Archive | July, 2009
The Search Game: Win, Lose, or Draw?
By Jason Carr - By now you have probably heard all about the Microsoft - Yahoo search deal (if not, we have a summary of the deal up on the HirePPC blog). Pending regulatory approval, Microsoft's Bing will become Yahoo's search engine and Microsoft's AdCenter will run the PPC ads. Yahoo will sell to the premium advertisers and turn their attention toward expanding their display advertising and content empire. It all sounded wonderful in the press release, but not everyone bought that line. Yahoo's stock price dropped about 10% after the anouncement. So if the deal isn't all roses, the question is, who wins and who loses?
Continue reading...tech geek? the government wants you
30. July 2009
By Jen Carpenter - Are you a high school or college student who is really good at technology-related things? Perhaps so much so that you think of yourself as a geek? If so, a new government program could help you get your foot in the door to a cool cybersecurity job. Think of it like a bootcamp for the tech-savvy, only if you do well, you could end up with scholarships or a position within a government agency or private company. Several groups have already teamed up to offer this program.
Continue reading...advertisement: scottish job site
29. July 2009
advertisement: scottish job site (YouTube)
Continue reading...ats – we’re going about it all wrong
29. July 2009
By William Tincup - You know that Apple commercial from the 80’s where the lady (who was strangely buff and hot at the same time) runs up an aisle in a tank top and chunks a sledgehammer at a massive TV screen? Yeah, this is kinda gonna be like that ... I propose that the current ATS model is broken. I propose that a central repository of data made up from collected resumes is a poor way to comb through and assess talent. I propose that once many of you reading this stop sticking your William Tincup voodoo dolls with pins, you’ll see my point. Allow me to elaborate.
Continue reading...analytical career choices with jobtitled
29. July 2009
This new site is focused on helping everyone make better career decisions through the use of analytics and job and education history from other workers.
Continue reading...employer resource center hatches
29. July 2009
TalentEgg has launched The Employer Hatch, a resource center for Canadian employers looking to hire recent grads.
Continue reading...state road 64 isn’t hiring (in case you were wondering)
28. July 2009
A teen looking for work becomes frustrated (YouTube).
Continue reading...- confessions of a former careerbuilder sales guy
- theladders should stop bait-n-switch tactics
- monstirs sells english are reely good
- monster still really dumb, buys trovix
- jobfox interjects on your behalf
- careerbuilder job app launches on iphones
- vault snags monster exec
- careerbuilder wants you to work at the gap
- sharethis shares share data (e-mail still rules, sorta)
- the slice (8-25-09)
- ax falling hard at careerbuilder? (212)
- theladders should stop bait-n-switch tactics (121)
- grey marketing team – job posting scam (93)
- monstirs sells english are reely good (65)
- a real alternative to job boards (63)
- more job cuts at jobfox (60)
- march: there will be blood (59)
- is jason goldberg killing jobster? (54)
- careerbuilder sales rep’s a real ‘twit’ (54)
- jobing acquires cheezhead (48)
- jobing acquires cheezhead
- jobvite raises $8.2 million
- not your father’s recruiting conference
- 10 reasons why niche sites will survive
- top 5 fastest growing companies in HR
- why niche job sites should band together
- monster’s back-to-school makeover
- the slice (8-25-09)
- a fleeing workforce
- the unconference movement
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- is in a bar whose clientele is passionately rooting for Arizona State University. There's a first for everything, I guess.
- @cheezhead - Just like weather guys in Florida - cept' they get an occasional hurricane to make things interesting.
- thinks being a meteorologist in Phoenix would be absurdly easy and borderline boring. "Tomorrow's going to be warm/hot and sunny. Repeat."
- is enjoying the beatdown in Happy Valley. #Buckeyes
31. July 2009
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