By Joel Cheesman - Sex sells! OK, that's not news, but who knew it was the secret to a growing a successful social network in the recruiting industry? Well, apparently, it's an important piece according to RecruitingBlogs.com founder Jason Davis. In addition to RecruitingBlogs.com, Jason fills us in on his insider viewpoint of the demise of Recruiting.com, and talks about the challenges behind his new (un)conference, RecruitFest.
Continue reading...Monday, July 14, 2008
By Joel Cheesman - Boxers or briefs? Checkout my sit-down with employeescreenIQ’s Nick Fishman for an insightful and sometimes-humorous podcast. We discuss how HR professionals are using the internet to keep abreast of the latest industry trends.
Continue reading...Monday, July 7, 2008
By Joel Cheesman - Can voice analysis bring better job candidates? Start-up Urgent Career thinks so. By utilizing linguistic technology to analyze and match sales professionals with compatible roles, Urgent Career seeks to eliminate both unnecessary hiring mistakes for growing companies and poor career choices for sales professionals. Said Urgent Career CEO Jeff Stewart, “The bottom line is that bad matches are disastrous for both candidate and employer. Digitally analyzing conversations is a better way to match sales professionals to roles where they will be most successful. A simple conversation contains an astounding amount of information that we can unlock using algorithms in order to better match candidates and clients.”
Continue reading...Sunday, June 22, 2008
By Joel Cheesman - The following e-mail was sent to me by a former CareerBuilder sales rep. The locations and names have been changed to protect the innocent. They discuss how "selling to HR" is a no-no when trying to make the sale.
Continue reading...Thursday, June 12, 2008
In this most recent installment of one of the least listened-to podcasts on the planet, Chad Sowash and I tackle the seriously weakening dead horse Monster, CareerBuilder’s naughty ad, Dice’s gas and the recent boarding up of some social networking sites. You’ll notice Chad has a cold, which can only mean military life is finally [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Our most recent podcast touches on video resumes, job board traffic data via Hitwise, Monster’s sucky PR, the ERE conference and more. We even discover The Chad’s not a big fan of our main man Kevin Wheeler. Yikes! Who knew? And we even kept it pretty short this time. Enjoy. (25 mins.) More … The Chad and Cheezhead Podcast [...]
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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