Comments on: CareerBuilder Backs Off On “R Rated” Video http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/ Recruiting intelligence. Recruiting community. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:02:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Susan Kennedy http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3760 Susan Kennedy Mon, 19 May 2008 02:12:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3760 Heads should roll though! Heads should roll though!

]]> By: Gordon Frutiger http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3759 Gordon Frutiger Fri, 16 May 2008 01:14:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3759 That had to have been one of the dumbest ad ideas I have ever seen. Seriously, no thinking human can watch that video and believe it has any appropriate value in the employment marketplace. That had to have been one of the dumbest ad ideas I have ever seen. Seriously, no thinking human can watch that video and believe it has any appropriate value in the employment marketplace.

]]> By: Alex Cantu http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3758 Alex Cantu Tue, 13 May 2008 03:33:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3758 This was a great video and it stick with you throughout the day and that helps CareerBuilders exposure. I like companies that take risks with their viewers. It shows creativity and guts against its competitors. I would be worried if I was another job board. Maybe, they should start start sleeping with the employers and HR executives. Ha Ha. Is your job board sleeping around for you? This was a great video and it stick with you throughout the day and that helps CareerBuilders exposure. I like companies that take risks with their viewers. It shows creativity and guts against its competitors. I would be worried if I was another job board. Maybe, they should start start sleeping with the employers and HR executives. Ha Ha. Is your job board sleeping around for you?

]]> By: Paul Pickthorne http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3756 Paul Pickthorne Mon, 12 May 2008 05:52:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3756 I'm close to the target demographic and thought it was great. Older people thinking it inappropriate is indicative of the problem of relating to younger job seekers who don't. When I heard they pulled the video, I created a poll on the home page of my job board asking the question "Have you ever dipped your pen in the company ink well?" because I'd love more young workers in my resume database. Paul Pickthorne Chief Free Officer Smuz.com - 100% Free Job Board I’m close to the target demographic and thought it was great. Older people thinking it inappropriate is indicative of the problem of relating to younger job seekers who don’t.

When I heard they pulled the video, I created a poll on the home page of my job board asking the question “Have you ever dipped your pen in the company ink well?” because I’d love more young workers in my resume database.

Paul Pickthorne
Chief Free Officer
Smuz.com - 100% Free Job Board

]]> By: Nancy Ford http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3755 Nancy Ford Mon, 12 May 2008 05:41:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3755 Holy cow - I think I need a cigarette after WATCHING that video! And I don't even smoke! I can see why they pulled it; creative, but not really appropriate. Holy cow - I think I need a cigarette after WATCHING that video! And I don’t even smoke! I can see why they pulled it; creative, but not really appropriate.

]]> By: Wendy Belancourt http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3757 Wendy Belancourt Mon, 12 May 2008 04:10:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/05/12/careerbuilder-backs-off-on-r-rated-video/#comment-3757 CareerBuilders is surely showing its sheer desperation over the droves of young job seekers flocking to the new-era providers who offer industry-leading features in line with today's demands and technology. Why would anyone in a young career choose to use a board that returns a high-volume of results with the majority of positions non-relevant and absolutely no other benefits? There are job boards out there (I have trouble even thinking of them as job boards because they are so very different) that provide sophisticated candidate presentations, client qualifications that incorporate the emergent demand for both money / value fit, and functionality linked to mobile technology. How sad to try to APPEAR to be what this market segment wants instead of BECOMING what it wants. Even if you catch the fish, once they see how polluted the pond is, they are going to jump ship (LOL). I think I just felt another low rumble as the giant falls to its knees. Wendy Belancourt, CPRW Trend Resumes - The Interview Advantage www.TrendResumes.com CareerBuilders is surely showing its sheer desperation over the droves of young job seekers flocking to the new-era providers who offer industry-leading features in line with today’s demands and technology.

Why would anyone in a young career choose to use a board that returns a high-volume of results with the majority of positions non-relevant and absolutely no other benefits? There are job boards out there (I have trouble even thinking of them as job boards because they are so very different) that provide sophisticated candidate presentations, client qualifications that incorporate the emergent demand for both money / value fit, and functionality linked to mobile technology.

How sad to try to APPEAR to be what this market segment wants instead of BECOMING what it wants. Even if you catch the fish, once they see how polluted the pond is, they are going to jump ship (LOL). I think I just felt another low rumble as the giant falls to its knees.

Wendy Belancourt, CPRW
Trend Resumes - The Interview Advantage
http://www.TrendResumes.com

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