Archive for November, 2006

Raytheon Company, an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services, and business aviation & special mission aircraft is advertising their career site using Yahoo! ads. Joel Cheesman of Cheezhead and HRSEO discussed this in his keynote presentation at the Direct...

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Small to mid-size hotels are increasingly having a hard time finding employees for open positions. Many of these hotels are located in upscale areas with nice surroundings. Some are advertising their positions in newspapers, radio and TV and on the web, every week. After all that, these hotels...

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A post on Spherion’s Career Blog about credit checks reminded me of something that I want to get off my chest.   Don Boone of Spherion writes, Having been in the recruiting field for many years, I can’t tell you the number of times I encountered...

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Employees at Artists’ Frame in Chicago knew what the company charged customers, and they knew that their pay was only a fraction of that. The CEO wanted them to understand that the difference between invoices prices and their salaries wasn’t all profit. So the employees...

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How do you recuit candidates to replace existing employees who are not aware that they may be replaced? There are a few ways this can be done. Hopefully, the soon to be “replaced” employees have received the proper progressive steps of discipline. If they are...

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There was person that was just promoted to a newly created, in-store recruiting role for a retail company. This person had been looking for ideas for strengthening our recruiting network. What recruiting techniques, sources, etc… have you found useful in recruiting this category of employee? What has not...

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Jobster’s CEO Jason Goldberg tees off on Monster Worldwide. Well said, Jason! WPvideo 1.02 Download Video    Send article as PDF to

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Keynote speaker Joel Cheesman of Cheezhead and HRSEO discusses topics of Internet recruiting, online marketing and thinking outside the box at the Direct Employers Association annual meeting in Las Vegas. WPvideo 1.02 Download Video    Send article as PDF to

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If you have hourly employees, reward them for the extra effort. If you call them in on their day off, and they agree to come in, pay them time and a half, even if they have not worked 40 hours that week. Do the same...

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The KASH Model consists of four phases: knowledge of a better way, attitude, skillful application of the new knowledge, and habit. Knowledge of a better way is trying to get learners to accept that there is a better of doing things. It involves selling the...

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