College Recruiter Blog
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CollegeRecruiter.com Going Social
Shhhh. Don't tell anyone, but CollegeRecruiter.com is just days away from re-launching as a Web 2.0 (user generated content) job board rather than the old Web 1.0 (staff and employer generated content) job board. For the first time, users of all types will be able to easily connect and converse with each other, includes job seekers to job seeker, employer to employer, career service office professional to career service office professional, admissions office professional to admissions office... |
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Last Day to Voice Your Opposition to Expansion of .jobs
I'm one of hundreds of has already voiced my opposition to the proposal by Employ Media and DirectEmployers Association to expand the charter of the new .jobs domain so that it would change from being just available for employers (i.e., Toyota.jobs) to also moving into the communities of third party recruiters (i.e., SeattleSoftwareEngineer.jobs or Great.job) , job boards, career services, and perhaps others. The deadline is tonight, so there's still time for you to submit your opinion. Regardless... |
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False Information Regarding .jobs Scandal
Yesterday I received a letter via FedEx from Dan Jordan, chief counsel for DirectEmployers Association, a member of their board of directors, and chief counsel for the related JobCentral. Dan was upset that I wrote that Employ Media was owned by DirectEmployers Association. That's not the case, as you can see from this scanned copy of his letter. Dan's letter demanded that I "effectuate a complete and comprehensive retraction of the aforementioned false information" and indicated that my "failure... |
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HR Should Use Twitter Like Virgin Airlines Uses It for Customer Service
Below is a video of Garage.com venture capitalist, Apple evangelist, hockey enthusiast, and serial entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki discussing how Twitter has incredible potential for improving customer service. Watch the video to learn about some specific examples involving how Virgin Airlines uses Twitter to improve their customer experience. Our niche job board has two Twitter accounts, http://www.Twitter.com/EntryLevelJob with over 50,000 followers and http://www.Twitter.com/StevenRothberg with... |
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Would Employ Media Really Create a Million Job Boards With .Jobs Domain Name Extension?
The .jobs domain name scandal continues to brew. The for profit Employ Media in alliance with the non-profits Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and DirectEmployers Association is attempting to expand the .jobs domain charter it obtained five years ago. Under the existing charter, quality employers like American Airlines are able to register and use domains such as AmericanAirlines.jobs if they feel that would make it easier for job seekers to get to the career sections of their web... |
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How and Why to Object to Taking .jobs Away From Employers and Creating a Million New Job Boards
If you believe that the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and job board organizations like Direct Employers should operate in an open, transparent, and honest fashion, then take a few minutes from your day and read this blog entry. On the other hand, if you believe that the ends justify the means, then sit back and wait until about mid-August when some back room deals could be approved that will result in Employ Media, a for-profit organization owned by which is closely related to the... |
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3 Steps to Using LinkedIn to Find a New Job
One of my favorite tools for job seekers, hiring managers, and other human resource professionals is the leading networking site, LinkedIn. Amazingly, LinkedIn started out in the living room of co-founder Reid Hoffman in the fall of 2002. The other four founders were Allen Blue, Jean-Luc Vaillant, Eric Ly, and Konstantin Guericke. Today, LinkedIn has over 70 million members in over 200 countries, a new member joins LinkedIn approximately every second, and there is at least one and usually dozens... |
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Mobile Marketing for Recruiters Webinar by @MichaelMarlatt of Microsoft
Michael Marlatt, Recruiting Consultant for Microsoft's U.S. Enterprise Services group, recently partnered with ERE Media and Taleo to deliver a great webinar on the topic of mobile marketing for recruiting. Michael's presentation provided relevant context around the "what, why, and how" of mobile marketing has risen in popularity and worldwide adoption by consumer marketers, recruiters, and others. Michael also shared some past and present mobile recruiting case-studies from Hewitt Associates... |
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Top Job Search Trends Amongst College Students and Recent Grads
1. College students and recent graduates are avoiding search for jobs because of the economy. Many are enrolling in grad school in an effort to ride out the recession. 2. Many are taking entry-level jobs which have little to nothing to do with their chosen career paths. They're simply trying to pay the rent. The divergence from their majors and likely greatly reduced earnings will take years and perhaps decades to overcome. 3. The students who are finding it the easiest to get the best jobs... |
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IRS Creates YouTube Channel for New Grads Searching for Career Info
The Internal Revenue Service today announced the availability of a new job search tool on YouTube dedicated to helping job seekers learn about employment opportunities at the IRS. "Whether you're a veteran or a recent college graduate, the IRS is a great place to work and build a career. The IRS has a wide range of jobs and needs a variety of skills to serve the nation's taxpayers," said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. "Our goal is to make the IRS the best place to work in government." |
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Is Your Website Chasing Away A-Level Talent?
Matthew Adam, Executive Vice President & Chief Talent Strategist, of NAS Recruitment Communications delivered the most enjoyable and informative presentation that I attended at last week's Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) 2010 annual conference in San Diego. Part of what made Matt's presentation so engaging was that he provided booklets to every attendee which summarize his presentation, provided them with his brief bio, and had a couple of pages of fill-in-the-blanks. That last... |
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TV Interview About the Power of Mobile Marketing for Recruiting at #SHRM10
Anne Meyer of Adecco TV and I sat down on Monday in their portable studio at the Society for Human Resource Management 2010 annual conference in San Diego to talk about why and how employers should use cell phone text messaging, mobile web sites, proximity-based marketing like 4Square, and other mobile marketing tools to reach today's college students, recent graduates, and other job hunters. Want to listen in? Watch the video below: |
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#SHRM10 a Rousing Success
Last year's Society for Human Resource Management annual conference in New Orleans was a disappointment for attendees, presenters, exhibitors, and others who were focused on numbers such as number of attendees and the amount of business being generated in the exhibition hall. The 2010 conference this week in San Diego is remarkably different. Last year the number of registered attendees was something like 11,000 but only 7,000 showed. Where did the other 4,000 go? My guess is that many and probably... |
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Organizations Using Twitter Viewed as More Trustworthy
When it comes to driving consumer decisions about a range of products and services, the Internet is by far the most influential media channel -- but marketers have yet to capitalize on that influence. That is the central finding of the 2010 Digital Influence Index, released today by Fleishman-Hillard International Communications in conjunction with Harris Interactive. The study also measures several key aspects of consumers' use of the Internet, from media consumption patterns, to the degree... |
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LinkedIn Turbo Charges Our Entry Level Jobs and Internships Group
CollegeRecruiter.com created the LinkedIn discussion group, Entry-Level Jobs and Internships, a year ago as a way to help us reach more stakeholders in the college and university recruiting space including recruiters, hiring managers, human resource professionals, college career service office professionals, students, recent graduates, parents, and other influencers. As of today, the group has over 3,500 members, making it one of the largest college recruiting groups at LinkedIn. Given the importance... |
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Feel Like You're a Target for Abuse? This Freak Literally Is.
Eric Gonzalez, who plays the freak at Coney Island's "Shoot the Freak" game, faces between 4,000 and 16,000 paintballs a day with little more than a hockey girdle, wooden shield and mask to protect him. |
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Public Radio Show About Unpaid Internships: Good or Bad for Employers? Students?
This morning I was in the Minnesota Public Radio studios in downtown Saint Paul as a guest on the Midmorning show. Kerri Miller, the regular host, was off so Marianne Combs hosted. The other guest was the nationally respected labor law attorney, Camille Olson, a partner at Seyfarth Shaw. The Unpaid internships: priceless experience? show discussed how many organizations that can afford to pay interns do not pay them anything at all. Some of the organizations refuse to pay their interns on the... |
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How to Integrate Social Media Sharing Options With Targeted Email Campaigns
GetResponse just announced the results of its "Email Marketing and Social Media Integration Report." The study revealed that email messages that included a social sharing option generated 30 percent higher click-through-rates (CTRs) than emails without a social sharing option, and messages with three or more sharing options generated 55 percent higher CTRs. Emails with a Twitter sharing option returned over 40 percent higher CTRs than messages without any social media links, indicating the benefits... |