By Vanessa Dennis - Given the recent financial crisis that will most certainly impact us all, I thought it would be appropriate to get different perspectives from some well-known industry leaders in the recruiting space. Some viewpoints are couched in optimism, while others give a more cynical and foreboding outlook. Martin Snyder of PCRecruiter said of the crisis, "America is now the place to fail upward. If you are a CEO that runs a company into the ground, no worries since you are about to get a better job. Generally speaking, if you sit on your ass for a living, you are probably overpaid. We have created an ugly two-class system that will lead to our undoing for real if we don't bring the extremes back toward the middle, and I say that from the fortunate side of the fence, for the time being."
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Acquisition. All the kids are doin’ it. Niche player CollegeRecruiter.com has acquired fellow niche player Entry Level Jobs.net. I’d explain the target audience, but it’s hopefully pretty self-explanatory from the domains. CR chief Steven Rothberg is one of our favorite people, so consider us all warm-and-fuzzy inside in light of this news. Said Rothberg: We acquired the site [...]
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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