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mostly crossposted to the campfire blog I've been writing job search and recruiting blogs for a few years now, and at some point, I've probably blogged about every topic out there. Sometimes I focus on advice; sometimes it's interesting chatter
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Golly. Everyone is all in a tizzy today over HotJobs posting one of their openings on Craigslist . As Dave Manaster says, from a recruiting perspective, this is a non-story . It's ridiculous to think that a company could successfully recruit from
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I asked jobseekers the same question about job descriptions over on the CampFire Blog , so I figured turnabout is only fair. What just really annoys you about resumes and makes you want to scream "WHY??!" at the screen? You know the feeling.
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Last night, I attended Improved Experience 's launch of their new product, Get Better Hires, the first in a suite of business intelligence tools designed to help companies gather real time information on their recruiting process and practices in order
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Curt Rosengren asks one of those questions that makes you think: Are you afraid of passionate employees? "Passion" is the one of the top 3 things you usually hear that employers from their idea candidates, yet at the same time, a now passionate
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Talent shortage! Talent shortage! Oh my! There just aren't enough good people to hire! Sound familiar? I think we've all felt the pain of trying to find top quality people for open jobs. It seems the market is flooded with talent ... but for some
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Anyone of you hiring managers or recruiters reading Rob Walling's blog ? Rob is a software developer by trade, but spends his time writing about hiring, motivating and managing software developers. His insight is intriguing and his reach is far and
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Any good recruiter or hiring manager will agree that finding great technical talent these days is hard. Besides possessing exceptional technical skills many of us are also looking for candidates that have great interpersonal skills, business savvy and
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Hot on the heels of Gretchen's post regarding online fabrications in job search, Forbes posted an article directed to job seekers about lying on resumes . It details statistics on how many people actually fabricate positions and accomplishments on
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An upcoming Cornell University study on online dating reports that most men and women tend to embellish their stats when listing height, weight, and age on their online profiles. Since you often hear new job sites compared to online dating sites, a similar
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As recruiters we expect candidate resumes to be impeccable examples of personal marketing tools, easy to understand, and without any grammatical errors or typos. Unfortunately we don’t always have the same high standards when it comes to one of our most
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For my first “real” post over here on the HotSpot, I figured I should tell you a little bit about what makes me tick. What you’ll soon learn about me is that I have strong convictions and I’m not afraid (mostly) to say what I think. And when it comes
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I have heard many software engineers in the industry complain that corporate and third party recruiters don’t know how to “talk the talk” when it comes to recruiting software professionals. It's a turn off to receive a call from someone that doesn't
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