Tag Archives: hiring
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Using Online Videos For Recruitment
February 1, 2012Recruitment videos are not so much a new idea as they are just now becoming properly utilized by organizations. ...
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LinkedIn And Recruitment
January 2, 2012LinkedIn has propelled itself in recent years to become the second most used social media site in the U.S. for recruitment. Recruiters and their organizations have established profiles, often times extensively detailed, with connection numbers...
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TWITTER AND RECRUITMENT
January 2, 2012We have progressed far enough into the age of online recruitment that utilizing social media is definitely not a new concept. However, many recruiters may underestimate the utility of Twitter with the highly informal setup...
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IS YOUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS OVERLY RELIANT ON TECHNOLOGY
December 20, 2011Most businesses large enough to realize the cost benefits of technological advances to recruitment have implemented at least a few of these options. Applicant Tracking Systems are a prime example of a way employers are...
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Social Jobs, Facebook Teams Up With Multiple Organizations to Create Assistance for Job Seekers
November 7, 2011The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and The Department of Labor (DOL), along with a few other organizations have signed on to collaborate with Facebook in creating a new resource for job seekers....
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CAREER PATHS: CHOOSE YOUR FIELD WISELY
September 26, 2011The market for particular fields or job categories should be of interest to those currently in a career transition and those that recruit for these fields. Earlier this year Forbes listed the 10 Dead or...
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RECRUITMENT ETIQUETTE LESSON THREE
September 19, 2011Lesson number three goes back to the beginning of the hiring process. No matter how long you’ve been in your current role, think back to when you were job hunting. Remember what it was like...
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RECRUITMENT ETIQUETTE LESSON TWO
August 15, 2011There are high expectations set for a candidate coming in to interview, varied depending on the level of position. They are required to show up early, act eager, be polite and respectful, while answering questions...
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RECRUITMENT ETIQUETTE LESSON ONE
August 8, 2011Rejection is to recruitment as inevitability is to change. There's no getting around it. Applicant tracking systems have not only eased the pain of stringent record-keeping requirements, but have also altered the final task of...
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FREELANCE WORKERS HAVE A NEED FOR INDEPENDENCE BUT YOU CAN RETAIN THEM
August 1, 2011Freelance and contract workers have become all the rage with reductions in force and mandatory budget cuts in companies across the nation. With employers escaping health insurance obligations, vacation pay, and other full-time benefits, freelance...
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THE WORKFORCE IS CHANGING IN AGE NUMBER AND DIVERSITY
July 25, 2011Over the past ten years, we’ve been preached to about the aging workforce. However, employers may have forgotten some important statistics as the economic climate of the past three years has delayed the realization of...
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AS EMPLOYERS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH TIGHT BUDGETS VOLUNTARY BENEFITS ARE ON THE RISE
July 11, 2011The economy is in recovery, but it’s a slow climb up the mountain. Company belts haven’t been loosened and with the overall impact of healthcare reform still uncertain, it may be some time before they...
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SUMMER HELP MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG TERM PLACEMENT
July 5, 2011Warm weather brings a spike in business activity and as a result, increased workloads for many organizations. In order to meet demands, current headcounts are supplemented with interns and short-term help. While interns are considered...
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Complimentary White Paper: Generation Y – Attract / Hire / Retain
June 27, 2011Complimentary White Paper: Generation Y – Attract / Hire / Retain BrightMove, Inc., a leader in Applicant Tracking Software for HR, Staffing and Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO), has released a complimentary White Paper designed to aid...
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RECRUITMENT AGENCIES CAN BE AN EFFECTIVE SUPPLEMENT TO YOUR CURRENT HIRING PROCESS
June 13, 2011Recruitment agencies have taken a hit as the unemployment rate has risen and the number of open positions has drastically fallen. Employers feel they don’t need outside help when there are so many candidates out...
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HIRING GENERATION Y: THE INTERGENERATIONAL WORKFORCE
May 31, 2011HIRING GENERATION Y SERIES: STEP EIGHT – THE INTERGENERATIONAL WORKFORCE by Traci K and BrightMove Staffing Software and Recruiting Software Today’s workforce is constantly changing and within 10 to 15 years it may be unrecognizable....
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HIRING GENERATION Y: ENGAGING AND MANAGING YOUR YOUNG
May 23, 2011Almost every organization has young employees belonging to Generation Y. This generation is ever-becoming notorious for the characteristics they hold that are unique from others before them. These include the level of work ethic, motivation,...
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HIRING GENERATION Y: TRAINING YOUR NEW HIRES
May 10, 2011The inevitability of the changing workforce dynamic is that, at some point or another, members of Generation Y are going to be a part of it. Whether currently on board or getting ready to...
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HIRING GENERATION Y: INTERVIEWING MILLENNIALS
May 2, 2011Entitlement and informality are the words of the day. When you begin to understand the interview process for Generation Y candidates, these words may be circling in your mind as the reputation of today’s...
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HIRING GENERATION Y: WRITING A JOB POSTING AIMED AT GEN YERS
April 11, 2011At some point in time, if you haven’t already, your company will need to hire employees from the next generation of workers: Generation Y. Holding different values, ideals, and outlooks on the world in...
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HIRING GENERATION Y: KNOWING WHAT APPEALS TO MILLENNIALS
April 8, 2011The reputation of Generation Y is that of entitled, impatient, independent, materialistic, social-oriented techies. They are unlike any generation before them and they offer talents and skill sets unlike their predecessors. Employers are...
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HIRING GENERATION Y: UNDERSTANDING THE FACTS
March 15, 2011Doomsday HR statistics over the past 5 to 10 years have shown that the steady retirement of Baby Boomers and the lack of skilled workers coming up through ranks will eventually lead to a massive...
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HOW JOB ADVERTISEMENT DESIGN IMPACTS CANDIDATE SELECTION
March 10, 2011Bounce rate is the percentage of viewers that visit your website or job ad page and then leave without applying. In addition to the structure of your website, the composition of the job...
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WEBSITE STRUCTURE WILL AFFECT YOUR APPLICANT POOL
March 1, 2011The design of the career section on your company website will affect, not only the number of people that stay on your site, but also the number of candidates that actually apply. The interest...
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Seeing Green. Figuring Salary’s Part In Hiring And Retention
December 9, 2010Money money money. Famed writer Leo Rosten once said that money can’t buy happiness, but neither can poverty. Money is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. With the state of the current...
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What’s Happening? 2010 to 2011 College Recruiting Trends
December 9, 2010Every year around this time, Michigan State University polls thousands of employers of all sizes in search of data relating to college graduates in order to generate recruiting trends. This data varies in type...
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Blame-A-Nitis: The very fastest way to destroy your career when you have been let go from your job
May 21, 2010I have been in the recruiting software and HR technology industry for about 14 years and have seen some of the best and worst in most any company and any company’s personnel. I myself have...
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BETTER LATE BY DECADES THAN NEVER: The “Rule of Three” is slated for an overhaul
May 17, 2010As any Federal Government job applicant will attest, even some of the very best policies and procedures can sound ideal in theory but be severely flawed in execution. Such is the Rule of Three, a...
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POLITICAL POLARITY: How is it affecting your recruiting?
April 8, 2010How many times have you heard, "That (blankety-blank-political-party-member) is a complete idiot!" We have all heard this at least once recently, perhaps even more depending upon your particular circles. It seems that some have crossed...
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Committing the Crime of a Mis-hire: Who is Really to Blame?
February 4, 2010by Nanci Lamborn – Writer/Blogger/HR Practitioner – BrightMove Recruiting Software The forbidding yellow file lurked in my chair as I walked into my office, a file made all the more daunting by the Pink Form...
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If Obama was my applicant? Has face value killed good recruiting?
January 21, 2010by Michael Brandt – BrightMove Recruiting Software I am on a plane right now and got an urge to write something that I find very important not only in recruitment but in how people evaluate...
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Why I’m Afraid of Monster!
January 20, 2010Like some of you I have several new jobs that I need to get filled—nothing that my seasoned and experienced professional HR-type self shouldn’t consider to be a walk in the park. Thankfully I’m usually...
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OVERALLS, ANYONE? What’s happening to our work ethic?!
January 13, 2010by Nanci Lamborn – BrightMove Recruiting Software “I’m sorry. I really need to stop you there.” I was right in the middle of an interview, explaining in detail the job description, work environment, and company...
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EMPLOYEE REFERRALS – A FAMILY AFFAIR A-Fail: the failures of hiring relatives.
December 14, 2009by Nanci Lamborn – BrightMove Recruiting Software It’s one of the most unnerving statements an employee can make to the Hiring Manager while dropping off the resume of a referral. “She’s my (sister-cousin-mother-daughter-lover-ex-wife-fiancée.) She’s really...
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CAN A SLOB SURVIVE TODAY’S UNFORGIVING JOB MARKET?
December 2, 2009by Nanci Lamborn – Blogger/Writer – BrightMove Recruiting Software This week I was planning to post the continuation of last week’s article about the pros and cons of hiring inside referrals. But a story I...
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Is Flashy Flash Driven Recruiting Software Safe
November 16, 2009By Michael Brandt – COO – BrightMove Recruiting Software Having been in the HCM space for well over a decade, I follow the software technology change in recruiting and talent management software quite heavily and...
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INSIDE REFERRAL CANDIDATES – birds of a feather and all that fluff.
November 12, 2009Two of the worst interviews I can recall in my recent history were both referred from one of my most successful, highest producing employees. Both candidates were abrasive, arrogant, and unfriendly, and neither interview lasted...
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SHARE IF YOU DARE? Part 2 of Employment References
October 29, 2009Part 1 Here: SHARE IF YOU DARE. What is the value of prior employment references? by Nanci Lamborn – Brightmove Writer Last week we took a look at the value of securing prior employment references....
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Complimentary White Paper: Social Media A Recruiters Field Guide
October 26, 2009BrightMove, Inc., a leader in Applicant Tracking Software for HR, Staffing and Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO), has released a complimentary White Paper/Field Guide designed to aid recruiting firms and HR departments in getting their Social Media...
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Complimentary White Paper: Social Media A Recruiters Field Guide
October 26, 2009BrightMove, Inc., a leader in Applicant Tracking Software for HR, Staffing and Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO), has released a complimentary White Paper/Field Guide designed to aid recruiting firms and HR departments in getting their Social Media...
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SHARE IF YOU DARE. What is the value of prior employment references?
October 20, 2009“References available upon request.” We are all extremely familiar with the phrase, or some variation thereof, indicating that a host of credible witnesses stand at the ready to affirm a candidate’s praises. Some modern day...
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TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE? Photo-inclusive resumes are the question
October 17, 2009This woman’s eyes were so scary, they made me shudder. Her toothy rectangle of a smile was frozen under a clearly cosmetically enhanced nose which formed the T-square support for a pair of repulsively bulbous...
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STRADDLING THE EVER WIDENING SKILLS GAP
October 16, 2009Do mistakes on resumes and cover letters really matter? I am unashamed to admit it; I am a grammar freak. Maybe it can be blamed upon genetics (my mother used to diagram complex sentences for...
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IS IT TIME TO DE-SPARKLE YOUR PROFILE?
October 15, 2009IS IT TIME TO DE-SPARKLE YOUR PROFILE? An unnamed number of years ago when I ventured into my first social media outlet (the uber-trendy Xanga world that all the cool kids were into), it...
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BRIDGE OUT AHEAD! Applicants Burning bridges before they’ve been crossed?
October 15, 2009One of the most interesting aspects of recruiting is the human interaction and the incredibly wide variety of personalities that we encounter. We all have our lists of applicant horror tales and candidate side-splitters when...
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BrightMove Releases Quantify for Recruiting Software for Recruitment Outsourcing
September 4, 2009For more information on BrightMove Quantify(tm): Click Here BrightMove is excited to announce the release of BrightMove Quantify(tm). Quantify is an end to end Outsourcing Management platform for Recruiting which allows HRO and RPO firms...
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Novus Origo partners with BrightMove to be the driving arm of BrightMove’s professional services
August 19, 2009For immediate release Novus Origo partners with BrightMove to be the driving arm of BrightMove’s professional services and consulting team. The BrightMove and Novus Origo partnership will provide total end to end eRecruitment, HR consulting...
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Catching the RSS Wave
April 8, 2009When online news articles and technology bloggers began proclaiming sometime in 2008 that Twitter would become the AP newswire of the future, I literally laughed out loud. Dismissing it as techno-hype, I was completely certain...