Archive for January, 2009
- January 30, 2009
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The Month in Review: The Bold, the Beautiful, and the Bizarre
Well, anyone who says this past month hasn’t been exciting has been living under either a rock or Rod Blagojevich’s massive hair (hopefully not the latter). We’ve collectively experienced everything from a historical inauguration to peanut butter recalls to a US Airways jet’s splash landing post-bird strikes — and many events in between.
Here on The Hiring Site, we had a few things to say about this past month’s both uplifting and often bizarre slew of events, as well as the effect they have had on workplaces and those employees and leaders who inhabit them.
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- Categories: Economy, Monthly Review
- January 30, 2009
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Blago’s Actions Nothing Compared to Those of These “Bad” Bosses
Sure, he lied, cheated and stole (allegedly, of course) but former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who was unanimously voted out of office yesterday, has got nothing on the “bad bosses” CareerBuilder.com found in its latest nationwide survey.
According to the poll of more than 8,000 workers, 43 percent of workers have quit a job to get away from bad bosses. Fair enough…I mean, when you think that you have to spend 40 hours (give or take) per week of your life working with and reporting to someone, don’t you want it to be with someone you respect or can at least tolerate, if not outright like?
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- Categories: Employee Retention, Survey Results
- January 29, 2009
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CareerBuilder.com Screeners: Saving You Time and Sanity
You know the drill. Sign into your e-mail account. Sharp intake of breath. Moment of dread. Screen pops up. Eyes roll. Hundreds of e-mails sit there, waiting for you. Are you really motivated to go through them – and furthermore, actually answer any? Probably not, unless you love torturing yourself have an unlimited amount of time on your hands. Which none of us really do.
As more employees transition to job seekers, the influx of candidates interested in your job opportunity can be overwhelming. For you as an actively hiring employer, a strong number of quality candidates is a good thing. But a mass of unorganized emails is similar to a mass of unorganized applicants to your job: massively unhelpful if you don’t have a way to organize them.
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- Categories: Employee Attraction, Free Tools You Can Use, Generational Hiring, Survey Results
- January 28, 2009
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5 Reasons for Recruiters to Stay in School (So to Speak)
Now that it’s January, it’s usually the time of year when college advisors are telling students to start looking for internships and entry-level jobs. Of course being told to do something and actually doing it are two different things…And while it’s not that college students are lazy when it comes to planning their futures, they’re probably less inclined to do so unless they’re getting a constant reminder about it. Like, constantly, y’all.
So it’s to an organization’s advantage to step up its campus recruiting efforts during this time. Even if you’re not looking to recruit right now, as Vault.com’s John Flato will tell you, maintaining your employment branding efforts on college campuses will pay off later on.
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- Categories: Employee Attraction
- January 28, 2009
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The “Lost” Theory for Maintaining Momentum During a Recession
I’m calling what I just read in this MediaPost article the “Lost” Theory for Maintaining Momentum During a Recession because it’s seems as radical and antithetical an idea for me and you as the idea of going back to the island is for the Oceanic 6 (not because I just spent the better part of an hour reading spoilers about what will happen tonight on ABC at 8 pm CST).
Anyway, according to the article, companies should increase their marketing spend during recessions rather than hold back. Yes, increase. Now, I’ve noted before the similarities between marketing and recruiting, so the more I read John Gentry’s theory that companies need to rethink – not cut back on – their marketing plans during this recession, I couldn’t help but once again think about Ben convincing Jack that going back to the island is the only way to save it how the same ideas apply to recruiting.
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- Categories: Economy, Employee Attraction, Employee Retention
- January 27, 2009
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Finally, a Way to Tell Your Boss He Smells Worse Than Your Gym Bag … Announcing the New Interactive Tip Giver from CareerBuilder.com
If being in the professional work force has taught you anything, it’s that you really have to think before you speak. I mean, really stop and think. The jokes that fly between you and your BFF don’t always translate well between 9 and 5. And the brutal honesty you share with your friends (”Why are you dating that loser?” “That shirt makes you look like my grandmother.” “Really, a little Listerine goes a long way.”) won’t earn you any new work friends. It might even get you fired.
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- Categories: Fun and Games
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