4 Qualities of a Great Recruiter
It takes a lot of work to find the best employees for your company, but that goal can be met a lot easier if you have a great recruiter on your HR team. So what makes someone a great recruiter as opposed to a mediocre one? In fact, there are several qualities that set high-performing […]
The Recruiting Process: Balance Your Needs with Those of the Job Candidate
Sometimes employers become overly egocentric when it comes to recruiting, deciding that in a weak economy they have the pick of the litter when it comes to job seekers. However, job seekers are often no better at focusing their resumes around the old-fashioned idea of an objective and expecting employers to meet their personal needs by offering them their dream […]
Billions of Reasons to Recruit with Social Media
If you’re not using social media as part of your recruiting efforts yet, here’s some motivation: revenue from social networking sites is expected to rise a whopping 43.1 percent this year, hitting a total of $16.9 billion. That’s according to a new forecast on social media revenue from Gartner, which examined past revenue from sites […]
How Much Do Employers Expect You to Work After Hours?
We live in a society where the line between work and free time is too easily and too often blurred, but most employers still don’t have a policy in place to deal with working after hours. “Technology and Its Impact on Employees During Nonworking Hours,” a new report from SHRM, found that a large majority […]
Facebook: The Next Big Job Board?
There is lots of advice out there about how you can find your next job on Facebook, but now it seems that the popular social networking site is going to make that task even easier by launching its own job board. A recent article from NASDAQ claims that Facebook is planning to launch its own […]
Layoffs Drop Significantly in June
As everyone anxiously awaits tomorrow’s employment numbers, a separate report is showing that companies are making the lowest number of layoffs in over a year. The most recent report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas found that employers made 37,551 layoffs during June, a whopping 39 percent decrease from May, and marking the lowest number of […]
Employers Ramp Up Hiring for Olympic Games
The Olympic Games are a time-tested tradition enjoyed throughout the world, but beyond the athletes and the competition, it’s the employees behind the scenes who keep the event running smoothly. Traditionally, the Olympic Games are held every two years, alternating between summer and winter events. The host city changes for each event as well, with […]
Unemployment Hits Veterans Harder than Most
The unemployment rate in 2010 for veterans who have served since September 2001 was at 11.7%, while the August 1, 2011 TIME.com article, “More Young Veterans Jobless,” put the current unemployment rate for veterans at around 13%. Both numbers exceed the current national average of 9.2%
Small Business Recruiting Important to Economy
What this country needs is more small businesses. So the U.S. Department of Labor recently announced it was providing $35 million for states to help develop, enhance, and promote Self-Employment Assistance programs to encourage unemployed Americans to realize their dreams of business ownership. The program allows “participants who are currently receiving or eligible for federally funded […]
A Look at Employment and What’s Ahead
Is the economy headed for another meltdown or are we just experiencing a hiccup in the national recovery? That’s what experts are asking after after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest employment numbers for May at the end of last week, which were much lower than the anticipated addition of 150,000 jobs. Overall, […]