HR is evolving into a profession increasingly viewed by the boardroom as strategic and critical to a company’s overall business performance. That's one finding of a study released today by Vurv and the Human Capital Institute. view article »

A new Bullhorn research report - Transform Your Recruiting Practice from Good to Great -   highlights best practices in using candidate sourcing tools and compensation that divide the staffing and recruiting industry's top performers from the laggards. Some of the key best practices revealed in this report include how to become embedded in social networks to source candidates, and using Pay for Performance. view article »

HRchitect is offering (for $495) what it describes as a "real world" perspective  on software evaluation, selection, and implementation of talent management programs. Titled The Suite Life of Integrated Talent Management, the report is the first in what HRchitect says is a new  HR Technology Reality Check series.

Read the announcement here. Or here to get the free executive summary.

 

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The latest quarterly job forecast from CareerBuilder.com and USA TODAY points to a continued, gradual downshift in job creation as businesses grapple with the effects of subpar economic growth, escalating oil prices, the credit collapse and timid consumer spending. view article »

The hiring outlook for IT employees remains positive for the second half of 2008, as 35 percent of IT employers are planning to increase the number of full-time, permanent employees from July through December; the highest among all industries surveyed. The CareerBuilder.com Midyear Employment Forecast was conducted from May 22 through June 13, 2008. view article »

Novotus says its survey shows that despite a cooling economy, hiring is hotter than ever. view article »

A new CareerBuilder survey shows men still make more than women, decades after gender equality became the law, not to mention the right thing to do.

Says the CareerBuilder.com press release:

"Comparing salaries, 40 percent of men surveyed reported they make $50,000 or more, compared to 21 percent of women surveyed. Nineteen percent of men earn $75,000 or more, compared to 7 percent of women. On the other end of the pay scale, 47 percent of women reported they make $35,000 or less compared to 28 percent of men."

 

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HRO Today Magazine, as part of the results of its annual Baker’s Dozen survey, recently ranked TAPFIN Process Solutions as the fourth top recruitment process outsourcing provider of project and on demand RPO services. view article »

Are middle children more likely to program computers or fight fires? Do Scorpios or Capricorns belong to a higher earning bracket? A new survey from CareerBuilder.com looks at profession, compensation and job satisfaction in relation to birth order and astrology sign. The survey of more than 8,700 workers was conducted nationwide across industries. view article »

The weak U.S. economy is keeping a lid on salary expectations, even among candidates for the most in demand jobs.

The Jobfox Most Wanted U.S. Job Candidates: August 2008 report finds that job seekers' salary expectations -across 25 of the most in-demand professions - have remained flat or have decreased over  the five months from March through July.

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Stand up from your desk and look over the top of your cubicle. Half the people you see around you will just barely make it to payday.

A survey from CareerBuilder says 47 percent of workers report they always or usually live paycheck to paycheck just to make ends meet, up from 43 percent last year. One-in-five (21 percent) workers with salaries of $100,000 or more report they too live paycheck to paycheck. 

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BeelinerPeople is the latest product to be introduced by worker survey specialist, Spinfish/ROG, Inc. People is intended to automate the process of surveying new employees on their onboarding experience. It integrates with a company's HR database, checks employee start dates and automatically calculates which employees should receive a survey at any particular date. view article »

Looking to hire a college intern this winter? Or maybe you have a college student in the family. Either way, you and they need to get busy. A new CareerBuilder survey reports that 24 percent of hiring managers plan to hire college interns in the first half of 2009 while another 12 percent plan to do so in the next three months. view article »

Workers are mostly on their own when it comes to the cost of commuting. An online poll by Beyond.com had 72 percent of those voting telling the Pennsylvania-based job board network that their employers were doing nothing to help offset the cost of gas.

On the half-full side of the equation, 15 percent did say thier employer is offering increased telecommuting opportunities.

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Nearly half (48 percent) of human resource managers say that over the past year they have had to broaden the list of places they look for candidates in order to reach more job seekers, according to a survey sponsored by Personified, the talent management and consulting subsidiary of CareerBuilder.com.

In hopes of getting new talent in the door quicker, nearly a quarter (23 percent) of human resource managers say they have shortened the time from initial meeting to offer, and close to one-in-ten (8 percent) have removed steps from the application process.

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The Sales Representative/Business Development profession ranked No. 1 in the Jobfox Most Wanted U.S. Job Candidates: September 2008 report, which analyzes the top 25 most popular job openings over a three-month period ending September 16, 2008. In addition, the Sales Executive profession – those in charge of managing and developing sales teams – ranked No. 9, up from No. 13 in August. view article »

A New Voices Project survey by the Bernard Hodes Group says almost half of all millenials (47 percent) are considering social networking sites as outlets to receive career and employment information.

The New Voices Project survey measured the workplace attitudes and job search behaviors of the millennial generation, young adults between the ages of 16 and 29. According to those surveyed, 89 percent stated they spend their free time on social networking sites at least once a week, second only to watching television (91 percent).

Get a summary of the survey here.

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A survey of applicant tracking systems users reports that 72 percent of respondents do not know the cost of on-boarding for their highest-turnover position, and 86 percent of respondents are not asking candidates about their online employment application experience.

Shaker Consulting conducted the survey at the 2008 Taleo World User Conference.

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A CareerBuilder-sponsored survey says far fewer employers will be hiring workers in 2009 whether full- or part-time, which translates into a recruitment budget reduction for almost a quarter of the surveyed companies.

These and other trends are detailed in the survey.

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High salary earners are willing to relocate regionally, nationally and even internationally for work, according to the Executive Job Market Confidence Report recently released by Australian job board, Six Figures International. Get your copy of the report here.

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SuccessFactors, a global provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, is named a leader in Integrated Talent Management in a recent study of HR software vendors by IDC, a provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets

The report says, “SuccessFactors’ Talent management suite offers a prominent end-to-end solution leading the marketplace and illustrating the continuous circle and strategic interdependency of the various talent management functions within an organization."

Other companies reviewed in the $25,000 report (that is not a misprint) are: Authoria, Cornerstone, Halogen, Kenexa, Lawson, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Plateau Systems, Saba, Salary.com, SAP, Silkroad, Softscape, Stepstone, Taleo and Workscape.

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The Monster Employment Index declined 12 points in December, as economic uncertainty continued to weigh on U.S. online recruitment activity. Year-over-year, the Index is down 22 percent, largely steady from the previous two months, suggesting some stabilization in the rate of slowdown in the labor market following a rapid decline during the third and fourth quarters. view article »

 A survey of staffing firms says 58 percent of them are investing in new services and repositioning their company to attract new clients. Another 52 percent have increased spending on marketing and hiring more sales reps.

Most telling is the optimsm of the 7,500 staffing firms surveyed for the TalentDrive-sponsored report. Some 57 percent predicted that the predict the staffing situation will improve by the third quarter of the year.

The survey was conducted byTalentDrive, creator of SaaS recruitment software TalentFilter.

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Companies worldwide say they are most concerned about external recruiting and performance management. In the U.S., companies say their next key concern is internal promotion. Elsewhere, it's career development.

These are some of the trends identified in a survey sponsored by PreVisor that is intended to help practitioners and consultants evaluate their employee assessment practices.

PreVisor is a provider of on demand pre-employment assessments and talent measurement solutions. The complete report is available here.

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With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, cupid’s arrows have started to fly - and may be landing in a cubicle or office near you. Four-in-ten workers say they have dated a co-worker at some time during their careers, with 18 percent admitting to doing it twice or more, according to CareerBuilder.com’s annual office romance survey of more than 8,000 workers. More than three-in-ten (31 percent) said they went on to marry the person they dated at work. view article »

An alarming 57 percent of requests for employment and education verifications were rejected when an electronically signed consent form was used, says employeescreenIQ, a global screening company. view article »

Four out of five college students and grads are having a tough time finding a job, says a new survey by AfterCollege.

Less than five percent of the 670 students and alums said finding work was easy. Of that group, the most effective method was networking followed by applying to jobs online.

 

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Who are recruiters looking for these days? Beyond.com says it's workers with limited experience; five years or less is the new sweet spot.

The company's First Quarter 2009 Career Trends Analysis and Industry Outlook Reports, released today, provides an in-depth look at the latest job market trends.It found a 15.2 percent increase in healthcare workers, with a majority of having 1-3 years experience, while job postings call for a year or less. There was a 54.5 percent in IT workers looking for a job. Most had 5-10 years experience, while recruiters were seeking 3-5 years.

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BeelinerSurveys.com, an online employee survey software service, will host a free webinar titled “The A to Zs of Collecting Employee Feedback Through Surveys and More...”

Beeliner CEO Amanda Trombley and Gail McMeekin, an HR survey expert and author of “The Power of Positive Choices,” will discuss how to start collecting employee feedback and how to use it. The free webinar will be held May 26th at 1-2 p.m. EDT.Register here.

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Your college grad still without a job? Then point them to this list of 20 cities that AfterCollege says have the most number of employers posting entry-level jobs.

The list was compiled by taking a snapshot of entry-level jobs and internships currently available on AfterCollege and on AfterCollege career networks. Rankings were determined based on the number of unique employers posting opportunities in each city, versus taking the number of opportunities posted per city, in order to

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Jobvite's recently released Social Recruitment Survey shows that recruiting on social networks continues to grow, despite the overall slowdown in hiring.

Part of the reason is satisfaction with the quality of the candidates. Cost is also a factor, say the surveyed companies, a factor in the 72 percent of  the surveyed companies who say they expect to spend more on social networks this year.

Get a copy of the survey here.

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Two-thirds of respondents to the third New Voices Project survey by Bernard Hodes Group, cite diversity as a key issue when considering employment with an organization.

The survey, which measured the workplace attitudes and job search behaviors of diverse audiences within the millennial generation, found  women tend to be more open about speaking with friends and family about career options and information while more men than women would walk into a company to apply for a job. Men and women are nearly equal (50 percent vs. 48 percent) in utilizing social networking for career and employment information.

Get the survey summary here.

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TalentDrive, the creator of the SaaS sourcing technology, TalentFilter,  released the results from the recent "What Steps Are You Taking to Leverage this Recession" April through June 2009 survey. The economic recovery survey found that 50 percent of HR professionals surveyed are actively preparing for the return of hiring and "the other side" of the recession. view article »

One moonlighter sold catfish dinners from the front porch. Another entered poker tournaments, while a third took a job as a tarot card reader.

These are among the more unconventional ways a CareerBuilder survey found, that workers are finding to earn extra money.

As the recession wears on and hours are cut and overtime eliminated, cash-strapped workers have been taking second jobs or launching their own sideline businesses. One-in-10 workers told CareerBuilder they've taken second jobs in the last year.

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Beyond.com says businesses with fewer than 50 employees accounted for more than half the hiring in Q2 2009.

The finding is part of Beyond's Second Quarter 2009 Career Trend Analysis and Industry Outlook Report, released today.

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According to a new survey by CareerBuilder completed in June, 48 percent of workers who were laid off from full-time jobs in the last three months have found new full-time positions; up from 41 percent in March. An additional three percent found part-time positions; down from 8 percent in the previous survey. The CareerBuilder survey was conducted among 921 workers who were laid off from full-time jobs within the last 12 months. view article »

Arbita, provider of recruitment marketing technology, media planning and consulting services, announced a special edition of Arbita’s Recruitment Genome Project conducted in collaboration with Onrec.com and Kennedy Information.

The survey will compare the recruitment practices of Onrec.com and Kennedy Information communities with those of the broader recruitment community. Results will be released later this year and  presented during  the Onrec.com Online Recruitment Conference and Expo, November 3 and 4 in Chicago.

 

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Washington, D.C. is the best area in the U.S. for newly minted electrical engineers to begin their careers, says AfterCollege. The career site for recent grads and students looking ahead, AfterCollege surveyed the entry-level jobs in its network, counted jobs listed on newspaper sites to see where the most employers work, then weighted those results with salary averages, apartment costs and data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. view article »

The Partnership for Public Service estimates that the federal government will need to fill more than 270,000 positions by 2012.

The estimate comes from a survey of 35 federal agencies representing nearly 99 percent of the federal workforce, which was released today in the report WHERE THE JOBS ARE 2009: Mission-Critical Opportunities for America.

The survey was funded by Monster Government Solutions and the AON Consulting.

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A new survey from CareerBuilder is offering some encouraging news for veterans; 41 percent of employers report they have hired U.S. veterans or members of the National Guard in the last six months. One-in-five (21 percent) are actively recruiting veterans and members of the National Guard for open positions today.

 

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A CareerBuilder survey has found 61 percent of workers live paycheck to paycheck just to make ends meet, up from 49 percent last year and 43 percent in 2007.

The survey of 4,400 workers found that even among those earning $100k or more, 30 percent say they too live paycheck to paycheck, up from 21 percent in 2008.

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