|
Job Jacking II
Read interbiznet's
Electronic Recruiting
News.
- Sign
up and receive the Electronic Recruiting
News in your mailbox daily.
- Sign up and
receive the Bugler in your mailbox daily.
- Read
Today's BERT (Recruiting Blogs
feed)
Download the
Multigenerational Recruiting Slide Presentation done at OnRec by John and Bridget Sumser.
John and Bridget at Onrec (Video)
Reveille and Hyperbole:
VirtualEdge
Corporation (VE), a worldwide provider of Talent
Lifecycle Software solutions, announced today that its Annual VE Power Summit
was an enormous success last week in La Jolla, CA. This year's Summit theme was
Achieving Competitive Advantage through Teamwork, where VE customers shared best
practices and discussed talent strategies and initiatives that improve business
performance and provide competitive advantage. The VE Power Summit provided
opportunities to gain new talent management insights that customers can use to
power recruiting success. Through a variety of networking opportunities,
VirtualEdge customers, partners, HR industry experts and thought leaders were
able to network and share their knowledge and experience on a variety of topics,
including global recruiting implementations; managing and developing critical
talent pools; reviewing VE's next release and product roadmap; and more.
CVTracer, an on-demand recruiting software solutions firm, has published a
best practices white paper
detailing the critical need for accurate and optimized information-gathering and
reporting in the recruiting industry. Formerly, analyzing stacks of data and
creating reports were necessary but strenuous chores. By using applicant
tracking technology/automated recruiting software solutions, reports can be
quickly created –
without tediously re-entering or manually accumulating and sorting data. Also,
having a system, that automatically time- and date-stamps actions, guarantees
data integrity and removes another layer of work.
AIRS -- a world leader in talent
acquisition, development, and transition solutions -- in partnership with Dr.
John Sullivan & Associates – a
strategic HR advisory service firm based on the thought leadership of author,
speaker, educator and advisor Dr. John Sullivan - today announced the launch of
the AIRS/DJS Employee Referral Program (ERP) Audit. This new, flat-fee ERP
analysis and evaluation service is designed to give corporations of all sizes a
quick, affordable, and effective tool to significantly improve their employee
referral programs.
Authoria
announced the growing momentum of enterprise-scale organizations adopting its
market-leading technology for managing all aspects of the talent management
lifecycle -- specifically highlighting deployments within Hess Corp.;
PepsiAmericas and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.. More than 30 large enterprises to
date rely on solutions from Authoria that integrate three or more strategic
talent management functions, such as recruiting, performance management,
compensation, succession planning, and benefit/policy communication. They do so
to achieve efficiencies in individual functions via automation, and to tightly
link these functions to more effectively attract, reward and retain top talent.
Taleo, a leading
provider of talent management solutions, and
Jobster Inc., a leading innovator in talent
networking tools, announced the availability of a fully integrated, advanced
sourcing and talent management solution. By delivering a comprehensive sourcing
and talent management solution, Jobster and Taleo are enabling organizations to
simplify the difficult process of finding and hiring the right candidates,
particularly passive candidates.
The Taleo and Jobster solution for
advanced sourcing and talent management brings a number of benefits to
organizations looking to expand their sourcing, candidate relationship and
talent management strategies.
You Should Know:
Global:
Space Miles - Two Million Virgin Atlantic
Miles Get You Into Space
Collecting more air miles than you can use? Well, now you can use your air miles
to get into space. For two million Virgin Atlantic air miles, you can buy one of
the $200,000 tickets on Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceship. (TrendHunter)
Recruit.com Domain Goes to Auction October 27th
The recruit.com domain goes to auction on October 27th at a domain conference
I'm attending in Miami (TRAFFIC). And this could be the CHANCE OF A LIFETIME for
someone. There are only a couple of domains in the employment market with
similar power. Let's say jobs.com, recruiting.com, hire.com, staffing.com, and
hr.com all belong in this family of blockbuster employment domains. (Eric
Shannon)
LEGO Ice Cube Tray - LEGO Just Got Cooler
LEGO is selling a new ice tray that pops little LEGO brick of ice. This means
you can build your own LEGO ice sculpture. The $10 LEGO ice cube tray is made
out of silicone, dishwasher safe and capable of making up to 10 ice bricks. (TrendHunter)
Email Without Computer
Boomers have embraced email as a quick and easy way to stay in touch with
friends and family. But getting older aunts and uncles or parents to adopt email
is next to impossible. So how do you include them in the loop? Celery.
Celery® is a simple device that allows people to be included in email without
having to own or operate a computer. (TrendHunter)
US:
Working for the Long Haul More seniors hanging onto
their jobs -- out of fun and necessity
There's an old saying that nobody lies on their deathbed wishing they'd spent
more time at the office. That little chestnut might not apply to Mike Demaras,
though. "I enjoy it, every minute of it," said Demaras, a 78-year-old senior
sales consultant at Enterprise Bank. "I'll do it as long as I'm physically able
and the bank wants to keep me on." Demaras has plenty of company, according to a
survey released in April by the MetLife Mature Market Institute. Research
revealed that 37 percent of 66- to-70-year-olds are either working or looking
for work, as are 60 percent of 60- to-65-year-olds and 78 percent of 55-
to-59-year-olds. Among the oldest age bracket, 72 percent of employees cited the
desire to "stay active and engaged" as a primary reason to work. (Lowell
Sun)
Deep Release:
Highlights from the September employment report
The total number of new jobs (+51,000) in September was about half of consensus
estimates (although one widely-followed economic report estimated earlier this
week only a 78,000-job gain ) but the unemployment rate ticked down 0.1% to
4.6%, adding some credence to a belief that there has been a fundamental shift
regarding "normal" job growth (see above). Wages continued on its upward track
with average hourly earnings rising in September by 4 cents, which was 0.2%; for
the year, average weekly earnings are up 4.0%. The employment-to-population
ratio was 63.1% (steady for the month and up slightly for the year) and the
labor force participation rate was unchanged at 66.2% for both the month and
from a year earlier.
Jobs Report
The 51,000-job overall increase in September was less than half
of the average monthly growth of the past six months; obviously
September's performance brought the average down.
- The goods-producing sector lost 11,000 jobs due to a very familiar
reason -- a loss of Manufacturing jobs, which was down 19,000 in September.
- Growth in the Construction sector slowed with only an 8,000-job gain
last month (it gained 23,000 in August).
- Natural resources and mining, which is also part of the goods-producing
sector, didn't add any jobs to the pile, but didn't take any away either; it
was steady.
- Activity in the services-providing sector was mixed with 62,000 new
jobs.
- The Retail Trade sector continued to shed jobs for the second
consecutive month with 12,000 fewer jobs in September.
- Professional and Business Services picked up the same number of jobs and
was up 12,000 with 9,700 of those in Accounting and Bookkeeping Services.
- Education and Health Services was able to maintain a healthy profile
with 15,000 new jobs; Home Health Care Services, a sub-sector, added 3,100
jobs in September while Hospitals registered 6,500 more jobs.
- Leisure and Hospitality continue to welcome in more workers -- it was up
10,000 more jobs.
- Government jobs were down 8,000 with state governments releasing 22,000
jobs, local governments taking in 18,000 new jobs, and the federal
government letting 4,000 employees go.
Temporary Help Services Roundup
According to the BLS,
Temporary Help Services employment lost 11,300 jobs in
September to settle at 2,592,200 (seasonally adjusted). For September,
temporary help employment was down by 0.4% from the previous month but up
0.7% from September 2005.
Temporary help services employment continued its gradual decline of market
share of overall jobs in September to 1.91%. The recent high was 1.96% in
December 2005, meaning close to 2% of all jobs were within the temporary
help services sector.
Household Survey
(officially known as the Current Population Survey, or CPS)
The overall unemployment rate continued to improve incrementally by 0.1% to
4.6% in September (was 4.7% in August and 4.8% in July). This was because
the size of the labor force only increased 101,000 in September while the
number of employed persons grew by 271,000 to 144.8 million and there were
170,000 fewer people unemployed (less than 7 million in September). There
were 152,000 more people not in the workforce in September from the previous
month for a total of 77.6 million.
Thanks to Bruce
Steinberg who does a tremendous job tracking this data.
Deeper Still:
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending Sept. 30, the advance figure for seasonally
adjusted initial claims was 302,000, a decrease of 17,000 from the previous
week's revised figure of 319,000. The 4-week moving average was 313,500, a
decrease of 2,750 from the previous week's revised average of 316,250.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was
1.9 percent for the week ending Sept. 23, unchanged from the prior week's
unrevised rate of 1.9 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured
unemployment during the week ending Sept. 23 was 2,448,000, an increase of
15,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,433,000. The 4-week moving
average was 2,455,750, a decrease of 8,250 from the preceding week's revised
average of 2,464,000.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state
programs, unadjusted, totaled 247,589 in the week ending Sept. 30, a decrease of
13,737 from the previous week. There were 313,847 initial claims in the
comparable week in 2005.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.6
percent during the week ending Sept. 23, unchanged from the prior week. The
advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs
totaled 2,063,376, an increase of 374 from the preceding week. A year earlier,
the rate was 1.9 percent and the volume was 2,393,581.
Extended benefits were not available in any state during the
week ending Sept. 16.
Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian
employees totaled 1,324 in the week ending Sept. 23, an increase of 263 from the
prior week. There were 1,877 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a
decrease of 79 from the preceding week.
There were 14,376 former Federal civilian employees claiming
UI benefits for the week ending Sept. 16, a decrease of 42 from the previous
week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 24,805, a decrease of
569 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending
Sept. 16 were in Puerto Rico (3.7 percent), Alaska (2.5), Michigan (2.5), New
Jersey (2.5), Pennsylvania (2.4), Arkansas (2.2), Connecticut (2.0),
Massachusetts (2.0), Oregon (2.0), and Rhode Island (2.0).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending
Sept. 23 were in Michigan (+15,513), Missouri (+1,177), California (+802), Texas
(+790), and Arkansas (+367), while the largest decreases were in Kentucky
(-5,149), North Carolina (-3,499), Virginia (-2,502), Georgia (-2,476), and
Minnesota (-1,576).
Coming Soon:
|
|
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
|
HR-XML Consortium's
Summit
Oct. 25-26
Barcelona, Spain
$265
More Info
Register |
|
8th
Annual Corporate University Week
Design, Deliver & Evaluate Effective Training
November 13-16, 2006
Disney's Contemporary Resort, Orlando FL.
$2,298 |
Experienced
Alumni Recruitment &
Career Management Conference
November 17-18, 2006
The University of Houston
$215
Register |
|
|
Bangalore HR Summit 2006
December 15 & 16, 2006
Leela Palace, Airport Road, Bangalore-1,India
$250
Learn More |
Got News?
Send us your company news, personnel changes, placements, and other tidbits of
interest. News you'd like to see covered that we haven't? Let us
know.
Don't forget to check out the blogs on
bert.
|
Home
