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IN THIS ISSUE
Newsletter Sponsors
A Note from the Editor
Breaking News
Today's Recruiting News Headlines
Featured Recruiting Jobs
Weekly
Article: Using Structured Interviews for
Selecting and Developing Employees
Employment and
Economy Stats
Special Trials and Discounts
Employment Studies and Trends
Layoffs and Downsizing
Report
Recruiting Essential Bookmarks
Upcoming Conferences
Site Of The Week:
EmploymentGuide.com
Final Note - On The Lighter Side
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A Note From The Editor
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Breaking News
Monster Employment Index
Surges Higher in March,
Continuing Strong Three-month Growth Trend in U.S.
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Today's Recruiting News Headlines
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Featured Recruiting
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Weekly Article
Using Structured Interviews for
Selecting and Developing Employees
By Ame Creglow, Kenexa
Different jobs require different competencies. The
purpose of structured, competency-based interviewing is
to help organizations hire and promote people who will
succeed in their jobs. Competencies are important
because they can be used to improve performance (both
individual and organizational) in at least three ways:
selection, feedback, and development.
 Selection
To the extent new employees can be hired into the job
already possessing most, if not all, of the critical
competencies, they will be more successful more quickly.
Competencies can be used to guide recruitment (the
company seeks to identify recruiting sources rich in
critical competencies) and selection (the company builds
structured interviews around the critical competencies).
Feedback
Research has shown that employees receiving feedback
about their strengths and weaknesses improve their
performance more than those who don't receive feedback.¹
Further, it appears that those who need it most are the
ones who benefit the most from feedback. Competencies
provide a useful framework for organizing job-relevant
feedback.
Complete Article >>
About Author
For more information about Kenexa
InterviewBuilder see
http://www.kenexa.com/solu_interviewbuilder.html.
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Employment and Economy Stats
|
Current Stats
Unemployment Rate:
5.2% Mar 2005
Payroll Employment:
+110,000(p) in Mar 2005
Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.04(p) Mar 2005
CPI:
+0.4% in Feb 2005
ECI:
+0.7% in 4th Qtr of 2004
Productivity:
+0.8% in 4th Qtr of 2004
Source:
BLS.gov
(p) = projected |
Trends Unemployment Rate
5.2% Mar 2005
5.4% Feb 2005
5.2% Jan 2005
5.4% Dec 2004
5.4% Nov 2004
Employment Cost Index
+0.7% in 4th Qtr of 2004
+0.9% in 3rd Qtr of 2004
+.9% 2nd Qtr of 2004
+1.1% 1st Qtr of 2004
Change in Payroll Employment
+110,000(p) in Mar 2005
+262,000 in Feb 2005
+146,000 in Jan 2005
+157,000 in Dec 2004
+112,000 in Nov 2004
Source:
BLS.gov |
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Employment Studies
and Trends
Recruiters’ Confidence Soars As
Economy
Continues To Add Executive Level Jobs
From Execunet -
The threat of inflation has not tempered expectations
for the executive employment market, as ExecuNet’s
Recruiters Confidence Index climbed to a new high in
March. The monthly survey of executive recruiters
conducted by ExecuNet, the executive job search and
recruiting network, reveals hiring is expected to
continue to increase in the second and third quarters of
this year.
According to the survey of 103 executive recruiters, 78%
are confident or very confident the executive employment
market will improve during the next six months -
surpassing a twenty-two month high of 76% in January.
During the next six months, the executive search
industry is expecting a 16% increase in the number of
assignments received from corporate clients.
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Layoffs and Downsizing
Report
The layoff and downsizing report can be a great leads source for
candidates.
More information on how to use this section >>.
Firms Planned Fewer Job Cuts During March
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Recruiting Essential
Bookmarks
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Upcoming Seminars &
Conferences
Apr 18 -
Staff
Digest Rendezvous
May 9 -
Recruiting 2005 Conference & Expo
June 9 -
Recruitment & Retention Summit
July 19 -
NAHCR Annual Conference
Complete calendar for upcoming
conferences and
seminars.
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Final Note - On The
Lighter Side
Worst Running Late Excuse
Last year, the Monday
after turning clocks ahead for day light savings time,
an employee of our organization, called in to report she
was running late. She explained she was running an hour
late because she did not turn her clocks ahead over the
weekend.
When she got in I pointed
out that if she did not turn her clocks ahead she would
have been in an hour early.
After thinking about it
she blushed and we both had a good laugh.
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