Monday, July 27, 2009
By Joel Cheesman - With all the news swirling around Yahoo’s stake in HotJobs and an apparent desire to unload the company (smart money’s pointing to Monster being the buyer, by the way), we thought it would be a good time to catch-up with GM and vice president Chris Merritt for his take. We ran into him at SHRM last month for his take on an acquisition, as well as the company’s launch of a pay-per-candidate model and diving into the whole Twitter phenomenon. “Pay-per-candidate is all about finding people who meet your screening criteria,” said Merritt. “Job seekers go through a questionairre, at which point they become a candidate and employers pay for that.” If an employer links to an applicant tracking system from their job posting, a job seeker jumping to that platform would then become a candidate.
Continue reading...Thursday, July 9, 2009
By Joel Cheesman - Drill Sergeant Chad must've forgotten to take his meds before our podcast this week, following up the SHRM conference. Either that, or the coffee was particularly strong that morning. Not happy with Monster.com's apparently feeble attempt to keep America working by issuing complementary job postings at the show, Chad said, "[Monster's promo] was the biggest load of crap I've ever heard. If Monster really cared, they would have changed their damned business model a long time ago and they wouldn't have been shedding 150 people yesterday." We also get around to things like Twitter's impact on jobs and the cesspool of duplicate job content on the Web. It's good to be back.
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Our pics from the SHRM conference are now live on Facebook. Everything from Jack Welch to parties on Bourbon Street.
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Society for Human Resource Management has launched a new blog designed to help HR Professionals prepare for its Annual Conference and Exposition in June.
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, will serve as keynote speaker at SHRM's 61st Annual Conference and Exposition.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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