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Things like parks are considered a public good. Public goods cost society money to maintain and abuse by a couple could result in the public good being ruined for the rest. So as I think about the debate of net neutrality and think about the recent Google and Verizon pact as reported by The New [...]
The Other Guys. A NYC police action- comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, makes its ways into theaters this weekend. The trailer is LOL – but that’s not what alerted me to the movie in the first place. What did, is an extremely clever marketing tool in the form of a faux recruitment video [...]
Anyone involved in the interviewing process knows how time intensive and costly screening candidates can be. Companies looking to cut down on phone screens and second interviews are turning to online video interviews that can be databased for future review. The use of ondemand virtual video interviews to screen candidates or live video interview between [...]
Job market is tight, over the last two years college students have had found it much harder to land entry level jobs. With employers cutting back on college hiring, each open position has become more competitive. The temptation by jobseeker to take a shot gun approach is temping, but Wesley Thorne II, Asst. Director Career Services at Northwestern [...]
I’m getting excited about the NACE National Conference next week. I’ll be talking about how video and social media has become a game changer for recruitment. Below is the full description of the presentation. I’ve also posted the presentaition time, location and some other information. Presenation Description: Video, combined with the Internet, is a game-changer [...]
There’s much new chatter about .jobs (DotJobs) and rightly so because the process to register .jobs URLS should be fair. The chatter is also about the usefulness of .jobs. Back in 2006 I created a vlog (video blog) tittled “What is Dot Jobs,” at that point .jobs was still new, so the vlog was focused [...]
Employers added 162,000 jobs in March according to US DOL. This increase is the most since the recession began about three years ago. However analysts’ expected 190,000 jobs. The 162k total includes 48,000 temporary U.S. Census workers, but the 48K is less than expected. The National unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent for the third [...]
Worker shortage, hard to believe in this 10% unemployment rate environment. We could have a 5-6 million worker shortage according to recent report from MetLife Foundation and Civic Ventures, a think tank on boomers, work and social purpose. In a report Barry Bluestone, dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern [...]
Video conferencing/interviewing for recruitment can save money and help recruiters find the right candidates faster. It’s also a way to go “green.” Video interviewing adds the benefits of face-to-face interviews to phone interviews. Save on travel by avoiding mileage and airfare reimbursement. Some services allow you to record the candidate’s answers. This allows the interviewer to share [...]
I recently attended a meeting of the GATEWAY SHRM Chapter in Jersey City, NJ. As the organization’s Social Media Chair, it is my duty to develop and execute on our social media strategy for the chapter. I say this because it ties into the presentation given by Steve Levy at the meeting– ”Social Media Isn’t [...]
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