Posted By: Jacques Couret Despite high unemployment, American and Atlanta employers still struggle to fill certain positions particularly in skilled trades, engineering and IT, ManpowerGroup reported Tuesday. In its seventh-annual Talent Shortage Survey, the human resources company said 49 percent of U.S. employers are experiencing difficulty filling critical positions in their organizations. This is slightly lower than [...]

With all the social media options out there, you might think that email newsletters are falling to the wayside. But customers and clients are still reading! This article by Michael McLaughlin on GeurillaConsulting.com provides tips on how to grow your contact list AND boost the effectiveness of your content. Read the FULL ARTICLE here: http://www.guerrillaconsulting.com/newsletter/2012/issue89-mar-12.html

Posted By: CHRIS BRACKEN Unfortunately, we see Call Center companies the world over consistently making the same mistakes in their hiring processes. The reason is almost always the same:  a “we have always done it this way” mentality that exists in so many recruiting departments. Even in times of higher unemployment, competition for the best [...]

Posted By: James Martell Business Consulting Buzz Entrepreneurship is a part of human nature and has been more thoroughly explored in recent years via the Internet. People naturally want to make money for themselves instead of some big faceless corporation. On the other hand, entrepreneurship does require a certain amount of work. Freelancers do make things easier [...]

Posted By Mark Haas CMC FIMC Although HR is not the focus of our consulting practice, our clients occasionally ask for our help when they hire staff. We do look at resumes the give us but, since we have a sense of where the client organization is headed, we’d rather weigh in on the candidate’s suitability [...]

I am concerned that jobs posted on job boards by recruiting firms are not really open and active positions, but rather positions they anticipate their client companies to activate in the future.  Any thoughts? Most job boards have no way of determining if jobs posted by search firms are valid/immediate needs. Third-party recruiters and employers both will [...]