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Hirebridge
announced the release of DirectPost(tm), a ground-breaking technology that
automatically submits job postings to industry-leading job search engines. This
new functionality is available exclusively to all current Hirebridge client
companies and is included in all Hirebridge Recruiter Applicant Tracking System
annual service plans. CVTracer, an on-demand
recruiting software solutions firm, has recently published a best practices
white paper detailing the need of third party recruiters to have sales and
sourcing on the same page. "Be a Detective, Not a Clerk: Best Practices for
Third-Party Recruiters" provides new insights into the shortfalls of current
tracking methods and how to overcome them and efficiently track sourcing and
sales efforts.
An industry poll conducted by
ICIS jobs, a new online recruitment
service from ICIS, shows that jobseekers from the global chemical industry are
turning to online recruitment services to search for jobs. A massive 71% of
respondents to ICIS jobs poll, who intend to seek a job outside their existing
company, said they would look online. ICIS jobs has been recently launched as a
new online recruitment service from ICIS, the leading information provider to
the global chemical and oil industry, as a response to the changing industry
recruitment trends.
You Should Know:
Global:
TECH TALK: Two-Sided Markets:
Pricing
The HBR article authors categorise the two sides as a subsidy side and a money
side who interact with each other via a platform. Thus, for example, Google is a
platform which connects users interested in search or content (subsidy side)
with advertisers (money side). Online recruitment sites connect job seekers
(subsidy side) with employers (money side). One of the most important issues in
two-sided markets is that of pricing. In an interview with HBS Working
Knowledge, Andrei Hagiu explained the pricing challenge further: Two-sided
platforms must solve a chicken-and-egg problem. For example, without sufficient
applications developed for it, an operating system has no value for, and
therefore cannot attract, users. Without a solid user base, no application
developer will be interested in supporting that operating system. If the
platform vendor decides to charge positive prices on both sides, it might end up
attracting neither. The same goes for dating clubs, game consoles, and so on. So
the idea is to subsidize one side in order to attract it more or less
irrespectively of the other side and then turn to the second side and charge it
positive prices. (Emergic)
India:
BPOs get real about staff stability
When reality bites, grin and bear it. HR professionals in the BPO sector are
getting realistic about ideas of employee stability, and are now open to hiring
those who show a promise of staying on for even 12 months — a contrast from two
years ago when this would have been considered too unstable. Blame it on the
‘churn' of events. Companies like EXL, InterGlobe Technologies, and Convergys
say with industry attrition on the rise, candidates with 12-18 months' average
stints are gaining acceptability. "HR managers cannot be oblivious to the
reality of the job market. The average tenure of the employee in an organisation
has been coming down over the last 5-6 years. Till two years ago, one would only
settle for a three-year stability, now it has come down by half," says EXL human
resources vice-president Deepak Dhawan. (Infotech)
New Zealand:
MIT's (Manukau Institute of Technology)
special needs job search whizz wins national award
As a passionate advocate for helping those with
intellectual and learning disabilities find
satisfying employment, Sue Willmore recently
received the Placement Specialist of the Year award.
Minister for Social Services Annette King presented
the award to Sue at a special ceremony in
Wellington. Papakura resident Sue received the award
for her work within the national Mainstream
Programme, which is a service that matches
individuals with meaningful work in government
departments and agencies. (Scoop)
US:
The misguided talent war
Here we go again. Just when HR executives were
getting used to having a brisk wind behind them in
the race to find and retain talent, the demographic
and economic winds reverse - blowing back against
them and at gale force no less. As scores of
articles in the press and reports issued by various
associations, think tanks, and consulting firms all
seem to be urging, it's time to fire up the
recruiting machine because 'talent' will soon be (if
it isn't already) in very short supply. No more
leisurely cherry picking of the best and brightest.
Forget about gearing up for the next RIF (a dreadful
euphemism) program, it won't be needed, at least for
awhile. The battle for brainpower is here. The war
for talent has resumed. Companies appear to be again
frantically chasing after top talent and showering
it with all manner of perks and riches. As one HR
executive from a super-sized energy company recently
told me, "All we've been doing for the past several
years is downsizing but now we are gearing up to
recruit several thousand people." (Wisconsin
Technology Network)
One in four employers will google potential hires
Photos and blogs on social networking sites could cost you your job
You might want to think about what kind of information and photos you post on
the Internet. There is a new trend in the workplace, one which finds employers
turning to search engines and social networking sites, such as MySpace.com, for
screening backgrounds of job applicants as a way of saving money and time while
recruiting. Many members of social networking Web sites present themselves as
"party animals." Imagine not getting the job you always wanted because a
potential employer found your party pictures after a simple Google search.
Twenty-six percent of hiring managers said they have used Internet search
engines to research potential employees, and 12 percent said they have used
social networking sites, according to an online survey released by
CareerBuilder.com. (Ka
Leo)
The next era of physician recruitment
Dr. Jennifer Beaty had a number of choices open
to her earlier this year as she debated where to
begin her surgical practice. In the end, she chose
Waverly. "A good friend of mine from residency is
from here, and I knew she was quite happy, and
that's how the whole thing got started," said Beaty.
In August she replaced a surgeon who recently left
the Northeast Iowa community. She now practices at
the Waverly Health Center, where she's one of two
general surgeons. "They have a beautiful hospital,
beautiful facilities," she said. (Des
Moines Business Journal)
The Great Recruiting Discrimination Debate – Round 2
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Office of Federal
Contract Compliance (OFCCP) go head-to-head with human resources and recruiting
professionals from across the United States. Recruiting is all about
discrimination — discrimination based on a candidate's qualifications for the
job being filled. Discriminating appropriately and legally is becoming a bigger
issue across the United States. The stakes for employees are increasing as the
typical candidate becomes more sophisticated and the new EEOC and OFCCP rules
for compliance go into effect. Hear your most challenging questions addressed by
senior members of the EEOC and OFCCP. (Six
Degrees of Dave)
‘Helicopter parents' hover over kids' job search
Boomers just keep coddling; says one HR specialist ‘It's unbelievable'
Some parents are writing their college-age kids' resumes. Others are acting as
their children's "representatives," hounding college career counselors, showing
up at job fairs and sometimes going as far as calling employers to ask why their
son or daughter didn't get a job. It's the next phase in helicopter parenting, a
term coined for those who have hovered over their children's lives from
kindergarten to college. Now they are inserting themselves into their kids' job
search — and school officials and employers say it's a problem that may be
hampering some young people's careers. (MSNBC)
RNG Article: How To Select an Applicant Tracking System
As some of you know, I am a contibutor to the Recruiter Networking Group . I am
going to link my articles - as well as other relevant articles - on my blog for
easy access. The first article (October 11, 2006) is titled "How To Select an
Applicant Tracking System". (MavixBlog)
Fined at work because your spouse smokes?
Your employer probably hasn't bugged your apartment to determine if your
television viewing is up to par. But that doesn't mean that your life outside of
work can't affect your hiring, firing or promotions. In many states, it is legal
to hire, fire or promote based on what a company finds out about you in your
nonwork world. That includes smoking, even during off-work hours. (Washington
Post)
Venture Capital: Startups reach into some deep pockets
Seattle wireless startups continue to gobble up venture capital dollars. The
latest to attract funds include Pelago and Ontela, both of which raised
multimillion- dollar rounds from some deep- pocketed and well- known venture
capital firms. Pelago, a stealthy startup formed earlier this year by former
Amazon.com Senior Vice President Jeff Holden and former Amazon.com engineer
Darren Vengroff, has raised $7.4 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Trilogy Equity Partners. The money will be
used to continue working on a new mobile service that involves social
networking. (Seattle
Pi)
Barbara Ling on the Value of Blogging
Barbara Ling says that blogging increases your visibility on search engines .
Whenever your blog is published, your site is being indexed within all of the
search engines. (Google, Yahoo, Technorati, etc) (Recruiting
Animal)
Deep Release:
IT Employment Prospects Bright Despite Slight Retreat in October;
IT Services Industry Buoyant as Over 600 Gather at the NACCB Annual Conference in Orlando
Despite a slight pullback in IT Employment in October, all signs point to continued growth in IT employment and strength in the IT Services sector. In October, there were 3,669,400 IT workers, which was a slight decline of 1,800, or 0.05%, from the previous month. Even with the October decline, IT employment has grown by nearly 140,000, or almost 4%, since October 2005. IT employment is measured monthly by the NACCB an Alexandria, VA, based trade association representing IT staffing and solutions firms.
From November 1-4, over 600 participants gathered for NACCB's Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. "Despite the slight downturn in October, I am pleased to see the index reflect strong year-over-year growth in IT employment. The near 40% year-over-year growth in attendance at the NACCB
Annual Conference tells you as much as anything else as to the strength of IT Employment and the IT Services Industry. The 'buzz' among participants both in and out of formal sessions was very upbeat," said Mark Roberts, NACCB CEO.
In one extremely well-received session at the NACCB Annual Conference, Economist Alan Beaulieu predicted continued strength in the market for IT services through the middle of 2008.
The slight decline in October was due to dips in employment in some manufacturing sub-sectors. Service industries continued to show growth.
"In light of both strong year-over-year employment data, very favorable anecdotal reports, and upbeat predictions from prognosticators, I continue to be very bullish on the prospect for strong demand for the services of IT staffing firms who are able to identify and recruit the right IT professionals on a 'just in time' basis," said Roberts.
For complete October NACCB IT Employment Index please visit
http://www.naccb.org/employment-index/index.cfm.
Technical note: NACCB's IT Employment Index is the first specific measurement of IT employment. This unique measurement of total IT employment is created monthly by studying the ongoing staffing patterns of a dozen IT and computer related occupations in 16 industries and industry sectors employing significant numbers of IT workers including the manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, financial, information services, business and professional services, and education and health industries. The monthly IT Employment Index is based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, which is subject to monthly revisions, and therefore, the Index is revised accordingly. The IT Employment Index is also subject to annual revisions and was benchmarked in May 2006.
ABOUT NACCB
NACCB is the only organization solely devoted to representing IT Staffing and Solutions firms and their employees who are creating a new paradigm for the flexible workforce driving the 21st Century economy. These firms provide IT staff augmentation, IT solutions, IT project management, and IT consulting services to America's businesses. NACCB represents over 340 IT services companies serving as the industry voice for public policy. NACCB also supports member companies in efficiently delivering high quality services to their clients. NACCB is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.
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