Director of Fun. That was the title I was looking at on a resume for a marketing director position. As I read through the applicant’s accomplishments and responsibilities, I could see that it was clearly a marketing-type position. It stuck out, just not in a good way. What may have seemed like a great little thing to have... [full article »]

Mark your calendars! If you missed your opportunity to attend our last meetup, you’ll get another opportunity to meet with your peers this month at a location near you. What we’ve seen from the ERE community has been great so far: Over 1,500 participants in more than 200 locations worldwide have participated in local networking... [full article »]

If you’re out shopping today, there’s a good chance that the person helping you purchase your items or finding that deeply discounted item for you had a different, permanent job last year. Even if you avoid all forms of in-person commerce in between Thanksgiving and New Years, like me, it is likely that the person... [full article »]

Mark your calendars! If you missed your opportunity to attend our last two meetups, you’ll get another opportunity to meet with your peers next month in a location near you. What we’ve seen from the ERE community has been great so far: Almost 1,400 participants in over 200 locations worldwide have participated in local networking... [full article »]

On Wednesday, October 27 at noon Eastern, we will be privileged to have a brief LIVE chat on our sister site, SourceCon.com, with the “personal branding guru” himself — Dan Schawbel. Schawbel is the managing partner of Millennial Branding, LLC, and the author of the #1 international bestselling career book, Me 2.0: 4 Steps to... [full article »]

Silicon Valley, California is one of the most competitive recruiting environments anywhere. And if you’re a recruiter there, the competitive pressure can make you lose perspective and make you terrible at your job if you let it get to you. The opening keynote from Carol Mahoney at the Seattle SMA Staffing Symposium was both inspiring... [full article »]

We had almost 200 blog posts in the month of July from all walks of recruiting that participated in our ERE Community iPad contest. Every topic imaginable was covered and there was a lot of great content that was covered. In the end, there could only be one winner of the coveted iPad (and two... [full article »]

We’re about halfway through our contest looking for the best blog posts from the ERE community in the month of July (still plenty of time to try your hand at that if you haven’t yet). At stake is an Apple iPad as well as two Amazon gift cards for the runners-up. I wanted to highlight... [full article »]

We had a great time at our last meetup. If you missed you opportunity to attend, you’ll get another opportunity to meet with your peers. If you have any pictures from the last meetup, you can upload them and see the others on our Facebook fan page. We’re looking forward to seeing you all at the... [full article »]

If you want to try your hand at blogging or if you have been blogging but want to reach a wider audience, July might be the month to give it a try. You can win yourself a pretty great prize for the effort. If you blog on the ERE community in the month of July,... [full article »]

How does Microsoft find the talent to do cool things like develop a gaming platform, or perhaps make that platform operate without a controller like Project Natal? Marvin Smith, Talent Community Evangelist, talked with a group of approximately 80 recruiters in eastern Washington in an event organized by Rob Dromgoole at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories... [full article »]

Who is Jim Joyce? He’s the veteran Major League Baseball umpire whose errant call cost a Detroit Tiger’s pitcher a perfect game. For baseball fans, I don’t have to explain the significance of a perfect game but it is the rarest accomplishment in a sport that has more than a century of history. There have... [full article »]

Hope your Memorial Day was a good one. We’re still waiting for the official start to summer here in Portland but that doesn’t mean we can’t give you some of the great things posted recently. Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: Top Three Concerns of Recruiters Using Twitter (Resolved) Don’t Forget... [full article »]

What is the importance of candidate experience to your recruiting process? How do you evaluate your candidate experience to understand its current impact, and how you will improve it? Gerry Crispin, principal at CareerXroads and keynote speaker at recruitDC, talked today about the three key questions to ask about the candidate experience before you evaluate... [full article »]

The #socialrecruiting summit was a real blast and we’re looking forward to seeing you at the next one in Seattle (more details coming on that later). Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: Nix the Laundry List: Job Ads That Kill Enough with old school thinking about job hopping How to Source... [full article »]

Catch us on Facebook so that you can see updates that don’t involve 194 pictures of the Flenderson’s vacation. Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: Linkedin Recruiter Tip… X-ray, then login Benefits of Technology Going Down Understand the difference between high complexity and high volume RPO providers The kind of video... [full article »]

Everyone is on LinkedIn and so are we! Join us there for more of the interesting news and conversations that ERE is known for. Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: Think Twice Before Hiring an Overqualified Candidate Devaluation Of The Sourcing Role What Keeps You Up at Night? Candidate Experience Survey... [full article »]

Did you see the contest to get a free trip to the #socialrecruiting summit? If you haven’t checked it out, Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: Transformative vs. Temporary Change Relocation “Next” Practices Creative Sourcing Tactics for $500 or Less Are Recruitment Mailings Considered “Commercial Solicitation”? Vacancy Rate as a Recruiting... [full article »]

The #socialrecruiting summit is coming up quickly and it is hard to not get excited about what we have lined up for all of our attendees. We have some great speakers and facilitators set to talk about some of the more practical applications of social recruiting. It is going to be held at Best Buy... [full article »]

Have you checked out our Facebook page yet? If not, feel free to “like” us and get ERE updates in between Farmville requests and posting incriminating photos! Here’s what’s going on in the ERE community this week: The 2% difference Core skills of an effective corporate recruiter — Part III: Selling skills What’s wrong with... [full article »]