Diversity Recruiting continues to be on both Executives and Recruiting minds.  It’s also on the mind of Senator Robert Menendez, our only Hispanic Senator.  Menendez recently stated “As Chair of the Senate Democratic Hispanic Task Force, one of my top priorities has always been promoting and expanding diversity at all levels of our [...]

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Written by Alan Plantikow, PHR.

Branding. As Talent Acquisition professionals, we live it every day and we fully understand the importance of a strong employment brand. We even preach “personal brand” to job seekers. But how effectively are we communicating this to our hiring leaders, and more importantly, are they listening?

Here is an email I [...]
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Google it, and you’ll return 9.5 million results…  Six Sigma was pioneered by Motorola in 1981, and is one of their registered trademarks. As of 2006, Motorola reported savings in excess of $17 billion – as a result of Six Sigma.

Six Sigma’s implicit goal is to improve all processes to that level of quality [...]
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Over 1 billion apps downloaded on the App Store and counting…
And as you can probably guess, yeah, there’s and app for that (anything you can imagine related to a job search including, researching companies, developing or beaming your Resume, prepping for an interview, searching for jobs, and career counseling).
Don’t waste your time or money more [...]
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Attendance at conferences has been down significantly this year across most industries, some reported between 50%-75% fewer attendees with the economy as the main driver. In response, OnRec and Kennedy Information are teaming up this fall for what they are calling “Two Industry Powerhouses, One High Impact Event”.

I am looking forward to the event in [...]
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Today I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Dan Schawbel, the “Personal Branding” guru.  You can read the “Personal Branding Interview: Jason Buss” on Dan’s blog.

If you haven’t had the chance, I would highly recommend Dan Schawbel’s book, “Me 2.0″.  In his book, Dan talks about the importance of personal branding and gives readers [...]
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Even though job aggregator sites and  job search engines have been around for years now, they have a significant number of challenges that come along with the benefits.  The irony is… almost all claim to be the largest, the first, have the most jobs, etc.  We’d expect that, right?
What you might not expect is what [...]
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The social media craze is alive on many fronts and, for Recruiters, it is no different.  There are companies offering a wide variety of services to advance their presence online for recruiting, skill development for sourcing talent, as well as the first social recruiting conference being held in June, to name a few.

With all of [...]
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Last night was the debut of #TalentNet on twitter.  It was an active one, making it one of the top trending topics on twitter, along with American Idol and Swine Flu.
What is is? #TalentNet is a hashtag event for recruiters that takes place the last Wednesday of each month at 9pm Eastern. Hosted through tweetchat, [...]
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Over 30 upcoming webinars, teleconferences, and conferences have been added to The Talent Buzz home page – in the HR and Recruiting Events calendar.
As part of the enhancement on the site, we are in the process of building the most comprehensive directory and list of events nationally.

You can also RSVP, or join  The Talent Buzz [...]
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Have you googled yourself before? Lately?
Hundreds of tweeps are talking about it, and Joe Kraus, Google’s director of product management thinks you have.  Why? “Because people are curious about what other people see when they search for their name.”
To give users a bit more control over search results, Google recently introduced a new feature called [...]
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The hype about twitter continues, and we’re buying into it.  So have Corporations and Recruiters all over.
In the U.S., the number of twitter users has increased from 1 million to 4 million, and the site has experienced over 1,000% increase in traffic.  With over 1.5 billion tweets and counting, it has been reported that 45-54 [...]
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The Monster.com “NFL Director of Fandemonium” was announced during Super Bowl XLIII is in full swing.  The 32 finalists have been named, from a pool of 300,000 applicants.

Video from the on-going competition can be viewed at nfl.monster.com.
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Tired of filling out redundant, time consuming, and irritating online applications?
A group of leading talent acquisition and human resource technology companies recently introduced ResumePal as the recruiting industry’s universally accepted online employment profile. ResumePal revolutionizes the way job seekers and employers connect on the Internet.

With ResumePal, job seekers complete an online profile just once – [...]
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Recruiting departments and teams have faced a variety of unique challenges over the past 12 months in comparison to previous years. Many have overcome these, and several were recognized last night in San Diego at the 2009 ERE Recruiting Excellence Award Dinner.
A quick congratulations to this year’s winners:

Best College Recruiting Program – Ernst & [...]
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