The Recruitosphere is undergoing significant change, and one of those changes just announced was the acquisition by ERE of the only sourcing conference event of its kind: SourceCon. ERE is no stranger to acquiring bright and shiny pieces of the Recruitosphere; the present event was foreshadowed by the purchase of the three-decade-old Fordyce Letter,... [full article »]

U.S. EEOC Assistant Legal Counsel Carol Miaskoff brought up a few points in her Florida presentation (see video, below) that raised questions among ERE members. I caught up with her on the phone to go over a few of those questions. Mary Kay Mauren, senior attorney advisor, was also on the call. [full article »]

A little over a month ago, I announced the launch of ERE.net’s new community. Since then, we’ve received a lot of great feedback on how we can make a good thing even better, and I wanted to share a couple of the new things we’ve been working on. One of our goals with the new community... [full article »]

ERE’s CEO, David Manaster, recently caught up with Ted Elliott of Jobscience, a proud sponsor of the upcoming Social Recruiting Summit. Elliott, the CEO of Jobscience, took some time with us to discuss the increasing importance of social recruiting, what Jobscience is doing to take advantage of these trends, and how they are utilizing tools... [full article »]

We’re already a week into 2009, and everyone else has already published their predictions for the year. In the spirit of better late then never, here are a few of mine: 2009 will be a painful year for recruiters. It’s obvious, but how could I leave this off the list? We’re in a recession, and as... [full article »]

Last Thursday, I got to spend some time with a great group of recruiters at the ERE Meetup in Dallas, TX. We’re going to do more meetups in the coming months – they are a good chance for recruiters to hang out, chat and compare notes with their peers over a few drinks. If you want us... [full article »]

I passed my local library last night, and I took a few pictures of the display in the front window. When the local library is pitching in to help people find jobs, I see it as a sign of the times. What do you think? [full article »]

In trying to summarize my experience at the Web 2.0 conference, I find myself thinking about how quickly technology changes the way we work, play, and in general live our lives. I’m 29 years old, and I can remember my first Atari, first Commodore 64 computer (later upgraded to a 128), my first PC, the... [full article »]

Businesses big and small convened on San Francisco last week for the Web 2.0 Expo, all with different agendas — to launch new products, to gain VC funding, to keep an eye on the competition, and over all to celebrate this thing we call Web 2.0. I had the absolute pleasure of attending the conference... [full article »]

Jobster, the bold recruitment startup from Seattle that leverages social networking to find quality workers, is about to receive yet another round of funding, which it apparently needs to keep it in business. In a letter sent to investors, most of whom are employees and former employees holding options, the company says it lost about $11... [full article »]

ERE Media, Inc. has acquired The Fordyce Letter, the leading subscription newsletter for the third-party recruiting profession. Paul Hawkinson, founder and editor of The Fordyce Letter since 1980, will retain full editorial control over the monthly publication. “I have entertained a number of offers for The Fordyce Letter over the years but, until ERE Media, none have... [full article »]

Corporate recruiters and human resources professionals plan to spend more on online talent channels and less on print classifieds while they begin to explore the impact of attracting job candidates from social networking sites. That’s according to the results of the first comprehensive national study of recruitment advertising effectiveness, which reveals that most corporate recruiters find... [full article »]

I have come to regard ERE’s semi-annual ER Expo conference series as a barometer of what is happening in employment ó and this eighth event may have been the most telling of them all. Many of us have ridden the roller coaster of attendance and interest, and this year’s record number of attendees, surge of... [full article »]

For the fourth year in a row, ER Expo was held in San Diego last week before a vibrant and re-engaged crowd. It seems pretty clear to me that things are getting better: people were excited and ready for new challenges, there were lots of vendors with great new products, and the speakers were, as... [full article »]

Recruiting changes faster than any other HR function. Some of the factors that keep recruiters on their toes include a constantly changing economy, the increasing globalization of talent search, and rapid changes in technology. The net result of all of these changes is that no matter how good a recruiter you are today, whatever knowledge... [full article »]

We come close to the end of another year, and a good time for a look at where we have been and where we are going. ERE has been around now for more than six years! And what a six years it has been. I remember the day ERE’s president David Manaster called me to... [full article »]

You should have been there. I mean it. You really should have been there. Winging my way back to Boston from ERE’s ER Expo 2003 Chicago, I had time to reflect. I came to realize it was a wonderful experience. I really hated to leave Chicago. I never had so much fun, learned so much,... [full article »]

I’m often asked, who are the “visionaries and thought leaders” in employment? In most professions, identifying the leaders is relatively easy. But it?s not that easy in recruiting. I have found after over 30 years in employment that we are a unique profession. Employment has no official “father or mother,” and there are few formal... [full article »]