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More Thoughts on Notch Up

January 29th, 2008 -- by Susan Burns

The dialogue generated around Notch up has been quite interesting. If nothing else there will be lots of eyeballs watching what happens when they move from Beta to Live! So, here’s some final thoughts from the initial post, Joel’s detailed post and the many, many comments that have been shared:

The not so good:
1. […]

And it just gets crazier….

January 22nd, 2008 -- by Susan Burns

Someone sent this to me today and I honestly just don’t get it! Here’s the email:
I just joined NotchUp’s private beta program and wanted to share it with you.
NotchUp is a new way to manage your career. Instead of YOU having to sort through hundreds of job postings, NotchUp enables top companies to find […]

Outside the box recruiting

December 14th, 2007 -- by Tracey Sands

Employers are looking for creative ways of hiring employees. Whether that is due to a competitive market place, or not as many qualified candidates, it depends on the field. One thing in common is some of the outside the box recruiting techniques employers are using.
The various ways of recruiting employees are:
• Specified job fairs
• Internal recruiting – […]

Craig gets personal on Craigslist with Stephen Colbert

October 19th, 2007 -- by Susan Burns

In case you missed it - a little fun with Craig Newmark and Stephen Colbert

Taleo Announces Acquisition of WetFeet Talent Management Product

October 10th, 2007 -- by Susan Burns

“Acquisition strengthens Taleo’s leading position in the retail industry”
Well, I guess its been a long time coming. Consolidation in the space was predictable and it will no doubt continue. I had the pleasure of working with Gary Alpert and the WetFeet team from late 2000 through the end of 2005 during my […]

Who will win? China or India? Which country will offer more to companies and staff in the future?

October 8th, 2007 -- by Susan Burns

“After a 10 day spell in India the issue is in sharper relief for me, as a resident of China. But what do other Linkediners think? Which of India or China is more effectively developing the economic, social, political and technological infrastructures necessary to get to the next level?” Frank Mulligan
This is a recent […]

Where do all the jobseekers go?

September 12th, 2007 -- by Joe Stubblebine

There’s nothing more annoying to a jobseeker than to visit a job board, do a search, review the job and click the apply button, only to be redirected to a company’s cumbersome applicant tracking system on the corporate web site.
OK. Now, they’ve got to create an account - sometimes having to search […]

Can’t forget 9/11

September 10th, 2007 -- by Hank Stringer

Tomorrow is the 6th anniversary of 9/11…we have not been attacked on our soil since - this is a blessing. The question, ‘where were you?’ is not posed as often as it was in the recent past. Why the lack of remembrance? Maybe it’s there it’s just inside and we don’t express - as much.
I […]

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