Job seekers accessing the JobCentral National Labor Exchange (NLX) job bank can rest assured that they aren’t missing good job postings and can be confident that companies are posting ALL of their job openings. INDIANAPOLIS, IN (PRWEB) July 30, 2010 Corporate America along with main street employers have partnered with State Workforce Agencies, Military Installations, [...]

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is seeking input from the public on ways to strengthen its regulations requiring federal contractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities. In an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to be published in the Federal Register [...]

“We have a great reputation in our industry and are known to do the right things and execute flawlessly. We are a leader in product innovation.” Terri Lass Director, Recruiting, Global Headquarters, St. Jude Medical, Inc. Terri, tell us about St. Jude Medical. St. Jude Medical develops medical device technologies and services for the treatment [...]

Foursquare was fun when I had others in my immediate area that I could “compete” with but there wasn’t a lot of ways to interact or other things to do besides checkin. I then learned about My Town

Baker Hughes: Fortune 200 technology leader in the oil field services industry operates in over 90 countries and consists of 36,000 employees. In the past one hundred year history of Baker Hughes, the process of recruiting has become an increasingly vital tool for running the business behind their $12 billion revenue.   The company is involved [...]

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG): Headquartered in Denham, UK, IGH sticks to the goal of creating “hotels that guests love.” However not only do the guests enjoy their stay, but the employees of IHG also stay with the corporation, and stay satisfied. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) owns, operates, and franchises seven hotel brands known throughout 100 [...]

Ray states, “Let me be clear that .jobs has not provided the DirectEmployers Association with an exclusive. And .jobs has not provided DirectEmployers members with an exclusive.”

It is extremely important that Employers make their voices heard on a current two-question dot jobs (.jobs) Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey. A link to the SHRM survey, new videos, and a white paper created by DirectEmployers Association to explain the .jobs initiative are all available at www.universe.jobs. Your name and responses to [...]

Search Engine Optimization & Custom Landing Pages In an April 2009 Mashable blog article, Lee Odden, CEO of TopRank Online Marketing stated, “Implementing a social media marketing program without optimizing content is leaving money on the table. Useful content (blog, video, images, audio) that cannot be discovered via search is a lost opportunity to reach [...]

Twitter Sodexo is a great example of engaging Followers on Twitter without spamming them. There are tweets about scholarships; links to company blogs; ReTweets of company information tweeted by other Sodexo employees and conversations with candidates and employees. Sodexo has 3,043 followers and they are listed 206 times. There are two tools that we use [...]

LinkedIn LinkedIn has quickly become a fantastic tool for recruiters. Creating specific groups and effectively managing these groups is a great way to build talent communities. A terrific example of an employer’s use of the LinkedIn company profile feature is Hewlett-Packard (HP). Here is their company profile page. HP is able to display current employees, [...]

Using Social Media/SEO in Recruiting Facebook Fan pages on Facebook give organizations the opportunity to disseminate career information.  Here I typed in “jobs” and found AT&T’s College Connection Fan Page with 676 fans (TALENT COMMUNITY). Facebook is a great tool to reach college students but it now reaches beyond that demographic. Some Best Practices to [...]

Using Social Media/SEO in Recruiting YouTube Here we have the HyattCareers YouTube Channel The description of this video reads: “A short promotional video that encourages people to connect with Hyatt using social media. Let us know what you think.” Hyatt is looking to encourage interaction with job seekers through their social media by providing engaging [...]

Part 1 – Using Social Media/SEO in Recruiting There will always be hiring- whether it’s to backfill positions, staff for sales of new product launches, or increase headcount due to growth. It’s important to embrace social media in our hiring practices. Why? Many candidates assign more value on what a friend says about a job [...]

March 9, 2010 DirectEmployers hosted a webinar highlighting the Direct Compliance product. Provided here is a review of the presentation along with a link to the recorded webinar. Items covered: Who is DirectEmployers Association? Member Benefits Direct Compliance survey results Review of graphs and charts Review of comments Questions answered OFCCP Job Distribution and Reporting NASWA [...]

You’ve probably noticed more tweets from DirectEmployers recently, or perhaps the 2009 Annual Meeting & Conference photos on our new Flickr page. With the majority of Members constantly on the go and actively engaged in social media, DirectEmployers wants to leverage platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn to communicate, interact and share news and ideas. We [...]

Jason Leonard Director of Field and College Recruiting JCPenney “At the end of the day there’s no technology that’s going to eliminate the recruiter role. It’s kind of funny…every time the next big thing comes along, everyone says ’aw, recruiters are going to be obsolete.’ I really don’t think that will happen. Good communication skills, [...]

Jason Leonard Director of Field and College Recruiting JCPenney “At the end of the day there’s no technology that’s going to eliminate the recruiter role. It’s kind of funny…every time the next big thing comes along, everyone says ’aw, recruiters are going to be obsolete.’ I really don’t think that will happen. Good communication skills, [...]

DirectEmployers Association Member AT&T Presents at U. S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) – Listening Session Carrie Corbin, Sr. HR Manager of Talent Attraction for AT&T, provided an overview of AT&T’s efforts to hire people with disabilities during an ODEP listening tour in Dallas, TX on January 21, 2010. Corbin highlighted [...]

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FROM CHAD SOWASH blog the CHAD Today is a day set aside to thank veterans for preserving freedom and to remember those who paid the ultimate price for freedom. I want to thank every one of my brothers and sisters at arms and also honor the companies who are hiring them as they come back [...]

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Hyatt Hotels & Resorts:  413 properties world-wide with approximately 85,000 associates working in Hyatt properties, regional offices and sales offices around the globe Recently, BusinessWeek named Hyatt as a “Best Place to Launch a Career” in their 2009 survey, published in the September 14 issue of the magazine. The industry-leading and widely read business publication [...]

In this blog series Nancy Holland, VP of Marketing for Direct Employers Association, will be writing about various members of the Association. This will be an opportunity to get to know your fellow members better. You will be able to glean information about the company and their unique experiences. If you or someone within your [...]

Social networks, niche sites, blogs, and videos – all hot trends in recruiting but where do you start?

Hear what the Vice President Recruiting, North America Operations for Hyatt has to say about recruiting in this tight economy.

“Our mission is about reducing recruitment costs and improving labor market efficiency through the development of new technology…