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Going to HR Tech in Las Vegas? Join us for product previews, a party and a free offer!

This year’s HR Technology® Conference & Expo promises to be “the largest and most exciting in our history” according to the registration site.

Hmmm…what a coincidence that this also happens to be the year CareerBuilder will be there. OR IS IT? Continue reading

By in CareerBuilder Products, Events, Free Tools You Can Use, Insights & Trends, Technology

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Make Your Company the Star of the Show with CareerBuilder’s New E-Book

Recently, CareerBuilder released its new e-book,Streaming Talent: Using Online Video to Create a Virtual Candidate Experience, Differentiate Your Company and Recruit Top Talent. 

Video may have killed the radio star, but don’t judge it too harshly. When it comes to recruitment, more employers are finding that video is an increasingly powerful resource. Continue reading

By in Emerging Media, Employment Branding, Free Tools You Can Use, Social Media, Sourcing, Talent Acquisition

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New E-Book Puts the Spotlight on Interviewing

Today, CareerBuilder released its new e-book, From Q&A to Z: The Hiring Manager’s Complete Interviewing Guide

Few things are as critical to the hiring process as the interview. If nothing else, the interview process is a networking event – an opportunity to brand your company in the eyes of a potential employee, brand advocate or customer. Continue reading

By in Free Tools You Can Use, Interviewing, Selection, Talent Acquisition

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New iPhone App Creates Recruitment On The Go

You might call it the biggest anticipated iTunes release since The Beatles…

Today, CareerBuilder announced the release of its CareerBuilder for Employers iPhone app – available for a free download on iTunes. Continue reading

By in Emerging Media, Free Tools You Can Use, Mobile, Sourcing, Talent Acquisition

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Referral Madness: CareerBuilder’s Latest Recruitment Guide (Free Download)

While it’s widely understood that employee referrals are one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to recruit new employees…what’s not always easy to comprehend is why so many company-sanctioned employee referral programs fail don’t meet their full potential.

Recognizing the great business benefit of having a well-designed employee referral programs, CareerBuilder wanted to create a resource that would enable employers and hiring managers across all industries and organizations to create and build a program that would benefit not only their hiring process – but their business overall. Continue reading

By in Building a Best Place to Work, Free Tools You Can Use, Referral Programs, Talent Acquisition

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How to Craft a Candidate Rejection Letter or E-Mail (Yes, You Have Time To Do It!)

None of us likes getting rejected. In the past, many of you have cited “not enough time” as a reason you don’t send job rejection letters or e-mails. The reality is, we’re all under various types of constraints in our jobs, and while some things are prioritized, others fall by the wayside. Continue reading

By in Free Tools You Can Use, Talent Acquisition, Technology

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Better, Faster, Stronger: Keys to Conducting a More Efficient Candidate Search

Well aware that searching for quality job candidates can often be – to borrow a phrase from one of the best TV shows of all time – “about the most fun you can have without having any fun,” CareerBuilder recently released, “Better Recruitment Starts with Better Search: CareerBuilder’s Search Smart eBook.”

This quick and easy read – available for a free download below – is essentially a guide for making candidate searching as painless a process as possible. Continue reading

By in Free Tools You Can Use, Talent Acquisition

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Download Our Small Business Hiring Guide — Compliments of CareerBuilder

Money Magazine just released its “Best Places to Live” for 2009, and while perusing the “winners,” I noticed that the towns listed all had several factors in common to qualify them as the “best of the best,” including a strong local economy, little crime, short commutes to work, low rate of unemployment, robust industry, great schools, affordable homes — the list goes on. Continue reading

By in Building a Best Place to Work, Economy, Employee Engagement, Free Tools You Can Use, Retention, Talent Acquisition

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You May Just Fall In Love With the “My Letters” CareerBuilder Job Posting Tool

They’re not exactly love letters — but they just might steal your candidate’s heart. In fact, you might even fall in love with CareerBuilder.com’s My Letters tool if you’re really lonely. Continue reading

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By in Free Tools You Can Use

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The Search is Over: CareerBuilder’s Resume Search Agents Were With You All the While

I don’t often invoke the music of Survivor in my posts — okay, make that never. But who am I kidding? I’d do it all the time if I could. We’ve talked before about cutting corners in your recruiting process to make your life a little less stressful and find better-suited candidates in less time. Continue reading

By in Free Tools You Can Use, Talent Acquisition

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