Don’t believe the pundits who are predicting the demise of e-mail marketing. Electronic mail isn’t going away anytime soon. This post on SuperFastRecruitment.co.uk explains the fundamentals of launching an e-mail campaign. Wondering what the benefits are to recruiters? “It’s cheap to set up and maintain, allows you to…(Read More)
If you want to better manage your social media efforts, this post from recruiting and marketing pro Christopher Brablc is a must-read. He recommends five easy-to-use tools such as Tweetdeck and Buffer to help you get started. The apps and platforms that Brablc covers allow users to monitor important social streams and…(Read More)
“The tools that help collaboration and eliminate bottlenecks in the three phases of construction—planning, designing, and building—are rooted in tablets, Smartphones, and mobile intelligent hotspots, also known as ‘Jetpacks,’” explains a post on AreaDevelopment.com. The author, Paul Bedard of Verizon Enterprise Solutions, says mobile project management and remote data storage are among…(Read More)
For the first time in 10 years, organizations are going outside of their walls to fill open positions. That’s according to the 2013 Source of Hire Survey released this week by CareerXroads, an HR consultancy in New Jersey. “A new survey shows that nearly 42 percent of 185,450 open positions at 37 large…(Read More)
Facebook’s new Social Graph Search is ripe with opportunities for niche recruiters. Industry strategist Jessica Miller-Merrell maintains the Graph function has “opened the doors for recruiters by allowing improved search of friend’s data and better access to public information.” If you’re beginning to dabble in this platform, you will appreciate these…(Read More)
With 52 percent of job seekers using Facebook to find work, the channel’s new Graph Search is a big help to hiring managers and recruiters. Social employee referral management platform Zao has compiled this infographic, which offers several tips on how to target your search. http://www.recruiter.com/i/how-recruiters-can-take…(Read More)
Would you agree that HR pros are only as good as the recruiters who do their filtering? To avoid having “poorly trained, unapproachable, and lackluster recruiters” tasked with finding your next superstar, check out these tips from Shannon Smedstad, a recruiting and HR social media consultant. She reminds us that successful recruiters have product knowledge…(Read More)
Green building in North America will continue to see strong growth throughout the coming year. That’s according to green building consultant Jerry Yudelson, who predicts that 2014 will also experience a growing focus on energy efficiency and zero-net-energy buildings. http://www.constructech.com/news/articles/article.aspx?article_id=9896&SECTION=1…(Read More)
What can be done on jobsites to reduce the likelihood of claims being filed against your company? A few of the common trends that result in disputes include labor or material shortages, unplanned disruptions, and architect-related delays. Joshua Johnson, a partner with Gentry, Locke, Rakes and Moore, a law firm that handles construction and…(Read More)
So you want to get a job but you are not sure what type of job you want to get; well, there is one type of job that you will likely be able to get with no problem, a construction job. You probably relate construction jobs with slave labor and you assume that you will…(Read More)
