Dozens of startups have launched in the past few years claiming to fix the broken recruiting and hiring process. One of them, Readyforce, has already signed up some well-known startups with a relatively straightforward and compelling idea, and it’s opening up its beta test today.  To start out, Readyforce is targeting a specific group of applicants [...]

Thanks to an election year and a high employment rate, jobs seem to be dominating the headlines.  Now, SmartRecruiters, a hiring startup,  is trying to tap into that interest — and maybe do some good in the process — with a campaign it’s calling “Got Jobs?”.  The company says that its technology is can help small- [...]

Citi Online Carer Expo Date: April 27th, 2012, 2:00pm – 4:00pm (EST) Citi will be hosting a virtual career fair this Friday, April 27th.  They will be recruiting for a variety of opportunities throughout he country.  They will be recruiting for the following positions: Sales Finance Technology Banking Analyst “Citi’s success is built on the [...]

Google is one of the best American business success stories of all time.  Like many companies, they got to be that way by taking chances and making mistakes along the way.  One thing is for certain, they owe a lot of their success to having the right people in the right places.  If any company [...]

On Tuesday, BullHorn released it’s 2012 Social Recruiting Report. The findings are pretty consistent with every other report that we’ve covered here at Jobtrakr in that recruiters aren’t spending their time recruiting on Facebook. Sure there are a lot of nice tools on Facebook to help recruiters connect with job seekers, but in terms of [...]

There’s no question that companies are entering and settling into a whole new set of challenges.  Hiring is picking back up, but budgets remain tight. Under the present set of circumstances, companies that once relied on high salaries, perks and a heavy bonus structure to recruit talent can do that anymore. Over the last several [...]

Often, recruiting is looked at as being a step into the direction of HR Executive or something else on the executive level.  Within some organizations, there’s very limited room for advancement which is why you find that some recruiters really aren’t good at what they do. Not because they’re lazy or don’t try, they just [...]

I first began my recruiting career in 2001 when I worked for Banana Republic.  I remember when I was being recruited by Gap Inc. and how special I felt which is the reason why I got into recruiting.  My brother worked for Executive Search firm Korn Ferry a few years ago and we traded tips [...]

If you are one of the millions of Americans with a smartphone, you have undoubtedly unlocked information or a coupon by using a QR code.  If you haven’t, no worries. QR refers to quick response.  QR codes are similar to a barcode that you would find on any household item.  QR codes are a great [...]

The companies that are getting ahead and sourcing the best and brightest talent available have embraced mobile as part of their recruiting strategy.  We initially broached the topic of mobile being the future of recruiting last month.  This feels like the time just before Google and Facebook became ubiquitous.  Those that were early adopters were ahead [...]

One of the things that we are grateful for is having the vantage of point of  job seekers and also that of recruiters.  We have great friends on both sides of the equation.  One of the questions that we receive frequently from recruiters is what is the best way to attract the right candidates?  The [...]