Amy Lynch of Bottom Line Conversation in Nashville presented at the recent SMA conference on recruiting millennials. In it, she said employers need to move past general social networking site like MySpace and Facebook and look into more niche-specific networks like We Play.
Considering the fact I think most employers are still trying to get […]

Our friendly Monster insider has forwarded what appears to be a training presentation to employees, intimating the company’s vision and new focus, summed up as “One Monster.” My highlights in bold.

Monster Values
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Hello and welcome to training on Monster’s mission and values.
To build on our successful history, we must transform Monster into a more unified company […]

If you haven’t checked out Dan Schawbel’s Personal Branding, I encourage you to do so. It’s a variety of, you guessed it, personal branding advice from experts, which comes in handy to any of us hoping to get an advantage on the competition in the world of Brand You. They also have some pretty interesting […]

If you thought the flood of comments for old blog posts on Jobster and Workmetro were entertaining, I invite you to checkout the current string of commentary on a post about Monster that has current and ex-employees going at it.
A favorite snippet says, “Walk the 3rd floor in Maynard and ask people how much they […]

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Arbita has announced its advisory board. Most of the names will ring a bell. According to a company press release, “They represent the best of what recruiting has been and what it will be.”
They are:
1. John Sumser
2. Shally Steckerl
3. Kevin Wheeler
4. Peter Weddle
5. Jorrit Blok
Says Arbita CEO Don Ramer, “Each one of these individuals brings […]

Some noteworthy announcements and commentary this morning:
1. Jobing.com’s Aaron Matos named Arizona Business Leader of the Year.
2. VisualCV adds Guy Kawasaki to advisory board.
3. A new ATS called simplicant launches.
4. Popular Mechanics says ’search is dead.’ Social networking kills it, BTW.
5. Tom Asacker sounds off on ‘What is branding?‘
6. Indeed officially announces job search via […]