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Reports: You should have no trouble finding IT work: Reports: You should have no trouble finding IT workIgnores the effect of the H-1B program.Any employment gains have been sucked up by the H-1B and L-1 programs long ago.. (over a million plus in the last six years.Stagnant wages while inflation is runing amok, increased unpaid overtime, layoffs.. all are...; Tags: H-1B, Recruitment & Selection, job, job posting, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
Money mule recruiters get more brazen: Money mule recruiters get more brazenLike Mr. T used to say...."Pity the po' fools..." Greedy suckahs."It's a good and legal way of making money."Oh?They need to get into Canadian Politics......a much, much better avenue to steal within. Like the ADSCAM Scandal, cash in brown paper bags, fed to...; Tags: Federal government, bot net, recruiter, bot, FBI; Discussion threads 2007-09-14
Irony Dept: Thanks to social nets, Craigslist, etc, pro recruiters may have to find new careers: If you're a professional recruiter (particularly one that works for a recruiting/headhunting firm), then it's probably time to start thinking about a career change. The reason? Once money starts talking, the mob of Internet users-cum-recruiters will be impossible to compete against. By "money talking," I mean, once employers start...; Tags: Web technology, General; Blog posts 2007-07-30
Acing the job interview: Acing the job interviewOther professionsThe attitude which is not too well hidden in these paragraphs will be noticed:"Meanwhile he’ll be judging you on what you’re wearing, how you speak, and dozens of other behavioural cues that he thinks tell him whether you’ll fit with what he knows of the real...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Murphy, recruiter, Roger Ramjet, information technology, job; Discussion threads 2007-06-12
Acing the job interview: Don't play games when you interview with the people actually doing the hiring - be as honest, forthcoming, and clear as you can; confess to limits and failures everybody has them and work on building rapport. Above all: don't pretend to be somebody you're not.Remember three things: most of them have...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-06-12

AOL to lay off 1,400 call center workers: AOL to lay off 1,400 call center workersWooHoo, it's off to India we go.sigh...I Wonder If AOL Pulled A Radio ShackAnd just texted or e-mailed them their pink slips.Welcome! You have severance package.;)Message has been deleted.Do you think the last 1,000 layoffswill be from upper management?Naaaa...Indian accents everywhere.I'm a software...; Tags: Call centers, Customer relationship management (CRM), Workforce management, call-center, America Online Inc., recruiter, information technology, Indian Accent, job, worker; Discussion threads 2006-10-18
Restoring the popularity of Computer Science: Restoring the popularity of Computer ScienceI think Patterson is "the only one"I think things are improving, definitely, in the IT job front. I've seen it. When Patterson cites his figures though, I wish he'd be more specific about what jobs he's talking about. In reading articles and discussing it with...; Tags: Strategy, computer, Patterson, information technology, recruiter, computer science; Discussion threads 2005-09-20
Reminder about Linux and resumes: There's a lot of uncomfortable truth to the tired old joke about the guy with ten years of Solaris experience who got turned down for a job interview because he lacked experience with Unix. What's behind that is a simple fact: recruiters and human resources staff tend to be salespeople,...; Tags: recruiter; Blog posts 2005-06-09
Reminder about Linux and resumes: There's a lot of uncomfortable truth to the tired old joke about the guy with ten years of Solaris experience who got turned down for a job interview because he lacked experience with Unix. What's behind that is a simple fact: recruiters and human resources staff tend to be salespeople,...; Tags: recruiter; Blog posts 2005-06-09

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Contact Capture (exe): Contact Capture captures contact information from e-mails, Web pages, Word, Excel, or any document. Contact Magnet captures people's names, titles, and e-mails, phone numbers, fax numbers, cell numbers, company names, addresses, and Web sites. Gone are the days of manual data entry. Contact Magnet seamlessly exports to SalesForce.com, Netsuite, OnContact...; Tags: Broadlook, Fax, Microsoft Excel, E-mail, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications; Software downloads 2008-04-22
Lookout LinkedIn, Facebook adds granular privacy controls (IM to follow): Lookout LinkedIn, Facebook adds granular privacy controls IM to followToo simple....SteveSorry but I can't help but think your analysis is a little simplistic. If LinkedIn were completely stagnant then maybe you'd be correct but you ignore the fact that LinkedIn have significant opportunities that they could leverage if they saw...; Tags: Instant messaging, IM, LinkedIn, Facebook, Lookout Software; Discussion threads 2008-03-18
Specialist Recruiter and Staffer Simplifies IT With Virtual Solution and Reduces Administration by 30 Per Cent: Expectra Group, a leading recruitment and staffing agency in Belgium, needed to ensure increased availability for its employees. This would help ensure that its clients and candidates received the best possible services. The IT team searched for a new server and storage environment that would simplify server administration and create...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, Administration, Server, Team Management, Workforce Management, Strategy, Management, Human Resources; Case studies 2008-02-06
Veteran Windows architect resigns from Microsoft: Veteran Windows architect resigns from MicrosoftI wonder if Vista has anything to do...with the shake up.Anyone involved with Vista probably has trouble holding their head up. Except Ballmer of course and he simply doesn't know any better.Naw, not really."Short's leaving is still big news for anyone with Windows interests."Not...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Recruitment & Selection, Veteran Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-01-14
BI: where 90% of everything is ... crosstabs: Business intelligence has been a hot area for years but more than 90% of everything actually being done in it still consists of cross tabulation - and a lot of people don't even understand that. In one of my first "professional" jobs I did an analysis of...; Tags: Job, Grain, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Recruitment & Selection, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-01-13
Monster.com shuts down rogue server linked to data theft: Monster.com has shut down a rogue server that was accessing its database to hijack personal information from about 1.3 million job seekers.In a statement issued today, the company said most of the affected job hunters were based in the U.S.As previously reported, the information contained on this server was limited...; Tags: Monster, Server, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2007-08-23
On the Web, no one knows you're a Microsoft employee: On June 26, an anonymous blogger posted a first entry on a new "Just Say No to Google" blog. The subject of the inagural post: "Life at Google - The Microsoftie Perspective." (The e-mail is now also linked and being discussed on Slashdot.)The post raises not only some interesting cultural...; Tags: Web 2.0, Google, Corporate strategy; Blog posts 2007-06-27
Resume Bomber (exe): Resume Bomber is developed with the concept of automation. We believe this is the most comprehensive tool to enhance your job searching process. We all know, to get attention of a recruiter its a must to present a customized resume and cover letter. With so many unique features, it is...; Tags: Job, Tool, Resume Bomber, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Software downloads 2007-06-01
Mozilla executive director search to loop in community: The Mozilla Foundation is being pretty open about its search for an executive director and plans to loop in community members to help select candidates. On Mozilla's Usenet group last night, Mitchell Baker, known as Mozilla's Chief Lizard Wrangler, said she is part of the team defining the search process...; Tags: General, Open Source, Web Technology; Blog posts 2007-05-25
Spyware, data privacy bills reappear in House: Spyware, data privacy bills reappear in HouseSelling My Social Security Number?I am outraged that ANY company is allowed access to my social security number. How do they get it to sell in the first place? I have long beeen an advocate of NOT using SSN's for identification purposes....; Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, spyware, U.S. Congress; Discussion threads 2007-02-10
Why Microsoft should open-source SQL Server and SharePoint: Why Microsoft should open-source SQL Server and SharePointAnd that makes MS money how???Hmmm, lets see, sell it for several thousand dollars including cals or give it away in the hopes of MS abandoning being a software company and morphing into some sort of service company? (Like that has worked...; Tags: Enterprise software, Databases, SQL Server 2005 Express, server, Microsoft Corp., open source, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint; Discussion threads 2007-01-18