Recruiting Industry News & Updates
Featuring articles from around the Internet about companies in the recruiting industry
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Gas Price Drives Workers To Look Closer To Home Aug 5, 2008
What's driving jobseekers to seek these days? On the Beyond.com network it's the price of gas. The company that operates thousands of niche sites reports that 79 percent of those who took the poll said they were looking for a new job closer to home because of the price of gas. view article »mentioned profiles: Beyond.com -
Jobvite Gains CTO As Yahoo! Loses Another Exec Aug 5, 2008
Adam Hyder, a technology executive with Yahoo!, has joined Jobvite as Chief Technology Officer. Hyder had previously been Director of Engineering & CTO of HotJobs during the time the recruitment division was lead by Dan Finnigan, who is now CEO of Jobvite.
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SucessFactors Gains Ground in Healthcare Industry Aug 5, 2008
A day before Wall Street expects SuccessFactors, Inc. to announce a money-losing quarter, the company issued a press release announcing "continued success in customer acquisition in the patient care industry."
Perhaps hoping to blunt the bad news (which might not quite so bad, since the company has now twice surprised analysts by doing less poorly than expected), the company said it "added 25 healthcare entities which represented 45 hospitals in 2007, and is rapidly extending its customer adoption in 2008."
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Kenexa Has A Winning Quarter But Dampens Wall Street’s Enthusiasm Aug 4, 2008
Kenexa (profile; site) earned $9 million or 39 cents a share for the quarter ended June 30 beating Wall Street’s estimate of 35 cents and joining Taleo and Monster in reporting better than expected results. view article »mentioned profiles: Kenexa, Corp -
New SmartSearch Version Adds New CRM Features Aug 2, 2008
Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc. has released a new version of its SmartSearch talent acquisition and staffing management software. It adds enhancements to CRM with new Outlook toolbar, text messaging, VOIP, PDA access, and website portals.
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Half of Hiring Managers Have Caught Resume Liars Aug 1, 2008
Remember Joe Isuzu, the ficitional spokesman for Isuzu Motors who was pathologically unable to tell the truth? He's got company. Lots of it
A new survey from CareerBuilder says 49 percent)of hiring managers reported catching a candidate lying on their resume.And when they did, 57 percent tossed out the applicant. Curiously, 6 percent hired the liar.
The most common lies are:
- Embellished responsibilities - 38 percent
- Skill set - 18 percent
- Dates of employment - 12 percent
- Academic degree - 10 percent
- Companies worked for - 7 percent
- Job title - 5 percent
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Monster Buys Trovix And Beats The Street Jul 31, 2008
Big news from Monster (profile; site) today. It bought jobmatcher Trovix (profile; site) for $72.5 million; settled that class action shareholder lawsuit over the stock options backdating for $25 million and managed to beat Wall Street's expectations for its 2nd quarter financial performance earning 40 cents a share excluding one-time expenses. The Street consensus was the company would earn 37 cents a share. view article » -
CareerBuilder Subsidiary Offers Two New Buying Guides Jul 31, 2008
Personified, the talent management and consulting subsidiary of CareerBuilder.com, has released a new Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) guide and a Staffing Industry Front Office guide to help employers navigate the ever-changing world of recruitment technology. The guides provide unbiased, side-by-side comparisons of ATS and Staffing Technology functionality.
Each guide costs $350 and can be ordered here.
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Monster Names Ted Gilvar Chief Global Marketing Officer Jul 31, 2008
Monster appointed Ted Gilvar to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Global Marketing Officer. In his new role, Gilvar will oversee all aspects of Monster’s global marketing strategy and handle the Company’s multifaceted advertising and branding initiatives. view article »mentioned profiles: Monster Worldwide, Inc. -
Scope Out Each Other Via Scopings, Anonymously Jul 30, 2008
view article »There’s a new recruitment site where a candidate doesn’t need a resume, doesn’t need to say who they are, doesn’t even have to go looking for the job.mentioned profiles: Novologies LLC