These days everyone has become enamored with the concept of criminal background checks, and with good reason. They absolutely help organizations make informed hiring decisions and mitigate risk in the workplace. However, there is an age-old practice that many hiring managers have recently chosen to de-value or outright ignore: The Employment Verification. [...]
Continue reading...24. January 2007
I’m headed to the Bay Area today for the Unconference on Thursday. As a new event, I’m pretty excited because it’s a little like going into a movie you know little about, but know the high quality of actors involved will give a good show. Expect a healthy dose of blogging on the show in [...]
Continue reading...24. January 2007
Simply Hired is set to introduce Job-a-matic today. The new service “connects the audiences of blogs and Web sites with the job boards, employers and recruiters that are eager to reach them.” In simple terms, it’s a plug-and-play job board for blogs and other Web sites. The best example of a live version is Guy [...]
Continue reading...22. January 2007
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Continue reading...20. January 2007
File this one under “Huh?” Jobster has created a new Facebook profile entitled “Prada Jetsam,” in honor of CEO Jason Goldberg’s infamous 2006 crash. From the profile: ‘Prada Jetsam’ symbolizes Jobster’s “restart” and its attempt to lighten its load in the hopes of righting the ship. As Jason has left behind his valuable shoes, so too do we [...]
Continue reading...20. January 2007
There’s currently some buzz online about a recent e-mail that looks like it’s from Monster.com, touting the “Monster Job Seeker Tool,” that is really a phishing expedition. The link in the middle, highlighted with a red border by me, says “Please click here to download Monster Job Seeker Tool,” and goes to an executable file from [...]
Continue reading...20. January 2007
Chris Russell points us to a recent graphic in Workforce Magazine highlighting my blog and other like-minded sites: Nice to see a traditional HR magazine take note of the recruiting blogosphere. We’ll get a cover story one day, I’m confident.
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24. January 2007
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