Social Media Recruiting and The Bottom Line

Social Media Recruiting and The Bottom Line

by The Red Recruiter on January 15, 2010 At the age of 9, I realized that if I purchased a large bag of gum (100 pieces) for $5.00, I could sell the entire bag at school at a rate of $.25 per piece OR $25.00 per bag.  Kids would find me and purchase the gum right before my classes – perhaps

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#TNL This Wed. with Michael Long and Marie Journey

Wednesday night, January 6th, at 8pm Central join your favorite talent professionals on Twitter for #TNL.  This round will feature Michael Long (@theredrecruiter) who will be on hand to discuss 2010 as the year to start tracking your social media ROI. We'll also have tool time with Marie Jou

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Unemployed? Consider contract work.

Unemployed? Consider contract work.

By Stephanie Lloyd  I know that many people who are seeking work focus on permanent positions without ever considering contract or freelance work. Guess what? While they don’t take taxes out of your paycheck and they typically do not provide you with benefits – THEY PAY YOU! ACTUAL

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Recruiters don't ease up during the holidays - neither should you

Recruiters don’t ease up during the holidays – neither should you

Story from Craig Fisher Posted by Miriam Salpeter on Keppie Careers Recruiters don’t ease up during the holidays – neither should you - Original post on KeppieCareers.com Published on December 2nd, 2009 If you are a regular reader, I hope you are already convinced that it’s important to

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TalentNet Live #TNL Recruiting Chat on Twitter 10/28/09 8pm to 10pm Central

A couple of good blog posts this past week by Jessica Miller-Merrell (@blogging4jobs) who postulates that "HR is the New PR" http://blogging4jobs.com/hr/hr-is-the-new-pr, and Amybeth Hale (@researchgoddess) who tells us "What’s The Difference Between PR, Marketing, and Advertising, and Why Recruit

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TalentNet Live #TNL on Twitter Wed. 9/28

Join us this Wednesday, Sept. 30th, for another rousing edition of #TNL on Twitter.  This week Michael Goldberg (@superrecruiter) will Tweet about Social Media Strategy for the Upturn (are you ready?).  And Jerry Albright (@jerry_albright) will tell us about the party that was Recruitfest

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Talent Net Live the aftermath….

Talent Net Live the aftermath….

By Mark Sullivan It all started by a simple tweet back in April from Dorothy Beach making a comment about not being able to attend the Spring ERE Expo due to budgets and wanting something local. It ended up being (not my words but the attendees) “one of the best one day conferences I have atten

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Wrap Up and Slides from TalentNet Live Recruiter Conference

Wrap Up and Slides from TalentNet Live Recruiter Conference

Wow, tremendous conference today at Frito Lay HQ. When we began planning the #TNL conference earlier this year none of us could have imagined what a huge interest our little conference has generated and what a success it has been. The crowd (over 150 people!) and response were great!  Some real

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The Right Kind of Happy for the Right Fit

The Right Kind of Happy for the Right Fit

By Karla Porter We all experience certain milestone events in life that cause extraordinary joy and others of paralleled grief and sadness. When we are mentally healthy we express ourselves accordingly. Is that right? Does every one feel and express happiness and sadness in the same way? Do thes

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Special #TalentNet Live Chat this Wed., 8/19/09

Special #TalentNet Live Chat this Wed., 8/19/09

Are you attending a recruiting conference this year?  With so many recruiting conferences on the near horizon, I thought it would be cool to get together and chat about which ones you might attend, and the details for some of them.  So this Wednesday we will have a special #TalentNet chat about up

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