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Reengineering HR Solutions #2

Case #2 â€" HRMC’s Acclaim Continuing with the previous post, I ran into another vendor at the Human Resource Executive’s HR Technology Conference & Exposition (I hope Bill Kutik appreciates that I put in the full title to the show this time!) that reaffirmed why...

Tags: Job, Acclaim, Re-engineering, Candidate, Recruiters, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-30

Additional Resources

JobVite's new thing: sourcing passive candidates

I recently wrote about JobVite and how it permits employers to tap into the social networks of its employees to find quality recruits. JobVite permits employers to create eVites that employees, colleagues, etc. can pass around via email or publish to social networks like Facebook. It must be working as...

Tags: Sourcing, Network, JobVite, Purchasing & Procurement, Social Networking, Strategy, Business Operations, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Shock Horror 'Social Media': Who Will Save/Train the Children?

Parents with Save / Train, that's what they are there for.for many parents today, this is new to them since the older you get, the less change you want to see. At a younger age, you're more inclined to adapt. Another thing is, more parents are getting home...

Tags: Save/Train, social media, Horror

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Watch that reference you write on LinkedIn and other sites

No good deed goes unpunished I get requests from time to time to post a referral for someone on LinkedIn. Apparently, headhunters and recruiters like to see these especially for sales professionals. I’ve done a couple and demurred from doing so on others. ...

Tags: LinkedIn, Referral, Branding, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Job Seeker 1.1 (Windows)

Allows you to store and retrieve information related to one or more job searches. Information includes, but isn't limited to, jobs, recruiters, companies, referrals, resumes, cover letters, contacts, and tickler information. The information can be shared with other users of the product, backed up and restored, as well as imported...

Tags: Job, Microsoft Windows, Job Search, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-07-05

Job Hunt Express 1.0.0.1 (Windows)

Why manage your job search when you can master it? Getting the job that you really want is a numbers game: the more job opportunities that you work on and the more networking contacts that you make, the sooner you will get the job offer that you are looking for....

Tags: Job, Job Hunting, Microsoft Windows, Job Search, JRBM Software, Job Hunt Express, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-07-03

Fairfield Residential, LLC Increases Web Applications and Streamlines Recruiting With Automated Solution

Fairfield Residential wanted to upgrade a legacy Human Resources HR system to streamline the recruiting for positions at the company's 245 locations and support the company's business model of buying and selling properties frequently by providing a recruiting solution that can manage high turnover rates and seasonal application volumes. The...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Fairfield Residential LLC, Web Application, Recruiting, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Case studies 2009-07-01

Helping corporations leverage the Web, using open source and the cloud

What do open source and cloud computing have in common? For Navid Safabakhsh, principal at San Francisco and Philadelphia-based interactive web development agency Freshout, it's that both technologies are low-cost, high-yield solutions to help corporations leverage the customer data they collect on the Web. ...

Tags: Web, Service, Channel Management, Open Source, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-30

MSDN Webcast: Getting a Development Job in the Current Economy: Interview Tips (Level 100)

What is next after clearing the job interview? There is one or more interviews that stand in between the person and that great developer position. The attendee of this webcast will hear from actual recruiters on what they look for in potential employees and how get through the interview process.

Tags: Job, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Webcasts 2009-06-23

Staffing Company Simplifies, Automates Search to Efficiently Place Candidates

Allegis Group, the largest privately held staffing company in the United States, manages a database of more than 11 million job candidates. Its 8,000 employees connect more than 60,000 contract employees with customers worldwide. To successfully place qualified people, Allegis needed to enable recruiters to efficiently search candidate information. To...

Tags: Enterprise Search, Staffing, Candidate, Search, Cloud Computing

Case studies 2009-06-18

Survey shows influx of companies using social networks for recruiting

Survey shows influx of companies using social networks for recruitingDo companies really know recruiting parameters for Social Media positions?I believe it is important to separate the types of roles companies are recruiting when it comes to Social Media. Companies are still in very early stages of understanding Social Media, how...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, network, COMPANIES, recruiting, social media, survey, social networking

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery

If you ever wanted to take an inside view of targeted-botnets primarily run by novice cybercriminals sometimes utilizing outdated, but very effective methods - this ZDNet photo gallery is for you. It offers an inside view of those "beneath the radar" botnets that never make the news....

Tags: Spamming, Cybercriminal, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-05-20

The Bad HR software demo

Am I too sensitive? The other day I took a demo from an HR vendor â€" and â€" one aspect of that demo really bothered me. When we got to this point in the demo where a user could craft the requirements for a new hire, I...

Tags: Software, School, Firm, Software Executive, Tools & Techniques, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Management, Human Resources, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Google: Spam volume for Q1 back to pre-McColo levels

It took only a couple of months for cybercriminals to catch-up and reintroduce the massive spam volumes that briefly disappeared following the shutdown of the cybercrime ecosystem's sitting duck McColo in November, 2008. According to Google's Postini Spam data and trends for Q1 2009, during the first...

Tags: Google Inc., Spammer, Spamming, Spam Volume, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-04-02

Union: IBM layoffs accelerating as employees vent

Union: IBM layoffs accelerating as employees ventSmiling Sam does it againIt seems to me that the government is overlooking one of the critical components of this economic meltdown - the offshoring of American jobs. IBM is one of the worst offenders in this regard. This one...

Tags: Workforce management, Litigation, Financial accounting, Proskauer Rose, Madoff, IBM Corp., SEC, layoff

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

A plea for open source help

A plea for open source helpYes - butYes Drupal could do this (and I think bugzilla might be adaptable, but don't know how hard that would be) - and so could cocoon.However: I don't think this guy is looking for a development project (and if he were, I'd think about...

Tags: open source, Drupal, open source help, Bugzilla

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

Need some high-powered help?

Phase 2 for long-term consultants and their careers Lately, I’ve been getting more than a few friends & colleagues contacting me as they are: - no longer considered a strategic resource to their old employer - worried that their...

Tags: Employer, Professional Development, E-mail, Career, Online Communications, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-03-17

News to know: Palm; Google; Apple; Yahoo's Bartz; Hacking Safari

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Palm: Demand tanks ahead of Pre launch; Pre needs to save the day Andrew Nusca: Google CEO Schmidt: China 'obvious prize,' Twitter 'poor...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Hacking, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-03-04

No help for HR recruiters in down economy

No help for HR recruiters in down economyMaybe this economy will have one good effect.Getting rid of people who dont know how to do their job and keeping them out of the IT field.Worthless employees. Know what you need to know to do your job...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

No help for HR recruiters in down economy

HR Survey results, TalentDrive, InterActive Applicant and more TalentDrive, a slick HR technology and service provider, has been busy lately with some interesting surveys. In one survey of 7500 staffing firms and independent recruiters, they discovered that: - 52% are investing in increased marketing efforts and...

Tags: Staffing, Recruiting, TalentDrive, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-03-03