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Reveille and Hyperbole:
Dice.com and
ClearanceJobs.com have recently launched
ClearanceJobsBlog.com – a new blog that covers jobs in the U.S. defense
industry. Aside from discussion about specific jobs that are open, we will
be touching on all matters regarding security clearances. This would include
the clearance backlog dilemma, salaries for cleared workers, government
policies, and the "everyday" issues that cleared folks deal with (getting a
clearance, maintaining a clearance, investigations).
Personnel Decisions
International's (PDI) TalentView® of Performance™, was awarded a "Top Human
Resource Product" distinction of 2006 by Human Resource Executive Magazine and
recognized today at the publication's 9th Annual HR Technology Conference &
Exposition in Chicago. TalentView® of Performance TM is PDI's offering
specifically designed for making objective talent decisions about performance.
TalentView® uniquely supports the alignment of talent decisions such as
performance, compensation, development and promotion with strategic business
initiatives
The Human Capital Institute (HCI),
a global professional association and educator in talent management strategies,
announced today that its "Global Talent Delegation to India", operated in
partnership with DNL Global of Dallas, Texas, is set to commence.November 2
through 8, several of the world's leading talent management experts, including
Don Lowman and Samira Kaderali of Towers Perrin, Derrick Barton, CEO of the
Center for Talent Retention, Jean-Christophe Deslarzes, SVP HR of Alcan; Peter
Fasolo, VP Global Talent Management at J&J; Cara Koppenhoeffer, Global
Operations at Humana Inc; Jai Shekhawat, CEO Fieldglass and many others will
visit New Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai to participate in a series of global
talent management related summits and roundtables.
The third annual ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards are your
chance to share how your success is helping your business — and in many cases
furthering the recruiting profession. Whether it's your diversity program, your
careers website, your referral program, retention program, your branding
initiative, or another talent strategy, this is your best chance to showcase
what's working at your organization. Only submissions from recruiting
departments will be accepted and evaluated. Submissions from vendors on behalf
of clients will not be accepted. This year, the entire application process is
online at
http://www.ereawards.com/apply/
Civic Ventures announced this week
the opening of nominations for the 2007 Purpose Prize, a major initiative that
invests in Americans over 60 who are leading a new age of social innovation.
The
Purpose PrizeTM
provides five awards of $100,000 and ten awards of $10,000 to people over 60 who
are taking on society's biggest challenges. It's for those with the passion and
creativity to discover new opportunities, the experience to come up with
practical solutions, and the determination to make lasting change.
Due to the critical need to reduce globesity in America's workforce,
ACI Specialty Benefits Corp., one of the
nation's leading Employee Assistance Providers has launched the GetFit Cell
Phone Diet as an added product to ACI's highly acclaimed AppleCore Wellness
program. The GetFit Cell Phone diet gives clients the skinny on their food
consumption and can be administered any time of day and at any location with the
use of their own personal cell phones. Clients are able to track, monitor,
evaluate and count calories of their meal intake by taking a snap shot of their
feast with their camera phone and sending the picture to ACI's online Wellness
team of fitness and nutrition specialists. Within 24 hours, the participants
will receive an assessment of their edibles with information on the nutritional
value, an approximate calorie count, their body mass index (BMI), Basal
Metabolic Rate (BMR) and an overall summary tailored to their diet of
preference."The Cell Phone Diet demonstrates our ability to quickly respond to
corporate needs," announced Dr. Ann Clark, CEO and founder of ACI, "As health
care premiums have spiraled out of control and obesity-related illnesses are
eating up much of the cost, more and more employers are realizing proactive
prevention may be their best bet."Each year, WEDDLE's
conducts a year-long ballot of recruiters and job seekers to determine which
employment-related sites they like best. The balloting is open to all and covers
all job boards and career portals, including those operated by commercial
enterprises, associations and societies, trade organizations, college and
university alumni organizations and affinity groups. The 30 sites that
accumulate the most votes during the year are named WEDDLE's User's Choice Award
winners for the next year. Your ballot for WEDDLE's User's Choice Awards also
includes a number of questions designed to acquire your insights and knowledge
about what works online and what doesn't, and most importantly, what works best.
Please take a moment to complete this portion of the ballot. No identifying
information is collected, and your privacy is absolutely guaranteed. To cast
your ballot, go to:
http://www.weddles.com/poll.htm
The Webby Award, presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and
Sciences, is the leading international honor for the worlds best web
sites.Reflecting the tremendous growth of the Internet as a tool for business
and everyday lives, the 11th Annual Webby Awards expands the mission of the
Webby by honoring excellence in over 100+ Website, Interactive Advertising, and
Online Film & Video categories. The Webby Award Competition is open to all
organizations and individuals involved in designing, building, managing,
maintaining, marketing or promoting Websites, Interactive Advertising and Online
Film & Video for business, consumer or general audiences. Entries must have been
in general use for at least part of the current calendar year. Entries do not,
however, need to have been created this year. To download an application, go to:
http://www.webbyawards.com/entries/
GetTheJob.com is a vertical search
engine or aggregator that gathers job postings directly from tens of thousands
of company websites and organizes them into a searchable database. GetTheJob.com
has over 2 million jobs from direct hire companies only; meaning there are no
postings from headhunters, third party recruiters or too-good-to-be-true scam
jobs, all jobs are from legitimate companies with legitimate job openings. The
database of jobs also represents the hidden job market as 70% of the postings
can't be found on commercial job boards.
ExecutiveBiz, the Greater Washington weekly digital magazine for the
business community, has launched an online job board to aid companies in the
hunt for talent. ExecutiveBiz's 45,000+ subscribers, which include C-level
executives, upper management and professional executives, can access postings on
the job board.
Online careers site
Monster.com has partnered with MSN, a world
leading internet portal, to provide career services in 10 countries across
Europe. The collaboration will allow Monster to reach even more job seekers and
offer its customers even more diverse job postings across the MSN Network. In
turn, MSN will benefit by offering its subscribers a high-standard career
service across Europe direct from its homepage. Monster career services are
currently available from MSN in the UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Norway
and Sweden and will extend to Denmark in November 2007. From January 2007, the
collaboration will extend to the Netherlands and Germany.
Taleo
Corporation, a provider of recruiting management services and solutions, and
Jobster Inc., an innovator in talent
networking tools, have joined forces to launch an integrated sourcing and talent
management solution enabling organizations to simplify the process of finding
and hiring candidates. The Taleo and Jobster solution brings a number of
benefits to organizations looking to expand their sourcing, candidate
relationship and talent management strategies, including providing advanced
sourcing tools to build employment marketing campaigns, offering enhanced
candidate relationship management, and leveraging social networks to find top
talent.
Vurv Technology,
a provider of windows-based candidate screening and recruiting software, has
launched Vurv Express and Vurv Now, designed to address the needs of small and
medium-sized businesses. Vurv Express is a re-branded suite of products
comprised of its popular Prohire recruitment product and the Performance Impact
Workplace (PIW) performance management solution. Vurv Now is a new "quick-start"
service offering designed to help customers facilitate rapid implementations of
its enterprise talent management suite. Vurv Express Recruitment (formerly
Prohire) is a Web-based recruitment and applicant tracking system designed to
help HR professionals and staffing agencies attract and manage candidates, job
requisitions, and employee information.
Deck Chairs:
Kenexa Corporation, a Wayne PA-based supplier of recruiting services and
software, has appointed Rebecca Maddox to its board of directors. A seasoned
executive, Ms. Maddox is a founding principal, president and CEO of Maddox Smye
LLC, an international specialty sales consulting firm....
Deep Release:
HR Buyers' Practices and Habits Revealed in New
HRmarketer.com 'Trends' Report"Buyers' Behavior" whitepaper offers exclusive
data for HR/Benefits marketers who seek insight into buyers' motivations
Capitola, CA, October 18, 2006 -- Whom do HR buyers rely on to make
purchasing decisions? What information sources do they use and trust? How
important is a vendor's online visibility? These questions and more are answered
in "Trends in HR Marketing: HR Buyers' Behavior," a new report from
HRmarketer.com, the number one Internet marketing and media visibility service
focusing exclusively on the human resources and benefits space.
The newest installment of a continuing series, "HR Buyers' Behavior" analyzes
trends and the progress of the HR buyer through the purchasing cycle, as well as
the tools they use to progress through each stage. It focuses on specific areas
of how HR buyers seek and evaluate information before making a purchasing
decision.
Key topics include the relative value of printed materials, online
visibility, the word-of-mouth of trusted sources and informal networks, and
professional peers' opinions. This analysis, combined with an understanding of
the shifting purchasing behaviors throughout the North American marketplace,
provides readers with a better understanding of their target market and the best
tools with which to reach them.
"Thanks to a constant stream of advertising, many HR buyers distrust or
completely disregard traditional marketing messages," explains Kevin Grossman,
chief operating officer of HRmarketer.com. "For those marketers attempting to
reach buyers and inform them about products that can benefit their bottom line,
new approaches are needed to meet their increasing skepticism. This report
answers the big questions, and provides valuable insight into the needs and
priorities of HR professionals."
The white paper report features 15 distinct "marketing takeaways" that
marketers can put to use in their efforts. It is available for free download by
visiting
www.HRmarketer.com.
"All businesses engaged in selling to HR buyers of services or technology
related to benefits, HRIS, recruiting, staffing, training, general human
resources or organizational development will find the report eye-opening and
actionable," Grossman added.
About HRmarketer.com:
HRmarketer.com is a service of Fisher Vista LLC, a marketing and information
services firm focusing exclusively on the human capital industry. Through its
Marketing PR services, the company services over 300 human resource and employee
benefit service providers, helping them generate publicity, website traffic,
sales leads and improved SEO.
Deeper Still:
College Grad Resumes Need Help72% of College
Students and Recent Grads Don't Have a Resume or Say Theirs Needs Help
According to a recent poll by CollegeGrad.com, the #1 entry level job site,
72% of college grad job seekers don't have a resume yet or say theirs needs
help.
"The entry level resume is critical to successful job search," said Brian
Krueger, president of CollegeGrad.com. "College students and recent grads should
make developing a world class resume their top priority if theirs is nonexistent
or not already perfect."
Developing a resume from scratch, or revamping an outdated resume is probably
not a college student's favorite activity. Yet Krueger points out that having a
resume is a necessity in the job search for networking, applying to jobs and
interviewing for jobs.
"The resume will not get you the job," said Krueger, "but you will not get
the job without it. Any time you make a serious job contact, it will be a
requirement."
The resume may seem like only a first step in the job search process, but in
reality, it is a professional reflection of the candidate. Krueger advises
putting in the time to develop the best reflection possible, especially since
the resume is often the first professional image the recruiter sees.
However, he cautions against resume inflation. "The resume is not a work of
fiction," said Krueger. "While it should emphasize the positive, it should never
emphasize what does not exist."
For college students and recent grads who need help with their resume,
CollegeGrad.com provides information on developing world class resumes,
including more than 200 quickstart resume templates for more than 30 majors.
Resume information, sample resumes, customizable templates and more can be found
by visiting
http://www.collegegrad.com/resumes.
Following are the overall survey results:
How good is your resume?
Needs help - 45.2%
Perfect - 28.0%
I don't have one yet - 26.8%
The survey was conducted nationally using an online poll placed on the
CollegeGrad.com home page during September 2006. The results are based on
approximately 850 respondents.
About CollegeGrad.com:
CollegeGrad.com is the #1 entry level job site on the Internet and is the
leader in the field of entry level job search.
Coming Soon:
HR.com's Employers of Excellence 2006
October 25 - 27,
2006
Red Rock Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada
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HR-XML Consortium's
Summit
Oct. 25-26
Barcelona, Spain
$265
More Info
Register |
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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 |
2007 Corporate Image Conference
January 25 – January 26, 2007
Westin New York at Times Square
New York, NY
$2395
Agenda |
Human
Capital Management Defense (HCMD) Annual Conference
February 13 -16, 2007
$1,797
Arlington, VA
Register |
Multicultural Forum on
Workplace Diversity
February 20 - 21, 2007
St. Paul Rivercentre
St. Paul, Minnesota.
$495
Register |
Strategic E-HR Conference
Using Technology for Comprehensive Talent & Performance Management
February 28 – March
1, 2007
Coronado Island Marriott
San Diego, CA
$2,195
Agenda |
2007 AESC Americas Conference: THE NEW RULES
March 7 - March 8, 2007
The Harvard Club
New York City, New York |
Staffing Industry
Executive Forum
Martch 12-15, 2007
InterContinental Hotel
Miami
, Florida
$1,695
Register |
Talent Management Strategies Conference
March 22 – March 23,
2007
Grand Hyatt
New York, NY
$2395
Register
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Nursing Management Recruitment & Retention
Conference
May 4-6, 2007
Chicago Hilton
Chicago, IL
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White Papers and so on:
ATS Sourcing Whitepaper written by Jake Firth of JobsInLogistics.com.
Staffing Strategies: Can You Find, Recruit, and Retain the Talent You Need?
Authoria's complimentary white paper
Multigenerational Recruiting Slide Presentation done at OnRec by John and Bridget Sumser.
Virtual Edge offers
7 "Must Haves" of Next Generation Power Recruiting Technology and many other White Papers.
interbiznet and RetirementJobs.com present
Boomers to Bust Age Bias? Baby Boomers Redefine Retirement
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