If you want a career that pays well and offers stability, look to health care.According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the health care industry will generate more than 3 million new jobs between 2008 and 2018 and remain one of the largest of all industries.
The average salary for junior City staff has increased this year, according to a leading financial services recruitment firm. Astbury Marsden has revealed that the base salaries for City workers at Assistant Vice President level have increased by 12%
Headhunters can provide a job seeker with a wealth of opportunities that may not be openly advertised. This article dispels the common myths and explains what you should, and should not, expect from your headhunter.
According from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs, the employment market in the UK private sector is showing signs of stability and growth going into the fourth quarter of 2010 despite weak market conditions overall. Kestrel the executive search and recruitment specialists have also reported a steady demand from employers for good candidates for senior level positions.
I like to read quotes from those who have had success. The inspire me and I keep many of them in my office in places where I can see them regularly. Below is a sample of some that I find ring true for the recruiters desk, and anyone that is running a business. No matter where you work, your desk is YOUR business!
U.S. employers shed 131,000 jobs in July. If you are out there reading the classifieds and scanning job boards, you are certainly not alone, but those postings can be difficult to navigate.
Employment remains a buyer’s market. The supply of available workers outweighs the demand for them, and with hundreds (or thousands) of candidates vying for each open job, employers have their pick.
Top HR and Recruitingn technology is hard to find, let alone make a decission to invest. Here is the most recent list from HREonline that you might find to be helpful in your decision making process.
HR and Recruitment technology is at the forefront of our industry today. From mobile apps to enterprise based systems for tracking and data warehousing there are new products to learn about each and every day.
This past week Kenexa (Disclaimer: The company I work for and this is unpaid) was honored in the HRE editorial Top HR Apps. You can see their article in full here and I recommend that you take a look at it to learn more about the tools that are available.
Kenexa recently released Kenexa 2x Mobile. It’s specifically designed for iPhone and Blackberry and of course more compatibility to come. The crux of the system is that hiring managers can approve job reqs and final say on hiring’s anywhere, anytime. You can read much more on 2x Mobile here.
The other top contenders listed were: (From the HRE release)
Rypple , Toronto is a web-based, Software-as-a-Service application that is designed to provide managers with better visibility into the performance and activities of employees..
Kenexa 2x Mobile is an application designed for the iPhone and BlackBerry (with Android and iPad apps planned for 2011) that allows hiring managers to approve job requisitions and hirings no matter where they are.
Saba , Redwood Shores, Ca. is a performance-feedback tool that opens the process to all co-workers and expands the time frame from once or twice a year to every moment of every day. It uses a Twitter-like platform that enables individuals across the organization to enter comments, regardless of reporting structure.
Accero Workforce Intelligenc , Lake Oswego, Ore. is a reporting and analytics tool designed to quickly uncover actionable HR information.
Voice AdvantageHarQen , Milwaukee is a candidate-interview program that lets recruiters use their phones and a simple web-based dashboard to create and distribute custom, recorded phone interviews.
Power Resume Search Monster Worldwide , Maynard, Mass. is a new technology that can help recruiters find the most qualified candidates when searching Monster’s immense database.
Aquire Inc ., Irving, Texas is a hierarchy-driven workforce-analytics solution that provides trend analysis, talent-management measurement and scorecard metrics for HR executives to align workforce analytics with a company’s strategic goals.
Jobvite , Burlingame, Calif. is a social-networking application that focuses on referrals to promote jobs and find qualified candidates. Jobvite uses propriety matching technology to source, match and recruit candidates using employee referrals, social networks, such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, and web searches.
mResource , Chicago Mobile Talent 2.0 is an interactive text and mobile web platform that enables organizations to use cell-phone texting and mobile web applications in the recruiting process. Job candidates opt in to the service — which organizations can promote on corporate or external career job sites or on social media.
Englishtown Inc ., Hong Kong is an online program designed to teach students how to speak, read, write and understand English. Its interactive approach offers a variety of learning activities that mix and match sounds, words, letters, pictures, games and videos.
Greg Sanchez, a staffing professional with more than 20 years of experience in healthcare operations and recruiting, has been named President of Birmingham, Alabama-based Travel Nurse Solutions (TNS), which supplies temporary nurses to a variety of healthcare providers.
Finding a job in a recession is difficult, but the jobs are out there. You just have to know where to look, and for some jobs, be willing to think outside the cube — imagine selling tequila shots to drunken men for up to $600 a night, diving for pearls for $1,200 a day or diving below an oil rig for $80,000 a year. The good news is that these weird jobs pay well, and are unique jobs to add to a resume.
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Demand for senior-level IT staff has increased despite ongoing uncertainty regarding the economy, specialist IT recruitment consultancy IntaPeople has said.
What is the fine line between legal and illegal “professional snooping” on social media networks.?
Bond International Software announced today that Bond eEmpACT On Demand staffing software will debut and be available for sale at the American Staffing Association’s (ASA) Staffing World Convention and Expo, October 12 -15 in Las Vegas, Nevada. With eEmpACT On Demand, staffing firms can access front office, payroll and billing/accounting functions from a Web-enabled computer, virtually anywhere.
The average starting salary offer to the college Class of 2010 is down approximately 1 percent compared with the average earned by the Class of 2009, according to a new study conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).
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