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Greetings from Andrew
After 3 ½ years of involvement in the
development of this newsletter, I'm pleased to
welcome you to this month's issue of Recruiter
News. In this issue, you'll find more of
the valuable product reviews and industry tips
that have helped this newsletter grow from a few
hundred subscribers at its inception to a
current list of 40,000 subscribers today.
I'd like to acknowledge the many
independent contributors who review and report
on the myriad of recruiting tools and software
available on the market and help guide us on
which of those products we should offer to our
own recruiter network under the member discount program.
It is only with their support and contributions
that we are able to ensure that you, our
readers, are offered the most up to date
knowledge, training and advice every month.
Best of luck to you in all your
recruiting
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Becoming a Platinum
Recruiter
by: Mark E. Berger, CPC,
AIRS CIR
Swat
Recruiting
I am happy
to report to the Hireability newsletter readers on the
newly released Platinum Recruiter from infoGIST. This is
a great program that goes a long way toward making our
job of locating resumes of passive and active candidates
for our open assignments a lot easier and more
productive. This product offers a simple interface that
easily accepts keywords and other criteria of your
choice and searches literally hundreds of sites for
resumes.
As of this writing, this
product searches over 230 free resume banks, 150(+) web
search engines, 10 of the largest web communities/ISP's,
and 90(+) colleges and universities. It can also search
over 230 pay resume sites if you have an account with
them. All you do is set it up once and include that
search type in your project. A neat feature that the
competitors don't offer is your ability to use the
software to search your local pc files as well. You can
search any documents contained in resume or other
directories on your hard drive. There is also the
ability to interface with a number of the leading ATS
vendor products to search your own candidate database at
the same time. There is also a nice feature that allows
you to perform a "flip search" or link search for
resumes using several search
engines.
infoGIST also offers a
great component for research and competitive
intelligence. It offers another area where you can
search for corporate/company information, patent and
trademark databases, and other business related archives
for keywords.
To read the full
article, click here.
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Ask Danny!
Danny,
An account
executive we had recruited for a tough role was perfect.
At the final interview, with a psychologist they use for
a one-hour phone consultation, our candidate disclosed
that he had left his company for seven months, after
college graduation, to go into the construction
business, and then returned. He has only worked for one
company, four years fulltime while a full-time student,
and now he has been there another three years. I called
him. He was not looking, but really wants this job now.
The hiring manager is also interested in him. But the
president of the company feels that the candidate lied
by signing his application without disclosing the fact
that he had left his current employer - which was a
misrepresentation of his service. They were even more
upset that I didn't know this and that the candidate
didn't share this with me. I explained that because he
voluntarily left and rejoined, he did not think about it
as part of his career history, but the president feels
it is an ethical issue. This is a company where I have
placed several senior folks, including the hiring
manager, and don't know how to turn the president
around. The job has been open for three months and
ethics are a key part of the company culture. Any ideas?
Help!!
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 From the Desk of Just
J!
Dear Just J,
What's your favorite Springtime
refreshment?
- Wonderin' in Portsmouth,
NH
Dear Wonderin',
Funny you should ask. I
just whipped it up for myself last night. Are you spying
on me? This is a special receipe for kids and adults of
all ages. Of course, adults can make their own
"creative" modifications, if they wish!
Here it
is (eh, hem, drum roll, please):
The
Spring Fever
What you'll need:
- 3/4 oz lemon juice
- 3/4 oz mango syrup
- 1 1/2 oz apple juice
- 2 oz blood orange juice
What you do:
- Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with
ice.
- Shake well.
- Strain into a collins glass half-filled with
crushed ice.
So, open the windows, let the
fresh air in, take a sip, and ENJOY!
To
Spring!
Just J.
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