Archive for April, 2010

If you can tear yourself away from KFC’s Double Down sandwich or the latest episode of Glee long enough, take a few minutes to check out what you’ve missed this past month in the wonderful and sometimes wacky world of recruitment. Continue reading

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• Posted by: Amy Chulik on April 30, 2010
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• Categories: Employee Engagement, In Review, Insights & Trends, Monthly Review, Retention, Talent Acquisition

In yet another sign of a recovering job market, a new CareerBuilder survey released today shows that laid-off workers’ job searches are beginning to improve as well. According to the nationwide survey of 900 workers who were laid off in the past year, 51 percent of workers who were laid off in the last three months have found new full-time or part-time positions.

The percentage shows a marked increase from the 44 percent of workers who said the same in a November 2009 survey.

“As consumers and businesses grow more confident in the economic outlook in the U.S., hiring managers are beginning to add new staff at an improved, but cautious pace,” says Brent Rasmussen, President of CareerBuilder North America, in the press release.

Among the highlights of the survey: Continue Reading…

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on April 29, 2010
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• Categories: Retention, Survey Results

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• Posted by: Stephanie Gaspary on April 23, 2010
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• Categories: CareerBuilder Leadership Series, Employment Branding, Social Media, Talent Acquisition

While you were busy breaking barriers in the comic book world, sending “shockwaves” throughout the NFL with your draft pick, or really, really, really wishing you’d remembered to clean out your cookies…here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week…

• This whole “green” thing seems to be catching on.
• A new book on performance reviews likens the practice to Bill and Ted’s journey .
• You might say America’s favorite boss‘ employees are his lucky charms. (Get it?!?)
• Poaching talent can leave some employers with a bitter taste in their mouths.
• Your internship program is (possibly) killing your reputation.
• Now the Supreme Court has to decide if employees have to sext on their own time.
• When McDonald’s seeks to stire up some friendly workplace competition, it really goes all out.
• Oh, the church is making you do it, you say? These employees aren’t buying it. And finally…
• Oregon employers are legally allowed to kill employees’ buzzes. Continue Reading…

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on April 23, 2010
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• Categories: Week in Review

As many of you are likely aware, the 40th anniversary of Earth Day is tomorrow, April 22. Around the world, people are taking part in everything from planting gardens, to clean water projects, to climate rallies, to people-powered smoothie making to celebrate and raise awareness. The White House is making a splash by dedicating five days of events to celebrate Earth Day.

In addition, Vice President Joe Biden announced earlier today that $452 million in Recovery Act funding will go toward energy-efficient building retrofits in 25 communities. These 25 projects will leverage an estimated $2.8 billion from other sources, which will go toward retrofitting hundreds of thousands of U.S. homes and businesses in the next three years.

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• Posted by: Amy Chulik on April 21, 2010
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• Categories: Economy, Employee Engagement, Going Green, Insights & Trends, Survey Results, Talent Acquisition

We at CareerBuilder have created this e-book for you, the employer. Continue reading

For the small bait and tackle shop owner, as well as the restaurant franchise owner.
For the small tech firm, as well as the Fortune 500 corporation.

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• Posted by: Stephanie Gaspary on April 16, 2010
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• Categories: CareerBuilder Products, Employee Engagement, Employment Branding, Interviewing, Retention, Social Media, Talent Acquisition

We’ve all heard stories about “difficult” interview questions. Rarely, however, do those stories focus on the interviewer, so…For our latest “We Ask, You Win” contest, The Hiring Site is asking you to share with us: Has a job candidate ever asked you a question that you found particularly difficult to answer? 

• Perhaps, for example, a candidate asked a question that threw you off-guard and made you change the way you prepare yourself or your team for interviews…
• Or maybe a candidate asked about something you never would have thought would be important to them (like your corporate social responsibility or green initiatives), thus making you rethink how you sell your company to job candidates…
• Or perhaps a candidate asked about something your company didn’t currently offer (like a certain benefit), that you had never considered before…

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on April 16, 2010
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• Categories: Contest, Events, Interviewing

While you were busy learning a recipe you’d never find in Martha Stewart Living, explaining the difference between ads and what sound an awful lot like ads, or saying goodbye to any chance you ever had to get tickets to Oprah’s ‘favorite things’ episode…here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week…
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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on April 16, 2010
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• Categories: Week in Review

The outlook for college grads is not the same as it has been in the past — like, say, in 2007, when 79 percent of employers indicated in a CareerBuilder survey that they planned to hire recent college grads. Still, although it appears the overall job market for 2010 college graduates will remain highly competitive, this year’s job forecast is showing some signs of improvement.

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• Posted by: Amy Chulik on April 14, 2010
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• Categories: Forecasts, Generational Hiring, Insights & Trends, Survey Results, Talent Acquisition

Looks like the rumors (being rumors and all) were false: TBS announced today that Conan O’Brien has signed a deal to star in a late night talk show on the network, effectively putting to rest earlier speculation that FOX was going to sign the former “Tonight Show” host. 

I wrote earlier about how ,as an employer who’s hoping to attract a top talent like O’Brien, FOX was doing everything right…so how did TBS, a cable television network that isn’t exactly known for its original late night programming and certainly doesn’t bring in the same audience numbers that FOX does, secure this coveted hire?

Oddly enough, it was the perception that TBS is not a network like FOX that became a crucial part of its employee value proposition.  As noted in an NPR story published today, after dealing with all the “affiliate politics at NBC,” O’Brien was apparently wary to sign a deal with FOX only to have to deal with demanding affiliates all over again. (The tactic is not unlike what I posted last week about how AOL was leveraging its status as a “non-Google” to attract former Google employees.)

Another major selling point? TBS appealed to its candidate’s intangible needs: By letting O’Brien own this show, the network is giving its new hire those career opportunities that employees love so much.

Finally, in a move that seemed to cap the deal for TBS, according to Media Decoder, the network wisely utilized what we in the recruiting world call an “employee referral.”  Here’s how it happened… Continue Reading…

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• Posted by: Mary Lorenz on April 12, 2010
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• Categories: Employment Branding, Talent Acquisition