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caylward - who has written 2 posts on Cheezhead Recruiting News and Opinion.

Colleen Aylward is the founder of InterviewStudio. Colleen has spent the last 15 years as President and Founder of Northwest recruiting firm Devon James Associates, Inc. whose clients have included such industry pioneers as Amazon, Visio, Spry/Compuserve, Xylo, Quintessent Communications, Rhapsody Networks, Avenue A, Cranium, Infospace. These startup companies have depended on her strategic thinking about recruiting solutions (such as her "Onsite Recruiting War Room" model of 1992 which has widespread adoption today) in order to grow their companies quickly and cost effectively. More at Interview Studio.com or checkout her company's white paper, Unmuddying the Waters of Video as an Employment Tool.

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how obama redefines diversity

Monday, November 10, 2008

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By Colleen Aylward - Obama is racially and ethnically blended - only partially black, as a race, and Kenyan as an ethnicity, and partially white as a race, and Irish as an ethnicity . . . he is more similar to the growing majority of people as the world becomes smaller and more interracial unions take place. In his article “The Changing Definition of Workplace Diversity, William G. Shackelford expands on the definition of diversity: “In its broadest context, diversity candidates are being defined as individuals who bring unique perspectives or outlooks to the organization." According to this relatively new body of research metrics and projections, we will undoubtedly be looking at changing definitions of minorities and enhancing our recruiting strategies to include many more types of diversity.

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why careerbuilder video resumes failed

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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By Colleen Aylward - CareerBuilder's foray into video resumes is an example of a major player in the industry just attempting to “dabble” in a hot new technology, but not putting much energy or thought into it and then “dismissing” that technology as a failure simply because they failed to execute properly. This kind of irresponsible behavior ruins it for the serious small vendors who are spending every ounce of energy to get the concept right and roll out new technologies in a clear concise and useful way for the end user.

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