreenJobInterview Announces the Addition of New, Marquee Companies to its Client Roster

GreenJobInterview Announces the Addition of New, Marquee Companies to its Client Roster »

Costa Mesa, CA (PRWEB) February 15, 2012 GreenJobInterview, the pioneer in live virtual interviewing announces three new clients have adopted the company’s powerful technology and service solutions: Time Warner Cable, Hypertherm and InterContinental Hotels Group. By partnering with GreenJobInterview, these industry-leading organizations are set to recognize substantial cost savings, time efficiencies and improve the hiring experience for the companies and their candidates alike.

Time Warner Cable, the second largest cable company in the U.S. with more than 14 million customers and 47,000 employees across the country, selected GreenJobInterview with the candidate experience foremost in mind as it seeks both executive-level talent and manages high-volume hiring for positions such as installers.

“Because we are hiring for locations across the country and our recruiters and hiring managers aren’t always in the same location, we wanted to ease the travel burden on our candidates, which is often very taxing on their schedules and could involve multiple cross-country trips,” says Meredith McGough, director of process improvements, talent acquisition and movement.

A global designer and manufacturer of advance cutting systems for industries including shipbuilding and automotive repair with operations and associates as widespread as China, Brazil and Australia, Hypertherm turned to GreenJobInterview for its live interview capabilities and high level of customer support, including thorough technical checks for both the interviewer and the candidate, not available from other providers.

“Technology obviously can present challenges and GreenJobInterview ensures that everything is fully functional in advance of the interview, which puts the candidate at ease,” says Sarah Dwyer, talent acquisition leader. “We have a high-touch environment and our interview process is an extension of our company. It was very important for us to find a partner who made certain our candidate experience would be a positive one.”

Also integrating GreenJobInterview into its talent acquisition and recruitment process is InterContinental Hotels Group, an international hotel company overseeing seven brands and nearly 4,500 hotels across nearly 100 countries.

“We are thrilled that these world-class organizations are so clearly invested in providing an exceptional experience to both customers and candidates and have elected to partner with GreenJobInterview,” says Theo Rokos, chief executive officer and co-founder. “Our goal is to ensure success on both sides of the equation: offer a simple yet robust technology paired with highly responsive support services that enhance recruiter productivity and efficiency without ever losing sight of the candidate.”

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Staff IT Releases New 24 Hour Service – Staff IT On Call

Staff IT Releases New 24 Hour Service – Staff IT On Call »

New York, NY, February 12, 2012 –(PR.com)– Staff IT, Inc. a National IT staffing firm with offices in the New York City, Princeton, NJ and Melville, Long Island is pleased to release their newest client focused program Staff IT On Call.

Staff IT On Call will provide Staff IT clients with 24-Hour coverage for their IT and Creative Departments. It was designed to help their clients fill any position, where a temporary employee or consultant may be needed immediately.

Example of Incidents or Emergency Situations Covered by Staff IT On Call:
· Urgent server issues
· Downed Network, Server or Website after-hours (to protect clients revenue, visitors/members or even lives – in a Healthcare scenario)
· Major Virus or Malware infections you detected after-hours
· Major security related incident related to either the detection of intrusion or a DDOS (denial of service) attack
· Natural Disasters, Acts of War or any other accident, that might threaten the loss of data, and breakdown of server/network infrastructure
· Creative Department deliverables must be met

Jim Ivon, President and CEO states, “We understand that IT emergencies can arise at any time, employees call out sick or clients have deliverables that they must meet on time. We designed this program to make sure that our clients both new and existing have a place to call 24 hours a day, where they can get a live person on the phone. Too many times vendors force clients to send emails or leave voice mails and wait for a response. With the Staff IT On Call Program they will be speaking to a Staff IT representative the moment they call, thus allowing the client to know that we will have our consultants in place immediately.”

The Staff IT On Call Program will be active beginning on February 13, 2012. For more information please call Staff IT at 888-338-9595.

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Bullhorn Reach Social Recruiting Report: LinkedIn is the Clear Leader

Bullhorn Reach Social Recruiting Report: LinkedIn is the Clear Leader »

BOSTON, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Armed with definitive data from the online activities of 35,000 recruiters, Bullhorn, Inc., which recently launched theFIT, an uncensored career site for company insiders and job seekers alike, released “The Bullhorn Reach Social Recruiting Activity Report.” The report offers insight into the usage of social media in recruiting, and finds that LinkedIn leads in all facets among the “big three” social networks: LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. It measured the networks’ frequency of usage by recruiters and their effectiveness for sourcing candidates.

Despite all of the industry buzz and data around the proliferation of job hunting on Facebook, Bullhorn’s data demonstrates that recruiters’ LinkedIn networks still drive more views than their Twitter and Facebook networks combined. For job applications, LinkedIn also wins driving almost nine times more applications than Facebook and three times more than Twitter. Interestingly, however, a Twitter follower is almost three times more likely to apply to a job than a LinkedIn connection, and more than eight times more likely to apply than a Facebook follower, indicating that Twitter might be a highly underutilized social recruiting channel. A further comparison between the effectiveness of Twitter and Facebook reveals that recruiters’ Twitter followings drive almost twice as many job views per job as their Facebook fan bases.

“If you are serious about finding a job, Facebook should not be your first stop. There is a huge disconnect between where people are looking for jobs and where they will actually find one – job seekers are focusing on Facebook, while recruiters are on LinkedIn,” said Art Papas, President and CEO of Bullhorn. “There is no question that social recruiting works. Our goal is to help recruiters and job seekers develop new strategies for connecting the right employees with jobs and companies that fit.”

According to the report, 48 percent of recruiters use LinkedIn exclusively. These recruiters have an average of 661 connections, and don’t leverage the other two networks for social recruiting. From there, recruiters use Twitter more than Facebook. Despite the fact that recruiters have fewer connections on Twitter (37 followers on average), 19 percent are connected to both LinkedIn and Twitter, while only 10 percent are connected to both LinkedIn and Facebook (245 friends on average).

Key findings:

LinkedIn adoption growing the fastest. Despite earlier adoption among recruiters, LinkedIn continues to grow at the fastest pace. The average recruiter adds 18.5 LinkedIn connections each week, compared to 3.3 Twitter followers, 1.4 Facebook friends.

LinkedIn leads job views. LinkedIn drives more views per job than Twitter and Facebook, generating three times the amount of views of Twitter and six times the amount of Facebook.

For job applications – LinkedIn gets it done. Recruiters who post jobs on social networks are likely to receive more applications from LinkedIn, with the social network driving almost nine times more applications than Facebook and three times more than Twitter.

Twitterers are more likely to apply, though. Looking at the relative number of applications per contact, a Twitter follower is almost three times more likely to apply for a job than a LinkedIn connection.

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The Buller Group, LLC Acquires Mabec Solutions

The Buller Group, LLC Acquires Mabec Solutions »

HERNDON, Va., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Buller Group, an international recruiting and consulting firm supporting the U.S. Government market, today announced it has acquired Mabec Solutions, an information technology professional services firm serving the Federal Government and commercial companies. The Buller Group has acquired all outstanding shares, which includes all existing contracts

“The Mabec Solutions acquisition represents a significant step for The Buller Group and a major milestone in our expansion strategy,” said Rob Buller, CEO and Founder of The Buller Group. “We are committed to providing our clients with the full suite of human capital services. With Mabec, we now offer cleared, temporary staffing solutions that allow our clients to handle hundreds of fills while placing the risk of recruiting more onto our shoulders.”

In addition to its core recruiting services, The Buller Group now offers strategic staffing. Buller Staffing’s services will include: Subcontractor Replacement, Subcontracting and Teaming, Temp-to-Perm Staffing, and Temporary Staffing.

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Haley Marketing Group Announces Free Email Marketing Guide for Staffing Firms

Haley Marketing Group Announces Free Email Marketing Guide for Staffing Firms »

Williamsville, NY, February 08, 2012 –(PR.com)– Haley Marketing, a relationship marketing and website development firm serving the temporary staffing and executive recruiting industries, announces the release of “Breaking Through The Clutter,” A Guide to Email Marketing Success for the Staffing Industry.

Haley Marketing’s 54-page Email Marketing guide shows how staffing firms can use email marketing as a cost effective relationship building tool.

“Breaking Through The Clutter” includes:
-Designing emails that help staffing firms stand out from the crowd
-How to build a killer client and candidate database
-The importance of landing pages (and how to design them)
-Tracking your results
-Email testing to find out what is working
-Email marketing myths, legends and FAQs

“Breaking Through The Clutter” can be downloaded for free from: http://www.haleymarketing.com/Email_Marketing_Guide

“One of the keys to success for any staffing firm is to be able to stand out from the crowd. While email is one of the most cost effective ways to market your staffing firm, it is also one of the most saturated mediums,” said David Searns, CEO of Haley Marketing Group. “We have creating this essential guide to help any staffing firm, no matter how big or small, to use email more effectively in marketing and recruiting.”

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