Tag Archives: recruiting
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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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HOW TO CREATE AN RSS FEED FOR YOUR WEBSITE
December 14, 2011IT’S EXTREMELY EASY. HOW TO CREATE AN RSS FEED FOR YOUR WEBSITE. by BrightMove Recruiting Software and Traci Kingery Once you’ve established the fact that an RSS feed would be a smart investment for our website,...
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RSS FEEDS OFFER A HIGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR EMPLOYERS
November 30, 2011Saving time and money is an epic battle dating back to beginning of time, or at least back to the beginning of money. We now live in a digital age where everything moves at a...
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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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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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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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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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ARE PUZZLE INTERVIEWS AN INGENIOUS TECHNIQUE OR A POINTLESS TACTIC
February 22, 2011A simple search on interview questions and methods will return more results and ideas than one person can handle. Companies and recruiters/hiring managers are always looking for improved or innovative ways to screen candidates....
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BrightMove, Inc. Launches BrightMove Progression: Innovative Technology for New Hires and Process Automation
December 20, 2010BrightMove, Inc. Launches BrightMove Progression: Innovative Technology for New Hires and Process Automation St. Augustine Beach, FL, December 20 2010 – BrightMove, Inc. (www.brightmove.com), a leading developer of Recruiting Software for Recruitment Outsourcing (RPO), Staffing...
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Get Creative. Unorthodox Recruiting Methods May Get The Job Done
December 20, 2010There is a reason that standard recruiting methods are, well, standard: they work. Placing ads, using temp agencies, calling on employee referrals, etc. – these are all tried and true methods that have stood...
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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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Be Tempted. The Temp-to-Hire Recruiting Strategy Holds Steady.
September 5, 2010A variety of challenges can be overcome by employing a hiring approach dating back almost 65 years – the temporary worker. The length of time to recruit for an open position may not be...
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Two traits every successful recruiter should have
June 28, 2010When I was just 21 years old (some eleventy-something years ago), I had the unbelievable fortune of getting to know one of the most exceptional recruiters I’ve ever met. The employer for whom I worked...
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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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Rebuilding Your Staffing Company? Inefficiency is a Death Certificate
May 11, 2010I’ve been in recruiting for almost my entire career and wow has it changed. From the days of huge markups to the dot com decimation of professional recruitment, I have seen this industry change so...
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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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Selecting Recruiting Software: Know Your Pricing Options It Could Save You Thousands
April 7, 2010by Michael G. Brandt – BrightMove Recruiting Software This is Part 2 in a series of articles I am writing to help companies in their efforts to select recruiting software and applicant tracking systems. In...
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Selecting Recruiting Software Part 1: Know your users before you set requirements
April 6, 2010By Michael Brandt – BrightMove Recruiting Software I want to start this series on selecting recruiting software by just saying “I love recruiting”. Recruiting is one of the fastest growing, moving and evolving industries I...
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BrightMove Adds all New Analytics Platform to Quantify RPO Software
March 9, 2010BrightMove Adds all New Analytics Platform to Quantify RPO Software...
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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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WHERE’S YOUR PEANUT BUTTER? Unconventional interview questions that uncover key skills.
January 28, 2010Using unconventional interview questions to uncover critical skills. by Nanci Lamborn – Writer/Blogger/HR Practitioner – BrightMove Recruiting Software We’ve seen several articles recently about the rise of unconventional recruiting methods (http://tinyurl.com/kuq4yc) and off-the-wall interview questions...
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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...