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Ivy Exec Helps People Find High-Paying Jobs Online

Now the start-up wants $1.5 million from investors, to help take on Monster and other online job sites  Read story

Is Your Company Web Site Turning Candidates Away?

Most corporate job sites are failing at one important goal: they make it difficult for candidates to apply for positions online. As a result, companies ar...  Read story

Metatags, Newsgroups Help to Recruit on the Web

There are currently about 5 million resumes online in career sites, resume banks and job boards. But there aretens of millions of passive candidates who h...  Read story

Fake Jobs Convert Real Members

Would you make a good Superhero? How about a cushy White House job as a "Pronunciation Strategery Specialist"? If these jobs sound too bizarre to be true,...  Read story

Writing Effective Online Job Postings

There isn't a better way to quickly and inexpensively reach qualified candidates than online job postings. The trick is not in where you advertise -- it's ho...  Read story

Can I See Your Video Resume?

It's certainly not because of the quality of his video. Banerjee was lucky enough to have a friend who is a filmmaker help shoot the resume, editing in cl...  Read story

Résumés

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Hiring;

Outplacement -- a service provided primarily by large employers to help laid-off employees find new jobs -- is thriving, following a rash of plant consoli...  Read story

This Is a Test

The methods of screening job candidates and the laws that cover them.  Read story

One-Stop Shop for Small-Business Jobs

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

A One-Stop Solution for Retirement Plans

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Job Applicants Fear Impact of Online Behavior

A third of people under 30 say their blogs and social networking profiles could hurt their careers.  Read story

Job Seekers Look Beyond Wages

A recent survey finds flex hours and other perks have a big impact on recruiting.  Read story

More Recruiters Logging On

A survey finds employers are turning to social networking sites in the hunt for talent.  Read story

Staff Referrals Low

More employers say they're using Facebook and LinkedIn to fill job openings.  Read story

Online Job Ads Decline

Labor demand is expected to be sluggish over the summer, the Conference Board reports.  Read story

Online Recruiting More Popular

More hiring managers are looking for job candidates online, but referrals are still the most trusted tool.  Read story

Jobseekers Adopting New Tactics

As the labor market gets tougher, job applicants are trying new tricks to stick out from the crowd, a survey says.  Read story

New Job Board for Small Businesses

March 6, 2007 -- JobKite.com, an online job board, has re-launched to focus exclusively on independent enterprises that employ fewer than...  Read story

Inc. 500 Online Recruiter Hosts Career Expo

April 23, 2007 -- Jobing.com, a Phoenix-based online job board, is hosting a free career expo next month aiming to connect local employer...  Read story

Site to Help Career Seekers

CareerBuilder.com, the online job board, has launched a new site aimed at helping job-seekers interested in switching careers. CareerPath.com provi...  Read story

The Matchmaker

An anatomy of start-up Career Central, a matchmaker for companies and business school graduates. Includes CEO Jeffrey Hyman's business plan, financial strate...  Read story

Scour Power

Smart recruiters are turning the Internet inside out to find new employees.  Read story

Hey, Look Us Over

Attracting top tech people to a small city.  Read story

What's Next: The Monster Dilemma

Posting jobs on the Web is easy. It's sifting through hundreds of resumés that's a pain.  Read story

Data Point

A Cease-fire in the War for Talent  Read story

Hot Tip: Signing bonuses

Thanks to a tight labor market, signing bonuses for new employees are becoming increasingly common. "You don't have to be Bill Gates or Michael Jordan to ...  Read story

Hiring Your First Employee

You started your business because you wanted to be your own boss. But your business is growing so fast, you need some help. So in addit...  Read story

Hiring Your First Employee

You started your business because you wanted to be your own boss. But your business is growing so fast, you need some help. So in addit...  Read story

Hiring your First Employee

You started your business because you wanted to be your own boss. But your business is growing so fast, you need some help. So in addi...  Read story

One False Step: Getting E-recruiting Right

E-recruitment is not a new thing. Last year, Pew Research noted that 61 percent of Americans (122 million people) regularly went online and 43 percent of...  Read story

Does Internet Recruiting Work?

One needs to look beyond career sites and job boards to see the ultimate opportunities for finding workers online.  Read story

Dot Jobs? Not Likely

When the Society for Human Resource Management and EmployMedia launched the new .jobs domain a few months ago, there was a flurry of commentary and much ...  Read story

The Power of Weak Ties (in Recruiting)

In 2000, Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point examined the phenomena that often causes products, ideas and behaviours to go from obscurity to ub...  Read story

Online Job Demand Steady

After a slump in July, employers posted more job ads in August, the Conference Board reports.  Read story

New Report Underscores Growth of Diversity Initiatives

Diversity in the workplace is a given in today' s fast-moving global economy. By the time companies reach 100 employees, if they don' t have it already, t...  Read story

Employee Termination

Related Terms: Constructive Discharge ; ...  Read story

What's Hot: On-line Recruiting

A guide to books and Web sites devoted to helping you find the right employees.  Read story

Executive Recruiters Struggling

Employers say candidates for high-level jobs are getting harder to find.  Read story

Pulp Addiction

A close-up look at the struggles one job-placement firm endured as it moved toward a paperless workplace.  Read story