Why I like Google Buzz (quick overview from a recruiters perspective)

| July 29, 2010

Holy crap, it’s been exactly 100 days since my last post. Wowzer. Things have been busy, which is good and bad I guess. So real quick here, I wanted to give my perspective on Google Buzz, and why I like it from a recruitment perspective. Social media, blah blah blah. Sick of hearing about it, [...]

Guest Post: Recruitment Social Media – Are you Being Left Behind?

| November 23, 2009

Author Byline: Nicole Bodem, Career Site Optimization Strategist Author Website: http://www.hrsearchmarketing.com A few days back I saw the first ever job posting on Indeed advertising for a “Talent Community Manager”. (Kudos to Deluxe for taking a huge step forward in recruiting and leveraging this opportunity). Using social media for recruitment takes time, technology and people [...]

A simple tip to improve the candidate experience

| September 15, 2009

Ahh, my poor bro-in-law, on the streets looking for a job again. I feel for him. He’s a college grad, but came out of college at a terrible time, and has bounced around from temp job to temp job for a while. He has a little experience in the mortgage biz now, but has the [...]

Social Media, Recruiting, your job, friends/family…..how do you find time for everything?

| August 4, 2009

I have to tell you, I’m overwhelmed. I’m doing all I can to keep up with Twitter, Facebook, my blog, my daily tasks at work, my friends and family, exercizing, my golf game (which sucks right now), etc. It really is getting difficult to find time for everything. I’m balancing on the tight rope of [...]

Why Recruiting is like Golf

| April 23, 2009

Two of the bigger things in life for me are Golf and Recruiting. I’m pretty passionate about both. And since it’s finally freakin’ golf season in MN, I started thinking of the way the two relate. Don’t ask why, I just was. Now, you might think how the hell does Recruiting relate to Golf? I [...]

As an IT Recruiter, how can you do better?

| March 31, 2009

Ahh yes, the age old question….how can we do better and be more productive? Well, that’s a toughy and probably a topic we could talk about for days. But, I think I have a few ideas I can at least throw out to get the ball rolling. Keep in mind, my background is generally more [...]

What to expect in 2009?

| January 22, 2009

Who knows, that’s my answer….although I’ll keep writing something just because I need to fill up a little more of the page. I keep in tune with the economy and job market (although I hate the media right now), and I always laugh when people try and make an accurate evaluation of when we’re going [...]

Blogging about blogs

| September 10, 2008

So, I’ve finally gave in…..I have a blog. So what’s the benefit? I’m really not sure yet, I’ll blog about it when I figure it out! So, at the time I’m writing this, there are an estimated 200+ million blogs on the internet, ranging from academics to politics to music. There is literally a blog [...]