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Dice Reports Strong 4th Q, Less Certain About 2012
Dice this morning became the second job board in a week to see its stock price drop after reporting a profitable quarter and a year of growth. Hours after the company reported it nearly doubled its fourth-quarter profit over the same quarter in 2010, meeting Wall Street’s expectations, its stock price took a 16 percent beating. In afternoon trading in New York, Dice Holdings was selling for $8.40 a share, down $1.59 on the day. Last week Monster’s stock took a 20 percent hit after... |
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Employer Review Site Makes a Facebook Connection
When Glassdoor launched its Facebook connection a few minutes ago, the company that’s the Yelp of employment jumped full-on into the scramble for dominance in the world of careers social networking. Among the players already in the ring are BranchOut, the first to build a business networking presence on Facebook, Monster’s BeKnown, and LinkedIn, the reining leader. (Facebook had its own big news Wednesday, filing for its much anticipated IPO.) Like BranchOut and BeKnown, Glassdoor... |
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Tech Workers Reward the Personal Touch
Tech workers get an average of 23 recruiter inquiries a week — yes, a week, says a survey from TEKsystems, a global IT staffing and services firm. That’s a remarkable number, which, even if is skewed by respondents with very in-demand skills, would still go a long way to explaining why you’re not getting calls back. In fact, the survey shows that IT professionals are picky about whose call they will return. The best thing a recruiter can do when leaving a message or speaking... |
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Like the Teams, CareerBuilder’s Chimps Getting an Encore For Super Bowl XLVI
Like the Giants and the Patriots, CareerBuilder and its controversial band of chimpanzees will be making a return appearance at this year’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis. In this year’s 30-second commercial airing during the fourth quarter on Feb 5, the chimps wreak havoc with their human co-worker during a business trip, ordering 46 banana daiquiris, while brainstorming a poison ivy shampoo. The chimps have proven to be an audience pleaser since making their debut in CareerBuilder’s... |
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Give the Gift of Time. Rent a Personal Assistant
A quick look at some of the goings-on in recent days from the recruiting/human resources world: If you’re looking for a gift for the busy New York professional who has everything, you can now get them a “PA for a day.” The new temp firm, founded by a PR/events director for a New York ad agency, offers personal assistants for a day — actually for as little as two hours, at a rate of $20 an hour. The company says that “personal assistants cannot and will not assist... |
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NAS Sold; Unrabble Unveiled; ICANN Implored
Here are some of the events making news during the week: Recruitment MarComm Firm Sold NAS Recruitment Communications has been bought from Interpublic Group by a private equity firm in partnership with senior management. The new owner, Stone-Goff Partners, called the acquisition an “excellent match” with its “strategy of investing in strong niche businesses with established track records and experienced management teams.” Key members of the management team, including CEO... |
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Military Recruiting, Job Hunting, Destruction Jobs, and More in Today’s Roundup
You’ll see how many people are looking for jobs; how the Swedish military is advertising; and who beat out Booz Allen in a Best-place-to-work list, all in today’s roundup. Your Staff Is Job Hunting If you think the headline is wrong, you may be in for a surprise. Right Management (a Manpower division) says 84 percent workers are looking or will be looking for a new job next year. That’s the same percentage as last year, according to the firm, which surveyed almost 1,100 workers... |
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Monster Out of S&P 500; Could Be a Takeover Target
With a stock price so low Monster is about to fall out of the S&P 500, there’s some very public speculation that the global employment advertising company could be bought by a private equity fund. Rumors have periodically made the rounds of a potential or even pending sale — 20 of them since 2006, according to Bloomberg. All have proven false. But now, says the financial news service, financial analysts and some of Monster’s largest shareholders say the time and price may... |
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.Jobs Coalition Says Arbitration Case Is Dormant
After almost five months with no sign of progress, a coalition of job boards and business associations is charging that the Internet policing authority is complicit in the “consensual delay” in arbitrating a contract dispute over the so-called Dot Jobs Universe. “As the arbitration idles in its dormant state, Employ Media and its alliance partner DirectEmployers Association have aggressively expanded the reach of non-compliant Dot Jobs Universe, which was the very basis for the... |
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Schools Get Sites, Employers Get Jobs on BeKnown
Monster is adding some new features to its BeKnown social network, enabling companies to post jobs and creating some 3,500 college pages. Built on the Facebook platform, BeKnown is a jobs-oriented network that allows users to build career profiles and connections separate from those on Facebook itself. By adding jobs to corporate sites and including colleges, Monster is encouraging users to conduct their job hunting within BeKnown. For employers and schools that already have a Facebook career... |
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Fruit, Job Pages, Text Messages, and More in Today’s Roundup
This week brings a crop of new job sites, including an ambitious (should we say quixotic?) effort to change the very nature of third party recruiting. We also tell you about Kenexa’s latest acquisition, heralding another step into providing a full-service solution. First up, is the story of Staffingbook and one man’s quest to alter the course of recruiting: Steve Harari has ambitious hopes for the recruiting industry. Not content to simply help recruiters place candidates and employers... |
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Veterans Less Confident Than Employers About Job Prospects
As America prepares to honor its military veterans, a new survey says recent and soon-to-be vets are concerned about finding a job and many feel unprepared for the transition back to civilian life. The survey was released this morning by Monster Worldwide, which, in addition to its flagship job board, also operates Military.com, the largest career and information site for veterans, transitioning military and their families. The survey introduced Monster’s new Veteran Talent Index. Separate... |
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Only 1 Way to Recruit Talent
For a thought experiment (and to encourage creative conversation), I recently asked a few recruiting friends, “If you were left with only one method or tool for recruiting talent, what would you use?” I’ve listed a few responses below and included some dialogue regarding pros and cons of each. Hopefully this discussion will help recruiters and recruiting leaders focus their energies on those tools that actually bring value to their organizations. This list is presented in no particular order. Employee... |
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LinkedIn Riding The Bulls. Plans to Sell More Stock and Hire 500
LinkedIn lost money, but still beat analyst estimates, blowing through the most optimistic projections by millions and ending the quarter with $139.5 million in revenue. The company also announced it would sell $100 million more of its shares to finance its aggressive expansion. The company told investors and analysts during a conference call after the markets closed this afternoon that it would add some 500 to 600 more employees by the end of the year. CEO Jeff Weiner said the rapid expansion... |
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Monster Says Hiring Pace Slowing Globally
The stock markets rallied today on news of a European bailout deal, but Monster didn’t make the party. The company’s shares got no lift from the overall market even though earnings are up, because the employment picture in the months ahead is murky. Murky enough that in releasing its third-quarter financials this morning, company officials estimated earnings for the current fourth quarter would be less than what analysts are expecting. Monster’s share price opened at $9.25, then... |
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Is Facebook About to Offer Free Job Listings?
I recently predicted that Facebook will eventually destroy LinkedIn. Today, that prediction came closer to reality as the world’s largest social network announced a partnership with national employment services and the U.S. Department of Labor. According to Facebook’s official statement, the Social Jobs Partnership goal will be “to facilitate employment for America’s jobless through the use of social networks.” Facebook has launched a page, facebook.com/socialjobs, which features resources... |
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Magic Brings Them to Their Feet at Talent Connect Closer
LinkedIn’s Talent Connect conference wound down in Las Vegas today after a three-day run that was equal parts training, trends, product, and showbiz. It was the perfect mix for a city that thrives on spectacle. After a Tuesday night party worthy of a last century Silicon Valley event, a bleary-eyed audience was brought to its feet by former basketball great and now-successful businessman Magic Johnson. Roaming the cavernous convention hall, he mixed photo ops with motivational lessons from... |
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LinkedIn Opens Conference Amid a Changing Social World
As LinkedIn’s annual user conference gets underway in Las Vegas today, it’s taking on an import that goes well beyond the quality of the agenda. This is its first conference since becoming a public company and the first since its dominance as the Internet’s leading business network was challenged — directly or otherwise — by such powerful brands as Google, Facebook, and Monster. The sessions the company has planned for the three-day event are heavy on the training... |