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  • your burning recruiting questions

    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
    Posted Mar 15 2007, 06:06 PM by gretchen with | with 3 comment(s)
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  • HotJobs posts on Craigslist; Monster says "no way!"

    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
    Posted Mar 07 2007, 12:19 PM by gretchen with | with no comments
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  • What irks you about resumes?

    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.
    Posted Mar 06 2007, 04:24 PM by gretchen with | with no comments
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  • Business intelligence tools for your recruiting process

    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
    Posted Mar 01 2007, 01:29 PM by gretchen with | with no comments
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  • The value - and downside - of passion

    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
    Posted Feb 22 2007, 05:51 PM by gretchen with | with no comments
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  • The great talent shortage

    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
    Posted Feb 16 2007, 05:53 PM by gretchen with | with no comments
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  • Listening to your audience

    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
    Posted Feb 15 2007, 09:07 AM by zoe with | with no comments
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  • Evaluating and interviewing technical candidates

    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
    Posted Feb 14 2007, 10:59 AM by zoe with | with no comments
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  • Do you care about lies on candidate resumes?

    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
    Posted Feb 12 2007, 10:36 AM by zoe with | with 1 comment(s)
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  • Fabrications on online dating sites ... and job boards ...

    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
    Posted Feb 08 2007, 01:54 PM by gretchen with | with no comments
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  • Top 5 Tips for Writing a Great Job Description

    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
    Posted Feb 01 2007, 12:17 PM by zoe with | with 2 comment(s)
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  • collaborating to hire

    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
    Posted Jan 31 2007, 03:30 PM by gretchen with | with no comments
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  • Recruiters: Have Your Hiring Managers Contact Candidates First

    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
    Posted Jan 30 2007, 09:33 AM by zoe with | with no comments
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