Archive for the ‘recruiting’ Category
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
With the downturn in the economy, I have noticed a distinct increase in recruiting solitications as well as the number of hardcore contractors looking for work. About six months ago, I would receive one maybe two calls at most from a recruiting agency (I have my calls screened and don't ...
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
A friend of mine who is connected within the Seattle Startup community, sent me this post by Marcelo Calbucci on the Seattle 2.0 blog discussing the frustrations and shortcomings that Startup Managers have of recruiting agencies in general.
I felt compelled to respond, having gone through a similar process, while recruiting ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Yesterday was Earth Day and as I sent an email to my company in observation of being environmentally conscious, I was reminded of a topic that is becoming increasing to the forefront of human resources management - Corporate Social Responsibility.
Corporate social responsibility (CSR, also called corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship, and ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
In my practice as a Seattle Human Resources Manager, I have run across my own job postings posted by Recruiting Agencies that I didn't authorize.
Yes, that's right. Let me say it again, I have run across my own job postings (ones that I have personally created) posted by Recruiting Agencies ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
That cute, affable guy who brags of his drunken exploits on FaceBook.com may be meeting a lot of other partiers online, but he's probably not getting added to the "friends" lists of many corporate recruiters. A recent study by the executive search firm ExecuNet found that 77 percent of recruiters run ...
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