Many college graduates are growing weary as they become just another number in the crowded job market. The four or five years spent studying — not to mention thousands of dollars spent on tuition — may seem to be in vain to those who haven’t yet found a job in their field.
Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc. (APS), the maker of SmartSearch®, an industry leading talent acquisition and recruiting business solution, further enhanced capabilities for its users to leverage social media sources for engaging candidates and business networking contacts.
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Motivation is always important for a Recruiter, but so is having a plan. As we go into week two of August- it is a good time to take a look at your recruiting plan. Are you on pace to hit your goals?
As Recruiters we need to always be aware of our production and the the areas that our desks might be under preforming. Do we need better candidates? Are more opportunities needed? Where are things coming up short? Take a step back and reassess and adjust your recruiting plan if necessary.
The key to keep in mind is to not complicate things. Sometimes the best plan is just keeping it simple- as perfectly illustrated in the clip above by Richard St. John.
Here is to a great week Recruiters…..
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Totaljobs.com have released their first Totaljobs Barometer report since the General Election and it makes for some interesting reading. Since the Coalition came to power there has been a 6.5% increase in the number of jobs posted between the 1st and 2nd Quarter of 2010.
Mark Twain popularized the saying in “Chapters from My Autobiography”, published in 1906. “Figures often beguile me,” he wrote, “particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; …There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
The National Institute of Physician Recruitment and Retention convened in Atlanta, July 19-20, and three senior managers associated with Jackson & Coker participated as faculty members addressing in-house physician recruiters from around the country.
I work with many clients who are overwhelmed with a schedule that is easy to lose control over.
They are interviewing people every 30 minute, speaking with hiring managers, chasing those same hiring managers, evaluating, assessing, qualifying potential hires, putting together and extending job offers, checking references PLUS talking to 3rd party recruiters who are incompetent to evaluate talent (this is what they tell me).
Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.
Human Resources is a lovely discipline occupied by thousands of wonderfully insightful intelligent people. Formally, the field is referred to as Industrial/Organizational Psychology (or the name on your degree). The science behind Human Resources aims to make organizations more productive while ensuring productive and healthy lives for its workers. Translation: workers happy, company thrives. They even used to call it PERSONnel!
Happy #HireFriday everyone. The first week is in the books. How many of you already have a deal on the board? Are you still following your monthly plan? Get a jump on next week by striving to reach five new points of contact today.
Recruiting Daily wants to thank once again our guest bloggers this week; Job Seeker Extraordinaire and Ken Sundheim. If you are a recruiter and blogger and would be interested in re-posting one of your articles on RD then feel free to email [email protected] for more information.
Now a quick look at the five top industry stories from this week;
LinkedIn: If You Don’t Have a Account, Get One »
Bad Interviews Can Come Back To Bite Companies »
How Far Can Customer Service Help in Medical Staffing »
The Pros and Cons of Hiring a Temp
Creative Staffing – How to recruit the best talent? »
Staffing Technologies, a leading provider of information technology and telecommunications resources for both large and small companies since 1994, today announced the launch of Nine North Consulting, a new project-oriented consulting division. Nine North will focus on key practices in support of its clients across the United States, with a strong emphasis on identity management projects in industries such as pharmaceutical, energy, healthcare, and technology.
A company’s greatest asset is its people. That’s something that Jerry Calhoun keeps front and center in his role as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Vangent.
Creative staffing is in order to ensure the better recruitment which can in terms ensure the proper output for the welfare of your organization. Lingering staff can in terms give you the odd effects and declining of your business. The question is how a trained management can hire the best and adequate individuals?
In its annual list of largest IT Staffing Companies, Staffing Industry Analysts finds TEKsystems (a division of Allegis Group) standing on top of the IT temporary staffing world.
Temps Inc., a national provider of supplemental healthcare professionals, today announced it has formed a strategic business alliance with Bexar County Medical Society Staffing Services, a full-service staffing agency and subsidiary of the Bexar County Medical Society (BCMS), in San Antonio, TX.
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