Jeremy Zawodny, Yahoo geek and blogger received an email from a recruiter inviting him to apply for jobs to work for their company. The email had the exact opposite effect. Where should I begin with this? You “sourced” my resume? Is that lame recruiter speak for “I was punching buzzwords into Google when I ranContinue reading “How not to recruit Jeremy Zawodny, or anyone else for that matter”
Category Archives: Recruitment
Online Job Ads continue to rise
It seems online jobs ads are still on the rise in Australia. The latest online job ad figures were released yesterday and they have increased again for the 8th month in a row. Bob Olivier, Director of Olivier Group is quoted at saying :- “The rate of increase can’t be sustained forever, so we’ve actually seenContinue reading “Online Job Ads continue to rise”
Find It in Pre-Beta
Trevor Cook dropped me a note today saying that a new classifieds service has gone into pre-Beta in Australia. The service is FindIt. One the surface it is a classifieds tool just like CraigsList, Google Base and many others. The scope compared to other Australian services is different, FindIt has categories covering Jobs, Real Estate,Continue reading “Find It in Pre-Beta”
Blogging for fun, profit or …?
Amitai Givertz is lamenting today about his lack of (??) success and how on earth his blog can get noticed out of the 50 million blogs now out there. The Recruiting Animal suggests quite rightly that while the blogosphere is very large, the audience for recruiting blogs is quite small. The end result seems toContinue reading “Blogging for fun, profit or …?”
Guy Kawasaki causes a stir
Earlier in the week Guy Kawasaki caused a stir within the blogosphere with his post about How to Get a Job in Silicon Valley. The biggest issue, the 1 page resume! Gretchen from Job Syntax disagrees with this particular piece of advice. So does Gautam Ghosh who provides a perspective from India, which echos muchContinue reading “Guy Kawasaki causes a stir”
Job Board consolidation
Ok Australian daily email rumor mill Crikey has broken a story that 2nd and 3rd place vendors in the job search market in Australia are looking to merge. Thanks to Brett from the NowHiring Blog here is what is being said:- Bitter competitors News Limited and Fairfax are believed to be in secret talks toContinue reading “Job Board consolidation”
Would you charge a job applicant for an interview??
Sounds rather strange doesn’t it, charging applicants to interview with you. It is usually the other way around, employers paying for flights, taxis, accomodation to entice employees to work for them. Well not for low cost Australian Airline Jetstar who are charing applicants $89 for the interview process. This does not even cover the costContinue reading “Would you charge a job applicant for an interview??”
Jobster launches a brand new interface
Over the last couple of days Jobster has released a brand new interface and in the process redefined job search, tags and social networking all at once. The only thing missing is freshly brewed coffee, which you need so you can take the time to understand what they have done! Let’s break it down:- JobContinue reading “Jobster launches a brand new interface”
Looking for a new media job in the US?
Just noticed that The Podcast Network is hiring! Cameron is looking for someone to head up their US operations, the opportunity is very unique is many ways. Firstly, there is no salary, just equity and success bonuses. Secondly, you need to be familiar with media, VCs, start ups and advertising. Third, you need to beContinue reading “Looking for a new media job in the US?”
TV Ads by Seek
Australian job board Seek has recently released 3 new ad for TV, you can view them online at a special site call Make Luck Happen (the tag line of the ads). The ads are also available on Google Video and I found one on YouTube, although in an emailing discussion with Leigh Hanney from SeekContinue reading “TV Ads by Seek”
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