Nursing shortage? Yes, we’ve all heard of it, and most people would agree that a properly staffed hospital is a basic human necessity, not a luxury. And if you’ve been hospitalized recently, or even had to wait in a doctor’s room lately, you’re probably aware that even the best nurses are over-worked and under-paid. So... [full article »]

Ever wondered how many online job boards — and which sites — professionals post their resume to when searching for a job? Beyond.com recently asked more than 6,400 visitors, “How many online job boards do you have your resume posted on?” and here are the results: 24% have their resume posted on one to two... [full article »]

An eHarmony of Recruiting? RealMatch says keyword matching is so yesterday, so it’s out with a new profile-matching system that compares profiles of jobs with the profiles of candidates. While that seems potentially confusing, the company says it just means that the profile matching considers industry experience, title, and the skills that are associated with... [full article »]

Consultants continue to talk about whether the Taleo/Vurv deal is particularly good for the Vurv customer base, as one of the risks in becoming the customer of a rapidly growing private software company is not knowing what the ultimate exit will be for the investors. “Being acquired by a leading talent management solutions company is... [full article »]

The title “working dad” might seem silly, borderline redundant. Yet, no one pauses when they hear the phrase “working mom,” a title that now applies to me and one I wear with pride as I cruise into my first Mother’s Day this weekend. As a new working mom, I realize that not everyone is lucky... [full article »]

Authoria’s (profile; site) president and CEO, Tod Loofbourrow, chatted with ERE about Taleo’s recent acquisition of Vurv. He says this acquisition, part of an ongoing consolidation from 45 recruiting technology vendors to a handful, represents what customers want: a complete talent management solution. Three best-of-breed vendors, Authoria, Taleo, and SuccessFactors, are going after that market... [full article »]

Gobble, gobble. That’s the sound you just heard as Taleo (profile; site) swooped in and gobbled up Vurv Technology (profile; site) for approximately $128.8 million in cash and stock. Taleo says it opted to acquire Vurv to enhance its position in talent management and be able to meet the growing market demand for talent management... [full article »]

Less risk? Less fraud? Less litigation? Happier employees? Think that’s an impossible order? Allegiance, a Salt Lake City-based company, says it doesn’t have to be, though most companies “don’t know where to begin” and are sadly behind the curve on adopting an ethical culture of their own. Its chief operating officer, Greg Heaps, suggests that... [full article »]

If you know any good foodies or druggies, today is their lucky day. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday that it has plans to hire more than 1,300 people. The FDA needs to fill openings for medical officers, consumer safety officers, chemists, nurse consultants, biologists, microbiologists, health/regulatory/general health scientists, mathematical statisticians, epidemiologists,... [full article »]

What’s a nine-letter word for a site linking recruiters with candidates? If you think you know, then check out our latest puzzle, designed to stimulate, entertain, and distract you from the work on your desk. We got lots of praise over the first puzzle and have decided to challenge you yet again! We’d love to... [full article »]

Only 23% of hiring managers plan to hire seasonal workers for the summer this year, but of that figure, 66% expect these summer hires to stick around for eventual permanent placement. What makes these companies so cocky? While other companies are struggling to find enough talent, this group of employers thinks money is enough to... [full article »]

Challenging the Google Gods… The new Fetch Footprint is promising recruiters “deep Web extraction technologies,” which is a really fancy way of saying the company will scour public-data sources and lurk on social/professional networking sites to gather information. The company’s president, ex-ADP exec Jerry Thurber, says Footprint is designed to intelligently parse data relevant to... [full article »]

Well, it’s about time! Recruiters everywhere should be rejoicing over the latest news from Vurv (profile; site) and the Human Capital Institute, hinting that recruiting is finally getting the respect it deserves in the corporate boardroom. According to “The Role of HR in the Age of Talent,” which surveyed almost 800 HR professionals and non-HR... [full article »]

As popular ERE columnist John Sullivan has warned, the way to an executive’s heart is not through a tedious online application process. As Sullivan points out, sending the best talent you can find to your corporate website to make them fill out the same painful application anyone else coming to the site would fill out... [full article »]

If you knew that nearly half the job seekers who have Internet access are not using online media to look for a job, would that make you spend more or less in the next few years? When January 1 rolled around, and the first baby boomers became eligible to collect Social Security, it seems that... [full article »]

Manpower is out with its list of the 10 hardest jobs to fill in the United States, and for the third consecutive year, sales representatives, technicians, accountants/finance staff, and machinists remain in demand, proving that job seekers with specific skill sets are still in demand. This list shows the ranking for 2008, with the 2007... [full article »]

The next time you’re dealing with difficult talent management issues and think, “What would Peter Cappelli do?” consider heading to Harvard’s latest smarty-pants co-operative. No, not the one in Cambridge that offers way too many crimson hoodies and emblem-heavy coffee mugs. This new co-op is of the RSS-feed variety, an attempt by Harvard Business Publishing... [full article »]

What’s that sound you just heard? It’s the sound of the bubble bursting over the heads of many soon-to-be graduates of the Class of 2008. By all accounts, it seems they are entering a market that is quickly getting more competitive as employers slow their hiring pace amid economic uncertainty. In fact, a new CareerBuilder... [full article »]

Neal Bruce, who recently departed Monster to join the Bedford, Massachusetts, office of First Advantage, will serve as the senior vice president of product management for the Employer Services division. He chatted with ERE about innovating in his new gig, his renewed focus on talent acquisition products, his blog, his legacy at Monster, and more.... [full article »]

Get schooled on background screening… employeescreenIQ (profile; site) says its recently launched employeescreen University provides free background-screening information aimed to help organizations make better hiring decisions. The interactive learning tool is designed specifically for human resource, risk-management, and security professionals. It features a free newsletter, employment screening news compiled from international sources, U.S. legislative news... [full article »]