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Posts Tagged ‘ATS’

Why You Should Turn Your Résumé into a Tag Résumé

Feb 06, 2011 | 13

I found an exciting new toy today (code word "application") that has more than 101 uses. This is not your grandmother's word or tag cloud machine... This is Tagxedo... and today I became a HUGE fan. So much so, that I even cranked out a tag résumé. …

What are the preferred job search web sites/resources?

Jan 23, 2011 | 3

I belong to the LinkedIn group PROS in Workforce and Economic Development, closed to industry professionals. I really enjoy some of the dynamic conversations and resources that are shared among members. However, once in a while it becomes painfully obvious to me how much of a divide there is between the work and understanding of many workforce development professionals and the work of Corporate America...…

The Case For A Candidate Service Level Agreement

Oct 18, 2010 |  

War for talent, candidate experience, candidates as customers, rejection feedback, employer brand... New terminology that didn't used to exist...Here's another one, candidate service level agreement. …

Customer Service and the Candidate Experience

Jun 20, 2010 | 3

Remember when you read the job description and said to yourself, "Piece of cake, it has my name all over it"? You spent time at the keyboard crafting a killer cover letter and tweaking your resume so it was targeted. You applied, got a canned receipt and that was it. Time passed and you wondered if the cosmos had opened and swallowed, chewed and spit it out as volcanic ash...…

Who’s Gonna Hire Me?

Nov 07, 2009 | 5

I sat around a conference room table with a local job club as a guest speaker. They wanted a pep talk, to ask questions and get "real" answers. Mostly, they wanted to know what they were doing wrong, what they could do better and why they couldn't get a job. I rolled my sleeves up.…

The Vulcan Recruiter

Sep 19, 2009 | 3

Dorothy Beach, MBA CIR PHR got me thinking. She posted a question on the discussion board of the LinkedIn Social Media Recruiting Group asking for opinions on the effect of social media on recruiting in the far future, 5-20 years down the virtual highway. My mind immediately took a journey to Wish List Lane and Technology Square. If you repeat something enough times and really believe it that makes it reality, right?…