Thought For The Day: “Whatever you can or think you can, begin it. Boldnes has genius and magic in it.” – Goethe

• Would you like fries with that?
  Google lays off 100 Recruiters, 25% of its recruiting team. Good career coaches should always tell recruiters to negotiate for more severance at the start of the job. It’s a bellwether profession. When there’s no one else to cut, you can always claim a slowdown and punish the recruiters. Here’s the story in Google’s own words.
• Army invades the mall with video game recruitment station
  Anyone who can persuade someone to join and head to Iraq is a real Recruiter. The Army has set up 60 gaming PCs, 19 Xbox 360s, plush couches, and “rock music” for potential recruits to enjoy in a Philadelphia Mall. Talk about knowing and targeting your demographics.
• Starbucks’ CIO talks about recruiting, priorities
  “I would look for ways to differentiate your résumé, perhaps in ways that may look a little  untraditional at first,” he said.
• Recruitment software – Conversation with Tim de Jardine of Hirewall
  There are lots of new voices popping up every day. Destination Talent Blog is an Australian entry from a company proposing to be  “The #1 destination for talent attraction and acquisition in Australia. Coming soon!” Keep your eyes on this one.
• Changing Role of Recruitment Intermediaries
  “But the fact that the intermediaries or the consultants are able to provide their expert services, economies of scale, up to 40 percent savings in the recruitment costs, knowledge of the market, the candidates, understanding of the requirements, and most importantly, the assess to the suitable and talented candidates and the structured recruitment processes. The recruitment intermediaries save the organisations from the tedious of weeding out unsuitable resumes, co-coordinating interviews, posting vacancies etc. give them an edge over the other sources of recruitment.” The blog is somehow related to Demos who produced Recruiting 2020.