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CareerBuilder Finds Its Way by Defining Its Employment Brand

“If a candidate comes into your organization and asks three different people, ‘What is your… Continue reading

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Battle of the Sexes: How Do Men’s and Women’s Workplace Needs Differ?

Workforce gender differences has always been a hot topic of conversation – from speculation over why women still earn less than men, to the debate over which gender makes better leaders, to inherent differences over workplace personas, and even down to how their networking habits differ. Continue reading

By in Employment Branding, Insights & Trends, Survey Results

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#HFChat: Dishing on Long-Term Career Goals

Last week, Justin (for those of you not familiar with his smiling face, he’s the one tweeting at @careerbuilder and filling my office days with near-forgotten music videos from the 1990s) and I were fortunate to be part of #HFChat with the folks who started Hire Friday on Twitter. Continue reading

By in Events, Retention, Talent Acquisition

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Preventing the Dreaded Counteroffer

You just landed the recruit your company has been coveting. The offer letter is signed. The start date has been set. All you have to do now is lean back and bathe in the praises of management for a job well done. Continue reading

By in Staffing & Recruiting, Talent Acquisition

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Are You Overlooking Your Most Engaged Candidates?

When it comes to filling open positions, recruiting from within your own employee base might just be your best bet.

Remember how, in Some Kind of Wonderful, Eric Stoltz’s Keith relentlessly pursues the attractive, but ever elusive Amanda, played by Lea Thompson, only to discover that (spoiler alert!) his true love was actually Mary Stewart Masterson’s Watts, who’d been by his side all along? Continue reading

By in Sourcing, Talent Acquisition, Talent Pipeline

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If You Wait Until You Need to Hire, It’s Already Too Late: Q&A with Small Business Recruiting Experts

Ahead of their upcoming webinar, The 5 Step Approach to Identifying and Attracting the Right Employees, CareerBuilder’s Senior Director of Talent Intelligence, Sanja Licina, and Director of Employment Branding, Keith Hadley, recently sat down for a Q&A to discuss some of the content of the webinar, as well as offer hiring advice small business owners and hiring managers can apply today. Continue reading

By in Small Business, Talent Acquisition, Webinars

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“Um, What Company is this Again?” Candidates’ Most Cringe-Worthy Interview Mistakes

Employers know as well as job seekers do that it’s still tough out there, and it seems they would be kind to overlook job seekers’ most innocent of mistakes, like spilling coffee on the boss’s suit, or letting it slip that “snugglebear” was one’s childhood nickname, or calling the hiring manager “Dad” in a moment of flustered introductions (No? Continue reading

By in Interviewing, Survey Results, Talent Acquisition

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Hey, Employers! America Wants You (to Hire Veterans)

For U.S. veterans, returning to the workforce isn’t exactly easy. As of October 2011, more than 850,000 veterans were unemployed, and the jobless rate for post-9/11 veterans was 12.1 percent — well over the national average. According to whitehouse.gov, more than 1 million service members are projected to leave the military between 2011 and 2016. Continue reading

By in Diversity, Economy, Talent Acquisition, Technology

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Is Traditional Retirement Disappearing? How Older Workers Are Redefining Their Careers

“Hey, remember when retiring was a ‘thing’? Those were the days.” While hearing that phrase might sound odd now, the fading out of traditional retirement not be so far off the mark: Fifty-seven percent of workers ages 60 and older said in a new Harris Interactive© study they would look for a new job after retiring from their current company–a sign that these days, retirement doesn’t necessarily mean the end of someone’s career. Continue reading

By in Economy, Generational Hiring, Retention, Survey Results

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The Best Ideas from HRPA’s 2012 Conference–In 140 Characters or Fewer

I was at 2012′s HRPA conference last week, tweeting, blogging, jumping into sessions       about everything from the importance of cultural fit to the prevalence of age discrimination (more to come on those soon). I was also busy sneaking some peach gummy candy (CareerBuilder Canada had the most delicious booth ever, as evidenced by the picture on left of two of our CareerBuilder Canada employees, Jean and Brin, with a myriad of candy). Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, HRPA, Innovation, Talent Acquisition

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Recruiters, Have You Called a Candidate Today?

Want to build a better relationship with job candidates? All it takes is one thing.

For the New York Giants, it’s Eli Manning. For Rachel Ray, it’s EVOO. And for recruiting and staffing industry professionals, your most valuable resource is your talent pool. Continue reading

By in Talent Acquisition, Talent Pipeline

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