Le candidat est-il un client ou un produit?

Le candidat  aujourd’hui. Un consommateur averti qui a appris à décoder les discours publicitaires séduisants et les offres promotionnelles mensongères? Un produit avec sa marque, ses attributs, sa...

ZiDCard dans la presse: Le e-recrutement à la peine au Luxembourg

Moins de 10% des embauches passent par les réseaux sociaux C’est une tendance, les réseaux sociaux offrent de nouvelles perspectives tant pour les entreprises que pour les candidats. Si lR...

Recrutement 2.0: le Luxembourg en retard sur ses voisins

Aux États-Unis le recrutement 2.0 est utilisé avec succès par plus de 90% des sociétés. En Europe, le recrutement 2.0 commence à avoir le vent en poupe, comme l’indique une étude récente: 20% des c...

ZiDCard.com participe au premier “BE Happiness Day” des entreprises à Bruxelles

Dirigeants et responsables de ressources humaines de plus de 40 sociétés dont AXA, Accenture, Ethias, ING et le FOREM, se sont réunis à Val Duchesse à Bruxelles lors de ce BE Happiness Day pour pro...

Comment recrutent Viadeo et Linkedin ou le Paradoxe du Cordonnier !

par jean-christophe Anna Même si Facebook et Twitter ont actuellement la cote, les deux acteurs principaux du Recrutement via les médias sociaux restent clairement Linkedin et Viadeo. Les deux Rése...

Le bonheur au travail comme moteur

Par Frédéric Brébant (trends.levif.be) A l’occasion de la première Journée internationale du bonheur décrétée par l’ONU ce 20 mars, le tout premier «BE Happiness Day» sera organisé en Belgique à ce...

Bâtisseur ou consolidateur, quel candidat êtes-vous ?

Par David Abiker Recruter un vendeur de voiture, c’est recruter quelqu’un qui sera recruté par le client, c’est un peu la leçon que je tire de 20 minutes de discussion dans un véh...

Les Recruteurs au secours de la Marque Employeur

par Annepestel (paperblog.fr) L’image de marque est une denrée puissante et délicate. Et à chaque contact avec les candidats, le message de Marque Employeur doit être cohérent, vivant, et succinct ...

La formation, ça sert à rien…

Publié par ArnoLgs (arnolgs.blogspot.be) Quel RH n’a jamais entendu cette phrase provocatrice dans la bouche de l’un ou l’autre collègue : “la formation, ça sert à rienR...

Comment Google préempte les talents d’après-demain

Par Maxime Verner. On croit connaître Google. Le géant de… tout, et un plus que tout. Le maître du Web, sur tous supports, mais aussi du séquençage d’ADN (via 23andMe) ou encore l’extraction des mé...

Les recruteurs connaissent encore mal les bachelors

Par Gaëlle Ginibrière Ils situent mal le niveau d’études correspondant à cette formation, mais en soulignent l’expérience professionnelle acquise via les stages. Avec une croissance des candidature...

Heineken : The Candidate, un entretien d’embauche hors du commun

Heineken propose un entretien pas comme les autres afin de départager les candidats. Une vidéo résume à la perfection ce parcours du combattant ! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Ftu3NbivE Lire la...

Un CV décalé qui présente une bonne cohérence entre la forme et le fond

Un chef de produit Web a présenté son CV comme une page Amazon. Séduites par sa démarche, une centaine d’entreprises ont déjà pris contact avec lui. «Un seul en stock, commandez-vite.» Atten...

Quel est le secret de la performance au travail?

Bien manger et faire régulièrement du sport. Voilà le secret pour être plus performant au travail, et même pour réduire le nombre de ses journées d’absence du bureau. C’est du moins ce ...

Les moins de 30 ans préfèrent les startups aux grandes entreprises, selon une étude

Par commentcamarche.net Selon une étude menée par PayScale aux Etats-Unis, les travailleurs issus de la Génération Y seraient peu représentés dans les grandes entreprises, préférant aux groupes les...

La génération Y façonne autrement son parcours professionnel

Les Gen Y cherchent constamment à développer leurs compétences… Par Valérie Landrieu avec Marie-Sophie Ramspacher (business.lesechos.fr) On les appelle « echos boomers », « génération Interne...

L’intelligence émotionnelle dans l’environnement professionnel

Par Jose Luis del Campo Villares Pensez-vous qu’une gestion adaptée de l’intelligence émotionnelle au sein d’une organisation contribuerait à son bon fonctionnement ? Pour beaucoup, l’intelligence ...

Sourire continuel et stress refoulé : le syndrome de l’hôtesse de l’air

Par Rozenn Le Saint (rue89.com) Vendeurs, infirmiers, téléconseillers… Priés de rester aimables, ces « ouvriers émotionnels » ont des astuces pour garder leur calme. Même pendant les soldes. Les so...

Un salaire de 90 000 euros pour être heureux ?

Existe-t’il une corrélation entre le salaire et le bonheur? Gagner 90 000 euros par an, ce serait le prix du bonheur pour les Français. Tel est en tout cas le verdict d’un sondage réalisé par...

Tests à l’embauche : des pistes pour valoriser son image employeur

De l’importance de la marque employeur: Concepteur de solutions d’évaluation des compétences, PerformanSe organisait récemment une matinée sur sa thématique de prédilection : le test. Commen...

L’ennui vous mine… Et si vous passiez au job crafting ?

Mêmes têtes, mêmes rituels, mêmes obstacles. Sans perspective d’évolution, au-dedans comme au dehors de l’entreprise, vous tournez en rond comme un lion en cage… Remodelez votre j...

Comment tuer son Boss? (Fiction ou réalité)

Avec les best-sellers tels que “Horrible Bosses” et “L’Open Space m’a tué”, sans oublier la télévision avec “The Office”, il est clair que les boss &...

“Les patrons qui ont connu des discriminations restent des étrangers”

Propos recueillis par Alexia Eychenne (lexpress.fr) Fils d’immigrés, femmes, handicapés, autodidactes… Les patrons “atypiques” dirigeraient différement, en mettant à distanc...

Le DRH du XXI ème siècle

Partagé sur ZiDCard LinkedIn Group par Jérôme Pittie Pour accompagner ces changements, la fonction ressources humaines va devoir se transformer. Ses responsables, les DRH, sont âprement sollicités ...

Les cinq conseils de Gary Hamel pour manager autrement

Publié sur ZiDCard LinkedIn Group par Frédéric L. Le gourou du management dénonce les dérives de l’encadrement traditionnel. Il détermine cinq principes clefs qu’il juge indispensables aux en...

Infantilise-t’on les salariés?

Article partagé sur ZiDCard LinkedIn Group par Jérôme P. Zèle au travail : attention aux explications psychologiques – Rue89 rue89.com L’article d’Elsa Fayner sur les raisons qui poussent...

Entêtement et paradoxe

Article partagé sur ZiDCard LinkedIn Group par Frédéric L. Quand notre action n’a pas l’effet escompté, souvent nous essayons encore, davantage, ou plus fort. Or il arrive qu’au lieu de nous rappro...

De l’intérêt des conflits

Partagé sur LinkedIn ZiDcard Group par Frédéric L. A vouloir systématiquement fuir les conflits, en entreprise ou ailleurs, nous finissons par générer des situations insortables. Pire, nous nous pr...

Recruteurs et managers : faut-il inverser les rôles ?

Par Franck Lapinta (francklapinta.com) Managers et recruteurs ont, dans une grande majorité de cas, une répartition figée de leurs rôles respectifs dans le processus de recrutement. Ces usages sero...

Gérer leurs RH : que peuvent apprendre les banques européennes de leurs consoeurs américaines ?

Par Claire Richardson (Directrice Europe Optimisation des Equipes, Verint Systems – Article: journaldunet.com) Face à la concurrence accrue, les banques européennes doivent anticiper leur ges...

Messagerie électronique des salariés : une jurisprudence favorable aux employeurs

Par Antoine Cheron (Avocat Associé, cabinet ACBM Avocats – articles : journaldunet.com) La consultation de la messagerie du salarié par l’employeur est l’objet d’âpres conte...

RH et réseaux sociaux : une question de culture ?

Par Guilhem Cadoret (focusrh.com) Dans un contexte d’engouement sans pareil autour de la marque employeur et du personal branding, les réseaux sociaux dévoilent quelques failles. Des freins surmont...

Médias sociaux : on y va ! (ou pas)

Par oeil-au-carre.fr Au cours de ma veille quotidienne, je suis tombée sur un article de Challenges qui indique que si les entreprises ne prennent pas le virage des réseaux sociaux, elles risquent ...

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HR Bashing, mon DRH est nul…

Par François Geuze (lecercle.lesechos.fr) LE CERCLE. Les DRH sont des nuls, ils ne servent à rien, n’ont jamais eu la moindre valeur ajoutée, ils sont égoïstes, renfermés sur eux-mêmes, incapables ...

Réseau social d’entreprise : faut-il se doter d’une charte ?

Par Dominique Filippone (journaldunet.com) L’essor des RSE amène les entreprises à réfléchir aux moyens d’encadrer les nouveaux usages qui en découlent. Quelles sont les spécificités d&...

Vers l’entreprise agile

Par Lambolez Christel (les-rh.fr) Pour survivre et continuer à être performante, l’entreprise n’a plus d’autre choix au XXIe siècle que de former ses collaborateurs à penser différemment afin de mu...

Marque employeur : comment réconcilier l’image et la réalité ?

par Agnes Duroni (Marque employeur) Dans un contexte de mondialisation et de globalisation, l’entreprise n’a plus la capacité de proposer des carrières stables et linéaires. Le contexte d’insécurit...

Rejet de la verticalité et nouvel ordre 2.0

Par Patrick Storhaye (rhinfo.com) “ Faut-il (…) croire que l’ordre communautaire du « 2.0 » est une alternative crédible au mode hiérarchique et pyramidal ? Un nouvel ordre, digne...

Oui, je gueule contre les recruteurs, si je veux!

Par Geoffroy Couprie,  consultant en sécurité informatique (via http://jnchaintreuil.com) Suite à l’excellent article d’Alexandre à propos des étudiants qui ne se fatiguent pas à envoyer des candid...

Guide : intégrer le Web 2.0 et les réseaux sociaux dans une entreprise ou une organisation

Par netpublic.fr En septembre 2012, le CEFRIO (centre facilitant la recherche et l’innovation dans les organisations au Canada) a publié en ligne un document essentiel pour les entreprises et les o...

Le métier des RH expliqué à sa fille, son fils, sa nièce, son neveu

LE CERCLE. Professionnels de la fonction RH dans le secteur privé ou public et en cabinet de conseil, votre fonction et vos responsabilités quotidiennes éveillent la fierté, la curiosité, l’incompr...

Votre identité numérique influence-t-elle la décision d’emploi ? Infographie et analyse

Par Savinien (Métiers du Web) Le blog du modérateur vient tout juste de publier les résultats d’une enquête très intéressante. L’identité numérique et l’emploi. Un panel de 2 526 candidats et de 37...

Les médias sociaux font-ils l’unanimité auprès des employeurs

Par frenchweb.fr La montée en puissance des médias sociaux a conduit certaines entreprises à créer et à mettre en œuvre des politiques d’utilisation pour leurs employés, certaines étant plus permis...

Votre influence sur le web peut-elle vous faire recruter?

Par Alexia Eychenne (lexpress.fr) Les sites de mesure de “l’influence” numérique, comme l’Américain Klout, espèrent convaincre les employeurs d’utiliser leurs outils p...

RH : L’e-réputation s’applique autant aux candidats qu’aux recruteurs

Avec le web 2.0, la recherche d’emploi a connu d’énormes changements. Les sites de recrutement classique sont depuis quelques temps un peu moins consultés au profit des réseaux sociaux tels que Twi...

Nouvelle condamnation d’un salarié pour injures sur Facebook

Par Le Monde.fr avec AFP Le tribunal correctionnel de Paris a condamné mardi à 500 euros d’amende avec sursis un salarié de l’opérateur de centres d’appels Webhelp de Caen pour av...

Non, vous ne pouvez pas (encore) insulter votre patron sur Facebook

Par Gérard Haas, Avocat (leplus.nouvelobs.com) LE PLUS. ”A toute la direction, vous êtes toutes de belles baltringues anti-professionnelles” avait cru bon de partager un salarié avec se...

Pourquoi il va falloir se méfier de ce qu’on dit sur Facebook

Par Chloé Dussapt (challenges.fr) DECRYPTAGE Alors que les affaires de “licenciements Facebook” se multiplient devant les tribunaux, Challenges.fr vous dévoile le premier arrêt décisif ...

Incertitudes Autour de la Jurisprudence “Licenciements Facebook”

Par Christelle Dardant La fin de l’année 2011 a remis au premier plan la question de la validité des licenciements, fondés sur des preuves issues des propos tenus sur des réseaux sociaux, plus part...

La Crise des RH 2.0

par Guillaume Caramalli (recrutementmediassociaux.com) Les médias sociaux transforment la fonction RH, pour le pire, et le meilleur ? Les médias sociaux sur la corde raide Ne parlons pas ici des co...

Du CV playmobil au CV CSS, tous à la pointe…

Par Priscilla (Via smashinghub.com et webdesignledger.com) Décidément les créatifs nous surprennent toujours en matière de CV original. Ces derniers jours, un CV reçu par courrier à l’agence ...

L’impact des réseaux sociaux sur le recrutement dans IT Un candidat sur cinq rejeté à cause de son « profil social »

Par infoDSI.com Dans le secteur IT, presque un cadre sur cinq admet que le profil d’un candidat sur un réseau social l’a conduit à ne pas recruter la personne. Cette résultat est dévoil...

RH et réseaux sociaux : une question de culture ?

Par Guilhem Cadoret (focusrh.com) Dans un contexte d’engouement sans pareil autour de la marque employeur et du personal branding, les réseaux sociaux dévoilent quelques failles. Des freins surmont...

Le parallèle avec l’école pour expliquer le métier des RH aux enfants

Encore aujourd’hui, l’école fait peu de connexions sur le métier des RH par le rôle du lien social dans la relation au travail, au travers du prisme de la dynamique d’un groupe entre le professeur,...

Du nouveau pour les « licenciements Facebook »: le réseau social n’est pas forcément un espace public

Par Protéger Son Image Nous abordons régulièrement le sujet des licenciements intervenus suite à des publications sur Facebook, et il y a aujourd’hui du nouveau dans ce domaine. En effet, la Cour d...

We know what you’re doing

Par Protéger Son Image We know what you’re doing… and we think you should stop. En effet, de bien trop nombreux statuts Facebook sont encore publics, et révèlent des informations qui devraient parf...

“L’absence de reconnaissance au travail démotive les salariés”

Par PhilippeLaurent (Express Yourself) Un “merci”, une augmentation, une promotion… Philippe Laurent, coach et formateur, analyse ces petits gestes qui permettent aux employés de ...

L’e-réputation, un critère d’embauche

Par Protéger Son Image La semaine dernière, Quechua faisait le buzz sur Twitter, suite à la parution d’une offre de stage pour un poste de Community Manager. Entre autres critères de sélection, il ...

Le recruteur a-t-il encore une place dans le recrutement ? Et laquelle ?

Par  BERTRAND DUPERRIN Les recruteurs ont toujours du mal à mesurer la réelle performance des réseaux sociaux en matière de recrutement. Sous-estimée, surement, sous exploités, évidemment, mal util...

Recruteurs, accordez un peu de considération aux demandeurs d’emploi !

Par Fanny K , Candidat libre La recherche d’un emploi est un bonheur que beaucoup d’entre nous sommes amenés à expérimenter. Candidater nécessite un investissement en terme de temps, et...

Psychologie: les trois types de personnes qui font obstacle à l’innovation

Par Slate.fr Innover, prendre des risques, plonger dans l’inconnu, accepter de se transformer, c’est difficile pour toute organisation. C’est même impossible si l’équipe n&#...

[Infographie ] E-reputation et Emploi

La réputation est l’opinion (plus techniquement, l’évaluation sociale) du public envers une personne, un groupe, ou une organisation. La réputation est un facteur important dans de nomb...

Google, un employeur qui fait rêver les étudiants

Les étudiants français en FAC d’informatique placent Google en tête des entreprises intégrant le mieux les intérêts personnels de ses employés. Elle monte dans l’estime des ingénieurs e...

Stress des salariés : les signes qui ne trompent pas

Par Céline Tridon Fatigue excessive, démotivation, perte de moyens, irritabilité… Ce ne sont que quelques-uns des symptômes d’un salarié stressé. Pour éviter que les choses ne tournent ...

Un recrutement raté, c’est un client perdu!

Submergées par les demandes, les directions des ressources humaines négligent les candidatures. De mauvaises pratiques qui rejaillissent sur les entreprises et leur font perdre des clients, selon ...

Recrutement Intégration des salariés, une étape à ne pas négliger sinon…

Par Céline Tridon Un salarié sur deux envisage de quitter sa nouvelle entreprise avant la fin de sa période d’essai. En cause ? La réalité du poste trop différente de la présentation faite lo...

« La gueule de l’emploi » : un document choc sur le recrutement

Photo extraite du documentaire “La gueule de l’emploi”, diffusé sur France 2, le 6 octobre. Un film sur “la comédie de la cruauté du travail”, selon le réalisateur Di...

Le CV vidéo, potentiel meilleur ennemi de votre image en ligne

Le CV vidéo a déjà quelques années derrière lui, et pas mal de ratés. Et même s’il a été montré, démontré, prouvé et expliqué que cet exercice est particulièrement périlleux, voire dangereux pour v...

Le sourcing EST l’avenir du recrutement – 1

Tout est disponible aujourd’hui sur internet…toutes les informations personnelles que vous pouvez imaginer sont là, accessibles à tous! Un nouveau métier émerge, le sourcing. Et le sourcing est une...

Et si le recrutement 2.0 n’était que du marketing ?

Par Laurent Brouat Le débat est lancé, la question est là…Aujourd’hui en terme de sourcing, les réseaux sociaux sont encore limités. Chiffres à l’appui, les jobboards et la cooptation représentent ...

Usurpation d’identité en ligne: première condamnation en Belgique

Ecrit par Protéger Son Image Un tribunal belge a condamné à sept mois de prison avec sursis et 550€ d’amende une femme qui avait créé un faux profil Facebook au nom de son ancien patron dans l’inte...

Plus vrais que nature, petit florilège de « faux » CV vidéos. (Et heureusement !)

Si certains CV –  très souvent il faut l’avouer sous forme de CV vidéos – se trouvent être pour leurs auteurs et leur candidature une boîte de pandore qu’ils n’auraient jamais dus ouvrir, les menan...

Laisser des traces sur Internet

Notre identité est également constituée d’un ensemble de traces que nous laissons derrière nous.En utilisant Internet, chacun de nous laisse des traces, à travers différents services dont voi...

Escroqueries relatives à des offres d’emploi

Les personnes qui sont au chômage ou qui cherchent désespérément un emploi sont celles qui peuvent le moins se permettre de voir leur argent partir en fumée. Or, ce sont ces personnes que les escro...

Faux profils et réseaux sociaux

Faux profils et réseaux sociaux Bill Gates ou encore Steve Jobs ont chacun des dizaines de profils sur un même réseau social. En effet, il est très simple de créer un profil d’une tierce pers...

CV Fishing, Fraude et Faux Recrutements de Managers de Transition

Bonjour à tous, Depuis quelques mois, je constate une recrudescence d’offres d’emploi factices sur le net. Le mode opératoire est à peu près toujours le même. Les 9 critères de screenin...

Facebook aux Recruteurs : Gare aux Violations de la Vie Privée

« Tout employeur qui chercherait à accéder aux données privées d’un candidat sur Facebook s’exposerait à des poursuites juridiques ». Suite à de nombreuses plaintes d’utilisateurs réagissant aux pr...

Les trucs pour briller au bureau

Ceux qui réussissent ont des compétences et quelques petits trucs qui font la différence. Lionel Dagot, un pro de la psychologie d’entreprise, révèle ces petits secrets. Parfumez-vous ! E...

ZiDCard.com: Origine et Concept (1/3)

Publié dans Entreprises Magazine – Newsletter Edition juillet-août 2012 ZiDCard, société luxembourgeoise fondée en septembre 2011, propose une méthodologie inédite en matière d’e-rec...

ZiDCard.com : Origine et Concept (2/3)

Concrètement, quels sont les services que vous proposez? En quoi consistent l’innovation et la valeur ajoutée de ces services par rapport à ce qui existe déjà? Pour les candidats, ZiDCard.com...

ZiDCard.com : Origine et Concept (3/3)

Qu’avez-vous retenu du parcours 1,2,3 GO ? Comment s’est poursuivi le développement de votre projet après la fin du parcours ? J’ai décidé de participer à 1,2,3 GO pour deux raiso...

Emploi mode d’emploi : tout ce qu’il faut faire pour éviter de se faire recruter…

Thierry Baux, gérant de B Ressource, société conseil en RH, vient prêter main-forte à la rubrique Emploi-Formation de TourMaG.com. Avec son expertise sur les relations employeurs-employés et les pr...

Veille Image et Marque Employeur

Une entreprise n’est plus uniquement le produit qu’elle délivre, le service qu’elle offre… elle est aussi employeur. Cette dualité dans l’entreprise entre son activité et son rôle d’employeur doit ...

Pourquoi les entreprises recherchent-elles des personnes dyslexiques, ou présentant le syndrome d’Asperger, ou un TDA?

par Mylène Vandecasteele Alors que durant des décennies, les entreprises s’efforçaient de recruter les employés les plus équilibrés et les plus diplômés, The Economist indique que l’on assist...

Ressources humaines Quel canal de recrutement faut-il privilégier?

Relations personnelles, annonces, candidatures spontanées, les voies menant à un job sont multiples. Parmi elles, les réseaux sociaux s’imposent chaque jour davantage comme un canal à ne pas ...

Manager avec élégance : la clé vers plus d’efficacité

De nombreux managers souhaitent améliorer leurs performances et leur capacité de direction en se montrant plus forts, plus communicatifs et en prenant des décisions plus rapidement… Cependant, d’a...

Quelle (r)évolution pour la fonction RH ?

Le 1er gala des ressources humaines organisé par l’Agora des RH et de la formation le 10 mai dernier a été l’occasion de présenter les résultats de l’étude menée en partenariat avec l’Agora, les ...

Recrutement : les entreprises restent trop passives

Si les entreprises reconnaissent avoir des difficultés à attirer des candidats compétents, elles continuent malgré tout à attendre que l’oiseau rare vienne frapper à leur porte. © Thinkstoc...

Embauche à la grecque

Par Neon Renoncer à la sécu et aux vacances, bosser 12h / jour… Voilà ce qui attend les jeunes Grecs qui voudront un job en 2013. Pas de panique, il ne s’agit (pour l’instant) que de fiction : une ...

Comment un serious games facilite le recrutement ?

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlbaXSP_cW0 Globalement aujourd’hui les Serious Games sont utilisés pour gérer deux problématiques traditionnelles en Ressources Humaines : l’évaluation des candidat...

Recruteurs, recto-verso

Par Julie (rhbrutes) Un de mes amis informaticiens a cherché un emploi l’an dernier. Il a un CV assez varié dans un domaine pointu et comme je suis en RH il me racontait ses entrevues, surtout les...

Comment les abeilles sont-elles managées ?

Par Jean-Marc Le Gall, professeur associé au Celsa Quelle est, à l’heure du numérique, la meilleure organisation du travail pour une entreprise ? Alex Pentland, directeur du Human Dynamics La...

La génération Y existe-t-elle vraiment ?

Par Nathalie Brafman Ils sont l’objet d’études, de colloques, des livres entiers leur sont consacrés. La blogosphère déborde de commentaires sur eux, ils font la “une” des ...

Top 10 des pires jobs du monde, le « vrai » travail qu’il faut saluer

Par Bastien S. Crédits photo (creative commons) : micky c82 « Nous allons organiser la Fête du travail, mais la fête du vrai travail, de ceux qui travaillent dur, de ceux qui sont exposés, qui sou...

Emploi et réseaux sociaux, de vrais faux amis ?

Par Olivier de Conihout LE CERCLE. (par Olivier de Conihout) – Gardez-moi de mes amis, mes ennemis, je m’en charge… La maxime s’applique aux réseaux sociaux. Engagement poli...

Les 5 qualités les plus recherchées par les recruteurs

Par Aurélie Tachot Outre les diplômes et les compétences techniques des candidats, les recruteurs accordent beaucoup d’importance au savoir-être dans leur processus de sélection. Découvrez les 5 tr...

De l’importance de se constituer un réseau pour trouver un travail

Par atlantico.fr Adapté au public français par Jacques Froissant, “Guérilla Marketing pour trouver un emploi” est la botte secrète de toute personne qui cherche un travail. Il y puisera...

Une simulation d’entretien d’embauche face à des avatars en 3D

Par lamontagne.fr S’entraîner aux entretiens d’embauche dans un simulateur ? On pourrait croire que cela relève d’un roman de science-fiction façon Philip K. Dick, prolifique auteur en la matière....

Médias sociaux et vie professionnelle: état des lieux

Par HRevolution   L’usage des médias sociaux, a fortiori par le biais des mobiles, change radicalement la donne en entreprise. À tel point qu’il en devient une préoccupation grandissante des ...

Le dirigeant de demain? Tout le contraire de celui d’aujourd’hui!

Par Sébastien Pommier pour L’Entreprise.com A travers le regard de plus de 4 000 diplômés “grandes écoles”, une étude publiée par le réseau Grandes Ecoles au Féminin dresse un portrait robot de ce ...

Résultats d’une étude Delphi sur le recrutement et les médias sociaux

Par eogez Dans le cadre de son doctorat au sein du laboratoire MRM à l’Université Montpellier 2, Aurélie Girard (sur Twitter  @aurelieg34) a réalisé une étude sur le recrutement et les médias soc...

Le travailleur belge peut-il « tout » écrire sur Facebook ? (1)

Par Etienne Wery et Julie Kasinski Pour la première fois au Pays-Bas, le juge a confirmé le licenciement d’un employé pour avoir tenu sur Facebook des propos insultants sur son employeur, qui...

Le travailleur belge peut-il « tout » écrire sur Facebook ? (2)

Un juge protecteur du travailleur Dans une décision rendue le 4 mars 2010, la Cour de travail de Bruxelles a jugé qu’un travailleur ayant eu des propos irrespectueux sur Facebook envers les dirigea...

ZiDCard : le e-recrutement anonyme

Par Sébastien Lambotte (PaperJam)  Une nouvelle solution d’e-recrutement a fait son apparition sur la toile. Établie et créée depuis le Luxembourg, ZiDCard.com veut répondre aux attentes des recru...

ZiDCard.com innove dans l’e-recrutement

Existe-t-il une solution sûre qui permette de se signaler à l’attention des recruteurs sans courir le risque d’être démasqué par son employeur ? OUI ! – ZiDCard.com, géré par une équipe d’exp...

Comment les recruteurs lisent votre CV

Par Guirec Le nom est barbare, mais la méthode efficace. Pour repérer la façon dont les recruteurs étudient les CV, le cabinet de recrutement The Ladders a demandé à 30 d’entre eux de se prêter à ...

Les entreprises répugnent à embaucher des Marilyn Monroe

Par Jean-Pierre Robin La beauté est un facteur de réussite reconnu dans la vie professionnelle. Mais, paradoxalement, c’est aussi un obstacle pour trouver un emploi. La cause des jolies femmes n&...

Facebook s’oppose aux recruteurs qui exigent les mots de passe

Par Eric le Bourlout C’est dit, Facebook n’apprécie pas que l’on vienne fouiller dans vos affaires. Réagissant à l’enquête de l’Associated Press que nous évoquions la semaine dernière, le réseau ...

Donneriez-vous votre mot de passe Facebook à un recruteur ?

Par surlatoile.com Le premier recruteur que j’avais eu le « privilège » de rencontrer m’a avoué tout de go que son « rêve » (inaccessible à l’époque) était de pouvoir avoir la clé...

Intelligence projective et recrutement

Par Florence Painchaud, consultante senior, et Ludivine Maestre, directrice d’Adelphis ACM Lille  Recruter semble complexe. Les cycles de recrutement pour les cadres qui durent plusieurs mois doive...

9 choses à ne JAMAIS dire en entretien

Par Rafaële Réal (Pampa Presse) Vous voulez ce job coûte que coûte. Et votre interlocuteur veut la personne idéale pour ce poste. Aucun doute, ce dernier ne vous fera pas le moindre cadeau. Tourne...

Ouvrir votre Facebook aux recruteurs ?

par Thomas Debelle Pour l’heure l’affaire se passe aux Etats-Unis, mais elle pourrait faire des émules en France, même si une telle éventualité est totalement illégale et sujette à bien des controv...

Le ranger solitaire et 4 autres profils indispensables à une équipe de choc

Par Jobat, Source : BusinessNewsDaily.com Pour former une équipe compétitive, le manager doit savoir composer avec différentes personnalités. Mais certains profils sont plus précieux que d’autres. ...

La GIRH, ou l’expatriation de la GRH

Par bearingpoint La mondialisation, enjeu éminemment stratégique pour nombre d’entreprises, oblige ces dernières à sortir de la dichotomie « exportation vs. marché national » pour appréhender les m...

Bien s’organiser pour bien recruter, quelques astuces

Par Raphaël VISNADI Recruter, au sein d’une PME est un acte important qui pose au dirigeant de multiples questions : le management, l’organisation, les aspects financiers… De plus, les choix de rec...

Recrutement : quelles sont les pratiques des employeurs ?

Par A. Ninucci  Une étude menée sous la houlette du ministère du Travail fait le point sur les pratiques des employeurs en matière de recrutements. S’il n’y est pas ouvertement question de discrimi...

CV : les 5 règles de base à respecter

Par Capital.fr  Titre, état civil, expérience professionnelle, formation, loisirs… Un curriculum vitae doit comporter 5 rubriques et tenir sur une page. Des règles de base bien connues, mais ...

Dress code : comment s’habiller en cas de promotion ou de chômage

Par FmR Si vous connaissez l’émission Personne ne bouge, diffusée le dimanche à 20h sur Arte, vous avez peut-être déjà vu les vidéos “dress-code”. En quelques minutes ce programme...

Réussir les recrutements pour une TPE

Par Nadia Dref, LE MATIN Dans un contexte économique difficile, une erreur de casting coûte plus cher à ces petites structures. Malgré le contexte économique difficile, il y a encore des jeunes...

Qu’est-ce qui rend un employeur attrayant?

Par Jean-Noël Chaintreuil [Un article repris de l'excellent site lesaffaires.com, écrit par Olivier Schmouker - et dont je ne peux que vous conseiller les excellents articles.] (Les employés heure...

Et un mauvais recrutement, ça coûte combien?

Par Jean-Noël Chaintreuil Se tromper dans un recrutement, l’éternelle peur des RH ! Que ce soit dans un grand groupe, dans une PME et particulièrement dans une startup, le recrutement est clef. T...

Recrutement en ligne : l’interview de Matthieu de la Thébeaudière

Par Alix Foriel  Pour sa première vague en 2012, et alors que le chômage est au cœur des préoccupations des Français à quelques mois de l’élection présidentielle, l’Observatoire Orange-...

Quand le Net révolutionne le recrutement

Par Cécilia Gabizon Capture d’écran d’une annonce vidéo sur Dailymotion. Crédits photo : FRANCK PRIGNET/Le Figaro Magazine Les réseaux sociaux sont désormais des outils indispensables ...

Quand les recruteurs s’interrogent sur leurs pratiques

Par Le Monde.fr “Entre humanisation et industrialisation”, le coeur des professionnels du recrutement balance. C’est en tout cas le titre qu’a retenu, avec pas mal de pertin...

Anonymous met en garde les recruteurs

Par LEXPRESS.fr  Le groupe informel de hackers s’en prend à la précarité des jeunes diplômés français. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini Une vidéo se revendiquant du mouvement de hackers s’...

Réseaux sociaux : comment réagissent les recruteurs face à un détail gênant sur un candidat ?

Par CadresOnline    Il est de plus en plus fréquent qu’un recruteur se rende sur les réseaux sociaux pour y trouver des informations complémentaires sur un candidat dont il a retenu le CV. Et...

Candidats, attention : les recruteurs vous « googlisent »

Par Corinne Zerbib dans La vie du Labo  Une auxiliaire de puériculture qui expose son goût pour les drogues illicites sur un forum, un chirurgien qui apparaît en photo sur Facebook lors d’une soiré...

Les secrets de la Génération Y

Par Pascal Lacroix  J’ai récemment découvert le blog La Génération Y, blog animé par Julien Pouget. Les sujets traités présentent les caractéristiques de cette génération ainsi que des éléments pou...

Vos points forts et réussites méritent un bravo

Par Sophie Girardeau Vous améliorer en permanence, comme on vous le rappelle lors de vos entretiens annuels, d’accord, mais pas au point de minimiser vos atouts. Managers, ne craignez pas de félici...

Entretien d’embauche : les 25 questions les plus bizarres de 2011

Durant l’année écoulée, de nombreux candidats ont souhaité partager sur Glassdoor.com certaines des questions les plus bizarres entendues en entretien d’embauche. En cette fin d’année 2011 le site...

7 compétences que n’importe quel (bon) recruteur devrait posséder !

Par David Bernard Psychologue du travail et expert en psychométrie  En tant que recruteur(euse), vous passez certainement une large partie de votre temps à scanner le comportement, les aptitudes, l...

Les 10 tendances actuelles en marque employeur

Par Guillaume Coudert directeur commercial et business development chez Studyka Communication RH, e-réputation, marque employeur, marketing RH… L’entreprise du 21e siècle est assaillie par un ensem...

Comment la « mauvaise réputation » peut faire échouer un recrutement

La moitié des candidats à un emploi disent avoir renoncé à postuler auprès d’une entreprise après avoir lu des informations négatives à son sujet sur Internet; et 8% des recruteurs disent avo...

10 choses à ne pas faire pour garder vos employés motivés !

Par David Bernard, Psychologue du travail et expert en psychométrie Lorsqu’il s’agit de management, on parle souvent de ce qu’il faut FAIRE pour garder ses troupes au top… Et si l’on prenait ...

Les entreprises souffrent de mauvaises pratiques de recrutement

Par Peoplesphere Quasiment la moitié (49%) des demandeurs d’emploi ont une image négative de l’entreprise auprès de laquelle ils ont postulé en vain. C’est le résultat d’une enquête auprès de 1.600...

Comment gérer une erreur de recrutement

Par Basiques du Management A. Prendre conscience de la situation Avant de gérer une erreur de recrutement, encore faut-il l’avoir identifiée. Une tâche qui n’est pas toujours aisée. Il ...

RH : L’e-réputation s’applique autant aux candidats qu’aux recruteurs

Par Metiers du web Avec le web 2.0, la recherche d’emploi a connu d’énormes changements. Les sites de recrutement classique sont depuis quelques temps un peu moins consultés au profit des réseaux s...

Rire au bureau, est-ce bien sérieux ?

Par Anne Boineau  En ces temps d’hypermédiatisation du stress, le rire entre en résistance. Il apparaît à certains comme salvateur. Oui, mais comment le manier à bon escient ?     Le ri...

Recruter en temps de crise : attention danger

Par Express.be Les DHR sont particulièrement préoccupés, en ce début d’année, par le recrutement de cadres dans ce contexte de tensions.  La crise impose de bien réfléchir avant de recruter, ...

Entretien d’embauche – comment trouver les meilleurs candidats

Par W. Bien qu’en raison de la récession, des thèmes plutôt désagréables tels que le chômage partiel ou même la résiliation dominent en matière de ressources humaines, une chose est sûre: la crise ...

L’ère de la marque employeur

Par Brice Ancelin  En l’espace d’une 15aine d’années, le concept de marque employeur a parcouru du chemin, pour finalement s’imposer auprès des professionnels RH. Retour sur une notion devenue la p...

“Manager la génération Y” : suivez le guide

Par Florence Pinaud et Marie Desplats  La génération Y n’est pas un “péril jeune” pour les entreprises. Ses attentes et ses méthodes de travail obligent les managers à faire preu...

Rapprochement Dexia / KBL : quel impact pour l’emploi? Un avis d’expert Luxembourgeois du Qatar.

Par Benjamin de Seille, GBN L’avis évoque une approche particulière et intéressante à propos des investissements Qatari:  Entretien – Benjamin de Seille, GBN

Les réseaux sociaux vont-ils enterrer les jobboards ?

Par Arnaud Pottier Rossi   Les réseaux sociaux, aujourd’hui quotidiennement utilisés par les recruteurs et les candidats, contribuent à faire évoluer les méthodes de recrutement. Vont-ils aussi ent...

Comment la « mauvaise réputation » peut faire échouer un recrutement

Par Le Monde.fr La moitié des candidats à un emploi disent avoir renoncé à postuler auprès d’une entreprise après avoir lu des informations négatives à son sujet sur Internet; et 8% des recr...

Pourquoi les employeurs ont-ils si peur de rendre leurs collaborateurs heureux?

Par Frank van Massenhove Searchin for light in the darkness of insanity I ask myself is all hope lost, Is there only pain and hatred, and misery, And each time I feel like this inside, There’s one...

Recherche mouton à 12 pattes. Cerveaux s’abstenir.

Par Ze FML Depuis 3 mois, j’ai posé 27 candidatures, toutes ciblées, qui m’ont permis de recevoir 20 accusés de réception, et de décrocher 10 entretiens. Déjà, il est inadmissible de ne pas avoir d...

Quand les RH débarquent dans l’ère du 2.0 – Jour 1

By Laurence Vanhée, Head of Personnel & Organisation at Belgian Ministry of Social Security A l’heure où j’écris ces quelques mots, le soleil se lève sur la très jolie ville  d’Edinbourg. Le 1...

Les idées reçues sur le recrutement et les médias sociaux (la suite 3/3)

Par François Combes “Ce billet inaugure une série d’articles écrits par François Combes et Anne-Laure Raffestin. Rédigés sur différents blogs, ils s’attaqueront aux idées reçues rencontrées à propo...

Les idées reçues sur le recrutement et les médias sociaux (la suite 2/3)

Par François Combes “Ce billet inaugure une série d’articles écrits par François Combes et Anne-Laure Raffestin. Rédigés sur différents blogs, ils s’attaqueront aux idées reçues rencontrées à...

Les idées reçues sur le recrutement et les médias sociaux (1/3)

Par François Combes Ce billet inaugure une série d’articles écrits par François Combes et Anne-Laure Raffestin. Rédigés sur différents blogs, ils s’attaqueront aux idées reçues rencontr...

Sit down and listen – La rétention des talents, une autre aberration RH

By Laurence Vanhée, Head of Personnel & Organisation at Belgian Ministry of Social Security Guerre des Talents : ok. Développement des Talents : ok. Mobilité des Talents : ok Rétention des ...

Des primes ou déprime?

Devenez (in)visible et recevez les opportunités correspondant à vos attentes.   ZiDCard change les régles et vous facilite la vie! Pour trouver un job à la hauteur de vos comp...

Future of job boards: quality and precision of searches becomes more and more important

Everyone seems to agree that generalist large scale job boards are in trouble, and others are profiting. The decline of the Monster share price to below five dollars, parallel to the success story ...

The Twelve Attributes of a Truly Great Place to Work

by Tony Schwartz (HBR Blog Network) More than 100 studies have now found that the most engaged employees — those who report they’re fully invested in their jobs and committed to their employers — are significantly more productive, drive higher customer satisfaction and outperform those who are less engaged. But only 20 per cent of employees around the world report that they’re fully...

The Key to Changing Organizational Culture

By John Kotter. The Boston Globe just ran a front-page story in their “Ideas” section on organizational culture, inspired by some depressing events involving the Boston University hockey team. It was much more impactful than the average writing about culture, and raised the important question: Why do conversations about an important topic like culture typically go nowhere, leading companies to ...

Should we Distribute HR Into the Business?

By Josh Bersin Today we see an explosive change in the world of work: people work remotely with high degrees of connectivity, companies are globalized and organizations are flatter, employees are less engaged than ever, and talent markets are rapidly changing. Is it time for a whole new model for HR?We think the answer is yes. We are completing several years of research into the modern High-Imp...

Humour@work

By Viren Naidu At Beryl Call Centers, in Bedford Texas, the CEO once rode through the office on rollerblades dressed as a matador. Sounds crazy? Michael Kerr, an international Hall of Fame business speaker and president of Humour at Work shares more insights: Humour, take it seriously Studies find that people tend to respect people more who laugh at themselves. It also helps leaders come across...

Employees leave managers, not companies

By Alaister Low Today I found out one of my good friends left their position at a well known technology company that many people would “kill” to work for. I asked him why he left, expecting an answer like “I needed more of a challenge”, or “I outgrew the position and there was no where for me to grow”, but instead he said “I couldn’t work with my boss”. As he said this I thought about all the p...

You Don’t Have a Recruiting Problem

By Erin Osterhaus If you’re not getting the quantity or quality of job applicants you want, you might think you have a recruiting problem. But rather than spend time working on efforts like re-wording your job descriptions to make them more exciting, or looking for yet another job board to post them on, you might instead consider approaching your recruiting problem as a marketing problem. Here’...

Learning from the Younger Set: Productivity Lessons from Generation Y

By JOSHUA BJERKE (recruiter.com) Though the work style of Gen Y workers is frequently denigrated by veterans of the business world, they also possess a knowledge base completely foreign to many upper managers and executives and shouldn’t be ignored for their tech savviness and the productivity benefits that come from this know-how. In fact, there are a number of unconventional productivity less...

The Future Of Coworking And Why It Will Give Your Business A Huge Edge

BY LYDIA DISHMAN Here are the numbers that support the case for coworking–and why it’s not just for startups or freelancers anymore. Fun. Friendly. Inspiring. Collaborative. Productive. If you wouldn’t define your workplace with any or all of those terms, you may have to ditch your own desk and take a seat at a coworking space near you. Even if you aren’t an entrepreneur or fr...

Can Money Buy Happiness?

We often hear it, but how true is the phrase ‘Money can’t buy happiness’? Is there a correlation between the two, and if so, what can we learn from it? It turns out, if you think money and happiness are exclusive, you simply aren’t spending it right. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSIkdWxotKw Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory B...

Don’t talk about 2012 mistakes to define your 2013 goals… Enhance your successes!

By fredericw.com It is probably time for you to sit down and talk a little with your boss about your 2013 goals. Fine, this is a great opportunity to think back about your successes and to enhance them. Oh wait, it is not happening like that? So read this famous quote and bring it to your manager for your next meeting… We learn from our mistakes, we develop from our successes. Too many managers...

HR Trends 2013 : Miss Philomene’s forecast

By Laurence Vanhée (missphilomene.com) New year. New trends. What will the crystal ball tell us? What’s going on in the small HR world? From the top of their Ivory Tower, HR people built complex systems, absurd rules, inefficient processes that could make Kafka really jealous of them. Why talking about a Business Partner role if HR had been in touch with all the parts of the organisation (top, ...

Employer branding communications – it’s time to get social

Shared on ZiDCard LinkedIn Group by Johan C.  The original article was published in the UK’s Personnel Today as article 3 in a 4 part series in the lead up to the 2012 UK Employer Branding World Series Summit in London on 21 March 2012 where Brett is Chairing and presenting. Without a doubt, advances in new technologies, the emergence of social media and the popularity of mobile devices h...

Social Media Video 2013

Posted on ZiDCard LinkedIn Group by Johan C. Social Media Video 2013: Social Media Revolution 4 was written by international best selling author and keynote speaker Erik Qualman. It’s part of a series of social media videos that are the most watched in the world. Erik thanks everyone for their ideas and support! Video produced by equalman productions.

10 Things Not to Do When Interviewing (and 4 Bonus Tips)

by Herb Greenberg and Patrick Sweeney (ere.net) Below are some “don’ts” to keep in mind when interviewing, many of which relate to the most common interviewing errors. It’s from our book How to Hire and Develop Your Next Top Performer, 2nd edition: The Qualities That Make Salespeople Great, @2012, McGraw-Hill Professional; reprinted with permission of the publisher. Don’t be afraid to ask toug...

The Engagement Secret Of Great Leaders

 By Mike Myatt (forbes.com) -  Shared on ZiDCard LinkedIn Group Show me a great leader and I’ll show you a talented storyteller. Leadership and storytelling go hand-in-hand. In fact, leaders who lack the ability to leverage the power and influence of storytelling are missing the very essence of what accounts for compelling leadership to begin with – the story. Give me a few minutes and allow me...

Saying Thank You is Good Business

By Josh Bersin We just completed a year-long research study on the impact of employee recognition. It turns out that “high-recognition culture” companies dramatically outperform their peers in a whole range of business outcomes. These top companies generate 12X greater business outcomes in a variety of measures and have more than 30% lower voluntary turnover. The employee recogniti...

Marketing Lessons for Hiring Managers from the Presidential Campaigns

By Sajjad Massud Who knows marketing better than those who ran the presidential campaigns? During election season, it was hard to miss the candidates everywhere you went. When one wrong move can cost you the election, effective marketing becomes extremely important. Effective marketing strategies are no less important for companies looking to hire the best people, even if the whole country is n...

How to Add Value in Continuing Strategic Change

From Robert W. Jacobs, Barry Johnson, Frank McKeown Do you live with any of these seemingly “no-win” balancing acts? Employee interests and company interests Be the voice of the employee and interpret and enforce company policy Advocate for employees and advocate for management Educate and regulate Employee development and organization development Competitive employee compensation...

Stop Killing My Passive Candidate!

by Jeff Battinus (ere.net) My philosophy is that the best candidate is the one who is not, and does not need to look for a position. I am finding that in the past 12 months, there are fewer and fewer candidates who are not in the market for a position. People are more willing to speak with a recruiter, there are fewer objections I need to overcome, and it has been easier to reach people. I am s...

An Overlooked Ingredient: Discovering Corporate Culture Before Accepting the Job

By Joshua Bjerke (recruiter.com) A job interview may be about the employer and what that company wants, but that doesn’t mean you, as an interviewee, can’t do some probing of your own in order to make the best decision when choosing among job offers. No matter how attractive a position may appear on paper, if your values and personality don’t mesh with thecorporate culture, you’ll either go for...

Good Candidates Age Faster Than Homemade Bread…

It’s true – the clock is always ticking with good candidates. By Kris Dunn (hrcapitalist.com) With bad or average candidates, you can really do what you want.  Take your time, be indecisive, lose focus – whatever – bad to average candidates will be there whenever you get your act together and actually want to make a hire. Good to great candidates are different.  TheyR...

HR Overlooking Staff Retention, Corporate Image

By Joshua Bjerke (recruiter.com) The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) most recent Reward Risk survey found that businesses are starting to overlook the importance of both attracting andretaining talent in lieu of focusing on creating benefits packages to spur motivation and engagement. Company appeal and retention have both fallen out of the top ten list of concerns mea...

7 Ways to Minimize Perception-driven Hiring Mistakes

by Lou Adler If you like someone when you first meet, you maximize their positives and minimize their negatives. If you don’t like someone, you maximize their weaknesses, and minimize their positives. Now consider how many great candidates didn’t get the jobs they deserve because someone on the hiring team made a superficial judgment in the first minute, and then spent the rest of the interview...

How Long a Job’s Open Before You Think There’s Something Wrong With it

by Todd Raphael (ere.net) If you’ve ever shopped for a house, you know that after a certain number of days on the market, you start to wonder, “What’s wrong with this house?” Something like that goes on with jobs. After a certain point, some folks ask themselves, “why hasn’t this job been filled?” That point is somewhere around 72 days. Randstad asked 2,000 people, “How many working days does a...

Retaining Talent Through Stay Interviews

By Shala Marks (recruiter.com) During my senior year of college I interned with Avnet Inc., a global electronics distributor. For four consecutive years (2009-12) Avnet was named no.1 of Fortune Magazine’s “Most Admired” Companies and as I worked there, I started to see why. So many of its employees have been with the company for years. One lady I met in the finance department has been working ...

“We Would Love You to Apply”…. Now Killing Talent Acquisition at an Industry Battleship Near You…

By Kris Dunn (hrcapitalist.com) I was having a conversation with a high potential candidate last week, and she proceeded to tell me about a recent connection with a recruiter.  This candidate is bored, and “gettable” for the right company that can help her interrupt the career pattern she’s in. She’s reached the expiration date of her shelf life in her current gig.  She ...

Survey: Higher Education Required for Future Jobs

By Shala Marks (recruiter.com) A new joint survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Achieve, a nonprofit dedicated to improving education standards, revealed that technical and educational requirements are increasing across job categories. The results were based on the responses of 4,695 HR professionals in nine industries. It was released Oct. 3 during SHRM’s annual str...

Checklist of 53 Employer-of-Choice Engagement Practices

by Leigh Branham (ere.net) Because it is difficult to focus on implementing several practices all at once, you may wish to use this checklist to put items in order of importance or urgency as you begin to plan your employer-of-choice strategy. The following checklist is adapted from The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to Recognize the Subtle Signs and Act Before It’s Too Late. Copyright ...

What Recruiters Wish Job Seekers Knew

By Caroline Ceniza-Levine (forbes.com) A lot of job seekers wonder what happens behind-the-scenes in the hiring process. I asked a diverse group of recruiters from private sector to non-profit, fro...

The Best Recruiter I Ever Had (Didn’t Help Me Get A Job)

by Jason Alba (recruitingblogs.com) In my job search, six years ago, I thought I knew what recruiters were for: to get me a job. I thought it was your job to take my resume and find that perfect fit for me.  I found 30 local recruiters and shared my resume with them, sure they would be wowed, impressed, and fall all over themselves to place me so they could get a fat commission. Sound familiar?...

News Flash: Recruiting Has the Highest Business Impact of any HR Function

by Dr. John Sullivan (ere.net) Within most corporate HR functions, the atmosphere is simply too politically charged to even consider raising this powerful question:“Which HR function ranks No. 1 wi...

How to Ask Why You Didn’t Get The Job

By Suzanne Lucas (MoneyWatch-cbsnews.com) Dear Evil HR Lady, Is it considered poor taste to call an interviewer to ask why you weren’t selected for a job? That depends entirely on how you do it. Here’s an example of an “in poor taste” call: Candidate: Could you tell me why you didn’t hire me? Because I’m awesome, and I can’t figure out why you guys were...

Share ownership boosts employee engagement, four-year study reveals

By Tom Newcombe Three-quarters of UK employees who engaged with their employee share ownership plan were more motivated and committed to their employer, showed a study released today. Loughborough University published the findings of its four-year study into the human impact of HMRC-approved all-employee share plans. The most widely used scheme is Save as You Earn (SAYE) – also known as Shar...

HOW MANY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES HAVE ALREADY CHECKED OUT EMOTIONALLY? TIME TO WIN THEM BACK!

David Hieatt recently posted a series of photos showing pages from a book that never made it to the printers. It’s a fascinating insight into a powerful work-in-progress that we hope he’ll soon get published. The photo above struck us as particularly relevant to business leaders today. In our paper, “The Meaning Gap”, we explore how the interests of businesses, and the people formerly known as ...

Are internships useful or cheap labour?

You’re looking to get into a career path but potentially lack the experience required to be a successful candidate when applying for roles. Naturally you start to consider an internship as a way to get your foot in the door and some vital experience under your belt. But are internships worth it? Or are they purely a source of cheap labour for companies? We ask our experts: Question of the Week:...

Don’t Bluff a Recruiter!

By Josh Hale Believe it or not, there are a lot of parallels between being a successful poker player and a successful recruiter. I should know. In addition to being a third-party recruiter for almost 10 years, I have played poker with some degree of seriousness since college. Recently, I won one of the World Poker Tour’s marquee events, the Legends of Poker, at the Bicycle Casino, besting a fie...

How LinkedIn can be more dangerous than Facebook or Twitter

by “Justin Grey” (mybusiness.com.au) We’ve all heard about celebrity faux pas on Facebook and terrifying Tweets. But the things you and your staff do on LinkedIn may be even more dangerous because they can send confidential information to customers and even the media. Journalists connect to sources of information in just about any way we can, so LinkedIn has quickly become a useful ...

Just Landed Your Dream Job? Now Keep It.

By Kazim Ladimeji (recruiter.com) You spotted a great opportunity that few others knew about, you got a great application in early, you nailed your interview, impressed the manager and landed the perfect job with a salary and benefits package to die for. On top of it, it seems like you have the best manager, in the world. Job done? Not a chance. Once the honeymoon period is over, you will come ...

HR Decision Makers not Involved in Business Strategy

By JOSHUA BJERKE (Recruiter.com) HR outsourcing firm PlusHR has reported that 75 percent of HR professionals are not consulted on business strategy. The data come from a new survey conducted across 125 HR and business professionals representing companies ranging in size from 10 employees to 1000+. The survey also found that 57 percent of respondents feel that HR is chiefly used for communicatin...

How To Handle Headhunters on the Phone

By Marie Larsen (recruiter.com) You’re working at your desk when the phone rings. You pick it up. It’s a headhunter on the other end with a potential job opportunity you might be interested in. This isn’t exactly the best time…your boss could be right around the corner. What do you say? If you’re at work when a headhunter calls Kindly make it clear that you can’t talk now and that you’d like to...

What New College Grads Look For

By Maren Hogan (recruiter.com) While we’d all like to think we have a good handle on what’s happening in the job market, for many of us, it’s been quite some time since our college graduation – and what eventful years they have been! Even for entry level professionals, the last 3-5 years have seen many changes for college grads, most of them described by the media as “bleak”. According to a May...

You Can’t Fake Company Culture to Candidates

by Jim Roddy (ere.net) Bob Dukiet, my hard-driving college basketball coach, would frequently (and loudly) explain why we needed to give a genuine, 100% effort at all times. “You might be able to get away with faking it here in practice,” he’d holler. “But in a game, the other guy will smell you out!” In kinder words, unprepared players and inferior teams get exposed quickly. That principle app...

Recruiting Game Changers

by Will Thomson (recruitingblogs.com) Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and the Bulls have won six world championships. Michael Phelps has been awarded more gold medals than any other Olympic athlete in the history of the Olympics. George Strait has more #1 singles than any other musical artist. All of these people have similar characteristics. The question is what are they? What does it take to b...

Jobs Prospects for Today’s Graduates

By Marie Larsen (Recruitment.com) For a college graduate, career planning–as involved as it can be–is the easy part of finding the ideal job. Finding a job after graduation is becoming more challenging as the economy struggles to rebound. Current college graduates have to complete with the previous graduates, as well as displaced or furloughed employees with years of experience under their belt...

Job Disillusionment: What NOT to Expect from your Job

By JOSHUA BJERKE (recruitment.com) Be it your first job out of college, your first after an extended period of unemployment, or your first position in a new career, chances are you don’t have a full idea of what to expect from the experience. There are always necessary adjustments that must be made to adapt to the new surroundings. Despite the unfamiliar territory, many employees may still hold...

Where to Spend in 2013?

By Jason Averbook It is that time of year again when the common questions people ask us at Knowledge Infusion is to help them create a business case; which far too often is a HR case, as to where they should budget and focus their efforts around resourcing and spend for the following year.  Each year, this question is answered based on the organizations corporate and HR strategy and how to best...

5 Ways You Are Killing Your Business When Recruiting (Social Professionals)

By Debbie Horovitch I’m sure not everyone is guilty of these hiring faux pas in the social media era, but I’ve seen it enough in the past 4 years of interviewing and pitching for social media positions and clients that I know many business owners are hurting their business in the process of recruiting. Whether you are hiring someone to work as your employee, an unpaid intern or you have a profe...

Why HR Still Isn’t a Strategic Partner

by J. Craig Mundy For two decades we have been hearing that HR must become a strategic partner to the business. And the fact that we’re still hearing it suggests that in many organizations it hasn’t happened. The need to align HR with the business has become more urgent than ever. Financial markets exert relentless pressure for growth, especially in emerging markets. Customers deman...

Gaining Commitment from Candidates: A 10-Point Checklist

by Nancy Parks Does this sound familiar? You are having a great conversation with a “rock star” candidate who has applied for one of your positions. You share the details about the position and your candidate seems genuinely excited. You might even be getting lots of “buying signals.” You assume that you are both in “violent agreement” that this is the perfect position! So you move your rock st...

Starting Out in Recruiting: What It Takes to Survive

By MARIE LARSEN Recruiting is a tough business and definitely not for the faint of heart.  When you start out in this business, a lot of what you’ll hear is about succeed and lucrative commissions.  A lot of what you’ll see is downtime, a fast-pace and a non-office office environment.  It all seems pretty cool for someone starting out in the business.  But if you’re serious about getting into A...

Your Desk Is Making You Stupid

By Jessica Stillman Sitting around all day isn’t just making you unhealthy. It might also be making you dumber. Your desk, scientists reported recently, is trying to kill you. According to t...

3 Interview Questions That Reveal Everything

By Jeff Haden Employee fit is crucial. Here’s a simple way to know if a job candidate is right for your business. Interviewing job candidates is tough, especially because some candidates are a lot better at interviewing than they are at working. To get the core info you need about the candidates you interview, here’s a simple but incredibly effective interview technique I learned fr...

The Hiring Manager’s Guide to Working With Recruiters

by Howard Adamsky Recruiting is a team effort. It’s most effective when the parties that make up the team move quickly and effectively through the process to get the job done. This is, of course, easier said than done, but let’s takes a quick moment to identify the three primary members of this illustrious team: The candidate The recruiter The hiring manager If any of the above-mentioned part...

7 Qualities to Get a Job Rapidly…!

Every employer needs different experiences or set of skills from their workers. But despite your professional background, your character “will have the greatest impact on whether you get the job you want,” says Brian Tracy, author of Earn What You‘re Really Worth: Maximize Your Income at Any Time in Any Market. And, eventually, whether you‘ll be paid what you‘re worth. According to Tracy, here ...

Explaining a Job Loss: Seven Tips

Downsized, restructured, displaced, canned, terminated – any way you put it, you’re still out of a job and it’s still not the easiest subject to talk about in an interview. Recognize that there is life after a job loss and take some time to reflect and recharge your attitude. Think about what you learned from the experience, what you could have done differently, and what you w...

7 Habits of Extraordinary Teams

By Geoffrey James Want better teamwork and greater success? Make sure your employees are following these easy guidelines. Everybody agrees that “teamwork” is crucial to business success–but few people bother define what “teamwork” really is.  A few years ago, Phil Geldart (author of the classic In Your Hands, the Behaviors of a World Class Leader) explained to me a...

Resumes aren’t Dead. But they will be.

By KAZIM LADIMEJI I was intrigued by a recent press release which concerned the ‘Resume-less’ hiring practices of IGN Entertainment, the world’s leading video game company. They created the Code-F...

Dealing with Your Incompetent Boss

by Amy Gallo Everyone complains about his or her boss from time to time. In fact, some consider it a national workplace pastime. But there’s a difference between everyday griping and stressful frustration, just as there is a clear distinction between a manager with a few flaws and one who is incompetent. Dealing with the latter can be anguishing and taxing. But with the right mindset and ...

Recruiting Is Different During The Recession – 3 Reasons Why

Economic pressures on workers combined with a higher unemployment rate might lead you to assume that recruiting and hiring are easier during a downturn. Depending on the nature of your job openings, recruiting is not necessarily easier in a downturn, but it is different. Some of the challenges we are used to are still there and are easier to meet (e.g. fewer demands and less negotiating from ca...

Job Titles That Make You Go… Huh? A Lesson in Recruitment Marketing SEO

The title of the job posting read, “First Impressions Director.” A quick scan of the duties and responsibilities made it clear the position was customer service-related. Although fun, attention-g...

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Hiring Pyramid According to Adler

by Lou Adler Just about all of us are familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Abraham Maslow was a mid-20th century psychologist who studied the behavior of high-performing individuals. In a 194...

5 Things Recruiters Loathe But Hate to Admit

Though recruiting and working with recruitment professionals has been a pleasure, there are some things that drive us crazy. Here are five things that we loathe but hate to admit: We can’t stand serial callers and/or bugaboo candidates. These are those candidates who call every day for a status on their application as if something has changed. It is even that candidate who decides your word is...

The Top 10 Bad Emails Being Sent At Your Company

Bad emails, we all get them. Ironically, spam notwithstanding, most of the bad emails we get are from our own employees and peers. After all these years, it seems that we still haven’t mastered em...

10 Dumb Things Said During Job Interviews

Oversharing has now become an occupational hazard of the job hunt. Kelly Eggers stops by Mean Street with 10 examples of when too much information was, well, really too much information. Photo: Getty Images.

New study highlights the differences between male and female leaders

Men and women have different leadership strengths, and organisations need a balance of both if they are to be truly effective, claims a new study from Talent Innovations, the 360° feedback speciali...

The Difference Between a Regular Recruiter and a Rock Star

From working with recruiters for more than 20 years, I‘ve observed many styles and variations in their recruiting work habits. Some are hunters, some are farmers, and yes, some are clueless. But they all have the same goal: to make hires. I’ve seen some good practices that have been made apparent to me over the years. Great recruiters don’t just automate the hiring process. They delve into it t...

The 7 C’s: How to Find and Hire Great Employees

A founder can’t grow a winning enterprise singlehandedly. Some may try, but it is nearly impossible to do so. Every famous entrepreneur has built a flourishing company with great employees by his o...

10 Job Interview Tips From A CEO Headhunter

BY RUSSELL S. REYNOLDS, JR., WITH CAROL E. CURTIS Whether you’re being interviewed to be an intern or a CEO, you’re going to run into a few notoriously tricky questions–here̵...

Job Hoppers – Good, Bad or Simply Undecided

By Jason Pankow We all know that resumes only get 9.893 seconds of our time before we decide to keep them and move on.  After we have verified basic qualifications, made sure they graduated and ...

12 Reasons Why You Need an Interview Coach

By Ada Offonry Interview coaches are increasingly becoming an important part of the job search process.  Yet many job seekers still fail to realise the value of investing in one. They often look to...

Stumped About Why You Didn’t Get Hired? | Here’s the Back Story

To many job candidates, the all important hiring decision is a mystery. More often than not hiring managers don’t say much about the factors they considered. In January 2010, I wrote this post to l...

Recruiter wants to change my resume

By Alison Green A reader writes: I recently responded to a job listing on a recruiter’s website. I was called in for an interview, which consisted of me sitting in the waiting room for an hour and a half to talk to someone for three minutes, in which I pretty much just read her my resume. I got a call from another recruiter about an hour later, which I missed, and she left a voicemail explainin...

Why You Should Hire Other Entrepreneurs

By Jessica Stillman Candidates with dreams of starting their own business can actually make great hires for yours, argues one expert on entrepreneurship-obsessed Gen Y. When Millennial Branding and analytics company Identified.com combed through millions of Facebook profiles recently to glean insights about how the social network is being used professionally, they discovered something surprisin...

World of employment is a competitive place

By Grimsby Telegraph Our series of articles by young, aspiring journalists, has moved to this, its new Saturday slot. This week Abby White explores why it is so difficult for young people to get jobs and questions why there is a negative perception of youngsters who are struggling to find work. WHAT do the majority of the public think when it comes to young people getting jobs … Lazy? Inc...

“Where Will You Be in Five Years?” Answers

By Christina Macres “Where do you see yourself in five years?” — we all know the question. So why are we still stumped when someone asks this granddaddy of a ridiculous interview question in our interview? Here’s why – because most job seekers believe it has no relevance. The reason? No company can (or ever will) guarantee an employee a job for five years. But, quite frankly, this is the wrong ...

Transferable Skills – Bringing Your Skills to a New Career

By Dawn Rosenberg McKay You’ve had enough of your current job. As a matter of fact, you’ve had enough of your current career. It’s time for a change. But what about all that valuable experience you’ve been stockpiling while toiling away at your job and the jobs that came before it? Do you really have to throw it all away and start from scratch? No you don’t. That&#...

8 Skills Recruiters Should Have

By Morgan Hoogvelt When I attend career fairs, hiring conferences, recruiting events, or through conversations with prospective candidates, I keep learning that the wrong people are attending these events and working as recruiters. As I walked the room at a recent career fair, prior to the event starting, I sought to introduce myself to some of the other company representatives. I was surprised...

The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs

By Walter Isaacson His saga is the entrepreneurial creation myth writ large: Steve Jobs cofounded Apple in his parents’ garage in 1976, was ousted in 1985, returned to rescue it from near bankruptcy in 1997, and by the time he died, in October 2011, had built it into the world’s most valuable company. Along the way he helped to transform seven industries: personal computing, animated movies, mu...

Social Media in Recruitment Isn’t Working – Just Ask A Candidate

By Ian Harvey Another week and another social media conference goes by. Another chance for the ever-increasing number of social media experts to tell recruiters how to attract and engage with candidates, create talent pools etc. But here’s the problem.  In this avalanche of ‘this-is-what-you-should-be-doing’ information, who is representing the views of the candidate? In the s...

Employment and inclusion of young people in times of crisis

By Simone Heinecke The Danish EU Presidency wishes to draw special attention to the severe challenges, which young Europeans are currently facing. The matter will be addressed at the Informal me...

The ideal global HR Manager in 2020: Do you like her?

By HRevolution · That 75 % is female and females make up a total of 46.3% of the total workforce; by 2020 it will be 3 to 1 ratio female to male total workforce; · Her title is HR Director or HR Manager normally; will probably stay the same · She normally reports to the President/CEO directly; this will remain the case in 2020; · She has an influential seat in the inner circle of strategic plan...

How can you build a positive workplace

By HRevolution I am a true believer of the principles explained by Shawn Achor in this month’s HBR. Can work wonders with simple ideas. Start by changing one daily habit… In July 2010 Burt’s Bees, a personal-care products company, was undergoing enormous change as it began a global expansion into 19 new countries. In this kind of high-pressure situation, many leaders pester their deputies with ...

Conduct an Informal 360°

Scott Edinger, founder of Edinger Consulting Group, explains how to get the feedback you need to develop your leadership skills. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OZ164PXpgk

Leadership and curiosity: how curious are you?

By HRevolution Have you ever noticed how the best leaders also tend to be the most curious leaders? Great leaders simply aren’t satisfied with what they know. They possess an insatiable curiosity for discovery and learning – they are in constant pursuit of what they don’t know, and what lies ahead. Real leaders are not nearly as concerned with attainment (stasis) as they are with betterment (ch...

The Trouble with LinkedIn: Grey Goo

By Krista Bradford As much as we in recruiting enjoy the many benefits of LinkedIn, there is trouble in paradise. I’ve been a member of LinkedIn since the early days, to which my user ID (59572) will attest. Because LinkedIn numbers its members sequentially, if you do the math, you’ll find me counted among the first .06 percent of LinkedIn users. However, lately, I’ve noticed that what began as...

‘I’ll Make 250K This Year, While You’re Unemployed LOL’: Monster.com Recruiting Goes Horribly Wrong

by Wall Street Job Report  A man we’ll call Robert has a profile on the employment website Monster.com, and earlier today he received a message from a recruiter about a job in “beautiful Northwest ...

ZiDCard.com – an innovation in recruitment

Is there a safe solution that allows individuals to draw the attention of recruiters without breaching the confidence of their employer or compromising the security of their personal information? ...

The Hidden Skills in Your Most Reliable People

By Art Markman  When you need something done — and done right — you probably know who you can count on. Even at work, most people have someone they can call on at a moment’s notice. If you gave your team a basic personality test, the reliable people would probably score high in conscientiousness, one of the five basic personality dimensions. It reflects how organized, disciplined, thoroug...

The 5 Qualities of Remarkable Bosses

By Jeff Haden Consistently do these five things and the results you want from your employees–and your business–will follow. Remarkable bosses aren’t great on paper. Great bosses are re...

Ten tips on how women should project themselves positively at work

By ELAINE DONG VIMMELA Bendall is a trainer who specialises in communication coaching. Her areas of expertise are business and sales mentoring, relationship coaching and leadership coaching. She ha...

News and Features Tech Workers Reward the Personal Touch

by John Zappe Tech workers get an average of 23 recruiter inquiries a week — yes, a week, says a survey from TEKsystems, a global IT staffing and services firm. That’s a remarkable number, which, e...

Social Media is Changing Recruitment

By Hugues Rey Whether you like it or not, hirers are using social networks to screen job applicants. This video infographic sheds some light on how recruiters are using social media today to screen prospective employees. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6rGe-XBi9w

Why I Love Employees Who Ask ‘Why’

By Inc.com Conventional wisdom says they’re a pain. In reality, they are doing you a huge favor. What you do and how you do it are important. But it’s the “why” that provides the real motiva...

15 Ideas for Keeping Your Employees Happy

By Inc.com How motivated are your workers? We asked 15 successful young entrepreneurs to share secrets to sparking happiness and company loyalty around the office.  The Young Entrepreneur Council a...

How to make the most of recruitment agencies

By TM International Hiring is difficult for everyone concerned. The average job seeker sends their CV out in all directions, only to sit waiting for feedback. On the other side of the spectrum, Employers spend hours analysing mountains of CVs, struggling to find a good match for their position. It has been estimated that between 7 and 20% of the salary for a position can be spent trying to fill...

Blacklisted: UK workers fighting job market ban

By RT After years of unsuccessful attempts to find jobs, thousands of UK construction workers have found out why. Skilled engineers have discovered their names were on an “employment blacklist” – an illegal document which shattered their lives. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w72a91uuCFY

If Unemployment Is So High, Why Is Hiring So Hard?

by Robert Moritz Why aren’t U.S. businesses leading the global economy to recovery? Erratic capital markets, systemic risk, tax policy, and regulatory uncertainty have all been offered as culprits, and all play their parts. But another factor is lurking that may eclipse the rest and, if left unaddressed, will continue to put the U.S. at a severe global disadvantage — the great mismatch be...

Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords

By Manuel Valdes, Associated Press  Resume, references, password: Job seekers get asked in interviews to provide Facebook logins

Top 5 Reasons Recruiters Don’t Offer Contracting (But Should): Part 5

By Debbie Fledderjohann (This series focuses on the most common reasons we’ve heard for why recruiters don’t want to offer contract staffing.  These reasons are based on common misconceptions about contract staffing and prevent recruiters from reaping the benefits of offering contractors to their clients.) Reason #5: Offering contract staffing would distract me from my direct busin...

Top 5 Reasons Recruiters Don’t Offer Contracting (But Should): Part 4

By Debbie Fledderjohann (This series focuses on the most common reasons we’ve heard for why recruiters don’t want to offer contract staffing.  These reasons are based on common misconceptions about contract staffing and prevent recruiters from reaping the benefits of offering contractors to their clients.) Reason #4: I don’t have time to deal with the hassles of contract staff...

Top 5 Reasons Recruiters Don’t Offer Contracting (But Should): Part 3

By Debbie Fledderjohann (This series focuses on the most common reasons we’ve heard for why recruiters don’t want to offer contract staffing.  These reasons are based on common misconceptions about contract staffing and prevent recruiters from reaping the benefits of offering contractors to their clients.) Reason #3: I don’t want to learn a new process One of the biggest misc...

Mistakes job seekers don’t know they make and tips for a successful interview

By: Jackie Callaway   TAMPA – Whether you are handing in your resume at a job fair, dropping it in the mail, or clicking send on an email, the application process can be confusing, intimidating and sometimes brutal. Some companies receive hundreds of applicants for a single opening.  We want to help you hone your skills and nail the interview so we asked the experts. Lisa Murfield wo...

Top 5 Reasons Recruiters Don’t Offer Contracting (But Should): Part 2

By Debbie Fledderjohann  (This series focuses on the most common reasons we’ve heard for why recruiters don’t want to offer contract staffing. These reasons are based on common misconceptions about contract staffing and prevent recruiters from reaping the benefits of offering contractors to their clients.) Reason #2: I don’t know where to find contract candidates There once w...

Top 5 Reasons Recruiters Don’t Offer Contracting (But Should): Part 1

By Debbie Fledderjohann (This series focuses on the most common reasons we’ve heard for why recruiters don’t want to offer contract staffing.  These reasons are based on common misconceptions about contract staffing and prevent recruiters from reaping the benefits of offering contractors to their clients.) Reason #1: My clients don’t have a need for contractors Have you specif...

7 Lessons For Good Leaders

By Kristin Supancich If “management is doing things right and leadership is doing the right things”, what exactly are these ‘right things’? How do we know when we’re doing them and when we’re not...

Stop With the Recruiting Fashion Trends

by Morgan Hoogvelt It’s a brand new year, great things are on the horizon … and for me, I have had it up to my eyeballs with a particular topic. I am so fed up with this topic that I want to climb to the highest peak and scream, bang my head against a wall, and even toss my desk around the room over and over. This topic that’s making me and others so irritated is Passive Candidates. Yes, that’s...

Job interviewing, to the extreme

By Tiffany Hsu for the Los Angeles Times  Some firms are using offbeat interview practices to get a real-time look at how prospects tackle problems, think on their feet and work as part of a team.  Danielle Bemoras showed up for her job interview with a social networking company prepared for some tough questions. Instead, she found herself in the middle of a psychology experiment. The company h...

HR in Popular Culture

By TribeHR Staff   Popular culture has a long tradition of bashing management and human resources. Whether portrayed as ineffectual, incompetent, or downright evil, HR seems to be cast either as th...

Help! HR and recruiting for startup companies [Expert Insights]

Lindsay Purchase interviewed Rebecca Graham.  Rebecca Graham is full of great HR and recruiting advice for startups. She was at the Startup HR 101 Workshop, in Kitchener Ontario. As with all great ...

Your Onboarding May Be Teaching Your New Employees to Be Cynical

By David Lee The title of this article comes from a conversation with a senior-level HR professional who demonstrated a level of awareness that many employers seem to lack about their onboarding p...

Motivating Your Employees

by James Chapman A good business leader is a multi-faceted individual who possesses many strengths and capabilities. He can manage budgets, spearhead marketing campaigns, design products, network with industry experts, and appraise contract management software. He is dedicated, hard-working, smart, and creative. But even with all these exemplary qualities, a business leader is truly only a lead...

How are your Candidates Treated by your Search Firm Partners?

by Simon Parkin Recently I facilitated a session on “Recruitment Trends and Best Practices” for a large group of senior Recruitment and HR leaders from a large global technology company at their annual HR Leadership offsite in Chicago. This organization is one of the better ones I have worked with in terms of their focus and investment in talent. They understand that the acquisition...

Advantages & Disadvantages of Online Recruitment

This article has been initially published on www.whatjobsite.com September 5th, 2011 in the Online Recruitment Basics.     Online recruitment is now a standard part of the recruitment process for many companies and organisations. But why? And is it worth it? In other words, what are the advantages and disadvantages of online recruitment? What is Online Recruitment? Online recruitme...

Who’s the Best Company to Work For? Here’s 100 of Them

By John Zappe (was a newspaper reporter and editor until his geek gene lead him to launch his first website in 1994. Never a recruiter, he instead built online employment sites and sold advertising services to recruiters and employers.) This year’s list of the Best Companies to Work For reads a lot like last year’s. The rankings have changed a bit; SAS, for instance, got unseated for the #1 spo...

Legal Risks: Looking at Job Applicants’ Social Networking Profiles

By Kalen Smith, special to Workplace Tribes. Kalen has an MBA in finance and marketing, and writes about entrepreneurship and finance.  At some point in time, most employers have used some form of ...

Is LinkedIn playing the same game as Facebook?

By ZiDCard Without attracting too much publicity, LinkedIn has updated their privacy conditions. Without any action from your side, LinkedIn is now permitted to use your name and picture in any of their advertisements. Is this the dawn of a new LinkedIn? After deciding to increase its revenue by providing an advertising platform to companies looking for increased exposure, LinkedIn has obviousl...

Transform Your Employees into Passionate Advocates

By Rob Markey is co-author, with Fred Reichheld, of the book: The Ultimate Question 2.0: How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World, just published by HBR Press. He is a partner in Bain & Company’s New York office and head of the firm’s global Customer Strategy and Marketing practice. Employee happiness is becoming a hot topic among CEOs and in boardrooms, and it’s a...

Maybe You Should Interview For Grit, Zest, and Self-Control

by John Zappe I’ve learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success. Jack Welch said that. It’s a good reminder of that old aphorism about learning from your mistakes. What about those times when no one believes in you? When you fail when no one expected you to succeed anyway? Ted Turner has been there: ”All my life, people have said that I wasn’t going to make it.” Today, there’...

How to Beat the Resume Black Hole

By Lauren Weber  Many job seekers have long suspected their online employment applications disappear into a black hole, never to be seen again. Their fears may not be far off the mark, as more comp...

10 Tips for Motivating Employees

By Brian Zimmerman  No business can sustain itself without qualified and well-trained employees who are motivated to perform their jobs. Managers are always looking for ways to retain their best em...

9 ways to protect your E-reputation and boost your digital presence

By afterworkhours.com Never going online or letting anyone take pictures of you is not the way to manage your E-reputation. Here is what you can do to protect and boost your E-reputation.   &n...

Employer Branding – Hit or Miss? Boost the value of your brand by clearly positioning your company on the job market

By Nina Oswald, Managing Director of Interbrand’s Cologne office.  Highly qualified and motivated employees are a key, yet increasingly scarce resource in nearly all areas—from industrial t...

Recruitment 3.0 comes to HR Happy Hour Europe

By Matthew Jeffery Certainly one of the hottest topics being talked about at recruitment conferences this summer is Recruitment 3.0. The term was used by Matthew Jeffery (Head of EMEA Talent Acquis...

5 Vital Steps in the Recruitment of a Board Member

By Recruiter.com As a corporate recruiter your ability to recruit the top talent is pivotal to your future career success. And the tasks don’t come much tougher than recruitment of a new Board member.  Do a good job and you have an ally in the Company, your boss loves you for a day or two, and the President finally knows your name. It’s not a traditional recruitment process, and the stakes are ...

The risk of inappropriate use of social media: fair dismissal for inappropriate comments made on Facebook

By businessblogshub.com The risks of inappropriate use of social media. An employment tribunal has held that an employee was fairly dismissed for gross misconduct after she made inappropriate comm...

Executive ‘forced out of job’ over LinkedIn CV

A human resources executive was forced out of his job after angering his employer by putting his CV online and advertising that he was interested in other “career opportunities”, a tribunal heard. ...

The cost of bad recruitment

By Lisa Spiden  When workers are not a good fit for the job, the cost to a business can be significant. Productivity may decline for a number of reasons and the impact in some cases may be long term. Here are just some of the ways that poor recruitment practices might impact a business financially: Managers may have to spend more time supervising the new employee. An employee with limited role...

Evaluate Your Candidate Experience

by Morgan Hoogvelt This week, I had the pleasure of receiving some feedback from two candidates who recently completed the hiring process, each with a different end result with our organization. As talent acquisition professionals, the majority of us strive to ensure that proper recruiting processes and procedures are in place, and at the same time we wonder if the candidate is truly having the...

TACTICS FOR TALENT SOURCING AND SELECTION

By Josef Said – Operations Director Although the recession has somewhat eased the pressure on companies to find talent, signs of economic recovery in a number of sectors as well as the increasing internationalisation of local businesses make it imperative for companies to sharpen their act. Josef Said, Operations Director at KONNEKT highlights the need for companies re focus their efforts...

Top 10 Dumbest Things Recruiters Do: And the Winner Is …

by John Sullivan and Laureen Edmiston Several weeks ago ere.net published an article that asked the question “what are the dumbest things that recruiters do.” After surveying recruiters on ere.net, Twitter, and at the recent SMA symposium in Seattle, it is clear that most feel the dumbest thing recruiters do is… Not managing the candidate experience — the candidate experience is the perception...

How to Balance Recruitment with Generalist Duties

HR Generalists are typically engaged in many small and medium sized businesses. This is because the HR team is relatively small and if the team were to segment themselves into recruitment or compensation components alone in such an environment, it would severely compromise team flexibility and continuity. The HR Generalist is therefore an especially challenging multidisciplinary role, in which...

Where Do I Go From Here? Agency versus Corporate Recruiting

Like most people out there, sometimes Recruiters are looking for a change themselves.  It can come upon us slowly with a build-up of frustrations.  It can come upon us suddenly out of a simple desire for change.  Or still like others, it can come upon us when we are presented with an opportunity we weren’t quite looking for.  So now you have to make a choice…are you an Agency Recruiter or a Cor...

Corporate Recruiter or Head Hunter?

The lines are getting blurred. Targets are being moved. Job titles are getting more and more, well… stupid. Corporate recruiting departments have certainly evolved over the past ten years. Departments that were once bastions of generalist HR malaise are now specialized talent acquisition departments that hire and pull from the same recruiting talent pool as recruitment agencies. In the fight t...

Finding the Right Talent Through Sourcing and Recruiting

By Steve Racz  SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES REDUCE TURNOVER COSTS AND HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE BY KEEPING THESE FUNCTIONS SEPARATE The Information Age has begun to shift corporate thinking toward the notion that people, rather than what a company produces/owns, are the catalysts of its competitiveness. Every day you hear the term “human capital,” and insightful executives are beginning to real...

Sorry guys… women are better recruiters than men

By Greg Savage Yes, that’s right. Generally, women in recruitment do a better job… and make more money. I have been a recruiter for 30 years. Hired and trained thousands of them. Owned and run recruiting businesses in more than 20 countries. I should think I have worked with and against many of the best recruiters on the planet. So I have a bit of a sample to judge from. Not every woman. Not ev...

Being a recruiter rocks!

by Greg Savage I love being a recruiter. Seriously, I think it’s the best job in the world.Yet 80% of people who enter this industry, fail in the first 2 years, leave, and are never sighted again.And it’s true, it is tough being a recruiter. And I believe in the modern era it’s getting even harder. During the downturn it got even worse. We all worked harder and harder, and earned less and less...

Stressed recruiter? Take a chill-pill

By Greg Savage Stress at work is dangerous. Seriously. I believe it leads to medical issues, and it certainly will harm your relationships and overall quality of life. And that is bad for us recruiters because we do one of the toughest jobs around. The ‘all or nothing’ nature of what we do is designed to induce stress, it seems. Over the years I have seen recruiters reduced to highly destruct...

Terminology Question. What is the right word for “searching for professional profiles”?

By Irina Shamaeva   I am a Sourcer and do hourly sourcing (as well as full-cycle recruiting); I also write about sourcing and give lectures on sourcing. However, I keep being unsatisfied about the terminology. 1. We call a Sourcer a person that mines the Internet for “talent” (and perhaps uses the phone, email, and other ways of communication). However, the word sourcing has so ma...

10 Head-scratching Job Titles

By Lance Haun Director of Fun. That was the title I was looking at on a resume for a marketing director position. As I read through the applicant’s accomplishments and responsibilities, I could see that it was clearly a marketing-type position. It stuck out, just not in a good way. What may have seemed like a great little thing to have on a business card as an attention-getter had now turned in...

“God, I hate recruiters!”

By Greg Savage This little incident happened just the other day. It was Sunday, so I was not in work mode at all. In fact I was watching my son trial for a Sydney Representative cricket team, and my mind was on him bowling fast and batting straight. On the side of the field, the mums and dads congregated, and the usual banter was flying fast and furious, when one of the guys turned to me an...

Understand what differentiates generations

by Michael Kirsten Twenty-plus years ago, when you asked someone what they did for a living, they told you where they worked. Today, they tell you what they do. The next generation of employees is wired, connected, plugged-in, and empowered, and this psychographic change across a generation has significant implications for recruitment. For younger generations (Gen X and much more so for Gen Y ...

An Alternative Theory About Social Media Referrals with John Sumser

By David Spark “The industry is moving forward to a future of social media but it’s all about data,” says John Sumser. This was one of the top findings of his recently compiled report, The 2012 Index of Social Media in HR and Recruiting. “There are no vendors selling social interaction, but there’s a ton of products out there about collecting data from people.” Do Social Media Referrals Work?...

The Impact of Poor Recruiting – Candidates vs. Customers

By Simon Parkin One of my biggest complaints about recruiting is the lack of respect given to candidates throughout a recruitment process.  Whether it is from the lack of candidate respect by the behaviour of a poor recruiter or an unengaged hiring leader who fails to realize the importance of good recruiting, or simply from an overall poorly constructed recruiting process of an organization, 9...

The return of the living dead (candidate)

By Todd Vician I had recruited this particular candidate for a full-time position in a large consulting firm.  He impressed everyone during a rigorous interview process – he was judged to be an excellent fit in skills, prior experience, business acumen, and cultural fit to our organization.  My interactions with him were all extremely positive and he appeared to be extremely excited for t...

Leaders VS Managers!!

By Dean Da Costa  Recently I was asked by a fellow professional what is the difference between a leader and a manager. I thought long and hard about it, and came to several realizations. Now keep in mind my point of reference for this is based on my 12+ years in the military, which includes during war time, and my 15+ years amongst the professional ranks. For one you can be a manager but not m...

Recruiters, toughen the f*** up!

By Greg Savage, recruiter Most people who become recruiters do not last. There are many reasons for that. Poor hiring decisions and inadequate training being high on the list. But there is another key reason why so few people actually last in the hurly-burly world of agency recruiting. It’s a frigging hard job! So I know that sometimes you question why you do it. There are times you hate ...