Regarding its new jobs app, Cummins says, “Finding a job has never been so much fun.” Not for me, really — as I’ve got the new Droid 4 phone, and Cummins’ new application isn’t available on Android yet. But iPhone users looking for jobs with the company can view interactive engines using the application. They... [full article »]

Remember that California gaming company from a year ago, looking for coders to work for six weeks? IGN is back. Its “no resumes allowed” program again involves recruiting people for six weeks, and possibly more. IGN says it cares little about where people went to college, or if they did, or what their experience is. Its... [full article »]

Moving “Troops to Tech” is the goal of one new careers site, linking military veterans with IT careers. It was made by a trade association called CompTIA and includes information for veterans on how to get IT certifications at community colleges and private training providers, as well as for employers on how to get on a... [full article »]

The flurry of activity among human resources technology companies — from the big SAP/SuccessFactors news to Oracle/Taleo —  has left customers “somewhat confused and concerned about near-term vendor viability.” That’s the word from Scott Berg, senior equity research analyst at Feltl and Company. After attending a regional HR technology conference last week in Minnesota, and... [full article »]

The Marines have launched a new career site, heavy on interactivity, video, and big, striking photos. A career tool asks users 10 questions about themselves — Do you have a fear of swimming? Are you a visual thinker? Are you good with maps and diagrams? — and then shows videos to candidates depending on their answers to... [full article »]

The New York Stock Exchange will be using a new hiring tool from a company that’s launching today and is backed by a million dollars in angel funding. Charles Handler is among the advisors to the firm, called EmployInsight. In short, here’s how it works. [full article »]

A new report’s out about recruiting technical women. The document is from a not-for-profit called the Anita Borg Institute (which appears to be putting on a May 10 workshop on recruiting high-tech women … heck, stay in town a week and you’ll see us in Mountain View). Anyhow, the 50-page PDF called “Solutions to Recruit... [full article »]

So Mark Murphy’s not a fan of many of the interview questions commonly used, saying they don’t differentiate between better and worse performers, and ultimately don’t result in better hires. The questions the Leadership IQ CEO does like can loosely be split up into categories: attitudinal questions, and coachability questions. The first type of questions help you... [full article »]

Sodexo is launching two things: a new mobile-friendly careers site, as well as a job-hunting application for U.S. job seekers to use on iPhones, iPads, Androids, and soon Blackberries. Candidates can use the app, available from a landing page, to search for jobs, apply for jobs, join a talent community, get job alerts, and learn more about working... [full article »]

An IT staffing company you probably haven’t heard of is quickly hiring employees and recruiters after it won some new business that it probably hadn’t dreamed it would. XpertTech has already grown about 400% in six months money-wise, and in terms of employee size, from 12 employees to 61 employees in six months. Now it’s... [full article »]

After declining for about three years, India’s popularity as an outsourcing hotspot for tech companies has increased sharply. That’s according to BDO USA, an accounting/consulting organization, in a poll of 100 U.S. technology CFOs. Current outsourcing destinations 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Canada 11% 9% 11% 4% 17% China 39% 35% 44% 19% 46% Eastern... [full article »]

That famous “what’s your biggest weakness?” question may be more ubiquitous than a Grande Frappucino, but that doesn’t mean it’s any good at determining whether someone’s a good candidate or not. Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ and author of a book called Hiring for Attitude, says this question and many others used every day... [full article »]

Video didn’t kill the radio star and it hasn’t killed the job boards so far, but another new career site would like to take a chunk of their business. This startup hopes to marry video, screening, and job searching. Ring a bell? Well, we were talking about something a little similar two weeks ago. That company,... [full article »]

This eighth year of the ERE Recruiting Excellence Awards brought applications from big corporations, small companies, government agencies in the U.S., and consultancies in India. In some categories there were runaway winners, and in others, there were knock-down, drag-out barn-burners. As fun as it is to judge, it was taken seriously. Some applicants used every... [full article »]

That grocery store chain popping up all over Arizona, Nevada, and California has launched a new careers website with a good main-page video talking about jobs at the British-owned grocer. On the Fresh & Easy home page — the company home page, not the careers home page — the words “A Great Place to Work” (as... [full article »]

The Australian defense department has started a new campaign with a “Superman” motif to recruit reservists, the first big effort like this in seven years. Its plans includes TV ads, movie ads, billboards, newspaper and magazine advertising, and of course the career site, featuring people lifting up their shirts to show military uniforms underneath. The... [full article »]

A new site launching today is described by its CEO Suki Shah as “Job board ATS video audio social recruiting.” It’s called “Get Hired,” it’s backed by private equity investors, and it’ll be free, at least for now. The company, which has raised $1.75 million, has been building up a list of job-seekers and employers,... [full article »]

I have never met an unhappy, urologist anywhere. You may not have thought you want to be a urologist. That’s perfectly understandable. But after watching a video — one that ended with the quote above — that won a marketing award, you may change your mind. This clip called ”Why Urology?” was just honored with a platinum... [full article »]

Should we put real-employee photos on our careers site, or stock art? Swift Transportation’s new site opts for none of the above. Instead, the trucker used illustrations, something you don’t see a whole lot on career sites. Swift, a Phoenix-based company whose drivers log more than a billion miles a year, used Bayard Advertising for the... [full article »]

Rather than hunkering down in a crouch position waiting for the storm to pass, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is going on the offense with a branding campaign to be launched March 1, touting the virtues of a challenging job at the company. “We’re charging through the time of transition,” says Kat Drum, who’s the manager, social... [full article »]