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 »