Diversified Search, one of the top ten executive search firms in the U.S., announced that Hodge Partners has become part of Diversified Search as of June 1. Hodge Partners, a search firm specializing in senior executive and board level searches, is based in San Francisco and also has a strong presence in Atlanta, Ga.
Once again Recruiting Daily is pleased to welcome back HireCentrix’.com’s own Karen Mattonen, CAC, CSP as our guest blogger this week.
ARGH! How do people in this industry become “gurus’? You know the ones – The “Professional Advisors” (self proclaimed), those who often proceed to give “expert” advice without even having a clue of what they are speaking? But, of course, they are the “experts”.
Many of you have heard of my consistent frustration at what I consider the consistent “blind edufakating the Blind” in this industry and unfortunately never considering the ramifications of the legal outcomes of misinformation due to their lack of knowledge of the hundreds of State and Federal Laws that surround our industry, and their unwillingness to either say – Hey I don’t know, or maybe I should consult an expert, as this is outside of my expertise..
It terrifies me! Do people in this industry Really Enjoy playing Russian Roulette with their Careers or their companies??????
Some of you may ask, so what now Karen, what happened this time? Well, there was this really interesting conversation where a question was asked whether a “hairy” candidate should consider shaving for the job interview – and the “expert”? The EXPERT said that she would suggest to the candidate that he/she should consider shaving!
What! You would advise a candidate to consider Shaving? Would you also consider advising a person who wore glasses to wear contacts? A fat person to wear a slimming suit? A Muslim to wear Western clothing? Hmm, maybe we should consider asking people with hard to pronounce or foreign sounding names to change their names; and whilst we are at it, why not consider asking them to also consider surgery, dang if that mole isn’t attractive.. Continue reading “Get Expert Advice Or Pay The Price”
The Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) practice of KellyOCG, the outsourcing and consulting group of Kelly Services, Inc., has recently received recognition from two industry research groups for its global RPO practice.
As Charlotte’s longest-standing retained executive search firm, Coleman Lew & Associates, Inc. positioned itself for sustained future growth in revenues and clients by announcing the top management appointments of Kenneth D. Carrick, Jr. as president of the firm and Charles E. Lew as chairman. Formerly, both executives served the firm as partner-managing directors.
Martin E. Judge, Jr., CEO and Founder of The Judge Group, a leading professional services firm specializing in technology consulting, enterprise-wide staffing and corporate training, today announced that Scott Labat has been promoted to director of Judge Technical Staffing in Minnesota.
May 2011 Index Highlights:
-Annual growth rate at 7 percent in May, marking the 16th consecutive month of year-over-year growth
-Springtime recruitment remains strong in April-May timeframe despite 1 percent (2 points) month-over-month decline which is not uncommon for this time of year
-27 of the 28 metro markets showed positive annual growth in May
-The healthcare and social assistance sector remains positive, driven primarily by solid growth for healthcare support workers
Redwood Healthcare Staffing, a premier medical franchise, has expanded its coverage by acquiring a nursing agency based out of Las Vegas, NV. Effective June 1, 2011, Redwood Healthcare Staffing, which specializes in the recruitment and employment of nurses and allied healthcare professionals, will commence operations as a corporately owned Redwood location at 7312 W. Cheyenne Avenue, Ste. 9, Las Vegas, NV 89129.
Shares of U.S. staffing and jobs services companies fell on Friday after a disappointing jobs report showed far fewer new jobs were created last month than economists expected, adding to recent evidence the U.S. economy has hit a soft patch.
Bond International Software announced today new onboarding integration that will be available in its latest version of Bond eEmpACT. The enhancement makes eEmpACT the only front and back office staffing software solution on the market with online onboarding.
The leading innovator of peer networks for senior corporate leaders, Executive Networks, has announced the launch of the Global Sourcing & Recruiting Network (GSRN), connecting executives in charge of sourcing and recruiting at the world’s largest companies.
Career experts share winning strategies that many workers overlook.
24 Seven Inc., the global talent recruitment agency for creatively-driven industries, announced its partnership with Beauty on Call’s Retail Staffing Practice, a Chicago-based agency whose beauty-centered service offering includes retail freelance staffing.
Zhao Hao, 23, a recent computer science graduate from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, thought himself lucky to have landed a good job at a Beijing-based IT company soon after graduation. He never expected, however, that one of the recruiting websites that he’d submitted his resume during his job search would have leaked his private information, including his mobile phone number, to head-hunting companies.
Sasha Hefler has joined the Kennett Group as VP of Business Development with national responsibilities. Strategic Brands on Fire, owned by Hefler, has also been contracted to handle the public relations for the legal recruiting firm.
A survey conducted by Alliance Staffing Solutions among nearly 400 employees and human resource executives shows that most people today consider their companies a good place to work — although company execs tended to score themselves higher than rank-and-file employees.
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