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Archive | August, 2006

what’s the worst job you’ve ever had?

18. August 2006

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For the record my worst job was McDonald’s. I was 16-years-old, cookin’ up quarter pounders and McDLTs. (Anyone remember those?) Here’s to keepin’ the hot side hot, and the cool side cool.

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dilbert, snoopy … cheezhead?

17. August 2006

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Never imagined being portrayed in a comic strip. Thanks, Jim.

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blog: the other job board

16. August 2006

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I’ve been thinking about blogs a lot lately, particularly their role in Internet recruiting. See, since the dawn of the dot-com, these bastions of online employment have been in fast, constant pursuit of delivering the endangered passive candidate to employers doorsteps. From tactics like pushing jobs via e-mail to partnerships with MySpace, the strategies have arguably [...]

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best day to send email (or i feel tuesday)

14. August 2006

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A new report by MediaPost says open rates for e-mail are highest on Saturdays. Saturdays saw e-mail open rates of 38.3 percent, and click-throughs of 5.4 percent. Open rates also were high on Sundays, at 37.1 percent, while click-throughs reached 5.2 percent for three days–Sunday, Monday, and Thursday. Fridays performed the worst for both open-rates (32.7 [...]

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asian job board commercial

11. August 2006

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If anyone knows the inside story about this site, 1010job.com, I’d love to hear it. Their traffic seems to be increasing nicely, although I have no idea how much of it can be attributed to this viral video.

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google homepage edits emphasize verticals

11. August 2006

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Google made a few edits to its homepage. 1) The Froogle link has been replaced by Video, and 2) Clicking “more” drops down a few additional top verticals. (No clue exacly why Base content isn’t easily visible from clicking “even more,” except that Google believes its not quite ready for Prime Time.) As a result, traffic [...]

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craigslist, jobster in ‘misunderstanding’

10. August 2006

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A Jobster client forwarded the following e-mail last night: We regret to inform you that we have temporarily suspended all job posts to Craigslist through the Jobster Direct Post feature while we ensure that we are in compliance with Craiglist’s posting policies and procedures. This suspension applies to both active and future postings. The situation [...]

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