Archive for March, 2010
The current Job boards are broken.
Techcrunch recently published an article on a new job site with social recruiting elements. Read the full article here. Erick Schonfeld the author of the article sums up saying:
The current job boards are broken and dying. Injecting social elements into the job search makes much more sense. The best jobs always come through people you [...]
Automatic Resume sync on job sites
Techcrunch recently published an article on how Yahoo is launching a contact sync feature that Plaxo launched 8 years back and it still was a good idea. You can read the full article here.
In case you are wondering, what has this got to do with JobsByRef? The short answer: you can keep your resume synced [...]
Importance of getting candidates’ credentials verified first
Did you know that nearly 25% of the credentials checked by credential verification companies turn out to be false in some way or the other?
Despite the serious problems associated with recruiting unscrupulous people with falsified employment and education records, less than 2% of companies actually do any kind of post-employment verification. This is encouraging more [...]
Talent acquisition requires organization-wide participation
Many organizations believe that all recruitment is the sole responsibility of the talent acquisition group(TAG). Nothing could be farther from the truth. While the TAG is primarily responsible, any good talent acquisition strategy must involve every employee in the organization. The success and quality of the new talent is in fact dependent on the rest [...]
Competition is heating up…
With India moving out of recession, more and more job openings are springing up. However, the competition for these jobs has never been greater.
For those passing out this year, the competition for your first job is the highest this year in over a decade.This is because a majority of the 2009 batch who did not [...]
Jobs are back with a bang.
Looks like hiring is back and companies have started hiring in full swing. CNN-IBN recently ran a program on this very subject. According to them at least 1 million jobs will be created this year. Wow!
According to Mr. Gopalakrishnan, CEO of Infosys “we are looking to hire around 20,000 freshers this year 2010″. He also [...]
Access blog on iPhone, Blackberry, Nexus One and Android phones
Now you can access the JobsByRef.com blog on your iPhone, Blackberry, Nexus One and other Android phones. All you need to do is visit http://blog.jobsbyref.com on your phone and the display will be optimized for these phones.
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