Friday, September 16, 2011

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Video & Download — Mobile: The Next Big Thing in HR & Recruiting

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 10:45 AM PDT

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Maybe you tuned in for the webinar today titled, "Mobile: The Next Big Thing in HR & Recruiting," but if you didn't that's okay too. I will have the webinar available to watch later today. In the meantime, take a look at the slidedeck from our session. You can download it and share with your friends, neighbors, and colleagues. Video of the entire presentation is included at the bottom of this blog post. The really great news is that the all viewers of the webinar can receive 1 Strategic HRCI recertification credit. Recertification information is listed at the end of the presentation.
For those of you who aren't familiar with our session, we just wrapped up with a stellar line up of mobile experts as well as recruiting and human resources industry professionals who understand how to use mobile tools to engage employees, fill jobs, and improve corporate communication.
If you missed the event, here's a description and information about our panelists.

Learn all about mobile and how it is being used in Human Resources, Recruitment, Employee Engagement. Our session leaders will discuss mobile basics and success stories from this new and emerging industry. Learn the secrets to effectively using mobile, texting, and QR Codes in addition to your social media and engagement campaigns. This webinar is approved for 1 Strategic HRCI recertification credit.

WEBINAR FEATURES EXPERTS ON MOBILE FOR HUMAN RESOURCES AND RECRUITMENT:

Ron Cariker, (@7mediagroup) is the CEO and Founder of mobile company, 7 Media Group

Rayanne Thorn, (@ray_anne) Marketing Director for Broadbean and contributor at Blogging4Jobs. Check out her LinkedIn.

Jessica Miller-Merrell, (@blogging4jobs) known as Blogging4Jobs and CEO of Xceptional HR

Our esteemed panel will share mobile best practices for HR pros as well as recruiters and organizations to engage, and establish relationships with current, future, and past employees. You can follow along on Twitter with the hash tag #hrsolutions. Webinar attendees will receive pdf copies of the presentation available after the session via email.
Don't forget to download a copy of the slide deck and see the video below. It was a great session. Of course as always, you can learn more about mobile and social media strategies for the human capital industry by visiting ToolBox HR. Be on the lookout for more blogs and videos in the coming weeks focusing on Mobile HR and Recruiting using text messaging, apps, and other mobile recruitment and communication strategies.

The Anatomy of a Tweetbag

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:01 AM PDT

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Tweetbag, as in a total douchebag on Twitter. These tweetbags are lurking everywhere. Spamming you with information, misinformation, automatic DMs, and 140 character filled messages that boggle the mind, “Why in the world would anyone say that on Twitter?”
Truth is at some point, we are all tweetbags on Twitter. Maybe your message isn’t a person’s cup of tea, they’re having a bad day, or are offended. It happens and even with the best of intentions. Twitter, like most social media is user generated content. This content is real time and comes directly from the user without any customization or often thought towards its intended audience if there is one. Sometimes tweets are just random conversation, thoughts, and generalizations where the tweet receiver makes assumptions without any context.
I’m the first to admit I’ve had my share of tweetbag moments. Maybe like the time I tweeted to the world that I believed all public and business restrooms should contain a baby changing table and strapable toddler chair, men and women’s restrooms included. On the surface, this tweet sounds pretty mundane. And I am a mother. What I didn’t mention that I posted this tweet during a book signing at a coffee shop I was hosting.
Five minutes after tweeting, the barista kindly handed me the phone. The coffee shop owner was on the other line, and he was not happy. He happened to be following my Twitter stream likely since my book is about Twitter. Granted his restrooms did not have changing tables or chairs, but that didn’t mean I needed to publicly tweet about it.
I quickly apologized. It was a tweetbag moment. The tweet wasn’t meant for him. Nevermind the fact that I had not even set foot in the restrooms and wasn’t meaning his establishment per say. It was a blanket statement I felt compelled to tweet after a conversation with a friend who had attended my book signing. Open mouth and insert foot. Major tweetbag moment.
Often times the user disseminating the information is not even aware that their post or message is interpreted, and so it is up to receiver of said message to kindly deliver their interpretation. Perhaps via tweet, direct message, email, in person, or even by phone. We’ve all had our tweetbag moments just like we’ve all made mistakes in business and in life. What’s important is to live and learn through those experiences both online as well as off.
I’ll proudly call myself a tweetbag because it means that I’m learning, growing, and evolving. And that’s an important quality to have as a human being, a wife, a friend, a mother, and an entrepreneur.
Share your tweetbag moment. What happened and how did you learn from it? I’m proud to be a certified tweetbag; so proud that I created a Certified Tweetbag t-shirt on Zazzle.

The Examined Life of a Recruiter

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 04:29 AM PDT

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” -Socrates
Recruiters live examined lives while always in pursuit of the truth. There should really be a show about these men and women who strive to gain knowledge and not only source great candidates but weed out the bad ones. Seekers of Certainty. It could be called The Trenches or maybe TopRecruiter with a Hawaii 5-O type theme…
Every conversation held, every interview completed should be an opportunity to further understand the minds of clients, job seekers, colleagues, partners. It is easy to get lost in a sea of bond paper and PDF wave after WordDoc swell or caught in a nightmare where giant résumés eat their young and possibly a recruiter or two. That giant résumé represents a name, a face, a mind, and body. It is not Candidate #24601, clad with ball and chain, whom you summon to your room of questioning. Too many get tangled in the web where losing curiosity costs the joy of this job. Seek details and love the seeking. Hunt the right fit and cherish the hunt. Search for classic commonalities and delightful differences among those who cross your path and cast a shadow in your virtual realm.
Living in a time where the screening of calls and networking bombardment greets each day can try even the patience of a dead horse. Get a grip on the keys essential to each and every assignment. Don’t let the big one get away because a callous nature was allowed at your table. The interesting thing about this business is that every conversation held today has the potential to build tomorrow’s house. This candidate might not be right for that job but the req that comes in next week might prove the perfect fit. And here’s a McNugget for you: Not only can a golden candidate become a golden client – but so can the bronze one. Catch the gold that falls through the cracks; it might be your bread and butter tomorrow.
I have experienced this myself in past recruitments and my own business transactions and my friend, Julia Stone confirmed this when she told me that the better relationships seem to develop with the candidate who came in second – the unChosen One. You go through this process with them, delving into the details of the how’s and why’s. And that is humanity. You have identified with them because you have examined them. You remember them – you may even send a birthday card. One thing is certain, you call them again and they answer or return the call. A relationship has been established and the desire to maintain it is what makes you human.

She was perfect for the job, excellent education, broad experience, and a great personality. She was perfect except…, the client didn’t think so. “Give the reality of where they stand in the process,” another Julia gem. The candidate now goes into your CSA (candidate savings account) with the other silver and bronze medalists. What goes around comes around, they say. No longer viable does not mean no longer valuable. Reach out and say the words, “Sorry, they aren’t moving forward with your candidacy – you aren’t getting the job” or “We’re going with a different vendor” or “We aren’t going to partner.” Just make the call. Respect is more than a spelling test, and greater than a song.
A life examined? Aristotle called it a life of reason.

Rayanne Thorn, @ray_anne is the Marketing Director for the online recruiting software company, Broadbean Technology. She is also a proud mother of four residing in Laguna Beach, California, and a contributor for Blogging4Jobs. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

**Originally posted March 11, 2009 int he Bonus Track Forum on RecruitingBlogs.com

UndercoverLawyer:Video: Stopping Age Discrimination, How Two Women Did It

UndercoverLawyer

Video: Stopping Age Discrimination, How Two Women Did It

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 09:13 AM PDT

Many of the people who utilize the phone conference I offer to book buyers tell me that they just feel bullied and picked on, but it’s not because of any “protected class”. But then I ask them how old their boss is compared to them. “Well, she’s quite a bit younger than me, actually.” Then [...] Related posts:

Update All of Your Social Media Websites at Once

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Update All of Your Social Media Websites at Once

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 06:53 AM PDT

How many of you have only one Social Media profile, and think it is the greatest one to have?…anyone?…..Bueller…..Bueller…. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Digg, Delicious, Reddit, Quora, StumbleUpon, and of course there are more, dozens more! When you Google my actual name, you get well over a dozen pages of results. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Quora, my personal blog, comments on other blogs, and other channels – yet I spend less than 30 minutes a day on average to get my results….and this system is what I want to share with you today.
If you have multiple Social Media profiles, updating all of them (and more importantly LISTENING to all of them) can be an arduous and time-consuming task. With only a few minutes to spend managing your Social Media profile, it is more important than ever to find a control system – or dashboard system – to interact with your network in a timely manner. As you can see, I prefer to use the web-based tools instead of software downloaded into my computer – this makes it a remote system that only demands an Internet connection, making it even more efficient.
Here are (in my thoughts) the 5 Best Websites to help you update all of your social media channels the EASY way:
1. HootSuite.com – Hootsuite lets you not only update all of your social media websites and profiles, but it lets you batch-schedule your updates and messages in advance, gather custom analytics on your social media activity and provide team collaboration that lets multiple users to your social sites. There is both a paid option you can choose, or the free option. If you are just beginning, and have a handful of profiles, the free version will let you manage up to 5 different social media channels. The other options are also manually set, however it saves a great deal of time in listening to what your network is saying to you – this is usually my first stop along the way to social media management.
2. Ping.fm is a very user-friendly platform for someone who has numerous channels or just a few social networking profiles. It lets you select which websites to update and put them in groups. Ping.fm is an intuitive time-saving service, and can be used with other services as well. Ping.fm is a way to broadcast your updates easily, but does not help with listening to what others are saying – I do use it however to pop onto and broadcast my updates to several sites all at once.
3. Yoono.com is another great tool for updating all of your social media at once. Staying connected, status synching and easy sharing is what makes Yoono a popular site. In just a few clicks, you identify your social networking profiles and start updating all of them via a single dashboard. You can filter updates, there is a desktop application, there is a browser plug-in, and it has an app for Iphone and Ipad. Nothing for Android users yet, however this is a plug-in that I let run in my Firefox browser so I can listen and surf, interact while I am on the computer, all at the same time no matter what site I am on.
4. Shareaholic.com is one of the most intuitive resources to help you streamline the use of Social Media updating and provide easy access to share your content via multiple sources. It is an extension for your website, your browser, or a blog where you can gather all of your social networking accounts in a single place and use it to update them all from a single place. There are several ways to share, and you can simply insert a plug in to your browser so you can share and show you care. It will then catalogue all your updates so you can see them later.
5. BufferApp is my new favorite tool. You link the application to your Twitter account, and then you can set the buffer to fill with pending tweets. Simple, easy, and free to use for up to ten buffered tweets – you can of course update to the free account to save even more time. You set the times, and Bufferapp tweets them out when you want. It also has a mobile application, which I use on a very regular basis as well - just add one more to your buffer, and you are done.
I wanted to give you all a complete round-up of the most effective tools that I have found to use, however there are new tools each and every day. Are these your favourite, or do you have a different one you like to use? There are several free tools out there, but I feel these 5 are the best 5 free tools for social media updates that are current. Leave your comments, and we can all share best practices and make our profiles better, more interactive, and more relevant, in a timely and efficient way.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Work Buzz's Latest News: Work Experience & Relevant Experience: #CBJobChat Recap

Work Experience & Relevant Experience: #CBJobChat Recap

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Since the first Monday of this month was Labor Day, we held our monthly Twitter job on Monday of this week, getting insight from job seekers, recruiters and career experts. Last night's session involved experience and how job seekers address their work history through their resume and interviews and we got a lot of great feedback.
Be sure to keep following @CareerBuilder on Twitter for updates about upcoming chats and other Q&A opportunities that are coming up in the future.
In our hour chat, we had great questions and great advice given. We’re actually going to be switching up the format of our chat a bit for next month, so we’ll keep you posted on what the next incarnation of this will be. We’ve started plotting away and we think you’ll love it.
For your convenience, here are some of the best comments of the evening:

Q1:
Jobseekers: How strictly do you adhere to experience requirements on job postings when applying?
Employers: How much leeway is in a job posting? Are experience requirements flexible?
I stick to them very closely – but recently spent 90 mins on an online app to find out at the end I failed the 5+yrs mgmt exp – @AnotherDKJ
Most job postings are straightforward. If you have the experience, apply. If you’re close…apply – @KBaumann
As a recruiter I can tell you #jobseekers do not adhere to work experience requirements, but recruiters do – @Jeffrey_PHR
If I can make a connection btwn the skill set it takes to do a particular task then I am willing to be flexible – @CreativeVP
Job postings can be very subjective. It’s about the right fit. Exceptions can be made – @KBaumann
Pay attn. to the posting. Requirements are usually mandatory; preferred qualities are more flexible – @ABalderrama
If I really want the job, if I’m > 80% of them I will still apply & hope they love me enough to make an exception! – @Hansell_Gretel
My experience is that experience requirements tend to be more flexible with internal hires, or if the market is really tight – @SalarySchool
Pretty strictly esp if job is looking for entry-level worker. More exp. is an opportunity to grow if I have the basic req – @LunaRising
I have seen cases where that “director” job turns into a “manager” job to get the right person into the position – @SalarySchool
If the experience is “required”, there’s less leeway. Example: applying for MBA job w/Associate degree – @KBaumann
Does a “mature” future employee have a chance in the digital world? & how to NOT be discriminated due to age? – @EdJAlberts (Check out this article)
Usually don’t adhere unless req 5+ yrs, experience as a recent grad it’s hard w/lots of edu & min experience – @Captivation4

Q2:
Jobseekers: Do you find employers more concerned w/ your skills or career history? How do you explain a break in employment?
Employers: What are ok reasons for job seekers to have a break in employment, if their skills meet the job requirements?
I feel like everyone should be given a little more leniency nowadays. It’s uncharted water for many – @JeffSwan
Listing temp jobs on my resume seems an issue for me – @Olugraphics
List them as you would any job, maybe mark (temp) next to it. Shows you’re doing something between perm. gigs – @ABalderrama
You have to be able to explain the gap in employment. “I was finding myself” isn’t an answer. Fill the time w/volunteer exp – @KBaumann
Ok reasons for gaps: Deployment, family, etc. It’s not so much about the gap. It’s about what you did/accomplished. – @KBaumann
There’s an art to following up. don’t do it too much (e.g.5x/week) & perhaps email/sms towards breaktime/end of
day – @KHairyalonto
Any advice for cross country relocation job seekers? I am not looking for $$ to relocate or interview-just a new job – @CaliGirl62011 (Check out this article: http://cb.com/qwTMCR)
For my last job, I said I was willing to relocate at my own expense in my cover letter. Then negotiated relocation – @AnotherDKJ
I think we should give less importance to experiences which are not required for the applied job – @TheJobFactor
The okay reason if its about a 2 year gap should be school – @EGrisselr

Q3:
Jobseekers: How far back do you go when listing experience? Do you have a cutoff point?
Employers: Should there be a cutoff point for experience or is all experience relevant?
Most companies will want to know all employment in last 6-10 years or last 3 jobs – @TomBolt
As far back as ‘exp required’ requests or at least 5-6 yrs – @LunaRising
We don’t want to know your HS courses. It’s all about relevancy – @KBaumann
10 yrs. is good enough. Unless its a State or Federal job then they want to know every job you had since you were born – @IJobSeek

Q4:
Job seekers: Do you bring up a layoff or termination or wait until you are asked?
Employers: How much does a termination or layoff influence a hiring decision for employers?
In my case i was family leave and I inform when asked – @TheresaDoria
Layoff not a killer, but be prepared to explain the circumstances and what you have done since if still unemployed – @TomBolt
You can wait until you’re asked, but you shouldn’t lie/talk around it. It’s worse to be caught in a lie – @ABalderrama
Layoffs aren’t typically a reflection of the employee’s performance. Terminations are. Hiring decisions will vary – @KBaumann
It can be a negative influencer. Candidates need to be prepared to talk about what happened – @MTATL
It can influence mgr, but if you have a good track record, you can easily address. Get great former boss ref’s – @SalarySchool
Make sure you ask ppl permission to use as ref & know what they will say – @TomBolt
Line up as many diverse references & alternatives as possible – @TalentTalks
We’ve included links to all of these Twitterers above because they frequently post informative, helpful news and tips that job seekers can really learn from. Again, we recommend following us on Twitter to tips, advice and news about all things job related. Check out all of our #cbjobchat recaps here. Also, feel free to leave us a comment with topics or ideas you’d want to discuss in future #cbjobchats or in other ventures which we’ll be announcing very soon.

The Monster Blog: 3 Pre-Interview Don'ts

The Monster Blog

3 Pre-Interview Don'ts

Posted: 14 Sep 2011 02:19 PM PDT

By Hank Stringer for Glassdoor.com
We have all read reports on the political prisoner who fasts to protest something -- no food, just water -- a hunger strike just to make a point. There are some of you who fast to cleanse your system and some who fast or deny yourselves certain niceties for Lent. The fast or denial of "things" causes one to focus on priorities, to improve, to prepare and to get closer to ourselves or our maker. Call me crazy, but can we use the same approach to preparing for an important interview? I believe we can and offer the following three "fasts" to consider.
When you have an important interview scheduled, you may want to consider eliminating these three things from your daily living:
1. Unhealthy Foods.
Don't you feel better when you eat less? Eliminate heavy foods and sweets, and focus on a healthy diet, and you may find that you not only feel better about yourself, but also have a clearer head, as well as that spark of confidence that others perceive and may be the thing that puts you over the top.
2. News.
It is 24/7 and is a business vying for your attention with information that will keep you watching. And it is bad news we hear over and over and over -- on cable, on network, on the Internet, on the radio, down the hall, at the water fountain -- enough! You are about to present yourself for an opportunity that may affect great change in your life for the positive. You do not want to be thinking about problems of others while you prepare. When you drive, listen to music. When you are home, do not turn the TV on. Instead, try spending quiet time alone or in conversation with a family member. Either will help you get ready for the interview and in the end, again, could be the element that puts you over the top.
3. Alcohol.
Need I say more? When you are in an interview cycle, stop drinking. You need a clear head and it just makes sense to prepare with some abstinence. It won't hurt and will just make the celebration when you get the job that much more fun.
These points are logical; they make sense. But though they are, know that by fasting in these 3 simple areas you are likely putting yourself ahead of the rest of the pack. And who knows, you may find that by doing without unhealthy foods, an overdose of news and too much alcohol, it may make your life better and you may start interview fasting all the time.
Guest Blogger Hank Stringer is a member of the Glassdoor.com, Clearview Collection, CEO of Stringer Executive Search, and Chief Strategist to Novotus -- a professional recruiting agency.

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UndercoverLawyer:Video: Stopping Age Discrimination, How Two Women Did It

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Work Buzz's Latest News: Work Experience & Relevant Experience: #CBJobChat Recap

The Work Buzz's Latest News: Work Experience & Relevant Experience: #CBJobChat Recap

The Monster Blog: 3 Pre-Interview Don'ts

The Monster Blog

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