Thought For The Day: It’s a menu where the listings yell at you. The Next Internet"The flexibility we have seen in the Internet is a consequence of one simple observation: the Internet is essentially a software artifact. As we have learned in the past several decades, software is an endless frontier. There is no limit […]
(Sep 24, 2008) When I talk to my kids about finding a job, I tell them to avoid using job boards. While job boards can be helpful in a job hunt, it’s easy to fall prey to the belief that they are the only thing you need to do.
Thought For The Day: "it’s just a handful of people in the world who can tell the difference between you and me. But I’m one of them." Fake popup study sadly confirms most users are idiotsWell, it’s not so much that they’re idiots. It’s that the geeks in the middle of all of this fun […]
(Sep 23, 2008) Jason Davis started a great conversation over on RecruitingBlogs.com. Take a look at "Building a successful Job Board". Like most discussions that try to generalize about a big idea, you run into trouble quickly on this topic. Success is one of those ideas that is entirely in the eye of the beholder. […]
Thought For The Day: Why aren’t more business get-togethers about having fun? Building A Successful Job BoardVery interesting conversation featuring several bright lights from the industry. A job board is best understood as a marketplace. What makes them great (and successful) is when both
I spent the end of last week in Toronto at Recruitfest. A one (plus) day get together for members of the recruiting industry, the conference was designed as a networking event. Jason Davis’ brainchild, Recruitfest tackled 1. The day started at a reasonable time. Every industry event I have ever been to makes a point […]
Thought For The Day: People will
Thought For The Day: Crisis is opportunity. Wall Street Woes Have Recruiters Scrambling as Firms Try to Poach Talent Most of the interest is coming from buy-side firms, such as hedge funds and asset management companies, which hope to cherry-pick the best talent at Lehman and Merrill, Dolfino said. “These guys are vultures,” he said. […]
Thought For The Day: We are in this position as the result of the unintended consequences of some very good intentions. Hcareers Launches Exclusive Partnership With CorVirtusAnother job board/assessment technology arrangement. Assessment is voodoo and doesn’t really work very well without a deep investigation of the actual culture of the company. The market is grasping […]
Thought For The Day: When the tire is flat, you fix the tire. You don’t wait to see if the engine fails next week. Jobstick Filter Wins Onrec 2008 Game Changing Recruiting Technology AwardJobstick is an automated resume review tool, a filter. Is this really
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