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Reveille and Hyperbole:
Following the
success of its launch to PC-based customers, ADP
Canada today announced the beginning of a pilot program that will make its
Record of Employment (ROE) Direct Filing service available to customers using
ADP's web-hosted pay@work(TM) or Performance Pack(TM) payroll products. ROE
Direct Filing is a service that facilitates the electronic transmission of
Records of Employment to Service Canada through the federal government's secure
automated transfer service.
www.ResumeDeliver.com,
Inc. announces free resume blasting services Just got better. "More than
1000 recruiters signed-up to receive free resumes from ResumeDeliver in the past
month." said Ed White, Vice President of ResumeDeliver.com. Inc. "That brings
our total to more than 10,000 recruiters and hiring companies that are looking
for candidates to hire. The response has been amazing. By offering blasting
services for free to JobSeekers, we are providing more value to our client
companies." "Most resume blasting services, offer a low cost version of their
service to job seekers with significant limitations. At ResumeDeliver, we are
offering full access to our 10,000+ recruiters and hiring companies."
Research and Markets has announced the addition of China's Online
Recruitment Market in 2006 to their offering. After the operation analysis of
the four largest online recruitment webs of 51job, China HR, Zhaopin.com and
CJOL, the report
gives a comprehensive analysis of local online recruitment market and industrial
online recruitment market. Online recruitment develops imbalanced in different
regions: it is developing well in southern China, northern China, and eastern
China; it has a great development potential in middle China; it is on the
elementary step in the northeastern China and southwestern China while it
develops relatively slow in the northwestern China. The development of online
recruitment for different industries also has different prospects IT industry
and manufacturing industry are the two largest industrial clients for online
recruitment. The local online recruitment market and industrial online
recruitment market are deserving more attention from the investors.
Deck Chairs:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana has
appointed Todd G. Schexnayder as senior vice president, human resources....
Randall Maradyn, a human resources professional with 29 years corporate
experience, will join Okanagan College
to head the HR and labour relations departments. ...
You Should Know:
Australia:
Recruiters cast their job-hunting net far and wide
at MySpace
Online advertisers have a job with you in mind
WATCHERS of the hugely popular networking site MySpace will have noticed that
barely a week goes by without someone else using the site for some clever
commercial end. Pop careers have been born on it, viral marketing campaigns
unleashed and products launched. Now, organisations are waking up to to the
site's potential as a recruiting tool. (The
Australian)
Online ad war heats up
PUBLISHING & Broadcasting's online employment business Seek is facing renewed
competition on both sides of the Tasman after publishers News Limited and John
Fairfax both moved yesterday to increase their share of the fast-growing online
recruitment advertising sector. Fairfax, which bought New Zealand auction
business Trade Me for $625 million in March, launched Trade Me Jobs yesterday,
with plans to undercut market leader Seek's advertising rates by 66 per cent.
Trade Me, which attracted 2.6 million unique visitors in July, operates in four
online classifieds sectors in New Zealand after branching into automotive and
real estate in 2003. (Australian
IT)
News Ltd in attempt to corner online job seekers
MEDIA group News Ltd, the Australian arm of News Corp, will launch an online
business for recruitment advertising in a push to get a greater share of the
jobs market. The company said the business, to be launched soon, would be
responsible for developing major online advertising initiatives to attract a
larger share of business from employers, recruitment consultants and job
seekers. The business is yet to be named. (The
Age)
Seek joins universities - to buy half of student
recruitment company
ONLINE recruitment group Seek will beef up its learning division with the
planned $36 million purchase of a half share in international student
recruitment company IDP Education. The PBL-controlled internet job search firm
yesterday announced it had been named the preferred bidder for a 50 per cent
interest in IDP, Australia's largest international student recruitment company,
at present owned by 38 Australian universities. (smh)
Diversity across sectors
creates win-win situation
AT first glance the News Corporation profit figures released yesterday could
provide a eureka moment for those who have been predicting the demise of
newspapers. While revenues and profits are up across most sectors, and News
celebrates a $1billion-plus online advertising deal with Google, newspaper
profits are significantly down. These headline figures give credence to the
long-touted view that the emergence of the internet will ultimately sound the
death knell for newspapers. You can almost hear them cry: "The end is nigh!"
(Australian)
Global:
Internet
Marketing and Promotion - How to Promote your Site and Event
Make your event promotions work for you, on the internet, by using a few simple
resources to help give exposure to your event, free. How do you go about
promoting your local event, when you have limited resources to work with? What
is the easiest and most cost-effective way to promote your event? How do you
reach your full potential audience and let them know about your event? (Best
Syndication)
Survey shows dearth of mining skills to worsen
The shortage of mining staff is set to worsen later this year as many mineral
projects under construction come on line, Hays Resources and Mining, a division
of Australasian specialist recruitment group, said in its annual salary survey.
(Resource
Investor)
Greg's
"Microsoft Legal & Corporate Affairs Recruiting" Blog
Greg Roth's Blog on Microsoft, Recruiting & Legal Careers in the High Tech Arena
Blog
More Demand Mobile e-mail
I use a Palm Treo using Microsoft Windows Mobile Software. I love the fact that
I can communicate from any place at anytime from anywhere. It gives me the
feeling of working with no boundries and makes me feel that I am in control of
my communication and my e-mail instead of it being in control of me. I don't
like suprises so it is nice to have a heads up on issues before I get into the
office. Also with my Palm Treo and can respond to urgent matters immediately now
matter where I am.
India:
South Korea:
Employment stability takes the slow train
The establishment serves a menu that is supposed to reduce the amount of
contract and part-time employment and instead create opportunities where people
are treated as full employees. The offer is limited only to so-called irregular
workers in the public service sector. The big business community is alarmed at
the idea. (The
Hankyoreh)
UAE:
Naukrigulf.com launches Resume Database
Access
Naukrigulf.com, a leading job site in the Gulf has launched the widely awaited
database of jobseekers from the Middle East and those who plan to move here.
Resume Database Access popularly known as Resdex will now be available to
recruiters looking towards hiring talent from the Middle East. (AME)
UK:
Bad recruitment methods alienate graduates
Almost a quarter of British graduates hunting for jobs have walked away from
potential employer because they had been put off by the organisation's behaviour
during the recruitment process. A survey Reed Consulting of 2,500 graduate
job-seekers found that the most widespread complaint – voiced by an astonishing
two-thirds of graduates - was "not hearing back from a company at all" after
submitting an application. This was followed by "no feedback being given"
(60 per cent), "job that was advertised changing or no longer being available"
(32 per cent) and "lack of information about the organisation or role" (31 per
cent). Another common complaint was "long delays before attending final
interview/assessment centre" (23 per cent). (Management
Issues)
IT Directors need to do more to retain key staff as
competition for top skills intensifies
- 25% of IT workers now contractors
- 10 tips on how to retain key IT staff
IT Directors need to do more to retain key IT staff as the competition for top
candidates intensifies and increasing numbers of permanent IT staff make the
leap into contracting, says ReThink Recruitment, the leading IT staffing
company. (OnRec)
Totaljobs.com targets graduates with new Zone
Totaljobs.com has launched its new graduate zone, totaljobs Graduate. The launch
reflects totaljobs' commitment to providing a focused graduate recruitment
offering that matches candidates and employers. The new zone brings
together some of the country's leading graduate recruiters including Accenture,
Orange, T Mobile and the National Audit Office alongside innovative
functionality. Graduates are taking advantage of brand new features in the Zone
like ‘Knowing You'. The psychometric questionnaire helps candidates self-assess
their working style, preferred work environments and the kinds of jobs they
would most enjoy. (OnRec)
US:
Doc recruiters say demand is up
U.S. healthcare organizations are looking for more physicians than they were a
year ago, according to a new survey. Almost half of the physician recruiters
responding to a recent online survey by recruiting firm LocumTenens.com reported
they recruited more than 20 physicians in the past year. This compares to 27
percent of respondents who reported that volume of physician-recruiting activity
in summer 2005. (UPI)
Young vets' job woes surprise career advisers
Recent news that the jobless rate for young veterans returning from war zones is
much higher than that for civilians shocked regional employment officials who
work with soldiers transitioning back into everyday life. The national
unemployment rate for veterans who have left the military in the past four years
is 6.9 percent -- 50 percent higher than the national average. Of those 20 to 24
years old, 15.6 percent are jobless, a rate 79 percent higher than civilians the
same age. (Sentinnel)
Texas AG warns of bogus job offers
Consumers should be alert to several bogus employment offers that have been
circulating online and in classified newspaper advertisements over the past
several weeks. Individuals posing as recruiters or employers are pitching
attractive employment opportunities that all contain the same catch: the job
seeker must pay money in advance for travel or other out-of-pocket expenses or
provide confidential information such as bank account numbers and Social
Security numbers. Requirements like these should send up a red flag to the job
seeker
that this may be an employment scam. (East
Texas Weekly)
Blackberry whine: Text messaging by overzealous recruiters
getting out of hand
SITTING ON the bleachers at ABCD Camp in Teaneck, N.J., amid a sea of college
basketball coaches, Jay Wright looked to his left and then his right.
Everywhere he looked, he saw the same thing. "Everyone is reaching for
their BlackBerrys," the Villanova coach said with a laugh. Where once the
ring, the beep or the catchy ringtone of the cell phone used to keep time with
the bounce of the basketballs, nowadays the gyms are almost eerily quiet.
No one is chatting. Everyone is texting. (Philadelphia
Daily)
Recruitment firm adds search tool to aid database
Hudson opts for Google's enterprise search product
Recruitment firm Hudson is using search technology to manage its European
database of candidates more effectively. The adoption of Google Search Appliance
(GSA) as a critical business tool is part of a major technology and processing
re-engineering project that will incorporate a new web-based front-office system
called TalentDesk for all consultants. (Vnunet)
Coming Soon:
OnRec Expo 2006 12-13 September 2006 Donald E. Stephens Convention
Center Chicago Register
|
ER Expo Fall Conference
September 12 - 14
Hollywood Beach, FL
$1,495
Register |
NAPEO
Professional Employer & Marketplace 2006
September 11-13
Boca Raton Resort & Club
Boca Raton, FL
|
AESC Researchers & Associates Summit
September 21st, 2006
Tate Modern
Bankside
London, United Kingdom
email
cdavies@aesc.org for more info |
2006 Healthcare Staffing Summit
September 19-21, 2006
Loews Coronado Bay Resort
San Diego, CA
$1,285
Register |
2006
Strategic HR Conference October 4-6, 2006 Westin Kierland
Resort Phoenix, Arizona
|
Human Resource Executive's 9th Annual HR Technology®
Conference Oct. 4-6, 2006 Navy Pier in Chicago, IL
$!095
Register |
Nat'l Association of Personnel Services (NAPS)
Recruiting Life
Oct 11-15
San Francisco, CA
$999
Register |
2006 SHRM Workplace Diversity Conference
October 16-18, 2006 Century Plaza Hotel
and Spa Los Angeles, California
|
9th Annual Talent Acquisition & Staffing Summit
October 16-19 2006
Renaissance Atlanta Downtown Hotel
$2099
More Info
Register |
Hunt Scanlon Advisors present "Defining
Leaders" New
York city October 18 - 20, 2006
New York Palace |
HR.com's Employers of Excellence 2006
October 25 - 27,
2006 Red Rock Resort Las Vegas, Nevada Register
|
Kennedy Information presents
Recruiting 2006
November 8-9, 2006
New York City, NY
$1,195
Register |
Bangalore HR Summit 2006
December 15 & 16, 2006
Leela Palace, Airport Road, Bangalore-1,India
$250
Learn More |
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