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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:
Local firms link in to Internet job referral site
Employment and
Economy Stats
Special Trials and Discounts
Employment Studies and Trends
Layoffs and Downsizing
Report
Upcoming Conferences
Site Of The Week:
Elance.com
Final Note - On The Lighter Side
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A Note From The Editor
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Breaking News
Dice.com Sold
Online job site company Dice, a major player in the
online recruitment market, announced it was bought by
two private equity firms.
Complete Story >>
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Today's Recruiting News Headlines
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Featured Recruiting
Jobs
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Weekly Article
Local firms link in to
Internet job referral site
When Safend, a data security firm based
in Tel Aviv, Israel, went looking for a new regional
sales director for its Philadelphia office it skipped
the usual newspaper ads and postings at traditional
online job sites.
It opted instead for LinkedIn, a 2-year-old national Web
site that deals exclusively in business networking.
 Safend
was not alone. In the past six months, Philadelphia-area
membership in the service has risen by 100 percent to
more than 45,000 users.
The advantage of the site is the ability to find
qualified candidates through a referral process made
possible by a network of business associates, said Dor
Skuler, vice president of business development for
Safend.
The network, established by inviting business associates
to the site who, in turn, invite their associates to the
site, helps eliminate the guesswork in finding and
hiring the "right" employee, said Konstantin Guericke,
vice president of marketing and co-founder of LinkedIn,
which is based in Palo Alto, Calif.
"When you just get someone's résumé, there are always
some doubts about how accurate it is and some people
just interview well, and after two months you realize
they are just not a good fit," Guericke said. "You can't
really tell that from a résumé, but you can find that
out if it comes through a referral to you."
For Safend, LinkedIn's process helped to reduce the time
and effort involved in finding the most qualified
candidate, a plus to the firm because it doesn't have a
human resources department to handle such functions.
"You don't want to get hundreds of résumés. You only
want to get qualified candidates," Skuler said. "And I,
indeed, only received very qualified candidates. If you
put it just in the paper or on [Web site] Monster you
get bombarded with hundreds of résumés."
The networks are also useful in establishing new
business relationships, as well as maintaining existing
ones, Skuler said.
"It's a great tool when you target a company you want to
work with. It's a very effective way to find out the
names and titles of people you should be contacting and
a way to get in touch with them through a third party
that is mutually trusted," Skuler said.
Complete Story >>
About Author
Story Reprinted from The Philadelphia Business
Journal
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Employment and Economy Stats
|
Current Stats
Unemployment Rate:
5.0% in June
Payroll Employment:
+146,000(p) in Jun 2005
Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.03(p) in June 2005
CPI:
Unchanged in June 2005
ECI:
+0.7% 1st Qtr of 2005
Productivity:
+2.6% 1st Qtr of 2005
Source:
BLS.gov
(p) = projected |
Trends Unemployment Rate
5.0% June 2005
5.1% May 2005
5.2% Apr 2005
5.2% Mar 2005
5.4% Feb 2005
5.2% Jan 2005
Employment Cost Index
+0.7% in 1st Qtr of 2005
+0.7% in 4th Qtr of 2004
+0.9% in 3rd Qtr of 2004
+.9% in 2nd Qtr of 2004
Change in Payroll Employment
+146,000(p) in June 2005
+78,000(p) in May 2005
+274,000 in Apr 2005
+110,000 in Mar 2005
+262,000 in Feb 2005
+146,000 in Jan 2005
Source:
BLS.gov |
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Employment Studies
and Trends
Hiring is
projected to be strong in the second half of 2005. A
survey by MRI International found 50.4% of respondents
plan to increase their mid-to-upper level management
staffs, and another 42.7% plan to maintain their current
staff size. According to CareerBuilder.com, half of
hiring managers surveyes plan to add staff in Q3 while
only one-in-ten plan to decrease their headcounts, and
41% say they are having trouble finding skilled workers.
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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 >>.
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Upcoming Seminars &
Conferences
Sept 21-22 -
The 8th Annual Recruiting & Staffing Summit
Sept 28 -
Diversity Summit West
Complete calendar for upcoming
conferences and
seminars.
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Site of the Week
Elance.com
- Post projects and contractor positions free.
Looking for a freelancer
or contractor. Post your project free! Everything from
business services, web design, programming and more!
Click for
more info on elance.com.
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Final Note - On The
Lighter Side
Paramedics will turn to a
victim's cell phone for clues to that person's identity.
You can make their job much easier with a simple idea
that they are trying to get everyone to adopt: ICE. ICE
stands for In Case of Emergency. If you add an entry in
the contacts list in your cell phone under ICE, with the
name and phone no. of the person that the emergency
services should call on your behalf, you can save them a
lot of time and have your loved ones contacted quickly.
It only takes a few moments of your time to do.
Paramedics know what ICE means and they look
for it immediately. ICE your cell phone NOW!
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