Much like CDs, landlines and dining room tables, desktop computers are starting to become obsolete.… Continue reading
Despite the lightning-fast speed by which the mobile job search is growing, the vast majority of companies still do not have mobile-optimized career sites.
A recent CareerBuilder survey of the Fortune 500 reveals that only 99 of them had career sites with a mobile-optimized process to search for jobs. Continue reading
It’s every employer’s nightmare: losing brand credibility – and potential business – virtually overnight, thanks to just one employee’s thoughtless social media post. Unfortunately- as evidenced by the latest social media snafu involving Taco Bell - it’s a very real risk in today’s social media-driven world. Continue reading
“Having technology around you, on you, inside you, 24/7 is going to become totally commonplace.” –Becky Stern, Adafruit
We’ve been wearing technology, in a sense, since the birth of the wristwatch — and we’ve seen wearable technology advance to become more and more integrated with our bodies and movements in inventions like Google Glass and Nike Fuelband, and even our smartphones. Continue reading
Is your organization ready to compete in this new era of talent management, or are you being held back by outdated or erroneous beliefs about what it takes to hire the right people?
CareerBuilder recently partnered with the Human Capital Institute to uncover common misconceptions around both job seeker behavior and the ways in which employers attract and hire top performers, based on a 44-item survey of 358 HR professionals nationwide and follow-up interviews. Continue reading
If you’re still lamenting the end of the 2013 HCI Human Capital Summit, you can dry those eyes and slowly take down your #hcsummitshrine: We’ve rounded up our favorite tips, quotes and ideas from the conference below:
Are candidates saying “whatever” to your job postings? Fear not, because if coming-of-age teen films like The Breakfast Club, She’s All That or Clueless have taught the world anything, it’s that sometimes the smallest adjustments can have the most jaw-dropping, “can-you-believe-this-it’s-not-butter?” effects. Continue reading
Yes, people, this is happening. Even employers are jumping on the “Harlem Shake” video bandwagon. While creating such a video may seem borderline cliche at this point, the embrace of this trend by employers indicates something huge: Understanding that video, as a recruitment tool, is no longer the exception- but the rule- to candidate attraction. Continue reading
Like the date who wears too much AXE body spray or the Kardashian sister who chooses the wrong dress to host the ‘X Factor’ in, we do not always make the wisest choices in our attempts to come across as attractive, engaging and professional. Continue reading
Question: Are you reading this from a mobile device? These days, I’d be willing to bet that answer is “yes”. According to a recent study from research firm Gartner, Inc., by the end of this year, mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common web access device worldwide. Continue reading
While online search, traditional networking and job boards are the top three ways candidates find jobs, workers approach their job search much like a consumer purchase, using multiple avenues to evaluate potential employers months before they take action and apply to positions. Continue reading
