| One-to-One Recruiting: The Importance of Personalizing All Aspects of Recruiting Posted: The most powerful recruiting advertisement I've seen in the last two years didn't originate from Google and it wasn't found on a social media site; instead it was a "take your breath away" billboard designed to attract a single person. Usually billboards are a complete waste of money, but this one dared to go where no one has gone before. We've all seen the famous 1916 James Montgomery Flagg ... |
| Characteristics of the Craft Posted: Recruiting is clearly not for everyone. Its demands can be extraordinary and its customers unrealistic. Its candidates not entirely truthful and its reward often just the self-satisfied glow of a job well done. By its very nature, recruiting often creates a sense of contrast and contradiction. Hiring managers want the perfect candidate for the lowest price; candidates want the perfect job for ... |
| Why Corporate Recruiting May Be Doomed Posted: How different is what you do today from five years ago? Are you able to find and hire top-notch people faster than before? Have you invested in systems, technology, and process improvements to lower costs and improve the speed to find and present qualified candidates? If not, you are clearly lagging behind those who have, and will have a tough time catching up. The corporate recruiting world is ... |
| Analysts Cite Five Growth Areas To Watch Posted: SAN JOSE, Calif. — PC demand is starting off the year better than expected with Acer, Apple and Hewlett-Packard benefiting from the trend. In smart phones, Samsung and LG Electronics will ship many more handsets using Google Android and diversify baseband suppliers potentially benefitting Broadcom and Infineon. Those were some of the conclusions from a recent Asia trips by a handful of analysts ... |
| Spending On Gadgets Shows Shift In Priorities Posted: SAN FRANCISCO—Global spending on hot electronic products increased in 2009, despite a difficult recession that brought an unprecedented decline in global per capita income, according to market research firm iSuppli Corp. According to iSuppli's estimates, global revenue from shipments of smartphones rose by 9.6 percent in 2009, while LCD-TVs experienced a 14 percent increase and netbook PCs ... |
| National's Sales, Earnings Rise Posted: SAN JOSE, Calif. -- National Semiconductor Corp. reported sales of $362 million in the quarter, up 5 percent from $345 million in the previous quarter and up 24 percent from $292 million reported in last year's third fiscal quarter. Third quarter net income of $53.2 million, or 22 cents per diluted share, was an increase from the $47.0 million, or 20 cents per share, in the second quarter of ... |
| Hail To Future Innovators Posted: MANHASSET, NY — The 2010 Intel Science Talent Search has announced the ten top awards from the 40 high school senior finalists in the yearly talent search event. Erika DeBenedictis, 18, of Albuquerque, N.M., won $100,000 for the top award for developing a software navigation system to help improve spacecraft travel through the solar system. The Intel Foundation honored DeBenedictis for ... |
| 7 Ways Your Resume is Just as Boring as Everyone Else’s Posted: The economy seems to be picking up a little, and more and more job seekers are coming to us and letting us know about internal opportunities within their organization that they would like to apply to. But even as more opportunities open up, the competition is as strong—or stronger than ever before. Here are seven ways your resume isn't quite cutting it. So take it out, brush it off, and let's ... |
