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Monster 5 for Friday: Recruiting Basics Edition
Tweet Great recruiters have a knack for matching applicants’ values, skills and personalities with the right jobs. This week’s 5 for Friday rounds up five top stories about the fundamentals of the recruiting profession. 5. Why You Should Hire Like a Rock Band. Inc.com: “We don’t see ‘cool’ as walking in with popped collars and [...]
Continue reading...5 Ways To Get Paid What You’re Worth
Monday, January 23, 2012
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What are you worth to an employer? Quick, come up with a number. OK. Now, let’s come up with a realistic number. Negotiating salary is, for most of us, as difficult as getting past phone screens and interviews to the job offer. It can be tough to think of yourself in dollar terms. If you’re not prepared to negotiate, you’re sure to be unhappy with almost any offer. So don’t be caught flat-footed.
Continue reading...Monster 12 for 2012: Follow These Top HR & Recruiting Bloggers
Thursday, December 29, 2011
In compiling the Monster 11 for 2011 list of Top HR and Recruiting bloggers to follow, we fell for the shiny statistics and cool tools which were emerging from the margins to the mainstream, taking a highly analytical and ostensibly objective approach to building our list of recommendations. After all, no one argues with numbers. Which is really too bad. Because as we spent another year listening to, and engaging, with the HR and recruiting social media conversation (and another year of writing posts in the second person), we learned that online, like in war or the workplace, leadership isn’t a matter of consensus.
Continue reading...5 Tips for Getting Hired Over the Holidays
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
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The economic realities of the holiday season, for those of us struggling to make ends meet or to find a job, makes it difficult to be grateful. When you’re in survival mode, it’s pretty tough to step back and reflect. So, should we be grateful for a job these days, or merely relieved? Should we express that gratitude to a boss? And if we do, will it be viewed as sucking up?
Continue reading...Kids Today: On Generation Z
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Whatever happened to Generation Y? Used to be a time when every employer out there couldn’t talk about anything else. They were going to invade our workplaces with their newfangled tools and fancy technologies, and we were rolling out the red carpet, helicopter parents and all.
Continue reading...11 for #HRTechConf 2011: Follow These Top HR & Recruitment Bloggers
Sunday, October 2, 2011
In the days leading up to this year’s 2011 HR Technology Conference, the inevitable buzz has built to a crescendo, promising a record number of exhibitors, attendees and new product announcements (over 200, according to the conference organizers, including some of the biggest brands in the business). But with the launch of a score of new technologies dedicated to the mission of simplifying the HR function, it begs the question: what about social media?
Continue reading...#HREvolution: Building A Business Case for Talent Communities @NPRJobs
Friday, September 30, 2011
As some of the best and brightest minds in talent acquisition and social media, HREvolution presents a unique opportunity to drive real collaboration – and real results – for a real employer. #TChat is excited to be partnering with National Public Radio (NPR) to present a business case – and strategy – for developing and sustaining talent communities and putting best practices into practice in the HR trenches. So roll up your sleeves and put on your thinking caps.
Continue reading...Building and Sustaining Online Talent Communities
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
When it comes to the social technologies in the talent acquisition tool box, the goals, and associated best practices, shift from creating transparency to increasing visibility. This is, after all, the entire point of engagement and employer branding. Getting top candidates to notice your company, its culture and careers creates the competitive advantage in the war for talent.
Continue reading...The Evolution of Management: Leadership and the New World of Work
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
In today’s world of work, this need to manage perception and brand, both personal and professional, has led to a veritable cottage industry of consultants and gurus, training programs and certifications devoted to leadership theory, practice and development. But ultimately, leadership isn’t a product that can be sold; it’s a characteristic that must be earned. And the leaders of today face unique challenges, struggling with a widespread lack of confidence by investors and employees, besieged with the twin burdens of internal expectations and external scrutiny.
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Friday, June 22, 2012
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