Director of Fun. That was the title I was looking at on a resume for a marketing director position. As I read through the applicant’s accomplishments and responsibilities, I could see that it was clearly a marketing-type position. It stuck out, just not in a good way. What may have seemed like a great little thing to have on a business card as an attention-getter had now turned into a liability.... (more...)
We’re about halfway through our contest looking for the best blog posts from the ERE community in the month of July (still plenty of time to try your hand at that if you haven’t yet). At stake is an Apple iPad as well as two Amazon gift cards for the runners-up. I wanted to highlight some of my favorite posts so far and encourage you to check out all of the blog posts our community has... (more...)
We had a great time at our last meetup. If you missed you opportunity to attend, you’ll get another opportunity to meet with your peers. If you have any pictures from the last meetup, you can upload them and see the others on our Facebook fan page. We’re looking forward to seeing you all at the next ERE Meetup on Wednesday August 17th, 2010. As was the case in the last one, we need your... (more...)
If you want to try your hand at blogging or if you have been blogging but want to reach a wider audience, July might be the month to give it a try. You can win yourself a pretty great prize for the effort. If you blog on the ERE community in the month of July, you’ll have an opportunity to win your very own iPad touch or one of two Amazon gift cards for the runners-up. What do you have to blog... (more...)
How does Microsoft find the talent to do cool things like develop a gaming platform, or perhaps make that platform operate without a controller like Project Natal? Marvin Smith, Talent Community Evangelist, talked with a group of approximately 80 recruiters in eastern Washington in an event organized by Rob Dromgoole at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories in Richland, Washington. In his presentation,... (more...)
Who is Jim Joyce? He’s the veteran Major League Baseball umpire whose errant call cost a Detroit Tiger’s pitcher a perfect game. For baseball fans, I don’t have to explain the significance of a perfect game but it is the rarest accomplishment in a sport that has more than a century of history. There have only been 21 perfect games thrown by a pitcher (a perfect game is retiring every... (more...)
Hope your Memorial Day was a good one. We’re still waiting for the official start to summer here in Portland but that doesn’t mean we can’t give you some of the great things posted recently. Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: Top Three Concerns of Recruiters Using Twitter (Resolved) Don’t Forget Complex “Boolean strings” Just Yet Indeed.com... (more...)
What is the importance of candidate experience to your recruiting process? How do you evaluate your candidate experience to understand its current impact, and how you will improve it? Gerry Crispin, principal at CareerXroads and keynote speaker at recruitDC, talked today about the three key questions to ask about the candidate experience before you evaluate and improve the overall candidate experience: 1.... (more...)
The #socialrecruiting summit was a real blast and we’re looking forward to seeing you at the next one in Seattle (more details coming on that later). Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: Nix the Laundry List: Job Ads That Kill Enough with old school thinking about job hopping How to Source from Facebook Status Updates Who is entitled to the fee? Concerns about data... (more...)
Did you see the contest to get a free trip to the #socialrecruiting summit? If you haven’t checked it out, Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: Transformative vs. Temporary Change Relocation “Next” Practices Creative Sourcing Tactics for $500 or Less Are Recruitment Mailings Considered “Commercial Solicitation”? Vacancy Rate as a Recruiting... (more...)
